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By Guy Leonard Staff Writer A three-day warrant sweep operation that nabbed nearly 30 suspects wanted on narcotics and various other charges has shaken up the local drug trade, according to the commander of the county’s vice/narcotics unit.

Most of the suspects arrested on drug warrants were alleged mid-toupper level dealers, according to Lt. Daniel Alioto, and investigators are already preparing for the next round of arrests to come from these raids.

Also arrested in the raid were four St. Mary’s men who had been at the center of a long- term federal investigation.

Intelligence pickings on criminal narcotics activity was also exceptionally rich, Alioto said.

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Waterman Claims Solution To Bay’s Oyster Problem

By Anath Hartmann Capital News Service Richard Pelz, president of Circle C Oyster Ranch at St. Jerome Creek in Ridge, has a better idea for restoring the Chesapeake Bay’s oyster population.

“Maryland’s restoration efforts are going awful because they keep trying to do it the wrong way,” Pelz said.

Oysters, decimated in the Chesapeake by pollution and disease, are best grown near the water’s surface, he said, so they clear up turbidity and allow light to penetrate.

“If you put oysters in the bottom, or worse yet, in

rocks on the bottom, they’re removing oxygen, and therefore expanding the dead zone,” he said. Dead zones are areas of the bay without oxygen.

At Circle C Oyster Ranch, Pelz grows the Lineback, a breed of the native Eastern oyster he developed about 15 years ago. The company uses a system of floating oyster reefs that keep the shellfish just inches below the water’s surface rather than on the bay floor, where most of the state sanctuaries keep their oysters.

But his ideas have not caught on, and scientists and environmentalists stood by Maryland’s restoration methods during a Sept. 10 update before the House Subcommittee on Fisheries, Oceans and Wildlife.

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Andrea Shiell Staff Writer Wendy Zimmerman smiled as she sipped a venti caramel frappuccino from Starbucks and thumbed through a few papers on her desk.

“I don’t indulge on this every day, but it’s a Monday treat for me,” she explained, as the last of her students filed quietly through the halls of Fairlead Academy in Lexington Park. It was a typical Monday morning, and as she walked through one of only two halls connecting the small as-

Investigators with the Maryland State Police are continuing their investigation into the motor vehicle accident that killed 21-year-old Travis Saltsman Sept. 14 as he traveled along Steer Horn Neck Road but initial reports show they believe speed and driver error contributed to the cause of the accident.

Troopers responded to Steer Horn Neck Road shortly after 7a.m. the morning of the accident and found that Saltsman’s vehicle, a 2007 Toyota Scion had left the roadway and smashed into a power utility pole.

Emergency medical services personnel pronounced Saltsman, who lived nearby the scene of the accident, dead on the scene.

His family remembered him as quiet and reserved but hardworking.

“He was quiet-spoken, well mannered and not out going,” said his father Glenn Saltsman, a retired Maryland State Trooper. “He was well liked and he’ll be deeply missed.”

Saltsman attended Westlake High School in Waldorf before moving to Sacramento, California to finish high school while living with his mother, Patti Hense.

She remembered a sweet son despite his taciturn nature.

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Antonio Jamear Warrick, of no fixed address, has been formally charged with first- degree attempted murder and first-degree assault after allegedly firing shots at his former girlfriend Sept. 11 as she stood outside a Great Mills residence.

In the latest incident, charging papers state that Warrick left a message on his former girlfriend’s cell phone the night of the alleged shooting beforehand, telling her that if he found her he would shoot and kill her.

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St. Mary’s College Of Maryland Expands Substance-Free Housing Program

By Megan A. Conlan Capital News Service St. Mary’s College of Maryland junior Shane Eyler has a gallon of milk, bottles of cranberry and apple juice, and an assortment of food products in his refrigerator. What’s missing? Beer.

Eyler is one of a growing number of students who are abandoning the stereotypical “Animal House” image of college life in favor of alcohol-free campus residences.

Substance and alcohol free environment programs, such as the St. Mary’s SAFE House where Eyler lives, are cropping up at schools all over the country. Towson University and Loyola College in Maryland are among other area schools that provide such residence programs.

The St. Mary’s SAFE House requires students to sign a contract stating they will abstain from the use of alcohol, tobacco and ille-

gal drugs within their living environment. The participants are also prohibited from returning to their residence while intoxicated.

Despite the restrictions, participation in the St. Mary’s program increased from 24 to 36 students since last year. The school has about 2,000 students.

“We had to turn away students,” said Kelly Smolinsky, who works in the residence life department at St. Mary’s. “We had more student interest this year than last.”

The increased size and number of these programs reflects a growing desire among some students to escape the second-hand effects of alcohol use on campus, which often include sleep and studying disruptions and property damage.

“I’m friends with a lot of people who have had issues,” said Brian Tennyson, a sophomore at St. Mary’s, who returned to SAFE House this semester after having lived there last year.

“I just decided I wanted to continue in an en-

A Collage of Colleges

vironment where I don’t have to worry about that.”

As part of this year’s St. Mary’s program, participants are required to host three outreach events each semester. Last year, these events included games of football and capture the flag, as well as an evening of gift-wrapping presents for charity.

“The spirit of it is that we provide an activity that is an alternative to drinking,” said Tennyson. “Essentially, it’s to show people that they don’t have to drink all the time to have fun - or they don’t have to drink at all to have fun.”

Students in the program agree this outreach is valuable because it opens up communication between SAFE House participants and the general campus.

“There is a certain stigma when they first meet you,” said Eyler, referring to students who live in traditional residences on campus.

Participants are sometimes viewed negatively said Lyon as she nodded to the hall, which was brimming with students and representatives.

Lyon said that the fair serves as an opportunity for students to see beyond the borders of St. Mary’s County, to explore “great opportunities without leaving Southern Maryland, so they can begin to investigate all the options out there,” she said.

A small room to the side of the main floor of the fair had a few tables boasting colorful displays of booklets offering information on financial aid and scholarship opportunities. This was an area that Nesrin Gibb, a School Counseler from St. Mary’s County, said was more a subject of interest for parents, as was evidenced by the light traffic in and out of the “scholarship room.”

“The kids don’t really care about this part of it,” said Gibb, smiling. “They don’t think about it, but the parents do…we see a lot of parents who come in the evening.” Gibb said that in addition to working with juniors and seniors to develop portfolios to showcase their high school

Hundreds Come Together for Annual College Fair Andrea Shiell Staff Writer The social hall at the Hollywood Volunteer Fire Department was packed full of students, teachers, administrators, and college representatives on Tuesday for this year’s 14th annual college fair.

Officials from over 120 colleges and universities from

across the country were on hand to answer questions from students and parents concerning their schools during two sessions, one during the day, and one later that evening.

Kathleen Lyon, a committee member and Executive Director of Student Services for St. Mary’s County Public Schools, said that the daytime session had only been added a few years ago

in response to inquiries from parents and students were not able to come to the fair in the evening.

Students come from area high schools to visit with college and university officials themselves.

“We arrange for buses from Calvert County Public Schools, St. Mary’s County Public Schools, and from St. Mary’s Ryken…we have about four buses per hour bringing students in,”

Photo by Andrea Shiell

This year’s 14th annual college fair, which was held at the Hollywood Volunteer Fire Department’s Social Hall, featured 124 colleges and universities from around the country, and thousands of students.

Foreclosure Forces Change At Women’s Shelter

By Guy Leonard Staff Writer When Rev. Marguerite Morris, director of Leah’s House women’s shelter, planned to move her operations to a new site in Valley Lee, she probably did not think it would happen this soon.

While she still plans to have a permanent facility built there, on what was once the HappyLand Bar, she and the women and children her organization helps will have to call it home for now since the house they were using was foreclosed on several months ago.

The bank holding the mortgage has allowed Morris and the shelter families to stay there the past several months, Morris told The County Times, but the time has now come for them to pack their bags.

Instead of living in a spacious, single-family home with three-and-a-half bathrooms, she said, they’ll have to get used to a doublewide home that will soon be delivered to the Valley Lee site.

Morris said she will have to find a way to get five families to fit in there.

She added that despite paying the rent to the actual owners of the house, the bank had to foreclose.

“We paid our rent,” Morris said. “But they were just one of the millions nationwide who lost their homes.

“We kind of got left holding the bag.”

While they will lose their more spacious and luxurious accommodations, the costs to run Leah’s House, Morris said, will be reduced.

The doublewide home will cost about $90,000, she said, and they will be able to live on land they are already paying a mortgage on.

“It was more economical to transition to the new property,” Morris said.

Right now economics is what appears to be weighing most heavily on Morris’ mind.

The costs of running the shelter continues to run high, she said, ranging between $8,000 and $10,000 a month.

The home they must now move out of had a capacity of about eight beds, she said, but of-

ten they had to expand that to 15 or 16 during the summer months because of the demand to help the homeless.

“We need the community to remember us financially,” Morris said.

However, Morris praised the many local contractors and businesses that have helped Leah’s House, especially with readying the Valley Lee property to suit the new permanent facility she has planned.

“We’ve gotten thousands and thousands of dollars of in-kind donations from other companies,” Morris said.

Leah’s House depends heavily on fund raising money as well as volunteers help to keep it running. They have had to get creative in finding ways to keep the cash coming in.

One such way will be an on-line auction of a collection of some $16,000 worth in Barbie Dolls, some for as much as $200 to $300 a piece for their collector value.

