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Kitty Parlett stands with just a few pieces of the thousands of farming-related items that will be sold at auction at the family farm in New Market.
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Budds Creek hosted the first ever St. Marys County Warrior Dash this weekend. Participants leapt fire, crawled through mud and scaled obstacles to reach the finish line during one of the most attended Warrior Dash events in the country.
Theyre not broke I think they got a fair deal.

- County Commissioner Dan Morris, talking about the county school board.
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The Piney Point Elementary RoboCruisers bring on the team spirit during the CSM Robotics Challenge at the colleges La Plata Campus May 7. SEE PAGE 25.
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Tom DuLaney explains extraction brews during the St. Marys City Beer Fest on May 29. He was one of several exhibits set up to inform the public about different types of beers and brewing methods. SEE PAGE 5.
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Commissioners Agree to Planning Commission Approves More Funds for Schools Distillery, Camping Amendments
grams should be in good stead this coming fiscal year. The $750,000 adequately addresses what it takes to preserve these positions that were put up as being on the line, Morgan said. Theres more than enough money to pay for these teachers and some of those programs he [Martirano] has the option to enact. One of those programs Morgan has concerns over is the Race to the Top education reform package from the Obama Administration, from which local schools have received $1.6 million. But to fulfill all requirements of the reform package, the county will have to provide another $3 million, Morgan said, excluded recurring costs for hardware and technology upgrades that are driving the effort. Morgan said that in the coming years, Race to the Top could incur costs of up to $7.5 million by his estimates. Commissioner Daniel Morris (RMechanicsville) said that the compromise by commissioners was a good one for the school system. Theyre not broke, Morris said. I think they got a fair deal. guyleonard@countytimes.net By Guy Leonard Staff Writer Two zoning text amendments that would allow liquor distilleries on farmland and make small campgrounds a permitted use will now go to the Board of County Commissioners for final approval after the county Planning Commission recommended their passage Monday night. The campground amendment would allow a parcel to have up to 20 sites for campers to operate without special approval from the countys Board of Appeals. Under current zoning law, campgrounds must have a public hearing before the appeals board to get a variance to operate, but the County Commissioners and one campground owner in Ridge have pushed to have the rules modified because camping operations contribute to the local economy especially during the summer months. This is being done to support South County because it [camping] is considered lowimpact economic development, said county planning Director Derick Berlage. Planning board members also heard testimony on another text amendment specifically regarding Buzzs Marina in Ridge, where the owners have long maintained that camping was in operation there before the 1974 zoning code was enacted but their application for a variance from the appeals board was denied late last year. This amendment, which the planning board has yet to decide on, would amend the classification of the land from the most restrictive type in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed critical area to one that would allow more limited use. But the first text amendment that was passed Monday could be of use to the marina owners as their campsites do not exceed 20 in number, Berlage said. The amendment allowing for distilleries was another designed to help local farms remain profitable and avoid their being sold and developed residentially or commercially; the text amendment would permit farm-based distillers to produce up to 27,500 gallons of spirituous liquor each year as long as they purchase a portion of the grain used in the process from St. Marys County sources, Berlage said. The feeling was if it got too big it would be inconsistent with the RPD (Rural Preservation District), he said. Its the same language as for wineries we want it to be genuinely connected to St. Marys County farms.
The Board of County Commissioners came to a consensus Monday to give an extra $750,000 to the public school system to forestall the layoffs of 22 teachers that Board of Education officials said would have to go this year because of budget shortfalls. Schools Superintendent Michael J. Martirano had originally asked for $1.4 million nearly all of the commissioners public hearing reserve fund to keep the teachers from being laid off. Commissioners and school officials have been wrangling for weeks over money for school positions, with some in county government questioning whether the teachers jobs were really in danger. At the April 26 public hearing on the budget, parents and school officials were fearful that budget constraints would force cuts to many paraeducator positions, but Commissioner Todd Morgan (R-Great Mills) protested by saying that the systems own budget showed that even with cuts they were never planning to cut those positions. Morgan said that with the additional money commissioners provided and more funds that could be moved around in the schools budget, teacher positions and pro-
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If You Brew It, They Will Come Flag Day 15,000 Make Beer Fest a Success Event Set
home brew lessons so they can brew beer in their own homes using their own ingredients. Julians display was one of a handful offering demonstrations of home brewing techniques. Regina Faden, the executive director of Historic St. Marys City, said theyre already looking to next years event and how to improve on this year. She said part of the plan is to have something more like Sotterleys Wine Tasting event, where people can actually purchase bottles to take home with them. One thing that is certain is there will be another Beer Fest at St. Marys City. We would get in trouble if we didnt do it again, Erichsen said. The St. Marys County Board of County Commissioners and the Leonardtown Commissioners will co-sponsor Flag Day 2011 festivities on Tuesday, June 14, on the Governmental Center lawn in Leonardtown. In the event of inclement weather, the ceremony will take place in the Leonard Hall Recreation Center, adjacent to the Governmental Center. The annual event will begin at 6 p.m. with musical entertainment. The ceremony begins at 6:45 p.m. with the Pause for the Pledge of Allegiance at 7 p.m. Refreshments will be available by the Seventh District Optimist Club and there will be FREE hand-held American Flags for all! For more information, contact the Public Information Office at 301-475-4200, ext 1340.
Historic St. Marys City hosted its first-ever Beer Fest on Sunday with the hope that 500 people would turn out. The tally is still being counted, but Susan Erichsen, the director of development for the city, said the first count shows between 12,000 and 15,000 came out to the inaugural Beer Fest. It was so popular that people were swimming to get to it, Erichsen said. Literally. Two young men had a boat in the river and swam from there to check out St. Marys Beer Fest, Erichsen said. When they realized they forgot their IDs to prove they were legal to drink, they swam back to the boat to get them and came right back. Geezer provided the entertainment for the event, and vendors ranged from artists to local bottled water producer My Cause. And, of course there was beer from all over, including the Ruddy Duck brewery in Calvert County. A lot of people dont get to appreciate fine beer, Photos By Sarah Miller Tom DuLaney explains extraction brews during the St. said a vendor MarysWild Goose on May 29. He wasHalf Ad:Layout 1Danny Julian, 3:13 PM Page 1 QBH City Beer Fest County Times one of several 11/1/10 Danny Julian talks about Homebrews during Sundays Beer Fest. exhibits set up to inform the public about different types ofat the event who was offering
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Berlage to Resign, On Doorstep of $34M Upgrade, Water, Sewer Fees Rising Take Work in Prince Georges
By Guy Leonard Staff Writer By Guy Leonard Staff Writer After working for the county for just over two years, Department of Land Use and Growth Management Director Derick Berlage announced his resignation Monday, citing personal and family reasons for leaving. Its a decision I make with mixed emotions, Berlage told The County Times. I wouldve been delighted to stay a good bit longer. Family comes first. Berlage came on the job after longtime planning and zoning director Denis Canavan died of cancer after a long battle with the illness. Berlage was noted for tackling such projects as making more provisions for farmers markets, equestrian activities and wineries; he also has worked to establish text amendments to make operating campgrounds on waterfront properties easier by promoting them as a permitted use instead of as a conditional one. Still Berlage is leaving at a critical time for the county when it must revamp its master plan for development for the Lexington Park district and also come up with its own plan to limit seepage of nitrogen, phosphorus and sediment into the Chesapeake Bay as the next phase of a broad federal plan to clean up the troubled watershed. Derick Berlage Berlage said he will still be on the job for the next two months. The next big challenge is planning for the development district, Berlage said, predicting that when the national economy recovers there will be another real estate boom. When that happens, he said, the growth in the Lexington Park Development District must be carefully planned to balance vibrant economic growth within its borders while maintaining long-held preservation gains of rural land outside its confines. The next real estate boom will define the look of the development district for many years to come, Berlage said. We need a great plan to refer to when the boom comes. Also key to the prosperity of the development district is to revitalize the Great Mills Road corridor, which is blessed with infrastructure but economically has been left to wither with the shift in commerce farther northward, he said. If it can be revitalized it will be much easier to keep the development district the same size. It is the lynchpin, he said of the corridors importance. Coming up with a Watershed Implementation Plan is also a big challenge, he said, but the staff hes leaving behind was more than capable of dealing with it. Im just the orchestrator, the musicians are as talented as they ever were, Berlage said. Berlage will go to work for the Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission as a senior planner, he said. Commissioner Daniel Morris (R-Mechanicsville) said that Berlages sudden departure meant that the county had to act fast to find new leadership to administer key projects Berlage would leave behind. His timing could have been better, Morris said. It puts us in a little bit of a rush to find somebody else; not everybody can do that job. Morris credited Berlage with trying to ease some of the reputation that the department had gained over the years, being more of a hindrance to getting projects moving than helping. I think he was working towards that goal, Morris said. My position was that whole office is put there to help people, not to hurt them. guyleonard@countytimes.net Metropolitan Commission (MetCom) officials told the Board of County Commissioners on Tuesday that upgrades to the main wastewater treatment plant for the Lexington Park Development District will cost $34 million, most of which will come from loans and state grants with a portion being paid by the U.S Navy. Jacquelyn Meiser, director of the water and sewer utility, said that the upgrades would meet the states mandates to reduce even further nitrogen and phosphorus being released into local waters that eventually flow into the Chesapeake Bay. This enhanced nutrient removal system would also boost some of the capacity at the plant, she told commissioners. About $18 million of the upgrades will come from loans, she said, with $9 million coming from the state in grant form, $6 million will come from the U.S. Navy because MetCom administers the water and sewer service for Naval Air Station Patuxent River. Meiser said the project must be completed by 2014 to comply with state requirements for nutrient removal in wastewater. Customers of MetCom can also expect rate increase for both water and sewer services, Meiser told commissioners. The fiscal 2012 budget calls for sewer cost increase of 4.12 percent for the average customer Meiser said, while water service will increase by 3.31 percent, or a total of $27.49, MetCom documents show. But the largest increase comes for septage haulers that collect contents of grease traps for treatment. The fee rate will increase by 18 percent to $230.94, budget document show, while septic tank and portable toilet waste see no rate increases this coming fiscal year. Meiser said that for years MetCom had been treating the grease trap waste but had been undercharging customers. The cost of treating the concentrated waste was more than what MetCom had traditionally billed, she said. guyleonard@countytimes.net
Town to Return Grant For Wharf Docks to State

By Guy Leonard Staff Writer The town of Leonardtown must now return $100,000 in state grant money after deciding at their last town council meeting not to pursue boat slips at the wharf property. Town Administrator Laschelle McKay said that the town council members decided to take the advice of a marine construction consultant, Tim Beckwith, to not go ahead with the project until there was some accompanying development with the docks. The consultant was concerned that without a commercial development at the wharf property, which has long been desired by town officials and businesses, people would use the docking privileges to just live there on their own boats. McKay said that docking privileges at the wharf were still a future option but the lagging economy took them out of immediate consideration. But Kerry Klear, owner of The Printing Press in Leonardtown, criticized the towns decision, saying that they had passed up a significant opportunity to bring more commerce into the town through tourism. Boats now have few places to go in local waters with the amenities that Leonardtown could provide, Klear said; instead they would go to Virginia to spend their dollars. He also railed against the towns decision because it relied on the opinion of one consultant who pushed a baseless fear; anyone who would dock at the wharf would have to pay, Klear said, and the homeless could be ejected from a space if they failed to pay a fee. They cant [stay there without paying], Klear told The County Times. They have to pay to stay there. I think its a waste of a grant. Klear advocated a monitored facility at the wharf property that offered long-term slips with a fee as well as slips for visitors who wanted to take a short stop in town to buy dinner or shop. guyleonard@countytimes.net
Wastewater Application of Sewage Off The Table

