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CSM and NAWCAD Sign Funds Partnership Agreement Reallocated Andrea Shiell Staff Writer

College of Southern Maryland President Bradley Gottfried smiled as he stood before a gathering of dignitaries and officers at Patuxent River Naval Air Station on Tuesday, explaining the impetus of the newest partnership between CSM and the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD). “This agreement is all about economic development,” he said, adding that numbers indicated the declining rate of mathematics and engineering majors seeking degrees from colleges in the United States. “We’re trying very diligently to meet the needs of the base…and this program is really going to help that,” he said. Members of NAWCAD and the CSM Board of Trustees were on-hand to witness the signing of a new educational partnership agreement between the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division and the college, which will allow an extension of current math, science

and engineering programs offered at CSM to include internships, part-time work, and classes for students to be held on the base itself, providing students with work experience and exposure as well as jobs after graduation. NAWCAD Commander Rear Adm. Steven Eastburg commented on the “coupling” of the base and its surrounding community. “What we’re here today to do is affect that coupling,” he said, noting that money was being spent every year to recruit engineers from out-of-state, many of whom moved away after a few years in the area. “We must work closer to home,” he said, adding that the best strategy would be for the base and the community to “grow their own” workers. “The concept is that we identify them early on,” Eastburg explained, adding that STEM initiatives already in place could groom future generations of engineers for jobs in and around the base itself. Gottfried said that his hope for the partnership would be expanded access to base facilities, base personnel teaching a portion of the college’s engineering classes, and an influx of See Partnership page A-

For Piney Point Shore Erosion Project

Andrea Shiell Staff Writer

On Tuesday, members of the Board of County Commissioners agreed with Recreation and Parks Director Phil Rollins when he said that soil erosion near Piney Point Lighthouse had become a problem. “This has been an issue of concern for at least 10 years,” he said as he explained the scope of the department’s soil erosion project to the board. Six bids for the project came in See Erosion page A-

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Ranks SMCM In First Place Among Public Traditional Liberal Arts Colleges In The Nation St. Mary’s College of Maryland (SMCM) ranks first among public traditional liberal arts colleges in the nation in this week’s edition of U. S. News and World Report magazine, rising significantly in rankings. The College received the highest ranking as one of the top five public, traditional liberal arts colleges in the nation. SMCM, which rose to 84th, ranked above Goucher and Bennington colleges. The number one and number two ranked liberal arts colleges were Amherst and Williams. The magazine cited SMCM’s high graduation rate as well as improvement in most areas. The overall school ranking improved from 87th in 2008 to 84th in 2009. Peer assessment, average freshman retention rate,

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and predicted and actual graduation rates increased. The percentage of classes with 20 or fewer students, and the percentage of faculty who are full time also showed an increase. “The U.S. News and World Report ranking is noteworthy,” said Jane Margaret “Maggie” O’Brien, president of St. Mary’s College. “We are particularly proud of the College moving up in the rankings 11 places over the last two years.” The College was judged one of the best of the 265 liberal arts colleges in the nation, of which most are private. Liberal arts colleges emphasize undergraduate education and award at least half their degrees in the arts and sciences.

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The only other public institutions to rank higher than SMCM on the magazine’s list of “Best Public Liberal Arts Colleges” were some of the nation’s military academies: the U.S. Military Academy (NY), the U.S. Naval Academy (MD), and the Virginia Military Institute. Using a proprietary methodology, the annual U. S. News & World Report rankings represent a comprehensive look at how schools compare. Methodology is based on 17 widely accepted indicators of excellence, and help consumers evaluate and compare data compiled from more than 1,400 accredited four-year schools. An online and video guide to the report is available on the website www.usnews.com/.

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Republican Refuses To Give Hoyer A Free Pass In 5th District Race By: Megan Miller Capital News Service

Republican Collins Bailey said there is a simple reason why he decided to challenge Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Mechanicsville, for Congress -- no one else would. “My first goal was to make sure that the race was contested, so that the congressman could have a dialogue about the good and bad decisions he’s made,” said Bailey, who added that he “was very disappointed” when Hoyer faced no Republican opponent in 2006. Bailey, 54, is a self-employed lumber broker who has been elected to four consecutive four-year terms on the Charles County Board of Education. He is running for Congress on a platform of “limited, constitutional government,” fiscal responsibility and what he terms “American independence and national sovereignty.” “Basically, I think taxes should be lower and government should be smaller,” Bailey explained. But getting that message out to voters will be a challenge for Bailey, who faces a well-known and well-funded incumbent in Hoyer. Hoyer has held the 5th District seat for nearly 30 years, rising steadily in the Democratic ranks to his current office as House majority leader. His strongest challenger in 2006 was Green Party nominee Steve Warner, who took 17 percent of the vote. The last Republican to challenge Hoyer was Bradley Jewitt, who carried 29 percent of the vote in 2004. In his latest filing with the Federal Election Commission, Hoyer reported having raised nearly $3 million as of June 30 and having more than $1.5 million in cash on hand. Those numbers make his campaign one of the wealthiest in the House. Bailey, by contrast, reported total income of just over $4,500 for his campaign in the same filing period, most of which has already been spent in operating costs. He also faces long odds as a Republican running in an overwhelmingly Democratic district. Maryland State Board of Elections statistics show that voter registration in the district is more than 2-1 Democratic. Bailey said he is counting on the recordlow approval rating of the Democrat-led

Former Substitute Teacher Pleads Guilty To Sex Offense By Guy Leonard Staff Writer

110th Congress to motivate some 5th District Democrats to vote against the party. “In the history of polling, the congressional approval rating has only been this low six times -- five of them were this year,” Bailey said. Justin Ready, the executive director of the Maryland Republican Party, attributed the public’s low opinion of Congress partly on its perception of incumbents like Hoyer. “I think there’s a general sense of incumbents looking out for themselves and not for the best interests of the people,” Ready said. “I think with Collins, you’ve got a guy who really cares about his area, his district, and voters will see that.” But Michael Cain, chairman of the political science department at St. Mary’s College of Maryland, said voter dissatisfaction with Congress probably is not enough to be helpful to the Bailey campaign. “I don’t see how that will motivate voters to turn out an incumbent like Steny Hoyer,” Cain said by telephone. “Although (voters) might have a bad view of Congress, that doesn’t necessarily extend to their opinion of their representative.” A Hoyer spokeswoman agreed. “It’s not unusual for Congress to have a low approval rating. Locally, representatives tend to be favored higher than Congress in general,” spokeswoman Stephanie Lundberg said. She added that Hoyer “maintains an excellent standard” in his district. According to Cain, Bailey’s biggest weakness is simply a lack of name recognition. “I don’t see how he can go up against an institution like Steny Hoyer when most people don’t know who Collins Bailey is, even among Republicans I speak to,” Cain said. “He needs to be able to put forward a positive vision of what he would do that Steny Hoyer won’t,” Cain said. “He might be doing that, but I don’t hear it.” Bailey is not deterred. “People are saying that they are lifetime Democrats and they’re going to vote Republican. They’re ready for a real change.”

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David Guillemette, a former substitute teacher for the county public school system, pleaded guilty to inappropriately touching a young female who was staying over at his house with a member of his family. Guillemette, 54, of Great Mills admitted his guilt to a third degree sex offense that took place in January before Circuit Court Judge Michael J. Stamm Aug. 22. He will serve 18 months in the county detention center, though his original sentence was five years in the Department of Corrections. Guillemette must also pay restitution to the victim, as well as avoid any kind of contact, directly or indirectly, with the victim in the case. Guillemette will also have to register as a sex offender. “I cannot express in words the pain and suffering I’ve caused,” Guillemette said in court. “If I could turn back the sands of time I would, but I can’t.” According to facts of the case read on the record by Assistant State’s Attorney Joseph Stanalonis, Guillemette accosted the victim when she was sitting on the couch in his home by placing his hand down her pants and fondling her. When the victim told him to stop, Stanalonis said, Guillemette did so but tried to kiss the victim. Guillemette was originally charged with second-degree assault, a third-degree sex offense and sexual abuse of a minor, but a plea deal with prosecutors ensured he would only face jail time for the third-degree sex offense

charge. Stanalonis said the victim’s family agreed to the plea deal. Judge Stamm said the family’s wishes were “the only reason” he agreed to the plea deal. The maximum penalty for a third-degree sex offense is 10 years in prison. If Guillemette has any contact with the victim going forward, Judge Stamm said he would do the remainder of his sentence from a state penitentiary. “I’d have no qualms about sending you to the Department of Corrections,” Judge Stamm said. “You’ve done something she’ll never forget and I find that inexcusable. “You’re to have no contact whatsoever with the victim… if you see her walk into a store you leave by going out the back way.” Guillemette was one of two people who worked within the public school system this year charged with a sex offense against a minor. The other, Scott Strandberg, a paid volunteer who worked as a drum line coach at Leonardtown High School, was charged with having sexual contact with a 16-year-old girl both at his home and on a school bus. Standberg’s arrest and subsequently being charged with sexual abuse of a minor caused the county’s public school system to institute a system of background checks for volunteers looking for a position working with students. Strandberg had no criminal record prior to his working as a drum line coach for the school system. Standberg’s trial is set for late September, according to court documents.

Playground Shooting Participant Wants Record Expunged By Guy Leonard Staff Writer One of two men convicted in a playground shooting on Suburban Drive last year stemming from a domestic dispute between two neighborhood factions wants to have his record cleared, documents filed in St. Mary’s County Circuit Court show. Lamont Drewell Carey, who was 17-years-old and a juvenile at the time of the shooting incident, pleaded guilty to being involved in a first-degree assault and reckless endangerment, court papers said, and was remanded to a juvenile facility. David W. Densford, Carey’s attorney, said his client has successfully completed his time in the juvenile facility and he deserves to have his record expunged. “He never got convicted of anything as an adult,” Densford said of his client, who is now 18 years old, adding that the state’s attorney’s office “missed the mark” in prosecuting his client for taking part in the shooting. “If they felt he was a danger to the community and an active participant in a shooting they would’ve insisted he did [prison] time for it,” Densford said. “This was not the state’s attorney’s office’s finest moment. “He was in the wrong place at the wrong time.” The April 24, 2007 shooting between what law enforcement termed as rival local gang factions, sparked a county-wide effort to identify possible gangs in communities as well as saturation patrols designed to crack down on street-level crime. According to charging documents filed by investigators in the case, the shooting arose from a domestic dispute that set the two rival factions — the Outsiders and the Boom Squad — against each other. Jarrell Raheim Johnson, a Boom Squad member

who is serving a 10-year sentence as the other active shooter in the case, and fellow gang members gathered weapons and ammunition to confront one of the victims, Joseph Payne, who had been involved in the domestic dispute with his wife earlier that day, charging documents state. They then drove down Suburban Drive in several vehicles looking for Payne. When they found Payne, charging documents state, Johnson and fellow gang members opened fire on Payne and his associates, including Sherron Torrill Bush, who was struck by shotgun pellets. The gunfire erupted next to a small playground located on the main road leading down to the mobile home park and endangered as many as nine children who were playing there, investigators and prosecutors have said. Assistant State’s Attorney Joseph Stanalonis, who prosecuted both Carey and Jones, said Densford misrepresented the facts of the case regarding Carey’s culpability in the events of that day. “The state fought the waiver [to juvenile court]; and [Carey] was placed in a locked, secure program and ordered to complete that program,” Stanalonis told The County Times in rebuttal to Densford’s statements. “The court sent [Carey’s case] to juvenile court over the state’s objections. “That’s a complete mischaracterization of the case and shame on Mr. Densford for doing that.” Stanalonis also said that, legally, Densford’s client is not eligible to have his record expunged. “The criminal procedure section clearly states he’s not entitled to expungement until he’s 21 years old,” Stanalonis said. “Then it’s up to the court’s discretion.” Densford said his client is currently holding down a job. “He’s out there working six days a week, contributing to the community,” Densford said.

