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By Guy Leonard Staff Writer The St. Mary’s Board of County Commissioners is looking to buy a piece of property on the outskirts of Leonardtown for use as a possible site for schools or other public uses and the public will get to hear the details… if they show up the morning of Christmas Eve to get them. One Commissioner, Lawrence D. Jarboe (R-Golden Beach) said it’s a bad deal. “In my personal opinion we just can’t afford it,” Jarboe told The County Times. “We’re paying the same value on the land as we would have two or three years ago. “The world’s changed since then.” The official price of the property, which is said to be about 250 acres, has not been released, but sources close to the deal say that it could be close to $5 million. Jarboe also slammed the decision to hold the public hearing on the sale of the property the morning before Christmas Day. “That’s Christmas Eve,” Jarboe said. “How many [people] will really come out in the morning? They’ll all be celebrating the holidays.” Jarboe said there were other plots of county-owned land that could be opened up for public uses at less cost than buying a completely new parcel. This comes at a time when the county commissioners are expecting a See Property Sale page A-
Juvenile Acquitted Of Rape, Sex Offense Charges By Guy Leonard Staff Writer After spending six months in the county jail on charges that he raped a 12-year-old girl back in July, John K. Edison, 16, was found not guilty of that charge and three others by a St. Mary’s County Circuit Court
jury. The jury deliberated less than half-an-hour, according to one of its members. The trial lasted four days with both prosecutors and Edison’s defense attorney, Kevin McDevitt, arguing over not only physical evidence but also the credSee Acquittal page A-
Deputies Train To Take Down School Shooters By Guy Leonard Staff Writer St. Mary’s County Sheriff Timothy K. Cameron said a recent training exercise in which responding deputies and Maryland State Police had to stop a simulated school shooting at the local College of Southern Maryland campus showed deputies are equipped to handle the real thing. “We were pleased with how it turned out,” Cameron told The County Times. “They immediately entered, went to the sound of the shots and eliminated the threat.” The exercise was designed to test the training and skills of patrol deputies who would be the first law officers to respond on the scene of what is known in law enforcement circles as an active shooter scenario, Cameron said. “It’s essentially a homicide in progress,” Cameron said of such a situation. “It’s puts them [deputies] under a great deal of stress… so they have to rely on what they’ve been trained to do.” That training deputies are receiving, Photo Courtesy St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Cameron said, appears to be working. Members of the St. Mary’s Sheriff’s Office tactical team participated in the training exercise at CSM Dec. 18 that trained respondDeputies did not know which of their ing deputies in how to stop a school shooter like tragedies at Columbine High School and Virginia Tech. See Training Day page A-
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St. Mary’s Collects Toys for Tots Andrea Shiell Staff Writer There was no hustle or bustle audible from the front lobby of the Loffler Senior Activity Center on Chancellors Run Road, but a quick turn of the corner and trip down the hall led one to a hectic scene with dozens of volunteers sorting bag after bag of toys, piling each item atop one of several mountains of games, dolls, electronics, telescopes, computers, mp3 players, instruments, building sets, and a wealth of other toys that were donated by the community. Gwen Bankins sat at a cluttered desk surveying the scene and smiling. Last year, she said someone ran a red light and hit her car, shattering her leg, and since then she has been finding it difficult to get around between work, church, and volunteering. Though physical therapy has slowly helped her regain some of her mobility, today she is staying seated and answered calls while directing her volunteers from pile to pile and room to room. “It’s harder because I’m used to being physically able to get up…but that’s the whole thing about having volunteers that have been with me so long,” she said, “they know how things are supposed to go.” This is her 12th year with Toys for Tots, though she said it was not always called that in Southern Maryland. “It wasn’t always Toys for Tots. It started out as Mad Dash for Toys,” she said, explaining that the official Toys for Tots program had only extended as far down as Andrews Air Force Base in previous years, but the national program made its way to Patuxent River Naval Air Station, and since then Bankins said the donations and support have only spread further. “This is better because we get national
sponsorship,” she said, adding that she works with the Department of Social Services in the tri-county area to help families with the program. Bankins picked up her phone and patiently gave someone directions to the center, explaining each turn and each landmark along the way. In the meantime, volunteers continued to sort each colorful box into one of several piles in that and two other rooms. She hung up her phone and fanned herself, laughing. “Anyway, last year was my best year,” she said, explaining that she had collected and distributed over 9,500 toys to needy families in the area. This year she said she expected to see almost just as many. “Donations are down nationally for Toys for Tots, but donations here have stayed consistent,” she said, “and I think that says a lot for St. Mary’s County.” The flurry of activity was the culmination of three weeks of frantic last-minute work in order to pull off this year’s event, which is serving more than 400 families in the area, and distributing more than 8,000 toys. Bankins said that the some of the planning for this year’s drive was thrown off when the local representative was deployed to Iraq and unable to attend the yearly conference in Washington D.C. in September. “So we needed a new marine…and from there we’ve had to play catch-up,” she said. According to Bankins, one of the biggest challenges has been collecting and distributing thousands of toys with a relatively small staff. “We don’t have a big team like in D.C. or Virginia,” she said, “but by the end of the night there should be 40 volunteers total, and some have been with me for over a decade.” Bankins waved to a large mountain of toys for children
aged 0-3 and directed a team to transfer them to a room that had just been cleared down the hall. She answered her phone again, and gave directions to the senior center to another person, smiling all the while. She said this was just the beginning of what would be one of the longest days of her year, as she expected to be welcoming families and distributing toys by 6 p.m., and not finishing until well after midnight. Even though she and many of her volunteers were scrambling in order to finalize their own Christmas plans, Bankins looked over her sea of donated toys and said she wouldn’t have it any other way. “You’re looking at a community that cares,” she said.
