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Leonardtown Mayor Harry Norris and Leonardtown Elementary School Principal Denise Eichel congratulate the students who won the speech writing contest, “What Veterans Day Means to Me.” From left, Emma Gilligan, Alyssa Bazemore, Marquez Brice and Grant Wolfe.
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Carol Thompson, 21, from Lexington Park said she disagreed with restrictions on displaying political signs. “No, there shouldn’t be a restriction,” she said. “It’s your house. It’s your property, so why should be we have a restriction? How can someone tell you what to do in your own house?”
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Isaac Morgan, 22, of Hollywood, a member of the U.S. Air Force is now stationed Afghanistan, fighting the Taliban and working to free the oppressed Afghani people. See his Veterans Day message inside. SEE PAGE 20
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Todd Allen, 46, a dentist from Ridge, said he thought there should be restrictions. “I think if it’s visible from the road, there should be a restriction on it … but if it’s not facing the road, they can leave that sign there as long as they want to.”
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Acquisition Of Indian Bridge Apartments At Hand Officials Seize 19 Horses By Guy Leonard Staff Writer A recent federal grant of $500,000 will allow the county Housing Authority to acquire the Indian Bridge apartment complex in Great Mills as a long-sought-after work force housing project. Dennis Nicholson, director of the Housing Authority, said that this is just one phase in the sale of the apartment complex that sits at the intersection of Chancellors Run and Great Mills Road. The next phase, he said, will be to apply for more funds from the state, through sources such as the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, to make upgrades and renovations to the 20-some-year-old apartments that will not require rents to go up. “This is to preserve affordable work force housing and to rehab it,” Nicholson told The County Times. “We’re having to do this in incremental phases.” The property acquisition will mean that the 112 units at the apartment complex will now be under the auspices of the Housing Authority and Nicholson said that the purchase will help ensure that working families earning about $50,000 or less a year for their household will be able to afford housing. “It’s a help, it doesn’t do everything, but it’s a good start,” Nicholson said of the acquisition. Right now, Nicholson said, renters pay about $820 to $860 a month,
which is below the $900 a month market threshold that Nicholson said the Housing Authority wants to keep as a ceiling on the rents there. “We’re trying to keep rents from moving into the higher market prices,” Nicholson said. Renters who are currently staying there will not have to move, he said. The Housing Authority made the purchase of the property from Waring Associates, Inc. The aid package from the federal government also included $283,000 to install sprinkler systems in the Greenview Village Apartments in Great Mills, said Robert Schaller, director of the county’s Department of Economic and Community Development. Schaller said that the Indian Bridge Apartments project would take some time to come to a complete fruition, and that’s because of the sparse availability of funds in a down economy. We’ve applied for other sources [of funds], but these are down the road,” he said. guyleonard@countytimes.net
From Street Vendors
BALTIMORE (AP) – Baltimore health officials confiscated 19 horses from arabbers (AY’-rabb-ers), street vendors who sell produce from horse-drawn carts in the city. Officials say an inspector found the horses kept near the B&O Railroad Museum were living in “unsafe and inhumane” conditions. The Health Department says the horses will be placed in Baltimore County, where they will receive proper care. Some of the arabbers are denying the health department’s allegations. They will have a chance to contest the city’s actions in a future meeting.
Magna Asks To Delay On Initial Bid Announcement
WILMINGTON (AP) – Magna Entertainment Corp. is seeking to extend the deadline to provide an initial bid for Maryland’s thoroughbred race tracks. Magna, which filed for bankruptcy protection in March, was scheduled to reveal the lead bidder Monday. Saying it needed more time to finalize an agreement with an unnamed party, the Ontario-based firm filed a motion on Monday asking a Delaware bankruptcy judge for permission to extend the deadline to Wednesday. After the initial bid is announced, those who wish to bid against it have until Dec. 4 to submit a bid to Miller Buckfire, the New York firm handling Magna’s assets auction. An auction for Pimlico Race Track, Laurel Park and the Bowie Training Center is scheduled for Jan. 8. Potential buyers must agree to keep the Preakness, the second leg of the Triple Crown, in Maryland.
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Photo by Sean Rice Navy officials are shown surveying the scene of a two-vehicle crash shortly after 4 p.m. Tuesday on Forest Park Road in Lexington Park. Both vehicles came to rest in the woods off the road, with one vehicle on its side. Two people were treated at the scene by medical responders, and a Lexington Park Volunteer Rescue Squad ambulance took one person to St. Mary’s Hospital.
County Approves Purchase Of Vacant Strip Joint By Guy Leonard Staff Writer The long awaited extension of FDR Boulevard deeper into Lexington Park is one step closer to reality now that the Board of County Commissioners has approved spending $450,000 to purchase an aging building that sits on land they need to move forward with the project. Once the deal has gone to settlement with the family of Mary Rose Turner, the owner of the strip club Roses Place II who died earlier this year, the building will be demolished, county officials say. Following Turner’s death in February, the family indicated it was not interested in running the establishment and turned in the liquor license. The county has wanted the property since 2003 as a key part of completing the extension of FDR Boulevard to reach the Lexington Park public library and the Bay District Volunteer Fire Department. The additional access road would help the volunteers to get out more quickly on emergency calls, said Commissioner Daniel H. Raley (DGreat Mills). “They’ve got some big equipment; having this access will help that fire department,” Raley said. The increase in development on nearby Willows Road also means that the infrastructure needs
to keep up, Raley said. “We are developing a chokepoint at Willows Road and Great Mills Road,” he said. “We have to develop the infrastructure there.” Since the vacating of the premises, the site has attracted loiterers and others who use the site to sell goods in the parking lot from vehicles on occasion. “It’s now a hanging out place for folks, and the building really isn’t salvageable,” said George Erichsen, director of the Department of Public Works and Transportation. The commissioners voted to approve the purchase with Lawrence D. Jarboe in opposition and Kenneth R. Dement abstaining. Jarboe (R-Golden Beach) voted against the purchase but praised county staff for getting a sale price under the half-million dollar market value. He said that the land was valuable for commercial use and that the county would have to purchase much more land to ensure the final expansion of FDR Boulevard, which he said would be a costly venture. “People would buy this property in a heart beat, probably not for a strip joint, those days are over,” Jarboe said. “Government does not need to do something the private sector can do better.” guyleonard@countytimes.net
Four Kidneys Swapped Through Bellybuttons
BALTIMORE (AP) – University of Maryland Medical Center surgeons have transplanted four kidneys after removing them through donors’ belly buttons. The patients and surgeon Matthew Cooper announced the procedure Tuesday morning, a week after the surgeries were completed. The kidney swap - accomplished with a small, single cut through a belly button - originated with a Westborough, Mass. man inspired
by a friend’s death from renal failure in 2008. Edward Behn wanted to donate a kidney after losing the friend, former roommate and best man. So the 59-year-old contacted the medical center and agreed to be part of a kidney exchange. Ten-year-old Sean Menard of Catonsville, 64-year-old Carl Lichtman of Lake Worth, Fla., an anonymous man and 74-year-old Bob Loudermilk of Virginia Beach, Va. received kidneys.
Tuesday’s approval by the county commissioners to move $125,000 to the plan to expand the overcrowded detention center in Leonardtown means that the project is moving ahead again, say officials connected with the project. By approving the money Tuesday, the state will now be more amenable to putting up money to get the project completed, they said. The total cost for the jail expansion is $30 million, which is supposed to satisfy the county’s detention needs into 2025. “The design will be finished by November of next year,” said George Erichsen, director of the county Department of Public Works and Transportation. The design contract of phases one and two of the project will be awarded to Kimball Architecture, for a total of $1.5 million, which officials said would ensure that the design of the new expansion of minimum security bed space and security upgrades would be contiguous. “It is a positive step forward,” said Sheriff Timothy K. Cameron. “It’s a relief.” “There are systems in the jail that need to work together; this ensures those systems compliment instead of compete.” Overcrowding has been a constant problem at the county jail, with as many as 350 inmates incarcerated there at a time. The jail only is rated to have only about 240 beds, and the expansion would increase the capacity to more than 500. guyleonard@countytimes.net
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On the possibility of the county taking an oversight role in youth football leagues. “The last thing I want is for a parent to call me up and say they want their son or daughter to be the starting quarterback.” Commissioner Lawrence D. Jarboe (R-Golden Beach)
On the Commissioners’ decision to authorize funds for the design of a new jail expansion.
“It’s a positive move forward. It’s a relief.” Sheriff Timothy K. Cameron
Forum To Answer Questions On Wind Turbines Report: Leonardtown Needs Better Marketing Focus
By Guy Leonard Staff Writer
The prospect of citizens installing their own wind turbines to produce electricity has gained popularity with some, but there are still a lot of questions about the ins and outs of such a project. The Potomac River Association plans to bring in experts next week to provide some answers. The forum on Tuesday, Nov. 17, is set for 7 p.m. at the Southern Maryland Higher Education Center located on Airport Road in California. On the schedule are Dr. Carlos Fernandez-Bueno, the founder of Potomac Wind Energy, which sells and installs turbines from several manufacturers, as well as Ken Robinson, who currently runs a wind turbine at his home in Charles County. Both will address issues such as the economics of operating a turbine, maintenance and the zoning and land-use permitting requirements. Earlier this year the Board of County Commissioners approved an ordinance that allowed wind turbines on private property that was later placed on hold by the state’s Critical Area Commission over concerns about the removal of trees and possible erosion of soils into the waterways. The commission, however, approved the ordinance, and several county citizens have since started the process of setting up their own turbines. “There have been a lot of questions about wind turbines,” said Bob Elwood of the Potomac River Association.
“Some people think it will only work near the water because there might not be enough wind further inland.” There were also questions about just how intense a development of wind turbines would be the right mix for the county. “Is that what we want, is everyone with their own turbine or have a special area generating electricity for a group of people?” Elwood said. Robinson said that since installing his wind turbine in March, the results have been better than he could have hoped. He estimates that the turbine now produces about 40 to 50 percent of his electricity needs. “It’s been better than advertised, we were hoping for 25 percent,” Robinson said. Wind turbines are also a concern for flight operations at the Patuxent River Naval Air Station, say local service advocates, because of the interference the turbine blades create can affect the radar and flight control system crucial to the base’s flight options. Todd Morgan, president of the Southern Maryland Navy Alliance, said that officials had to recognize the drawbacks of wind turbines as well as their potential advantages. “States and counties need to take into consideration what happens at Pax River, Wallops [Island] and at Hampton Roads, because we all use the same test range,” Morgan said. “Don’t put it where the planes are flying or where the rockets are dropping.” guyleonard@countytimes.net
Rough Road Slated For Repaving By Guy Leonard Staff Writer
A roughly six-mile stretch of road in the northern section of the county will get what officials believe is a much needed dose of repairs next spring, now that $1.6 million of State Highway Administration money is back in the budget to complete the project. County Commissioner Lawrence D. Jarboe (R-Golden Beach) said that Route 236, which links Budds Creek and Mechanicsville, should have been the site of a repaving project last spring but that the funding was removed by the state. Now after some complaints by residents who live along the road, including both motorists and members of the Amish community who ride in horse-drawn buggies, the road is back on the list for repairs, Jarboe said. “It’s the worst state road in the county,” said Jarboe, who added that many in the Amish community, which has a strong presence on the rural road, were among those who complained the loudest. “They were breaking buggy axles,” Jarboe said. The length of Route 236 is dotted with shallow potholes, and it becomes apparent to those who drive it that it isn’t the smoothest of thoroughfares. In addition to regular vehicles and horse-and-buggy-traffic, the road is traveled
fairly frequently by heavy truck traffic. State officials agreed that the time had come to make repairs on the twolane road. “The ride quality on that road is a little rough,” said state highway spokesman Charlie Gischlar. “[Repair work] is probably going to start in the spring.” The surface of the road is so rough, he said, that contractors would have to shave off about one to two inches of the aging layer of asphalt to make space for new pavement. “It’s going to require some deep patching,” Gischlar said, adding that concerns at State Highway had been gathering about the road as well. “We do get calls that say, ‘When are you going to pave it?’” Gischlar said of community complaints. Gischlar said that the project should be completed by the summer of next year. guyleonard@countytimes.net
By Guy Leonard Staff Writer
Leonardtown has a lot to offer, but it doesn’t take enough advantage of marketing to exploit its own potential, according to a report by a group of graduate students. The report, completed by students studying marketing at the local branch of the Florida Institute of Technology, stated that 60 percent of 423 respondents to an online survey did not know about the town’s Web site. It also said that only 29 percent knew about the rebuilding of the Leonardtown Wharf, which town leadership hopes to use as a tool for commercial and public park revitalization. The survey showed that only 18 percent knew of the town’s winery and only a handful of area residents knew that there were several housing developments active in town. The key to making residents more aware of Leonardtown’s potential is to have more shopping opportunities as well as restaurants and entertainment, the report said. But the report also stated that those amenities needed a successful destination to draw people in to spend their money. Some of those major draw recommendations included a movie theater, outdoor concerts, a dinner theater or a sports complex. The town already has near-weekly music on the town square during the summer, and the Wellness Center at the College of Southern Maryland is already under construction. Daniel Burris, town council member, said that the report was useful in that it presented ideas that had already been circulating in town government about how better to promote the town’s image. “It reinforced what we already know, that we need to do a better job of focused marketing,” Burris said. “We do a lot with the county tourism office but we need to focus more on the locals. “There’s a lot of people who don’t know what’s going on in Leonardtown that live in the county.” Burris said, however, that a movie theater in the heart of town was an idea that was not likely to find acceptance. “That would definitely not fit in downtown,” Burris said. guyleonard@countytimes.net
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Socialists And Communists Are Taking Over The Country I don’t know how many of our readers watch the Glenn Beck program from 5 to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday, on Direct TV Channel 360, but for those who don’t, they should try it. Regardless of what anyone, including our White House denizens, think, Mr. Beck makes some excellent points. Those on the left can put him down, call him all the nasty names they can dredge up, but one undeniable point remains. If what he tells the American public every evening contained a lie, an exaggeration of the truth, or a distortion of the facts, I truly believe two things would happen: 1) The direct line to the White House that sits on his desk during the show would ring loud and clear and we’d be able to hear the correctional screams forever; and 2) Mr. Beck would be in court facing charges of slander, defamation of character and whatever else the U.S. Attorney General Mr. Holder could put together before the end of the program. That has not happened. I do not expect it to happen. But what has happened is that Mr. Beck has shown me, and any other American interested in what is happening in our country, the behind-the-scene workings of the gang of Socialist and Communist gangsters that are infesting our government. When I hear a woman say, in plain English, that Mao Tse Tung is the political philosopher she turns to most, I don’t want her anywhere near my government – but Obama put her in a position of authority. When I hear a man state that the free market system must be dismantled “brick by brick”, I don’t want him advising my president. When I hear a constant drumbeat of “take from those who have and give to those who don’t”, I look at the millionaires who are making the statement (and there are many) and see that what they
mean is, “Take from everybody else that has, but leave my stuff alone.” Then I say, “Get your rotten paws off my property or lose your paws.” When I watch our colleges turn into sinkholes of liberalism with “professors” who not only preach violent overthrow of our democratic government, but also have histories of doing exactly what they preach, I say, “Don’t we care about the minds of our kids being twisted by these sick people masquerading as teachers?” When I see our children in grade school learning to sing praises to our Exalted One, President Our Savior Obama, to the tune of the “Battle Hymn of the Republic”, then I wonder where our kids’ parents are hiding. Don’t they care that their kids are being brainwashed? I’m old enough to have lived through the Great Depression, WWII, the Korean “police action” and Viet Nam. I’ve had the privilege of spending 12 ½ years living in foreign countries while serving in the military. I’ve seen other cultures. When I retired, I had the ability to choose any country in the world where I would like to live. I returned to what I considered the best of all that I’d seen – the good old U.S. of A. What I see now, in the end years of my existence, is our country turning into one of those that I saw and decided that I wanted no part of after I retired. Are we, as Americans, going to allow our country to be taken over and destroyed by a group of people who hate the freedom so many have died to achieve? And that group is doing so, very successfully it seems, by using the very rules granted them by the freedom they want to destroy. Will we allow it” Or will we wake up and take back our country? James H. Hilbert Mechanicsville, Md.