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United Way of St. Mary’s County (UWSMC) Board of Directors is pleased to announce the 2008 Merit Grant awards. Merit Grants are given to support programs and services that provide solutions that strengthen our community. The mission of UWSMC is to bring people together to recognize the needs of our community and implement those solutions. This year’s recipients are: Lexington Park Volunteer Rescue Squad (LPVRS) awarded $10,000 toward purchase of an Auto-Pulse Cardiac Support Pump. These devices are used to provide automated chest compressions to cardiac arrest victims - a situation LPVRS encounters several times a month. Care Net Pregnancy Center awarded $5,000 to expand their free medical services to include STD testing services. Special Olympics awarded $5,000 to purchase bicycles with training wheels and three wheel bikes for their athletes to compete at the local, state and international levels. Walden Sierra awarded $5,000 for Compass House - a Halfway House for young women with children and pregnant women in recovery - to replace 10 year old mattresses and cribs Care Net Pregnancy Center awarded $1,000 to purchase educational materials for a new “Fatherhood”

program designed to equip young men with the knowledge and skills to empower them to be actively involved with their children. Southern Maryland Center for Independent Living awarded $1,000 to purchase a laptop computer for mobile programs in the community regarding disability issues. American Red Cross Southern Maryland Chapter awarded $1,000 to outfit their newly donated fleet of emergency vehicles with reflective markings and signs making their arrival to a disaster more prominent and making transport safer for their volunteers. Robbie Loker, President of the Board of Directors of United Way St. Mary’s County said, “We are in the business of making our community a better place to live for those in need. We are excited to provide funds to these worthwhile programs. The Merit Grants are funded through our general fund to which donors give their dollars with the understanding that we safeguard their trust and take our fiduciary responsibility seriously in considering which of the many applications to award.” Presentations will be made at the UWSMC 2008 Campaign Kick-Off Breakfast September 5, 2008 at the J.T Daugherty Conference Center. For more information please call 301.862.5577 or email uwsmc. ed@gmail.com

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Red Cross Director: Regional Blood Supplies Lowest In Recent Memory By Guy Leonard Staff Writer If a disaster or other emergency struck in Southern Maryland right now that required blood for victims, the region would be in trouble according to Mike Zabko, director of the local Red Cross. The Red Cross tries to maintain an ideal level of a five-to-seven day blood

supply, according to its Web site, but current levels are a fraction of that. As of Aug. 22, the level of O positive blood would stand just two-tenths of one day of use. The local Red Cross Web site shows that there is only threetenths of day supply of B positive blood and only one-half day’s worth of O negative and A negative blood on hand. Zabko said since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, blood supplies

have dropped off because donors have stopped giving. One explanation he gave was that many people who donated to help out after the attacks saw much of the blood go to waste because survivors of the attacks did not need it. The stocks went bad and donors did not feel the need to continue with the supply. “It’s been bad for the past six or seven years,” Zabko told The County

Times. “I don’t remember it being less than a day’s supply. “This year we’re way down.” Zabko could not explain exactly why this summer’s blood supply levels were so critically low, save that summer is always a bad time for blood supply because people are more concerned with summer vacations. “In the summertime people forget about donating blood,” Zabko said. “It’s not a problem until we need it; if we had to respond to a disaster we’d have a real issue.” Currently St. Mary’s Hospital, Civista Hospital Center and Calvert Memorial Hospital are all competing for blood from the Red Cross, as they

are the hospitals’ main supplier. Zabko asked residents to come out and give blood, since there was no substitute for it. “The only place you can get it is your fellow human beings,” Zabko said. “Everybody needs to step up and donate pint of blood; every 53 days you can do that.” Even those as young as 16-yearsold can donate if they are healthy enough and have parental consent, Zabko said. The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office is holding a blood drive sponsored by the Red Cross Sept. 2 from 8 a.m. – 1p.m. at Leonard Hall Drive in Leonardtown.

y Librarm ts n e e c n u Anno Libraries Will Be Closed But Internet Branch Open On Sept 1 The three libraries will be closed Sept. 1 for Labor Day, but library customers can use the Internet branch at www.stmalib.org to renew their items, download free movies and audio books and do research using the online databases. These free online databases are electronic versions of information previously in print and can be thought of as electronic extensions of the library’s bookshelves. Unlike many Internet sites, these are published by reputable sources and are accepted by schools as citable sources.

Laptop Lab Open House Kicks Of Leonardtown’s Computer Classes

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Leonardtown will begin offering introductory computer classes starting Sept. 9 using wireless laptops in the meeting room. Class space is limited so registration is required. Patrons can drop in and try out the laptops at an Open House, scheduled from 2 to 4 p.m. on Sept. 2. In October the laptops will travel to Charlotte Hall so classes can be offered at that branch. Charlotte Hall’s Laptop Lab Open House is scheduled Oct. 2 from 2-4 p.m. The laptops were purchased through the Laptop Lab Grant funded by the Institute for Museum and Library Services through the Library Services and Technology Act.

Teens Invited To Tag Meeting Teens can meet other teens, play Wii and help plan teen library activities at the library’s TAG (Teen Advisory Group) meetings. “Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie” by David Lubar will be discussed at Lexington Park’s on Sept. 2. The meeting will start at 4 p.m. Charlotte Hall’s next meeting will be Sept. 9 at 5 p.m. and Leonardtown’s on Sept. 11 at 5:30 p.m.

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Congratulations Community Rewards Recipients 1999-2008 ORGANIZATION ST MARYS SCHOOL BRYANTOWN ST JOHNS CHURCH & SCHOOL VICTORY BAPTIST ACADEMY LETTIE DENT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IMMACULATE CONCEPTION CHURCH T C MARTIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MT ZION UNITED METHODIST CHURCH MOTHER CATHERINE SPALDING SCHOOL HUGHESVILLE VFD LADIES AUXILIARY KINGS CHRISTIAN ACADEMY HOSPICE OF ST MARYS MARGARET BRENT MIDDLE SCHOOL WHITE MARSH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MECHANICSVILLE VOL RESCUE SQUAD AMERICAN RED CROSS OF SO MD CHAPTER ALL FAITH EPISCOPAL CHURCH TRI COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER LITTLE FLOWER SCHOOL ST MARY’S RYKEN HIGH SCHOOL CHOPTICON HIGH SCHOOL BAND BOOSTERS SPECIAL OLYMPICS OF ST MARYS HOLLYWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FATHER ANDREW WHITE SCHOOL LEONARDTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PTA MECHANICSVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ST MICHAELS SCHOOL HOLLYWOOD VOL RESCUE SQUAD DUCKS UNLIMITED ST MARYS CO CHAPTER SO MD CHILD CARE RESOURCE CENTER GREAT MILLS ATHLETIC BOOSTERS CHOPTICON HIGH SCHOOL THE CENTER FOR LIFE ENRICHMENT ST PAULS LUTHERAN CHURCH ST ANNES ANGLICAN CHURCH ST MARYS COUNTY OFFICE ON AGING CARE NET PREGNANCY CENTER OF SO MD ST. MARY’S COUNTY LIBRARY OAKVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

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ORGANIZATION PINEY POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LEONARDTOWN MIDDLE SCHOOL ST MARYS ANIMAL WELFARE LEAGUE GRACE BRETHREN CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ST MARYS HOSPITAL RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SO MD FOOD BANK CATHOLIC CHARITIES ARC OF SOUTHERN MARYLAND SPRING RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL PARK HALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HOLLYWOOD WORSHIP CENTER ST DOMINICS CHURCH SODALITY DYNARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CALVERTON SCHOOL HOLLYWOOD UNITED METHODIST CHURCH ST GEORGES EPISCOPAL CHURCH LUCKY ONES SPCA CHRISTMAS IN APRIL ST MARYS GREENVIEW KNOLLS ELEMENTARY HOLY ANGELS SACRED HEART SCHOOL GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH AND SCHOOL HOSPICE OF CHARLES COUNTY GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER ELEM SCHOOL HOLY FACE CHURCH DAUGHTERS OF AMERICAN REVOLUTION SECOND DISTRICT VOLUNTEER FIRE & RESCUE LEXINGTON PARK UNITED METHODIST CHURCH AMERICAN KIDNEY FOUNDATION CITIZENS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION LEONARD HALL JUNIOR NAVAL ACADEMY AMERICAN RED CROSS OF CHARLES COUNTY IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY CHURCH ST MARYS HELPING HANDS ST. MARY’S HOME FOR THE ELDERLY, INC. BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF SO MD PATUXENT ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY LEONARDTOWN HIGH SCHOOL FAMILY LIFE VICTORY CENTER

TOTAL $3,662.48 $3,564.42 $3,488.19 $3,440.76 $3,305.60 $3,226.83 $3,219.68 $3,185.13 $3,003.09 $2,994.96 $2,948.41 $2,947.35 $2,784.38 $2,775.42 $2,239.25 $1,934.19 $1,876.23 $1,870.29 $1,794.24 $1,709.52 $1,576.25 $1,536.45 $1,524.60 $1,521.87 $1,494.42 $1,371.21 $1,359.05 $1,276.99 $1,265.25 $1,226.50 $1,188.72 $1,177.12 $1,165.04 $1,093.25 $1,087.55 $1,037.31 $1,028.84 $1,018.40

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ORGANIZATION HOPE OF SOUTHERN MARYLAND GOLDEN RETRIEVER RESCUE OF SO MARYLAND CATHOLIC DAUGHTERS OF AMERICA THREE OAKS HOMELESS SHELTER CENTER ST JOHNS ST VINCENT DEPAUL SOCIETY FIRST UNITED PENTECOSTAL CHURCH OF ST. MARY’S LEONARDTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TOWN CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL UNITED WAY OF CHARLES CO INC TRI-COUNTY YOUTH SERVICES BUREAU CALVERT HIGH SCHOOL LEONARDTOWN HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 2006 GREAT MILLS HS BAND BOOSTERS MARGARET BRENT HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOC CHESAPEAKE BAY AQUATIC CLUB DENTSVILLE EMS & AUXILIARY INC COMMUNITY SUPPORT CENTER THE CATHERINE FOUNDATION CHRIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH LEONARDTOWN VOLUNTEER RESCUE SQUAD POTOMAC RIVER ASSOCIATION BROWNIE TROOP #3541 CHARLOTTE HALL LIBRARY OPIS ST. MARY’S HOSPITAL BETHESDA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH MECHANICVILLE ASSEMBLY OF GOD SO. MD CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING CHESAPEAKE CHARTER SCHOOL ALLIANCE CUB SCOUT PACK 420 QUAD COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION MARCH OF DIMES KNIGHTS OF ST JOHNS LADIES AUXILIARY SO. MD MOTHERS OF MULTIPLES BAY DISTRICT VOL FIRE DEPARTMENT KIWANIS CLUB OF ST MARYS COUNTY ESPERANZA MIDDLE SCHOOL CUB SCOUT PACK 1634 WALLS OF JASPER

TOTAL $299.51 $295.10 $288.46 $286.69 $274.02 $270.00 $255.06 $245.87 $242.90 $239.79 $200.71 $197.72 $196.71 $189.43 $184.34 $175.59 $172.07 $166.37 $163.51 $160.01 $157.70 $151.60 $148.55 $145.68 $140.37 $139.08 $135.43 $133.58 $130.09 $125.34 $124.23 $121.12 $120.87 $113.28 $111.22 $109.71 $109.26 $108.54