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Training Day Continued from page A- ranks would be called in to deal with the simulated shooting he added. The law officers who responded included two state troopers, one county deputy and one detective with the Bureau of Criminal Investigations. The need to ensure law officers could handle the situation without the benefit of a tactical team on hand was critical, Cameron said, because of the aftermath of school shooting massacres like Columbine High School in 1999 and the Virginia Tech slayings of 2007. Both involved angered students at the respective schools who took out their deadly rage against their classmates with guns and bullets. Cameron said after the Columbine massacre, police units had to rethink their tactics. In that situation, police surrounded the school and attempted to assess what course of action they would take; all while the shootings continued. That option of waiting, Cameron said, was no longer acceptable; police who arrived on the scene have to move in to stop the killing immediately. In the training session Dec.18, deputies took down one active shooter, a Calvert County deputy, using simulated rounds that hit hard with a kind of colored marker. “That really ramps it up,” Cameron said of the stress involved in the situation. Once the shooter was taken down, he added, the county Emergency Services Team swept the building on campus as part of the exercise to make sure no other shooters were on the scene. Jamie Raley, chair of the Board of Trustees at College of Southern Maryland, said the exercise gave college security a chance to test their methods of notifying students
and faculty of what was going on in the event of a homicide on campus. The “smart podiums” in every class, computer equipped workstands, worked well, Raley said, in getting the message out. Warning lights in the parking lot of the Leonardtown campus also worked according to plan, Raley said. “This the first time we’ve tried this at the Leonardtown campus,” Raley said, adding that such an exercise has been done twice at the Prince Frederick campus. Officials with the college still want to have the exercise performed at the La Plata campus. Raley said that while security measures at the college have been upgraded by installing deadbolt locks on all classroom doors and using text messaging systems to inform students of emergencies via their cell phones, more needs to be done. “That’s the one security upgrade commissioners have funded for the campus,” Raley said of the deadbolts. That accounted for $14,000 of an $80,000 request to the St. Mary’s Board of County Commissioners that would also fund a warning siren system for the campus parking lot. Requests for the same amounts of money were funded last year by both commissioner boards in Charles and Calvert counties for campus security Raley told The County Times. Commissioners here, however, have funded the wellness center, slated to be built at the college, as well as the campus’ operating budget. County Commissioner Thomas A. Mattingly (DLeonardtown) said the board would look at possibly funding more security upgrades for CSM this budget cycle.
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‘Twas The Day Before Christmas and All Through County Government Mice Were Stirring On Christmas Eve, December 24th the St. Mary’s County Commissioners will hold a public meeting to allow the citizens to voice their opinion about their decision to purchase an undisclosed large tract of land near Leonardtown, at an undisclosed price, for an undisclosed purpose, a public meeting that for all intents has been largely undisclosed. This Christmas season has been one like most people haven’t seen in many years, many not in their lifetime. The mood of the community is rather worrisome. Mostly everyone you speak to says they are spending less this Holiday season. Businesses are reporting down sales and profits. Unemployment rates
are rising fast and expected to rise even faster after the new year. The federal government is using taxpayer dollars to provide bailouts to many large companies who refuse to answer how the public money is being spent, while small and mid-size companies are closing shop every day. While most of us will spend more time this Christmas spreading joy through a message of spending more time with family and friends and less money, the only people living high on the egg nog this Christmas are those who have the power to tax you and spend your money as they please. While you and your family are spending less at local stores, your elected rep-
resentatives are on a spending spree on your behalf. We all are aware of the massive spending sprees taking place at the federal level, soon we will pass on to each of our children what appears to be $500,000 in debt for each one. Not to be scrooge’s, your Maryland government of O’Malley and Dyson are doing their spending part as well. With the largest tax increase in the history of Maryland in place, and slot revenues sure to come sometime soon, why not go on a spending spree? Under the cover of “conservation” it’s easy to spend your money. The state will soon spend close to $60 million of your money to buy more land that almost nobody knew about. Close to 1,000 acres
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in St. Mary’s County to add to the more than 4,000 acres the state already owns in our County. No body is opposed to “conservation”, the problem is these land grabs come as surprises, we know very little about these properties, we have never heard Senator Dyson talk about this property, never explained what criteria this property meets, why this price, why now. The last large tract of land the state purchased in St. Mary’s County was in 2002 in the waning days of the Glendening administration, some 860 acres, another land grab that Dyson never talked about. The land was suppose to be resold as part of Glendenning’s efforts to save the timbering industry. When newly elected Governor Ehrlich wanted to give 200 acres to St. Mary’s County for a school campus and put the other 650 acres into a conservation plan that would recover the taxpayer dollars spent on the land, Dyson objected. Some argue this money by law can only be spent on land purchases, they must
be enjoying too much of that politician egg nog. The legislature and governor can always set priorities based upon the economic conditions of the state and spend less on one program in favor of addressing economic concerns elsewhere. What is so disturbing to us is that neither O’Malley nor Dyson wants to talk about addressing the billions of dollars in Maryland debt that we will be passing on to our children along with the federal debt. Suffering from a flood of taxpayer dollars rolling into County government, and a County credit card that only has $100 million in debt, about $50 million short of their credit limit, the County Commissioners recently announced they would buy property on St. Andrews Church Road, adjacent to the 850 acres the state purchased, they were interested in buying an apartment complex on Great Mills Road, and now some 200 acres (we think) near Leonardtown. When questioned by The County Times, Commissioner Mattingly said that the land may be valuable as a po-
tential school site. The Board of Education is charged with selecting school sites based upon a criteria that is best for students, does Mattingly have confirmation from the school board that this site will meet that criteria? Who knows? Apparently the Commissioners have been discussing these issues behind closed doors and would like to speed this purchase up before the public has a chance to ask questions. We called the County Public Information Office Monday morning and were told there was no public information available on the property and that the public information officer was on vacation for two weeks. For Commissioner President Russell to schedule this public meeting on Christmas Eve and to do so without the public having knowledge of the closed door discussions taking place between the Commissioners is a blatant disregard for open honest government, just more taxing and spending for these merry little creatures this Christmas.
Correction In the County Times publication of December 18, 2008, in our “Leonardtown Memories 300th Anniversary” edition, we mistakenly published a picture of Fayrene Mattingly as Councilwoman Leslie Wathen Roberts. We apologize for this error. The correct picture of Mrs. Roberts is shown here.
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Notice of Public Hearing The Leonardtown Planning and Zoning Commission will hold a public hearing on January 20, 2008 at 4:10 p.m. in the Town Office, located at 41660 Courthouse Dr., Leonardtown, MD. The purpose of the hearing is to present for public review and comment a text amendment to the Leonardtown Zoning Ordinance – Article XIX, Chapter 155-128, A and Article XX, Chapter 155-132, B. All interested parties are encouraged to attend or to submit written comments by 4:00 p.m. on Jan. 20, 2008 to the Commissioners of Leonardtown, POB 1, Leonardtown, MD 20650. Special accommodations will be made for persons with disabilities upon request. By Authority: Laschelle E. Miller, Town Administrator.
