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By Guy Leonard Staff Writer County Commissioner Daniel Morris (R-Mechanicsville) told other commissioners at Tuesday’s regular county government meeting that he continues to hear opposition to the recent move to encrypt county police channels from public access.

Morris voiced his own personal opposition to the practice and asked his colleagues on the board to consider supporting an employee survey of how well the practice is working.

“There are some issues, some concerns with this,” Morris said. “The citizens deserve to have the opportunity to hear this [police radio transmissions.]

“I’ve heard many, many inquiries and they’re [residents] not happy.”

The switch to encrypt all but one channel of police communications occurred several weeks ago when the county switched to a digital system from the old analog design used for years.

Sheriff Timothy K. Cameron has fully supported encryption because it protects information vital to police investigations such as witness and victim names and loca-

tions as well as serves to keep suspects who may be listening on their own scanners in the dark as to what police know about their involvement in crimes.

Others have said that police communications are public information and as such should not be kept in secret.

Commissioner Todd Morgan (R-Lexington Park) said the decision to approve the switch to encrypted channels was made by the commissioner board with full disclosure from the county sheriff’s office and staff overseeing the process.

“We approved it, they did it and now some people are upset,” Morgan said. “I haven’t heard a lot of people complain about encryption.”

Morgan said he approved of the idea because the benefits to law enforcement and society in general outweighed the interests who had traditionally listened in on the police bands.

“There’s good guys who listen to the police radio and there are bad guys who listen to the police radio and I’ll bet there are a lot more bad people listening in.” guyleonard@countytimes.net

By Guy Leonard Staff Writer Frank Kohler, 50, of Tall Timbers was one of the 12 people gunned down and killed by a gunman at the U.S. Navy shipyard in Washington D.C. this week, police said.

His 51st birthday would have been next week.

Kohler’s family declined to comment but those who knew him, his wife and two daughters said his death was a deep tragedy.

His family was heavily involved with King’s Christian Academy in Callaway, from where his two daughters graduated.

“They were a very beloved family here,” said Kevin Fry, school administrator.

“I have great respect for the entire family, they were a credit to their community.

“He was held in high esteem.”

Fry said Kohler’s family had many strong connections with the students and faculty at the school and those who knew the family “were pretty devastated” upon hearing of his death.

“We’re all just praying for the family,” Fry said.

Kohler was known as an active member of the Rotary Club in Lexington Park and had even been the King Oyster in the St. Mary’s County Oyster Festival one year.

Planning Commission Member Merl Evans is a neighbor of the Kohler family and said they are good neighbors in a community where everyone’s properties are connected and everyone knows each other.

Evans said he had known Kohler and his wife for six years and counted the neighbor family as friends.

He said it was a sinking feeling to speak to a friend one day and hear of his violent death the next.

“You look at the news everyday and you find it hard to believe how people treat each other,” Evans said. “It’s different when they’re as close as your neighbor.

“It’s a gut wrenching experience.”

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34, a former U.S. Navy reservist who had a valid entry pass to the navy yard despite being treated for mental health issues and having a history of complaints against him for violence.

Reports from the Metropolitan Police Department state Alexis arrived at the navy yard early in the morning Sept. 16 and entered Building No. 197 and began shooting employees there while he was in the lobby and again from the third and fourth floors.

Alexis fired several shots at officers who had arrived on the scene and was killed by return fire from law enforcement, according to Washington, D.C. police.

Initial reports had Alexis firing an AR15 rifle at his alleged victims — the same kind used by another shooter in the Sandy Hook elementary school massacre in Connecticut last year.

Updated law enforcement reports show he likely used a shotgun and may have picked up other weapons while moving through the building.

The shooting at the Naval Sea Systems Command triggered increased security at Patuxent River Naval Air Station the day of the attack and Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel has ordered a nationwide review of security measures at all military bases. guyleonard@countytimes.net

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By Guy Leonard Staff Writer For years now the fuel storage tanks at the NuStar Energy facility in Piney Point have been operating well below capacity, corporate officials said this week, and that means that they are evaluating exactly what the plant’s future holds.

“We are evaluating our options at the site,” said Joanna Weider, spokeswoman for NuStar. “It really hasn’t been used to its full capacity for several years.”

The plant only serves one customer, who uses just 96,000 barrels of fuel oil, Weider said, while the plant’s capacity is far greater at 5.4 million barrels.

Weider said the corporation, based in Texas, has made no decisions about whether to sell the land or shut down the plant but is encouraging its employees there to think about other positions in the company elsewhere.

“It’s obviously underutilized and overstaffed,” Weider said. “We’re going to work with employees but no decisions have been made yet.”

There are currently 14 employees at the plant and those people could find work in company positions outside the county in places like Baltimore or New Jersey or other states, she said.

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“We have a no lay-off policy,” Weider said.

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2013 St. Mary’S County Fair

Leonardtown, MD • Thursday, September 19th - Sunday, September 22nd

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SepteMber 20, 2013

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3:00 PM Gates open to public 4:00 PM Exhibit Buildings open to public 5:00 PM Ice Carving Demonstration with Doug Mackey, NAS Executive Chef (EXT) 5:00 PM Carnival opens (ride all evening: wristband for $25) 5:00 PM 4-H Livestock Judging Contest (SR) 6:00 PM 4-H Market Goat Show (SR) 6:00 PM 4-H Equestrian Drill Team (GS) 6:00 PM Barnyard Runners Pig Races 6:30 PM Masters of the Chainsaw 7:00 PM Official Opening (New AUD) Color Guard by Cub Scout Pack #1203 “The Star Spangled Banner,” Spring Ridge Middle School Introduction of the Queen of Tolerance Court Welcome, John Richards, President, St. Mary’s County Fair Association Crowning of the Queen of Tolerance 7:00 PM Mitchell Showboat Marionettes 7:00 PM Miniature Horse Pull (GS) 7:30 PM Masters of the Chainsaw 9:00 PM Exhibit buildings close 10:00 PM Carnival closes

“SCHooL Day”

8:00 AM 8:00 AM 9:00 AM 9:00 AM 10:00 AM 10:00 AM 10:00 AM 10:00 AM 12:30 PM 1:00 PM 2:00 PM 2:00 PM 3:00 PM 4:00 PM 4:00 PM 4:00 PM 5:00 PM 6:00 PM 6:00 PM 6:00 PM 6:30 PM 7:00 PM 7:30 PM 9:00 PM 10:00 PM

4-H Horse and Pony Show (GS) 4-H Livestock Show (SR) Exhibit Buildings open to public SoMD Robotics Demonstration (PAV) Horticulture ID Contest (4-H) Carnival opens (special pricing & tickets per ride: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM) Cake Decorating Contest (New AUD) Decorated Wagon Contest (ARTS) The Thistle Dancers and Pipers (PAV) Leonardtown Middle School Band ( New AUD) Purchase Power Contest (4-H) Speech Contest (New AUD) “The Star Spangled Banner,” Great Mills High School Amarillo Vert Registration for Kiddy Tractor Pull (PAV) Kiddy Tractor Pull (PAV) St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Department K-9 Demonstration (GS) WMDM live remote broadcast School Day Activities End, normal entry and carnival ticket prices resume 4-H Cake Auction (GS) Gracie’s Guys and Gals (FSA) Bicycle Drawing (OF) Suttler Post Farm Clydesdales Demonstration (GS) Light Weight Horse Pull (GS) Boot Scooters (PAV) Exhibit buildings close Carnival closes