The work remaining at the Valley Lee sight includes bringing in septic lines and connections for water as well as security measures such as fencing, Morris said.

She added that she has even asked the county about the possibility of extending a public bus route to the facility so women can get transportation to and from work or training.

Giving abused, battered or homeless women job training and assistance is one of the core missions of Leah’s House, Morris said.

“We can’t just help them obtain the housing,’ she said. “We need to help them retain the housing.”

The foreclosure of Leah’s House current operation shows how the national mortgage crisis can affect those other than the original homeowners, but real estate insiders here say that St. Mary’s County continues to stay ahead of neighboring counties when it comes to avoiding foreclosures.

“St. Mary’s seems to be holding its own in the market better than Charles and Calvert counties,” said Stuart Bowling, of the Southern Maryland Association of Realtors, although the anecdotal trend seems to be toward “short” home sales, or transactions where at least one person in the deal is losing money.

by their peers because of perceptions that students who refrain from alcohol use are dull and prudish.

SAFE House participants, however, do not actually need to abstain from drinking entirely to be part of the program.

A study published in 2001 by the Harvard School of Public Health found that 32 percent of students who lived in substance-free housing still drank heavily, or had at least four drinks in a row during the two weeks prior to when the study was performed.

The study was based on a poll of students from 52 colleges across the United States.

“I don’t necessarily think that there’s anything wrong with drinking in moderation,” said 21-year-old Eyler. “It’s drinking in excess that I have a problem with.”

Regardless of a student’s habits in regard to alcohol outside of the residence, SAFE programs like the one at St. Mary’s are receiving positive feedback for their ability to provide an alternative to what is often alcohol-riddled campus housing.

“All in all, I think the program works pretty well,” said Eyler.

achievements, she was there Tuesday to offer resources about how to find scholarships and financial aid. “We don’t give cash,” laughed Gibb, saying that they just told students how to get cash for college.

Also there to counsel students about financial aid was Robin Willis, a pre-college advisor for the Southern Maryland College Access Network (CAN).

“We go into public schools and we help coach juniors and seniors on the whole college admissions process,” she said, adding that she helps students prepare entrance essays, and hone their interviewing skills.

“We work on scholarships till they’re blue in the face,” Willis exclaimed, adding that in addition to finding the right undergraduate programs to fit each student, part of her job was to help them find the right financial aid package. “I’ve helped students who are homeless, I’ve helped students who live in their cars who had nobody at home,” she said. “This is just something I’m very passionate about.”

Willis said that scholarship and financial aid workshops are

held by the school system for those interested in finding out more about the application process, including a line-by-line application workshop for students of all ages, and adults interested in going back to school. Interested parties are encouraged to visit www.smcps.org for more information.

Buses lined up outside the social hall to take the latest batch of students back to their home schools, clearing the way for the next crowd of students coming in for the next hour of the fair.

As students and representatives resituated themselves, Superintendent Michael Martirano smiled as he surveyed the exhibits. He admitted that he had never been to a college fair when he was in high school, which was one reason he felt that events like these were crucial to students in the county. “It’s built upon everything else we’ve talked about,” he said, explaining his emphasis on student participation. “It’s a great way for more students to participate and go to college,” he said.

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To The Editor:

People Should Be Informed Of Both Traditional And “Alternative” Health Alternatives

I am again impressed with the health related articles in your paper. In the September 11th issue I noticed several things of interest in the general area of “health.”

The first item that caught my wife’s attention was the article/advertisement” detailing the supercharging of one’s immune system using vitamin C. Without question, the article was fact-based and well done. All I would caution your readers about is that it is important to have professional guidance when you do any kind of medicinal or nutritional therapies.

Even vitamin C, when not used correctly can cause unwanted side effects! There are many “Integrative” Health Professionals in Southern Maryland, and I encourage your readers to seek the guidance of one of these people before embarking on any “therapies” which might affect one’s body.

Secondly, under “Calendar of Events” was listed a day entitled “What everyone must know about ADD & ADHD.” Again, it is exciting that people are being exposed to quality educational information for dealing with these two afflictions of children and adults in our community. However, one of the areas to be discussed is “monitoring medication to

ensure effectiveness.” I suggest to your readers that prescription medication are not always the best way to approach these two afflictions.

“Executive Function Deficits” can be treated and helped most often without potentially dangerous prescription drugs. More “natural” therapies are often helpful without negative side effects, but only with trained professional guidance.

I also noticed, and this ties in with all health related issues, that Section A-8 (the obituaries) listed nine deaths. Seven of these people were under 70 years old! I think this points out to people that it behooves all of us take charge of our own health as early in life as possible.

But it is not too late at any age to begin taking this charge. If people will seek trained and educated professional advice in the area of for instance Nutrition, they can live a longer life filled with quality time until the very end.

Thank you for keeping the public informed of both traditional and “alternative” health items. Keep up the good work.

Dr. Thomas E. Baldwin Master of Science in Holistic Nutrition Tall Timbers, Md

St. Mary’s College; A Maryland Gem It was my pleasure to visit St. Mary’s College on Sept. 5. During my visit, I had the chance to talk with students during meetings around the campus and I was impressed by the uniqueness of St. Mary’s and its ability to provide Maryland families with access to one of the finest educations our country can offer.

As a member of the St. Mary’s Board from 1988-1999, I take pride in what St. Mary’s has accomplished. In 1992, while I was a member of the Board, the Maryland General Assembly officially designated St. Mary’s College as our State’s honors college, providing Maryland families with an education that rivals any select college in the nation at an affordable price. From an opportunity to study abroad to its Center for the Study of Democracy, St. Mary’s provides a unique undergraduate expe-

rience, including one of the lowest student-tofaculty ratios and the highest graduation rates among Maryland public colleges.

I particularly want to stress St. Mary’s efforts at economic and racial diversity. Today, 70% of St. Mary’s students receive financial aid and one-quarter of its students are the first in their families to go to college. Currently, 20% of St. Mary’s students are a member of a minority group and St. Mary’s is committed to increasing that number through strong outreach efforts to Maryland’s urban areas.

Sincerely,

Benjamin L. Cardin U.S. Senator

Be a “Friend of the Poor”

The Society of St. Vincent de Paul is the world’s most distinguished “Friend of the Poor”. Frederic Ozanam founded the Society of St. Vincent de Paul in Paris, France on April 23, 1833 when he was twenty years old and a college student so that he and his schoolmates could put their faith into action through service to the poor.

This year on September 27th the Society of St. Vincent de Paul will hold its first Annual Nationwide Friends of the Poor walk. The Friends of the Poor Walk is a National fundraising effort organized nationally and locally by the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. We will be holding our 1st walk locally in Leonardtown on September 27th. Same day registration begins at 7:30 a.m. and runs until 8:45 a.m.

The walk will begin at Father Andrew White School at St. Aloysius Church at 9 a.m. The course will take walkers through the streets of historic Leonardtown. We will have a post walk brunch with live music and door prizes after the walk. The Health Connections Van from St. Mary’s Hospital will be at the walk

offering blood pressure screenings throughout the morning.

The goal of the walk is to call attention to the needs of the poor and to raise money to support the work of St. Vincent de Paul conferences and councils in addressing the needs of the poor. The money raised for the walk will stay directly in the local St. Vincent de Paul conferences and councils for direct and immediate aid to the poor.

To register as a walker, to pledge support for a walker or for more information go to www. walkforthepoor.com or call 301-904-7990.

We invite the whole community to come out for this special event. Be a friend of the poor. Walk with us on September 27th.

Your presence will make a difference in our community.

Sincerely, Patty Belanger Vicki Wenke Co-Chairs of the walk for the poor in Leonardtown

Voting Is Accessible For All On behalf of the League of Women Voters of St. Mary’s County I would like to remind our citizens of the power of voting and provide the November 4, 2008 Election Day schedule.

• Voter Registration Deadline is Tuesday, October 14, 2008 • Deadline to Mail in an Application for Absentee Ballot is Tuesday, October 28; after October 28, applications may be requested in person at the Board of Elections.

• Absentee ballots must be postmarked on or before November 4.

Registration forms may be obtained at the St. Mary’s County Board of Elections, phone 301-475-7844, ex 1610 and local public libraries.

For more information about voting and the elections visit our website at http://lwvmd. org/smc/ This is an opportunity to make your voice heard and your vote does count. The goal of the League of Women Voters is “to empower everyone to shape better communities worldwide.” Join us in our public programs throughout the year and be sure to vote on November 4th.

Janice Hummel, President League of Women Voters of St. Mary’s County Hollywood, Md

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Proud Of The Way Its Natural Waterfront Is Used St. Mary’s College has done a marvelous job over the years in supporting youth and community sailing in Southern Maryland.

For the past several years, the College has invited high school sailors to practice at its waterfront on Friday afternoons during the spring and fall when the College varsity is travelling.

This has been a great benefit to the varsity and junior varsity competitive sailors from three Southern Maryland high schools: Leonartown, St. Mary’s Ryken, and Patuxent. This way our local sailors receive valuable instruction from one of the best intercollegiate teams in the nation.

In 1999, the College rallied when the sailing portion of the Special Olympic World Games held in North Carolina needed a new venue because the lake near Raleigh originally designated had dried up. The College and many local adult and junior sailors put on what is unquestionably the best World Games sailing

event ever for Special Olympics. The World Games are held every four years; the 2007 event was in Shanghai. The 1999 event was so successful, that Special Olympics Maryland has held its statewide sailing competition at the College every year since. About three years ago, kyacking became a popular Special Olympic sport and this has been added to the yearly event. These annual state games attract over 200 athletes from all over the region to the College.