ORGANIZATION TOTAL PATUXENT HIGH SCHOOL $107.59 SCHOLARSHIP FUND OF VA. TECH ALUMNI ASSOC. $106.72 ST MARYS CARING, INC. $106.50 PARK HALL TRUE HOLINESS CHURCH $103.41 GREAT EXPECTATIONS GRAYHOUND RESCUE $101.05 GIRL SCOUT TROOP #1767 $100.00 HISTORIC ST. MARYS CITY FOUNDATION $93.41 OAKVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PTA $91.12 SO MD TRI-CO. COMMUNITY ACTION COMMITTEE $85.94 PARENTS WITHOUT PARTNERS CHAPTER 1301 $75.59 MILTON SOMERS MIDDLE SCHOOL $56.37 MILL CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL $55.59 GIRL SCOUT TROOP #4549 $50.00 I.B.P.O. ELKS LODGE 1120 $50.00 OPTIMIST CLUB OF HOLLYWOOD $50.00 THE LEXINGTON PARK CHURCH OF THE GOOD SAMARITAN $48.05 ALL SAINTS EPISCOPAL CHURCH $46.40 AFFILIATED SANTE GROUP $39.52 ORPHANED WILDLIFE RESCUE CENTER $38.88 PASTORAL COUNSELING CENTER $33.18 MECHANICSVILLE OPTOMIST CLUB $28.64 FOOD STAMP NUTRITION PROGRAM $28.13 GREENWELL FOUNDATION $27.37 ST. PETERS SCHOOL $20.00 ON OUR OWN OF ST. MARYS INC $19.90 LADIES AUX. OF FLEET RESCUE ASSOCIATION #93 $15.00 SO MD CENTER FOR L.I.F.E. $15.00 ROOTS OF MANKIND CORP $12.53 BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF SO. MD $10.00 SMILE SCHOLARSHIP FUND $10.00 SPRING DELL CENTER, INC $10.00 UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND 9-99218 FSNE $10.00 THE AUXILIARY OF THE LEONARDTOWN VOL FIRE DEPT $10.00

GRAND TOTAL

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Editorial & Opinion Dyson’s Vengeance Towards St. Mary’s College Misplaced love to have an institution In fact, St. Mary’s College such as St. Mary’s College would likely be the pride located in their backyard. of any community across this nation. State Senator Roy Dyson sees it differently and is on a mission to erode the quality of this extraordinary educational establishment. Among public colleges, St. Mary’s College is the highest-ranking traditional liberal arts college I’m writing this letter to personally thank all the custom- in the nation. Some refer ers of our clinic who donated to our food drive to replenish to the educational opporSouthern Maryland’s Food Pantry. We accumulated over 662 tunities for students as belbs of groceries and $216.77 in cash donations were raised to- ing able to receive an Ivy wards helping families in need. Your donation helped feed 38 League quality education at families and purchase 1,800 lbs of food to help families in the the cost of a public college. In 1992 the College future. It is heartwarming to see a community pull together to help those less fortunate. I personally overcame hardship was designated the state’s (many years ago) so I know first hand the importance of your honors college and has contribution. I feel honored to live, serve and operate a busi- since risen to its current ness in Southern Maryland; your generosity and compassion is stature by way of a carefully executed plan by the adoverwhelming. Thank you Southern Maryland! ministration. The College has worked hard to keep Thank you and God Bless all of you, the number of students per Michelle Lea Associates class low and the number of Licensed Massage Therapy full-time faculty high. Hollywood, Md There are many communities across the state of Maryland that would

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“Operation Most Wanted” Police Make Arrests Over Weekend During Joint Operation Andrea Shiell Staff Writer

Cameron noted that he plans to take steps to address the weakness, setting up a more On Saturday, the parking efficient system for the apprelot of Cherry Cove Property hension of wanted persons. Management was brimming “I’m going to work as hard with policemen, assembled as I can to have a way on our to discuss what they had website to list these open warcodenamed “Operation Most rants,” he added. Wanted Weekend.” The St. Ten three-man and thirMary’s County Sheriff’s Of- teen two-man teams atfice in cooperation with the tempted warrants services on Maryland State Police Leon- over two hundred active warardtown Barrack, Maryland rants. All warrants were preState Police Homeland Secu- screened by the Sheriff’s Ofrity & Intelligence Bureau and fice, MSP Barrack personnel the United States Marshall’s and members of the Southern Capital Area Regional Fugi- Maryland Intelligence Center tive Task Force joined forces (SMIC) along with Maryland to conduct a countywide war- Coordination and Analysis rant initiative, with a joint Center (MCAC) to identify operation that consisted of 30 wanted individuals still residtroopers, 30 deputies and a ing in St. Mary’s County. pantheon of St. Mary’s Coun“All of these warrants ty Correction’s personnel. have been vetted and there is a “We have a bunch of back- high probability that they are logs of warrants,” explained in St. Mary’s County,” said Public Information Officer Maryland State Police BarDeputy Cindy Allen. “We’ve racks Commander Lt. Michael done some research on the Thompson to the crowd of ofwarrants we have on file, so ficials gathered on Saturday. we’re going to try to serve as Over 400 residences were many of those as possible.” visited resulting in 25 warrant The operation was also apprehensions. Maryland supported by civilian person- State Police personnel served nel from both organizations a total of 13 Leonardtown with Sheriff Timothy Cam- Barrack open warrants while eron and Lieutenant Michael Deputies from the St. Mary’s Thompson maintaining op- Sheriff’s Office served twelve erational command. 12 open warrants. Maryland Cameron commented on State Police personnel also arthe impetus for Saturday’s rested three subjects for the effort, saying, “we have over unlawful possession of a con1,000 warrants in an open file trolled dangerous substance, called ‘hold’…so what we’ve recovered one stolen registradone by virtue of this operation plate and arrested two tion is discovered a weakness subjects for Driving While in our system.” Cameron ex- Intoxicated. Of the individuplained that the people on his als arrested, TFC M. Davis list were pursued before, but of the Washington Area Veafter repeated, failed attempts hicle Enforcement (WAVE) to apprehend them, they were Task Force Team, utilizing placed in an open file and all the mobile tag reader, located but forgotten. He said that and subsequently arrested one Saturday’s operation was an individual for the possession attempt to serve as many of of a stolen registration plate. those warrants as possible, The individual arrested was sending officers to as many as also found to be in the posten addresses for each of the session of a large quantity of names on their immediate list, crack cocaine. which consisted of over 200 Individuals arrested were people wanted for a variety processed at the St. Mary’s of crimes including felonies County Sheriff’s Office Moand violent misdemeanors. bile Command Post located in

Lexington Park. Members of the Southern Maryland Intelligence Center performed extensive debriefings on all individuals arrested. Maryland State Police Trooper Seven was on standby for this operation but was not utilized. The following individuals were arrested that night by St. Mary’s County Police: Brian Edward Simpson, 35, of California, Arson Threat Warrant Randy Aloysius Norris, 24, of Hollywood, Driving While Suspended Warrant Nathan Junior Williams, 41, of Lexington Park, Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol Warrant Sarah Anne Paradizo, 27, of Great Mills, False Statement to a police officer Warrant Marcus Devon Shorter, 20, of Ridge, Possession of Marijuana Warrant

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towards the College could have long term damaging financial effects as the Board of Public Works has many competing colleges wanting the limited dollars available. Dyson’s assertions that the College is “elite” If there is one thing The College has the and should not be focusing highest graduation rate of that the College could imon smaller classroom sizes any public college in the prove upon would be to or a study abroad program state, which is very note- work closer with St. Mary’s worthy considering the Col- County high schools to cre- are items that Dyson should lege’s diverse student body, ate as many opportunities address with the College’s which includes 20% minor- as possible for students Board of Trustees. Working together with ities and 24% first genera- from St. Mary’s County to the College rather than critattend St. Mary’s College. tion college students. the College before icizing Roy Dyson has been The College has the funding source in Antaken advantage of a beau- very critical of the college would better pronapolis tiful natural setting along over the past year, primartect and insure that a qualthe St. Mary’s River to ily over their decisions relity educational opportunity develop a site that offers ative to constructing new continues to exist here in modern classrooms and fa- facilities on campus. St. Mary’s County. Last week, Dyson cilities while maintaining Our communithe tranquility and protect- broadened his criticism of be much better ty would ing the environment. This the College to include its served by Dyson working unique campus adds to the academic mission. Worst educational experience in a of all, Dyson cast his criti- with the College to continpositive way. cisms before the Maryland ue the academic excellence The College also Board of Public Works. it has achieved and finding offers its students a study The Board of Public Works ways to open more doors of abroad program as it main- includes the Governor, the opportunity for residents of tains classrooms in Italy. Comptroller, and the state St. Mary’s County to attend The opportunity for young Treasurer. This Board is St. Mary’s College rather adults to study overseas is responsible for approving than working through Anan important component of the funding requests of the napolis to lower the College’s standards. the Ivy League type quality College. this college offers. Dyson’s out lash

Sara Colleen Aud, 19, of Hollywood, Second Degree Assault Warrant Brian David Bond, 37, of Leonardtown, Child Support Warrant William Lee Quade, 24, of Bushwood, Child Support Warrant Aaron William Smithers, 28, of California, Motor Vehicle/Unlawful Taking Warrant Lindsay Kirby Rae, 25, of Lexington Park, Burglary 1st Degree Warrant Bruce Jerome Gaines, 53, of Lusby, Animal Cruelty Warrant Jonathan Litee Chase, 34, of Mechanicsville, Child Support Warrant Maryland State Police arrested the following: James Franklin Alexander, 49, of Charlotte Hall, charged with Driving without a License Lisa Cherylette Armstrong, 22, of Avenue, charged with Failure to Pay Fine Joseph Albert Baker, 19, of Lexington Park, charged with Failing to Pay Fine Saulon Solis Barrera, 32, of Lexington, charged with Driving without a License

Lewis Frank Bryan, 25, of Great Mills, charged with Failing to Pay Fine Tristao Commodore, 31, of St. Leonard, charged with Assault 2nd Degree Joshua Lewis King, 21, of Lexington Park, charged with FTA / Driving While Suspended Ryan Andrew Murray, 23, of Mechanicsville, charged with Failing to Pay Fine Charles Edward Nelson, 35, of Ridge, charged with Felony Credit Card Theft Adam E. Roberts, 28, of Lexington Park, charged with Driving on Suspended License David Rodney Scriber, 43, of Lexington Park, charged with DWI Jamar Marcus Young, 21, of Leonardtown, charged with Assault Second Degree In addition to serving outstanding warrants, police arrested Wayne Chase Montez, 18, of Lexington Park for possession of a controlled dangerous substance, in addition to charging him with possession of stolen tags. Steven Wesley Gingery, 23, of Hollywood was also arrested for possession of a controlled dangerous

substance. Two DWI Arrests were also made at Point Lookout Road at Camp Casoma Road in Chingville as a result of a Road Rage incident which occurred at the FastStop on Point Lookout Road in Leonardtown. Joseph Kendell Fryer IV, 25, of La Plata and Steven Wesley Gingery, 23, of Hollywood were arrested. All extra arrests echoed Cameron’s comment as he sent over 70 extra policemen out on the road late Saturday afternoon. “With this many police officers out, they’ll act on any criminal action they see,” he said. Sheriff Cameron said later that he was very pleased with the operation, adding that he plans to do a similar operation in the area next month. “It went really well. I was very pleased with the operation,” he said. “The most positive aspect of this was really the interaction of police with the community…it was far more successful than we expected, not just in the number of arrests, but particularly in terms of interaction with the community.”