• Barnyard Runners Pig Races: 11:30 AM, 1:00 PM, 3:00 PM, 4:30 PM • Masters of the Chainsaw: 12:00 PM, 2:00 PM, 4:00 PM, 6:00 PM • Mitchell Showboat Marionettes: 1:00 PM, 3:00 PM, 5:00 PM, 7:00 PM • Dick Haines, Stilt-walker • Suttler Post Farm Clydesdales on display • Small Craft Guild Boat Building demonstration (FM) • Pat Fulcher Blacksmith demonstration (FM) • MDCHIP Child Identification Program 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM (FSA)

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Open Class livestock show (SR) Exhibit buildings open Fair Parade Registration begins (Tech Center) Carnival opens Fair Parade begins (Tech Center) “The Star Spangled Banner,” Leonardtown High School Potomac Voices 1:00 PM 4-H Rabbit Showmanship workshop (4-H) 1:00 PM Jousting Tournament (GS) 1:00 PM Interlocking Building Block competition (ARTS) 1:00 PM Super Magic Man Illusions (New AUD) 1:00 PM Stuffed Ham Demonstration – David Dent (FSA) 1:30 PM St. Mary’s Dance Academy (PAV) 1:30 PM Crepe Myrtles for You – Vicki Farman (FSA) 2:00 PM 4-H Rabbit Showmanship Contest (4-H) 2:00 PM Fins, Claws, Scales, & Tales – Jackie Russell (FSA) 2:30 PM Super Magic Man Illusions (New AUD) 2:30 PM St. Mary’s Master Gardeners Presentation (FSA) 3:00 PM Southern Maryland Concert Band (PAV) 3:00 PM Safe Food Preservation - Liat Macke, Univ. of MD Extension (FSA) 3:30 PM “Heroes of the Titanic” author Ken Rossignol (FSA) 4:30 PM Dreams Studio of Dance (PAV) 5:30 PM Aqua Squares Square Dancing (PAV) 6:00 PM 4-H Livestock Auction (SR) 6:00 PM Bicycle Drawing (OF) 6:30 PM Suttler Post Farm Clydesdales Demonstration (GS) 7:00 PM Chesapeake Country Cruzers (PAV) 7:00 PM Heavy Weight Horse Pull (GS) 9:00 PM Exhibit buildings close 10:00 PM Carnival closes • Mitchell Showboat Marionettes: 1:00 PM, 3:00 PM, 5:00 PM, 7:00 PM • Barnyard Runners Pig Races: 12:00 PM, 2:00 PM, 3:30 PM, 5:00 PM • Masters of the Chainsaw: 12:00 PM, 2:00 PM, 4:00 PM, 6:00 PM • Dick Haines, Stilt-walker • Suttler Post Farm Clydesdales on display • Small Craft Guild Boat Building demonstration (FM) • Pat Fulcher Blacksmith demonstration (FM) • MDCHIP Child Identification Program 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM (FSA)

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The fairgrounds are located on St. Route 5, two miles south of Leonardtown.

“FaMiLy Day”

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Open Class Horse Show (GS) 4-H and Open Dairy Goat Show (SR) Exhibit buildings open Baby Show (FSA) Antique Tractor Show (Tractor Track) 11:00 AM Carnival opens (ride all day wristband $25) 11:00 AM Chesapeake Spinners Wool Demonstration (Sheep barn) 12:30 PM Methodist Men’s Gospel Choir (TENT) 1:00 PM 4-H Visual Presentation Contest (4-H) 1:00 PM The Daughters of Veda (PAV) 1:00 PM Introduction of the Queen of Tolerance & Court (New AUD) “The Star Spangled Banner,” Chopticon High School Peace Pipers 1:30 PM Spiritual Inspiration Gospel Choir (TENT) 2:00 PM Southern Maryland Sound B arbershop Chorus (New AUD) 2:30 PM St. Peter Claver Gospel Choir (TENT) 3:30 PM Southern Maryland Consolidated Choir (TENT) 4:30 PM Chainsaw Sculpture Auction 4:30 PM New Briscoe Brothers (TENT) 6:00 PM Bicycle Drawing (OF) 6:00 PM Exhibit buildings close 6:00 PM Carnival ticket sales stop 7:00 PM Carnival closes • Masters of the Chainsaw: 11:00 AM, 1:00 PM, 3:00 PM, 4:00 PM • Mitchell Showboat Marionettes: 12:30 PM, 2:00 PM, 3:30 PM • Barnyard Runners Pig Races: 11:30 AM, 1:00 PM, 2:30 PM, 4:00 PM • Dick Haines, Stilt-walker • Suttler Post Farm Clydesdales on display • Small Craft Guild Boat Building demonstration (FM) • Pat Fulcher Blacksmith demonstration (FM) • MDCHIP Child Identification Program 12:00 PM – 6:00 PM (FSA)

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“It was a phenomenal weekend,” said Solomons Offshore Grand Prix coordinator Mike Yowaiski of the fourth annual Solomons Offshore Grand Prix. With 41 boats, the participation was the largest in the history of the event and larger than other area events, Yowaiski said.

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By Guy Leonard Staff Writer Criticism aimed at the Lexington Park Development District Master Plan continues to mount as the chairman of the county’s Community Development Corporation told the Planning Commission it is not compatible with long held plans to revitalize the aging downtown core of Lexington Park.

In a letter penned by Billy Higgs to the commission, the corporation lauds the ambitious nature of the plan but says that property owners who owned businesses in the aircraft safety zone around Patuxent River Naval Air Station who want to rebuild with the same footprints would be eliminated all together under the draft plan.

It flies in the face of a long-term revitalization strategy that included tax incentives, infrastructure improvements and building of shared cultural amenities in downtown Lexington Park, Higgs wrote.

“The staff draft now proposes that, over time, the size of these properties be dramatically reduced, that ‘normally incompatible’ but permitted uses such as full service restaurants be eliminated along with cultural activities and other amenities we’ve come to enjoy in downtown,” Higgs wrote. “In our estimation a market-driven revitalization of the downtown will not and cannot be achieved under the terms of the staff draft of the Lexington Park Development District Master Plan.”

The main issue, Higgs writes, is whether the county chooses to heed the advice of the U.S. Navy and its 2009 Air Installation Compatibility Use Zone (AICUZ).

The AICUZ essentially restricts and reduces the residential and commercial growth on a large parcel of land over which test flights of military aircraft occur.