We should be proud of the way the College uses its natural waterfront advantages and its talent to support our community sailing and the Special Olympics state events.

Stovy Brown St. Leonard, MD

Time to Stop Bashing St. Mary’s College I’m disappointed and saddened by the actions of the so-called “Citizens for the reservation of Historic St. Mary’s City”, as well as our State Senator (Roy Dyson), whom I have supported and generally agreed with for a number of years.

I have silently observed the visceral attacks on the College and, in particular, President Maggie O’Brien, for almost a year. As a former employee of St. Mary’s College (Director of Community Relations) I have seen enough bashing from people who should be singing praises for this gem of an institution in the county, the state, and indeed, the nation.

Many of us, including me, looked with disfavor on the rowing center. I made my views known but accepted the outcome because I respect the reasons articulated by the administration and the Board of Trustees. I saw no purpose in joining a group who allege to “preserve Historic St. Mary’s City” since the administrators of the real Historic St. Mary’s, in consultation with the State of Maryland, and with the cooperation of St. Mary’s College have done an excellent job in preservation.

One action, unpopular to many, doesn’t merit a wholesale dismissal of an institution that has, for the past 10 years, provided outstanding outreach to the St. Mary’s County Community.

So I think the time is right to outline some of the outreach activities of the College that US News & World Report ranked #1 in the nation for traditional public liberal arts colleges. The College could just sit on its laurels and isolate themselves from the surrounding community. Quite the contrary!

• The annual River Concert Series, created in 1999, has provided thousands with 6 free concerts each summer (averaging 8,000 people) -- Free • The River Gazette, designed to bring cultural, literary and environmental ideas to the citizens of the region, and a calendar of events.

We partnered with Historic St. Mary’s and our faculty and students produce this tabloid six times a year -- Free • The College and the City established the Center for the Study of Democracy to provide internships for students, and offer lectures such as the Bradlee Lectures, bringing Tom Brokow,

Bob Woodward, and Maureen Dowd to campus – open to the public and free.

• The College and the City, with State of Maryland support, have restored St. John’s Site, the first site of Maryland’s legislature, and are preparing to create a visitor’s center so that citizens can understand fully the role St. Mary’s City played in assuring the nation’s democratic roots.

This site, on the campus, will be free.

• During my ten years of service, the number of events and programs offered to St. Mary’s citizens quadrupled – four times as many appealing programs, open to the public and mostly free.

• The Arts Alliance of SMCM, having their own program of outreach, bringing students from all over the County to the art gallery, the theater, and concerts. In 1995, the Arts Alliance had a membership of 250; it has now grown to over 600 – an indication that community relations is not exactly lacking.

• The Grace & John Horton Seminars evolved after my retirement, but is additional evidence of outreach to the community. This series came out of the program that Dr. Ingo Peterson started for Asbury Solomons called Tuesday Night with the Professors. John & Grace proposed an expanded program which has been adopted and has been expanded to the Wildewood community.

These are but a few of Maggie O’Brien’s efforts to bring the community to the College. Admittedly, she is my friend and I will always be loyal to her, but just a cursory glance above will prove that she deserves more kudos than has been evident by a minority who consider a 2-second view more important than the impressive commitment that she has consistently maintained for community relations in St. Mary’s County. I know it’s real – I was there and consistently witnessed her resolve.

St. Mary’s College is indeed a gem and I can’t imagine why there are those, albeit a minority, who want to diminish one of our greatest assets.

Nell Hampton Scotland, Md

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Agenda Items for the St. Mary’s County Administrator Dept. of Public Works and Transportation (George Erichsen, P.E., Director) Motion: To approve and authorize Commissioner President Russell to sign the Easement with the Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative, Inc. for work associated with the installation of a transformer pad for service to the new and old Navy Museums and new parking lot lighting.

Motion By: Raley Second: Jarboe Action:Passed Voting Record: Francis Jack Russell Yes Thomas Mattingly Yes Daniel Raley Yes Lawrence Jarboe Yes Kenneth Dement Yes Dept. of Land Use and Growth Mgmt.

(Sue Veith, Environmental Planner; Denis Canavan, Director) Motion: To approve and authorize Commissioner President Russell to sign the FY2009 grant agreement with the Critical Area Commission.

Motion By:Jarboe Action: Passed Voting Record: Francis Jack Russell Yes Thomas Mattingly Yes Daniel Raley Yes Lawrence Jarboe Yes Kenneth Dement Yes

Second: Dement

Motion: To sign the budget amendment related to the Critical Area Commission Grant, which will reduce the grant funding by $10,000 in accordance with the grant agreement and which will increase the Countys portion by $10,000 using the Emergency Appropriation Reserve, rather than reduce position costs.

Motion By:Mattingly Action: Failed Voting Record: Francis Jack Russell Yes Thomas Mattingly No Daniel Raley No Lawrence Jarboe No Kenneth Dement No

Second: Raley

Dept. of Human Services (Bennett Connelly, Director; Cynthia Brown, Div. Mgr., Community Services) Motion: To approve the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) AmeriCorps*VISTA Project application and authorize staff to submit the application electronically through the AmeriCorps*VISTA E-Grant system; and to approve and authorize Commissioner President Russell the sign the budget amendment which will realign the budget to the actual application by decreasing County funding by $4,168 and establishing $34,164 as both a revenue and expense for the three non-county Vista positions.

Motion By:Raley Action:Passed Voting Record: Francis Jack Russell Yes Thomas Mattingly Yes Daniel Raley Yes Lawrence Jarboe Yes Kenneth Dement Yes

Second: Jarboe

Dept. of Aging (Lori Jennings-Harris, Director; Jennie Page, Deputy Director; Deborah Barker, Senior I&A Mgr.; and Peggy Maio, Fiscal Supervisor) Motion: To approve and authorize Commissioner President Russell to sign the Department of Aging Notification of Grant Award (NGA), in the amount of $4,684, for the Senior Health Insurance Program (SHIP), and to sign the related budget amendment to set-up the FY09 grant project budget in accordance with the NGA. Motion By:Dement Action:Passed Voting Record: Francis Jack Russell Yes Thomas Mattingly Yes Daniel Raley Yes Lawrence Jarboe Yes Kenneth Dement Yes

Second: Mattingly

Dept. of Recreation and Parks (Phil Rollins, Director) a. Motion: To approve and authorize Commissioner President Russell to sign the Program Open Space Development Application and Project Agreement for Phase V of the Three Notch Trail in the amount of $101,408.

Motion By:Jarboe Action: Passed Voting Record: Francis Jack Russell Yes Thomas Mattingly Yes Daniel Raley Yes Lawrence Jarboe Yes Kenneth Dement Yes

Second: Dement

b. Motion: To approve and authorize Commissioner President Russell to sign the FY09 Maryland Historic Trust Preservation Grant Agreement and related assurances, in the total amount of $25,000, to assist with the replacement of the Piney Point Lighthouse Keepers Quarters roof and other related repairs.

Motion By:Dement Action:Passed Voting Record: Francis Jack Russell Yes Thomas Mattingly Yes Daniel Raley Yes Lawrence Jarboe Yes Kenneth Dement Yes

Second: Mattingly

Dept. of Economic and Community Development (Bob Schaller, Director; Cynthia DellaGatta, Economic Dev. Coordinator)

Motion: To approve and authorize the Commissioner President to sign the budget amendment in the amount of $15,000, increasing the House Keys Operation Allocation and decreasing the BOCC Emergency Appropriations.

Motion By: Mattingly Action: Voting Record: Francis Jack Russell Yes Thomas Mattingly Yes Daniel Raley Yes Lawrence Jarboe Yes Kenneth Dement Yes

Second: Jarboe

Board of Education Voting Record Meeting Held Sept. 10, 2008 Action Items 11.01: Mission, Goals, and Initiatives of St. Mary’s County Public Schools Five-Year Plan 2010-2014 Motion: That the Board of Education review and discuss the Mission, Goals, and Initiatives as drafted and adopt the Board goals as presented. The current FY 2009 budget and five-year budget supports the goals and initiatives as presented and amended.

Second: Motion By: Mary M Washington Salvatore L Raspa Action: Unanimous Voting Record: Yes William M Mattingly Cathy Allen Yes Gary K Kessler Yes Salvatore L Raspa Yes Mary M Washington Yes 11.02: Attached is the proposed calendar for the development of the budget for FY 2010.

At this time, we have not yet received a budget calendar from county staff, but timely initiation of the budget process will enable staff to involve their various office departments and schools in all appropriate activities. This requires approval from the Board of the calendar presented so that we can proceed with timely development of the budget, including garnering input from the community. Dates in bold on the calendar are those requiring active Board participation. The remaining dates are the internal milestones that must be met in order to complete the process within the agreed-upon timeframe.

Motion: To approve the budget calendar for FY 2010 as presented.

Second: Motion By: Gary K Kessler Mary M Washington Action: Unanimous Voting Record: Yes William M Mattingly Cathy Allen Yes Gary K Kessler Yes Salvatore L Raspa Yes Mary M Washington Yes 11.03: Policy “BCA” Board Member Conduct/Ethics-Conflict of Interest - 2nd Reading Motion: Staff recommends that the Board of Education approve the revisions as amended.