expansion to go forward. Until they have more information theyre not going to go forward, Jackman said of discussion over land application. Laschelle McKay, town administrator, said that the consultant just received funding to complete a survey of the property, which will be part of the overall study to determine the best pieces of the land to apply the treated sewage. The complete study was expected in June but may be delayed, she said. The same consultant is working on a study regarding possible physical expansion of the Van Wert Lane facility as well, McKay said, which may change the issue when it is completed in August. Whatever decision the county makes could be impacted by the plant expansion study for the town, she said. Jackman said that land application of treated wastewater currently takes place in two sites in St. Marys, one at the Wicomico Shores subdivision and the other at the St. Clements Shores subdivision. Jackman said that land application would have its own public hearing sometime in the future. guyleonard@countytimes.net
A public hearing to receive comments about opening up the Hayden Property in Leonardtown for public water service, and more controversially land application of treated wastewater has been rescheduled for June 28, county government announced Wednesday, but the wastewater issue will not be up for discussion. Jeff Jackman, senior planner for the Department of Land Use and Growth Management, said that the only issue open for comment will be the type of water service category to impose on the property, which has been slated as the site of at least one school and perhaps other county facilities just outside the Leonardtown town limits. Whatever use goes there is going to need public water and public sewer, Jackman said. The sewer service [issue] got pulled back and is on the backburner, that simply hasnt been rescheduled. Jackman said that a consultant hired by the county, GHD Inc., had not yet completed a study on the best options for applying treated effluent on the property as a way to expand the capacity of Leonardtowns own wastewater treatment facility on Van Wert Lane. The expansion of the plants capacity is seen as critical for allowing projects like a new school and county jail
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By Sarah Miller Staff Writer The construction project at St. Marys Hospital has finally reached completion and on Tuesday, a ribbon cutting was held for the new St. Marys Outpatient Pavilion. The outpatient pavilion is the new home for outpatient imaging, cancer care and infusion services, womens health services, specialty physicians and Health Connections, among other administrative offices. In addition to the ribbon cutting, the hospital was awarded the Delmarva Foundation Medicare Excellence sarahmiller@countytimes.net Award at the ceremony. Avani Shah, the chief of staff at St. Marys Hospital, said this is the fourth consecutive time the hospital has received this award, and the fifth overall. Our actions speak louder than words, Shah said during the ceremony. Holly Meyer, the hospitals director of marketing and public relations, said this building and the doctors it will draw in will open the door to bring exciting new research into St. Marys County. One of new things will be the introduction of different types of cancer screening, including lung cancer screening. Caludine Isaacs from Georgetown Universitys Hospital, one of the speakers at the ceremony, said St. Marys County has one of the highest lung cancer rates in the country. According to her, the lung cancer rate is directly tied to the high occurrence Photo By Sarah Miller of smokers in the county. The number is Hospital employees, county commissioners and members of the community came to10 to 20 percent higher than the national gether for the ribbon cutting of the new Outpatient Pavilion at St. Marys Hospital. average of smokers. The best thing we could do for this is have people stop smoking, Isaacs said. There were tours of the facility offered all day and after the ribbon cutting to show off the new facilities. Christine Wray, the president of St. Marys Hospital, said the celebration was both in honor of the new facility opening and the award the hospital received, as well as the overall care they offer patients. We want to focus on celebrating the great quality of care, Wray said.
A Celebration of Life Cancer Survivors Day Picnic
St. Marys Hospital will join hundreds of communities throughout America on Sunday, June 5 to celebrate life on National Cancer Survivors Day. Our annual Cancer Survivors Picnic will be held on the hospital grounds that day from 1 to 4 p.m. This special day will be filled with smiles, tears, laughter and plenty of hugs. Hamburgers and hot dogs will be sizzling on the grill, and there will be inspirational speakers, along with a full afternoon of entertainment. A survivor is anyone living with a history of cancer, from the time of diagnosis through the remainder of life. The good news is that people with cancer are surviving and living longer, as people respond to the latest in prevention, early diagnosis and treatment. For more information on the picnic, please call St. Marys Hospital Cancer Care and Infusion Services at 240-434-7247.
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If you are unhappy with the direction of Marylands government during the past 10 years, it would seem the thing to do is send the bums back to Annapolis and expect different results. Thats just the way we roll here in Maryland. Despite such a well conceived strategy, there are indicators its not working and those same bums keep giving us the same results. We had the high expectation that after years of getting it wrong wrong by more than a billion dollars these folks, due to their experience, would get it right this time. This past election, we rewarded our local state legislators for their service by rehiring all of them for four more years. But surely they got our message: stop being fiscally and socially irresponsible. So to be fiscally responsible our legislators eliminated Marylands Distinguished Scholar grant program, saving taxpayers $1.1 million dollars a year, a program that is more than 25 years old. To be fair, the elimination of the program was part of Governor OMalleys proposed budget, so it wasnt our legislators idea, but they agreed when they passed the budget. The Distinguished Scholar program awarded $3,000 per year to Marylands 350 top high school seniors to help assure they stay in Maryland and attend Maryland universities. This years 350 seniors, who were already counting on the money, were notified May 6 that the grants were eliminated and they would not be receiving the money. Unfortunately, this notification came after the deadline for accepting scholarship offers from other universities for fall enrollment. Tough luck for those kids, but our wise legislators offset the pain threefold by being socially responsible and passing legislation that would spend $3.5 million dollars on children of illegal immigrants so they could attend Maryland universities at the same cost as Maryland residents. Now if those two things dont seem fiscally and socially responsible to you as they do to our legislators, and if it seems like we are getting the same results from the same people that we expected different results from, then maybe its time to admit, they arent the problem, we are, for expecting they would change.
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Your May 19 edition had several interesting articles. Your newspaper has become a good source of factual information about local issues and current events, which I have come to appreciate. One article reported on Commissioner Morgans proposed increase to some taxes and fees. I dont like taxes any more than anyone else but I commend Commissioner Morgan for coming up with some ideas to help narrow our budget gap and I admire the fact that he has the intestinal fortitude to put his name on his proposal. For some of our commissioners, in spite of their campaign rhetoric, the next original idea they come up with will be the first original idea they have ever come up with. To solve our fiscal woes will take both reduced spending and increased revenue. A two-dollar bus ride is pretty cheap transportation and round trip fares will not be increased at all. I know I cant dispose of my trash for less than six dollars a month and I expect those who dont use the transfer stations still use the landfill to dispose of their used tires large items and garden waste. They may even take advantage of the free mulch. I also suspect that anyone who can afford to have private trash collection wont go broke with the $15 a year tax increase. Funding the Tipsy Taxi program is not high on my priority list but why cant that be financed through the increased tax on alcohol? If that were done those who may need the service will be the ones paying for it. Another article mentions the 100-ton gorilla in the form of the state passing teacher pension funding to the County. If that happens the teachers will have a much bigger problem than a few more students in their classroom. I am tired of hearing the school officials squealing about having their budget cut. Mr. Martirano has a champagne taste but for now the County is operating on a beer budget. None of my children ever attended the public school system but I gladly paid and continue to pay, to provide a quality public education system. There are plenty of other taxpayers who dont have kids in the school system but virtually everyone supports our schools. The social and recreational activities offered in the schools are good programs but when funds for academic programs and teachers positions are threatened these programs need a second look. Not all students take advantage of the social and recreational programs or perhaps it is time for the parents of those children who do participate to dig deep. In tough times there are many bitter pills to swallow but until we get our fiscal house in order, sacrifice will be the norm. The school officials should focus on how they can do the best they can with what they have and stop acting like they are the center of the universe. Doing more with less is the order of the day whether it is in the classroom, public transportation, trash collection, taxes or rides for those who over indulge and unfortunately, whether we like it or no, it will be this way for the immediate future. We will all be better off when we collectively suck it up, stop complaining and do our part to do what needs to be done. David Ryan Hollywood, MD
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knew that the concern over keeping deputies in schools was present because his own deputies had asked him about it. Cameron said that in the past the possibility of removing resource officers had been used as leverage in budget debates to try and secure more funds for the sheriffs office, but that was not something he approved of. I wont now nor will I ever in the future use school based programs as a bartering tool, Cameron said. guyleonard@countytimes.net By Guy Leonard Staff Writer Narcotics detectives with the St. Marys County Sheriffs Office say that a five month investigation has led to the identification of at least 12 suspects, five of whom have been charged, in an alleged prescription fraud network that operated over four Maryland counties and into Virginia. Reports from the vice/narcotics division state that the suspects in the case used fraudulent and stolen prescriptions to illegally obtain oxycodone. Police allege that the prescriptions were stolen from several doctors offices here in St. Marys County, with some being sold on the street for as much as $200 a piece. Police say that more than 200 prescriptions were stolen. The other prescriptions were passed in Charles, Calvert and Prince Georges countys as well as locally, detectives alleged, and in Alexandria, Va. Police say that the main suspect in the organization is Jason Anthony Hoover, 22, of Mechanicsville, and the others who allegedly participated in the scheme were John Robert Garner, 29, Shania Nicole Hood, 18, and Jesse Patrick Goble, 21, all also from Mechanicsville, as well as Terry Floyd Cook, 38, of Brandywine. Cook is currently incarcerated in Charles County and has a detainment order filed against him by local law enforcement, police reports state. Theres at least seven others whove been identified that we anticipate will be charged at some point, said vice/ narcotics commander Capt. Daniel Alioto. These investigations are lengthy and time consuming; its got so many tentacles its different than youre average street crime. Vice/narcotics detectives raided several homes and vehicles related to the case on search and seizure warrants and found oxycodone pills and stolen blank prescription notepads, police reported Tuesday. Police estimate that the street value of the drugs obtained is almost $70,000 and may increase as more information is revealed through their investigation. Also arrested in a separate case was Claude Richard Carpenter, 29, of Lusby who was indicted with passing fraudulent prescriptions as well attempting to obtain enough oxycodone to distribute, police have alleged. Alioto said alleged that Carpenter used a computer in Calvert County to produce fraudulent prescriptions and had left Southern Maryland littered with them. Hes a huge player, Alioto said. This is our third round with Mr. Carpenter. guyleonard@countytimes.net
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Sheriff Timothy K. Cameron said Wednesday that he has no plans to remove resource deputies from county schools even though county commissioners have not restored $1.2 million in funding he had requested to hire two more deputies for fiscal 2012. The County Times became aware of rumors that Cameron might be considering such an action and asked him to clarify his stance on the issue. I dont think anyone in the agency wants that, Cameron said of putting resource officers back on patrol. I wont do that, absolutely not. The safety and security of children in the schools is a foremost concern. Cameron said that the program was among the most popular with parents and had become a valuable law enforcement tool in a partnership with the Board of Education. Resource deputies receive no extra pay for their duties in schools and receive their salary from county government and not the school board. I think we have something special here, Cameron said. C a m eron said that he
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By Guy Leonard Staff Writer A Park Hall man remains incarcerated following a Wednesday bond hearing in District Court after he was charged with sexually assaulting and raping a 12-year-old girl this week. Jamal Gwan Ball, 22, faces 20 years in prison if found guilty of a second-degree rape charge, as well as a possible 10-year sentence if convicted of a third degree sex offense, court records show. Police reports state that officers responded to the St. Marys Hospital emergency room Tuesday to investigate reports that the female juvenile had been sexually assaulted. Charging documents filed against Ball alleged as a result of a detectives investigation that he had sexual intercourse with the victim at an address on Willows Road on Monday. Charging documents state that when the detective interviewed Ball about the allegations he admitted to the aforemen- Jamal Gwan Ball tioned information. Because of the age of the victim Judge Christy Holt Chesser issued an order that her name and other information be sealed. guyleonard@countytimes.net
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Keara Daly Schmeiser from St. Marys Ryken was recently awarded the 2011 Navmar Applied Sciences scholarship. She will pursue her degree in Chemistry at Georgetown University this fall. Pictured also is, David Hamilton, Director of College Advising at Ryken, and Kim Flynn with Navmar Public Affairs.