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Property Sale Continued from page A- lean budget year and asking most departments to send in budget requests that show only what they need to continue providing services. “Sometimes you have to make do with what you have,” Jarboe continued. Commissioner Thomas A. Mattingly (D-Leonardtown) said the site was valuable for its potential as school land, perhaps even for two buildings. The process of buying the land, he said, had taken place over the past two years and the funds to be used were set aside for just that purpose. He said the details of the purchase price and other matters would be revealed at the public hearing Dec. 24. The purchase of the land was actually necessary, Mattingly said, to ensure that planning authority and funding could be set aside by state officials for any school construction project. Having the land first was critical to that process, he said. The date of the public hearing, he said, was part of the legal process for vetting
Acquittal Continued from page A- ibility of the alleged victim in the case. In the end, one juror said, the story of the 12year-old and her cousin, who had also alleged that she was raped by a friend of Edison’s during the same incident during the Independence Day holiday, was not believable. The 12-year-old’s cousin had alleged she was raped during the alleged incident, but later recanted her story only to make the allegation again on the witness stand in court. “We felt neither girl was telling the truth,” one juror said, asking their name not be used. “We believed that sex happened but it wasn’t rape.” The alleged victim, now 13, testified at the beginning of the trial that she and her cousin left their adult relative’s house the night of July 4 with to young males, one of them the accused, to Edison’s house in Great Mills. The alleged victim testified that Edison forced her from the couch she was sitting on down the hallway of his home and forcibly raped her as well as hit her with a belt. Edison had also been charged with second-degree assault for the alleged belt beating as well as with both second-degree and fourth-degree sex offenses for the sexual contact with the 12-year-old girl. McDevitt said of his client that he admitted to a sexual act but that it was not violent. DNA from his client was found on the 12-yearold girl, that indicated they had had some kind of sexual contact, the evidence in the case bore out. Also, Edison’s DNA was found under the alleged victim’s finger nails; prosecutors
before the citizenry. Mattingly said that, legally, the board had to establish a public hearing for the property sale at least 15 days after they voted to send the issue to public hearing. “That happened to be what the date was,” Mattingly said. “It can be more [time to have the hearing] but we’re trying to get this nailed down and signed. “The only thing remaining now is to sign the contract.” The county commissioners recently voted to purchase a piece of property off of St. Andrews Church Road, called the Beavens Property, at a cost of about $750,000. Jarboe, as in this case, was the sole vote against the sale. Jarboe criticized that purchase as a bailout for the developer who had wanted to build homes there but did not because it became financially unprofitable to do so. The land there is also set for public use, but that may not be a reality for another six or seven years because the land has not been cleared Jarboe said.
O.k., my back is aching, my shoulders are sore, everything hurts. I’m sneezing and my eyes are red. I wonder if I’m coming down with the f lu already. If it was the f lu I could at least curl up with hot tea, my warm chenille throw, and lay around with my sweats on without feeling guilty. No, I’ve just finished dragging up seven Rubbermaid boxes of Christmas “stuff ” of varying weights and sizes from underneath the steps. One of which was the seven-piece ceramic Christmas village and assorted paraphernalia. And, as of this writing, it’s late on a Sunday night during the Redskins game which is not looking good so far. My eyes could be red and teary because of the score too. It becomes quite a production, which I’m sure many of you readers go through as well unless you have a large room devoted strictly to holiday storage. One where you can just walk in, in an upright position and pull what you need off of a shelf. Possibly all of your boxes are red and green and perfectly labeled like Martha’s. I only made it halfway there. All the best intentions, you know. Most of my boxes do have some sort of label on them which may or may not completely match all the contents anymore. And some are Rubbermaid “classic blue” or “crystal clear”, and have cracked tops, or might be that off-brand where the tops never fit right. Then are the tops that fit too well, and you break all your nails trying to pry them off. Both of my thumb nails are gone now. I mentioned production because in order to get to the Christmas boxes at the back of the long tapered closet, you first have to pull out everything in the front i.e.; extra bulk sizes of stored paper towels and TP, tall Rubbermaid gift wrap container, four Easter containers, two Fall/Halloween
containers and still hold up things that want to fall off the shelves, like that constantly used collection of 45 records and the 20 thermoses without lids. There are also obstacles that get slid against the walls of the closet like extra table leaves and back packs and crutches from 30+ years ago. My husband rigged a contraption last year which allows you to pull on a thin wire in the front of the closet which runs over and around things up the left wall and attaches to a commercial f luorescent light fixture further down the wall. If I’m lucky the first pull will turn the light on, but usually I have to reach over everything to get to the second section of wire to get the proper pull. But it is great having light in there. Now I can really see all the dust that filters down through the carpet from the steps above. Two years ago we painted the f loor white with Kilz, since it seemed a little damp down there after an especially bad bout of rainy weather, then laid “tracks” of cedar furring strips, so I can slide the boxes out easier. My husband also added a door to the closet instead of the curtain I had covered it with. This was after Kitty thought it might be a cozy place to leave little presents for us. I started out on my Christmas box mission in my comfy Redskins t-shirt, sweat pants and heavy Redskins sweat shirt (of course my husband is watching the game in sleeveless Redskin shirt and shorts, saying, “How can you be cold? I have the woodstove cranking”). Yes, we dress in all our ‘Skins gear for every game, ever hopeful. By the time I’m pulling out my third box, the sweatshirt is off and I’m considering, yes, my Redskins shorts. The woodstove is only 8 feet away from the closet and it is cranking. The last two years have been a bit easier with my mission, because now I don’t have to immediately take everything out of the boxes I need and then drag all the boxes back down the steps again. Both my sons are grown and have moved out, so we have made their bedroom into the storage room, and I can just leave the boxes in there and take things out as needed. There’s only one problem now – in order to get back to my Christmas boxes in the storage room, I have to move the five pieces of luggage, crate of albums, Tidbit’s dog food, all my paint boxes, canvases, crafts, vacuum cleaner, sons’ things... I guess I just found January’s mission. To each new day’s adventure, Shelby Send comments or ideas to shelbys.wanderings@yahoo.com
SMCM Raising Tuition Andrea Shiell Staff Writer St. Mary’s College of Maryland recently announced that in light of the current economic crisis, increased operating costs, and a 9.6 percent endowment drop in the first ten months of the year, the SMCM Board of Trustees has voted to raise tuition and fees for the next academic year by five percent, accompanying an increase in costs for board, which will go up from $107 to $450, depending on which meal plan the student chooses. Overall, in-state tuition, fees, and room and board for the 2009-2010 academic year will total $22,874, up from $21,559 for the 2008-2009 school year. Maryland’s state schools are not alone in dealing with budget shortfalls in the fiscal year beginning in July 2009. The President of the American Council on Education predicts that students in most states will face significant tuition increases in the upcoming year. The University of Chicago, for example, has increased tuition by 4.8 percent for the upcoming
year, and the University of New York is set to raise tuition more than 14 percent next spring, and Nevada public colleges have asked for a 25 percent increase. California state colleges and universities are facing a proposed $460 million in cuts in higher education funds. “As in our private lives, we’ve had to tighten our belts at the college in coping with the current economic uncertainty,” said SMCM President Jane Margaret O’Brien. “In the last nine months, we’ve done the very tough work of finding ways to cut our costs and increase revenues without jeopardizing the academic quality of the honors college or the residential life of our students. We remain firmly committed to our core mission and will not let any budget challenge deter us,” said O’Brien. Among the measures taken to reduce operating costs were a reduction in positions, accrued vacation carry-over for staff members, and deferrals of staff and faculty salary increases, as well as energy-savings mandates for college facilities, all equaling a total cost savings of $1.7 million.