Properties in the AICUZ are grandfathered but the county has already applied the ordinance to eliminate future development in nearly 3,000 acres of land in places like the former Lexington Manor community that was razed years ago, Higgs wrote in the Sept. 10 missive.

If the county chooses to go with the navy’s 2009 recommendations then the AICUZ restrictions would be applied more strictly Higgs argued, further hurting revitalization efforts.

The draft plan was criticized just last week by property owners because it proposes to cut 3,000 acres from the development district; property owners say their rights would be violated because the down zoning to the rural preservation district would reduce the land’s development value.

Others criticized the plans call to place new roads through private property while others said the county did not inform them of the changes the plan would bring as it should have. guyleonard@countytimes.net

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Waugh Looks for Rematch Against Dyson

By Guy Leonard Staff Writer Back in 2010 Calvert County resident Steven Waugh won the GOP nomination for the District 29 senate seat currently held by Democratic Sen. Roy Dyson and came closer to unseating him than anyone else in recent memory.

After filing last week for the same race in 2014, Waugh signaled his desire for a rematch.

“I hope to do a little better, I absolutely believe the race can be won,” Waugh, 49, of Lusby said.

He was critical of Dyson’s leadership in the state senate and of many initiatives from Gov. Martin O’Malley’s administration in general that had negative impacts in Southern Maryland.

He mentioned the unpopular Septic Bill, the rain tax and sweeping gun control legislation as just a few examples of how leadership in Annapolis did not reflect the more conservative values here in the region.

“Most folks down here are fed up with the government in Annapolis,” Waugh said. “They tend to view it as a foreign entity trying to come down here and govern.”

Dyson, a long time serving senator and conservative Democrat, has voted against such legislation and even spoken out against it, but Waugh said he avoided getting in the political trenches to stop the initiatives before they even started.

“He doesn’t fight on a daily basis to stop these bills, to kill these bills,” Waugh said. “We require more than someone who will in a gentlemanly manner stand up and say no.

“We need leadership.”

Waugh said Southern Maryland needed a more aggressive approach to maintain its way of life and general prosperity.

If elected, Waugh said he would push legislation that would curb spending and reduce taxes on individuals and businesses, measures that would “ignite small business and get government out of the way.”

“It’s about bringing fiscal discipline and not spending the people’s money unless you have to,” Waugh said.

Waugh served in the U.S. Marine Corps and currently works as a system’s engineer at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory. guyleonard@countytimes.net

Training Sessions to Help Curb Underage Alcoholism Coming to St. Mary’s County The right tools are needed to make the right changes.

Interested in helping your community make the right changes for a safer and healthier place for youth? St. Mary’s County residents concerned with underage drinking are invited to take part in a FREE training session for Communities Mobilizing for Change on Alcohol (CMCA). CMCA is a nationally recognized program, which provides citizens with the skills and tools to reduce the flow of alcohol to youth from illegal sales by retail establishments, and from other adults community.

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The program is ideal for anyone with a strong desire and willingness to lead community efforts to reduce alcohol use among youth.

CMCA will take place on September 26 and 27 from 8:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. The training will be held at the College of Southern Maryland’s Leonardtown Campus, Building C, room C216. The address is 22950 Hollywood Road in Leonardtown. The training session and all materials are free (provided through a grant from the State of Maryland Alcohol and Drug Abuse Administration) but attendance is limited to 25 participants and registration is required. Continental breakfast, lunch and snacks will also be provided.

For more information, or to register, please contact the St. Mary’s County Department of Aging and Human Services, Division of Human Services at 301-475-4200, ext. 1681 or by e-mail at Matt.Reisdorph@stmarysmd.com.

Commission for Women Changes Meeting Dates The St. Mary’s County Commission for Women has announced date changes for its October and November meetings.

The Commission has announced it will now meet on Monday, October 7 and Monday, November 4 at 5:30 p.m.

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SHERIFF’S BLOTTER The following information is compiled directly from publicly released police reports.

Violating a Court Order: On Sept. 13 Charles Bryan Jones, white male 49 years old of Mechanicsville was arrested by Deputy Glen Knott on a District Court Warrant for Violating a Court Order.

Warrant for Escape: On Sept. 16, Deputy Michael Phelan arrested Robert Leroy Baldwin, age 32 of Lusby, on a Circuit Court Warrant for Escape. Baldwin was taken to the Detention Center.

Assault: On Sept. 13 Cpl. Kristi Nelson, School Resource Officer for Great Mills High School, investigated an assault involving two students. Investigation revealed a 15 year old female student assaulted another 15 year old student by attacking her from behind. The student was charged with second degree assault and disruption of school activities. School Board notified.

Violation of Probation: On Sept. 17, Deputy Jaime Davis arrested Charles Napata Guy, Jr., age 27 of Lexington Park, on a warrant for Violation of Probation. Guy was taken to the Detention Center.

Weapon Violation: On Sept. 13 Cpl. Kristi Nelson, School Resource Officer for Great Mills High School, investigated a report of a student with a knife in their possession. Information was received by an anonymous student advising that a 14 year old female student was in possession of a knife. The student was located and fully cooperated with Cpl. Nelson surrendering the knife which was identified as a switchblade. The student was charged with the weapon violation. School Board notified.

False Activation of Fire Alarm: On Sept. 13, Cpl. Kristi Nelson, School Resource Officer for Great Mills High School, investigated an activation of a school fire alarm. Investigation revealed a 15 year old male student activated a false school fire alarm. The student was charged with the disruption of school activities and the State Fire Marshal’s Office charged the student with the false activation of a fire alarm.

Sex Offense: On Sept. 13, Deputies David Potter and Anthony Cole responded to Esperanza Middle School in regards to an assault that occurred on 9/11/13. Investigation revealed during school hours on the 11th, a 14 year old male and a 13 year old female were playing around until the male threw a football at a 13 year old. The female playfully swung at the male student resulting in him grabbing her breast. The female student then attempted to grab the male student’s genitals. Both students were charged with assault 2nd degree and sex offense 4th degree.

Violation of Probation: On Sept. 16, Corporal Elizabeth Goodwin arrested Brandon DJ Peterson, age 27 of Mechanicsville, on a District Court Warrant for Violation of Probation. Peterson was taken to the Detention Center.

Warrant Service: On Sept. 17, Deputy Shane Cameron arrested Jared Lee Mansfield, age 25 of Hughesville, on two Circuit Court warrants for violating his probation and a Bench Warrant for failing to appear in court. Mansfield was transported to the Detention Center.

Theft/CDS Violation: On Sept. 17, Deputy Michael Phelan arrested James Matthew Goldsmith, age 38 of Prince Frederick, for theft of prescription pills. Goldsmith was transported to the Detention Center.

Warrant Service: On Sept. 17, Deputy Shane Cameron arrested Keith Andrew Breitmaier, age 32 of Mechanicsville, for a Violation of Probation warrant.

Brietmaier was transported to the Detention Center.