My Constitutional Rights Are Violated
I love St. Mary’s County and its citizens. This is the community where I have chosen to live with my wife and raise our children. The day after I filed my official candidacy to appear on the ballot challenging Mr. Fritz for State’s Attorney, a raid was conducted in which my property was illegally seized. It pains me now to sue in federal court, simply to seek justice in the County where I was born and raised. It further pains me that, ultimately, the citizens of St. Mary’s County are going to have to pay their tax dollars to once again defend the illegal acts of Mr. Fritz and his conspirators. But, there must be Rule of Law. The Constitution does not make an exception for Mr. Fritz, nor is St. Mary’s County excluded from the constitutional safeguards afforded all Americans. At some point, we, as the citizens and taxpayers of St. Mary’s County, have to ask ourselves whether we are going to continue to pay for and support Mr. Fritz’s conduct. The Office of State’s Attorney exists to serve the people. The position of State’s Attorney does not exist, and its authority may not be abused, so that one man may remain in power. My constitutional rights were (and continue to be) violated by the Fritz regime—to that there can be no argument. It is truly troubling that I must now go to a federal court merely to enforce the rights which are inherent to us all. While I am sure Mr. Fritz, in the past, has exercised good judgment in some cases and has been fair to some citizens; he believes he is entitled to his position and entitled to abuse the power of his position. It is disgraceful that our elected State’s Attorney is using the authority
we have vested in him for his own political gains. But, this is nothing new. Instead of St. Mary’s County being recognized for its rich history and natural beauty, rather we are the county that has its State’s Attorney on ABC 20/20 attempting to defend his illegal suppression of the publication of his sex offense conviction and his conduct during the sex offense (“It happens all the time.”). St. Mary’s County, where religious freedom first blossomed 375 years ago, is now the county where our own federal appellate court, in a published opinion, compared Mr. Fritz’s political tactics to that of the Ku Klux Klan. Just as with any bully, I cannot back down from this confrontation. I promise the people of St. Mary’s County that I will stand-up to Mr. Fritz and his cronies. Quoting Thomas Jefferson, “And what country can preserve its liberties, if its rulers are not warned from time to time, that this people preserve the spirit of resistance?” Whatever else may come of this battle, Mr. Fritz and his minions will be exposed for what they truly are and they will learn that they are not above the law. It will not be an easy fight, but nothing worthwhile ever is. Finally, to my friends and family, thank you for your support and your encouragement – no words can express how much I appreciate it and how much strength I draw from it. John A. Mattingly, Jr. Leonardtown The author is a candidate for St. Mary’s County State’s Attorney
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Editorial: County Tourism Continues To Hit High Marks
It is easy and often popular to criticize government and the sometimes frustrating bureaucracy that seems to be part of the beast. The reality is, there are also many things that government does well, and like most organizations, you can usually contribute that success to the people who are responsible for making it happen. One of the numerous departments in St. Mary’s County government that continues to shine is the county’s Division of Tourism. Lead by county tourism manager Carolyn Laray and the entire tourism staff, the Division of Tourism recently received two high profile awards from the Maryland Tourism Council for the outstanding “Celebrate 375” campaign which the county conducted this past year. Ms. Laray accepted the awards on behalf of St. Mary’s County this past week at the Maryland Tourism and Travel Summit. The first award, the Cooperative Promotion Award for an Integrated Campaign or Continuing Program, honors promotions which incorporate a variety of marking activities over a sustained period of time. The second award was for the best visitor’s guide. Anyone not touched in some way during the past year by the ongoing 375th anniversary celebration must have been out of the county for the past year. The county’s Celebrate 375 Campaign capitalized on the 375th anniversary of Maryland to increase visitation to St. Mary’s County where Maryland began. The campaign included over sixty local tourism and hospitality industry partners participating in a variety of programs which included contests, discount cards, children’s programs, electronic and so-
cial media and events throughout the year. The visitor guide, “Discovering St. Mary’s County” was produced by the Tourism Division in conjunction with Maryland Life Magazine and Historic St. Mary’s City. 75,000 copies of the guide were distributed all across the state and throughout the world. A campaign web site dedicated to the 375 celebration was launched as well, www.maryland375.com. While the two awards are well deserved and an outstanding recognition to all the folks who worked so hard on the campaign, the real winners are the citizens of St. Mary’s County. Tourism represents a large and growing industry for St. Mary’s County. In a place where the defense industry dominates our economy, the importance of tourism as well as other non-defense related industries cannot be overlooked. Any reduction in military spending in this region could have far greater economic impact than in most regions where the economy is more evenly balanced. The results of the 375 celebration campaign were overwhelming in terms of increased awareness of our county and especially in terms of increased tourism and tourism dollars that flowed into our county over the past year. The web site has received over 1.6 million hits already and is still growing. Visitation at tourism sites and attractions increased by 21% while the county’s Welcome Center in Charlotte Hall is reporting a 32% increase. One campaign does not an industry make, however the citizens of St. Mary’s County can rest assured that, at least when it comes to the Division of Tourism, their government is actually doing a darn good job.
Open House Set For New ‘Hope Place’
Walden Sierra will hold an open house and ribbon cutting for Hope Place on Tuesday, Nov. 17. This event is open to the public, and provides an excellent opportunity to tour Walden’s new facility in Lexington Park and speak with counseling and management staff. Hope Place of Walden is located at 21770 FDR Boulevard. The Open House will run from 12-2 p.m., with a Ribbon Cutting scheduled for 1 p.m. The new Hope Place of Walden provides the space required for Walden to meet the demand for community services in outpatient addiction services, crisis and counseling services. The facility opened for services on Nov. 2, and is already experiencing a high amount of walk-in traffic. “The positive response to Hope Place during its first week of services has been a good indication that we are in the right place,” Dr. Kathleen O’Brien, Executive Director of Walden,” said in a press release. In addition, Hope Place is intended to grow into a site that offers community members a one-stop opportunity to access information and
support regarding healthcare, wellness, employment, and life skills. Partners anticipated to work with Walden with Hope Place include Healthshare, Jobs Connections, and the Department of Social Services. Walden staff is also reaching out to leaders from the civic and faith-based community to collaborate on supportive activities and programs for adults, youth and families that can be offered at Hope Place. “We are inviting the community in to help us make recovery as much a matter of community support as treatment programming,” said O’Brien. “We can all work together toward a healthier, safer community that offers help for today and hope for tomorrow.” Walden Sierra, Inc. is a community-based non profit that provides help and hope to courageous individuals healing from trauma and addiction. Walden has been serving the Southern Maryland community since 1973 with a comprehensive array of substance abuse treatment and trauma counseling services. It also operates the county’s 24 hour crisis hotline, 301-863-6661.
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State Nets $9.6 Million In Tax Amnesty
ANNAPOLIS (AP) – The comptroller’s office says Maryland’s tax amnesty program is netting an estimated $9.6 million. Joseph Shapiro, a spokesman for Comptroller Peter Franchot, says about 6,493 people have been accepted into the program. He also says about 100 applications are still being reviewed. Shapiro says many are on payment plans. That means the state will receive the money during this fiscal year and the first half of the
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next fiscal year. A tax amnesty program in 2001 brought in $39.5 million in revenue for the state. Shapiro says this year’s amnesty was not expected to bring in that much, because of the number of people who participated in the last one. The program allows residents to pay back taxes free of penalties and one-half the interest due.
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Register For Annual Crops Dinner
Register by Nov. 20 to ensure a seat at the table at the 30th annual Southern Maryland Crops conference and dinner to be held Thursday, Dec. 2, at the Izaak Walton League, 4200 Gardiner Road, in Waldorf, from 4-8:30 p.m. The annual event is sponsored by University of Maryland Extension and local agribusiness firms and organizations. It wil provide an opportunity for those involved in agriculture to meet and discuss common problems and hear from experts on the latest in agricultural production and management. Speakers this year will provide production updates for field crop producers, as well as discussion of other current topics. There will also be sponsor exhibits and chances to talk with company representatives. Attendance at this program will also fulfill the requirements for Private Pesticide Applicator Recertification and Nutrient Management Voucher Training.
The registration fee of $10 includes a catered dinner. For more information, call your local Southern Maryland Extension office or Charles County Extension at (301) 934-5403. Anyone who needs special assistance to participate please contact Ben Beale, University of Maryland Extension, at 301-475-4484 by Nov. 19. Use the Maryland Relay Service at 7-1-1 for text telephone service to our voice number. Contact: Ben Beale-Extension Educator, (301) 475-4484 or your local Extension Office.
NARFE, Chapter 969 Meeting The deadline for making reservations for the St. Mary’s County Chapter 969, National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association (NARFE) meeting is Nov. 18 at 10 a.m. The meeting will be held at Olde Breton Inn in Leonardtown on Friday, Nov. 20. The cost of the luncheon is $14.50. The social hour begins at 11 a.m. and lunch is at noon. Guest speaker at the November meeting
will be Ken Norris, John Hancock Insurance. Reservations for lunch are required – call Pam Allgood, at 301-862-7778 or Janet Tippettat 301-373-8583. Members will be charged for the cost of lunch if reservations are not kept or cancelled by the deadline. If you are interested in only attending the meeting, it begins at 12:45 p.m.
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Mark A. MacDougall, senior vice president and general counsel, Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative based in Hughesville, has been elected to Leadership Maryland’s board of directors. MacDougall is a member of the Class of 2004 of Leadership Maryland. Based in Annapolis, Leadership Maryland is an independent, educational, nonprofit organization designed to inform top-level executives from the public and private sectors about the critical issues, challenges and opportunities facing the state of Maryland, and its regions. A Calvert County resident, MacDougall holds a B.S. in accounting and a M.B.A. in business/law from the University of Maryland-College Park, and a J.D. from the University of Maryland School of Law. “The statewide leaders who participate in Leadership Maryland are considered and selected based upon their leadership abilities, career accomplishments, volunteer activities and their personal concern and commitment to help shape the future of Maryland,” stated Leadership Maryland president Nancy Minieri in a press release. “We are extremely proud that Mark is a member of Leadership Maryland, and we look forward to the contributions he will make to the organization by serving on our Board of Directors.”
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The Patuxent Partnership and Patuxent River Squadron #18 of the Association of Naval Aviation invite the local business community and regional residents to a panel presentation focusing on U.S. Marine Corps aviation on Wednesday, Nov. 18. The event – “Marine Aviation In Transition: A Rotary-Wing Perspective” – will take place at the Patuxent River Naval Air Museum located at 22156 Three Notch Road in Lexington Park from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. It is open to the public, including all base personnel, for $10 per person, which includes a donation to the museum, hors d’oeuvres and beverages. Advance registration is strongly recommended at www.paxpartnership.org because the museum capacity is limited. Business casual attire and flight suits are welcome. The keynote panelist will be Brig. Gen. Glenn Walters, USMC, who is Deputy Director for Resources and Acquisition, J-8, Joint Staff, Pentagon. Other speakers include: • Col. Harry Hewson, USMC, H-1 Program Manager, PMA-276; • Col. Brent Willson, USMC, Military Staff Specialist at OSD (AT&L), Land Warfare & Mu-
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John Phillip Countiss, 52 John Phillip Countiss, 52, of Lexington Park died on August 9, 2009. He was born September 24, 1956 in Helen, Maryland, the son of Joseph Ignatius (Nace) Countiss and Mary Ellen (Mamie) Curtis Countiss. John Phillip was a lifelong resident of St. Mary’s County. He attended Father Andrew White Catholic Elementary School in Leonardtown. He graduated from Chopticon High School, Morganza; and attended Maryland Vocational Center in Baltimore where he studied Warehouse receiving. John Phillip first worked at the Navy Exchange Store at Patuxent River, Maryland, before moving on to spend 19 plus years with the Clarke Feed and Grain Mill in New Market, Maryland. He spent his final 12 years of employment with McKay’s Food & Drug in Great Mills, Maryland. He was preceded in death by his parents; two sisters, Elizabeth and Elsie Countiss both of Lexington Park; three brothers, Joseph, Aloysius, and Alexander all of Leonardtown. John Phillip is survived by two sisters, Mary Martin and Ann Countiss, both of Lexington Park; two brothers, Francis Countiss of Leonardtown and Charles Countiss of Aberdeen, Maryland; his Godparents Joseph N. Gray of Chaptico, Maryland and Mary Genivieve Curtis of Washington, DC; his paternal Aunt Ann Jones of Avenue, Maryland; many nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. A Christian Ecumenical Memorial Service will be hosted by Reverend Joseph Sileo; November 13, 2009; 7:00 p.m. at Holy Face Catholic Church in Great Mill, Maryland. Private interment will be at a later date.
Joseph “Jody” Lawrence Dement, 45 Joseph “Jody” Lawrence Dement, 45 of Callaway, MD, died November 3, 2009 at St. Mary’s Hospital, Leonardtown, MD. Born February 2, 1964 in Leonardtown, MD, he was the son of Kenneth Dement of Callaway, MD and the late Shirley Long Dement. Family received friends for Jody’s Life Celebration on Sunday, November 8, 2009 from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the Brinsfield Funeral Home Chapel where prayers were recited at 4 p.m. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on Monday, November 9, 2009 at 10 a.m. in Holy Face Catholic Church with Father Joseph Sileo officiating. Interment followed in the church cemetery. A full obituary will appear at a later date. Condolences to the family may
be made at www.brinsfieldfuneral. com. Arrangements provided by the Brinsfield Funeral Home, P.A., Leonardtown, MD.