argued that was consistent with the girl’s story of trying to push Edison away from her during the act. Despite contending that she was raped, the 12-year-old testified that she had stayed at Edison’s house with her cousin and the other male in the case from 4:30 a.m. July 5 until about 7 a.m. that same morning after the alleged rape had occurred. But prosecutors Julie White and Daniel J. White argued that the 12-year-old was credible and the DNA evidence implicated Edison. “She’s telling you exactly the truth,” said Assistant State’s Attorney Daniel White during the state’s closing argument. “She never deviates from her story.” McDevitt argued that the behavior of the two girls and the two boys in the alleged incident did not follow what would have happened after a violent rape. Both boys were seen walking the two girls home that morning. “Then you’d have to believe these ‘psycopaths’ walked these girls home,” McDevitt argued. “Those girls lied about everything they said.” www.brinsfieldfuneral.com It was the stories of the two girls, the We’re proud to serve this fine juror said, that led to community and wish all of our Edison’s acquittal. “We didn’t beneighbors peace and contentment lieve that their stoduring this magical time. ries were believ22955 Hollywood Road 30195 Three Notch Road, Route 5 able,” the juror said. Leonardtown, Maryland 20650 We thank you most sincerely Charlotte Hall, Maryland 20622 “The whole story just for your trust in us. didn’t sound right.”
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Lucy Mae Hurry Anderson, 91, of Clements died Dec. 19 in her home. Born Aug. 8, 1917 in Clements, she was the daughter of Jon Donelan and Agnes Raley Hurry. She was the loving wife of Robert Lewis Anderson, Sr. whom she married Nov. 1, 1937 in St. Joseph’s Church in Morganza, and who preceded her in death Aug. 19, 2005. She is survived by children Robert Lewis Anderson, Jr. and his wife Dianne of Clements, and Virginia Mae Pierce and her husband John of Colton’s Point. She is also survived by her siblings Philip Henry Hurry and Virginia Alice Mildred Brown, 99 Hurry Sapp, both of Clements, as ofwell Leonardtown died Aug. and 16 as nine grandchildren inseventeen her home. grandchildren. Born Nov. 9, 1908 in She was preceded in death Baltimore, Md., John she was the by her siblings William daughter of the lateJoseph James Donand “Scoogie” Hurry, Lilly Mae Jackson Rebham. ald Hurry, Agnes Hurry Healey, She was a member St. Richard Hurry, James ofRaley Hurry, George Love Church, “Scottie” George’s Episcopal Hurry and Valley Lee,Betty andHurry OrderRussell. of the A lifelong resident of JuSt. Eastern Star, Chapter 107, Mary’s she was a gradlia Halla,County, Hollywood. uateMrs. of Margaret High Brown isBrent survived School’s “Class of 1935.” As by two sons, Lloyd E. (Jerry) a young woman she loved Brown, Jr. of Leonardtownto writeWillard poetry. Her poemsBrown always and Bruce reflected her love for God. of Terra Alta, W. Va. SheShe is shared with her husband a love of also survived by six grandhorses, which led to her to comchildren, Julie county Brown-Rund, pete in many jousting Jeff Brown, Nancy Deal, events. Together, Lucy and her Wendy Jarda, Judy Graybill husband established Anderson’s and Brown, and eight Bar.Pheobe She worked at Anderson’s great-grandchildren until her retirement in Clay 2003 atand the Will age ofRund, 86. Kristen and Josh Brown, andperson Bruce She Shawn was a kind of Deal, deep Audrey religious and faithSamantha who was Jarda. loved by all. Her family came firstShe and we her wasall embraced predeceased love.a Itdaughter was always aboutRuth what by Betty she could others,John putting Brown anddoa for brother B. everyone ahead of herself. We Fenwick. willRelatives miss her deeply. and friends atThe Mrs. family Brown’s received friends tended Life Dec. 23 from 4 – 8 Brinsfield p.m. in the Celebration in the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Funeral Home, Leonardtown Home, Leonardtown, Wednesday, Aug. 20 fromwhere 5– prayers were said at 7 p.m. A 8 p.m. with prayers recited at Mass of Christian Burial will be 7celebrated p.m. A funeral willin Dec. 24service at 10 a.m. be held Thursday, Aug. 21 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 11 a.m. in St. George’s EpisBushwood, with Fr. Francis J. copal Church, Valley Early officiating. IntermentLee. will Reverend Greg Syler, pastor follow in St. Joseph’s Cemetery, ofMorganza. the church, will officiate. Pallbearers will be Interment willAnderson, follow inJames the Joseph Blair church Craig cemetery. Anderson, George B. Memorial Contributions Gibson III, William Todd Gibson, Joshua Brandon Pierce and may be made to The MisJames Endowment Leroy PilkertonFund III. Consions or tributions may be made to HosCemetery and Grounds Fund, pice St. of St.George’s Mary’s, P.O. Box 625, c/o Episcopal Leonardtown, MD 20650, and/or Church, P.O. Box 30, Valley th 7 District Volunteer Rescue Lee, MD 20692. Squad, P.O. Box 7,to Avenue, MD Condolences the fam20609. ily may be made at www. Arrangements provided by brinsfieldfuneral.com. the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Arrangements by the Home, P.A. Brinsfield Funeral Home, P.A., Leonardtown. Michael Stuart Daugherty,
58 Francis Joseph Michael Stuart Brown, Sr., 66 Daugh-
erty, 58, of Adamstown, Md. Francis Joseph Brown, Dec. Sr., 66, passed died away in12hisin home in IndianCalifornia. Trail, N.C. B o r n Aug. 12. March 23, July 1950 Mr. Brown was born in Baltimore, 1, 1942 in Leonardtown, son Md., he was of the late Mary Edna Brown the son of Rev. Charles “Chuck” Norris. Daugherty and Jessie (Wise) Mr. Brown is survived Daugherty of Leonardtown. by his wife Jacqueline Mike was a graduate ofMerGreat cer Brown; a sonandFrancis J. Mills High School St. Mary’s Brown, Jr. and his wife Shelia College. In 2002, he relocated to of Stanfield, Md., N.C.;but a daughter Adamstown, continued Jennifer Lynn of Indito commute to aBrown part-time job as an Trail, N.C. and two granda defense contractor at Patuxent daughters River NavalChristianna Air Station inPage Lexington Park. Grace He worked there, and Allyson Brown. as aThe database engineerreceived for Wyle family Laboratories, Inc.Aug. Mike friends Sunday, 17 was froma husband, devoted father 2beloved – 5 p.m. in the Mattingand loving son. He served on ley-Gardiner Funeral Home, the Board of Trustees of Friend’s where Prayers were said at in Christian Ijamsville, 3Meeting p.m. A School Mass of Md., and was a member of the Burial was celebrated MonSons of the American Revolution day, Aug. 18 at 9:30 a.m. in and the Sons of the Confederacy. St. Francis Xavier Catholic He had also served on the vestry Church with of Fr.the John Matof the Church Ascension tingly officiating. Interment in Lexington Park where he was followed in 23, Charles married May 1984. Memorial Gardens. In addition to his parents, Arrangements Mike is survived byprovided his wife, by the Baumeister Mattingley-Gardiner Marie Daugherty, Funeral and son Home, John H.P.A. Daugherty of Adamstown, Md., sister, Anne Miles of Hollywood, brother, Ray Daugherty of Loudonville, N.Y., one niece, four nephews,