Warrant Service: On Sept. 17, Deputy Shane Cameron arrested Curtis Wayne Rickett, age 34 of Accokeek, for a Violation of Probation warrant.

Rickett was transported to the Detention Center.

CDS Violation: On Sept. 17, Corporal Elizabeth Goodwin arrested Lauren Elizabeth Yates, age 22 of Leonardtown, for suspected Controlled Dangerous Substance Possession and associated paraphernalia. Yates was transported to the Detention Center.

Cops & Courts

Police Charge Hospital Worker With Child Abuse

By Guy Leonard Staff Writer

Local investigators with the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office have arrested and charged a housekeeper at MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital with allegedly sexually abusing an 8 year old female child.

Wilson William Wilson, 45, of California faces charges of committing a fourth-degree sex offense and sexually abusing a minor — he has since been released from the adult detention center.

According to charging documents filed against Wilson in District Court police first learned of the allegations Sept. 6 after the Department of Social Services got a referral from the Maryland School for the Deaf regarding possible child abuse of the victim who had contact with the defendant.

On Sept. 13 detectives interviewed Wilson and the defendant admitted to them that sometime around Aug. 28 he sexually abused the victim through inappropriate touching in her bedroom after he had drunk alcohol, according to charging documents. guyleonard@countytimes.net

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Investigated by Corporal Keith Moritz.

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Wildewood Sears Hometown Store Recognized As 2013 National Premier Store

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The Sears Hometown Store of California, Maryland, has been named a 2013 recipient of the honor of “Sears Hometown Premier Store”. This award recognizes Sears Hometown Stores across the country that consistently offers the highest levels of customer service, outstanding store performance and standards. The California store was one of only 442 locations throughout the U.S. to receive this national recognition for this past Quarter.

“To be honored as a Premier Store is a great achievement not only for our store, but also for the community we strive to serve every day,” said Andre Collins, owner and operator of the Sears Hometown Store in California. “We could not have earned this without the support of our community, and we want to thank our customers for shopping with us throughout the year.”

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Stores receive this prestigious We award for ’em. equipment and lawn & garden merchanbeat this past Quarter, and this year, eachPeriod. store dise. In addition, Sears Hometown Store asreceiving Premier Store status will beSeegiven Sears.com forsociates can order anything from the entire Match Plus details. the opportunity to participate inPricespecial selection of merchandise offered by Sears events along with other Premier Stores.

Holdings including apparel, footwear, jew“We are thrilled to designate the Sears elry and much more for the customer. This Hometown Store of California as a Premier unique format allows customers in small Store, as a testament to the hard work and communities to have access to the great dedication shown each and every day to products and brands usually found only in support the community,” said Will Pow- Sears’s stores. ell, Senior Vice President / COO of Sears To learn more about Sears Hometown Hometown Stores and Outlet Stores, Inc. Stores, visit the Sears Hometown Store of “We are committed to continually assist- California, Md., in the Wildewood Shoping Hometown Stores and their communi- ping Center, 23415 Three Notch Road, ties, so that customers everywhere can shop California, Maryland 20619 or www.searcloser to home and enjoy the quality and shometownstores.com. value found at Sears."

Sears Hometown Stores are a unique About Sears Hometown and Outlet retailing concept; they combine the value, Stores, Inc. selection and services associated with larger Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores, retail stores but are owned and operated by a member of the local community. Sears Inc. (NASDAQ: SHOS) is a national retailer Hometown Stores provide exceptional cus- primarily focused on selling home applitomer service along with a wide assortment ances, hardware, tools and lawn and garden of appliances, tools, electronics, fitness equipment. As of January 21, 2013, Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores, Inc. and its dealers and franchisees operated 1,236 stores across all 50 states and Puerto Rico and Bermuda.

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FAMILY & FRIENDS OFFER: (1) Additional exclusions apply. 10% and 15% savings off regular, sale and clearance prices apply to merchandise only. May not be used to reduce a layaway or credit balance. Not valid on Special Purchases, Everyday Great Price items, Price Drop items, Introductory Offers, Sealy® EBUYS, Brogan Select, Glen Abbey, Maddox, Stearns & Foster, Serta® EBUYS, Cary, Meriden, iComfort, iSeries, Simmons Beautyrest Elite, True Energy, Black and floor model clearance mattresses, fitness accessories and Life Fitness products, Jenn-Air®, Dacor, Fisher & Paykel, Weber®, Agio patio furniture, snow throwers, generators, J.A. Henckels®, fans, water heaters, air cleaners, humidifiers, dehumidifiers, air conditioners, countertop microwaves, sewing machines, steam mops, vac bags, belts, filters, carpet cleaning chemicals & accessories, clearance and closeout consumer electronics, Sears licensed businesses, Sears licensed partners & websites, Digital Services, "Sears Presents" websites, catalog orders, Gift Cards, money orders and wire transfers. Whirlpool brands, GE, GE Profile, GE Café, LG, Samsung, Electrolux, Electrolux Icon appliances brands limited to 10% off. Not valid on commercial orders or with any other coupons or previous purchases. In the event of a return, savings may be deducted from refund. Tax and shipping not included. Not applicable to prior purchases or commercial orders. In the event of a return, savings will be deducted from your refund. Available only at Sears Hometown Stores, Hardware Stores and Appliance Showrooms. See below for Shop Your Way Rewards details. Shop Your Way Rewards offer valid for members Sunday 2/10/13. Family and Friends offer valid for all stores all day Monday 2/11/13. SHOP YOUR WAY REWARDS: Members earn Points on Qualifying Purchases, excluding sales taxes and other fees. Subject to full program terms available at shopyourwayrewards.com. Must remain opted-in to receiving promo emails from SHOP YOUR WAY REWARDS to earn Bonus Points. Bonus Points include, and are not in addition to, Base Points earned. If Bonus Point offers combined, total Points earned are less than combined Point totals for each individual offer. See www.shopyourwayrewards.com for details. Purchase required in single transaction before taxes and after discounts applied.

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In addition to merchandise, Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores, Inc. provides customers with access to a full suite of services, including home delivery and handling and extended service contracts.

Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores, Inc. operates through two segments—the Sears Hometown and Hardware segment and the Sears Outlet segment. The Sears Hometown and Hardware segment’s stores are designed to provide customers with in-store and online access to a wide selection of national brands of home appliances, tools, lawn and garden equipment, sporting goods, and household goods, depending on the particular store. The Sears Outlet stores are designed to provide customers with instore and online access to purchase new, one-of-a-kind, out-of-carton, discontinued, obsolete, used, reconditioned, overstocked and scratched and dented products, collectively, “outlet-value products,” across a broad assortment of merchandise categories, including home appliances, lawn and garden equipment, apparel, mattresses, sporting goods and tools, and at prices that are significantly lower than manufacturers’ suggested retail prices.

By Guy Leonard Staff Writer Regional realtor Sandra Hunt, who represents owners of the Wildewood Shopping Center in California confirmed that a Bed, Bath & Beyond store would take up a tennant spot there after the McKay’s store grocery closed for good last year.