Dorothea Houser Dent, 100 Dorothea Houser Dent, 100, beloved mother and Grandmother “Dottie Mom”, died on Sunday, November 1, 2009, All Saints Day. Her sweet nature, sense of humor and strength that brought comfort to her family and friends will be missed. She was predeceased by her Husband of 54 years Wade Gilbert Dent, Jr. and two sons Wade Gilbert Dent, III and Russell Gilbert Dent. Born in Washington, DC., she graduated from Eastern High School and Eastern Business School. She worked for the C&P Telephone Company, for 15 years and Z. D. Blackistone Florists in Washington for 10 years. One of four children, her father John Houser owned a horse and carriage trucking company in Washington. Her brother Ralph worked for a Moving company and her sister Ruth was a long time school teacher. Both are deceased. Her brother Jack worked for a utility company in Maryland and currently lives in Las Vegas, Nevada. Dottie Mom moved to Greenville with her husband and has lived at Rolling Green Village for 20 years. She is survived by her son Douglas F. Dent of Greenville; her grandchildren, Shawn Dent Jackson of Raleigh, NC, Douglas F. Dent, Jr. of Greenville, Krista Dent of Farmville, NC, Noel Dent of Norwood, Mass, Samantha Longdin Okolo of Philadelphia, Pa. and Christine Longdin Hiemerdinger of Summerville, SC plus six nephews, one niece and eight Great Grandchildren. A Memorial Service will be held on Saturday, November 14, at 2:00 at All Saints Episcopal Church on Oakley Road, Avenue. Md. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to All Saints Episcopal Church, P.O. box 307, Avenue, MD 20609; the St. Mary’s County Historical Society, P.O. Box 212, Leonardtown, MD 20650 or the charity of one’s choice. Condolences to the family may be left at www.mgfh.com. Local arrangements provided by Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home, P.A.
Catherine V. “Kitty” Dixon, 85 Catherine V. “Kitty” Dixon, 85, of Hollywood, MD died November 4, 2009 at St. Mary’s Nursing Center. Born April 21, 1924, in Hollywood, MD she was the daughter of the late John I. “Nace” and Annie M. Readmond Dorsey.
She is survived by her daughter Mary Evelyn Dryden of Leonardtown, MD, her siblings: Shaffer Dorsey, Barbara Montgomery and Grace Davis, all of Hollywood, MD and Evelyn Armsworthy of California, MD. She is also survived by her granddaughters Trudy Wible and her husband Larry, of St. Mary’s City, MD and Wendy Fitzgerald and her husband Sean of Leonardtown MD and two great-grandchildren Tyler and Shannon Fitzgerald. She was preceded in death by her sister Mary Abell and her brother William Walter Dorsey. Kitty was a bartender at the Clover Inn in Hollywood, MD for 37 years, retiring in 1987. The family received friends on Tuesday, November 10, 2009 from 9:00 – 11:00 AM in the MattingleyGardiner Funeral Home Chapel, Leonardtown, MD where a funeral service was held at 11:00 AM with Deacon Lou Koeniger officiating. Interment followed in Charles Memorial Gardens, Leonardtown, MD. Pallbearers were Joe P. Dorsey, Kyle Diaz, John “J.J.” Howard, Wayne Burroughs, Joey Bean and Scottie Bean. Condolences to the family may be left at www.mgfh.com. Arrangements provided by the MattingleyGardiner Funeral Home, P.A.
Kathryn Harbison Dixon, 87 Kathryn Harbison Dixon, 87, of Dameron, MD died November 4, 2009 in St. Mary’s Nursing Center. Born August 29, 1922 in Morganton, NC, she was the daughter of the late Charles W. Harbison and Kathryn Abernathy Harbison. Kathryn worked as a nurse in Morganton, NC, before marrying Maurice Dixon and moving to St. Mary’s County in 1945. As a farmer’s wife, she raised 3 children, vegetable gardened, and cooked and served many meals for farm hands. Kathryn and Maurice opened Park Hall Airport on the family farm in 1954 and she managed the operation of the airport until it closed the summer of 1987. She also opened the first fabric store in Lexington Park, MD in 1955. The Singer Company hired her to share their store space, sell fabric and sewing machines for 19 years. When the store moved, she went to work for Maryland Bank and Trust in Lexington Park, MD. She became head teller and worked there 19 years until age 72. Kathryn is survived by her children; Sandra D. Sweikar and husband Stanley of Dameron, MD, Kathryn D. Detomasi and husband Robert of McKinney, TX and Eugene M. Dixon and wife Jacqueline of New Smyrna Beach, FL and grandchildren; Sara Yolac and husband Mehmet of New York, NY, Jennifer M. Dixon of New Smyrna
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Beach, FL and Brittany Dixon of Pensacola, FL. A Memorial Service was held on Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 3:00 p.m. in Trinity Episcopal Church, 47477 Trinity Church Road, St. Mary’s City, MD 20686. Reverend John A. Ball conducted the service. Inurnment followed in the church cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the Trinity Episcopal Church Restoration Fund, P.O. Box 30, Valley Lee, MD 20692. Condolences to the family may be made at www.brinsfieldfuneral. com. Arrangements by the Brinsfield Funeral Home, P.A., Leonardtown, MD.
Wayne Harrison Gladu, 66 Wayne Harrison Gladu, 66 of Mechanicsville, MD died November 3, 2009 at his residence. Born December 16, 1942, in Washington, DC, he was the son of the late Leonard and Mary Kirchner Gladu. The family received friends on Sunday, November 8, 2009 from 10:00 -11:00 AM in the MattingleyGardiner Funeral Home Chapel, Leonardtown, MD where a memorial service was held at 11:00 AM with Michael Wilkins officiating. Inurnment was private. Condolences to the family may be left at www.mgfh.com. A long obituary will appear at a later date. Arrangements provided by the MattingleyGardiner Funeral Home, P.A.
Jean Wolfe Gray, 89 Jean Wolfe Gray, 89 of California, MD died November 6, 2009 at St. Mary’s Hospital. Born June 19, 1920 in Louisville, KY, she was the daughter of the late Otto
and Helen Wolfe. Mrs. Gray was a homemaker; she was also a member of the Town Creek Garden Club. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband Milton M. Gray. Jean is survived by her children; Martha Knoefel, (Joseph) of California, MD and Milton R. Gray, (Jenny) of Tallahassee, FL, four grandchildren, Jennifer Knoefel of California, MD, Joey Knoefel, (Crystal) of Callaway, MD, Marshall Gray, (Darcy) of Jacksonville, FL and Ryan Gray, (Sarah) of Tallahassee, FL, four Great-grandchildren, Shannon Knoefel of California, MD, Emily Knoefel of Callaway, MD, Lindsey Knoefel of Callaway, MD and Verity Gray of Tallahassee, FL. The family received friends on Monday, November 9, 2009 in the Brinsfield Funeral Home, P.A., Leonardtown, MD. Interment will take place on Thursday, November
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12, 2009 in Resthaven Memorial Park, Louisville, KY. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Lung Association, of MD, Executive Plaza # 600, 11350 McCormick Rd., Hunt Valley, MD 21031. Condolences to the family may be made at www.brinsfieldfuneral. com.
Susie Ann Gresko, 87 Susie Ann Gresko, 87 of Richmond, VA formerly of St. Inigoes, MD died November 6, 2009. She had been a resident of St. Joseph’s Home for the Aged since 2007 with her husband Joseph, who preceded her in death May 2009. One of nine children, she was born Susie Ann Rahaim on December 9, 1921 in Laurel, MS. She moved with her family as a child to Jacksonville, FL, where she lived until her marriage in 1944. After her husband recovered from wounds received during WWII, Susie lived, worked and raised her family in Baltimore, MD. In 1973, she retired with her husband to St. Inigoes, MD, where they lived until 2007. She was a longtime active member of St. Cecilia Catholic Church, St. Mary’s City. She is survived by her only son, Joseph A. Gresko of Montpelier, VA and her only daughter, Rosemarie Newman of Baltimore, MD, also survived by five grandchildren and five greatgrandchildren. Family received friends on Tuesday, November 10, 2009 in the Brinsfield Funeral Home, P.A., Leonardtown, MD. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated Nov. 11, 2009 at St. Cecilia Catholic Church, St. Mary’s City, MD with her grandson, Father Gregory Gresko officiating. Interment followed in St. James Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to Ridge Volunteer Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 456, Ridge, MD 20680. Condolences to the family may be made at www.brinsfieldfuneral. com. Arrangements provided by the Brinsfield Funeral Home, P.A., Leonardtown, MD.
Harry Heller, 89 Harry Heller, 89 of Hollywood, MD died November 6, 2009 at his residence. Born February 22, 1920 in New York, NY he was the son of the late Morris and Mary Heller. Mr. Heller received his Bachelors Degree in Chemical Engineering, working for the U.S. Government in research in explosives and propellants. He is survived by his wife Paula Heller of Hollywood, MD and two brothers; Albert Heller of Lake Worth, Fl and William Heller of LosAngeles, CA. In addition to his parents he was also preceded in death by his daughter, Deborah Heller. A Funeral Service was conducted on Tuesday, November 10, 2009 in the Brinsfield Funeral
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Continued Home Chapel with Father Joseph Dobson officiating. Interment followed in Charles Memorial Gardens, Leonardtown, MD Memorial contributions may be made to the Lupus Foundation of America, Greater Washington Chapter, 2000 L St., N.W. #732, Washington, DC 20036 and/ or Hospice House, P.O. Box 625, Leonardtown, MD 20650 Condolences to the family may be made at www.brinsfieldfuneral. com Arrangements provided by the Brinsfield Funeral Home, P.A., Leonardtown, MD.
James Elmer Hooper, Jr., 76 James Elmer Hooper, Jr., 76 of Lexington Park, MD died November 4, 2009 at Chesapeake Shores, Lexington Park, MD. Born October 23, 1933 in Washington, DC he was the son of the late James E. and Elva Molly Garrison Hooper. Mr. Hooper was a Salesman for Moe Shoe Company; he also served in the United States Navy. Mr. Hooper is survived by his children; James Hooper, Richard Hooper, Lenora Keir, Patrick Hooper and Donna Rainey, sister, Beverly A. Pryor, 11 grandchildren, 9 great-grandchildren and 7 nephews. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by 1 brother, Frederick Hooper. Funeral Services were private. Condolences to the family may be made at www.brinsfieldfuneral. com. Arrangements provided by the Brinsfield Funeral Home, P.A.
Anne Elizabeth (Jarboe) Kurz, 90 Anne Elizabeth (Jarboe) Kurz, 90, of Oakland , Calif., died of natural causes on Oct.25, 2009, at Piedmont Gardens in Oakland , Calif. Born Oct. 4, 1919, in Leonardtown, MD she was the daughter of the late Mary Catherine Connelly and Ignatius Jackson Jarboe. She attended the two-room Leonardtown school and graduated from Margaret Brent High School in 1936. She lived with relatives while she worked and pursued her degree in education at the University of Maryland . She was a member of Alpha Delta Pi sorority and graduated in 1940. After college she worked for the GAO in Washington D.C. as an auditor before enlisting in the WAVES in early 1944. Her training was at Radcliffe and she was assigned to Mare Island Naval Shipyard in Vallejo , Calif. , as a disbursing officer. There she met and married Stanley Kurz in 1945.
Anne and Stan had four children. She loved her family and was active in school and scouting programs. She sewed and enjoyed reading, traveling, and genealogy. After the children were grown and Stan retired they traveled to Hawaii, Mexico, Europe, Egypt, Turkey, Japan, China, Bali, Australia, New Zealand, and South America among other places. Anne was preceded in death by her husband, Stan, and her siblings, Gertrude, Virginia., Ignatius J. Jr., James and half-brother Elmer Jarboe all of Leonardtown. She is survived by other siblings: John Jarboe of Charlotte Hall, Margaret Tippett of Ridge, Mary Stone of Waldorf and Joseph Jarboe of Lincoln , NE. She is also survived by her children, Jean Quirk of Piedmont , CA , Ed Kurz of Los Altos , CA , Frank Kurz of Portland , OR , and Karen Salm of Carson City , NV , and their families including seven grandchildren.
Jordan Scott Paganelli, 17 T h e r e will be a Jordan Paganelli Life Celebration Rally (JPLCR) at the Leonardtown High School Football Stadium this Friday (13 Nov) starting at 7 p.m. The JP-LCR will be open to the public and is meant to provide an opportunity for anyone/everyone to share and celebrate Jordan’s magnificent life in an informal setting. Based on the initial response….. we expect THOUSANDS to attend. Please don’t be late…..we WILL start at 7 p.m. Please plan accordingly for carpooling, traffic, and parking. There will be music and pictures. The Superintendent of Schools and both of Jordan’s High School Principals will offer a few words to kick-off the rally. Following opening remarks, a prayer will be offered during a “candlelight moment of silence”. Glow Sticks will be provided/distributed for the “Candlelight Memorial”. After that, we will shift gears and ramp-up the LIFE CELEBRATION by way of an “Open Mic Night”. The lights will come back on…….and….. anyone/everyone will be invited/ encouraged to come up to the microphone and share a memory/experience/anecdote of their connection with Jordan. Share whatever is on your mind: happy, funny, sad, corny, stupid, heartwarming, intimate…..whatever moves you. Don’t worry about format or delivering a “perfect” story. It’s simply about sharing memories. As that draws to a natural end……the lights will be turned off (again) and everyone will be invited to come out onto the track (with their Glow Sticks lit) and walk the track in darkness in memory of Jordan. From there…… people can simply exit the track and leave when they are ready…..and/
or….hang around and share more stories. NO dress code—Most are wearing JP T-shirts. Memorial Service. Jordan’s Memorial Service will be held this Saturday (14 Nov) at 11a.m. at St John Francis Regis Parish (commonly known as “St John’s Church”) on St John’s Road in Hollywood Maryland (just off Route 235). As mentioned before, this day would have been Jordan’s 18th Birthday. Again, please plan accordingly with carpooling, traffic, and parking……we expect the church to be completely full. Also as mentioned….there is absolutely NO DRESS code for the memorial service (except no Jeans or Shorts). Most of us will be in one of the many different “JP” T-Shirts. Jordan wanted everyone to be informal and comfortable. Memorial Reception. Jordan’s Memorial Reception will be immediately following the service at 11:45 a.m. in the St John’s auditorium adjacent to the church. There will be music, video, picture slide shows, photo albums, and other personal items on display…….along with food and beverages. At some point, we will have a microphone available for the kids (and anyone else) to share a few stories/memories of Jordan (similar to what we have planned for Friday night…..but in a smaller, more intimate setting). Internment/Burial. Jordan will
be laid to rest in Arlington Cemetery on Thursday, 3 December at 2 p.m. More details to follow. Expect carpooling and possibly a bus to transport people to D.C. You can also check the Brinsfield Funeral Home website for details and other information at: www.brinsfieldfuneral.com
Kathleen Veronica Rice, 65 Kathleen Veronica Rice, 65 of California, MD died November 9, 2009 at St. Mary’s Hospital. A full obituary will appear at a later date. For arrangements please call the Brinsfield Funeral Home at 301-475-5588. Condolences to the family may be made at www.brinsfieldfuneral.com.