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NAS Pax River Survey Underway

The Navy needs your help. The NAVAIR Ranges Sustainability Office at NAS Patuxent River has commissioned an awareness survey for residents of the Southern Maryland TriCounty area. The study will measure how informed residents are about operations at Pax River and will examine how the NAVAIR Ranges Sustainability Office can improve community outreach. The Sustainability Office works to educate the public about the flying mission of Pax River and how the base affects the Tri-County Southern Maryland area. The survey does not require previous knowledge of Pax River and only takes about five minutes to complete. The Ranges Sustainability Office hopes this assessment will help the Navy learn more about its outreach efforts. To take the anonymous Internet survey, visit www.PaxRiverSurvey. com. Residents also can call the NAVAIR Ranges Sustainability Office at 301-757-1725 to request a paper copy of the survey if needed.
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First Fridays are Happening in Leonardtown
First Friday in Leonardtown is Here!

Visit uptown and downtown to rediscoVer the many treasures of historic/new Leonardtown!
ParticiPating businesses & staying oPen late: bella Music school, big larrys coMic book caf, brewing grounds, caf des artistes, craft guild shoP, colleens dreaM, college of southern Maryland, crazy for ewe, fenwick street used books and Music, good earth natural foods, the shoPs of Maryland antiques center, creekside gallery, kevins corner kaf, leonardtown arts center, leonardtown galleria, leonardtown grill, cahills caf and catering, north end gallery, ogas asian cuisine, olde town Pub, olde towne stitchery, on a roll, Port of leonardtown winery, rustic river bar and grill, quality street kitchens, shelbys creative fraMing, the front Porch, treadles studio, white rabbit childrens bookstore, ye olde towne caf
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LEONARDTOWN GALLERIA- (in Maryland Antiques Center)- will be continuing the works of Carol Wathen through June. 10% of on any sale between 5:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. LEONARDTOWN GRILL- 25470 Point Lookout Road CAHILL'S CAFE AND CATERING- (in Maryland Antiques Center)Open for Dinner NORTH END GALLERY- 41652 Fenwick Street- invites you to welcome the warm weather with an All Member show titled "Summer Sights " The show runs from May 31 until June 26 . The First Friday reception will be on June 3 from 5 til 8 PM. OGA'S ASIAN CUISINE- 22745 Washington St OLDE TOWN PUB- Relax after work, meet with friends, or come watch the big game on our giant 60-inch plasma TV. We offer 14 beers on tap, your favorite mixed drinks using only premium spirits, and popular wines. In addition, we have tasty appetizers and great meals for the entire family. Our traditional dcor offers a welcoming atmosphere whether youre celebrating a big event or winding down after a day at work. We look forward to serving you at the most popular nightspot in Southern Maryland.-TBA OLDE TOWNE STITCHERY- 41665 Fenwick Street- Come join us from 5pm to 8pm. We will have a free demos for a fast method to make two 9 patch Blocks. With this technique you will learn how with two 10 1/2 " squares. Refreshments will be served. ON A ROLL- (Corner of Fenwick and Washington streets) PORT OF LEONARDTOWN WINERY- 23190 Newtowne Neck Road- Proudly presenting Fractal Folk performing on the patio from 5:30-8:30pm. Krys Baker and the boys will serve up a mix of your favorite original tunes while you sip your wine and tap your toes. Local wine and local music make for a great pairing! For more information and instant updates, see our new website or look up "Port Of Leonardtown Winery" on Facebook. For more information on the Fractal Folk, visit www.fractalfolk.com . RUSTIC RIVER BAR AND GRILL- 40874 Merchant's Lane (Route 5) QUALITY STREET KITCHENS- 41675 Fenwick Street SHELBY'S CREATIVE FRAMING- 26005 Point Lookout Road THE FRONT PORCH- 22770 Washington Street- Dinner, drink and appetizer specials. TREADLES STUDIO- 26005 Point Lookout Road (next to Maryland Antiques Center)- Visit a weavers working studio where fiber arts rock and fiber artists play. Join us on First Fridays when Misti and the Fuzzy Farmers throw a craft party for grown-ups. TBA WHITE RABBIT CHILDREN'S BOOKSTORE- 25470 Point Lookout Road YE OLDE TOWNE CAFE- 22865 Washington Street- First Friday for Youth
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were a treat to work with and most of their volunteers worked side by side with us to make everything go smoothly. Our volunteers were fed great lunches put on by different small businesses, restaurants, churches, local civic organizations, unions and individuals. There seems to be a competition to see who could put on the best feast. These Feed A Crews were organized by Julia Bohle, who has always made sure everyone is taken care of. After the day of work, a wonderful dinner was shared with food donated by many local groups and businesses. We will be listing all of our food and beverage contributors in our annual newsletter, but would like to take the opportunity to thank our major picnic sponsors, including the Mechanicsville Lions Club, Sunshine Catering, Bozick Distributors, Watermans Association, Buck Distributing, Guy Distributing, Metro Restaurant & Janitorial Supplies, and the Paul Hall Center. Our dinner was organized again by Connie Pennington and her group of volunteers. Thanks again for doing a hard job. We had music donated by Larry Greenwell of Eliz Beatz for our picnic. Our program has worked on close to 600 homes over the years, with over $4 million dollars worth of home repairs, with donated labor and materials, either bought through our fundraising or donated by generous businesses. Well be starting back to work next month, preparing for 2012. Again, Id like to thank our house captains, area coordinators, and volunteers for a job very well done. Our program would never have reached the goodness that it does without our Executive Director, Mary Ann Chasen. She works many hours all year long to keep us running like a fine Swiss clock. Our board of Directors and myself owe her a great debt of gratitude Its been my pleasure and honor to serve as president of CIA and I hope we go for another 20 years. Howard Thompson, President-2011 Christmas In April
Christmas in April Made Possible by 1,300 Volunteers

On April 30 Christmas In April began their 21st year of working on homes in our county. Over 1,300 volunteers participated in the repair of 22+ homes. The weather, after tornadoes on Thursday, was great the rest of the weekend. Our house captains and area coordinators, along with their workers, took on lots of different repairs, from basement floors to roof repairs and/or replacement, along with everything in between. Floors were replaced; walls fixed; plumbing and electrical problems were repaired. Yards were cleared, mowed and planted with flowers with mulch to go around them. Over 100 gallons of paint was applied to interior and exterior surfaces. Trash by the truckloads was hauled away, thanks to the Great Mills Trading Post, Steve Dysons Hauling , A & B Trucking, Maryland State Highway Administration, and St. Marys County Dept of Public Works and Bob Morehouse and Waste Management. Thanks to Mary Bohanon and Robert Quade at Dysons Lumber and Supply, our materials were collected from our donors and business contacts, including Lowes, Thos. Somerville Co., Chaney Enterprises, Mattingly Electric, Dean Lumber, Bob Green Siding Co., The Greenery, Mechanicsville Building & Supply, and numerous other businesses, and with the help of several Leonardtown High School and Harry Lundeberg students, they were separated into piles for each home. Our board members helped prepare the fairgrounds for the materials to be given out to our homes, including, Mary Ann and Steve Chasen, John Weiner, Julia Bohle, Darene Kleinsorgen, Kathy & Jerry Slagle, Tammy Pilkerton, Lee Dyson, Sandra Guy, Sergio Jimenez, Fred Morton, Philip Scriber, Spencer Scriber, and Vince Williams, with other volunteers including John & Sharon Mattingly, Ann Hawes and Gavin Benckert. Due to a scheduling glitch, we had to work around Holy Faces Springfest, but both organizations had an easy day of making it work. Frances and Mary Lillian Hewitt, Jerry Humenik and Father Calis
To The Editor
In light of the upcoming Memorial Day weekend I am compelled to write and bring focus to something that there seems to be little discussion about lately legacy. This weekend we remember and honor those that came before us. We are reminded of the legacy left for the current generation and the ones to come. Coming from a dysfunctional family and childhood I have been gifted the legacy of hope. My own legacy is to hope for the best in people, society, friends and enemies but mostly in the generations to come, any legacy that we will leave them. Recently dozens, maybe hundreds of children from families all over the region benefited from the legacy of Larry Millison through the generosity of his daughter Rachelle. Since 1998 a small group of people have diligently worked to establish a home and build support for high school sailing in Southern Maryland. Sailing is one of the fastest growing high school sports in the country. With an avid set of resources and committed volunteers in our area the success of the program has only grown interest. The dedicated support reaches deep into the sailing community of Annapolis, St. Marys College of Maryland and many individuals in St. Marys and Calvert County including schools and government. Sailing unlike many other sports is a legacy in and of itself as this is how our ancestors arrived in this brave new world settling first on the shores of St. Marys County. Sailing gives opportunity to teach physics, leadership and teamwork while encouraging safe boating and en-