Motion By: Second: Salvatore L Raspa Cathy Allen Action: Unanimous Voting Record: Yes William M Mattingly Cathy Allen Yes Gary K Kessler Yes Salvatore L Raspa Yes Mary M Washington Yes 11.04: Policy “GBC” Staff Ethics - 2nd Reading Motion: Staff recommends that the Board of Education approve this policy as presented.

Motion By: Second: Gary K Kessler Salvatore L Raspa Action: Unanimous Voting Record: Yes William M Mattingly Cathy Allen Yes Gary K Kessler Yes Salvatore L Raspa Yes Mary M Washington Yes 11.05: Policies GCL through HF - 2nd Reading: As part of the larger effort to review all BOE policies, policies GCL through HF, as presented, were vet at the Division of Instruction meeting on June 27, 2008, and have been reviewed by the Superintendent’s Cabinet, have gone through First Reading and Public Hearing.

Motion: That the Board of Education approve the policies as presented and amended.

Motion By: Second: Cathy Allen Gary K Kessler Action: Unanimous Voting Record: Yes William M Mattingly Cathy Allen Yes Gary K Kessler Yes Salvatore L Raspa Yes Mary M Washington Yes 11.06: FY 2010 State Capital Improvements Program: The FY 2010 – FY 2015 state capital improvements program must be submitted to the Public School Construction Program (PSCP) by October 5, 2008 in accordance with state policies and procedures. Prior to submission to the PSCP, the capital improvements program must be submitted to the Board of County Commissioners for St. Mary’s County (BOCC) for their endorsement. A letter of endorsement for the capital plan is required from the BOCC as part of the state submission process. The capital improvements program is consistent with the 2008 Educational Facilities Master Plan and the 2008 Comprehensive Maintenance Plan for Educational Facilities.

Motion: That the Board of Education approve the FY 2010 – FY 2015 state capital improvements program for submission to the Board of County Commissioners for St. Mary’s County and the Public School Construction Program.

Second: Motion By: Cathy Allen Gary K Kessler Action: Unanimous Voting Record: Yes William M Mattingly Cathy Allen Yes Gary K Kessler Yes Salvatore L Raspa Yes Mary M Washington Yes

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Thursday, September 18, 2008

Commissioners: County Economy Still Sound

By Guy Leonard Staff Writer The county’s economy is still robust enough to weather the national economic downturn, county commissioners say, largely in part to the presence of the U.S. Navy, but local businesses are looking to them for options to diversify the county’s economic portfolio.

The commissioners said that the county’s economy is poised to take advantage of markets once they begin their resurgence at their annual State of the County address at the J.T. Daugherty center.

“It’s important to protect the

naval base we have here,” said Commissioner President Francis Jack Russell. “There are many other communities around the nation clamoring for what we have.

“We need not to be in a panic, but we need not to be lulled into a false sense of security.”

Russell and other commissioners said the county’s land use policies ensured that there would be a growth in school seats, which in turn would ensure development could continue here.

At the same time the commissioners said they have taken steps to ensure that development does not encroach on the operations of the Patuxent River Naval

Air Station and choke off expansion of their testing facilities.

Tom Jarboe, chairman of the board for the St. Mary’s County Chamber of Commerce, which hosted the event, said that the county’s hopes for continued prosperity hinged on the base staying here, but that they need to explore other alternatives if it should leave.

Jarboe said that the questions on the minds of businesses were “right on.”

“The concern is with whatever new [presidential] administration will come in will be how that will affect defense expenditures,” Jarboe said. “There’s really no other huge employer

SMCPS To Open Four New Elementary Schools By 2017 Andrea Shiell Staff Writer Last Wednesday, state capital improvements budgets were approved by the Board of Education, allotting more than $70 million state dollars for new school construction and renovations over the next six years, as well as over $50 million from county government.

Four new elementary schools are planned for the county, as enrollment is expected to go up by as much as 2,600 to 2,700 students within the next ten years.

“We’re going to grow, I think, with people moving here,” said Superintendent Michael Martirano, explaining that elementary schools would see the biggest increase in enrollment.

He vowed that the school system will work to keep class sizes as low as possible despite the expected influx.

“We’ve kept our class sizes low,” Martirano said, “and what we’ve done is avoid combination classes.” Martirano said he has seen overcrowded school systems have more than one grade level per classroom to save money on staffing expenses, with instructional losses coming as a result. He said he wants to avoid such a situation in St. Mary’s County.

Evergreen Elementary, which is still under construction, is expected to cost $22 million to complete. Budget estimates put the cost of the other elementary schools at a little above

that figure, and construction expenses are expected to rise over time. Martirano and Chief Operating Officer Brad Clements said that the school system is acting now to get the building projects underway, and the fourth elementary school could be completed in nine years.

Martirano said the new schools would help alleviate the crowding of the mobile units being used on most campuses, freeing them to be used as annexes by other schools in the county.

One of the most expensive renovations will be a $17 million project at Leonardtown Middle School that could have students using the trailer annex behind Benjamin Banneker Elementary School for a year and a half. Some of those students have already spent close to two years of their elementary education in the same trailers while Leonardtown Elementary School was refurbished. The new CIP budget outlines the start of that project in 2010.

“As long as we’re a growing community, we need to have 300 over capacity to get a new school,” Clements said explaining the county’s use of trailers. “We have to house those students somewhere.”

Clements was referring to a Maryland Department of Education procedure in which money to fund a new school is only made available if the overcapacity in existing schools would fill one-half of the new school’s capacity.

Current projections have the majority of growth affecting Leonardtown Middle School

here.”

Commissioner Thomas Mattingly (D-Leonardtown) said that while the base remains the key economic engine here, employing 22,000 people and comprising 80 percent of the local economy, there have been other successes.

The sprouting up of car dealerships on Route 235 and cottage industries in Leonardtown showed, that there was small business growth as well.

“It’s not all just the base,” Mattingly told the assembled business owners.

But Jarboe said that the only other large growth industry that could offer an alternative to

the base was the need for more medical personnel like nurses and doctors.

Barring that, he said, keeping the base here was the county’s only option to maintaining the standard of living here.

“We need to be smart… we need to pay attention to the Navy,” Jarboe said. “Tourism won’t carry us.”

During his remarks, Russell did say that given the current projections for revenue shortfalls from the state, the commissioners would not be looking to citizens to raise more revenue.

“This board is not in a mode to raise taxes to bring on more programs,” Russell said.

But eventually, Jarboe said, with costs rising that may change.

“I appreciate that they’re not keen to raise taxes,” Jarboe said. “But, unfortunately, eventually taxes will have to go up just to maintain what they [county government] have.”

Commissioner Daniel Raley (D-Great Mills) said that the county will also have to decide which construction projects, chiefly roads, should be brought to a swift conclusion and which should be cut to save money.

Expansion of FDR Boulevard should stay in the county’s building schedule, he said, but projects like Pegg Road may have to go.

“Maybe Pegg Road needs to be stopped where it is,” Raley said.

and Leonardtown High School, whose enrollment statistics show them already over capacity. Current budget plans do not allow for the construction of a new high school until 2017, and the earliest current projections show the construction of a new middle school will not take place until 2013.

Martirano said the school system has been researching construction sites for the new elementary schools, but in the meantime, he plans to hire a consultant to conduct a planning feasibility study to determine the best ways to ad-

dress the overcrowding problem until the new schools are completed.

Some alternatives could be freshman academies, or transition schools that would include middle school classes.

The capital improvements plan will go to the county commissioners for signatures before heading to the state board of public works.

In the meantime, Martirano is optimistic.

“It’s an ongoing fluid process that we’ve been very aggressive about approaching,” he said.

Fairlead

Zimmerman said that her hope would be to expand Fairlead’s existing program to include more students. “We should be helping more than 60 students,” she said.

Zimmerman said that one of her primary goals for her students was to get them involved with extracurricular activities at their home schools, which they stay enrolled at through-

Continued from page A- sortment of classrooms.

Over the years, this building on Great Mills Road has been many things to the school

Photo by Andrea Shiell

Fairlead Academy boasts the smallest class sizes in the county, with a 1 to 10 teacher student ratio.

system, including the first site of Great Mills High School, Great Mills Elementary School, the George Washington Carver Elementary School annex, and White Oak Secondary School. This year the building has opened as Fairlead Academy, a specialized program for ninth grade students. “It’s a completely new program,” explained Principal Zimmerman, “we simply needed a building, and this building is what we got.”

“It has been fantastic,” said Zimmerman about the new school year, which three weeks ago saw the opening of this new academy for first-time freshman that had been accepted into the program. She scowled slightly as she explained the term “at risk,” saying she preferred to not refer to her students in terms that could confuse them with students with disciplinary problems.

“Our students have not failed,” she explained, adding that they had simply scored a certain number of points on their state assessments, at which point the program was offered to help them transition. “If they fall within a range of scores, it would demonstrate gaps in knowledge,” Zimmerman explained, adding that students were selected to come to Fairlead based on academics, not behavior problems.

“There aren’t major behavior problems here,” she said.

Fairlead Academy is the newest program in the county targeting ninth graders who may have fallen behind in their studies, who are termed “at risk” for struggling academically once they get into high school.

“I worked at a high school before coming here,” said Zimmerman, “ and freshman year is always the hardest. It always has been and it always will be,” she said, adding that statistics have shown that students who have trouble succeeding in their freshman year have a much higher risk of dropping out of school later on.

out their tenure at Fairlead, and return to for their sophomore year. “A lot of our students have never been involved with extra curricular activities,” she explained, adding that three weeks into the school year, more than 50 percent of her students had signed up to participate in at least one extra curricular activity, and she is pushing for 100 percent participation by the end of the semester.