Steven Vance Standish, 39 S t e v e n Vance Standish, 39, of Great Mills, MD died November 4, 2009 at St. Mary’s Hospital. Born April 24, 1970 in Leonardtown, MD, he was the son of
Earnest Vance Standish, Jr. and Janet Evans Standish. He is also survived by his brother David Standish of Upper Marlboro, MD. A lifelong resident of St. Mary’s County, Steven graduated from Chopticon High School “Class of 1988” and was an I.T. Specialist for Planned Systems International. Steve was an avid sports fan. Whether watching, playing, or coaching, he enjoyed it all, especially football, basketball, bowling and golf. He was a diehard Redskins fan, attending and tailgating who also enjoyed playing cards with his father and juggling multiple fantasy football teams. The family received friends for a visitation on Saturday, November 7, 2009 from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM in the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home Chapel, Leonardtown, MD where a memorial service was held at 12:00 PM with Rev. Verne Haskell officiating. Inurnment was private. Contributions may be made to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, www.jdrf.org. Condolences may be left to the family at www.mgfh.com Arrangements provided by the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home, P.A.
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Briefs Woman Arrested, Charged With Abusing 911 Service On Nov. 5, 2009, Deputy Matthew Rogers responded to the Super Eight Motel in California for a trespassing complaint. The management requested Tami Artice, 39, of Lusby, be removed from the hotel. Artice, who was under the influence of alcohol, police report, was escorted off the property. Artice called 911 several times following her removal, police said, from the Super Eight Motel, causing police units to respond for non-emergency situations. Artice was calling to complain about being removed from the hotel. After the third call for assistance, Rogers made contact with Artice, who moved to the La Quinta Inn in California, and explained to her any additional calls to 911 for a nonemergency would result in her arrest for Telephone Misuse. Shortly after Deputy Rogers left, Artice allegedly called 911 two additional times for nonemergencies. Deputy Rogers returned to the La Quinta Inn and arrested Artice who was charged with telephone misuse and incarcerated at the county detention center.
Man Charged With Burglary After Police Find Him On Balcony On Nov. 3, 2009, Deputy First Class Kevin Meyer and Sergeant Eric Walker responded to a residence on Saratoga Drive in Lexington Park for a report of a burglary in progress. When Walker arrived on the scene, he observed a second-story window shattered by a six-foot metal ladder, which had been thrown against it. Walker also observed a white male, later identified as John Michael Thompson, 32, of Lexington Park, standing on the second floor balcony. Thompson was belligerent, police report. He cursed Walker and told deputies he did not live at the residence. Thompson refused to comply with Walker’s orders to leave the balcony and exit the house. Cpl. Todd Fleenor and K-9 Kendo responded to the residence to assist. When Fleenor and Kendo approached Thompson, he complied with Fleenor’s direction, was arrested, and charged with third degree burglary and destruction of property.
Woman Charged With Assault At Motel On Nov. 4, 2009, Cpl. James Molitor responded to the A & E Motel in Lexington Park for a report of an assault. The investigation revealed Mary Agnes Morgan, 39, of Lexington Park, was in a verbal dispute, which escalated into a physical assault when Morgan allegedly punched and scratched the victim in the face. Morgan was arrested and charged with second-degree assault.
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Lexington Park Man Wounded In Indian Head Homicide By Guy Leonard Staff Writer
A St. Mary’s County man was shot in the back as he sat in his car Nov. 7 while at a bar in Charles County where another man was fatally wounded in a shooting that Charles County investigators are still trying to piece together. Investigators do not believe the 23-yearold Lexington Park man was the intended target of the shooting, which they believe may have started as a result of an argument in the parking lot of the Mattawoman Seafood establishment at about 1:09 a.m. that morning. Officials with the Charles County Sheriff’s Office are not releasing the name of the surviving victim, saying only that he was evacuated to a hospital for treatment of a non-life threatening injury. The deceased in the shooting was identi-
fied as Victor Simon Taylor, 24, of Fairfax, Va. Taylor was taken by friends to Fort Washington Medical Center in Prince George’s County and was pronounced dead there. Charles County investigators state that the St. Mary’s County man was sitting in his car with friends when he heard gun fire and realized he had been shot. He and his friends fled the scene in a black sport utility vehicle but were stopped by police headed towards La Plata. Neither of the victims appeared to have known each other, police state. Several witnesses heard an argument just before the shooting occurred, police state, but investigators have not found any leads yet on who the suspect is in the case, nor do they know who was involved in the argument. guyleonard@countytimes.net
Callaway Man Faces First-Degree Assault Charges By Guy Leonard Staff Writer Police have charged a man with holding several people at gunpoint who were helping to move furniture out of his house on Harlequin Lane in Callaway. Kenneth Edward Miller, 44, faces three counts of first-degree assault, using a handgun in the commission of a felony and illegal possession of prescription drugs. The defendant pointed a handgun at two men helping his wife move a television out of their home Nov. 7, according to charging documents filed against Miller. Miller yelled at the men to put the television back inside the residence, first allegedly holding the gun on them and then pointing it at the ground but still displaying it, charging documents stated. The defendant’s wife then called police after Miller returned inside, charging documents stated. The two men said they could not see Miller hold the gun on them as they were moving the television set, but one of them did say that they could see the gun as Miller allegedly held it to his side,
charging documents stated. Miller’s wife and her daughter were the ones who saw him allegedly point the weapon at the two men, court papers state. When police arrived, they immediately detained Miller who initially said he did not ever have a gun and that the victims were lying, charging documents stated, but he later changed his story when he said he did have a gun but it was in his pocket during the entire incident. Miller finally admitted to displaying the handgun but continued to deny pointing it at the victims, charging documents state. Police placed Miller under arrest and he told police where they could find the handgun. They recovered a .22 caliber pistol but found no ammunition in the gun or elsewhere in the home, charging documents stated. The arresting deputy also found pills in a plastic wrapper in Miller’s pants pocket that were later identified as Percocet. The pills were confiscated. guyleonard@countytimes.net
Candidate’s Business Partner Arrested By Guy Leonard Staff Writer St. Mary’s County investigators have confirmed that Daniel J. Brown, partner to local lawyer and Democratic candidate for State’s Attorney John Mattingly, has been arrested on five warrants containing some 80 criminal charges handed down by the Grand Jury. Brown, 31, is facing charges related to alleged “false and forged land deed information as well as obstruction of the Grand Jury,” according to a Sheriff’s Office press release, which provided no further details about the charges. Brown is being held on a no-bond status,
according to the release. Capt. Daniel Alioto, commander of the Vice/Narcotics Unit of the Bureau of Criminal Investigations, also confirmed that a vehicle belonging to Mattingly and operated by Brown and his girlfriend was searched Tuesday, Nov. 10, and items were seized as a result, but Alioto would not comment further on any of the items taken. “There will be additional charges on him [Brown]and I expect additional arrests,” Alioto said about the investigation into land transactions that allegedly were not properly notarized and an alleged attempt to bribe a witness in a case involving the use of an assault rifle. guyleonard@countytimes.net
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CSM Hosts Lego League Community Mourns Lost Student Championship By Andrea Shiell Staff Writer
Middle and elementary school teams from all over Southern Maryland will give new meaning to the love of Legos in an upcoming robotics competition at the College of Southern Maryland’s La Plata campus. The college’s first Lego League State Qualifier Championship will take place Dec. 5 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the La Plata Campus, in the Physical Education Center. The event is free and open to the public. The fast-paced game is called “Smart Move,” on a 4-foot-by-8-foot field of play. The competition will begin with four opening rounds where teams manipulate their
robots to score points solving transportation challenges including surviving collision impacts when hit by other robots. Challenges will be played in pre-programmed mode and teams will have 2 minutes and 30 seconds to complete the missions. Top teams compete in quarter- and semi-finals for chance to go to the state championships. In addition to overall champion, awards will be given for innovation, programming skill and excellence. For more information, go to http://www.mdfirst.org/FLL/ index.htm or call 301-934-7556; 240-725-5300,Ext. 7556 or 443550-6000, Ext. 7556.
Town Creek Hosting Craft/Vendor Fair
Town Creek Elementary School’s Parent Teacher Association is hosting a Holiday Craft/Vendor Fair on Saturday, Nov. 21, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the school site located at 45805 Dent Drive in Lexington Park. The school is in search of crafters and vendors who are interested in participating in this event. The table rental fee is $25 per table. Set up begins at 7:30
a.m., with breakdown beginning immediately after the event. For more details or to rent a table, please contact Ms. Laura McDevitt at 301-8636312 or soko@md.metrocast. net.
Superintendent Michael Martirano gave a somber report to the Board of Education on Tuesday, describing the tragic loss of one of the county’s students, Jordan Scott Paganelli, who died of cancer on Monday. During the previous week, on Nov. 5, many students had been at Jordan’s house for an informal graduation ceremony, during which Martirano and Principal David O’Neill presented him with an honorary high school diploma. Laurie Paganelli, his mother, said that he was diagnosed on Jan. 11, 2008, with Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare and aggressive soft tissue sarcoma which the family’s doctors believe started in his pelvic area, and then moved to his lymph system, lungs and the rest of his body by that spring. “He’s a miracle, I mean he shouldn’t even be here as we speak,” she said at the ceremony. All throughout his treatment, Laurie said there had been a huge outpouring of support from the community in the wake of Jordan’s illness, which was declared terminal nearly a week before. “He’s got a lot of friends, but he’s got a core group that he’s been with since he’s been here, and they are thick-andthin friends, and they’ve been here every day,” said Laurie. “He fought a very courageous fight, and his struggle and this fight has very much defined our community in the past several weeks,” said Martirano on Tuesday. “It is never easy when we hear about the loss of any individual in our community. It is most difficult when we learn about the loss of life with one of our young people, because we think of our young people as our future and our hope and our light.” Martirano himself had been emotional when he presented Jordan’s diploma to his parents on Thursday, a task that he described later as “one of the hardest things I’ve ever done.” “It’s always been the seven of us guys for as long as I can remember,” said friend Shamus McNamara at the ceremony. “It’s just so special to me, and to all of us that it would be the seven of us graduating together.” run An avid athlete who had just discovered a passion for running, Laurie said that it had been difficult for Jordan to slow down for his treatments, but he had done so bravely, keeping daily logs on his Facebook page to keep friends and family members updated.
Leonardtown High School senior Jordan Scott Paganelli, pictured here with his girlfriend, Abriana Ciavattone, passed away at his home on Monday, Nov. 9 after a long battle with cancer. Days before his death he was awarded an honorary high school diploma, which was presented to him at his home on Thursday, Nov. 5.
“I remember when the doctors told him he wasn’t going to live, we came back here and he just sat us all down and did a toast to us,” she said. “He just always cared more about other people than himself.” Paganelli passed away at his home on Nov. 9, five days before his 18th birthday. andreashiell@countytimes.net
Renovation Plans for Leonardtown Middle Approved
By Andrea Shiell Staff Writer
now we’d like to reserve about 10 percent of the base … for construction contingencies, mainly because it’s a renovation and it’s an occupied building,” said Hartwick. Board of Education members approved the latlat “We hope that with a favorable bid in January, then est round of construction documents for a renovation of we’ll make contract awards in late February so that we can Leonardtown Middle School, a project that has hit several begin the project in March with some very limited construcfind snags as the board moved through the process of findtion during the spring,” said Hartwick, adding that the most ing funding for the project, which would renovate the intensive phases of the project would occur in the summer heating, ventilation, air conditioning systems, fire months. The renovation is expected to be completed by the sprinklers, lighting and security. end of 2011. “We want to keep on our schedule so we’re Next year’s sixth grade students will most likely be bringing this to you a little bit early,” said Larry HartHart placed in the annex behind Benjamin Banneker Elementary, wick, who explained that no changes had been made to with seventh- and eighth-grade students remaining in Leonthe floor plans or exterior of the building. The board ardtown Middle School during the renovations, and kept as then approved documents, along with more than 270 far away from the construction as possible. drawings, submitted by Wheeler Goodman Masek, Board members commented that they were pleased a firm out of Annapolis. The documents and drawdraw with many of the exterior improvements, particularly with ings will be sent to the state for review. the removal of the pod system, which has had several classes “The design team did a great job of expedit- sharing one area without walls. ing the design documents,” said Hartwick, “and “The pod system doesn’t work, so I’m glad we’re getthere are like 277 drawings that are part of this ting rid of that,” said Marilyn Crosby at Tuesday’s meeting. package, so it was quite an effort.” Board member Mary Washington commented that Cost estimates have come in below the keeping the pod system would have been unacceptable conschool system’s goal of $13.2 million, and “right sidering the dollar amount of the project. There will be a school improvement team meeting at 4 p.m. on Thursday Nov. 12 at the Three-year-old Olivia Darlington Community dressed up as storybook supporting services conference room behind may not have been a Park Hall El- characters discussed during readBenjamin Banneker Elementary, with repre repreementary student, but she got to ing time in school. They also visited share in the love of reading during their students’ neighborhoods after sentatives from elementary schools feeding the first annual “Storybook Charac- school. School supplies, books and into Leonardtown Middle School invited to ter Ride” on Friday, Oct. 30, when treats were handed out to students attend. Park Hall Elementary teachers and and families who met the staff school andreashiell@countytimes.net staff members visited the Park Hall bus at designated stops.
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Honor Society Members Pass The Torch
Students met at Leonardtown High School on the evening of Nov. 5 for this year’s National Honor Society induction, welcoming incoming members in the spirit of the organization’s ideals, which were spoken of at length by the local chapter’s officers at the ceremony that night. “Each stellar student has demonstrated that they possess the four virtues of the National Honor Society, and they include character, leadership, scholarship and service,” said senior Tony Oblen, president of the Dr. Robert E. King Chapter of NHS. “Through your sacrifice and hard work, both inside and outside Leonardtown High School, you have labeled yourselves as outstanding individuals. While prominently displaying the four pillars of the National Honor Society, you have made our school and com-
munity a better place for everyone. Such dedication is to be admired.”
Senior Tony Oblen, left, 17, president of the Dr. Robert E. King Chapter of the National Honor Society, helps light the candle of Derek Brown before the induction ceremony at Leonardtown High School.
Superintendent Delivers H1N1 Update
Superintendent Michael Martirano delivered an update on the school system’s precautions against H1N1 during the Board of Education meeting on Tuesday, highlighting a new letter sent to parents as well as an instructional video now available for viewing on the school system Web site. “We are at the mercy right now of receiving the vaccinations from the county,” he said, explaining that doses from the county health department would be made available to students as they came in. So far the schools that have not received vaccines include Spring Ridge Middle, GW
Carver Elementary, Oakville Elementary, Lexington Park Elementary, Ridge Elementary and Town Creek Elementary. Chopticon High School, Great Mills High School and Fairlead Academy have not received vaccinations either. To decide what order vaccinations would be provided to schools, officials are adhering to a vaccinations schedule that was devised earlier in the school year in anticipation of flu season, and they are following the schedule as originally planned, said Martirano, who again encouraged students and parents to fill out consent forms to receive the vaccinations at school as they come from the county.