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vironmental responsibility matched by no other sport. The Sailing Center Chesapeake survived on property owned by Rachelle, and legacy created by her father Larry. Sailors benefited by keeping sailing alive and providing home for high school sailing in Southern Maryland. Prior to that, the Cole Family also provided home for SCC. For continuing this legacy referred to one sailor as functional artwork the sailors and the group of committed citizens say a kind thank you. This weekend another legacy comes to end as the farm collection of John Parlett Sr. will be sold at public auction. This ends years of history that he built to share the legacy of our farming past. Times change and we all have to let go of that which we love and if we are lucky enough we have memories and mementos of legacy to remind us and maybe give hope. Parlett family members will be among the bidders. Determining who got what or what memory was most significant became too painstaking for everyone. If you find yourself among the bidders this weekend I kindly ask that you keep memory of John, what he hoped for when noticing family bidding for a part of grandpas legacy. I know they will be easy to identify. So here is to remembering legacy wishing everyone a memorable Memorial Day honoring those that came before us. Thanks for keeping their magic and desire alive and giving hope for all generations. Barbara Herbig, Lexington Park, MD
Spiritual Cataracts
Recently, we saw an unprecedented act of snubbing God Almighty (of the Holy Bible). That is, unless cloudiness has obscured our sight. For eons it seems weve had Santa Claus diluting Christmas along with a bunny rabbit slighting Easter. Heralded by secular humanists, on this past 22 April, it was politically correct to mingle Earth Day along with our traditional observation of Good Friday. Are we not now persuaded in this newest devilish effort to trivialize our only Lord and Saviour Jesus Christs sacrificial death on the cross of Calvary, his burial and resurrection? Heathenism in the form of Mother Earth worship is new to us but nothing new to God as our Holy Bible discloses examples of idol worship and false gods, which are no gods. See Ezekiel 8:16 where men once worshiped the Sun. Mother Earth worship is arguably the most cunning and effective device of the devil to date with which to obscure modern mans understanding of his creator, his personal need of the savior, impending judgment and eternity. Certainly, many of those unwittingly fomenting this affront to the Almighty are sincere, well meaning people (some church folk) who are attempting to correct mans historically relative indifference to our divinely created environment. Nowadays, however, environmental extremism is somehow warranted and subscribing to the Genesis account of creation is pooh-poohed. Faith concludes that the same Ancient of Days who created this universe can and will sustain it until such time as He wills otherwise. Not too long ago living environmentally responsible was only reasonable and prudent. Nowadays, however, the concept appears to have been hijacked by gangrene extremists. Chiefly among such are movie stars, rock stars, noted politicians and other pseudo intellects who exhibit no biblical knowledge as to how God expects us to live or what happens to you at death. That aside, however, theyre magnificently competent at advanced green
Earth management. And for every Earther convert there are like numbers of scientists whove determined weather events as cyclical. Worldwide, we are witnessing excruciatingly painful acts of God and yet some refer to such as being caused by Mother Nature, global warming or climate change. The Earth is the Lords and the fullness thereof. And whether via His perfect will or permissive will, earthquakes, tornados, hurricanes, floods, drought, famine, pestilence and the like generate from the authority of the Almighty. Notice circumstances affecting the world as well as our own beloved America and a reasonable assessment of such events suggest that God might be trying to get our attention just as in ages past. We have sinned without sorrow and God is no longer welcomed in all too many places. His holy name is lightly taken in vain (OMG) and Christ is routinely blasphemed and satirized. And the Holy Ghost, well, most dont even know or care who He is. Our maker blesses us with free will but he will not bless willful disobedience. Fortunately, a remedy remains by which we can regain the Lords favor, by first acknowledging Him with whom we all have to do and repenting as instructed in 2 Chron 7:14. Regrettably, Mother Earth worship has crept into a number of mainstream Christian churches. Instead of its preachers exclaiming what thus saith the Lord they focus on saving the Earth instead of saving souls. Such ministers have lost sight of providing an atmosphere of worship, preaching to the salvation of eternal souls, instilling Christ-likeness, effecting changed lives and setting captives free. We need to win, teach, baptize and grow. Christs death on Calvary, his burial and resurrection was not on behalf of saving the Earth. And within his Great Commission theres no edict to go green. Should we therefore invite the Great Physician to remove that spiritual cataract and respond accordingly? You decide. Chester M. Seaborn Jr. Mechanicsville, MD
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Ollie Berry, 83
O l lie Grant Berry, Jr., 83 of Park Hall, MD died May 22, 2011 at St. Marys Hospital. Born June 10, 1927 in R o c k bridge Baths, VA, he was the son of the late Ollie G. Berry, Sr. and Mamie Beatrice (Morris) Berry. Ollie served in the U.S. Navy for 22 years as a cook onboard numerous ships. He has traveled all over the country. After his retirement from the Navy in 1967, he worked as a Civil Servant at the Patuxent River Naval Air Station until his retirement in 1983. Ollie attended many ship reunions. He enjoyed cooking for his family and friends. He loved to hunt and fish and have a flower garden. Ollie lived a wonderful life and loved everyone especially his grandchildren and great grandchildren. He loved life and went in peace. Ollie is survived by his wife, Gertrude Berry, his step children; Harriett Mathew of MD, Louise Clapper of Idaho, Helen Aud of Florida, Addie M. Wood of MD and Robert V. Coffman of San Antonio, TX, eight grandchildren, eight great grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. In addition to his parents, Ollie was preceded in death by his brother, Robert Henry Berry. Family received friends on Tuesday, May 24, 2011 at the First Friendship United Methodist Church, 13723 Point Lookout Road, Ridge, MD 20680. Prayers were recited. A Funeral Service was held on Wednesday, May 25, 2011 at the church. Interment fol-
lowed in the church cemetery. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Ridge Volunteer Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 456, Ridge, MD 20680 or First Friendship United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 133, Ridge, MD 20680. Condolences to the family may be made at www.brinsfieldfuneral.com. Arrangements by the Brinsfield Funeral Home, P.A., Leonardtown, MD.
and Amanda Piersall. Memorial donations in his name may be made to the American Heart Association, 415 N. Charles St., Baltimore, MD, 21201 Private arrangements are being provided by Brinsfield-Echols Funeral Home, P.A., 30195 Three Notch Rd., Charlotte Hall, MD.
Keegan Clinger, 21
Keegan Scott Clinger, 21 of Califor nia, MD died May 12, 2011 at the Baltimore Shock Trauma Unit in Ba lt i mor e, MD. B o r n July 31, 1989 in Harvey, LA, he was the son of MGySgt Daniel J. & Darlene R. (Tiell) Clinger of California, MD. Keegan graduated from Mira Mesa High School in Mira Mesa, CA in 2007. He was employed at JC Penny & attended the College of Southern Maryland. Keegan was a free spirit who loved nature and being active. He cherished his family and friends and had a big heart. He volunteered at the Birch Aquarium at Scripps in La Jolla, CA and dreamed of being a Marine Biologist. He loved art and could always be found sketching or painting. Though he loved anything that was active and kept him busy, such as snowboarding with his dad or wakeboarding and being on the water, fishing, hiking, or playing the piano or hand drums - his true love in life was skateboarding and anyone who knew him knew that. He was one of the few who passed doing exactly what they loved doing in life, taking his last ride on his board. Keegans last act in life was the giving of his organs so that others could live on through the Living Legacy Foundation of Maryland. In addition to his parents, Keegan is survived by his sisters, Tianna L. Clinger, San Diego, CA, Kieren E. & Kiersten E. Clinger, California, MD; brother, PFC Tristan M. & Rachel Clinger, Louisville, KY; Maternal grandmother, Mary E. (Cook) Tiell, Upper Sandusky, OH; paternal grandparents Ronald & Joann (Johnston) Clinger, LaRue, Uncles & Aunts: David E. & Tami (Fadeley) Tiell, Great Mills, MD; Ron Jr. & Lynn (Anastasi) Clinger, Ashland City,TN.; Randy & Lynn (Clinger) Howerton, Noel, Missouri; Paul E. & Tamryn (Warner) Tiell, Upper Sandusky, OH; Andrew W. & Heidi (Golden) Tiell, Wharton, OH; Carl & Bonnie Clinger, Jacksonville, NC; Douglas C. & Tammie (Golden) Tiell, Mount Blanchard, OH; Lisa (Clinger) Stutz, Upper Sandusky, OH. Also survived by
Herman Broyles, Jr., 82

H e rman Jefferson Broyles, Jr., 82, of Mechanicsville, MD died May 21, 2011 at Calvert Memorial Hospital, Prince Freder ick , MD. Born September 16, 1928 in Johnson City, TN, he was the son of Herman Jefferson Broyles, Sr. and Grace V. Counts Broyles. Mr. Broyles was a retired bricklayer and member of Bricklayers Union #1. He was a former Little League coach and loved to hunt and fish. He was predeceased by his parents and siblings, Beatrice Zamaitis and Frank Broyles. He is survived by his children, John H. Broyles of Greeneville, TN and Amanda Preston of Nanjemoy, MD; loving friend, Margaret Oliver; sisters, Pearle Davis of Johnson City, TN and Estelle Verbolas of Temple Hills, MD; grandchildren, Nathan Broyles, Kevin Broyles and Gina Thompson; greatgrandchildren, Cora Broyles, Cohen Broyles, Dustin Thompson
two nieces, Alice & Ellsie Clinger of Louisville, KY as well as being blessed with an extensive number of great aunts & uncles, and cousins all around the country. He was preceded in death by paternal grandfather, Clarence E. Tiell, maternal grandparents, Bill & Doreen (Corcoran) Jeter, and an aunt, Patricia Clinger. A visitation was on Friday, May 20, 2011 at Bringman-Clark Funeral Home in Upper Sanduky, OH with burial immediately following at St. Peters Catholic Cemetery. A Memorial Service will be held at a later date in Maryland. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial contributions be sent in memory of Keegan Clinger to the following organizations: The Living Legacy Foundation of Maryland, 1730 Twin Springs Road, Suite 200, Baltimore, MD 21227,by contacting communications@TheLLF.org or 410-242-7000 / 800-641-HERO or the Birch Aquarium at Scripps, 9500 Gilman Drive #0207, La Jolla, CA 92093-0207 aquarium. ucsd.edu, using the Give Now button. To extend a condolence or share a memory visit www.bringmanclark.com. Condolences to the family may be made at www.brinsfieldfuneral.com.