and many other friends and famLuis Antonia Castillo, 70 ily members. A Memorial Service was Luis Antonia Castillo, 70, held Dec. 21 at 2 p.m. in St. Anof Leonardtown died Aug. 16 drew’s Episcopal Church, Caliin St. Mary’s Nursing Center, fornia. Inurnment followed in the Leonardtown. church cemetery with a reception Born Sept. 20, 1937 afterwards at the church hall. in Puerto Rico, he was the son of Memorial contributions the late Luis Antonia and Elsa may be made to Friends Meeting Monserrate Morales Castillo. School, 3232 Green Valley Drive, Luis isMD 21754. survived by three Ijamsville, sisters, M. Elaine Ohler of Condolences to the family Millsboro, Del., Evelyn Casmay be made at www.brinsfieldtillo of Chestertown, Md. and funeral.com. ElsieArrangements Collins of LasbyVegas, the Nev. He also survived by Brinsfield isFuneral Home, P.A., several nieces and nephews. Leonardtown. Family received friends Wednesday, Aug.Diehl, 61 20 from 11 Rita Elaine a.m. – noon in the Brinsfield Funeral Home, Leonardtown, Rita Elaine with prayers recited at ofnoon. Diehl, 61, CallDeacon George L’Heureux away passed Dec. officiated. Graveside service 16 surrounded followed at 2 and p.m.loved at Cedar by her Hill Cemetery,family. May Suitland, Md. she Memorial beContributions as welcomed may be made toand the St. Mary’s loved in Nursing Center Foundation, Heaven as she Inc., was on Earth. 21585 Street, Rita is Peabody survived by her Leonardtown, MD 20650. mother, Eleanor Kolb-Warner; Condolences the famlongtime friend andtocompanion, ily may bedaughters made atKimberly www. Mark Jones; brinsfieldfuneral.com. Winslow and Carmella McArrangements by Taylar the Millan; granddaughters Brinsfield Funeral Home, Winslow and Whitney Winslow; P.A., Leonardtown. grandson Randy McMillan; sister, Darlene Jordan and husband Dave, brother; Ronald Kuster and wife Diane; sons-in- law Lloyd Raymond Rick Winslow and Dave Harris, 97 McMillan as well as several nieces and nephews. Family received friends for Rita’s Life Celebration Dec. 20 from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. at the Brinsfield Funeral Home, Leonardtown. A memorial service was held at 11 a.m. with Pastor Keith Schukraft officiating. Interment was private. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Hospice House, P.O. Box 625, Leonardtown, MD 20650. Condolences to the family may be made at www.brinsfieldfuneral.com. Arrangements by the Brinsfield Funeral Home, P.A., Leonardtown.
Ayden “Little Man” LloydKeith Raymond HarHare, Infant Aug. ris, 97, died peacefully 12 in the St. Mary’s Nursing A y d e n Center. Keitha longtime “Little Mr. Harris was Man” Hare, 20 resident of St. Mary’s County. old, ofMo. MeHe was born indays Gallatin, died June 13, 1911 tochanicsville the late Howin the ard May HarrisDec. and15Frankie HosLee Jackson. Children’s He married pital in years, Washhis beloved wife of 59 Mary Catherineington, “Sis”D.C. Nelson was born Nov. 25 in St. at theHeWashington Cathedral Mary’s Hospital,D.C. Leonardtown, in Washington Sept. 2, to Edward and Karin 1939. She Keith preceded himAnn in Hare II of Mechanicsville. death in 1998. He was also He isinalso survived by by his preceded death in 1998 sisterbeloved Skylar Karynn, his paterhis sister Margaret nal grandparents Edward Keith Harris. Hare, and Cynthia Mr.Sr.Harris served inDawn the Novak and his maternal grandUnited States Army as an Asparents William O. and Angelina sistant Chaplain. Following Chavis. his army service he was emA graveside service wasD.C. held ployed in Washington, Dec. 20 at 10 a.m. in Charles Meby the Federal Government morial Gardens, for many yearsLeonardtown. before retirprovided by ing. Arrangements He then worked in the the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral tax department for the State Home, P.A. and retired in of Maryland 1971. During his retirement, Lawrence, 62 he Gilbert and his F. wife enjoyed traveling throughout the United Gilbert F. States. Lawrence, 62, He enjoyed playing cards, of Waldorf, and dancing and buying new cars. of of St. Ray loved lifeformerly and most Mary’s County, all he enjoyed helping others diednothing Dec. 15 in in while expecting residence. return. He washis devoted in the July care of his wife andBorn sister un18, 1946 in Leontil their death. ardtown was the sonreceived of Irene The he family Lawrence Gross of Piney Point. friends in the MattingleyHe is also survived his Gardiner Funeral Home,by P.A., siblings; Mack Lawrence and Leonardtown, Friday, Aug. 15 his wife Alice of Waldorf, David from 9 – 10 a.m. with a funerLawrence and his wife Karen of al service that followed at 10 New Jersey, Theresa Lawrence a.m. officiated by Rev. Keith of Piney Point, Gloria Church of Schukraft. Interment followed Clinton, Donald Gross and his atwife Charles Memorial Gardens Shirley of Mechanicsville, in Leonardtown. Pallbearers James Gross and his wife Linda were Frank Nelson, Donnie of California, Ida Mae Gross of Bowles, Fred Nelson, Harry Piney Point, Charlotte Gross of Nelson, Jr., and Michael Russell Piney Point, Steve Gross of and Roy Copsey. California. Contributions be He was precededmay in death made to American Heart by his brother Thomas Gross and Association, 415 Gross. N. Charles his sister Geraldine Street, Baltimore, MD Gilbert was a graduate of 21201-4101. Banneker High School and was Arrangements provided employed as a maintenance enby thewith Mattingley-Gardiner gineer the Local Union 99 Funeral Home, P.A. of Washington, D.C. for thirty years. The family received friends Dec. 20 from 10 – 11 a.m. in St. George’s Catholic Church, Val-
ley Lee,Valorie where a Anne Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated at 11 48 Chimiak a.m. withHenry, Msgr. Karl officiating. Interment followed in the Church Cemetery. Pallbearers were Jermiah Cutchember, Michael Berry, Teddy Foote, Irving Lawrence, Steve Maddox and Bernard Thompson. Arrangements provided by the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home, P.A.