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Remembrance and Reflection on Veterans Day By Andrea Shiell Staff Writer
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Rainy weather may have canceled the annual Veterans Day Parade that typically marches through Leonardtown Square on Nov. 11, but community members, officials and families of the fallen still made their way to the square in time for a wreath laying ceremony as the church clock struck the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month. Afterwards, the 2009 Veterans Day festivities moved indoors to the Leonard Hall Drill Hall. Though there was no color guard present, attendees made do with a small handheld flag, which Board of Education member Mary Washington held up during the national anthem and the Pledge of Allegiance. The rest of the ceremony was more formal, as this year’s winners of the Leonardtown Elementary School 5th grade essay writing contest – Alyssa Bazemore, Marquez Brice, Emma Gilligan and Grant Wolfe – shared their essays about what Veterans Day meant to them. Rep. Steny Hoyer added a somber tone to the day’s ceremony as he discussed the recent tragedy at Fort Hood in Texas, where 13 members of the armed services were killed. “This is a sad time in our country,” he said, likening the victims to others lost on the battlefield. “They were the objects of someone who targeted them because they were members of our armed forces, because they
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were there to protect our ideals and our country … we’re here today to recognize … the honor, commitment, service, courage … of those who have been willing to answer their country’s call every time, from the Revolutionary War, to today, to just a few days ago at Fort Hood.” Capt. Andrew Macyko, commanding officer at Patuxent River Naval Air Station, shared his own thoughts on the importance of honoring and providing for veterans, and discussed the importance of recognizing “the invisible injuries” suffered by combatants returning home from war. “There is a real need to educate people in the region and community on the challenges, the mental health issues, family readjustment issues, employment issues … that face our brave citizens returning home from combat,” he said. “This is a call to action to be vigilant, to understand, to be able to recognize the telltale signs of someone who needs help.” Other speakers included Sen. Benjamin Cardin, Maryland State Sen. Roy Dyson and County Commissioner President Francis Jack Russell. Laying wreaths that day were the families of SPC Raymond J. Faulstich, Jr., CPL Matthew P. Wallace and SGT Ryan Patrick Baumann, three soldiers from St. Mary’s County who have died in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. andreashiell@countytimes.net
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On Veterans Day, will you remember and respect those who have risked their lives just for our freedom? Even those who simply joined the military and never went to war ought to be honored. If a war had suddenly occurred, these courageous men and women would have been prepared to fight and die. Can you imagine? Never to see your dad or your mom or your brother or your sister or someone else you love? My dad was in the military. He never fought, but he still has stories that he sometimes tells us. He could have died, and he lost some of his freedom for a while. So many people have signed onto the military, given up some of their rights, and chanced going to war or have actually gone to war. They have enabled our country to keep standing for what it stood for from the beginning. Because of them, you can keep pursuing happiness and saying what you like. You can have whatever beliefs you like or have no religion or beliefs at all. Soldiers faced such horrors, showed so much courage, and were and are willing to give their lives to preserve these rights and others. So today, and all other days, think of them. Remember them. Honor our brave veterans. They did so much, what will you do for your country? How can you show you care?
Where would we be today if the brave veterans that served in our wars had not stepped up to fight for our country? We would have no freedom. We wouldn’t be able to do things that we want to do, like we wouldn’t be able to get an education, we wouldn’t be able to make money, have a job, or do any of the things we like to do. Because of the brave men and women that risked their lives for our country we are able to do these daily things. That is why we celebrate Veterans Day. Veterans Day is celebrated in many different ways. There are parades, celebrations, and much more. We do all this to thank all the veterans. Veterans Day means a lot to me because if we didn’t have freedom, who knows what would happen. My dad is a veteran. Even though he is retired now, he served in the military for twenty years. When I was around the age of five he would go away By Marquez for huge amounts of time to go to war. For all that, Brice I look up to my dad and I am very proud of Why do we celebrate Vet-him. erans Day? We celebrate Veterans Because of all Day because the people that served these things that in the Armed Forces sacrificed their lives and time with their wife or veterans do for us, husband or even their kids to serve for our country. The veterans that we have freedom. served in all the wars even today gave up everything they had to save our On Veterans Day country. Some died and some are still living right now. I think they are we should take at very courageous. least two minutes We celebrate Veterans Day by having The Great Silence. When of silence, which we have that everyone stops talking, bows their heads, stops doing what we call the great they’re doing, and thinks about the veterans that saved every single one silence, to honor of our lives. the veterans that We have many ceremonies. Some people have parades around gave their time town, chorus members sing, and lots of other celebrations. Every Noand even somevember 11 at 11:00 a.m. people visit the Tomb of the Unknowns times their lives for for the veterans that died. People put flowers, pictures, and/or our freedom. I think old memories on their graves. When I hear the word veteran, that is why we should I think of people that I don’t even know that saved our all thank these people country, they are very honorable and very noble. that did what they did for That’s how I feel about Veterans Day. How our freedom. do you?
By Alyssa Bazemore Veteran, what exactly is a veteran? A veteran is someone who is or was in the armed forced or died in the armed forces, or maybe even the Red Cross. But what does Veterans Day mean to me? Well it means a lot but before we do that, what’s Veterans Day history? BAM! Bombs are flying, it’s November 11, 1918 at 10:59 as the church bells ring for 11:00. You can’t hear any more bombs, the dust clears, what happened? We just won a war! World War I is officially over! On November 11, 1926, the last day of World War I became known as Armistice Day. It was not until 12 years later that it became a national holiday. In 1956 after World War II and the Korean War a decision was made to change the name from Armistice Day to Veterans Day. Do you know what these veterans have to go through? Veterans of War have to leave their families and face some of the challenges of war which could be: being tortured, being bombed, rationing, or maybe not eating at all, and sometimes even dying. That is what veterans have to go through. A lot, right? Well we can help them. We can send them food, write them letters to keep up their courage, and send
them care packages. We can also help by supporting the families they left behind. We can also do a lot more. Veterans Day is a day where we recognize what veterans have done for us. Leonardtown, our town, has a parade and our school has a float in the parade. My family likes to go to the parade to remember the veterans. We also have the great silence where we are silent for two minutes. I leave my lights off the whole day to remember the darkness that veterans had to go through. People all over the world do things. What do you do? Thank you, veterans, for saving our country. Making it free, some countries can’t even go to the church that they want to go to. Thanks you, because of your sacrifices I hope we have world peace one day and those at war will soon be home with their families and friends.
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The Board of Education took time on Nov. 10 to recognize members of the school system’s support staff as they presented an award and proclamation in observance of American Edu-
cation Week. There to accept the award was Wanda Twigg, president of the Education Association of St. Mary’s County, and Therese Gittens, the St. Mary’s County teacher of the year from Lexington Park Elementary School. “This year American Education Week is
observed from Nov. 15 through Nov. 21. Dur- Day. Again, very integral pieces here. We’ve ing that week we’ll also be observing Educa- talked about the basic rights and freedoms for tion Support Professionals Day on Wednesday education, and without our veterans we would Nov. 18,” explained Edward Weiland, director not have the freedom we have to educate at of human resources for the school system. the level we do,” said Superintendent Michael Weiland went through a long list of honor- Martirano. ees that will be recognized in the next week for “We do appreciate the recognition,” said their service, including para-educators, safety Twigg as she accepted a copy of the board’s assistants, secretaries, food service staff, build- proclamation. “And we are glad that the Board ing service staff, accountants, computer techni- of Education understands the importance of cians, maintenance staff, substitutes, bus driv- teachers and administrators as the foundation ers, aides, delivery personnel and nurses. of our school system, and the work that they do “It is a week for strengthening connections every day, and often every evening and most between the schools and the public. It is a week weekends,” she said, laughing. for continuing to build partnerships between schools and the community on behalf of all of andreashiell@countytimes.net our students,” said Weiland. “This year’s theme, ‘Great Public Schools: A Basic Right and Our Responsibility’, highlights the importance of bringing together teachers, educational support staff … and community members in a unified effort to build great public schools.” In addition to official public recognition, Weiland said that the school system would offer extra activities such as Interviewing: Loretta Graves lunches and open houses. ”It is a wonderful day in many reLoretta Graves, 46, a St. Mary’s County native, owns spects … it’s an opportunity to reflect. Wood’s Produce in Charlotte Hall with her fiancé. We’ve reflected today on our veterans, She took a few minutes out of her day to talk with The County Times. being as how tomorrow is Veterans
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The Superintendent and the Board of Education presented a proclamation for American Education Week, which will be celebrated Nov. 15 to Nov. 21.
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Diabetes Fair Draws All Types By Andrea Shiell Staff Writer National Diabetes Month kicked off on Saturday in St. Mary’s County with a Diabetes Fair, which was held at Lexington Park Library as part of a broader campaign to educate members of the public on diabetes and its related complications. Barbara Hak, director of Health Connections at St. Mary’s Hospital, said that the turnout had been relatively high for this year’s fair. “We have done the diabetes fair for about five years, and we try to have a variety of free items from different vendors that produce products specifically for individuals with diabetes,” including sugar replacements, snack items, insulin pumps and glucose monitors. “This year we have NAMI with us, the National Association for Mental Illness, because a lot of people with diabetes also suffer from depression, so we have depression screenings. And we have the Lions Club doing vision tests, and our staff that are doing health screenings for cholesterol, blood glucose and blood pressure,” she said, adding that there were also a number of speakers doing lectures on problems and complications prevalent in diabetics, including celiac disease, gum disease and sleep apnea. The only thing that vendors didn’t seem to be giving out that day was medication. “We don’t have free insulin, and we don’t do prescriptions,” said Hak, laughing. Tina Leap, a diabetes educator with St. Mary’s Hospital and a registered nurse, was also handing out information on the Medicare Diabetes Screening Project, which tests people over the age of 65 with at least one risk factor for the disease. “There is no co-pay for a person over 65 to get screened for diabetes. There’s no co-
pay and no deductible,” she said, explaining that the new program would target people who may be undiagnosed. “Part of the problem with [type 2] diabetes is that they don’t have any early symptoms … People are walking around with diabetes and don’t know they have it. They estimate that in America about six million people have it and don’t know.” The Centers for Disease Control report that more than 24 million Americans have some form of diabetes (type 1, type 2, gestational, or prediabetes), and the disease accounts for $116 billion dollars a year in direct medical costs. Diabetics have medical expenditures that are 2.3 times higher than non-diabetics, and if current trends continue, it is estimated that one in three Americans will develop diabetes sometime in their lifetime. Diabetes is the leading cause of blindness, kidney failure and amputation, and was the seventh leading cause of death on U.S. death certificates in 2006. Recent studies have shown though that most cases of type 2 diabetes can be prevented with proper diet, exercise and early screening to arrest symptoms before they progress. Hak said that for the month of November, Health Connections would have vans parked outside many areas throughout the county to conduct free blood tests and screenings. For more information call 301-475-6019.
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A nurse from St. Mary’s County Health Connections was on hand to test blood sugar levels and cholesterol for visitors at this year’s Diabetes Fair.
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I am currently serving in Afghanistan with the U.S. Air Force. I have lived in St. Mary’s county since I was about 10 years old. Ever since September 11, 2001, I’ve wanted to deploy to Afghanistan to do my part in the Global War on Terrorism. I wanted to help get rid of the Taliban and Al Qaeda and free the oppressed Afghani people. Now that I finally got my chance to come here, over eight years later, I realized that coming here involves so much more than going after the Taliban. Although I do go on patrols “outside the wire” with my team looking for Taliban combatants, we also just go out During this flu season, St. Mary’s Hospital in drills and created a comprehensive plan using a and talk to the local population. All of the people that we talk to Leonardtown has made temporary changes to its multidisciplinary approach in the event of a surge hate the Taliban, and they try to help us in every way they can. visitation policy to minimize the effect of the flu on of patients with flu-like symptoms. The plan also I work with Afghani Army soldiers every day, and I always includes ensuring adequate hospital space, supplies hospital patients, associates and physicians. have a great time with them all. They are very smart and they and staff to care for patients. The changes are below: have a great sense of humor. Most of them can speak Dari and Swine (H1N1) flu vaccines have been given to • Visitors are limited to two people per patient English very well. The interpreters or “terps” as we refer to them, some frontline healthcare workers and about 70 perat one time. who work with us, are fearless. When we go “outside the wire” • Anyone with a fever is prohibited from cent of hospital associates have received the seasonin full body armor, they only wear their typical dress of jackets al flu vaccine so far this year to stay healthy while visiting. and pants. They all want to rid Afghanistan of the Taliban and Al • No one under age 18 may visit patients, unless treating members of the public. Qaeda and they come to work every day and night ready to help us In addition, St. Mary’s Hospital is forming a the visitor is the parent of a hospitalized newborn or with that effort. volunteer corps of nurses, allied health professionchild or by exception for end-of-life circumstance. The living conditions for a regular Afghani are horrible. It is so The policy is effective Nov. 9 through March als and other support services to help out in the dusty and dirty all the time in this area. The average Afghani doesn’t event of a pandemic flu emergency. 30, 2010. have things like we do in the United States, and they live without simple commodities that Americans seem to take for granted. The streets Anyone with questions may call a patient care Both licensed and unlicensed professionals are covered in trash and along all the main streets are ditches filled with supervisor at 240-434-7137. are needed. Anyone willing to volunteer, please trash and rotting food that makes the streets smell awful. There is always The hospital has also taken steps to be prepared call and leave a message with your contact inthick smog hanging over the village. The semi-trucks and cars spew thick if the flu becomes even more widespread. formation on our hotline at 240-434-7769. black smoke all the time. It becomes difficult to breathe while patrolling. Administrators have conducted pandemic flu Even though the living conditions in this country are horrible, all of the kids still find ways to smile. Just today before I wrote this letter, a young Afghani boy walked up to the fence not far from my position and asked for a bottle of clean drinking water. I grabbed a bottle of water and duct taped two pencils and two pieces of candy to it. I threw it over the fence to him. As soon as he caught it, he gave a big smile and said, “Thank you, friends forever.” What he said to me made going through hard military training to be sent thousands of miles away from my family and fiancée to help the Afghanis and to fight terrorists worth every drop of sweat and tears. The St. Mary’s County Health Department is hosting a public vacI think many Americans have forgotten why we are here and what we are trying to do in cination clinic on Wednesday, November 18 at Chopticon High School Afghanistan. Every Airman that I work with understands that when Radical Islamic terrorists fly from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. This is the new date for the clinic previously our own passenger planes into buildings and kill over 3,000 innocent people ,we are already at war. scheduled for Nov. 17. Please note the new date. The Health Dept. will It is an extra bonus that as we are ridding the world of terrorists, we can work to set people free from be distributing the H1N1 vaccine to those in the following “at risk” oppression. groups: Although we are helping the Afghani people, there are still Taliban in the area that do not want free• Pregnant women dom for Afghanis and they would do anything to kill me and anyone who wears the same uniform as me. • People who live with or those who provide care They show this by their random small arms attacks, planting Improvised Explosive Devices on the roads, and the indirect fire rocket attacks almost daily. The threat is very real, and every U.S. Service member here wakes up to children under the age of six months of age to go to work knowing it may be their last day. • Health care and emergency services personnel So, the next time you see a U.S. Service member in or out of uniform, take a second out of your busy and privi• People between six months of age and 24 years. leged American day to stop and thank them for their service to this great country of ours. Understand that no one except The vaccine will be administered to children three their brothers and sisters in arms to their left and right will ever comprehend what they’ve been through. The long cold years of age and up nights keeping watch, the rocket attacks, the small arms fire, sleeping on a dusty cot for months, having friends • People from the ages of 25 through 64 who are hurt or even killed, or how it feels to have a little Afghani boy salute you while out on patrol. at higher risk because of chronic health disorders such Please don’t forget why as asthma, diabetes or a weakened immune system we are here and that AmeriIf available, seasonal flu vaccines will also be Editor’s Note: Isaac Morgan, 22, grew up in Hollywood cans are bringing the fight administered. There is no charge for the H1N1 vacwhere he also serves as a member of the Hollywood Rescue to the enemy and sacrificing Squad. He joined the Air Force about a year ago. Stationed cine and a donation of $20 is requested for the seatheir lives to let you stay safe in Georgia, he left for Afghanistan in mid-October. He’s ensonal flu vaccine. and warm back in the States. gaged to Ashton Carkhuff, 21, of Mechanicsville, a student For more information, call the St. Mary’s CounNever Forget 9-11-2001. Happy at the College of Southern Maryland in Leonardtown. They ty Health Department at 301-475-4330 or log on to Veterans Day to all. plan to marry in June. www.smchd.org. Isaac Morgan Afghanistan
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A Senior Housing Expo will be held in Charlotte Hall on Friday, Nov. 13, from 1-7 p.m. at the Northern Senior Center at 29655 Charlotte Hall Road. Available will be information on housing options available for people 55 and older in the tricounty area. The event will be followed up by individual Open Houses at the participating exhibitors on Saturday, Nov. 14 from 1-4 p.m. Visitors can register to win a 32-inch flat panel television provided by Delegate Johnny Wood as well as other door prizes. Attendees who bring a non-perishable food donation to be donated to the Southern Maryland Food Bank will be entered into a separate special drawing for additional prizes. For more information in St. Mary’s County, call Janice Pruett, Cedar Lane Apartments at 301-475-8966 x32. In Calvert County, call Connie Himmelberger at 410-326-0070.