in the St. M icha els Catholic Church, 1 6 5 5 5 T h r e e N o t c h R o a d , Ridge, MD 20680 on We d n e s day, May 25, 2011 with prayers recited. Mass of Christian Burial will be offered on Thursday, May 26, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. in the Church. Interment will follow in St. Michaels Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Steven James Ridgell, Todd Taylor, Brady Ridgell, Shea Ridgell, Steven Taylor, Michael Hofmeister, and J.C. Hofmeister. Honorary pallbearer will be Richard (Dickie) Cullison. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the St. Michaels School, P.O. Box 429, Ridge, MD 20680 Condolences to the family may be made at www.brinsfieldfuneral.com. Arrangements by the Brinsfield Funeral Home, P.A., Leonardtown, MD.
Steven Ridgell, 58
Steven James Ridgell, 58 of Ridge, MD died May 23, 2011 at the Charlotte Hall Veterans Home, Charlotte Hall, MD. He was born in Roswell, New Mexico on July 1, 1952. He was the son of Jean (Raley) Ridgell of Ridge, MD and the late Clarence Hugh Ridgell. He is survived by siblings; Lila Hofmeister (Daniel) of Ridge, MD, Donna J. Taylor (Jerry) of Scotland, MD, Jay Scott Ridgell of Piney Point, MD. Family will receive friends
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St. Marys County Public Schools will be recognizing the various award winning student robotics teams and their coaches on Thursday, June 9 from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m., at the Dr. James A. Forrest Career and Technology Center. Teams from elementary, middle, and high school will demonstrate and explain their projects. Included in the showcase will be participants from the FIRST Robotics Competition, the VEX Robotics Competition, the FIRST Tech Challenge, the STEM 5 and STEM 7 National Defense Education Program sponsored Math in Real Life Challenge, the CSM Regional Robotics Challenge, the Botball Educational Robotics Program, and the AUVSI UAS Student Competition. The public is invited to attend this event and share in the robotics experiences in St. Marys County Public Schools.
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By Sarah Miller Staff Writer Before the school year ends and seniors graduate to move on to the next phase of their lives they have to make it through one final hurdle the Maryland High School Assessment (HSA) exams. This year marks the last for the Government HSA, which was cut due to a lack of funding in the state budget, according to Gail Bennett, the communications specialist with Calvert County Public Schools. Because of that, the test will no longer be administered nor will it be a part of the graduation requirement for graduating seniors. Even with the requirement for the HSA exam gone, there will be few changes to the curriculum for the schools. Scott McComb, the supervisor of secondary level social studies with Calvert County schools, said the discontinuance of the test is a disappointment to the people in the school district. He said when the government test was part of the state graduation requirement, there were resources and energy applied to the subject that may not be applied now that teachers arent preparing students for the exam. I wouldnt tell you this wonderful burden has been lifted, McComb said. In other ways, McComb said the elimination of the government HSA could be useful is by allowing the school district time to focus on other areas, like citizenship and being active participants in the community, as well as current government and political issues He said in most ways, nothing will change. The government and civics classes are still a part of the requirement for the curriculum, and has to be taught whether where is a government HSA or not. Tony Marcino, the supervisor of assessments with St. Marys County Public Schools, echoed McCombs thoughts in that the elimination of the test wont change the face of the curriculum too drastically. He said there are also three other HSAs that will be administered on a yearly basis. Thats not to say government will not come back in future years, Marcino said. He said the test will most likely come back in a form that meshes with the race to the top curriculum in government and civics. sarahmiller@countytimes.net
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Charter School Moves First Crop into High School

She said there are 20 students ready to leave the charter school and go on to high schools in the area. She said they will be going into Chopticon High School, St. Marys Ryken, and into programs like Global International Studies and STEM. She said at the charter school, the report cards dont have letter grades but extended commentary on the performance of the students and their subjects. She said in eighth grade, the students begin receiving both types of grades to help them prepare for the grading systems in the high schools. Funya said the children who came in as kindergarten students are now in the third grade and, while there is a range in ages from 5 and 6 to 13, there is no bullying problem at the school. I think a lot of the older kids take ownership of the younger kids, Funya said. The waiting list for the charter school currently stands at 295, and Funya said the
The first eighth-grade class from Chesapeake Public Charter School is getting ready to go into high school. These students came into the school as fifth graders when the school opened in 2007. Were getting ready to put them out there, said Angela Funya, the educational director at the charter school.
students who get accepted will know by the time the rest of the public schools begin. Chesapeake Public Charter School operates on a schedule that is closer to a year-round model, Funya said. The students are taken in on a lottery basis. She said preference is given to students who are siblings of current students, but as for a rest they are chosen strictly by lottery. sarahmiller@countytimes.net
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By Sarah Miller Staff Writer Twenty-two teachers received notification that they would not be employed during the next school year. Now, after more work on the budget and the addition of $750,000 from the Board of County Commissioners, those jobs may be saved. Greg Nourse, the director of fiscal services with the St. Marys County Public Schools, said four of those people were dual-certified and offered positions in other areas of the school district, leaving 18 individuals still facing unemployment. He said the money given to the school by the county commissioners will make up half of the $1.8 million needed to keep the positions. Im sure therell be more discussion, Nourse said. He said it is the intent of the Board of Education to save every teachers position, but he doesnt have a crystal ball he can look in and see how that will be accomplished right now. He said there will be more information tomorrow about how many positions the $750,000 can save and what will be necessary to keep the remainder. He said the final decision on funding from the Board of County Commissioners will be made on May 31, the Board of Education will finalize their budget on June 8 and the whole thing should be approved by the commissioners on June 21. He said the notifications that went out to the teachers who may be losing their positions went out as early as possible, once they knew how many people would be retiring or leaving the district on their own. He said the pink slips have been on the table and part of the budget considerations from the beginning. We didnt know how many we would have to let go, Nourse said. Nourse said how things play out in the coming month all depends on what the board wants to do.
Farm auction marks End oF an Era

By Guy Leonard Staff Writer Catherine Kitty Parlett, widow of local farming and political legend John Parlett, Sr., says its time to let go of much of the farm memorabilia both she and her husband have collected over the years, though it saddens her. The family stopped their annual Farm Life Festival several years ago and the items that were such a big draw are now sitting in several large barns on the family property often in near pristine condition, ready for an auction this weekend. Its just something that needs to be done, she said. I feel its time to have the auction. I think John would be very pleased. John and Kitty started collecting farm memorabilia after John left public office in 1986 as a member of the House of Delegates. Before that, he had served as a county commissioner, but John was known for his longtime love of farming and all things associated with it. The auction starts May 27 and runs for four days with two rings of items to be sold, according to event masters with Aumann Auctions based in Illinois. Kelly Hogue, one of the auctioneers who has been cataloguing items since the fall to prepare for the sale, said that this auction will be a rare one because of its size and the quality of the items that will be on display. We usually dont have auctions that last four days over two rings, Hogue told The County Times on Monday. The stuff on the fourth day is still great for a regular sale. Hogue said that items from the Parlett family collection like general store products from decades ago were some of the most unique that shes ever seen. Some of the items included vintage signage, chocolate confectionary boxes, shaving razors and even an old style ballot box, to name just a few. And that was just one storage space on the vast Parlett farm in New Market. If you were a Cracker Barrel [restaurant] buyer would you not go crazy here? Hogue said as she perused the antiques in near pristine condition. Its so hard to find these general store items. As the auction house owner Kurt Aumann toured the farm equipment in barns and on the grounds of the farm, he was in awe at their variety and condition. Aside from tractors from different eras, the Parlett family has amassed a collection ranging Kitty Parlett stands with just a few pieces of the thousands of farming-related items that will from all kinds of plows to mechanical sets like be sold at auction at the family farm in New Market. vintage lathes and table saws said. To see it all up for auction is sad. operated by human muscle The good part is that my fathers legacy will live on now in power through foot pedals lots of different places, he said. and even broom making deOne of the main concerns driving the auction, Parlett, Jr. vices from yesteryear. said, was the cost of keeping a non-producing farm open at the To have this amount cost of more than $100,000 a year. and have it all this nice is The auction will allow for more time to keep the farm open pretty darn rare, Aumann until the family could decide its future, he said, but there was said. another reason. John K. Parlett, Jr., a loIts financially driven, but my mom came to the conclusion cal developer and business it wasnt fun anymore after my dad died in 2005, he said of havowner, said his father and ing the items on display at festivals. mothers collection over the Parlett, Jr. said that selling the farm into agricultural prespast two-and-a-half decades ervation or turning it into a horse farm could be ways to keep it was inspiring but he too was viable and put it back into production. AUTO TOTAL sad to see it go. Time will tell what we will do, he said. The effort my mother $1,398 $1,923 and father put into amassing guyleonard@countytimes.net this collection is amazing, he
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By Sarah Miller Staff Writer With the number of children in shelter care in St. Marys County on the rise, there is a need for an increase in the number of Court Appointed Support Advocates (CASAs). Wednes-