Linda Mae Lewis, 51 Linda Mae Lewis, 51, of La Plata, died Dec. 14 in her residence. Born March 29, 1957, she was the daughter of James and Jean Lewis. In addition to her parents, she is survived by her children; James M. Goldsmith of Waldorf and Donna J. Goldsmith of Warden,Valorie Ill. Anne Henry, 48, Family received friends Dec. of Mechanicsville, formerly 21 from 2 – 5 p.m. in the Brinsfield of Grandview, Mo., died Aug. Funeral Home, Leonardtown. A 17, in Lexington Park. funeral service was conducted at Born Oct. Joseph 31, 1959 in 4 p.m. with Father Dobson Lincoln, Neb. she was the officiating. Interment was private. daughter of James Condolences to Ray the Dickfamily inson of Mouldrow, Okla. may be made at www.brinsfieldand Hortense Anne Campbell funeral.com. Crawford of Grandview, Arrangements by Mo. the She was the loving wifeP.A., of Brinsfield Funeral Home, Earl Allan Henry, whom she Leonardtown. married July 16, 1986 in Warrensburg, Mo. Mary Long, She Lorraine is survived by86 her son Earl Ian Henry. Mary Lorraine 86 of Mrs. HenryLong,graduNewburg passed away Dec. 21 ated from Grandview High in St. Mary’s Nursing Center in School’s Class of 1977. She Leonardtown. moved to St. Mary’s County Family received friendsWalDec. in October 1988 from 23 from 5 – 8 p.m. in the Brinsdorf, Md. field Funeral Home where prayers family will receive wereThe recited at 7 p.m. A Mass of friends Saturday, 23 Christian burial will beAug. celebrated from 10 – 11 a.m. in PatuxDec. 24 at 9:30 a.m. in St. Joseph’s ent RiverChurch, Assembly of God Catholic Morganza. InChurch, California, where a terment will follow in the church Funeral cemetery.Service will be held at 11Ina.m. Pastormemorial Lanny lieu with of flowers Clark officiating. Interment contributions may be made to the will be held Wednesday, Aug. Humane Society, 71 Industrial 27 10 a.m. in MD Maryland ParkatDrive, Waldorf, 20602 Condolences to the family Veteran’s Cemetery, Cheltenmad be made at www.brinsfieldham, Md. funeral.com Contributions may be made to Hospice if St. Mary’s, Hattie Morgan, 75 P.O. BoxAlberta 625, Leonardtown, MD 20650. AlArrangements Hattie provided berta Morgan, by the Mattingley-Gardiner of MechanicFuneral Home, 75, P.A. sville died Dec. 17 in Washington Hospital Karen A. Center. McEntyre, Born 51 Feb. 16, 1933 in Prince George’s County, she51was Karen A. McEntyre, of the daughterPark, of theformerly late Philip Lexington of Temple Texas, and Elizabeth Leonard Plano, died Aug. 13 in Burch Bowles.Hospital She wasCenter. the lovWashington ing wife Morgan, Bornof John Feb.Woodly 24, 1957 in whom she married on Dec. 29, Sweetwater, Texas she was 1950daughter in Morganza. the of Carold and She is survived by her chilMary Aleese Benson of Pladren: Joseph Woodley Morgan, no, Texas. MarySheElizabeth Morgan, Cora is also survived by “Christine” Pirner, James Johnher children Porter son Morgan andJeremy Michael Eugene of Snyder, Texas, Jonathan Morgan all of Mechanicsville; Porter of Plano,Morgan Texas, of Angie David Ellsworth LexPorter, Sheila Horton and Maington Park and John “Dennis” rissa Horton, all Adrian of Lexington Morgan; siblings: Bowles Park as well as Louise her brother of Mechanicsville, Griffit Victor Benson of Plano, Texas of Prince Frederick, and Evelyn and three grandchildren. Bowles of Florida; grandchildren: employed a BillyKaren Joesphwas Morgan, Thomasas David Morgan,nurse. Melinda Sue Stone, registered JessieAllWayne Morgan and Cliff services are private. Charles Morgan and great grandArrangements provided children: Marcus Anthony Stone, by the Mattingley-Gardiner Marissa Home, DanielleP.A. Morgan, Mya Funeral Shyann Stone, Hallie Madison Morgan, Abigale Elizabeth Morgan andTimothy Keaton Tyler Morgan. Brian She was preceded in death by 50 Morher sons:McGrath, Charles “Donald” gan and Thomas Wayne Morgan Brian McGrath, and Timothy her siblings: Dennis Bowles, 50, of Lexington ParkBowles, died Herman Bowles, Loyd Aug. 11 in Bowles, St. Mary’sEllsworth HospiRichard tal, Leonardtown. Bowles, Louis Bowles, Kenith Born 1958 in Bowles and June Mildred14, Bowles. Mrs. Morgan lifelong Freeport, Ill., he was wasathe son St. Mary’s resident where of PatriciaCounty (Chambers) Mcshe wasofa homemaker. Grath Mesa, Ariz. and the The family received friends late Charles McGrath. Dec.Timothy 22 from 5 attended – 8 p.m. inLathe Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral salle-Peru High School in LaHome,Ill. where Prayers were said salle, where he graduated at 7 p.m. A Funeral Service was in 1976. He served in the U.S. held Dec. 23, at 10 a.m. in the MatNavy from 1976 until 1999. tingley-Gardiner Funeral Home After service the Navy, Chapelhiswith Pastorin Bob Green Timothy was employed by a officiating. 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Candlelight Services Lexington Park Baptist Church (46855 S. Shangri-La Drive)- 6 p.m. St. George’s Episcopal Church (Valley Lee)- 6 p.m. Hollywood UMC Service (2422 Mervell Dean Rd)- 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. Christian Fellowship of Calvert (Owings, MD)- 7 p.m.