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Thursday, Nov. 12 • Holocaust Lecture St. Mary’s College (Anne Arundel Hall) – 2 p.m. For more information, call Björn Krondorfer at 240-895-4219 or e-mail orbhkrondorfer@smcm. edu. • George Bernard Shaw Comedy: “Arms and the Man” St. Mary’s College (Bruce Davis Theater) – 8 p.m. Ticket prices are $4 or $6. To make reservations, call the box office at 240-895-4243 or e-mail boxoffice@smcm.edu. • 9th Annual Beer & Wine Tasting for Christmas in April J.T. Daugherty Conference Center – 5:30 p.m. $25 per person includes tastes of all beer and wine selections, an assortment of appetizers and live entertainment by Celtic musicians “Pond Scum.” Must be 21 years old to attend. For more information call 301-863-2905. • Wing Night VFW Post 2632 (California) – 5 p.m. • Newtowne Players: “The Fantasticks” Three Notch Theater (Lexington Park) – 8 p.m. The longest-running, most produced musical in the history of American theater, by Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt. “The Fantasticks” will play Thurs. through Sun. from Nov. 6 to Nov. 22. For tickets call 301-737-5447 or go to www.newtowneplayers.org. • VOICES Reading Series: Writers Harvest Benefit St. Mary’s College (DaughertyPalmer Commons) – 8:15 p.m. Students will read fiction, poetry, and personal essays inspired by food at the Writers Harvest Reading. Student-prepared food will be served and all proceeds from the event will be donated to Food and Water Watch. This event is open to the public, and $5 donations are asked of each attendee.
Friday, Nov. 13 • All You Can Eat Breakfast With Santa Valley Lee Fire House (Valley Lee) – 8 a.m. • Public Symposium: Asian Perspectives on 21st Century Issues St. Mary’s College (Auerbach Auditorium) – 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. A free public symposium to examine global issues from an Asian perspective will be held on Friday, Nov. 13, and Saturday, Nov. 14. For more information, call 240-895-4276. • Senior Housing Expo Northern Senior Center (Charlotte Hall) – 1 p.m.
• Fry Night VFW Post 2632 (California) – 5:30 p.m. • Legends & Lore Tour Sotterley Plantation (Hollywood) – 5:30 p.m. Reservations required. Call 301373-2280 for more information. • Casino Night St. John’s School (Hollywood) – 6 p.m. Monsignor Harris Center. The Kitchen and Bar open at 6 p.m. Menu includes: fried chicken, pork barbecue, dessert, cash bar. Gaming tables open 7-10 p.m. Must be 21 to enter. Call St. John’s at 301-373-3627. • Special Olympics No Limit Hold’Em Center for Life Enrichment (Hollywood) – 7 p.m. • Jazz Combo Concert St. Mary’s College (Montgomery Hall, Room 25) – 8 p.m. The St. Mary’s College of Maryland Jazz Combo – with a special guest appearance by vocalist and local legend Sandy Mahoney will perform the music of jazz greats Johnny Mercer, Chuck Mangione and Chick Corea. The concert is free and open to the public. For information, contact Audrey Hamilton at 240-8954498 or aghamilton@smcm.edu. • Newtowne Players: “The Fantasticks” Three Notch Theater (Lexington Park) – 8 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 14 • Prayer Breakfast Chancellors Run Teen Center, Great Mills – 9 a.m. Keynote Speaker: Bishop Robert E. Wilson, PhD; Vocal Selections Sponsored by Christ “Together As One” Christian Church and Ministries Center Pastor Frank A. Clinton. $10 adults and $5 children under 12. For tickets, call Pastor Clinton at 240-538-6734, Minister Clinton at 240-561-1960, Administrator Young at 240-434-3904. • Wounded Warrior Project Benefit Fishing Tournament Buzz’s Marina, 49675 Buzz’s Marina Way (Ridge) – Dawn $125 registration fee covers four people per boat. Fifty percent of the proceeds go toward the prize money and 50 percent will be given to the Wounded Warrior Project. Rain or shine. Call 301-872-5887 or go to www.bpoe2092.org/wwp_fishing. htm. • Soup Kitchen Rummage Sale First Saints Community Church (Leonardtown) – 7 a.m. to 12 p.m. • Trinity Church Fall Dinner Parish hall, St. Mary’s City –12-5 p.m. Menu includes fried oysters, stuffed ham and all the trimmings. Call 301-862-4597. • Mega Indoor Flea Market
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St. Mary’s County Fairgrounds (Leonardtown) – 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. For information or to rent a table, call 301-475-9543. • Green Holly Craft Fair and Bake Sale Green Holly Elementary School (Lexington Park) – 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tables are available to rent for $30. Contact Ruth Holmes at 301247-6198 or e-mail pink4girls@ gmail.com. • Public Symposium: Asian Perspectives on 21st Century Issues St. Mary’s College (Auerbach Auditorium) – 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. • 36th Anniversary of a Southern Maryland Art Tradition Hollywood Vol. Fire Department Social Hall – 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Featuring a sale of artists donated works to benefit Hospice. For more information, visit http://www. uniqueboutiquesomd.com or e-mail coordinator@uniqueboutiquesomd. com. • State of St. Mary’s County Public Schools Luncheon J.T. Daugherty Conference Center –11:30 a.m. $25 per person. Pre-registration required. Call 301-737-3001 for more information. • Basket Bingo 7th District Firehouse (Avenue) – 5 p.m. For additional information or to reserve a table for six or more, call 301-769-2654 or 301-769-2614. • Basket Bingo Father Andrew White School (Leonardtown) – 6 p.m. Doors open at 6, games start at 7. Admission $20, includes one admission ticket and 20 games. Additional books $5 each. Food will be available for purchase throughout the evening. For more information or to reserve a seat, call Denise Pietsch at 301-475-3192.
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• Two libraries close for training Lexington Park Library will close from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 13, and Charlotte Hall on Friday, Nov. 20, for staff training. When a branch is closed, the other two branches will be open. • Free computer classes Introduction to Word class at Charlotte Hall, Nov. 17, 2 p.m. Introduction to Excel class at Lexington Park, Nov. 18, 5:30 p.m. Intermediate Excel class at Leonardtown, Nov. 23, 2 p.m. Registration required. Lexington Park offers basic computer classes. One-onone computer training available at Leonardtown and Charlotte Hall by appointment. • Illustrator Hank Caruso at Leonardtown The public is invited to meet Hank Caruso on Nov. 18 at Leonardtown Library and listen to him talk about the illustrations he created for the book, “X-traordinary Planes, X-traordinary Pilots.” Ca-
• Celebrate release of ‘New Moon’ Twilight fans can celebrate the release of the movie, “New Moon” Nov. 18, 6 p.m., at Lexington Park; on Nov. 19, 4 p.m., at Charlotte Hall and Nov. 19, 5:30 p.m., at Leonardtown. The parties will feature themed snacks, trivia contests, and lively book discussions. Registration required. • Book discussions The public is invited to participate in the following book discussions: John Updike’s “The Terrorist” at Leonardtown on Nov. 19, 7 p.m.; Christopher Bohjalian’s “The Double Bind” on Dec. 7, 7 p.m. and John Guy’s “Queen of Scots: The True Life of Mary Stuart” on Dec. 14, 6 p.m. Books are available at the libraries.
Bluegrass, Celtic tunes, sea chanties and folk songs. Season tickets are available for the entire performing arts series or may be purchased for individual concerts. For more information, please call 301-475-6999 or go to www.leonardtownrotary.org.
Center (California) – 7 p.m. Speakers will address financial incentives, legal issues, and advisable locations for wind turbines. Sponsored by the Potomac River Association. For information go to www. potomacriverassociation.org or call Dudley Lindsley at 301-373-2551.
• Newtowne Players: “The Fantasticks” Three Notch Theater (Lexington Park) – 8 p.m.
• NAACP Monthly Meeting SMECO building, Leonardtown – 6:30 p.m. Executive committee meeting at 5:30 p.m. Date changed from last Wednesday of month because of Thanksgiving.
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• Legends & Lore Tour Sotterley Plantation (Hollywood) – 5:30 p.m. Reservations required. Call 301373-2280 for more information.
• Concert: From the Planets to the Plains St. Mary’s College (Montgomery Hall, Room 25) – 3 p.m. Conducted by music director Jeffrey Silberschlag, the free public concert will include British composer Gustav Holst’s “The Planets”, and Aaron Copland’s “Billy the Kid.” For more information, call 240-8954498 or visit www.smcm.edu.
• CoffeeHouse & Open Mic Night First Saints Community Church (Leonardtown) – 6 p.m.
• Turkey Shoot/Oyster Scald 7th District Optimist Club Ball Field – 12 noon
• Contra Dance St. Andrews Church Parish Hall (California) – 7 p.m. Elgin Perry calling and live music provided by the Southern Maryland Open Band. Casual instruction starts at 7 p.m, and the evening will conclude with an ice cream social. Please wear soft sole, non-scuff shoes. Admission is $6 for SMTMD members and $8 for non-members. For more information and/or directions, visit www.smtmd.org or call (301) 769-4762.
• Newtowne Players: “The Fantasticks” Three Notch Theater (Lexington Park) – 3:30 p.m.
• Leonardtown Rotary Performing Arts Series: Woods Tea Company Concert Great Mills High School – 7 p.m.
ruso is known for his Aerocatures. Book signing follows with books available for purchase. Proceeds go to the Society of Experimental Test Pilots Foundation. The free program begins at 6:30 p.m.
Monday, Nov. 16 • No Limit Texas Hold’Em “Bounty” Tournament St. Mary’s County Elks Lodge (California) – 7 p.m.
Tuesday, Nov. 17 • Wind Power Forum Southern Maryland High Education
• Special Olympics No Limit Hold’Em 24930 Old Three Notch Road (Hollywood) – 7 p.m. • Wind Power Forum Southern Maryland High Education Center (California) – 7 p.m. Speakers will address financial incentives, legal issues, and advisable locations for wind turbines. Sponsored by the Potomac River Association. For information go to www. potomacriverassociation.org or call Dudley Lindsley at 301-373-2551. • Brian Ganz (pianist) Concert St. Mary’s College (Auerbach Auditorium) – 8 p.m. For more information, call 240-895-4498.
Wednesday, Nov. 18 • Brian Ganz (pianist) Concert St. Mary’s College (Auerbach Auditorium) – 12 noon For more information, call 240-895-4498. • Special Olympics No Limit Hold’Em 24930 Old Three Notch Road (Hollywood) – 7 p.m.
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29, 1965 and is buried at Arlington National Cemetery. John B. Leroy Combs: “On June 11, 1918 while in action at Belleau Wood and acting as battalion liaison agent, he displayed great courage while making important reconnaissance and night patrols in front of the lines under violent artillery and machine-gun fire. When wounded by shrapnel he had his wound dressed at once in order to return under a violent artillery fire to transport some wounded comrades.” Pvt. Combs was a marine. William Theodore Hayden: Also a marine and fellow soldier of Leroy Combs, he was also cited for gallantry at Belleau Wood. “While By Linda Reno assisting a wounded comrade to safety he was Contributing Writer himself wounded (he was severely wounded in the leg). He had his wound quickly dressed in Thirty men from St. Mary’s County lost order to return to transport his wounded comtheir lives rades who during World were under War I, but 18 violent artilof them died lery fire.” as a result of A f t e r the1918 flu the war, Wilepidemic then liam Hayden sweeping the moved to U.S., not from Washington, wounds. The D.C. and befirst cases gan his career of influenza as a policein Maryland man. He died appeared at Febr uar y Camp Meade 24, 1967 and where the men is buried at were inductCedar Hill ed. They were Cemetery in walking into Suitland. a death trap. The last Some escaped soldiers to infection at be discussed Camp Meade were the five and made it to of the eight France, dying sons of John there instead. William PilkOne of erton and these men Mary Gerwas Louis trude Jarboe, Pope Heard all of whom (December served the 16, 1892-Ocsame time. tober 8, 1918), “J o h n son of James Ireland PilkAbell Heard erton. He was and Susan C. reported missPope. Pvt. ing in MonHeard died day’s casualty at the Base list as being Hospital at “Missing in L Gourline, Action”. Son France. His of Mrs. Mary body was rePilkerton, a turned to the widowed lady family and he of Mechanicwas buried sville who has at St. Francis 4 other sons Xavier Cathoin France. He Photo Courtesy of Historic St. Mary’s City Commission lic Church at registered for Newtown on Louis Pope Heard the draft on January 8, June 5, 1917; 1919. was inducted into service on May 27, 1918; Of the 12 surviving men who did not die and sent to Camp Meade for training. He is of the flu but made it into the battle in France, not a brother of Private Archie Pilkerton who three were awarded a Bronze Star for excep- died a few months ago in France.” tional bravery: John survived as did his brothers PhilBenjamin Harrison Butler: “A very brave ip, Robert, Roy, and Thomas Pilkerton. A liaison agent who distinguished himself car- miracle! rying orders under a violent bombardment “A veteran is someone who, at one point during the attack of Sechault, September 29, in his life wrote a blank check made payable to 1918.” By 1942, he was living in Elizabeth The United States of America for an amount of County, Virginia. Cpl. Butler died April up to and including my life.”