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day morning, two volunteers were sworn in as CASAs for the county. Heather Balderson, the director of CASA of Southern Maryland, described CASAs as an extra set of eyes and ears for the court, keeping tabs on children in shelter homes and submitting reports to the court. Linda Grove, the circuit court family and support services coordinator with St. Marys County, said CASAs can be assigned to foster care cases or to children who have been places with relatives, like aunts, uncles or grandparents, and it all falls under the heading shelter care. Balderson said they have authority from the court to get information from the childrens shelter home, their school, therapists the child might be seeing and even the child. The CASA will meet with the child twice per month, and these meetings can take place anywhere the child is most comfortable, like home, the library or even at school. The CASAs make sure there is nothing that slips through the cracks, Balderson said. This is the only program Ive seen that gives children a voice, said Rebecca Stevenson-Douglas, one of the CASAs sworn in at the ceremony Wednesday. The CASA workers provide thorough reports, Grove said, and the service they provide is invaluable. She said she would like to see a CASA assigned to every shelter care case, but that is simply not possible due to money and personnel constraints. They do wonderful work, Grove said. CASAs work strictly as volunteers, Balderson said, and have to go through a 30 hour training period before they can be assigned a case. During this training period, the volunteers learn about the origins of CASA, different types of family dynamics and how to recognize and report problems. Because the position is volunteer only, the amount of time a CASA spends on a case can vary but Balderson said once a CASA is assigned a child, or a sibling group, they stay with the case until it comes to a close. Now more than ever it is necessary for more people to step up and be the extra support for the children and the courts, Balderson said. The number of children in shelter care in the county is on the rise. In my personal opinion, its based on the economy, Balderson said. Elyn Jones, the deputy director of communications with the State Department of Human Resources, said this statistic is, while sad, not surprising considering the growth of St. Marys County. She said St. Marys is the fastest growing county in the state, and the majority of people moving into St. Marys are young families. This means there is a higher rate of birth, and more children coming into the county. She also said the number of sibling groups in shelter care, which will cause the number of children to get larger without the number of cases increasing accordingly. Currently, there are 162 children in shelter care in St. Marys County. Jones corroborated Baldersons opinion, saying when there is stress on a family due to the loss of a job or economic trouble, there is a rise in family violence and substance abuse, which will cause children to be removed from the unsafe environment. The larger your population, the larger number you tend to see those things happening, Jones said. sarahmiller@countytimes.net
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By Guy Leonard Staff Writer Property owners who have homes on the cliffs steadily eroding into the Chesapeake Bay are hopeful that the state will choose to push forward an application for federal emergency funds from Calvert County government to essentially buyout and demolish their homes before they crash into the surf. Several of the homeowners have either moved out or have abandoned hopes of selling their properties because the backyards have been steadily disappearing; homeowners could not take engineering measures to shore up the cliff face in Lusby because the presence of the Puritan tiger beetle a federally protected species prohibited them from damaging their habitat. Now they are hoping that about $3 million in grant money will come before the homes are in even more danger. The grant funds up to 75 percent of the buyout for selected homeowners, according to county emergency management officials, with the other 25 percent as required matching funds from each individual homeowner to the overall total of $1 million. David Ector, who has about one foot of back yard left after it has fallen into the Bay, said the grant application was a welcome event. Were very hopeful about the FEMA grant, Ector said, who has since moved with the wife out to Colorado for their jobs. They still own the property though, he said. Its frustrating, its impossible to sell at this point, Bill Carmichael, who also owns property where he has already lost a backyard hot tub to the cliff erosion, said he hoped the application approval was swift but with so many other major natural disasters the tornados in Alabama and Missouri and the floods in Mississippi he feared the homes on Calvert Cliffs would rank low on the priority list. We hope it will happen, but well be shocked if it does, Carmichael said. Theres a lot of people out there asking, but theres not a lot of money.
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Thursday, May 26
Annual Pat Collins Golf Classic Twin Shields Golf Club (2425 Rotary Road, Dunkirk) 7:30 a.m. The Arc of Southern Maryland hosts the 9th Annual Pat Collins Golf Classic. Proceeds support individuals and families of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in Southern Maryland. Registration begins at 7:30 a.m., with a shotgun start at 8:30 a.m. Sponsorship opportunities are available ranging from tee sponsor to admiral level sponsor. Registration is $150 per individual player and $600 for teams. For sponsorship opportunities or to register for the event, visit www.arcsomd.org, call 410-535-2413, extension 123 or e-mail jparren@arcsomd.org. Leonard Hall Junior Naval Academy Open House Lexington Park Library (21677 FDR Boulevard, Lexington Park) 5 p.m. Leonard Hall Junior Naval Academy will conduct an open house in the northern end of St. Marys County at the Charlotte Hall Public Library in the Meeting Room. Come out and speak
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School is Out, Art is In Annmarie Garden (13480 Dowell Road, Solomons) 9 a.m. For children grades one to three. Member cost is $35 and non-mmeber cost will be $45. Learn to love the Earth by creating earth-friendly art and art that celebrates the beauty of our world. One persons trash is anothers treasure as we reuse and recycle old things into new creations. Weather-permitting, the children will even work outdoors to build their unique earthwork! Pack a lunch, dress for a mess, and lets get ready to get our hands dirty! 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 for $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. 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 301863-7800 or Linda at 240-925-5697.
Friday, May 27
Friday Morning Softball Miedzinski Park in front of Leonard Hall Recreation Center (Route 245, Leonardtown) 10 a.m. Spring is in the air and its time to dust off that bat and glove and head out to Miedzinski Park for a pick-up game of softball. Ages 50 and above are welcome. Call the Garvey Center at 301.475.4200, ext. 1062 for more information. Open Mic Christ Church Parish Hall (37497 Zach Fowler Road, Chaptico) 7 p.m. Home Spun Coffee House will sponsor an Open Mic night. This is a great event with many varieties of music and lots of friendship. Doors open at 7 p.m., and the music starts at 7:30 p.m. The price of admission is $5 and performers are admitted free. Light refreshments will be provided. For more information, or to sign up to perform, contact John Garner at carthagena@wildblue.net.
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Libraries closed Memorial Day All three libraries will be closed on May 30 in observance of Memorial Day. Summer volunteer training underway Students who have applied to be a summer volunteer must attend a training session: May 26 at 6 p.m. at Leonardtown, June 1 at 5:30 p.m. at Lexington Park, and May 31 or June 1 at 5 p.m. at Charlotte Hall. Robotic teams to demonstrate robots Local robotic teams will demonstrate their robots and compete in a scrimmage match at Lexington Park on May 28 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Those attending will have an opportunity to drive a robot, plus see the world-champion Crusader shoot wiffle balls. This program is free. Lexington Park hosting free movie Lexington Park will offer a free showing of the PG rated movie based on the true story of the journey of the 1973 Triple Crown winner on June 3, at 1 p.m. Popcorn and drinks will be provided. Bag lunches are encouraged. Summer reading fun kicks off June 6 Summer reading programs for babies through teens begin June 6. These reading programs help children maintain their reading skills and discover the fun of reading. Participants will earn prizes by reading and completing fun activities listed on a game board. Each child will receive a ticket to the July 22 Blue Crabs game and 120 children will receive Orioles tickets. The following will be given away in a random drawing from those participating: a family packet of four tickets to the Maryland Science Center and an annual family pass to the National Aquarium, B&O Railroad Museum, or Port Discovery. Details are available at the libraries. Joe Romano will kick off the free Professional Performances on June 27. A complete list of the professional performances and other summer activities is available online or at the libraries. Summer reading t-shirts can be purchased at each branch. Childrens shirts are $5 and adults are $6. Naval Aviation history to be presented To celebrate the 100th anniversary of Naval Aviation, Commander David Kindley will present a multimedia presentation on the first days of Naval Aviation through the pivotal days of World War II and into modern Naval Aviation. This 1998 USNTPS graduate recently returned to NAS Pax from his tour as Squadron Commanding Officer of a Super Hornet Squadron in combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. He will share his personal experiences of more than 20 years as a combat test carrier pilot and test pilot.
Saturday, May 28
Charity Dog Wash to Benefit Operation Home Front Breton Veterinary Hospital (22646 Cedar Lane Court, Leonardtown) 2 p.m. Come out and support a local veterinary hospital that enjoys supporting larger causes! A portion of the proceeds will go to Operation Homefront and all that is asked is a $5 donation for a clean pooch. There will be towels and a hand dryer to make sure your all dogs go home dry. All dogs must be on a leash. Feel free to bring your own shampoo if you have a favorite, and one of our staff members will be happy to bathe your pet. The office closes at 2 p.m., wash will run until 5 p.m. Larry the Cable Guy Calvert Marine Museum (14200 Solomons Island Road South, Solomons) 6 p.m. GIT-R-DONE! Laugh all night long with Larry the Cable Guy opening the CMM summer stage. Ticket are $58 for premium seats and $48 for reserved. Opening for Larry is Reno Collier. Purchase tickets at www.calvertmarinemuseum.com or call 1-800-787-9454. Gates open at 6 p.m. Call 410-3262042, ext. 16, 17, or 18 for more information. A special thank you to all of the 2011 sponsors: Prince Frederick Ford/Dodge, Coors, Coors Light, Killians (Bozick Distributors), All American Harley-Davidson, Quality Built Homes, Isaacs Restaurant, The McNelis Group, DM Group, 102.9 WKIK, Southern Maryland Newspapers, Bay Weekly, Quick Connections, Comcast, United Rentals, Roy RogersSolomons, and the Holiday Inn Select-Solomons.
Tuesday, May 31
Special Olympics Poker Bennett Building (24930 Old Three Notch Road, Hollywood) 7 p.m. $1 - $2 blinds cash game. Dealers will be provided and the high hand is paid nightly. Drinks will be free. Proceeds go to benefit 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 240298-0200. For more information about the poker game, call Jim Bucci 301-373-6104 before 7 p.m. and 240-298-9616 after. Free Line Dance Lessons Hotel Charles (15100 Burnt Store Road, Hughesville) 7 p.m. The Syncopated Rhythm is offering free Line Dance lessons. The lessons will be followed by the regular weekly practice session. For more information, contact Liz Watson at 301-643-0179.
Wednesday, June 1
Blood Drive St. Marys County Sheriffs Office (23150 Leonard Hall Drive) 8 a.m. The St. Marys County Sheriffs Office in cooperation with the American Red Cross will sponsor a blood drive. For more information, call 1-800-Red-Cross. Leonardtown Lions Club Olde Breton Inn (21890 Society Hill Road, Leonardtown) 5:30 p.m. The Leonardtown Lions Club will hold their June 2011 meeting. There will be a Board of Directors Meeting at 5:30 p.m., followed by a social period at 6:30 p.m. with dinner at 7 p.m. New officers for the 2011-2012 year will be installed by Lions District 22C First Vice District Governor, Rich Barb. The Ray Stone Scholarships Awards will be presented to the winning Forest Center students at the meeting.