Zimmerman said also that she would like to see enrollment expand in the coming years, but only if staff expansions can keep up with a rising student population. “We don’t want to lose our focus,” she said, adding that part of Fairlead’s uniqueness is its 1 to 10 teacherstudent ratio, which allows for a great deal of one-on-one instruction.

“I personally would like to see a ninth grade academy for the entire county, because it is such a critical year for students,” said Zimmerman.

Superintendent Michael Martirano seems to agree with Zimmerman, and has been touting Fairlead Academy as the first of many steps toward an expanded system of secondary transitional programs for students.

“We’re trying to really move in a much different direction than the more traditional high school model,” Martirano explained, adding that more ninth grade academies might be opening up in St. Mary’s County, but that capacity consulting would be in order before any more plans were set in stone. “We’re going to flesh out some of this with some consulting,” he said.

“You have to provide offerings that meet the needs of the students,” Martirano said, citing success stories such as the TechConnect programs at the James A Forrest Career and Technology Center, Chesapeake Public Charter School, and the STEM Academy, adding quite emphatically that, “one size does not fit all.”

Saltsman

His father said that he and his son would often work together on solving technical problems on the job, talking back and forth over the phone.

His son had ambitions of going on to college and learning to build computers and set up networks, his father told The County Times.

“He took pride in his work,” Hense said of her son. “He was a hard worker.”

Glenn Saltsman remembered how he would take his son to the scenes of local vehicle crashes when served on the state police crash investigation team so he could show his son what could happen in serious accidents.

“He would go with me on similar crashes [like the one killed Saltsman] when I was on the job,” Glenn Saltsman said.

The family has yet to make funeral arrangements.

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Their son loved cars, computers, motorcycles and video games, his parents said.

After high school graduation, Travis Saltsman moved on to service in the U.S. Navy, his father said, and became a radar and sonar technician specializing in identifying friendly or unfriendly vessels.

Travis Saltsman served on board a frigate on patrol in the Mediterranean Sea and off the coast of Africa.

After serving in the U.S. Navy he came home and worked for Jedi Communications in Hollywood installing satellite dish equipment.

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Obituaries Joseph Maurice

by Antonia Brinsfield Funeral Alice Mildred Brown, 99 edLuis Castillo, 70 Center. Valorie Anne Home, P.A., Leonardtown.

Born July 4, 1916 in “Shorty” Carroll, 52 Henry, 48she was Washington, D.C. Luis Antonia Castillo, 70,

Jane Clarke Downer, of Leonardtown died Aug. 16 the daughter of the late in St. Mary’s66 Nursing Center, Charles Ray and Marga-

Joseph Maurice “Shorty” Carroll, 52, of Mechanicsville died Sept.

12 in Washington Hospital Center in Washington, Alice Mildred Brown, 99 D.C. of Leonardtown died Aug. 16 “Shorty” was born in her home.

May 15, 1956 in St. Mary’s BorntoNov. 1908 Hospital Gene9, M. Car-in Baltimore, Md., she was the roll, Sr. of Lexington Park daughter of the late James and and the late Frances L. Lilly Mae Jackson (Fenwick) Carroll.Rebham.

She was a member St. Educated in the ofSt. George’s County Episcopal Public Church, Mary’s Valley Lee, and Order the School System, Joe of parEastern Star, Chapter 107, Juticipated in various team lia Halla, Hollywood. sports.

After high school, Mrs. and Brown is survived Joe met married the by two (Jerry) love of sons, his Lloyd life, E. Pamela Scriber.

They were marBrown, Jr. of Leonardtown ried 28 years and Brown from and Willard Bruce this union, their daughter of Terra Alta, W. Va. She is Monique was born. also survived by six grandLater in life, Joe bechildren, Julie Brown-Rund, came a licensed Jeff Brown, Nancy dump Deal, truck and Graybill heavy Wendydriver Jarda, Judy equipment operator for and Pheobe Brown, and eight Portzen Brothers Paving great-grandchildren Clay and Company. wasandalso Will Rund, He Kristen Josh employed by Gardner Brown, Shawn and Bruce Equipment Company. Joe Deal, Audrey and Samantha later established his own Jarda. seal-coating business from Shehe was predeceased which became recogby a daughter BettycomRuth nized around the Brown and brother John munity anda gained manyB. Fenwick. friends.

Relatives atJoe was and anfriends active tended Mrs. Brown’sHope Life member of Living Celebration in the Brinsfield Church in Lexington Park.

Home, Leonardtown InFuneral this fellowship, Joe sang 20 from 5– inWednesday, the choir,Aug. served as an 8 p.m. with usher, droveprayers the recited churchat van and enjoyedservice attend7 p.m.

A funeral will ing Bible Study.

His favorbe held Thursday, Aug. 21 at ite working 11 pastime a.m. in St.was George’s Epison automobiles and copal Church, Valleythere Lee. was no piece of equipment Reverend Greg Syler, pastor that “Shorty” could not of the church, will officiate. operate.

Interment will follow in the He cemetery. is survived by his church wife,Memorial Pamela Contributions Carroll of Mechanicsville; daughmay be made to The Misters: Taikeisha Jenkins sions Endowment Fund or of Hollywood, Md., La Cemetery and Grounds Fund, Toya Monique Carroll c/o St. George’s Episcopal of Mechanicsville, DeChurch, P.O. and Box Tranesia 30, Valley nise Gibson Lee, MD 20692.

Scriber, both of LexingCondolences the famton Park; father to Gene M. ily may Sr., be made at www.

Carroll, mother and brinsfieldfuneral.com. father in-law Rosa and Arrangements by the Joseph Scriber; brothers Brinsfield FuneralCarroll, Home, and sisters: Joyce Leonardtown. ofP.A., Waldorf, Md., Brenda (Ray) Barnes, of Lexington Park, Wayne (Patricia) CarrollFrancis of Clinton, JosephMd., Sylvia Brown, Rothwell, Sr.,of 66 Lexington Park, Gene Jr. (Audrey)Francis CarrollJoseph of Waldorf, Brown, Md., James (Vera) Carroll Sr., 66, passed away in his of Upper Marlboro, Md., home in Indian Trail, N.C. Michael Carroll of LexAug. 12.Park, and Patrick ington Mr. Brown was born July Carroll, Sr. (LaVonne) of 1, 1942 in Leonardtown, son Port Tobacco, Md. of the late Mary Edna Brown Joseph leaves behind Norris. eight grandchildren, 10 Mr.and Brown is survived nieces nephews, and by his wife Jacqueline Mera host of other family and cer Brown; a son Francis friends. Joe was precededJ. and his his wife Shelia inBrown, deathJr. by mother, of Stanfield, N.C.; a daughter Frances L. Carroll.

Jennifer Lynnwill Brownreceive of IndiFamily friends 19 two from 9 an Trail,Sept.

N.C. and grand–daughters 11 a.m. in Living Hope Christianna Page Church, Lexington Park. and Allyson Grace Brown.

A Funeral be The Service family will received conducted at 11 a.m. by friends Sunday, Aug. 17 from Pastor Staten.

Inter2 – 5 Jason p.m. in the Mattingment will follow in Charles ley-Gardiner Funeral Home, Memorial Gardens, where Prayers were Leonsaid at ardtown, 3 p.m. AMD. Mass of Christian Serving as pallbearBurial was celebrated Moners will be Wayne Carroll, day, Aug. 18 at 9:30 a.m. in Gene Carroll, Jr., James St. Francis Xavier Catholic Carroll, Michael Carroll, Church Carroll with Fr. and John AnMatPatrick tingly officiating.

Interment drew Rothwell. followed in CharlestoMemoCondolences the rial Gardens. family may be made at Arrangements provided www.br i nsf ield f unera l. by the Mattingley-Gardiner com.

Funeral Home, P.A. providArrangements

Leonardtown.

Born Sept. 20, 1937 in Puerto Rico, he was the son of the late Luis Antonia and Elsa Monserrate Morales Castillo.

Luis is survived by three sisters, M. Elaine Ohler of Millsboro, Del., Evelyn Castillo of Chestertown, Md. and Elsie Collins of Las Vegas, Nev. He is also survived by several nieces and nephews.

Family received friends Wednesday, Aug. 20 from 11 a.m. – noon in the Brinsfield Funeral Home, Leonardtown, with prayers recited at noon.

Deacon George L’Heureux officiated. Graveside service followed at 2 p.m. at Cedar Jane Clarke Downer, Hill Cemetery, Suitland, Md. 66, a financial analyst Memorial Contributions for the Department of the may be made to the St. Mary’s Navy, died of lung cancer Nursing Center Foundation, Aug. 18 in her home in Inc., Great Mills.

21585 Peabody Street, Born Jan. 10, 1942 in Leonardtown, MD 20650.

New Bedford, Mass., she Condolences to the famwas the daughter of the ily may be made at www. late Richard Clarke Shaw brinsfieldfuneral.com. and Elizabeth (Robbins) Arrangements by the Shaw.

Brinsfield Funeral Home, She graduated from P.A., Leonardtown.