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Many hamsters only blink one eye at a time. magnificent sunsets I see on Rt. 234 just about the time I hit Bowles Farms where the dark, violet-gray clouds and the dusky, yet brilliant red, to fuchsia, to orange, layers of atmospheric beauty come into view. The barns and homes are silhouetted against this breathtaking back drop. It compensates for the loss of seeing the brilliant autumn leaves I love so much in the afternoon light. I often wonder if all the other drivers are taking notice of this magnificent sight. It is a time for baking to begin, well, I think about it a lot. Heartier dinners have already taken the place of quicker, cooler meals. I am ready to make some apple pies, and many of my friends are already starting. Several have gone to Forrest Hall Farm in Mechanicsville to pick from baskets and baskets of apples in Joe and Mary Wood’s farm store. Walking in their door would make you want to bake a pie even if you didn’t know how. The evenings are getting their first frosty chill and everything in sight seems clearer and crisper – so opposite of the hazy summer days. The only haze to be seen now is from fragrant wood smoke fires. Soon, the heavenly smell of leaves burning will add to the wood smoke. By the time I reach our neighborhood the smoke becomes denser, and I can almost smell all the different types of wood being burned. The other night as I was heading down the hill towards our house I came upon a what seemed like a wall of wood smoke. We don’t have central air or heat, and have rarely used the electric baseboard heaters. The woodstove is our only heat source, and wood heat is a nice bone-warming heat,
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Thursday, Nov. 12 • Fair Warning Irish Pub Band CJ’s Back Room (Lusby) – 5 p.m. • David Norris DB McMillan’s Pub (California) – 6 p.m. • Ladies Night Fat Boys Country Store (Leonardtown) – 7 p.m. • All-You-Can-Drink Ladies Night Big Dogs Paradise (Mechanicsville) – 8 p.m. • Karaoke “On Demand” Cadillac Jack’s (Lexington Park) – 9 p.m. • Freddie Long Band Crossing at Casey Jones (La Plata) – 9:30 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 13 • Fair Warning Irish Pub Band CJ’s Back Room (Lusby) – 5 p.m. • David Norris DB McMillan’s Pub (California) – 6 p.m. • Dave & Kevin Jake & Al’s Chophouse (Lusby) – 8 p.m. • Guys and Gals Night Big Dogs Paradise (Mechanicsville) – 8 p.m. • Fosterchild Hula’s Bungalow (California) – 8 p.m. • Karaoke Quade’s Store (Bushwood) – 8 p.m. • Absinthe Memories (Waldorf) – 9 p.m.* • Backstage Pass Vera’s White Sands Beach Club (Lusby) – 9 p.m.* • DJ Doc Watson CJ’s Back Room (Lusby) – 9 p.m.
• Karaoke with DJ KayCee Club 911 (Mechanicsville) – 9 p.m. • Karaoke “On Demand” Cadillac Jack’s (Lexington Park) – 9:30 p.m.
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• No Green JellyBeenz Greene Turtle (La Plata) – 10 p.m.* • Touche Band and Show Pure Restaurant & Lounge (Waldorf) – 9 p.m.*
• Captain John DB McMillan’s Pub (California) – 6 p.m.
• Car 54 Big Dogs Paradise (Mechanicsville) – 9:30 p.m.
• Pool Tournament Cadillac Jack’s (Lexington Park) – 7 p.m. • Bent Nickel Anderson’s Bar (Avenue) – 8 p.m.
• Karaoke Applebee’s (California) – 9:30 p.m.
• 25th Hour Band Fat Boys Country Store (Leonardtown) – 8:30 p.m. • Backstage Pass Hotel Charles Front Bar (Hughesville) – 9 p.m.
Three Sixty Comes Full Circle By Andrea Shiell Staff Writer The beer had begun flowing freely at Vera’s White Sands Beach Club in Lusby on Friday night, but as local variety band Three Sixty took the stage, they did so armed only with water, leaving the beer, no doubt, until after they were off the clock. As long a night as it promised to be, they described their journey to then and there as more of a whirlwind than a saga, having moved through several years starting out in a differ-
I picked it up off of him,” said Andy, explaining that since then he has emulated several bassists throughout his musical career, from rock bassist Getty Lee (Rush) and jazz bassist Stanley Clark. “I started playing the drums when I was six years old,” said John, who moved quickly through the ranks playing in drum lines in marching band, and also picking up keyboard and guitar. Bruce started playing guitar when he was 12 or 13, starting (like so many others) with Deep Purple’s
Sunday, Nov. 15 • Joey Tippett and the California Ramblers Apehanger’s Bar (Bel Alton) – 3 p.m.
• The Craze Apehanger’s Bar (Bel Alton) – 9 p.m.
Monday, Nov. 16
• Full Steam Blue Dog Saloon (Port Tobacco) – 9 p.m.*
• In-House Pool Party Big Dogs Paradise (Mechanicsville) – 7 p..m.
• Hate the Toy Hotel Charles Party Room (Hughesville) – 9 p.m.
• $1 Draft and 25 cent Pool Fat Boys Country Store (Leonardtown) – 7 p.m.
Tuesday, Nov. 17
• Jettstream Vera’s White Sands Beach Club (Lusby) – 9 p.m.*
• Fair Warning Irish Pub Band DB McMillan’s Pub (California) – 6 p.m.
Wednesday, Nov. 18 • Captain John DB McMillan’s Pub (California) – 6 p.m.
• Legend Cryer’s Back Road Inn (Leonardtown) – 9 p.m.
• Karaoke Big Dogs Paradise (Mechanicsville) – 7 p.m.
• Guilty As Charged Apehanger’s Bar (Bel Alton) – 9 p.m.
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• No Limits Mango’s (Rose Haven) – 9:30 p.m.
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John Polko, Bruce Sesso, Andy Navarr and Emme Jones are Three Sixty.
ent band. “Smoke on the Water” and then mov“Actually the drummer and bass ing past the power chords to a wider player and I were in a band together variety of favorites, “from Marvin before … we did a lot of 90s ‘chick Gaye to Metallica.” rock,’” said singer Emme Jones. Emme seems to have been the “We would do Janis Joplin and Me- late bloomer in the group, not starting lissa Etheridge, and now we do Pink, singing until discovering karaoke in and also some ‘chick country,’” she her mid-30s, after which she hooked Start to finish: minutes added. up with20 Andy and John to play in “I would say I wasServings: in my mid- 4 their first band, Back Ally Jones. 30s … I started out singing,” starting This is a band, no doubt, that at a karaoke bar, and joining with a found its dynamic long ago, and DJ. seems comfortable sharing it with After that she eventually hooked the crowd, though they have a dizzyup with bassist Andy Navarr, drum- ing song list that’s difficult to categomer John “Big Foot” Polko (named rize, playing everything from Wild so for his affinity for booming bass Cherry’s “Play that Funky Music” to drum rhythms) and guitarist Bruce Buckcherry’s “Crazy Bitch.” Sesso, who was the last to join the Of course to claim such a digroup after having made his rounds verse song listing is to avoid the trap with 180 Proof, Joint Effort and Face of typecasting, but other than their Value during his 30+ years in the diversity, their biggest asset is that Washington D.C. music scene. they’re good mimics. And that makes The foursome brings no small all the difference. amount of experience to the stage, eiThree Sixty will be playing ther, though you’d be hard pressed to next on Nov. 20 at Martini’s Lounge get them to tell you their actual ages. in White Plains. For more informa“I started picking bass when I tion and additional show dates, go to was in high school, probably when I www.myspace.com/threesixtyrocks. was 16 or 17. I went to bass first, actually a friend of mine played bass and andreashiell@countytimes.net
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Cross Country 3A South Regional Championship Boys 1. Northern 72 2. Huntingtown 112 3. Chopticon 113 4. La Plata 134 5. Westlake 221 6. Stone 229 7. Friendly 295 Girls 1. Northern 93 2. Huntingtown 107 3. La Plata 109 4. Largo 129 5. Lackey 156 6. Chopticon 159 7. Westlake 193 4A East Regional Championship Boys 1. Severna Park 59 2. Leonardtown 86 3. Chesapeake 94 4. Broadneck 97 5. Annapolis 156 6. South River 161 7. Old Mill 197 8. Great Mills 198 9. Arundel 227 10. Meade 242 11. North Point 244 12. North County 326
Girls 1. Severna Park 27 2. Leonardtown 55 3. South River 85 4. Broadneck 109 5. Chesapeake 156 6. Annapolis 158 7. North Point 177 8. Meade 217 9. Arundel 229 10. Great Mills 296 11. Old Mill 312
Fri., Nov. 6
Boys’ Soccer 3A South Region Semifinals Huntingtown 1, Chopticon 0 4A East Region Semifinals Leonardtown 1, Severna Park 0 (double overtime)
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Girls’ Soccer 4A East Region Semfinals South River 3, Leonardtown 0
Volleyball 3A South Regional First Round Westlake 3, Chopticon 0 4A East Regional First Round Great Mills 3, Annapolis 0
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Volleyball 4A East Regional Quarterfinals Leonardtown 3, Great Mills 0
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Boys’ Soccer 4A East Regional Championship Game Broadneck 1, Leonardtown 0
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Raiders Rally Around ESPN Mag’s BodyA Special Young IssueMan Shouldn’t Be Our Issue By ByChris ChrisStevens Stevens Staff Writer
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watch what they eat in order to shave inches, pounds and fat off of their bodies. It’s a noble concept, but many are doing it under the intense pressure of tting what society deems to be healthy and attractive, which quite frankly, is unreasonable. While no one says that unhealthy eating and lack of activity is the way to go in terms of living a long life, society fails to realize that not everybody is meant to have the muscle tone and mass of
professional athletes, actors, models, whomever. Yet and still, people who fall short (be they skinny or fat) are more than likely the targets of insults and late-night infomercials that tout magic pills and creams that will “Whip your sorry, lazy, wimpy insignicant self into top-notch shape!” This is why young women have various eating disorders such as bulimia and anorexia trying to t in with the skinny glamour girls that his honor. are seen on television and in There were T-shirts worn by all teams magazines.Photo ThisByisFrank alsoMarquart why with “Team JP” on the front and “Pwn Can- Jordan Paganelli’s jersey rests on the Raider bench during Friday night’s football game against young men take these unsafe cer on the back” (Pwn is internet slang for Chopticon High School. dietary supplements and seri“own”). The Leonardtown football placed ously overdo it in the weight Jordan’s initials at the 50-yard line throughroom for fear of being conout the final weeks of the season, and songs sidered weak and too small and moments of silence were dedicated him as well. or out of shape to gain the atWe know cancer. It has affected our tention of the young women lives some way or another. We all know what who are starving themselves a cruel and vile disease cancer, no matter the for the popular and t guys’ type, can be, and we would not wish it on the attention. Notice the vicious worst of enemies. So how bad Is canpleased you feel to present the cycle? when someone you know, someone who is While this maybe looked well-liked2nd is affected by this horrible condi- Green & Code Update Expo Annual Going at as a rant against people tion? That is an awful lot for teenagers to process, especially when faced with the prospect who are in decent shape (if October 15, 2009 of losing a peer, a classmate,Thursday, a friend. you’ve seen me around at a Undaunted, Leonardtown athletics resporting event or even around p.m. to 8:00 p.m. sponded with a bang in their boys’5:00 soccer 4A town, I’ll never be confused East regional quarterfinal against Arundel Terrell Owens, although I atSchool the on Dr. James Forrest Career & Technology Center for High November 2. A. Senior forwill pull a Sharpie out of my ward Chris Jones scored the game’s first goal sneakers and sign something on a header from teammate Brendan(Dohrman Powell Room) if you would like), it’s also a and proceeded to take a long sprint down the plea for young and old folks sideline with his Leonardtown jersey lifted 24005 Point Lookout Road, Leonardtown, MD 20650 up with “Team JP” prominently displayed alike to not fall into the trap on the shirt under it. The crowd erupted and of feeling insignicant or they would from that point forward whenever lowly because you aren’t cut a team break the huddle by hollering Thewould Somerville Showroom & Gerber are presenting the “New” industry like a diamond. “Team JP!” If we were all meant to standard of experience Green Products for the bath and kitchen. Don’t miss seeing The emotional served to lift be the exact same way, could the school up, aswater well asconservation the sports programs, the best toilets found in the market – The Gerber Avayou imagine how boring with the Leonardtown boys just missing out & Ultra Dual Flush. life would be? Everybody is on alanche trip to the state semifinals with TuesShowroom - 44221 Airport View Dr. Hollywood day’sThe 1-0 Somerville loss to Broadneck in the regional unique and different, not just championship game. in build, but in personality, in While the outcome wasn’t favorable, the character and in spirit. EmteamLocal can holdand their heads high as they had a regional companies, vendors and experts will be on brace that and that will make fantastic season. As well as a moment that you feel good about yourself, hand to provide attendees with information on green developthe Leonardtown High School community even though you’ll never be won’t soon forget. ment, green building technologies and sustainable practices naked on the cover of a national sports magazine. Comments, questions, complaints? that homeowners can use to save precious environmental re-
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Back to the Drawing Board for Youth Football Plan By Virginia Terhune Staff Writer The future structure of youth football programs in St. Mary’s County is once again up in the air, thanks to new developments after a Nov. 5 vote by Recreation and Park commissioners that initially seemed to have cleared a path forward. Commissioners voted unanimously on Nov. 5 for a plan proposed by the county Department of Recreation and Parks that would create for the 2010 season a county-wide system of clubs overseen by the department. The goal is to prevent inter-group disputes similar to the ones that arose after a merger between the former Pigskin league and the Pax River Raiders club dissolved last spring, leading to the growth of the new Southern Maryland Youth Football League in St. Mary’s County. Rec and Parks wants to set up a club system modeled on the one in Calvert County that enables communitybased clubs to register players, raise money, recruit coaches and form teams. The department would oversee the single county-wide league with help from a board made up of club presidents. The Pax River Raiders club opted out of the voluntary plan, preferring instead to remain part of the Calvert County league and to continue playing half its games in St. Mary’s County, where is jostles with SMYFL for time on the best fields. As part of the county’s proposal, the Raiders agreed to cut the number of is teams from 18 to a cap of 13, so that the SMYFL would have more players in St. Mary’s County. Chris Pixton, who heads the Raiders, said the downsizing worked for him, because the club had lost some of its family-like feeling after suddenly expanding this year to accommodate an influx of players from the former Pigskin league. However, during the Nov. 5 meeting, a comment was made that there still wouldn’t be enough players to play in St. Mary’s and that some would end up playing in Calvert anyway. “We built this program to give people choices,” said Pixton, who maintains his program runs without some of the disputes that have plagued programs in St. Mary’s County. After talking to his board, he said he withdrew the Raiders offer to cut five teams, opting to cut two instead. After watching the Nov. 5 meeting on TV, Patrick Murphy, who heads the SMYFL, also apparently had a change of heart. Murphy, who had come to support the county plan, did not return a call for comment Tuesday, but Rollins said Murphy is concerned about control. The Rec and Parks department wants to oversee the clubs, with input from the board made up of club presidents. Murphy apparently prefers that the board oversee the system with assistance from Rec and Parks. “That’s a pretty important philosophical difference,” said Rollins, who wants to continue talking with Murphy in hopes of winning his support by the end of December. Any agreed-upon plan would eventually go to the county commissioners, who control the playing fields, for final approval. If negotiations fail, Rollins said the Raiders and SMYFL will go forward as they are now into the 2010 season without a county-wide club system. virginiaterhune@countytimes.net
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Raider Girls Dethroned By South River By Chris Stevens Staff Writer LEONA R DTOW N – Speed was the buzzword for Thursday night’s 4A East girls’ soccer semifinal match. South River used sprinter speed to take Leonardtown out of its game and of the playoffs with a 3-0 loss that ended their repeat hopes. “We never got into the flow of our game,” said Raiders head coach Jennifer Henderson. “South River is a very strong team with a really good goalie.” That good goalie was senior Lyndsae Kohansen, who surprised the Raiders by coming out of her net 15 yards to play the ball, throwing Leonardtown completely off balance. “Our formation makes me have to play high up, and the field made it a little scary for our coaches,” Kohansen said. “I just try to stay consistent.” With Kohansen’s style neutralizing the Raider offense, the Seahawks took advantage of the speed of senior forward LaRel Rogers, who was responsible for all three South River goals. Less than five minutes into the contest, Rogers zoomed past Leonardtown defender Taeler Errington, who caught up to her and knocked the ball away. The referee however called Errington for a penalty, and Spencer Larson’s subsequent kick got South River on the board.