Sunday, May 29
Fraternal Order of Police Tournament Fraternal Order of Police (21215 Chancellors Run Road, Great Mills) 2 p.m. $20 Bounty Tournament, plus $15 for the $5 bounty. Cash games will be available. For more information, call 301-863-6007.
JROTC Cadets Recognized

The Southern Maryland Chapter of the Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) recognized the recipients of the MOAA JROTC Award at a luncheon on May 14. This award is presented annually to a cadet in each JROTC Unit who is in good academic standing and demonstrates exceptional potential for military leadership. Pictured below with the President of the Maryland Council, MOAA CAPT Norm Taylor, USN (Ret) and the President of the Southern Maryland Chapter, MOAA CDR Tony Blankenship USN (Ret) are; Cadet Brett Duffield, Chopticon High School and Cadet Brandon Brooks, Leonardtown High School. The Great Mills High School recipient of the award, Cadet Conor Smith, is not pictured.
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Hollywood Elementary Cleans Up Robotics Challenge
The Hollywood Elementary School Loco Legos dominated much of the competition May 7 at the 2011 College of Southern Maryland Robotics Challenge Junior Division at the La Plata Campus, earning an average score of 390 during the qualification round. Three of their matches came with perfect scores of 400. They ended the day of competition with the team members arms loaded with trophies for Robot Performance, First Place and the prestigious Excellence Award. The kids spent hundreds of hours working on the robot, programming and the project, returning coach Ramon Tuazon, who is retired from the Navy, said in a press release. With these results, I truly feel that volunteering is well worth the time and effort. With a mechanical engineering degree, Tuazon said that he had a duplicate of the four-bysix-foot competition board on his dining room table for five months. My wife will be happy to have her table back, he said. Co-coach, Stephanie Bahr, added that it is good for the students to see that there is a direct correlation between the time they spend The Hollywood Elementary "Loco Legos" dominated much of the competition May 7 at Junior Division at the La after school and on the 2011 College of Southern Maryland Robotics ChallengePlace and the prestigious Plata Campus, earning trophies for Robot Performance, First weekends, and their Excellence Award. fourth-graders. Those fourth-graders will, in scores. With a computer science degree, Bahr joked that although turn, pass along their prowess to next years init would appear that her background would be coming teammates. It was as much kid-led as an asset to the team, she said, We didnt learn possible, Bahr said. For information on CSMs robotics any of this [kind of computer programming] in school. Instead, the fifth-graders who partici- competitions, visit http://www.csmd.edu/ pated in robotics last year taught the incoming roboticschallenge/.
The Piney Point Elementary RoboCruisers bring on the team spirit during the CSM Robotics Challenge at the colleges La Plata Campus May 7.
Jamey Johnson Coming to SOMD

Jamey Johnson, acclaimed singersongwriter, is among the 13 performers that will appear at Willie Nelsons Country Throwdown music festival on June 18. This 2011 nominee for Best Male Vocal Performance and Best Country Album will play popular hits including The Dollar, In Color, The High Cost of Living and many others at this daylong event at the Blue Crabs Regency Furniture Stadium in Waldorf. Johnson soared to Nashville stardom after winning five Grammy nominations and earning a Gold Record for his album The Lonesome Song. His songwriting work on Trace Adkins Honky Tonk Badonkadonk, and George Straits hit Give it Away also won him awards for Song of Jamey Johnson the Year by the Academy of Country Music and the Country Music Association. Joining Johnson at the festival will be another hot country music performer, Lee Brice. A South Carolina native, Brice was recently nominated for Breakthrough Video of the Year for his hit Love Like Crazy. That single reached the top 5 on the Country charts and earned the distinction of being named Billboards Most Played Song of 2010. Randy Houser will charm fans with his newest release, In Gods Time, and play other hits like Boots On and Anything Goes. Brantley Gilbert, Craig Campbell, Lukas Nelson and the Promise of the Real, and of course, Willie Nelson complete the roster of top performers that will fill the stadium with great country music from 3-11p.m. In addition to these headline acts, some very talented singer songwriters will be featured on the Blue Caf stage, including: Austin Lucas, Brent Cobb, Dani Flowers, Adam Hood, Erin Enderlin, and Caitlyn Smith. For complete details, please visit www.countrythrowdown.com. Tickets for the show are just $40 each and can be purchased by calling 1-800-787-9454 or at www.calvertmarinemuseum.com.
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Havemeyer openly bribed Senators and Congressman by directing them in buying and selling stock in the Sugar Trust that he controlled and then he decided he wanted sugar plantations in Cuba and Puerto Rico. Hed need a war of the land owner. A warrant was sworn out for his arrest and put into the hands of Sheriff John Wesley Freeman. When Sheriff Freeman arrived at the yacht, Havemeyer ordered his men to keep him off and they did so with boat hooks. They kept the sheriff at bay long enough to get underway, Havemeyer telling Sheriff Freeman he would only recognize the authority of a U.S. Marshal. Local authorities appealed to the Governor asking a warrant for his arrest adding a charge of resisting arrest. There appears to have been no action taken. In February 1907 Mr. Havemeyers yacht was in Key West, Florida. He was not on board. On the deck was a barrel of gasoline that developed a leak. A fire from the galley ignited the gasoline and the yacht was blown to bits. No one was hurt, but no more yacht. At Thanksgiving of that year, Mr. Havemeyer went huntingthis time on his own preserve in New York. Later that day he enjoyed a hearty dinner, but shortly afterwards, began experiencing severe stomach pains that the doctor diagnosed as acute indigestion. Instead of getting better, he worsened and died a few days later. Havemeyer was a living example of money cant buy everything. It certainly bought him no class, no honor, and no morals. Oh, by the way, the Sugar Trust was actually the American Sugar Refining Company. It was renamed Domino Sugar in 1900.
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By Linda Reno Contributing Writer Do you remember folks saying what goes around comes around? Ive often heard it while thinking to myself yes, but not soon enough. Yet, the old saying does seem true. Lets take the case of Harry Havemeyer as an example. Havemeyer was from New York and had made a vast fortune in the sugar trade. Unfortunately, sometimes wealth is a disease in itself. Those who attain it can never get enough and they dont mind who they hurt in the process of getting more, more, more.
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By Shelby Oppermann Contributing Writer Im still here. Wow, I really thought I would be taken up, but Im still here. None of my friends were snatched up either. Does that mean I hang around with a bad crowd or do they? Hmmm I know everyone heard about the radio announcer/preacher, Harold Campings predictions that The Rapture would occur this past Saturday. We were in the midst of Strawberry Festival clean-up at our parish hall when the dreaded 6 p.m. event was scheduled to occur. At that point, I still thought that the world was supposed to end, I didnt realize it was just the selection process at that time. I had been pretty busy with the festival and work, and had not had my total attention tuned to Rapture news. Now, I understand that the Rapture literally means to be snatched up and taken to a better place. In all honesty, I really wouldnt have wanted to have been snatched up from my good friends at that point I was having too good a time (Our clean-ups at our church are sometimes more fun than the actual event). So, since I am known to like to have a good time (thats in the good sense) I guess it was only fitting that I was left behind. After the snatched up people are gone, then those of us left behind are supposed to go through five months of suffering until the true end of the world on October 21st, 2011. (My poor husband would say this has definitely begun as evidenced by a trip to the emergency room in severe pain- to find out that he has a kidney stone.) Campings prophecy is not to be confused with the Mayan prophecy of an end of world date as December 21st, 2012., or the other 242 prophecies floating around out there. The 21st, or Equinox dates, seems to be the magic number for most of the eschatological (end of world) predictions. Mayan scholars have not found any evidence of this doomsday concept. If anything the Mayans believe change would be more of one world age into another. New age philosophy will be discussed more and more in the next year I would imagine. Of course there has been quite a lot of fun made about the Rapture. I am one to respect
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the beliefs of every person, but there was some funny stuff out there. I especially loved a picture posted on Facebook with Jesus holding the baby raptor, because apparently many thought raptor was said instead of rapture. You have to look really close, since a first look is awwww producing. It looks like any traditional portrait of Jesus holding a lamb. The raptor is really cute! I heard of lot of, Why do I need to pay my bills if I wont be here to worry about it? or, Why do we need to finish cleaning up if no one will be here to care. This was a direct quotation after the festival. But, I, as the Strawberry Queen, thought that we should leave everything neat and tidy anyway. Not that anyone asked me. We did pause at 6 p.m. and made sure we were all together to wait for the passing. We did forget about Anne and Donna counting in the office, and were relieved that they finally appeared and were going to be stuck here with the rest of us. We might as well all suffer together. I wonder sometimes how all of the end of the world predictions get started and have a sneaking suspicion that this most recent prediction was more for publicity for a certain California radio station. Mr. Camping did apologize by saying,I did not have all of that worked out as accurately as I wish I could have had it. Im not a genius He went on to say that God did come in a spiritual way, and that the Earth has experienced a great spiritual change. He wont commit now to his October 21st date, but you cant be to careful you know, so just to be on the safe side I have saved one website to favorites: The essential rapture survival guide by Matt Burch. He says all we need is toilet paper, water, music & books, sweatpants, and a shake weight. A shake weight? Yes, he believes, You can get strong and sculpted arms that will be the talk of the post-apocalyptic dating scene. Please have a safe, thoughtful, and fun Memorial Day, Shelby Please send comments or ideas to: shelbys.wanderings@yahoo.com.