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Board of County Commissioners Voting RecordMeeting Held on Tuesday, August 26, 2008 Office of the Sheriff (Sheriff Cameron and Erin Shoemaker, Fiscal Manager) Motion: To approve and authorize the Commissioner President to sign the Equitable Sharing Agreement, FY2008 Annual Certification Report Affidavit for the federally forfeited funds program. Motion By: Lawrence D. Jarboe Second: Kenneth Dement Action: Unanimous Voting Record: Francis Jack Russell Yes Thomas Mattingly Yes Daniel Raley Yes Lawrence Jarboe Yes Kenneth Dement Yes Department of Economic and Community Development (Bob Schaller, Director; Dennis Nicholson, Executive Director of the Housing Authority) Motion: To approve and authorize the Commissioner President to execute the CDBG Grant Amendment to allow the use of the $250,000 grant award for Colony Square rehabilitation at New Phoenix, and to sign the related sub-recipient agreement allowing the pass-through of funds to the Housing Authority. Motion By: Daniel Raley Second: Lawrence Jarboe Action: UnanimousÂ Voting Record: Francis Jack Russell Yes Thomas Mattingly Yes Daniel Raley Yes Lawrence Jarboe Yes Kenneth Dement Yes Department of Human Services (Bennett Connelly, Director; Cynthia Brown, Manager; Jackie Beckman, Community Traffic Safety Program Coordinator) Motion: To approve and authorize the Commissioner President to execute the FY2009 Highway Safety Grant Application and Project Agreement for the St. Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s County Community Traffic Safety Program and the related budget amendment increasing the project budget revenues and expenses by $8,100. Motion By: Thomas Mattingly Second: Lawrence Jarboe Action: Unanimous Voting Record: Francis Jack Russell Yes Thomas Mattingly Yes Daniel Raley Yes Lawrence Jarboe Yes Kenneth Dement Yes Motion: To approve and authorize the Commissioner President to execute the Southern Maryland Media and Enforcement Campaign Grant Application / Project Agreement and the related budget amendment, in the amount of $113,000, to establish the project budget for this new FY2009 grant. Motion By: Thomas Mattingly Second: Kenneth Dement Action: Unanimous Voting Record: Francis Jack Russell Yes

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Department of Recreation and Parks (Phil Rollins, Director) Motion: To approve and authorize the Commissioner President to sign the budget amendment that will transfer surplus funds from the Chaptico Park Expansion project (RP0805) to the Piney Point Lighthouse Shore Erosion project (RP0502) to cover a shortfall of $270,000 for the construction of shore erosion control measures at the Piney Point Lighthouse Museum and Historic Park. Motion By: Kenneth Dement Second: Thomas Mattingly Action: Motion Carried Voting Record: Francis Jack Russell Yes Thomas Mattingly Yes Daniel Raley Yes Lawrence Jarboe No Kenneth Dement Yes Land Use & Growth Management (Denis Canavan, Director) Motion: To establish the Effective Date of September 4, 2008 for the following documents, adopted by the Board of County Commissioners on August 19, 2008: BOCC Resolution Number 08-40, adopting an Annual Growth Policy for St. Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s County; BOCC Ordinance Number Z-08-06, adopting Zoning Ordinance Text Amendments to modify requirements for adequacy of public facilities; BOCC Ordinance Number S-08-01, adopting Subdivision Ordinance Text Amendments to modify requirements for adequacy of public facilities; BOCC Resolution No. 08-41 establishing school service areas and student yield to determine the adequacy of public facilities. Motion By: Daniel Raley Second: Lawrence Jarboe Action: Unanimous Voting Record: Francis Jack Russell Yes Thomas Mattingly Yes Daniel Raley Yes Lawrence Jarboe Yes Kenneth Dement Yes Commission for Women (Kathleen Werner, Chairperson; Cynthia Brown, Manager, Department of Human Services) Motion: To approve and authorize the Commissioner President to sign the Bylaws of the Commission for Women of St. Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s County. Motion By: Kenneth Dement Second: Thomas Mattingly Action: Unanimous Voting Record: Francis Jack Russell Yes Thomas Mattingly Yes Daniel Raley Yes Lawrence Jarboe Yes Kenneth Dement Yes

Hoyer Hosts Sixth Annual Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Equality Day Luncheon Keynote Speaker Highlights Heart Health Andrea Shiell Staff Writer Heart disease, once thought a health concern mainly affecting men, is actually the number one killer of women according to Dr. Elizabeth Ross, the keynote speaker at U.S. Rep. Steny Hoyerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s (D â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Md. 5) 6th annual Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Equality Day Luncheon last Thursday. The theme of this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s meeting was â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Your Health, Take Control,â&#x20AC;? and appropriately, this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s speaker was a pillar of Southern Marylandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s medical community. Ross, a cardiologist specializing in heart disease in women, practices internal medicine in Prince Frederick. She has also worked to establish the Calvert Internal Medicine Group, worked with the National Institutes of Health and served as the first chairperson of the Washington Area Committee on Women and Heart Disease. As a national spokesperson for the American Heart Association, Ross put her speaking talents to work as she joked with the crowd. She recounted her quest for education as an alternative to actual work when she graduated high school more than 30 years ago, and laughed as she said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I chose medical school because it was the longest school offered at the Univer-

sity of Maryland.â&#x20AC;? She described her shock at seeing how men and women were treated differently as she completed her medical training. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If a man came into the emergency room with chest pains, we were told it was probably his heart until proven otherwise,â&#x20AC;? Ross said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But if a woman came into the emergency room with chest pains, then she was probably neurotic, or suffering from empty nest syndrome, and we should give her valium and send her home.â&#x20AC;? She added that she had always been taught that heart disease was a concern for men, but not women. Rossâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s message to the more than 200 professional working women in attendance shattered that long-standing myth. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When I got to working on this, fewer than one in ten women knew that heart disease was the number one killer of people in Americaâ&#x20AC;Śbut fewer than one in twenty physicians knew that heart disease was the number one killer of women,â&#x20AC;? she explained. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s great survival now for breast cancerâ&#x20AC;Ś but more than 50 percent of women end up dying from heart disease.â&#x20AC;? Ross offered health advice to the women there, saying they should quit smoking,

exercise, and â&#x20AC;&#x153;know your numbersâ&#x20AC;Śknow your weight, your body mass indexâ&#x20AC;Śyour blood sugarâ&#x20AC;Śand know your cholesterol.â&#x20AC;? Hoyer used his remarks as an opportunity to highlight certain legislative goals, one of which would be the Paycheck Fairness Act (H.R. 1338), designed to eliminate gender-biased wage discrimination, which Hoyer contends is still a problem. The act would prohibit employers from retaliating against employees who share salary information with coworkers, require the Department of Labor to enhance outreach and training efforts to eliminate pay disparities, and create a new grant program to help strengthen the negotiation skills of women entering the workforce. Hoyer said he did not expect the act to gain the necessary votes to pass the Senate, but he remains hopeful that the issue will be addressed next year. Befitting this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s health theme, Hoyer also created a Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Network Advisory Committee (WNAC) to identify and address issues of importance to women and build a mentoring network with young female professionals in Marylandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 5th Congressional district. The committee is currently meeting with groups in different counties, and will report their findings

by the yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s end. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Universal access to quality affordable care will be a huge issue,â&#x20AC;? Hoyer said after the luncheon. He said he hopes to make headway on drafting legislation for universal health care, and expanding existing health insurance services to between four and six million children. In the meantime, both Hoyer and Ross said they would be working to fix the shortage of doctors in the 5th district, and to expand access to mental health services for women. Speaker Christine Parker, of Parker Financial, LLC, summed up the theme of the event by reminding all of their responsibilities to themselves. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As women we are wonderful caregivers,â&#x20AC;? she said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;but we must also remember to care for our own mind, body, and soul.â&#x20AC;?

St. Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Teen Earns National Civil Air Patrol Brewer Award By: Capt. Brenda Reed, CAP Public Affairs Officer Civil Air Patrol Maryland Wing Orlando, FL-Cadet 1st in the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Air Force JuLt. Daniel Myers of Maryland nior Reserve Officer Training Wingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s St. Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Composite Corps (AFJROTC) program Squadron was presented the and is a member of the model national Frank G. Brewer aeronautics club. Memorial Aerospace CaMyers is the second St. det Award during Civil Air Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cadet to earn the naPatrolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s national conference tional Brewer Award in as this past weekend in Orlando, many years; Cadet Lt. Col. Fla. The award was presented David Trick earned the award by Brig. Gen. Amy Courter, in 2007. national commander of Civil For additional informaAir Patrol. tion about Civil Air Patrolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s The Brewer award is Brewer Awards, based on outstanding aerovisit: space achievement or contriwww.cap.gov/visitors/ butions to the aerospace field members/aerospace_educaand cadet awardees must have tion/awards/brewer_award/ earned the Gen. Billy MitchThe Civil Air Patrol, the ell Award and be a current official auxiliary of the U. S. member of CAP. Air Force, was founded on â&#x20AC;&#x153;I never expected win- Dec. 1, 1941, less than a week ning the National award and before the Japanese attack on I was definitely surprised and Pearl Harbor brought the U. really excited about it when I S. into World War II. CAP is did,â&#x20AC;? said Myers when asked a nonprofit organization with about the award. more than 56,000 members Myers, 16, has been in- nationwide. The organizaterested in aerospace since tionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s members perform 95 he was a small child watch- percent of continental U.S. ing his father work on Army inland search and rescue mishelicopters. That interest sions tasked by the Air Force has been the inspiration for Rescue Coordination CenMyers to provide aerospace ter, and were credited by the education to others. At his AFRCC with saving 103 lives home squadron, Myers helps in fiscal year 2007. Its voluncoordinate the cadet orienta- teers also perform homeland tion flight program and as- security, disaster relief and sists the squadron in hosting the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA)â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Young Eagles program. EAA sponsored his trip to the EAA Air Academy in Oshkosh, Wis., in 2006. Upon his return, Myers briefed the group on his trip and was influential in the group funded one cadet per year to attend the academy. Myers currently serves as a flight commander at the St. Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s squadron and is a member of the squadronâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s emergency services ground Lt. Daniel Myers team, along with being the squadronâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cadet emercounterdrug missions at the gency services officer. â&#x20AC;&#x153;CAP request of federal, state and has given me countless op- local agencies. portunities and benefits that Members take a leading many of my friends and oth- role in aerospace education ers I know donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have, and I and serve as mentors to the am very thankful for it,â&#x20AC;? said almost 25,000 young people Myers. currently participating in the In June of this year, My- CAP Cadet Program. CAPâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ers flew his first solo flight cadet programs provide young and is currently working on men and women with a safe his private pilot license. He and motivating environment also works at the Patuxent in which to grow and explore River Naval Air Museum opportunities in the military where he teaches children and aviation industries. CAP and adults how to operate the has been performing mission flight simulators, which simu- for American for more than late the F-14, P-51, and MiG 63 years. 17 aircraft. There are approximately Myers is a junior at Chop- 1,300 members of CAP in ticon High School in Mor- Maryland. Last fiscal year ganza, Md., where he takes wing members flew 42 search honors courses. He is a mem- and rescue missions and were ber of the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s swim and credited with 31 finds. For cross country teams. more information, visit www. Myers also participates mdcap.org.

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Contact! Terri Bartz Bowles I recently received an extremely cool birthday gift, a half hour ride in a vintage biplane. The weekend weather was gorgeous and a perfect time to redeem my gift, so off I went, flying in a 1944 Stearman biplane. The owner, Nick Mirales, operates Biplane Air Tours out of

the St. Mary’s County airport. We arrived at the airport and walked out to the tarmac. Nick’s plane is beautiful, a deep golden yellow that shone in the afternoon sun. It has been completely restored and is now used exclusively for pleasure. These planes began life as trainers for U.S. Navy and U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II. Many of

Maryland Veterans Benefits Guide Posted To County’s Website The Summer 2008 Maryland Veterans Benefits and Information Guide has been posted to the St. Mary’s County Government website. It can be found at www.stmarysmd. com. Click on Forms and Documents under Resources. The brochure is posted in the Public Information list. The Maryland Department of Veterans Affairs serves Maryland’s Veterans. More information can be found at www.mdva. state.md.us.