The new store will take up most of the vacant space, according to a press release

from Hunt, and will help bolster the anchor stores of JC Penney and Belk.

The new store would bring the center’s occupancy to 95 percent, according to Hunt’s statement.

The store should take up residence in the 285,000 square foot shopping center within the first three months of 2014. guyleonard@countytimes.net

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Business News

Local Papa John’s Wins East Division Pizza Games

Papa John’s Pizza, Intl recently held their annual East Division Pizza Games in Baltimore, Md. The local franchise, co-owned by Operating Partner Ray Sears and led by Area Supervisors John Kreuter & Chris Swift, won the East Division trials over teams from Jacksonville, Baltimore, New York City, Richmond, and Pennsylvania; thus advancing to the National trials in Louisville, KY next month.

Team members John ‘JP’ Page and Kirnell Wallace have their eyes set on Louisville next month and the International finals in Orlando in March. Both are proud to represent Annapolis and Southern Maryland as Beach Boys Pizza advances thru the competition.

The Papa John’s Pizza games are held annually in an effort to showcase the best pizza making teams in the Papa Johns Pizza system. The Games are judged and awarded

points for the fastest pizza making, while maintaining the ever-important Papa Johns ‘Better Ingredients Better Pizza’ promise.

Scores are formulated by those that do best at strictly adhering to the Papa Johns standards and procedures, time in the oven, and the most important product quality. The 2012-13 finalists were from San Antonio, Indiana, and the ultimate winners were from Beijing, China.

Team Captain and Coach John Kreuter stated, “we have worked hard, not only for this competition, but in all of our stores to meet our brand promise for quality, image, and service. Pizza Games is just the capping on our efforts to service our customers the best we can, they truly are important to us. Plus, it would be real nice to bring the Award back to the United States, especially Maryland!”

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In every Pet Valu store, there are bins to drop off food and supplies for homeless animals. Shelters and pantries are always in need of food, litter, toys, leashes, collars and bedding.. One-hundred percent of your donations stay within your community and goes directly to local animal shelters and food banks. Your generosity helps keep these abandoned animals active, healthy and playful so one day they will be able to adopted and find their furever homes.

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Education Kamp-A-Kom-Plish Leonard Hall Junior Naval Academy participated in some unique leadership training on Friday, September 13 at KampA-Kom-Plish in Nanjemoy, Md. The goal of the training was to assist the school's leadership in gaining individual confidence and confidence as a group.

Photos By Frank Marquart

St. Mary’s College of Maryland Continues to Rank High in National College Guides U.S. News & World Report has once again recognized St. Mary’s College of Maryland as a top liberal arts college. In the publication’s “Best Colleges” 2014 edition, St. Mary’s is ranked one of the top five public liberal arts colleges in the nation, and is one of only two non-military institutions in the top five.

St. Mary’s was also recognized in The Chronicle of Higher Education as having the third highest graduation rate of all small public colleges in the nation, according to U.S. Department of Education data.

In other recent rankings: St. Mary’s is included in the 2013 “Fiske Guide to Colleges” based on the college’s excellence in a broad range of topics of interest to students and their families. Among categories, Fiske scored St. Mary’s four out of five stars for academics and quality of life.

The Princeton Review recently recognized St. Mary’s in its 2014 edi-

tion of “The Best 378 Colleges” as one of the nation’s “Best Value Public Colleges,” as well as a “Best Northeastern College.” St. Mary’s is also ranked among America’s top colleges

by Forbes (2013), and has been named a 2013-14 public college of distinction by the Colleges of Distinction publication.

“At St. Mary’s we are committed to academic excellence, and this commitment continues to reflect not only through our rankings each year but also through the success of our graduates,” said St. Mary’s College President Ian Newbould. “We are proud to be recognized for our rigorous academic standards and to offer a premier education within an affordable public system.”

College guide rankings are based on several key measures of quality that include undergraduate academic reputation, graduation and retention rates, faculty resources, and student selectivity.

School Attendance Awareness

St. Mary’s County Public Schools has joined with Attendance Works, America’s Promise Alliance, and Points of Light, as well as several other national organizations to recognize the importance of school attendance. Together, these organizations and school systems around the nation are proclaiming September 2013 as School Attendance Awareness Month. The Board of Education of St. Mary’s County joined in the proclamation, recognizing Student Attendance Awareness Month at their meeting on September 11, 2013.

Parent(s)/Legal Guardian(s) may monitor school attendance through the Home Access Center (HAC) on the St. Mary’s County Public School website

(www.smcps.org). When an absence is unavoidable, documentation of the absence must be sent to school within three days of the absence. Documentation can be either with a written note, phone call, email, or through the school website portal.

Staff is committed to reducing chronic absences. Regular and consistent attendance is necessary for student achievement, graduation, and college and career readiness. The schools cannot educate students or provide support when they are absent from school. It is important for parents, legal guardians, and the community to recognize the importance of students arriving at school every day on time.

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Education College Professor’s Book Takes Swipe At Political Class

By Guy Leonard Staff Writer A new book written by St. Mary’s College of Maryland political science professor Todd Eberly with a colleague at a Minnesota college says that professional politicians, bureaucrats and lobbyists have become so powerful and influential that they are the driving force behind the dysfunctional political problems of the day.

It’s not that these entrenched groups are corrupt or incompetent, Eberly and co-author Steven E. Sheir contend, it’s because they are so highly educated, trained and dedicated to their causes that they are unwilling to compromise.

This unwillingness among the best and the brightest in the political class to see the viewpoints of others polarizes the political spectrum between far right and far left ideologies leaving the vast majority of Americans — many who have nuanced views on political issues — only a limited number of candidates to vote for that often represent those extremes.

“These are people who are not prone to make compromise or concession,” Eberly said. “The best and the brightest don’t feel the need to look to the public.”

This limiting of the choices voters have also vastly reduces their effectiveness in the political process, he said.

“Voters in some respect have become irrelevant,” Eberly said.

More over the government has taken on so many obligations it begs the question whether government needs to grow to meet those commitments or shrink to a much smaller set of mandates, Eberly said.

“We have reached a point where we’ve reached our governing capacity,” Eberly said in talking about the book, titled “American Government and Popular Discontent: Stability without Success.”

The title reflects the authors’ belief that the stability of the nation actually results from political stalemate but stagnates any process for making meaningful headway on major issues like the national debt and deficit reduction.

Eberly explained that when the political right is faced with the prospect of giving ground on raising taxes in order to get the left to concede on cutting entitlement spending like Medicare and Social Security they often refuse to budge.

The same can be said of the left who view entitlement spending as sacrosanct and refuse to make compromise either.

This intransigence, which comes from fear of making their constituent bases angry, causes politicians to eschew the concept of acting boldly to solve problems.

This means that the only way things are likely to change, Eberly contends, is for disaster, political, economic or otherwise to occur.