New Bedford High School in 1959. In 1980, she went to work supporting the Lloyd Raymond Department of the Navy in Harris, 97 Sales its foreign Military Program. In 1991, she became a civilian employee of the Department of the Navy. Her last assignment was the Naval Air Systems Command Headquarters, as Deputy for policy, training and financial management in the International Programs Department.

In 1994, Mrs. Downer earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Management, with High Honors, from National Louise University. She cared deeply for her children and 10 grandchildren. She had a lifelong love for cats.

She is survived by her husband, Stephen H. Lloyd Raymond HarDowner, of Fredericksris, 97, died peacefully Aug. burg, Va.; three children, 12 in the St. Mary’s Nursing Susan L. Grigg of MarlCenter. ton, N.J., S. Page Downer Mr. Harris was a longtime of Fredericksburg, Va., resident of St. Mary’s County. and Amy E. Hall of San He was born in Gallatin, Mo. Diego, Calif.; and nine June 13, 1911 to the late Howgrandchildren. ard May Harris and Frankie Mrs. Downer was preLee Jackson. He married ceded in death by a grandhis beloved wife of 59 years, son, Michael E. Bair, who Mary Catherine “Sis” Nelson passed away in 2003. at the Washington Cathedral There will be a Memoin Washington D.C. Sept. 2, rial Service Sept. 20 in the 1939. She preceded him in Brinsfield Funeral Home, death in 1998. He was also Leonardtown. The family preceded in death in 1998 by will receive friends from his beloved sister Margaret 10:30 – 11 a.m. with a serHarris. vice to follow at 11 a.m.

Mr. Harris served in the in the Brinsfield Funeral United States Army as an AsHome Chapel. sistant Chaplain. Following Contributions may be his army service he was emmade to any no-kill aniployed in Washington, D.C. mal shelter, such as Best by the Federal Government Friends Animal Society, for many years before retir5001 Angel Canyon Road, ing. He then worked in the Kanab, Utah 84741; to tax department for the State your local Hospice; or to of Maryland and retired in a local volunteer rescue 1971. During his retirement, squad. he and his wife enjoyed travCondolences to the eling throughout the United family may be made at States. www.br i nsf ield f unera l.

He enjoyed playing cards, com. dancing and buying new cars.

Arrangements by the Ray loved life and most of Brinsfield Funeral Home, all he enjoyed helping others P.A., Leonardtown. while expecting nothing in return. He was devoted in the Mary Margaret Bar-uncare of his wife and sister rick Goldsborough, 92 til 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 Gardens in Leonardtown. Pallbearers were Frank Nelson, Donnie Bowles, Fred Nelson, Harry Nelson, Jr., Michael Russell and Roy Copsey.

Contributions may be made to American Heart Association, 415 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21201-4101.

Mary Margaretprovided BarArrangements rick Goldsborough, 92, of by the Mattingley-Gardiner Mechanicsville died Sept.

Funeral Home, P.A. 14 in St. Mary’s Nursing

ret Howder Barrick.

She was preceded in death by her husbands Ennis VanWart, Marshall Huntington and George Goldsborough.

She is survived by her children William “Billy” VanWart of Lexington Park and Paul VanWart of Mechanicsville; 12 grandchildren, 15 great grandchildren and five great-great grandchildren.

She was also preceded in death by her children Margaret “TeeTee” Smith, Thomas “Tommy” VanWart, Laura Comeau AnneVanWart; Henry, 48, and Valorie Joseph of Mechanicsville, formerly siblings Joseph Barrick, Charles Barrick of Grandview, Mo.,and diedJane Aug. Mayhew.

17, in Lexington Park.

Mary moved to St.in Born Oct. 31, 1959 Mary’s 1950 Lincoln, County Neb. sheinwas the from Washington, D.C., daughter of James Ray Dickwhere sheMouldrow, worked as a inson of Okla. nurse’s aid. and Hortense Anne Campbell The family received Crawford of Grandview, Mo. friends Sept.

17 She was the lovingfrom wife 5of –Earl 8 p.m. the MattingAllaninHenry, whom she ley-Gardiner Funeral married July 16, 1986 in WarHome, with Prayers said rensburg, Mo. at 7 p.m. A Funeral Sersurvived her vice She willis be held by Sept. son Earl Ian Henry.

18 at 10 a.m. in the MatMrs. Henry Funeral gradutingley-Gardiner ated from Grandview High Home Chapel with DeaSchool’s Class of 1977.

She con Bill Nickerson ofmoved to St. Mary’s County ficiating.

Interment will in October from MeWalfollow in 1988 Charles dorf, Md. Gardens. Pallmorial The will familybewill receive bearers Michael friends Sean Saturday, Aug. 23 Smith, Smith, Sandra from Schwarz, 10 – 11 a.m. Richard in PatuxMayhew, Comeau ent River Ed Assembly of and God Rick Goldsmith.

Church, California, where a Arrangements Funeral Service will beproheld vided by at 11 a.m. the withMattingleyPastor Lanny Gardiner FuneralInterment Home, Clark officiating.

P.A. will be held Wednesday, Aug. 27 at 10 a.m. in Maryland DouglasCemetery, V. Johnson, Veteran’s Cheltenham, Md. 75 Contributions may be Douglas V.if Johnson, made to Hospice St. Mary’s, of died Sept.

P.O.Aberdeen, Box 625, Leonardtown, 11 in20650.

Elkton at the age of MD 75. Arrangements provided in Gainesboro,

by Born the Mattingley-Gardiner Tenn. he was P.A. the son of Funeral Home, the late Virgil and Lucille (Henson) Johnson.

He served Karenin A. the US Army during the Korean McEntyre, 51 21 War and retired after years.

KarenJohnson A. McEntyre, 51 of Mr. is surLexington Park, formerly vived by his wife of 53of Plano,Brigitte Texas, died 13 in years B. Aug. Johnson Washington Hospital Center. of Aberdeen, a son Ralf Born of Feb.Hollywood, 24, 1957 in Johnson Sweetwater, Texas she was Md., four grandchildren, the daughter of Carold and one great grandson, and five Marysisters.

Aleese Benson of Plano, Funeral Texas. Services for Mr. She Johnson his son is alsoand survived by her children Jeremy Porter of Snyder, Texas, Jonathan Porter of Plano, Texas, Angie Porter, Sheila Horton and Marissa Horton, all of Lexington Park as well as her brother Victor Benson of Plano, Texas and three grandchildren.

26325 Pt.employed Lookout Karen was as a registered nurse.

All services are private.

Arrangements provided by the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home, P.A.

Raymond, who passed Squad.

Aug.In 17, will be mother, held addition to his Sept.

27 at 11:45 a.m. at Timothy is survived by his Hartford Memorial Garwife Debra Kay (Houtz) Mcdens.

Friends may Patrick send Grath, his son, Sean condolences to www.tarMcGrath of Lexington Park, ringcargo.com. his sister, Karen McGrath of Mesa, Ariz. and his brother, DaisyMcGrath Evangeline Michael of Ill. Pegg, A memorial84 service will be held Saturday, Aug. 23 at 10 Daisy a.m. at the Evangeline Bay District Pegg, 84, Fire of Lexington Volunteer Department, Park died Park.

Sept. 14 in her Lexington residence.

Condolences to the famBorn Feb. 6, 1924 in ily may be made at www.

Hollywood, Md. she was brinsfieldfuneral.com. the daughter of the late Arrangements the Briscoe and Daisyby Jones Brinsfield Funeral Home, Thompson.

P.A., Leonardtown.

She is survived by her children Fay Pegg and her husband Tony Dias Miller 2 ofPatrick Reva,Connor Va., Thomas Pegg of Lexington Park and Melanie Pegg and her husband Steve Joplin of Middlebrook, Va., her grandchildren Trina Brown and her husband Daniel, April Pegg-Joplin and Colby Pegg-Joplin as well as her greatgrandchildren Justen and Kailen Brown. She is also survived by her brother John B. Thompson of Hollywood, Md. and her sisters Naomi Fowler of Wheelersburg, Ohio and Juanita Modlin of California.

She was Connor precededMillin Patrick death her brothers; er 2, ofbyAvenue died Aug. Roscoe, Jones, 12 in St. Latelle, Mary’s Hospital, and Lamen Thompson Leonardtown. and Connor her sisters; was born Isabel Oct. 11, Nielsen, Ruth Joy Mediand 2005 in Anne Arundel Mavis Sweeney. cal Center, Annapolis, Md., lifelong resident of the Ason of James L. Miller St. DaiandMary’s Krystal County, Kaldenbach of sy attended Great Mills Avenue.

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Newburg, Md. in the Hollywood the The Church family of received Nazarene Rev. Vern friends forwith Connor’s Life Haskell Celebrationofficiating.

Sunday, Aug.In17 terment follow in from 3 – 4will p.m. in the Brinsthe fieldChurch Funeral Cemetery.

Home, LeonardArrangements pro-at town, with a funeral service vided the Mattingley4 p.m. by Interment was private.

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Arrangements by the Brinsfield Funeral Home, P.A., Leonardtown.

Mary Aleathea Redmond, 84

Vote Sparks Debate Over Relationship With State Environmental Commission

Redmond, whom she mar- Morganza, Donnie Thompson ried March 4, 1945 at the Im- and his wife Debbie of Memaculate Conception Catholic chanicsville and Rose Mary Church in Mechanicville. She George and her husband John is survived by her beloved chil- of Avenue; 16 grandchildren, dren Gayle A. Hancock and 44 great-grandchildren, two her husband William of Fair- step-grandchildren and his fax, Va., and James “Frank” sisters Mary Ozella Lacey of Redmond and his wife Wanda Abell, Gertrude Osborne of of Fredericksburg, Va. She is King George, Va. and Susan also survived by three grand- Vallandingham of Bushwood.