BOCC Seeks Public Input On 2009 Legislative Package The St. Mary’s County Board of County Commissioners is accepting input from the public in the development of the Board’s 2009 Legislative Package submission to the St. Mary’s County Delegation to the Maryland General Assembly. Please send your written comments and suggestions to David Weiskopf, Deputy County Attorney, P.O. Box 653, 41770 Baldridge Street, Leonardtown, Maryland 20650. The deadline for submissions is September 15, 2008. The County Commissioners will review legislative proposals at their regular business meeting on Tuesday, October 7, 2008. The Commissioners will receive staff briefings and public comments on the legislative proposals at a joint public meeting with the St. Mary’s County Delegation on Tuesday, October 28, 2008 at 6:30 p.m. in the Commissioner’s Meeting Room in the Chesapeake Building. The Commissioners are tentatively scheduled to discuss and take positions on the legislative proposals at their business meeting on Monday, November 3, 2008 For more information, please contact David Weiskopf, Deputy County Attorney, at (301) 475-4200 ext. 1700.

them were then used as crop dusters. Now, the people who love them restore these planes and share their passion with others by going to air shows and fly-ins and giving folks like me a chance to experience open cockpit flying. If you like to fly, you must do this. If you like roller coasters, you should try this. If you want to see parts of St. Mary’s

and Calvert counties from a totally different perspective, you should do this. If you just want to do something different and out of your comfort zone, something a bit adventurous, you must do this. If you enjoy history, you should do this. This is pure flying, with a stick and foot rudders and no electronics. You climb up and walk where the wing is attached to the plane to get in. You can only step in the one area because the plane is cloth, although with the paint and everything, you don’t realize that, it’s a really tight skin. You strap in with a military style harness and put on your headset. A flywheel is cranked up by Nick on the outside of the airplane to engage the propeller and he gets in to start the ignition. This is a two person effort requiring a second outside person to pull a “T” handle to engage the prop and you’re ready to fly! No turn the key operation here, remember its 1944 technology. We taxied out and took off and it’s a totally different sensation from every other kind of plane I’ve ever been in. I’ve flown in the commercial big jets and the smaller prop jobs and in small, private jets that

Christine Rawlings, CRNP Certified Family Practice Nurse Practitioner

Dhimitri Gross, MD Board Certified Family Practice

St. Mary’s Medical Associates is a primary care medical group serving patients of Southern Maryland since 1995. Our approach to delivering health care is that of being in a partnership with our patients. Together, the provider and patient make health care decisions, set goals and institute therapy. We offer services for well baby/child, well women issues, school physicals, routine physicals, DOT Pre-employment physicals, chain of custody drug collections, drug testing, medical review officer services, disease management and preventative care. The office is open from 8am until 5 pm Monday through Thursday and from 8am until 3pm on Friday. We look forward to meeting you in our new offices located adjacent to St. Mary’s Hospital in Leonardtown.

Most Insurance Accepted Welcoming New Patients New Location: St. Mary’s Medical Associations, LLC 41680 Miss Bessie Drive Leonardtown, MD 20650

For Appointments Call: 301-997-0055 or 301-997-0114 Fax 301-997-0066

(next to St. Mary’s Hospital)

“Caring for patient’s of all ages”

seated about a half dozen people. But the open cockpit allows you to experience sights and sounds and sensations you’re never going to get in a closed cockpit. I would compare it to the difference you experience if you’ve ridden a motorcycle; it’s a completely different perspective than being in a car, even a convertible. We were traveling about 70 knots but it didn’t seem like we were going very fast. In a car, that would have been about, what, 85 miles an hour? And that would have seemed quite fast. It was smooth and peaceful, not quite like floating, but like you were a part of your surroundings, part of the experience, not just an observer to the world going by you. One of the very delightful discoveries was the number of trees! It looked quite green up there, maybe all the developers should go for a ride before they decide they need to cut down EVERY tree when building some new development. It was interesting to see the depth of the water change at the shorelines and see pockets of seaweed in the Patuxent. Seeing Sotterley from the air was lovely and Calvert Cliffs was magnificent. We’ve all

seen pictures, but to see the cliffs from the air like that, you can really see the layers and it boggled my mind to think of the millions of years those cliffs had been in the making. Everything was new and different and a sight to behold. Then, when we were out over the Patuxent, Nick let me have the stick. I banked right, then left, then pulled back for a climb, intentionally stalling the plane. Then forward on the stick to level off – oh, baby – it was exhilarating! He takes control again and does a few maneuvers and you just can’t help but have an “oh my God” moment – like the thrill rides we go on, we want to get a little scared but know it’s controlled. It was an amazing experience and I’m ready to go again. He does hour long rides, too. It’s great weather right now and think how beautiful the fall colors will look from the air. Treat yourself to a thrill, get the bird’s-eye view and experience a bit of history. Go flying – open cockpit! You can email the Country Girl at countrygirlramblings@gmail.com

Calendar of Events

By The 2nd District Fire Dept. & Rescue Squad Auxiliary For More Information Contact: Darlene Johnson At 240-434-1095.

Pre-Labor Day Festival

Ghost Hunters at Greenwell

Sunday, August 31 At St. Peter Claver Catholic Church Starting W/ Church Services At 10 A.M. Dinners Starting At 12:30 P.M. -6:00 P.M. Entertainment For The Entire Family Gospel Melodies Group, Higher Heights Gospel Group Vendors, Car Show, And Much More… Rain Or Shine… For More Info. Call: 301-872-5460

Blood Drive The American Red Cross Blood Mobile will conduct a blood drive at the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office, 23150 Leonard Hall Dr. Leonardtown, Maryland 20650. The blood drive will be held on Tuesday, September 2, 2008 between 8 a.m. – 1 p.m. Please contact 800-GIVE-LIFE to schedule your life-saving donation.

Forrest Center To Host Scrapbook Day The Dr. James A. Forrest Career & Technology Center will host Croptoberfest Scrapbook Day on Saturday, September 6, 2008, 9 a.m. to 5p.m., in the school’s Wilbur C. Dohrman Conference Center. This event includes educational demos, door prizes, and a light lunch, and is coordinated by Creative Memories Consultants Robin Pajak, Kim Norris, and Robin Girard. The cost is $35 per person, with proceeds benefiting the school’s SkillsUSA chapter. The chapter raises funds to send Forrest Center students to regional, state, and national SkillsUSA leadership training and skills competitions. For more information or to register, contact Robin Pajak at 301-481-3985, Kim Norris at 301-475-0147, or Robin Girard at 301-884-2445.

Room With a Brew offers Refreshment and Pampering Refresh and pamper yourself Wednesday, 10 September 2008, 3 -5 p.m., across the street from Leonardtown High School and Tech Center at The New Room With A Brew and new and exclusive products from The Body Shop Complementary refreshments will be served. Free samples of wellbeing essential oils and body lotions from new collections: Total Energy, Deep Sleep, Divine Calm, and Pure Detox. Exclusive to At Home: Buriti Baby products: body wash, shampoo, massage gel and more. Free raffle of products for attendees. Contact Roseanne Sambuco for more information: 301.475.3095.

Legs for Life®

James C. Boyd, MD Board Certified Internal Medicine

Thursday, August 28, 2008

Legs for Life® Screenings for Vascular Disease are being offered by St. Mary’s Hospital on September 13, 15, 22 and 23. The program offers free screenings for peripheral arterial disease (PAD). Having PAD increases an individual’s risk for having a stroke or heart attack. The primary symptom of PAD is leg pain that occurs during exercise and subsides during rest. PAD occurs most frequently in those 50 years of age and older. Additional health screenings will also be available, including tests for stroke, total blood cholesterol, and bone density. Call Health Connections at 301-475-6019 for further information and to schedule your free health screenings.

All You Can Eat Breakfast Sunday, September 14, 2008 8 To 11 a.m. Valley Lee Fire House Valley Lee, MD $8.00 ADULTS, $4.00 CHILDREN AGES 5-12, CHILDREN UNDER 5 – FREE Sponsored (And Prepared)

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The Greenwell Foundation presents Patrick Burke, president and co-founder of the American Battlefields Ghost Hunters Society and author of “Battlefield Guide to Ghost Hunting,” an instructional resource for the investigative process of hunting for ghosts on American battlefields. Join Burke on Sunday, Sept. 14 from 1pm ˆ 4pm for a discussion about his work and his book. Copies of the book will be available for purchase. Burke’s appearance is the September feature of Sundays in the Park, a Greenwell program that takes place on the second Sunday of every month. During Sundays in the Park, community members are invited to tour the historic Rosedale Manor House and learn about all the programs, activities, and site rental opportunities at Greenwell. September 14, 2008 from 1 - 4 p.m. Rosedale Manor, Greenwell State Park, Hollywood, Md. For more information, please call 301-373-9775 or visit www.greenwellfoundation.org

Low Cost Vaccination/Micro Chip Clinic Low Cost Rabies/Distemper and Micro Chip Clinic sponsored by Second Hope Rescue Location: 21030 Point Lookout Road, Callaway, MD 20620 Bear Creek Shopping Center (behind Bear Creek Restaurant) Sunday, September 14 1 to 3 p.m. Rabies - $7.00 Distemper - $10.00 Feline Distemper - $10.00 Microchip (24PetWatch) - $25.00 Senior’s (65 yrs or older) Pets Rabies - FREE Distemper/Feline Distemper - $5.00 Microchip (24PetWatch) - $15.00 All dogs must be on leash or in carrier Aggressive or multiple animals may stay in vehicle All cats must be in carrier For 3 year rabies vaccine a current vaccination CERTIFICATE is required (tags are not sufficient) For more information, please call Second Hope Rescue at 240925-0628 or email mary@secondhoperescue.org.

Blood Drive The American Red Cross will be holding a blood drive at the 2nd District VFD and Rescue Squad in Valley Lee on Monday, September 15th from 2 to 7:30 p.m. Donors may call 301-994-1038 to schedule an appointment or for information. Walk-ins are welcome.

Evening High School Classes To Begin

St. Mary’s County Public Schools’ Evening High School will begin classes for the first semester of the 2008-2009 school year on September 16, 2008. Registration for the first semester will be on September 9, 10, and 11, 3:45-7 p.m., in the Evening High School office in Area F of Leonardtown High School. St. Mary’s County students under 21 years of age must pay a nonrefundable $75 per course. The fee for St. Mary’s County residents over 21 years of age is $100 for each course. Courses are only open to St. Mary’s County residents. Regularly scheduled classes will meet on Mondays and Wednesdays or Tuesdays and Thursdays, 3:45-5:40 p.m., or 5:457:40 p.m., at Leonardtown High School. Students may register for up to four classes per semester. Students should meet with their high school guidance counselors prior to registration. Enrollment numbers for courses will determine whether or not the course is offered.

in so much over the budget,” said Rollins, explaining that two different engineering estimates had indicated that even Continued from page A- with the rise in fuel and material costs, the original amount allotted should have recently, the lowest being $692,427, and been sufficient. the highest being just over $1.3 million. The Board of County CommissionRollins explained that there is currently ers voted to allow the transfer of funds $457,427 available for the project, but from the Chaptico Park Parking Lot with an additional $30,000 needed for Expansion, with an additional $105,000 contingency and $5,000 needed for proj- in transfer tax revenue being redirected ect management, accepting the lowest from the Three Notch Trail project, which bid would leave the department with a will be replaced with impact fee revenue shortfall of $270,000. from the Chaptico Park parking project. “We are proposing using surplus This cyclical financial reallocation funds from the Chaptico Park Parking took the commissioners slightly offLot Expansion project to cover the Light- guard at first, and Commissioner Jarboe house shore erosion project,” wrote Rol- voted against the motion, citing the bids lins in a memorandum to the Commis- as overly expensive. “The project should sioners earlier this month. “It is uncer- be re-bid,” he said, adding that bids had tain why the shore erosion project came gone out at the height of this year’s fuel

costs, and that a lower bid might be had in light of the slowing economy. Commissioner Raley said that, “if this wasn’t a shore erosion project, and we didn’t have the issue of erosion here,” he would insist the project go out for re-bidding. Rollins expressed concern that sending out another bid would delay the work until next spring, and he seemed pleased when the motion was carried. “This is an extensive project,” he said, “the problem is that if we don’t do something now, it will threaten the lighthouse.” Commissioner Mattingly agreed with Rollins, saying that action needed to be taken as soon as possible to prevent further loss. “Once you’ve lost it, you’ve lost it forever,” he said. “You don’t get it back.”