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DJ Myers Scores Potomac First in Ed Canupp Memorial

Archer Dominates for First-Ever Street Stock Win
ond lap and applied heavy pressure to race leader Mann, but was unable Greencastle, Penns DJ Myers to make the pass. A Lap-thirteen made his first Potomac start of the caution was the opportunity Myers season a profitable one as he was needed as he would go high in turn victorious in last Friday nights 35- two on the ensuing re-start to grab the lap Ed Canupp memorial at Potomac top-spot. Myers would then go on to speedway in Budds Creek. Myers lead the final twenty-two laps to score fourth career Potomac late model the win wheeling his Greg Gunter feature win was worth a cool $2200 owned, PPM chassis no.70J. As Myers went on to win, the battle for secpayday. Dale Hollidge and Roland Mann ond was a dandy that saw teammates brought the field to the initial green David Williams and Roland Mann flag of the event. Mann flexed his race side by side for the final 18-laps muscle early as he jumped into the of the contest with Mann prevailing at race lead by the completion of the first the stripe for second. Williams would circuit. As Mann lead, fourth starting settle for third, Jamie Lathroum took DJ Myers reached second by the sec- fourth and Dale Hollidge completed the top-five. I cant Photo by Roseann Zimmerman DJ Myers celebrates thank Greg his Super Late Model Gunter (car Feature win. owner) and all the guys on the crew for this win tonight. Myers said. With the economy the way it is today if it werent for Greg allowing me to drive his cars,
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I probably wouldnt be racing. The lap-thirteen caution was the turning point in the event. Roland was running a pretty good line and I knew my only shot would come on a re-start and the car was working really good so I went high in turn two and the car stuck and we were able to pull off the win. I have to dedicate this win to my mother. She had surgery during the week and she wasnt able to be here, but I know she would be real proud that we won tonight. Heats went to David Williams and Roland Mann. Sam Archer scored his first-ever Potomac street stock feature win in a dominating flag-to-flag performance in the divisions 16-lap event. Archers win made him the fourth different winner in the four races run for the class this season. Craig Tankersley was second, Troy Kassiris came home third, 12th starting Kurt Zimmerman was fourth and Stephen Quade rounded out the top-five. Heats went to Tankersley and Quade. In other action Rich Marks backed up his runner-up performance from the week prior to score his first win of the season in the 20-lap modified main. Defending track champion Jimmy Randall collected his first win of the season in the 15-lap hobby stock feature while Greg Gunter con-
tinued his domination of the four-cylinders with his third straight win in the divisions 12-lap feature.
Street Stock feature finish
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1. DJ Myers 2. Roland Mann 3. David Williams 4. Jamie Lathroum 5. Dale Hollidge 6. Daryl Hills 7. Keith Jackson 8. Deane Guy 9. Rick Hulson 10. Dave Adams 11. Ryan Hackett 12. Duane Harbaugh
1. Sam Archer 2. Craig Tankersley 3. Troy Kassiris 4. Kurt Zimmerman 5. Stephen Quade 6. Kirk Evans 7. Ricky Edmonds 8. Donnie Smith 9. Eric Johnson 10. Chuck Bowie 11. Darrin Alvey 12. Teddy Dickson 13. James Sparks 14. William Farmer 15. Mike Reynolds 16. Mike Latham 17. Dave McBrayer (DNS) 18. Dale Reamy (DNS) 19. Mike Raleigh (DNS)
Junior Football in Mechanicsville Getting Ready

The Mechanicsville Braves Youth Football and Cheer Club is gearing up for its inaugural tackle and cheer season as part of their new affiliation and membership in the Metropolitan Washington American Youth Football League. Organized as an independent club in 2010, the MBYFC is continuing to build upon their success from last season where they went undefeated and won the St. Marys County championship in the 85 lb. division and placed runner-up in both the 75 lb. and 95 lb. weight classes, a press release states. The MBYFC is a non-profit organization dedicated to serving the local youth of our community, ages 5 through 13, by teaching the fundamentals of football and cheer while also instilling the importance of life values such as individual responsibility, discipline, respect, commitment, integrity, teamwork, excellence, good sportsmanship, and education. These club values are taught in a safe and positive environment where kids are encouraged to have fun while continuously pursuing the objective of being an impact player, contributing to their team, and striving for success on and off the field. The league is currently accepting registrations for the 2011 tackle and cheer season as well as summer camps for both. To reserve a spot on the squad, register online or in person at one of the upcoming walk-up registrations. There will be registrations May 28 and June 4 at Lettie Dent Elementary School from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. For more information, visit www.mechanicsvillebraves.org or send an e-mail to bravesinfo@mechanicsvillebraves.org.
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7th Annual Point Lookout Cookout
The Department of Aging staff and friends welcomed summer with the 7th Annual Point Lookout Cookout on Friday, May 20. Participants of the Department of Agings Senior Activity Centers enjoyed hot dogs and hamburgers hot off the grill with all the fixings. Cold lemonade, a picnic staple, and double iced brownies were also enjoyed by picnic guests. Tommy Alvey and Friends performed foot-tapping Bluegrass music with guest singer Commissioner Cindy Jones. Commissioner Jones presented Lori Jennings-Harris, Director of the St. Marys County Department of Aging, with a proclamation for Older Americans Month. Mrs. Ellen Scott of California, was recognized for her outstanding service to the community with the Connecting the Community award presented by the Garvey Senior Activity Center. The Department of Aging looks forward to seeing everyone next year at the 8th Annual Point Lookout Cookout.
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Programs and Activities: May 27- June 3, 2011
Minute to Win It Game and Lunch On Thursday, June 9 the Garvey Senior Activity Center is hosting its first ever Minute to Win It competition based on the prime time, NBC game show. Lunch will be served at noon and features fruit juice, cheeseburger on a bun with lettuce, onion, and tomato, baked beams, Cole slaw, brownies, milk/coffee/tea. The Minute to Win It competition begins at 12:45. Prizes will be awarded. Both players and spectators are needed. A Minute to Win It Boot Camp for players will be held on June 2 at 2:00 p.m. To sign up for lunch or to compete, call 301.475.4200, ext. 1050. Clare OShea to test-run her developing show at Loffler-SAYSF in 6 sessions You may have seen Clare in a few movies or TV episodes; maybe youve heard her sing in Southern Maryland where she now lives- perhaps youve met her at Loffler Senior Activity Center in February when she was the featured entertainer at the now-famous annual Love Day party. Clare is a gifted artist who is writing her fascinating life story as a professional journeyman actor in Hollywood and New York. She plans to perform this work professionally as a one-woman show. She is looking for a trial audience to offer feedback as needed. Sessions will take place from 10 a.m. to noon on the following Wednesdays: June 15 & 29; July 6, 13, 20 & 27. You can attend 1 session or all 6 depending on your own schedule. If you would like to sign up for all or part of this series call 240-725-0290 or e-mail Sheila. graziano@stmarysmd.com Loffler Senior Activity Center is celebrating Older Americans Month by compiling a book about YOU If you are interested in sharing some of the stories from when you were younger right up until today let us hear from you! A packet with information, rules, waivers and questions is available at all senior activity centers and Department of Aging events or can be sent to you electronically by e-mailing Sheila.graziano@stmarysmd. com Packets will be available throughout the month of May. We are planning to publish and release the book in time for Older Americans Month (May) next year.
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By Sarah Miller Staff Writer For the first time ever, Warrior Dash hit St. Marys County with all its fire leaping, wall climbing and mud-covered glory drawing men and women of all ages to Budds Creek to participate in the threemile obstacle course. It was fantastic, said Katie Hollimon, the connoisseur of craziness with the Warrior Dash. We had a great turnout. Great is an understatement. With 22,000 people pre-registered for the race and 30,000 athletes and spectators who showed up over the two day period, Hollimon said the St. Marys Warrior Dash at Budds Creek was in the top three largest, if not the largest, Warrior Dash race in the country. We really enjoyed coming to St. Marys County, Holliman said. She said the people with the Warrior Dash routinely search the Internet for locations with the hills, straight shots and other features needed to put a Warriors Dash event together. Budds Creek fit the bill, so they approached the venue about hosting the first Warriors Dash in St. Marys County. I thought it was a very novel idea, said Jonathan Beasley, the race coordinator with Budds Creek. He said the racetrack couldnt commit to hosting the Warrior Dash until they saw one done, which they did in Pennsylvania. It was very cool, Beasley said. In addition to promoting the racetrack, Beasley said the event was good for the economy in general. With 30,000 people from all
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First Local Warrior Dash Brings out 30,000
over the state, and even from as far away as Florida, there were plenty of people who needed a place to stay and eat. All that money went into the local economy, Beasley said. Im sure it helped the economy enormously, Beasley said. He said part of the fun included the amount of people who came out in costumes, including horned hats, kilts and plaid and even as Superwoman. Beasley said they didnt have to do any of the work to set up the Warriors Dash. All we did was mow the grass for them, he said. sarahmiller@coutnytimes.net
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Warriors throw their shoes on the pile after their race. The shoes will be cleaned up and donated to third world countries. Beasley said there were two tractor-trailers worth of shoes shipped out at the end of the weekend.
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this week. The first was from a young man who fished under the bridge to St. Georges Island who caught 82 spot. Since spot are schooling fish, I suspect that he was in the right place at the right time, but it is a good sign that the fish are on the way back for their usual summer stay. The second was a report from Buzzs Marina of a 3 lb bluefish that was caught by one of their patrons. Now were talking! Lots of folks are still chasing stripers. After all, it is a favorite Maryland pastime. Next Wednesday on June 1, striped bass stripers or rockfish, if you prefer can be caught and kept in all waters of the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries. Light tackle can be used and jigging and popping will produce fun catches for those who pursue them. It shouldnt be too long before we start to see schools of breaking fish on the Bay as these smaller stripers chase baitfish to the surface. Ive still heard no local reports of drum being caught. Also, there were no reports of flounder this week. I actually tried to find a flatfish myself, but with no luck this time. This may be the week! Crabbing should begin to improve this week after the full moon and peeler run of last week. Heat helps these critters, too! Come on heat wave! Send me an email with a picture of your latest catch. riverdancekeith@hotmail.com. Keith has been a recreational angler on the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries for over 50 years; he fishes weekly from his small boat during the season, and spends his free time supporting local conservation organizations.
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By now you have probably been fishing this year. Certainly, if you are a die-hard angler like me, you have been out more than a few times. The Spring Trophy Season for striped bass is all but over and the big-girl rockfish are moving back to the ocean areas for their migrations up the coast. I would like to thank all readers who have sent me photos of their prized trophy stripers. I wish I had room to print them all. Many were of parents taking children and grandchildren fishing and finishing with poses of smiling faces and big, big fish! My favorite, though, was of James Cotugno holding his Mothers trophy striper on Mothers Day. All of the pictures, along with my own experiences, tell me that it was truly a great Spring Trophy Season. Weather is such a big factor in the progression of the summer fishing season. Most old-timers are quick to offer predictions of just what is needed to make the fish bite turn on. During years of poor rainfall in the spring you will hear them say, We really need more rain. These fish arent gonna bite, till we get more rain. I havent heard that dismal forecast this year. Instead, the complaint has been the cool weather. What we need is a good old-fashioned springtime heat wave! Theyd say. These fish aint gonna bite good till we hit a week of temperatures
James Cotugno and his Mom, Linda Cotugno, on Mother's Day.
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