By Guy Leonard children, Jeffery A. Hancock He was preceded in death Staff Writer and his wife Jennifer of Fair- by one great-grandchild and fax, Va., Mark D. Redmond his sisters Catherine Hall and St. Mary’s County Commissioners andThe his wife Tanya ofBoard Fred- ofLouise Bryant. voted Tuesday to sign a grant agreement the state ericksburg, Va., Jason P. RedA lifelongwith resident of St. commission that oversees land use in the county mond of Fredericksburg; and Mary’s County, Junior that was affects the Chesapeake Bay. a self-employed waterman. four great-grandchildren.

But the preceded request for the county use its own She was in death Whiletoenlisted in theemerU.S. gency funds to pay for planners to monitor development by her sister Agnes Rice.

Army from Oct. 19, 1944 to and Family other projects and around county receivedinfriends Nov. the 19, 1945, he shoreline served as raised the ire of some of the commissioners.

Wednesday, Aug. 20 from 9:30 a rifleman, a light machine The a.m.

Critical Commission a state body – 10:30 in the Areas Brinsfield gunner andisa cook. that closely regulates and monitors major projects Funeral Home, P.A., LeonarHe belonged to that the could affect the health of tributaries feeding into dtown. A Mass of Christian Knights of Columbus andthe enChesapeake Bay, but11ita.m., can also smaller Burial was celebrated joyedregulate playing cards and projbeing ects, such as home improvement chores.

Wednesday, Aug. 20 at St. with his family and his two Commissioner Raleybuddies (D-Great Mills) Aloysius Catholic Daniel Church, H.special Maynard and was angered by the fact that the state had reduced the Leonardtown, with Rev. John Ringo. county’s allocation in the grantThe to pay for thereceived planDakes officiating.

Interment family ners down to $26,000 and asked them to make up the followed in Charles Memorial friends in the Mattingley-Gardifference.

Gardens, Leonardtown. diner Funeral Home Thursday, “It’s an unfunded state mandate [to 5keep up with Serving, as pallbearers Aug. 7 from – 8 p.m. with regulations],” Raley said.

“We used to get $36,000 and were Mark Redmond, Jason prayers being said at 7 p.m.

A now they cut it byHancock, $10,000 and we’re supposed to bite Redmond, Jeffery Mass of Christian Burial was the Billbullet.”

Hancock, Lawrence Pilk- celebrated Friday, Aug. 8 at Raley thatPilkerton. despite the9:30 county’s efforts to work erton, and said Arthur a.m. in Holy Angels Cathwith the Critical Areas Commission, the commission Honorary pallbearer was Earl olic Church, Avenue, with Fr. was not meeting the county halfway.

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Raley relayed a story of Interment a local homeowner who Memorial contribution followed in Sacred had tree stumps in his yard for 12 years and wanted can be made to the Ridge Heart Cemetery, Bushwood. them removed could find a contractor Volunteer Rescuebut Squad, P.O.not Pallbearers were willing Johnny to the do the job for fear of running afoul of the critical Box 456, Ridge, MD 20680.

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Donnie Thompson. Honorary Raley said. “They’re of the regulations.”

Arrangements byterrified the pallbearers were his grandRaley and Commissioner Thomas Mattingly (DBrinsfield Funeral Home, children, nieces and nephews.

Leonardtown) shared the sentiment that the Critical P.A., Leonardtown.

Contributions may Arbe eas Commission remained infmade lexible in allowing some to Holy Angels Sacred leeway with the environmental protection regulations Heart School, 21335 Colton’s because, despite the county’sPoint willingness to abide MD by Road, Avenue, Louis Marshall “Junior” the laws, other jurisdictions were not so compliant.

20609, Seventh District Vol84 “IThompson, just have aJr., difficult time withRescue the Critical unteer Squad,Area P.O. Commission,” Mattingly told The County Box 7, Avenue, MDTimes.

20609 “They make it so difficult to and/or for people to do anything Hospice of St. Mary’s, on their property.”

P.O. Box 625, Leonardtown, While commissioners voted approve the grant, MD to 20650. they voted against using emergency funding revenues Arrangements provided to make up the lost $10,000 by a 4-to-1 vote. by the Mattingley-Gardiner Commissioner President Francis Jack Russell, who Funeral Home, P.A. is a county representative on the commission, was the only supporting vote for that measure.

Russell said that the tenor of the commission, which was founded in the early Evelyn 1980’s, Tillotson has changed Woods, 86 to be more accommodating of individual jurisdictions’ concerns.

Evelyn Tillotson Woods, “I respect these fellows opinion, but we’re try86,Russell of California Aug.the 14 ing to change relationships,” said.died “It’s St. Mary’s Nursing Center, only avenue we’ve got… we incan’t go knocking heads Leonardtown. together.”

Born Dec. 18, 1921 in Commissioner Lawrence D. Jarboe (R-Golden LeMoyne, Pa., she was the Beach) doubted the efficacy of the commissions charge daughter of the late George C. Louis Marshall “Junior” at all.

Tillotson andcleaned Eva (DowhowThompson, Jr., 84,area of Avenue “The critical legislation has not up the Tillotson.

Evelyn Jarboe was an died Aug. in his residence. rivers, it’s4 worse today than er) it was back then,” Pittsburgh Steelers fan. wasthe born July 20,treatment 1924 avid said.He “It’s sewage plants around Baltimore Evelyn survived by in Dynard to the and up north thatlate areLouis hurting the rivers,is the Patuxent Marshall and Catherine Elea- her daughters, Christine River particularly.”

W. Moore of Chesapeake nor Harris Thompson Sr. He was the loving hus- Beach, Md. and Deborah band of Rose Lee Thompson J. Standish of California, whom he married July 26, four grandchildren, and four 1942 in Sacred Heart Church, great-grandchildren.

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Maryland’s African-American Children Five Times As Likely To Be In Foster Care

By Jessica Groover Capital News Service Maryland’s African-American children are five times more likely to be in foster care than Caucasian children, according to a recent study of 2006 and 2007 data by Advocates for Children and Youth (ACY), a group that promotes the safety and health of children throughout the state.

The Maryland group conducted the study in the middle of August and presented the results to Gov. Martin O’Malley during a meeting earlier this month about its Maryland Can Do Better for Children campaign, which promotes solutions for child welfare, education, health, juvenile justice, economic security and racial equality.

Advocates for Children and Youth is requesting that O’Malley issue an executive order to state agencies like the Department of Human Resources requiring them to address racial disparities in child welfare in Maryland.

“The governor was very engaged and asked a lot of questions,” said Matthew Joseph, executive director for Advocates for Children and Youth.

“He said he needed time to talk to the cabinet secretaries.”

Using data from the Annie E. Casey Foundation, the group found that three-fourths of the children in out-ofhome placement are African-Americans, even though African-American

children account for only one-third of the state’s children.

Maryland’s gap is more than 50 percent higher than the national racial gap.

“We’re removing more children for neglect than abuse,” said Ameejill C. Whitlock, child welfare director for Advocates for Children and Youth. “Most of the money is geared toward child removal than family preservation.”

The group believes state money can be used more efficiently if problems are addressed early in the home before the court system gets involved.

“If it’s something like a substance abuse issue, we need to address these things up front instead of waiting until it’s a crisis,” Whitlock said.

Advocates for Children and Youth is recommending that legislation and budgets for state agencies be amended to reflect these practices.

Nancy C. Lineman, director of communications for the Department of Human Resources, said the state supports addressing family issues before removing children from their homes, but that such practices may not solve everything.

“ACY is saying that, in order to address racial disparity, you need to do a and b,” Lineman said. “We know that we are doing a and b because it’s good social work practice, but we do not know it to be true that those things

Oyster Problem Continued from page A- istration’s Chesapeake Bay office, said in his hearing testimony. “Increasing the size and number of sanctuaries is appropriate.”

The Eastern oyster has been declining in the bay since the mid-1980s because of past overharvesting, declining water quality and the appearance of MSX and Dermo, two parasitic diseases.

The Maryland Department of Natural Resources operates 24 oyster sanctuaries in the bay, ranging in size from 5 acres to more than 5,000 acres. Yet the waterway’s number of Eastern oysters is 1 percent of what it was just 50 years ago, according to the department.

Pelz has another contrarian view: The size limit imposed on watermen is contributing to the oyster’s decline. Oysters smaller than three inches when harvested must be returned to the water.

“Oysters are funny critters -- they change sex when they reach maturity,” Pelz said. At a growth rate of roughly an inch per year, the smaller oysters are all males, then after a year

Continued from page A-

will fix the problems.”

In an August statement responding to the report, Department of Human Resources Secretary Brenda Donald said the state does not use race as a factor in cases of abused and neglected children. Her department is seeking solutions for the existing racial disparities, she said.

While Advocates for Children and Youth has received support from state departments and many state legislators have endorsed the Maryland Can Do Better for Children campaign, Joseph said that efforts are more efficient when they become gubernatorial priorities.

The group made the case to the governor that solutions like these are cost-neutral and might even save the state some money.

“By not having kids in foster or group homes, the state saves money,” Joseph said. “If you make an investment, within that fiscal cycle, you’d save money.”