“At some point it will reach that absolute crisis point when something must happen,” Eberly said. “We’re on an unsustainable path.”

Eberly, often quoted in newspapers and on-line journals, has become the target of both left and right, he said, either because some of what he said seems aimed at helping either side.

When it comes to Maryland, he said, he gave his advice freely but said he wants to see more Republicans win office, not because of his own political beliefs but because he feels the essentially one-party Democratic hold on the state is destructive.

In the book he and Schier hold both sides of the political spectrum responsible for the crisis of confidence in government.

“We don’t advocate a position left or right,” he said. “There is no good guy in a white hat, there are just two parties trying to maximize their power and influence.” guyleonard@countytimes.net

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An Open Letter to Our Representatives

Letters to the

Editor

Please vote to give us the same exemption you've secured for yourselves. Throughout your illustrious careers, all three of you have steadfastly voted in favor of your big government, nanny state ideology and in support of the special interests who bankroll you - and against the wishes and best interests of your constituents who keep re-electing you. Well, now you have a chance to break the mold and finally vote in the constituents' interests as well as your special interest backers. What a treat if you'll only step up to the plate! You all sat idly by while the regime has violated the Constitution and the specific mandates of the (anything but affordable or caring) Affordable Care Act (ACA) by exempting fat cat big businesses. You all joined chorus in getting the regime to just as illegally exempt you and your staffs from paying because the affordable care would be too expensive for you Capitol Hill ruling class members making ,000 - $174,000 per year (plus kickbacks and other goodies

Thursday, September 19, 2013

Please Exempt America! Steny, Barb and Ben

from backers). The taxpayers, whose average income is far less than yours, of course, now have to pay for you AND for our own unaffordable care. Steny recently sent me a form email bragging about how hard he worked to get the law enacted stopping short of mentioning the parliamentary tricks he and his cohorts had prepared in case the cornhusker kickback and other bribes embedded in it had not worked. Barb and Ben were also vocal supporters of the bill, despite the fact that the majority of all Americans had clearly opposed it. That, of course, was business as usual for all 3 of you. Then-speaker Pelosi said that you had to pass it before we could learn what is in the abominable (un-)ACA. Well, now we know what was in it. Insurance premiums have already risen for all and are about to skyrocket. Job losses - directly attributable to the intolerable costs of the unACA - are rampant. Big businesses, although illegally exempted for at least a year, are switching this country from full-time

employment to only part-time workers and dropping health insurance coverage for their remaining full-time employees and families. The IPAB is getting ready to ration care, especially for older Americans like me. This country is losing doctors who are getting disillusioned over the prospect of not being able to make a living under government-run healthcare rationing. And now, even your union backers are whining about the unACA. Now is your chance to actually cast a vote that benefits your constituents. We understand that it goes against your partisan alignment and ideology, but you can still actually vote in favor of your constituents 70, 80 and 90 percent of whom who are aligned with your union and big business fat cat backers.

What a trifecta! Vote to defund the abominable unACA. Exempt America.

Pat Shields Tall Timbers, Md.

New Maryland Coalition Urges Governor O’Malley to Cease the Drafting of Fracking Regulations State and national groups concerned by Governor O’Malley’s imminent plans to begin drafting fracking regulations launched the Marylanders Against Fracking coalition today to call on the governor to cease any further work to allow fracking in the state. Representatives from Food & Water Watch, Potomac Riverkeeper, Patuxtent Riverkeeper, Montgomery County Young Democrats, Progressive Democrats of America MD Chapter and Maryland Delegate Shane Robinson held a press conference at Federal Hill Park in Baltimore to introduce the coalition and urge Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley

to prohibit fracking throughout the state.

Marylanders Against Fracking, a coalition of state and national groups, criticized the state’s plans to use key parts from a recently completed fracking “best management practices” report to draft the regulations that would apply to fracking in the state.

“It has become clear that the O’Malley administration is intent on beginning to draft fracking regulations this fall,” said Wenonah Hauter, director of Food & Water Watch, “The fact that none of the studies that were intended to inform whether or

Legal Notice Commissioners of Leonardtown Notice of Public Hearing The Leonardtown Board of Appeals will hold a public hearing on Thursday, October 10, 2013 at 5:00 p.m. at the Town Office, 41660 Courthouse Drive, regarding 23511 Hollywood Road – The Davis Office Park. The purpose of the hearing will be to present for public review and to receive public comment regarding an application for a variance from the Town of Leonardtown’s Zoning Ordinance. The applicant is seeking a variance to construct an office building which is 1,520 square feet larger than what is automatically allowed under C-O zoning. Copies of the documents are available for public review at the Leonardtown Town Office.

The public is invited to attend and/or send written comments to be received by October 10, 2013 at 4:30 p.m. to the Commissioners of Leonardtown, POB 1, Leonardtown, MD 20650. Special accommodations will be made for persons with disabilities upon request.

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not fracking should take place have actually been completed and that regulation writing is moving forward show that the Governor has already decided fracking is going to happen in Maryland.”

The new coalition pointed out that the targeted completion date for the three promised studies on the potential public health, economic and risk impacts of fracking in Maryland is March 2014. The fact that drafting of regulations has already begun highlights how the administration's Marcellus Shale Safe Drilling Advisory Commission is broken.

“We need a wake up call here in Maryland and the region. It seems like the Governor and the legislature have been ignoring science, economics and public opinion as they claim that fracking’s risks can be minimized,” said Robin Broder, vice president of Potomac Riverkeeper. “Fracking consumes massive amounts of water, devastates natural areas and agricultural lands, contaminates water, and fragments forests and communities.

There are no good reasons to bring this to Maryland.”

On Sept. 10, the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) and the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) closed the public comment period on the state’s fracking “best management practices,” a set of guidelines that are meant to inform the state's fracking regulations.

But the coalition argued that no set of regulations can adequately protect Maryland residents from the inherent risks associated with fracking.

“Gov. O'Malley has been a lead-

er around the country on addressing climate change and protecting our environment,” said Dave Kunes, president of Montgomery County Young Democrats. “We sincerely hope he will not choose to tarnish his critical legacy by expanding natural gas production in Maryland, and its toxic byproducts, in the final year of his term.”

Sadly, while Maryland waits for informational studies, the state continues to plow ahead with its plan to frack throughout the state. Yesterday, the Obama administration approved Dominion Cove Point LNG LP’s $3.8 million facility on the Chesapeake Bay in Lusby, Md., a terminal that will be used to export domestic gas to countries that don't have a free-trade agreement with the United States, further opening the industry's access to international markets.

“It is bizarre and shocking that the Cove LNG plant has been planning for expansion and among the outcomes will be permanent impacts to the surrounding community on the Patuxent River or on the Chesapeake Bay,” said Patuxent Riverkeeper Fred Tutman. “There has been almost no public exposition of the potential implications beyond local economic gain. There have been no environmental impacts studies, no review of the ripple effects on the energy market, no information about the long-range burdens, and almost no public dialogue about gas lines, toxic chemicals, tanker traffic on the Bay or anything else. It’s time for citizens to make some noise and to start asking the right questions so they can protect their community, their families and

the environment.