The County Times

Thursday, August 21, 28, 2008 2008

Section A -

Obituaries William Lewis Asmussen, Alice Mildred Brown, 99 Jr., 68

William Lewis Asmussen, Jr., 68 of Lexington Park, and formerly of Brandywine, Md., died Aug. 22 in St. Mary’s Hospital. AliceOct. Mildred Brown, 99 Born 6, 1939 in Branof Leonardtown died Aug. dywine, Md., he was the son 16 of in her the latehome. William and Bessie Ellis Born Sr. Nov. 9, preceded 1908 in Asmussen, He was Baltimore, Md., sheJudith was Asthe in death by his wife daughter of the31, late James and mussen March 2008, whom Lilly Mae Jackson Rebham. he married July 11, 1973. Sheiswas a member St. He survived by hisofchildren William Lewis Asmussen George’s Episcopal Church, III of Lexington Park, Daniel Valley Lee, and Order of the Wade of Colonial EasternAsmussen Star, Chapter 107, JuBeach, Va.Hollywood. and Cindy Marie Aslia Halla, mussen of Tall Timbers, as well Mrs. Brown is survived as his sisters Dixie Thompson, by two sons, Lloyd E. (Jerry) Carol Marlow andLeonardtown Barbara TayBrown, Jr. of man, all of Brandywine, Md. as and Willard Bruce Brown well as four grandchildren. of Terra Alta, W. Va. She is served in the U.S. alsoWilliam survived by six grandMarine Corp. for four years and children, Julie Brown-Rund, was a retired painter who loved Jeff Brown, Nancy Deal, playing Keno, cards and fishing. Wendy Jarda, Judy Graybill He also enjoyed walking Harand the Pheobe Brown, andwatcheight vey, family pet and great-grandchildren Clay and ing his favorite sport programs. WillThe Rund, Kristen and Josh family will receive Brown,Tuesday, Shawn Sept. and 2Bruce friends from Deal, Audrey and 11 a.m. – noon in theSamantha MattingJarda. ley-Gardiner Funeral Home, She was service predeceased where a funeral will be by aat noon daughter Betty Garth Ruth held with Pastor Brown and officiating. a brother John B. Dockstader Interment will follow in Maryland Fenwick. Veteran’s Cemetery, CheltenRelatives and friends atham, Md.Mrs. at 2 p.m. Pallbearers tended Brown’s Life will be William RichCelebration in Garrison, the Brinsfield ard Garrison, Tracey ThompFuneral Home, Leonardtown son, Robert Tippett, Trejo Wednesday, Aug. 20John from 5– and Joseph Trejo. 8 p.m. with prayers recited at Arrangements providedwill by 7 p.m. A funeral service the Mattingley-Gardiner Fube held Thursday, Aug. 21 at neral Home, P.A.George’s Epis11 a.m. in St. copal Church, Valley Lee. Lois Marie Donnally Reverend Greg Syler, Britt, pastor 78will officiate. of the church, Interment will follow in the Loiscemetery. Marie Donnally Britt, church 78, ofMemorial Hollywood, formerly of Contributions North Charleston, died may be made to S.C., The MisAug. 24 in St. Mary’s Hospital, sions Endowment Fund or Leonardtown. Cemetery and Grounds Fund, Aug. 27, Episcopal 1929 in c/o Born St. George’s Cunard, W. V a., she was the Church, P.O. Box 30, Valley daughter of the late Greenleaf Lee, MD 20692. W. Donnally and Hazel Ellen Condolences to the famClingham Donnally. She was ily may be Charleston made at www. retired from Naval brinsfieldfuneral.com. Shipyard where she was an InArrangements by the formation Systems Analyst. Brinsfield Funeral Home, Lois is survived by her P.A., Leonardtown. children, Randall Britt and his wife Cheryl of Hollywood, David Britt and his fiancée Joann Francis of NorthJoseph Charleston, S.C., Charles Britt and Brown, Sr., 66his wife Wanda of Summerville, S.C., siblings, Margaret of Francis JosephLusher Brown, Johns Island, S.C., and ElizaSr., 66, passed away in his beth of Trail, Charleston, home Harvill in Indian N.C. S.C., sister-in-law, Ruby DonAug. 12. nallyMr. of Johns Island, S.C., July and Brown was born five grandchildren, Lyndsay, 1, 1942 in Leonardtown, son Shannon, Kelsey, Charles and of the late Mary Edna Brown Taylor. In addition to her parNorris. ents, she was preceded in death Mr.husband, Brown Woodrow is survived by her M. by his wife Jacqueline Britt and her eldest son, MerDelcer Brown; a son Francis J. Brown, Jr. and his wife Shelia of Stanfield, N.C.; a daughter Jennifer Lynn Brown of Indian Trail, N.C. and two granddaughters Christianna Page and Allyson Grace Brown. The family received friends Sunday, Aug. 17 from 2 – 5 p.m. in the MattingYou drive Funeral into a town that ley-Gardiner Home, you’ve never visited before and where Prayers were said at suddenly, without a smidge of 3 p.m.you A know Mass there’s of Christian doubt, a diner Burial was celebrated around a certain corner. YouMonwalk day, Aug.into 18 aatbooth, 9:30 and a.m.look in in, squeeze St. Francis Xavier Catholic at a menu that’s so familiar, you Church Fr.it. John barely needwith to read You’veMatbeen tingly officiating. Interment there before, but that’s impossible. followed in Or Charles Déjà vu? – if youMemocotton rial to thatGardens. sort of thing – a past life? Arrangements provided In the new novel “The Garby thebyMattingley-Gardiner goyle” Andrew Davidson, a Funeral injured Home, man P.A. isn’t sure horribly

ward Britt. Castillo, 70 LuisLee Antonia Family received friends Wednesday, Aug. Castillo, 27 at the70, J. Luis Antonia Henry Sturhr’s Funeral Home of Leonardtown died Aug. 16 in North Charleston, A in St. Mary’s NursingS.C. Center, Funeral Service will be conLeonardtown. ducted at the First Born Sept. 20,Church 1937 of in the Nazarene in Hanahan, S.C. Puerto Rico, he was the son of Thursday, Aug. 28. and Elsa the late Luis Antonia Memorial contributions Monserrate Morales Castillo. may Luis be made to Hospice St. is survived by of three Mary’s, P.O. Box 625, Leonardsisters, M. Elaine Ohler of town, MD 20650. Millsboro, Del., Evelyn CasCondolences to theMd. family tillo of Chestertown, and may be made at www.brinsElsie Collins of Las Vegas, fieldfuneral.com. Nev. He is also survived by Arrangements by the several nieces and nephews. Brinsfield Home, P.A., FamilyFuneral received friends Leonardtown. Wednesday, Aug. 20 from 11 a.m. – noon in the Brinsfield Funeral Home, Leonardtown, Jeanprayers Perie Adams with recited Doane, at noon. Deacon George 91 L’Heureux officiated. Graveside service followed at 2 p.m. at Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suitland, Md. Memorial Contributions may be made to the St. Mary’s Nursing Center Foundation, Inc., 21585 Peabody Street, Leonardtown, MD 20650. Condolences to the family may be made at www. brinsfieldfuneral.com. Arrangements by the Brinsfield Funeral Home, P.A., Leonardtown.

Lloyd Raymond Harris, 97 Jean Perie Adams Doane, 91, of Heathesville, Va., formerly of Mechanicsville, Heathesville, Va. and Yee Haw Junction, Fla. died Aug. 19 two days before her 92nd birthday in Charles County Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born Aug. 21, 1916 in Geneva, Ga., she was the daughter of the late Katie Belle Jones Belk and Wilbur Toombs Belk of Columbus, Ga. She was preceded in death by her husband Eugene U. Doane, grandson Harold Wood; and son in-law James Lewis Norris. Mrs. Doane is survived by her children Herbert Clay Lloyd (Suzie) Raymond HarHardwick of Shalimar, ris, 97, diedManning peacefully Aug. Fla., James (Buddy) 12 in theJr.St.(Charlene) Mary’s Nursing Adams, of MeCenter. chanicsville, Jeannette Adams Harris a longtime WayMr. (Tom) of was Waldorf, Md. resident of St.Adams Mary’sNorris County. and JoAnne of He was born in Gallatin, Mo. Hollywood; nine grandchildren June1613, 1911 to the late Howand great grandchildren. ard Mrs. May Doane Harris was and the Frankie first Lee Jackson. married female school busHe driver in the his beloved wife of years, state of Maryland, and59she also Mary Catherine “Sis” Nelson worked as a telephone operator at the Washington for C&P Telephone Cathedral Company in the Washington D.C. Sept. 2, at old Mechanicsville tele1939. exchange She preceded him in phone for many years. deathalso in ran 1998.numerous He was busialso She preceded inMary’s death in 1998 by nesses in St. County. his The belovedfamily sister Margaret received Harris.Sunday, Aug. 24 from 2 friends Mr. in Harris served in the – 4 p.m. the Mattingley-GarUnited States Army an Asdiner Funeral HomeasChapel, sistanta Memorial Chaplain. Service Following where was his army service wasDanemheld at 3 p.m. with he Pastor ployed Washington, D.C. iel Mooreinofficiating. Interment by the Federal Government was Private. for Contributions many years before may retirbe ing. He then worked in the made to Hospice of St. Mary’s, tax department for the State P.O. Box 625, Leonardtown, of Maryland and retired in MD 20650. 1971.Arrangements During his provided retirement, by he and his wife enjoyed travthe Mattingley-Gardiner FuelingHome, throughout neral P.A. the United States. He enjoyed playing cards, Raymond Rainer Johnson, dancing and buying new cars. 40 and most of Ray loved life all he enjoyed helping others Raymond Rainer Johnson, while expecting nothing in of Aberdeen, Md., died his return. He was devoted in in the home Aug. care ofSunday, his wife and17.sister until their death. The family received friends in the MattingleyGardiner Funeral Home, P.A., Leonardtown, Friday, Aug. 15 from 9 – 10 a.m. with a funeral service that followed at 10 a.m. officiated by Rev. Keith Schukraft. Interment followed at Charles Memorial what to believe. But he’sGardens about to in Leonardtown. Pallbearers believe in love. wereIn Frank Donnie his past Nelson, life, the one before Bowles, Fred Nelson, Harry the accident, he was a brutally Nelson, Jr., Russell handsome adultMichael movie star. With and Roy Copsey. no family to shame but money Contributions be to make, he had womenmay for work made to American Heart and for hobby. Drugs and alcohol Association, 415 N. Charles were easily-available, constant Street, Baltimore, MD companions. 21201-4101. And then there was the Arrangements provided accident. by Drunk the Mattingley-Gardiner and high, he was Funeraldown Home, driving a P.A. mountain road