Shaun Adamec, deputy press secretary for O’Malley, said the governor had a productive meeting with Advocates for Children and Youth.

“The agencies and cabinet secretaries will continue to work with stakeholders like ACY to further these efforts,” Adamec said.

or so they become females, he said.

“So what . . . they’re putting back in the beds are male (and) diseased. If you do that to any population -- take out the best every time -- it’s going to go downhill.”

Though Pelz said he is having no trouble making a living harvesting the Lineback oyster, which grows faster than some others, other Maryland watermen say they are struggling.

Mike Hamilton, once a successful bay waterman with his own seafood wholesale business, several years ago abandoned fishing and oyster harvesting in favor of general contract work.

“There was not enough money in it,” said Hamilton, owner of M. Hamilton & Sons. “I still buy seafood every now and then, I still sell it but . . . I very seldom go out and get it myself.

I got kids in college. I need a certain amount of money.”

Pelz said he has long believed the state’s methods of oyster-restoration were doomed to failure but has not held out hope that the Lineback would become widely grown.

“It’s embarrassing (for the state),” he said.

“I’m not a scientist. I’m just a farmer.”

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Floating oyster reefs keep the shellfish just inches below the water’s surface rather than on the bay floor, where most of the state sanctuaries keep their oysters.

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The turmoil between Warrick and his victim seems to have started as early as May, when he was charged with second-degree assault against her.

In that case, Warrick was charged with punching his ex-girlfriend in the face twice after getting into a dispute with her over their relationship over the past year as well as something she was viewing on the Internet, charging documents state.

The victim sustained cuts to her upper and lower lips and a contusion over her left eye, charging documents state.

Warrick fled the scene of the alleged incident before police arrived, court papers reveal.

Four days later on May 16, Warrick was again charged by police, this time for allegedly kicking in his exgirlfriend’s door at her residence.

Charging documents stated that the victim found Warrick sleeping in their son’s bedroom that morning and afterwards got in an argument with Warrick. After Warrick left, she locked the door.

Charging documents alleged that Warrick kicked the door and broke the frame when he returned, apparently enraged, but later left the residence.

Police were again called to relieve trouble between Warrick and his exgirlfriend on June 9 with a domestic violence call.

According to charging documents, police had been to the scene for an earlier report of domestic violence but left.

Bust Continued from page A- “This weekend made a large impact on the drug trade in the county,” Alioto told The County Times. “We got more [intelligence] than we thought we would.”

Tyron Anthony Butler, 29, of Lexington Park; Laray Anthony Maddox, 26, of Callaway; Joseph Aloysius Maddox, 41 of Great Mills and James Robert Shade, 31 of Lexington Park were arrested last week as part of the warrant sweep and could face up to life imprisonment for allegedly conspiring to distribute cocaine, according to information from the office of U.S. Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein.

Along with the conspiracy charge, the men face up to 40 years in prison for the possession of cocaine with the intent to distribute it.

The 16-count indictment released by federal authorities alleges that for about four years, between 2004 and 2008, the suspects conspired to distribute five or more kilograms of cocaine and 50 grams or more of crack cocaine in both Leonardtown and Lexington Park.

“This is another example of a home grown case… that out detectives worked up here,” Alioto said, adding that relationships with the Drug Enforcement Agency and other federal authorities helped take the case to a higher level.

“This is not going to be a one hit wonder.

“They’re [the four sus-

Once gone, Warrick allegedly came back and confronted the victim in the parking lot. When he began yelling at her, she tried to get in the car and leave, charging documents state.

But Warrick allegedly reached into the open passenger side window, grabbed a partially frozen bottle of water and threw it at his ex-girlfriend striking her on the right side of her face.

Warrick then fled the scene, charging documents state.

Warrick also has a second-degree assault case from 2007 for which he pleaded guilty and received a two-yearand-half year suspended sentence.

Court records show that he has been charged with violation of his probation.

Warrick also faces several drug possession charges.

If convicted of the latest charges against him, Warrick could face life imprisonment for the shooting, as well as 25 years for the first-degree assault charge.

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pects] not new to us.”

Federal authorities allege that the four men made sales of the narcotics to agents in undercover buys, and were under surveillance during the investigation.

The operation to nab all the suspects began Sept. 11 and ran through Sept. 13, with agencies from as far north as the capitol region coming down to assist.

Alioto said that eight of the 14 warrant services were executed at once and “for that you need help from your friends.”

Law officers from Calvert, Charles, Prince George’s and Montgomery counties assisted St. Mary’s investigators as well as DEA agents, Alioto said.

“Fourteen warrants in three days is a lot of work,” he said.

Also arrested in the operation were George Sewell, 40, and Kevin Jerome Chase, 38, both of Lexington Park, for allegedly selling crack cocaine to an undercover officer.

Narcotics detectives also arrested Robert Henry Short III after searching two properties that were allegedly connected to him; the search yielded $6,000 in cocaine and other paraphernalia, police reports state.

In all, detectives seized about $7,500 in cocaine, $3,800 in marijuana, $18,000 in cash, two firearms and eight vehicles.

Three of the vehicles seized in the raids were a Mercedes Benz, BMW 740i, and a tow truck.

Tyron Butler

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In Remembrance of 9-11

Crowds gathered at Leonardtown High School and Great Mills High School on Thursday evening to take part in “11 Laps to Remember,” an annual walk to commemorate the lives lost during the 9/11 tragedy. Students, parents, and dignitaries walked both tracks to show their support.

“It really hit me hard when I was putting together the lists of people who died,” explained Ryan Gravelle, a teacher who had helped plan this year’s event. He pointed at a pages of names that lined the track at Great Mills High School. “I got choked up doing that.”

“We’ve had a lot of amazing crowds tonight,” remarked Superintendent Michael Martirano as he exited the track at Leonardtown High School.

“This is such an important event. It’s important that we remember.”

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John Luskey In Concert

Southern Maryland Country Music Festival

John Luskey, a Southern Maryland native, grew up listening to his family’s extensive country record collection. By the age of 13, he had learned enough guitar to join his first band and write his first song.

His first show was only in front of a handful of people; but that didn’t matter, John was hooked.

By the time he was 18, he had made a name for himself in Southern Maryland and the surrounding areas.

After playing music for over 20 years, John finally found two guys that shared his passion for country music; Jack Bannister (Bass) and Dwayne Taylor (Drums). Their straight-ahead, good-time country music has become a staple in the DC, MD, and VA music scene and the trio has performed with Kenny Chesney, Brooks-n-Dunn, Rascal Flatts, and Toby Keith, just to name a few. And this past May, John and his band were the first unsigned band to ever play WMZQ Fest.

John’s 2 CD’s, “My Country” and “My Country II”, have been very well received.

He has received awards from the John Lennon Songwriting Contest for “Honky Tonk Rhythm” and from Billboard Magazine for “When She Cries” and “King Of The World”.

Luskey’s music can also be heard on WKIK by the “Awesome Frank Dawson”

Southern Marylands Very First Country Music Festival will be held at the Regency Furniture Stadium in Waldorf on Saturday, September 20. The show will feature Gary Allan, Super Secret Mystery Performer with recent top ten hits, Shooter Jennings, SwampDaWamp and Southern Maryland’s own John Lusky Band. Tickets are on sale at www.somdbluecrabs.com and www. wmzq.com. Gates open at 2:00p. m. with fireworks following the last show. A portion of the proceeds will go to the Susan G. Komen Foundation for breast cancer research.

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Pianist Eliza Garth will offer a rare opportunity to hear Sonatas and Interludes, John Cage’s magical masterpiece for prepared piano. The concert, which is the first in the two-part “Enchanted Piano” series, will be held at the Auerbach Auditorium at St. Mary’s College of Maryland in historic St. Mary’s City on Thursday, September 18 at 8 p.m.

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Spurred by Rising Costs Schools Turn Green Schools across the country are slowly turning green. Encouraged by rising utility bills and a public desire to engage in eco-friendly practices in the community, more schools are being retrofitted with green features, while others are being built green from scratch.

It was only a few years back that the green movement really took off. But even as homeowners participated in curbside recycling and businesses stemmed industry emissions, schools were relatively off the radar. That’s all changing today. While green practices may cost a little more up front, schools are learning that in the long run they can save money and take a step in the right direction for the environment. Schools use a number of resources, so there’s a big opportunity for savings by cutting down.

In June 2008, the U.S. House of Representatives sent a bill to Congress requiring any new schools being built with federal money to incorporate some green elements. Districts in New Jersey, Hawaii and Florida already require that schools make efforts to reduce and recycle, as well as look for other ways to be eco-friendly. Ohio has taken the lead in the

U.S. green school movement. That state already has 100 certified “green” schools and several hundred more are up for certification.

The eco-friendly changes schools are making run the gamut. You can find waterless urinals, solar panels, design elements that play off of natural light, recycled elements in school playgrounds, and the planting of gardens.

In fact, planting gardens is one simple step any school district can take as an initial green effort. Choose plants that are found locally and will be tolerant to schoolhouse conditions, such as high traffic and perhaps infrequent watering. Students can also create a compost pile, reducing the amount of food waste that goes to landfills.

Paper usage and waste is another factor at most schools. Teachers can encourage the use of dry-erase boards in lieu of notebooks for working out assignments. Or, work can be submitted via the Internet to reduce the reliance on paper even further. Many teachers now post lesson plans and other important information on personal Web sites, further limiting the amount of paper being distributed through the classroom.

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