“If oil and gas companies have their way, they will frack in our state and poison the Potomac River watershed with arsenic, benzene, radioactives, and other deadly chemicals,” said Mike Hersh Maryland, state coordinator for Progressive Democrats of America. “We can't let them put toxic waste in our drinking water. Water treatment facilities cannot cope with such contamination. If we caught any organized group putting these chemicals into a well, or tampering with bottles of water, or putting these poisons in a public reservoir, we would prosecute them. Yet we actually subsidize big oil and gas companies when they do it. Let’s call on Governor O'Malley to take action now to ban all fracking in Maryland.”

Montgomery County Delegate Shane Robinson, who introduced a bill that would have prohibited fracking in the 2013 legislative session, expressed his concern over the process to determine if Maryland would allow fracking was being handled.

“Maryland is a small state—regardless of what we do in terms of our own policies, we can’t stop climate change on our own,” said Montgomery County Delegate Shane Robinson. “But what we can do is create a model for other states to adopt. While other states are fracking, drilling and mining the planet towards ecological collapse, we can create a model for an ecologically sustainable future, and stopping fracking is part of that model.”

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Feature Story St. Mary’s County Fair Horse Pull

By Guy Leonard Staff Writer When visitors come to the St. Mary’s County Fair this weekend they’ll be able to see all kinds of crafts and farm animals that have made up the bulk of what the fair has to offer but one event really packs in the spectators — the pulling horses.

From miniature horses pulling small loads to enormous Belgians weighing more than a ton apiece pulling loads that stretch the limits of safety the simple act of horses using their innate strength never ceases to amaze visitors, said Arthur Farrell, who up until recently had organized all of the equine-related activities at the fair for at least the past two decades.

“I don’t know what it is but we always have a big crowd,” Farrell said while working at the fair grounds in Leonardtown this week.

“Some people come just to see the horse pull.”

The object is simple: hook a two-horse team to a sled without wheels and continue adding heavy cinder blocks — usually about 40 Arthur Farrell pounds a piece — to see just how much the team can pull on open ground.

Farrell along with current horse pull competitor Johnny Bowen aren’t exactly sure how such an event got started but they can make an educated guess.

“One farmer wanted to brag on his horse about how much he can pull and another farmer wanted to brag on his horse,” Farrell said. “And they get together and had a little contest.”

At Bowen’s horse farm in Mechanicsville, the training for two Belgians, Max and Bert, starts about one or two months before the pulling season, he said, meaning the team pulls a sled with him and some weight on it about three or four miles each night.

The horses are massive; both weighing more than a ton each and their teaming easily puts them over the 3,300 pound qualifier for the heavy horse division.

All horse teams below that combined weight go into the lightweight division.

At 49 years old, Bowen has been hitching horses to pull loads since he was 15, sometimes to his own detriment.

He recounted a story where he was kicked in the ribs by a horse, nearly fatally, while trying to hitch them up and was laid up in the hospital.

But the allure of horses never seems to leave him.

“For me, it’s the competition and I just enjoy the horses,” Bowen said. “It’s fun.”

He takes his horses all up and down the eastern seaboard to compete in pulling events; one of them, Max, loves the trips and the competition so much he throws tantrums in his stall when he’s not allowed to come along.

“He’s worse than a kid,” Bowen laughs. “We’ve already been in 17 or 18 pulls this year.”

Farrell said things have changed since the horse pull got its roots on the farm; now people who just love horses are getting in on the game.

Horse teams from Virginia and Pennsylvania come in to the St. Mary’s County Fair to compete as well.

“Most of these fellows train their horses in the evening,” Farrell said. “It’s a hobby they get into now.”

Farrell has seen lightweight teams pull as much as 7,000 pound loads while heavyweight teams can pull up to

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a massive 13,000 pounds or more, he said.

Conditions of both the weather and the horses play a part in each pull; wet grass can cause a slick that will make even the heaviest loads move easily.

Sometimes conditions can get so slick they have to stop the teams for safety reasons.

Other times the weight itself becomes too difficult to manage.

“One time they had the blocks stacked so high we had to put straps on them,” Farrell said.

Bowen said his team has pulled about 10,500 pounds so far, no mean feat, but that comes from conditioning and training.

Both Max and Bert lose a couple hundred pounds as they get ready for the competition, Bowen said, but it pays off when the time comes to pull.

He’s not sure just how much he’ll try to get them to pull this year.

“It’s hard to say, enough to win,” Bowen said.

He said the horse pull is a unique event at the fair because, for the spectators, it takes the animals from behind their stalls and puts them in action.

Just the simple act of horses using their tremendous power is what people want to see, he said.

For the horses, though, when the competition season is over it’s time for frolicking and fun, Bowen said.

After October he’ll pull the massive horseshoes from their hooves and let them out into his fields to do as they please.

“They can be a horse again,” Bowen said. guyleonard@countytimes.net

Johnny Bowen

Photos By Frank Marquart

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Newsmakers

St. Mary’s Resident Wins Buy Local Challenge Competition Award Benefits Southern Maryland Food Bank Agriculture Secretary Buddy Hance and Christine Bergmark, Ph.D., Executive Director of the Southern Maryland Agricultural Development Commission (SMADC) recognized Desiree St. Clair Glass of St. Mary’s County, Maryland, as the winner of the 2013 Buy Local Challenge competition “Take the Challenge Outdoors” at a presentation on Monday, at the SMADC office in Hughesville. The Buy Local Challenge photo contest, co-hosted by SMADC and the Maryland Department of Agriculture, encouraged participants to find creative ways to prepare local foods and beverages ‘outdoors’, and share their experience on-line.

St. Clair Glass’s winning entry included a variety of photos of her family and friends enjoying meals made with alllocal ingredients purchased from farms and farmer’s markets close to her home in Chaptico. Photographs featured a delicious picnic spread for two, an ice cream social, simple outdoor suppers and family snack times. “A week of shopping at local shops, produce stands, and farms was so much fun,” said St. Clair Glass. “I have to say, everything I ate was delicious!”

St. Clair Glass received a prize basket filled with locally produced farm products valued at $200. In addition, a $200 check was presented in the winner’s name to The Southern Maryland Food Bank, received by Food Bank director Brenda Di Carlo. The donation will be used to buy fresh produce for families in need in Southern Maryland. “We are pleased to be able to help the Food Bank gain more access to fresh farm foods for the community,” commented Bergmark.

The Buy Local Challenge was conceived and launched in 2007 by SMADC to highlight the benefits of buying local to Maryland's economy and environment. Each year, the Buy Local Challenge enjoys tremendous popularity across Maryland, thanks in part to signature events by Governor Martin O'Malley and the Maryland Department of Agriculture. "We hope that the increasing consumer demand for local products continues to generate excitement and support for our local farms," said Secretary Hance. "Buying locally preserves farmland, protects the environment, bolsters local economies, and provides wholesome, nutritious, great-tasting fresh food."