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The Raiders’ Hayley Wilson collides with Amy Moody of South River.
“I didn’t see a penalty, that was the problem,” Henderson said. “It’s unfortunate the referee made that call, that was tough to come back from.” Rogers scored the other two goals on breakaways in the first and second half to seal the win. “LaRel and [her twin sister] LaRia are Number 1 and 2 in the state in sprinting,” explained head coach John Cis. “Speed kills as the old cliché goes.” Rogers credited the midfielders with giving her good passes that enabled her to get to the net so quickly. “They were able to push the ball through their defense and get it up top to the forwards,” she said. “Number 23 [Rogers] was blazing fast,” Henderson said. “She was very tough to stop.” Henderson remained proud of her team, who finished the season 11-2-1. “It’s disappointing to lose, but we had a great run,” she said. “I’m proud of my team and their accomplishments.” Photo By Chris Stevens
Leonardtown’s Taeler Errington prepares to kick the ball in Thursday’s 4A East semifinal match.
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Raiders Sweep Hornets, Broadneck Edges Advance to 4A Leonardtown in Regional Final East Semis By Chris Stevens Staff Writer
By Chris Stevens Staff Writer LEONARDTOWN – In the quest to gain revenge on Broadneck high school for the previous two seasons’ playoff losses, the Leonardtown volleyball team was careful not to overlook county rival Great Mills. “They definitely got some momentum in the third set and they wanted to win it,” said sophomore outside hitter Lauren Day, whose accurate serves helped the Raiders close a 3-0 win over the Hornets Tuesday night in the 4A East Regional quarterfinals. “We decided that was not going to happen.” “Lauren did a wonderful job for us, that’s the first time she’s set all year,” said head coach Steve Correll of Day sparking a 9-0 run to close the match after Great Mills took an 1816 lead in the third set. “I was very pleased with her performance.” The first two sets weren’t as difficult for the Raiders (13-2 in 2009) as they won the first 25-8 and jumped out to a 10-0 lead in the second on their way to a 25-10 victory in that set. However Great Mills, Photo By Chris Stevens coming off a 3-0 victory Lauren Day’s serves in the third set lifted over Annapolis in first round Leonardtown to a 3-0 win over Great Mills in play, decided they weren’t the 4A East quarterfinals Monday night. going out without a fight. “I think we finally realized that we wanted to show people how far we’ve come,” said senior outside hitter Mariana Cruz. “We did a lot better than we did in the first two sets.” “It was tough going for us, we couldn’t find a rhythm,” added head coach Deedra Earl. Earl, in her first season as head coach was pleased with the play of her seniors “Every single senior, all seven of them are good leaders,” she said. “They did a good job for us this year, and I wanted them to go far.” Earl also believes she has a strong underclass that will continue the team’s improvement in the immediate future. “We had three sophomores and one freshman see substantial playing time tonight, so I think it looks good for the next couple of years,” she said. “Hopefully, the program will keep growing.” Meanwhile the Raiders moved on to play second-seeded Broadneck in the semifinals Wednesday night (too late to be included in this edition of The County Times), and Correll was confident in his team’s chances. “We’ve got to play to win. You can’t worry about the past, you have to live in the future,” he said. Photo By Chris Stevens c h r i s s t e v e n s @ c o u n t y - Great Mills’ Brittany Norris connects on a serve attempt. times.net
ANNAPOLIS – The Leonardtown boys’ soccer team took a huge step Thursday night with a 1-0 double overtime win over Severna Park in the 4A East Regional semifinals. The next step will have to wait another year. Sophomore Brandon Hanger’s header in the first half was the only goal as top-seeded Broadneck held off the Raiders 1-0 in the regional final Tuesday night, stopping Leonardtown one game short of the state playoffs. “We gave it a good effort,” said Raiders head coach Matt Reber. “We beat Severna Park, which is huge for this program, we had never done that before. The regional final is the next one we need to get over.” The Raiders, who finished their season at 14-4, played solid defense after Hanger’s goal at the 19:57 mark of the first half, but could not penetrate the Broadneck defense. “Leonardtown is an outstanding team,” said Bruins head coach Photo By Chris Stevens Sean Tatteman. “They provided us Chris Logan of Leonardtown and Broadneck’s Keegan Fisher battle for control of with something we haven’t seen the ball. before with the three guys playing net early and often in the first half, leaping Daniel Erk midway through back on defense, so we had to work but came away empty until Hanger the first half for the game-winner. hard.” “That goal was what we’ve The Bruins (14-2-1) stormed the used his head to pop a shot over a worked all year for,” Hanger said. “It’s great that coach had enough trust in me to put me out there.” After Hanger’s goal, the game was a stalemate with both teams taking plenty of shots at the net. The Raiders’ last gasp came in stoppage time when Chris Jones sent a header towards the net that was right on target to hit the back of the net. However, sophomore goalie Cody Neidermeier snatched the ball as he dove to his left, and Broadneck ran out the final seconds for the victory. Reber was dejected after the loss, but proud of the effort his team put forward. “I think we exceeded expectations and had a good season,” Reber said. “Our effort was there and we have to be proud of this team’s accomplishments.” Shawn Miedzinski of Leonardtown defends the Bruins’ Josh Schwartz.
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Cardinals’ Second Hornets Fall To Huntingtown Quarter Burst To Close Season Dooms Ryken Huntingtown 47, Great Mills 24 By Chris Stevens Staff Writer
By Chris Stevens Staff Writer Bishop Ireton’s 22-point second quarter was the difference as the Cardinals ran past St. Mary’s Ryken 43-21 Friday night, the Knights’ final football contest at Lancaster Park. The Cardinals (7-3 in 2009) broke open a tied ballgame in the second quarter with quar terback Michael Larrabee running for a touchdown and passing to running back Doug Vines for another. Vines and Larrabee had three touchdowns on the evening. C h r i s Rixey accounted for all three touchdowns for the Knights (36), running for two and tossing a 25-yard scoring pass to Devin Mackey. Lar rabee started the contest with a four-yard scoring run and also kicked the extra point, Photo By Frank Marquart Chris Rixey ran for two touchdowns and passed for an- one of five on the evening. other in the Knights’ 43-21 loss to Bishop Ireton Friday. Rixey evened the score with a two-yard scramble, but Vines gave the Cardinals the lead for good with a 30-yard run and caught a five-yard toss from Larrabee to open up a 22-7 lead. Rixey connected with Mackey on a 25-yard touchdown pass to bring the Knights within eight points, but Larrabee’s 40-yard touchdown run closed out the second quarter scoring and gave Ireton enough breathing room to earn the win. Vines added a second 30-yard score in the third quarter and Oliver Noon threw a 30-yard scoring pass to Sam Walters in the fourth quarter to close the book on the scoring for Ireton. Rixey added another two-yard scoring run in the third quarter for Ryken. The Knights will close out the season tomorrow night at the Bullis School in Potomac. Game time is 7 p.m.
So the Great Mills football team did not finish the way they would have liked. Even with a 47-24 loss to SMAC co-champion Huntingtown closing the book on their season, the Hornets finish the season with their heads held high and a 5-5 record. “Offensively, we looked good, but in the second half Huntingtown made some adjustments and they got by us,” Hornets head coach Bill Griffith said. The Hurricanes (8-0 in SMAC
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Ireton – Larrabee 4 run (Larrabee kick) Ryken – Rixey 2 run (Anderson kick) Ireton – Vines 30 run (Larrabee kick) Ireton – Vines 5 pass from Larrabee (McAllister pass from Larrabee) Ryken – Mackey 25 pass from Rixey (Anderson kick) Ireton – Larrabee 40 run (Larrabee kick) Ryken – Rixey 2 run (Anderson kick) Ireton – Vines 30 run (Larrabee kick) Ireton – Walters 30 pass from Noon (Larrabee kick)
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play) got 373 yards rushing and five touchdowns from senior running back Greg Goodwin as they took control of the contest with a 19-point third quarter and a 33-point second half overall. The Hornets countered with senior quarterback Brian Jenner throwing four touchdown passes, three of which went to fellow senior, wide receiver Basil Moye. “Basil had the game of his life, made some pretty good catches,” Griffith said. “He really did a nice job for us.” “It was all Brian,” Moye said of his outstanding game. “He put just the right touch on the ball and I was able to get open.” Moye caught touchdown passes of three, 16 and 17 yards to keep Great Mills within striking distance, but the Hurricanes had an answer every time. In spite of the loss Griffith and Moye remained hopeful that the Hornets, less than a year removed from back-toback 0-10 seasons, can use 2009’s success to spur the program on to bigger and better things. “This year brings a lot of excitement for the future,” Griffith said. “We’re getting ready for next year and hopefully we’ll take some more teams out.” “I pray to God this season motivates the underclassmen so we can be even better next year,” Moye said.
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Braves Roll Over Leonardtown In Season Finale
Chopticon 48, Leonardtown 17 Chopticon (4-6) Leonardtown (2-8)
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First Quarter – Chopticon, Sterling Miles 16-yard fumble return (Christopher Palmer kick), 8:28. KEY PLAY: Facing a third-and-long, Leonardtown’s Darren Reed ran to the right side, only to find himself surrounded by Chopticon defenders. The ball came loose and Miles scooped it up, going untouched into the end zone. First Quarter – Chopticon, Aaron Makle 27-yard fumble return (Christopher Palmer kick), 8:11. KEY PLAY: On the very next offensive play for Leonardtown, Makle ripped the ball away from Drew Wysocki and hustled into the end zone for the Braves’ second defensive touchdown in 13 seconds. Second Quarter – Leonardtown, Adam Phifer, 31-yard field goal, 11:50. KEY PLAY: Martez Allen ran 19 yards for a first down, and 9 yards were added to the end of the run due to an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty called on the Braves. DRIVE SUMMARY: 10 plays, 45 yards, 3:52. Second Quarter – Chopticon, Josh Gray, 50-yard pass from Cody Douglass (Jolene Neuberger kick), 10:41. KEY PLAY: Douglas found Gray running down the left sideline, and the junior receiver hauled in the pass and ran the final 15 yards for the score. DRIVE SUMMARY: 2 plays, 64 yards, 1:09. Second Quarter – Leonardtown, Drew Wysocki, 20-yard run (Adam Phifer kick), 8:42. KEY PLAY: Reed busted through the middle of the Braves defense, with only Terahn Watson tripping him up to prevent the touchdown. Wysocki took the ball around the left side himself on the next play. DRIVE SUMMARY: 4 plays, 61 yards, 1:50. Second Quarter – Chopticon, Josh Gray 46-yard pass from Cody Douglas, :23. KEY PLAY: Douglas completed a flare to Virgil Dickerson for a first down, with 15 yards added on the end of the play. DRIVE SUMMARY: 8 plays, 76 yards, 2:01. Third Quarter – Leonardtown, Darren Reed, 2-yard run (Adam Phifer kick), 5:02. KAY PLAY: Reed converted a third-and-four with a five-yard run, and Wysocki connected with Allen on a 27-yard pass play to get the Raiders into Chopticon territory. DRIVE SUMMARY: 13 plays, 68 yards, 6:58. Third Quarter – Chopticon, Josh Gray, 1-yard pass from Cody Douglas (Jolene Neuberger kick), :31. KEY PLAY: After a short Raider punt, Gray caught a 35 yard pass from Douglas on the left side to the one-yard line. Gray lined up on the right side on the scoring play. DRIVE SUMMARY: 2 plays, 36 yards, :31. Fourth Quarter – Virgil Dickerson, 22-yard pass from Cody Douglas (kick failed), 8:01. DRIVE SUMMARY: 7 plays, 59 yards, 3:21 Fourth Quarter – Michael Gilmartin, 18-yard run (Jolene Neuberger kick), 3:04. DRIVE SUMMARY – 5 plays, 31 yards, 1:23.
LEONARDTOWN – After a brutal first five games to start the season, the Chopticon football team finished it season with a flourish, cruising to a 48-17 win over county rival Leonardtown in the season finale for both teams. “The guys got better as the season went on, I couldn’t be prouder of their effort,” said Braves head coach Tony Lisanti. “We’ve really come together well and the offense has been executing better each week.” The offense erupted Friday night, with sophomore quarterback Cody Douglas (back from a separated shoulder) throwing for four touchdown passes, three of those caught by junior wide receiver Josh Gray. “I have to give credit to my o-line for giving me time to throw,” Douglas said. “I’m going to miss the seniors on the line a lot.” “Cody and I are good friends off the field,” Gray explains of their chemistry. “When I go over to his house we work on plays, and the same goes for when he comes to my house.” On the Raider side, head coach Anthony Pratley chalked the game up to being one of those nights. “Not to take anything away from Chopticon, they played great,” Pratley said. “We just kind of looked at each other and asked, ‘What happened?’” Pratley was pleased with the effort his young team showed throughout the season. “I’m proud to call myself the coach,” he said. “We have freshman and sophomores on varsity, so this was a very young team, but I’m proud of the way they’ve carried themselves this season.” Before the Douglas and Gray show took flight, LeonardPhoto By Frank Marquart town was already behind 14-3 courtesy of back-to-back fum- Derron Chesley of Chopticon fights for yardage. ble returns for touchdowns by Sterling Miles and Aaron Makle. After Adam Phifer kicked a 31-yard field goal to get LHS on the board, Gray caught two touchdown passes near the end of the second quarter to put the game out of reach. It was a satisfying end to a rough season for the Braves. “You can look at our schedule and see that no one’s faced three teams that finished 10-0,” Lisanti www.thesportsparadise.com said of the early season battles St. Mary’s Square Shopping Center with SMAC cochamps North 21600 Great Mills Rd • Lexington Park, MD 20653 Point and Hun240-725-0063 tingtown along thesportsparadise@yahoo.com with PG County power Gwynn Park. “This has been a very rewarding year November 12th - November 14th coaching this * Does not apply to clearance merchandise group.”
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