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Museum Showcasing Christmas Dolls and Trains
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! Friday, December 26 Poker Challenge FOP-7 Lodge (Chancellor’s Run Road)- 7 p.m. Texas Hold’em Tournament. $25 buy-in ($18 main pot + $5 rake + $2 challenge pool), start with 3,000 in chips, blinds start at 25 and 50, 20 minute blinds. No re-buys, no add-ons. Cash games available during and after event. Poker proceeds will benefit local FOP-7 charities. Call 301-863-6007 for more information. Christmas Doll & Train Exhibit St. Clements Island Museum- 12 noon 23rd Annual Christmas Doll & Train Exhibit hosts dolls representing 14 different countries with interesting information about that country’s holiday traditions. Displays include a 7-foot dollhouse, Cinderella dolls, snow babies, etc. Admission: $3 adults, $2 senior citizens and military, $1.50 children 6-18, and children under 5 are free. Call 301-769-2222 for more information.
festivals. In Hawaii, children are told that Santa travels by canoe. And in Italy, Santa Claus doesn’t bring gifts, but rather the witch La Befana, who, according to legend, refused to accompany the three kings to Bethlehem, so every year she searches every house for the Christ Child, leaving gifts behind. These and other interesting facts about international traditions grace the walls behind elaborate displays of colorfully dressed dolls of all types. Since 1985 the museum has chosen a different theme for which to collect and display whichever dolls became available, and this year’s theme is traditions from around the world. “Last year’s theme was gingerbread, this year’s theme is international,” said Barbour, smiling as she turned on the lights and walked past an exhibit showcasing the Bushwood Post Office, which recently celebrated its 100th year. Along with the dolls were quaint Christmas postcards dating back to the turn of the 20th century. Across the way, at the school house, electric train sets whistle and roar along their tracks and old desks are set up where children can write to Santa. This year’s exhibit will be open until January 4, after which the museum will prepare for their annual antiques appraiser fair. Until then though, Barbour said she has been enjoying the lights. Barbour said this year’s turnout had been light, but she expects more people to come out in the last two weeks of the exhibit. “It seems like it’s after Christmas and the people are done with their shopping…then the floodgates open,” she said laughing.
Andrea Shiell Staff Writer A cold chill bit the air as it swept across the Potomac outside the St. Clements Island Museum, but once inside, the air seemed much warmer, made all the more comfortable by the lights, the decorations, and the dolls. “The doll and train exhibit has been in existence for some time,” said Site Supervisor Christina Barbour, who was spending her Monday morning reviewing the museum’s books as the actual exhibit sprawled out before her, teeming with dolls donated by the Southern Maryland Doll Club and private donors, all dressed in different traditional garb from different spots around the world,
How Animals Talk Calvert Marine Museum- 10 a.m. Learn about the wild and surprising way that animals communicate with each other, including scents, sounds, dances, and color changes. Free activities with be ongoing throughout the day with museum admission. Dr. Doolittle will be showing at 2 p.m. in the auditorium for free. Saturday, December 27 Full Steam & DJ Rob Hotel Charles (Hughesville)- 9 p.m. Full Steam with DJ Rob playing during intermissions in the party room. Cover charge. Call 301-2744612 for more information. Special Olympics No Limit Hold’em Tournament Bennett Building (24930 Old Three Notch Road, Hollywood) 18 and over. Buy-in $70 + $5 bounty, 5,000 in starting chips, blinds start at 25-50, and go up every 20 minutes. Payouts determined by number of players. Sign-up is from 2:15 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. For further information and/or to pre-register, please call Bobbi Sprouse at (240) 577-0983 or via email at wavqueen1@yahoo.com (no email on day of tournament). You can also reach Jim Bucci, Sr. at (301) 373-6104 for questions.
with colorful explanations of each region’s own Christmas traditions. In Africa, for example, Christians bring homemade gifts to the nativities. In Brazil, the holiday falls during the summer months, and they celebrate with outdoor picnics and
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Gospel Concert Olivet Church (Lusby)- 1 p.m. John Traas from Lakeland ,Florida is visiting his old stomping grounds in Lusby. And will be performing a free concert. The church is located at the end of Olivet road in Lusby, MD. Monday, December 29 Texas Hold’em Tournament Donovan’s Irish Pub (California, MD)- 7:30 p.m. No Limit Hold’em, $1500 $25+$10 Bounty + $5 Charity, total buyin $40, starting chips $1500. If you are there and signed in by 7:20pm you receive and extra $500 in starting chips. Only one re-buy or addon is allowed. All rebuys and add-ons go to the prize pool. All Proceeds Go to Family First of Southern Maryland . For Additional info or to reserve a seat call Gordie Jones at (443) 975-1591. Girl Scouts Winter Wonderland Workshop Charlotte Hall Library- 6 p.m. Grades K-5. We will be doing Holiday crafts, playing games, and other Girl Scout activities. The cost is $8.00 per girl. Fee includes craft supplies and a light snack. Financial assistance is available. Register online at www.girlscouts4u.org.