He Valorie was bornAnne Dec. 11, 1967 in Germany. Henry, 48 He is survived by his mother Brigitte Johnson of Aberdeen, Md., his farther Douglas Johnson of Elkton, Md., his brother Ralf Johnson of Hollywood, his son Ryan Johnson of Aberdeen, Md., his daughter Regan Johnson of Darlington, Md., his grandson Kaleb Quick of Darlington, Md., and his longtime companion and children’s mother Robin King of North East, Md. He will be fondly remembered by very close friends Linda Itts, Rob Kinsler, Steven Dunn, Chris Hadry, many others, and his dogs Boo Boo, June Bug and Polie. Raymond was a 1985 graduate of Aberdeen High School. He was a plumber by trade. He enjoyed fishing, camping, and Valorie Henry, 48, spending timeAnne with his children of Mechanicsville, formerly and grandson. of Grandview, Aug. Interment Mo., with died a small family service arranged 17, in Lexington Park. by Tarring Born –Cargo Home, Oct.Funeral 31, 1959 in Aberdeen, Md., will held at Lincoln, Neb. shebewas thea later date at Memorial daughter ofHartford James Ray DickGardens. inson of Mouldrow, Okla. and Hortense Anne Campbell Hazel Theresa DysonMo. Crawford of Grandview, She was Knott the loving 79 wife of Earl Allan Henry, whom she married July 16, 1986 in Warrensburg, Mo. She is survived by her son Earl Ian Henry. Mrs. Henry graduated from Grandview High School’s Class of 1977. She moved to St. Mary’s County in October 1988 from Waldorf, Md. The family will receive friends Saturday, Aug. 23 from 10 – 11 a.m. in Patuxent River Assembly of God Church, California, where a Funeral Service will be held at 11 a.m. with Pastor Lanny Clark officiating. Interment Hazel Theresa Dyson Knott will be held Wednesday, 79, of Callaway died Aug. Aug. 19 in 27 at 10 a.m. in Maryland Washington Hospital Center. Veteran’s Cemetery, Born Oct. 16, 1928Cheltenin Great ham, Md. Mills, she was the daughter of Contributions be the late Samuel and may Florence made to Hospice if St. Mary’s, Anne Aud Dyson. She was the P.O. Box Leonardtown, loving wife625, of the late J. Irving MD 20650. Knott, Sr. Arrangements She is survived byprovided her children JoanMattingley-Gardiner Adams of Valley Lee, by the Bubby Great Mills, FuneralKnott Home,ofP.A. Anne Lumpkins of Piney Point, Mary Rita Archer, Susan Wise, Mark Knott and A. Julie Reece, Karen all of Callaway, her siblings, McEntyre, 51 Elmer Dyson and Evangeline Tolson, both of Waldorf, Md., McEntyre, of MaryKaren RuthA.Shepherd of 51 Park Lexington Park, formerly of Hall, LeRoy Dyson and Joseph Plano, Texas, in Dyson, both ofdied GreatAug. Mills13and Washington Hospital Center. Adele Korpolinksi of Niagara Feb.is 24, in Falls,Born N.Y. She also 1957 survived Sweetwater, Texas she was by 15 grandchildren and 17 the daughter of Carold and great-grandchildren. Mary Benson inofdeath PlaSheAleese was preceded no, her Texas. by sons Michael and Joey She is also survived by Knott. her Achildren lifelong Jeremy resident Porter of St. Mary’s County, was of Snyder, Texas,Hazel Jonathan aPorter homemaker loved to of Plano,who Texas, Angie paint and work the Porter,pictures Sheila Horton andinMagarden. rissa Horton, all of Lexington family ParkThe as well as her received brother friends Thursday, from Victor Benson of Aug. Plano,21Texas 5and – 8three p.m. grandchildren. in Holy Face Catholic Church, Greatemployed Mills, where Karen was as a prayers were said registered nurse. at 7:30 p.m. A Mass Christian was All of services areBurial private. celebrated Friday, Aug. 22 at 10 Arrangements provided a.m. in Holy Face Church with by the Mattingley-Gardiner Fr. Joseph Sileo officiating. InFuneral followed Home, P.A. terment in Holy Face Cemetery. Pallbearers were Johnny Archer, Brian Knott, TimothyDavid BrianAdams, Joe Meisowitz, McGrath, 50 Heard. Charlie Wise and Johnny Honorary pallbearers were Jim Timothy Brian McGrath, 50, of Lexington Park died Aug. 11 in St. Mary’s Hospital, Leonardtown. Born June 14, 1958 in Freeport, Ill., he was the son of Patricia (Chambers) McGrath of Mesa, Ariz. and the late Charles McGrath. whenTimothy he saw arrows, or thought attended Lahe did. He lost control of the car, salle-Peru High School in Lawhich flipped end-over-end and salle, Ill. where he graduated caught fire with him inside. He rein 1976. He membered theserved crackleinasthe hisU.S. skin Navy from 1976 until 1999. roasted. After service in the Nohismore career, noNavy, more Timothy was employed fair-weather friends. Suicideby wasa Government Contractor appealing. Twenty-four hoursand afworked at thefrom Patuxent River ter his release the hospital, Naval Airthat Station. Hehewas an whenever would be, would Elksit all. Lodge member and a end pastThen memberMarianne of the LexingEngel ton Park showed up. Volunteer Rescue

Spencer, Eddie Cullison, Chris Squad. Knott, Gray, SeibIn Alan addition toMartin his mother, ert and Michael Oliver. by his Timothy is survived may be made wifeContributions Debra Kay (Houtz) Mcto Ladies of Charity Holy Grath, his son, Sean at Patrick Face Catholic Church, 20476 McGrath of Lexington Park, Point Lookout Rd., Great Mills, his sister, Karen McGrath of MD 206354. Mesa, Ariz. and his brother, Arrangements provided by Michael McGrath of Ill. the Mattingley-Gardiner Fumemorial neralAHome, P.A. service will be held Saturday, Aug. 23 at 10 a.m. at the Bay District Volunteer Fire Department, Lexington Park. Condolences to the famHoward Orian Lamb, Sr., ily may be made at www. 84 brinsfieldfuneral.com. Arrangements by the Brinsfield Funeral Home, P.A., Leonardtown.

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Howard Orian Lamb, Sr. of Leonardtown passed away in Calvert Nursing Home in Prince Frederick, Md., Thursday, Aug. 21. He is survived by his wife, Lena, of Leonardtown, two Connor sons,Patrick Howard O. Lamb, Jr.Milland er 2,Sandi, of Avenue died Aug. wife, of St. Inigoes; Ken12 Mary’s Hospital, nethinR. St. Lamb and wife, Linda, Leonardtown. of Lexington Park; brothers born Fla., Oct.and 11, JeanConnor Lamb ofwas Tampa, 2005 in Anne Arundel MediRichard Lamb of California. cal Center, Annapolis, Other survivors include Md., five the son of James L. Miller grandchildren: Irene Lamb and Krystal KaldenbachVa., of Sembello of Blacksburg, Avenue. Sara Cooper of St. Inigoes, Meis survived by two sislissaHe Speed of Golden, Colo., ters, Lillian and Kayla Miller, Audrey Lamb Gamblin of Lawarence, brother Kyleand Miller, paKan., Chrishis Lamb ternal grandparents James L. of Austin, Texas; and eleven and Darlene Oliver Miller of great-grandchildren. Chaptico, maternal grandparBorn in Arcadia, Fla., in ents, Kaldenbach of 1924, Eugene Lamb was raised in Fort Harrimon, and Debra Myers, Fla. Tenn., and married Lena Adams of WinM. MaceKaldenbach in 1942. Lamb was chester, Ky.; great-grandparinterested in flying as a youth ents Francis and at Audrey Oliand took lessons Page Field ver of Chaptico and in Fort Myers until the outbreak G r e aWar t- g rII a nwhen d m o the h eenrs of World Mary Lou Adams of Waldorf, listed in the Navy. Lamb served Md. and training Shirley commands Miller of in various Newburg, Md. until the end as an instructor The familyhe decided received of the war when to friends for Connor’s stay in the Navy and servedLife as a Celebration 17 plane captainSunday, on P2V Aug. Neptune from 3 – 4 p.m. in the Brinsanti-submarine aircraft, most field Funeral Home, Leonardnotably in VP23 Squadron in town, with a funeral service at Brunswick, Maine. One of his 4many p.m. duty Interment private.a stationswas included the famstintCondolences in dirigibles intoWeeksville, ily be Navy madelighter-thanat www. N.C.,may the last brinsfieldfuneral.com. air facility that closed in 1957. Arrangements the Lamb was a finebycarpenBrinsfield Funeral Home, ter and a great cook, fixing P.A., Leonardtown. everything from bouillabaisse he learned to make while stationed in French Morocco in the lateMary fortiesAleathea to fish and pork roasts. He was a member of Redmond, 84 Lexington Park Baptist Church where he and his family joined in 1958. Lamb arrived at Patuxent River Naval Air station in 1958 and was assigned to Webster Field in St. Inigoes, where he became leading Chief. Lamb retired from the Navy as Chief Petty Officer in 1961. Lamb and his wife traveled extensively, both during his Navy Career and in their retirement. During their travels, they always found a body of water to cast a line and enjoy their lifelong hobby of fishing. Lamb and his wife Lena

“The Gargoyle” by Andrew Davidson

Mary Aleathea Redmond, 84, of Leonardtown died Aug. 16 in St. Mary’s Hospital. Born April 18, 1924 in Mechanicsville she was the daughter of Clarence Leo Evans and Gertrude M. a(PilkerShe was obviously psychiton) atric Evans. patient but she must have Aleathea from spoken with his graduated doctors: when she Margaret Brent High School came to see him, she knew everyin thing1941. aboutShe him..worked Mariannefrom En1961 to 1971 as a secretary/regel had a “cute figure”, eyes that ceptionist forand St.long, Mary’s changed color, wildColhair. lege. She gargoyles, enjoyed cooking, She carved wore odd croqueting, playing cards, clothes, had Biblical tattoos, and gardening, often told him sheand had sewing; Three Masters making and and manyclothing hearts. Herfor jobher on earth her daughter. was to get rid of the hearts. She preceded death And is then she said itinwas his by husband James Franklin third time burned. She began to

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started The Tackle LexRedmond, whom Box sheinmarington Park 4, in 1945 1960.atThe ried March theretail Imestablishment grew from a tiny maculate Conception Catholic segmentinofMechanicville. a building on Route Church She 235 across from Air Station is survived by herthe beloved chilinto its own A. building that condren Gayle Hancock and tinues providing fishing her husband William of tackle Fairand shooting 50 fax, Va., andsupplies James nearly “Frank” years later.and Both of Howard’s Redmond his wife Wanda sons, Howard, Jr., and Kenneth, of Fredericksburg, Va. She is their survived wives and have also by children three grandworked in the business through children, Jeffery A. Hancock the years along with hundreds and his wife Jennifer of Fairof faithful employees and their fax, Va., Mark D. Redmond wiveshis andwife children. and Tanya of FredThe family will P.receive ericksburg, Va., Jason RedfriendsofThursday, Aug. 28 from mond Fredericksburg; and 6 – 8great-grandchildren. p.m. in the Mattingleyfour Gardiner Funeral Home, She was preceded in where death a Memorial Service will be by her sister Agnes Rice. heldFamily at 7 p.m.received Intermentfriends will be private. Wednesday, Aug. 20 from 9:30 Contributions may be made – 10:30 a.m. in the Brinsfield to Lexington Park Volunteer Funeral Home, P.A., LeonarRescue A Squad, Box 339, dtown. MassP.O. of Christian Lexington MD 20653. Burial wasPark, celebrated 11 a.m., Arrangements by Wednesday, Aug. provided 20 at St. the Mattingley-Gardiner FuAloysius Catholic Church, neral Home, P.A. Leonardtown, with Rev. John Dakes officiating. Interment followed Charles“Albees” Memorial George in Aloysius Gardens, Leonardtown. Mattingly Sr., 82 Serving, as pallbearers were Mark Redmond, Jason Redmond, Jeffery Hancock, Bill Hancock, Lawrence Pilkerton, and Arthur Pilkerton. Honorary pallbearer was Earl Dean. Memorial contribution can be made to the Ridge Volunteer Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 456, Ridge, MD 20680. Condolences to the family may be made at www. brinsfieldfuneral.com. Arrangements by the Brinsfield Funeral Home, P.A., Leonardtown.