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NAVAIR Develops New Aircrew Armored Survival Vest Naval Air Station Command Press Release NAVAIR’s Human Systems Division, working under the Aircrew Systems program office Life Support Systems Fleet Support Team, has developed a new aircrew armored survival vest for helicopter and non-fighter aircraft aircrew. The new system, designated the PRU70/P22P-18 (V) Armored Survival Vest (ASV), will be fielded in three sizes and replace the current PRU60B system that is available in only a “two sizes fits all” configuration. “The development of this new vest is a direct result of working with and listening to our war fighters,” said Martin Ahmad, Aircrew Systems program manager, PMA202. “This new vest could not have been developed
without the involvement of the Fleet and our tems Fleet Support Team lead. “With a propjoint engineering/aircrew systems team.” er fit, this new armored survival vest will “This is all about saving lives,” said Lt. Cmdr. provide the Fleet with a common solution to several armor-related fit and sizing issues reported by Navy and Marine Corps units.” “The PRU-70 is an entirely new concept in this product line that merges both the aircrew survival vest and the latest in body armor,” said Dick O’Rourke, the Fleet Support Team Lead for Aircrew Survival Vests and Body Armor. “The new system was developed to fit the entire range of body types represented by the men and women in today’s aircrew population. The PRU-70 is also designed to reduce the bulk, weight and heat stressors commonly encountered by helicopter aircrews flying six or more hours on combat missions. As an example, the extra large sized vest, with full soft and hard armor, weights about 22 pounds, which is less than the current vests.” “Other than expanding the sizing range from the PRU-60B’s medium and large to the PRU-70’s small, medium, and large, the PRU-70 is also constructed from a cutting edge material called Halo-Tech. Halo-Tech is as fire retardant as the Nomex material used for flight suits and yet is far more durable,” added O’Rourke. “The PRU-70 will also be the first of the survival clothing Corey Littel, the PMA202 Life Support Sys- items produced in the new Coyote Brown camouflage color. The Coyote Brown color
was developed to blend into the environment of 70 percent of the world’s land masses.” “The Fleet Support Team has been working very closely with returning and deployed aircrews to determine key issues they had with the current PRU-60B vest and what they would like in a new system that not only addresses those issues but also helps increase their safety and comfort on long missions,” said O’Rourke. “The biggest issues with the current system revolved around mobility, bulk, fit and comfort. Their responses directly resulted in the requirements that drove the PRU-70 design.” The PRU-70 replaces three different items of aircrew clothing; the standard AIRSAVE Survival Vest, the separate body armor system that is worn beneath the AIRSAVE survival vest and the current PRU-60B. The results are reduced cost and configuration management for forces in combat and also here at home. This has been accomplished through the PRU-70’s ability to be worn as a stand-alone survival vest by simply being configured with or without life preservers (as authorized) and by adding or deleting body armor as needed. The PRU-70 has recently completed Fleet Assessment trials and is currently in full production. Forward deployed Navy and Marine Corps units will be receiving the new vest by the end of the calendar year.
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Methane Generator Continued from page A- an operation cost effective at their MarlayTaylor Wastewater Treatment Plant. “What we’ve seen so far is that it probably is,” MetCom director Steven King said of a preliminary engineering study on such a generator. The board of MetCom commissioners just approved a more complete $16,000 study to see if the methane generator project could in fact help MetCom produce its own electricity, King said.
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for the moment, King said, he does not expect that to last. “It will go up again,” King said. “It’s just a matter of
time.” The state is also projecting a serious shortage of electrical power coming in by 2011, according to the Maryland Public Services Commission. That means power could become both more expensive as well as scarcer in just a few years. If the generator idea proves feasible, King said, it will become a priority. “It looks like it could be very cost ef-
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NEW YEAR’S EVE DINNER MENU DECEMBER 31, 2008, 8:30pm · 1:30am Featuring a Live Jazz Band at the Bar/Lounge aLL night Long to ting in the new Year! AMUSE MAIN COURSE Hot Hors d’eouvres · Steamed clams · Steamed mussels · Steamed shrimp · Snow crab clusters · Clams Casino · Oysters Rockefeller · Lobster · Brab Newburg · Bacon-wrapped scallops · Chicken and beef satays Cold Hors d’eouveres · Assorted East and West coast oysters with champagne mignonette · International and domestic caviar selections with blini, smoked salmon, vodka dille crème fraiche and traditional garnish · Chilled lobster, jumbo lump crab meat with avocado, cucumber remoulade and Lois dressing Chilled lobster, jumbo lump Display of gourmet sushi · Assortment of tuna and salmon tartars and ceviches International and Domestic Sparklers
Duo of Grilled Prawns & Wild Rockfish Filet Stuffed with Crab – Lobster red wine sauce, garlic baby spinach and Yukon Gold mashed potatoes OR Duo of Wild King Salmon Pave & Broiled Rock Lobster Tail – Wild forest mushrooms, truffle port wine sauce and garlic mashed potatoes OR Duo of New Zealand Lamb Loin & Petite Filet – Butter nut squash purée, glazed cipolini and tarragon béarnaise OR Duo of Seared Muscovy Duck Breast & Herb Roasted Breast of Guinea Hen – White truffle potatoes lyonnaise, creamed spinach and balsamic cherry port reduction
SPOONS
Baked Alaska – Individually flamed with raspberry coulis OR White Chocolate Truffle Cake – Warm white chocolate infused crème anglaise OR White Chocolate & Raspberry Crème Brulée – Macerated strawberries and 10x
Pumpkin & Lobster Bisque- With shrimp toast and Syrian pumpkin oil
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MetCom Director Steven L. King and Morgan O’Dell, assistant plant supervisor at the Marlay-Taylor waste water treatment plant look over a flare where methane is burned off. MetCom hopes to stop flaring the methane and using it to produce electricity for the plant.
The process involves taking effluent brought into the sewage treatment plant, King said, and slowing it down in the flow to make solids in the effluent sink to the bottom of the flow. Those waste solids are then skimmed away and placed into holding bins, where they are kept at a constant 95-degree temperature. This helps promote the growth of anaerobic bacteria that allow the solids to be broken down into compounds that can be used later by farmers as a kind of fertilizer. Those bacteria working to break those solids down into a useable form, however, create a lot of methane, King said, that the plant burns off. The proposed project would instead take that methane and use it to power a turbine for electricity. “It is a valuable energy source,” King said. “But right now it’s just being burned off, wasted.” The methane generator project comes at a time when counties and state government are looking to make cuts to deal with a faltering national economy. And even though fuel costs are dropping off steeply
fective,” King said. “We’re going to push this, because we could use it now.” MetCom itself, like many businesses and government agencies, has had to find ways to cut costs in the past year by value engineering a plan to renovate the aging Marlay-Taylor facility. The project would keep up with increasing water treatment demands — the plant’s treatment capacity is 6 million gallons a day — as well as complying with more stringent rules from the state for the removal of nitrogen and phosphorus from treated water before it goes back into the Chesapeake Bay. That nutrient removal process will require more electrical power consumption at the plant, King said. The utility of methane generator technology becomes clearer. King said current estimates show that the technology could produce 940,000 kilowatt hours of electricity a year, and at $.12 per kilowatt hour the project could pay for itself in a little under three years. That means even after the generator is installed and paid off, MetCom could sell surplus electricity back to the power grid, King said.
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