Louis Marshall “Junior” Thompson, Jr.,“Albees” 84 George Aloysius Mattingly Sr., 82, of Leonardtown died Aug. 18 in Calvert Memorial Hospital, Prince Frederick, Md. He had been a resident of the Charlotte Hall Veterans Home since November 2007. He was born July 15, 1926, in Compton, and was the son of the late Zachariah Milton Mattingly Jr. and the late Catherine Palace Pope Mattingly. He was preceded in death by his wife, Ruth “Teenie” Camalier Mattingly Nov. 14, 1992. His first marriage to Elizabeth Wise Duke ended in divorce. He is survived by his children from his second marriage, Charlotte Ann Dutton of Frederick, Md., Marshall Carla Jean“Junior” Murphy Louis of Owings, Jr., Md., Dent Thompson, 84,Karen of Avenue Mattingly Md., died Aug. 4ofinCatonsville, his residence. Kathryn Leeborn “Kassy” MattingHe was July 20, 1924 ly Dynard of Catonsville, Brian in to the Md., late Louis Camalier and Mattingly of EleaWestMarshall Catherine minster, Md., and Adam nor Harris Thompson Sr. Ashkenas Ojai,the Calif. He ishusalso Heofwas loving survived by children from his band of Rose Lee Thompson first marriage, Katherine whom he married July Mat26, tinglyinAud of Heart Leonardtown, 1942 Sacred Church, George Aloysius Mattingly Jr. Bushwood. He is also surof Leonardtown and Angela vived by his children, MarMattingly Breck of La Plata, garet Taylor and her husband Md.; brother, Francis Buddy Jerome George of Hollywood, ”Matt” Mattingly Compton; Thompson and hisofwife Debsister, Evelyn Ridgeway of Debie of Avenue, Benny Thompland,and Fla.; sons-in-law, Joe Dutson his wife Mary of ton, Marty Murphy and Dave Linantud; daughter-in-law, Christie Mattingly; grandchildren, Olivia and Laura Dutton, Devin and Shannon Murphy, Vincent, Nathan and Jordan Mattingly, Charles E. Aud Jr., George Matthew Aud, Lisa Aud, Amy Aud, Andrew V. Mattingly and Christopher B. Breck; and great-grandchildren, Ryan Duke Aud, Emily Aud, Madison Aud, Hannah Aud,

Chase Breck andThompson Mattingly Morganza, Donnie Denise and great-greatand his Breck; wife Debbie of Megranddaughterand Aliyah chanicsville RoseAud. Mary He and was her preceded in death George husband John by Avenue; his siblings, Williams Jenof 16 grandchildren, nings “Bones” Mattingly,two Jo44 great-grandchildren, seph Woodley “Tom” Mattingstep-grandchildren and his ly, Alberta “Bert” sisters MaryMary Ozella LaceyMatof tingly, Gertrude Leo Martin Mattingly, Abell, Osborne of Charles Elmer “Bee” Mattingly, King George, Va. and Susan James Zachariahof“Pappy” MatVallandingham Bushwood. tingly, Bernard Ignatius “Nace” He was preceded in death Mattingly and John Gibbons by one great-grandchild and Mattingly. his sisters Catherine Hall and HeBryant. attended Margaret Louise Brent High School beforeofjoinA lifelong resident St. ing the County, U.S. Army and servMary’s Junior was during World War II in the aingself-employed waterman. Philippines from 1944 to 1946. While enlisted in the U.S. Upon return, he worked as a car Army from Oct. 19, 1944 to salesman several Nov. 19, at 1945, he automobile served as Mary’s includadealerships rifleman,inaSt.light machine ing Aldridge Ford, Suburban gunner and a cook. Chrysler He Plymouth belonged and to Patuxthe ent Motors. He also owned and Knights of Columbus and enoperated a used carand business, joyed playing cards being Mattingly Auto Sales. he with his family and Later, his two worked as a mechanical planner special buddies Maynard and and estimator with the Patuxent Ringo. River Navalfamily Air Station public The received works department. He was also friends in the Mattingley-Gara master plumber. He was a diner Funeral Home Thursday, racecar driver5in–the 1950swith and Aug. 7 from 8 p.m. enjoyed being watching prayers saidNASCAR. at 7 p.m. A received friends MassThe of family Christian Burial was from 2-4 p.m. Sunday, celebrated Friday, Aug. 8Aug. at 24, ata.m. theinMattingley-Gardiner 9:30 Holy Angels CathFuneral Home, Leonardtown, olic Church, Avenue, with Fr. where prayers were said at 3 William Gurnee officiating. p.m. A funeral service held Interment followed inwas Sacred at 10 a.m. Monday,Bushwood. Aug. 25 in Heart Cemetery, the funeral home with Johnny Deacon Pallbearers were Bill Nickerson officiating. George, Jereme George, InterTina mentFerguson, followed inDave Charles MeFay Hodgmorial Gardens, Leonardtown. es, Matthew Thompson and Contributions may be made Donnie Thompson. Honorary to the Leonardtown Volunteer pallbearers were his grandRescue Squad, Box 299, children, nieces P.O. and nephews. Leonardtown, MD 20650. Contributions may be provided by madeArrangements to Holy Angels Sacred the Mattingley-Gardiner FuHeart School, 21335 Colton’s neral Home, Point Road,P.A.Avenue, MD 20609, Seventh District Volunteer Rescue Squad, P.O. Ladeane Burnette SmallBox 7, Avenue, MD 20609 wood, 64 and/or Hospice of St. Mary’s, P.O. Ladeane Box 625,Burnette Leonardtown, SmallMD 20650. wood, 64, of Leonardtown died provided Aug.Arrangements 21 in her residence. by the Mattingley-Gardiner Born June 13, 1944 in LeonFuneral P.A. ardtown,Home, she was the daughter of Porter Williams and Lillian Dorsey Milburn. Ladeane graduated fromTillotson Banneker High Evelyn School inWoods, 1962, and86was a keypunch operator for the Securities Exchange Commission. Evelyn Tillotson Woods, is died survived by 86, ofLadeane California Aug. 14 herSt.son, KeithNursing B. Smallwood in Mary’s Center, of Leonardtown, her siblings, Leonardtown. Donna of LeonardBornMilburn Dec. 18, 1921 in town, Hope Milburn of LexLeMoyne, Pa., she was the ington Par, Lillian Beander of daughter of the late George C. California, Thomas Milburn Tillotson and Eva (Dowhowof Avenue, William Milburn of er) Tillotson. Evelyn was an Lexington Park,Steelers Lord Milburn avid Pittsburgh fan. of Annapolis, Vernon MilEvelyn isMd., survived by burn of Lexington Fredher daughters, Park, Christine erickMoore Milburnof of Leonardtown, W. Chesapeake Dexter Milburn Waldorf, Beach, Md. andof Deborah Md., and Bruce Owens of LexJ. Standish of California, ington Park. four grandchildren, and four She was preceded in death great-grandchildren. by siblings, Lola are Jeanprivate. Milburn, All services Melody McRae, toMary Ann Condolences the famYoung, and Dennis Milburn. ily may be made at www. Family will receive friends brinsfieldfuneral.com. Friday, Aug. 29 fromby9 –the 10 Arrangements a.m. in St. Aloysius Catholic Brinsfield Funeral Home, Church, Leonardtown. A Mass P.A., Leonardtown. of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. by Reverend John Dakes. Interment will follow in Queen of Peace Cemetery, Helen. Condolences to the family may be made at www.brinsfieldfuneral.com. Arrangements by the Brinsfield Funeral Home, P.A., Leonardtown.

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tell him stories. Once upon a time, she said, they met in a cottage at the edge of a monastery. She was a scribe. He was a for-life mercenary. After he was burned in battle, she cared for him and healed him and they fell in love. But love wasn’t enough to save them, and she needed him to understand. Marianne Engel knew that they would be reunited someday, and she’s lived for that moment. For over 700 years. More than a love story but not quite a romance novel, “The Gargoyle” is beautiful and gruesome but soars with devotion and redemption. The main character, a man that author Andrew Davidson never names, is an inter-

esting study of chip-on-shoulder, and Marianne Engel is the perfect enigma. I especially enjoyed the way Marianne Engel teases out her stories; it reminded me of my favorite story books with the squirmy twist of adult meanness and a dash of Medieval history. These grim fairytales ain’t Grimm fairytales, but they’re compelling reading and they put a nice polish on the story. If you or your book group is looking for a fanciful, historical novel with a modern twist, you can’t go wrong with “The Gargoyle”. For you, this book is monstrously good.

The County Times Mattingly marveled as he exited Lettie Marshal Dent Elementary in Mechanicsville, saying “you should see the rooms, I swear they have an interior decorator!” When asked what the Board of Education’s goals would be for this school year, he said “we want to keep the momentum up now…my goal is to make sure that we don’t miss any child, and if we have a problem I want to address it.” There were several groups made up of Board of Education members and school administrators who visited each of the public schools in the county that morning. The superintendent’s group started early at Chopticon High School. Mattingly commented on the new principal, Garth Bowling, and said, “I think he’s going to do great things over there.” He also noted that in addition to the new principal, the school also boasts a new Athletic Director, Raymond Sapp. “It’s a new start there,” Mattingly said. Clements said he would focus a great deal of his energy this year on getting Evergreen Elementary ready to open its doors next fall. “Transportation is a real challenge…” he said, adding that pathways like the STEM academy, the Academy of Finance at Chopticon, and the new Fairlead Academy would require added bus routes. “We put three more routes on this year with three more buses, so it’s about nine routes we’ve added this year.” While touring Dynard Elementary last Wednesday, Del. Wood said, “just remembering when I went to school…you’d see kids crying because they didn’t want to go, but look at what you have here, they’re so happy to be here…they want to get back and be with their friends, so it’s great.” As their tours drew to a close and students prepared for lunch, Martirano said this was a “tremendous opening…we’re primed for a great year, I can tell.”

Back To School Andrea Shiell Staff Writer Throngs of young children and their parents flooded campuses across the county for last Tuesday’s open house proceedings, introducing parents and students to teachers, classrooms, and giving them tours of their schools, some for the first time. Kim Summers, principal of Dynard Elementary, smiled as she greeted each of her students by name, many times stopping in the middle of the hallway to accept hugs from former students. “This is really one of the happiest days of the school year,” Summers said, explaining that summer break seemed lonely by comparison. Those visiting Dynard had a chance to attend orientations for each grade level. “We have the class lists on the wall. The child gets to meet the teacher and see the room, and the parents get the opportunity to make that personal connection,” Summers explained, adding that this year’s orientation had also been done in conjunction with a health and wellness exposition featuring the health department, animal control, the department of public safety, the sheriff’s department, and others. Last Wednesday, students across the county started classes, and there to greet many of them was Superintendent Dr. Michael Martirano, who spent that morning traveling between several schools in the county with Del. John Wood, Board of Education Chair Bill Mattingly, and Chief Operating Officer Brad Clements. “Four years ago when I started as superintendent I decided I wanted each school to have a visit from us,” Martirano said, “so that if anything needed to be addressed, if there were problems, we could address them.”

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