The Southern Maryland Agricultural Development Commission (SMADC) is committed to: a) a market-driven and sustainable farming future as Maryland transitions away from tobacco. b) a Maryland where farmland preservation, and environmental stewardship positively impact the quality of our air and water and c) cultivating awareness among consum-

ers and leaders of the vital role our farms play in a balanced community, safe, nutritious food and a cleaner and healthier environment. To learn more about additional programs and resources, contact SMADC, P. O. Box 745, Hughesville, MD 20637; phone: 301-274-1922, Ex. 1, fax: 301-274-1924; email cbergmark@smadc.com; or visit www.smadc.com.

From left, Ricky Echeona (son-in-law), Layla (granddaughter), Emma Echeona (daughter), Desiree St. Clair Glass (BLC Contest Winner), Buddy Hance (Maryland Agriculture Secretary), Brenda Di Carlo (Director, Southern Maryland Food Bank), and Christine Bergmark (Executive Director, SMADC)

How a Black Boy’s Unique Filling Station Experiences During the 1957 Little Rock Integration Crisis, and the Courageous White Men Who Facilitated Them, Helped Change America.

Septuagenarian’s first book describes unusual people, places, and predicaments he encountered as a black teenage filling station attendant in Little Rock, Arkansas in the 1950s. It explains how his actions helped change the racial status quo.

Debut author Eddie J. Washington’s gripping narrative, Pegasus: The White Man. The Red Horse. The Black Boy. (Amazon and CreateSpace, June 2013) is a firsthand account of a young black boy who becomes a thirteen-year old Mobilgas filling station attendant in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1954. The book describes the amazing education, challenges, and opportunities provided by the station's courageous white proprietors, a father and son, who became the boy's surrogate grandfather and father.

It is a unique autobiographical journey of a life before, during, and after the 1957 Little Rock Integration Crisis. The author's experiences cover a wide range of emotion and passion during his first 21 years of life, in-

cluding sex, love, violence, humility, humanity, and racism. The filling station is the unusual setting that is the center of the boy's universe. It describes the interesting mix of cars, characters and circumstances the young attendant encountered daily at the filling station. This book illustrates the passion, both love and hate, exhibited on both sides of the color line.

Pegasus: The White Man. The Red Horse. The Black Boy. has 39 intriguing chapters, including: · Urinating Man – Forbidden Toilets · Reverend Cotton – School Bus Sanctuary · Little Rock Nine – Circle of Friends · Driver’s License 1954 – Driving Illegally · Gary St. John – Blue-Eyed Soul Brother Washington’s book describes people, black and white, who touched his life, gave him encouragement, enlightenment and balance, and helped him understand the racial status quo. It also describes those who gave him pause, shock, and fear.

“I could not have written this book until now,” Washington said. “Only now, after military and corporate careers, including living abroad for ten years, do I have the experience to write Pegasus in the proper context. I am the ‘Black Boy’ in Pegasus.”

Pegasus: The White Man. The Red Horse. The Black Boy.is available for immediate eBook download for $6.99 at Amazon.com. Print Edition (CreateSpace, $14.99, 264 pages. 6 x 9, paperback, ISBN: 978-1490302478) available at https://www.createspace.com/4303365, Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Pegasus-White-Man-HorseBlack/dp/1490302476/ or by calling 301-863-5166. For additional information, please visit http://www.readpegasus.com/ or email ewashing@md.metrocast.net

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From my Backyard to our Bay A St. Mary’s County Resident’s Guide to Improving Our Environment and Drinking Water

From My Backyard to Our Bay was first developed by the Baltimore County Soil Conservation District. From there, the booklet was given to each of the Soil Conservation Districts in the Chesapeake Bay watershed area for customization. If the 17.5 million residents who live in the watershed area of the Chesapeake Bay read this booklet, and took to heart its suggestions and best practices, the Chesapeake Bay would see a dramatic increase in health. Obtain a FREE copy of the booklet by going to the St. Mary’s River Watershed Association, smrwa.org and downloading it. The booklet is available at Wentworth Nursery in Charlotte Hall; Chicken Scratch in Park Hall; The Greenery in Hollywood; Good Earth Natural Food; and the St. Mary’s Soil Conservation District in Leonardtown.

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Household Best Management Practices

Instead of From My Backyard to Our Bay, this booklet could easily be titled From My Lifestyle to Our Bay. Earlier we mentioned ways we all can cut down on water use as a way to relieve the strain on the Bay. Many other things we all can do in our daily lives will have an effect on our Bay.

Maintaining Your Vehicle Vehicle maintenance is an important and easy way to prevent oil, heavy metals, and other toxic chemicals from reaching our drinking water and the Bay. After oil has leaked from a car onto a driveway, rainwater washes it into the street, toward the nearest storm drain, or into the yard, toward a Bay tributary.

It is estimated that 180 million gallons of oil are disposed of improperly each year.

A single quart of oil can contaminate 250,000 gallons of drinking water.

• Check your vehicle regularly for oil leaks and drips. If you find leaks or drips, fix them as quickly as possible.

• Use ground cloths or drip pans when you find leaks, while changing the oil, or when working on the engine.

• If a spill occurs while changing the oil or working on the engine, clean up the spill immediately and properly dispose of the cleanup materials.

• Collect used oil or antifreeze in containers with tight-fitting lids (plastic jugs) and recycle at any St. Mary’s County waste transfer center. Do not mix waste oil or antifreeze with gasoline, solvents, or other engine fluids. The oil and antifreeze will become contaminated and will not be reusable. Motor oil, antifreeze, transmission fluid, or other engine fluids should never be dumped onto roads, into gutters, down a storm drain or catch basin, onto the ground, or into a ditch.

• Wash your car on the grass with biodegradable soap or take it to a car wash. Turn off the hose between rinses and save 150 gallons of water.

• Carpool – the less you drive, the fewer air pollutants you emit.

Where to get help with…

VEHICLE MAINTENANCE • U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, epa.gov/climatechange/wycd/ road.html • EPA Vehicle Maintenance Fact Sheet, epa.gov/wastes/inforesources/pubs/ infocus/vehicle.pdf • From Forbes.com comes “Sneaky Ways to Get Better Gas Mileage.” forbes.com/2008/04/22/cars-mpg-gasforbeslife-cx_jm_0422cars.html • From DMV.org comes: dmv.org/howto-guides/vehicle-maintenance.php

This is the eighteenth in a series of articles that Mary Ann Scott (maryann.scott58@yahoo.com) has adapted from From My Backyard to Our Bay in the hopes of increasing awareness of the powerful booklet that could do so much to help the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries. Look for the next article in next week’s County Times!

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Bay-Wise landscapes minimize negative impacts on our waterways by using smarter lawn management techniques and gardening practices. The University of Maryland Extension Master Gardener Bay-Wise program in St. Mary’s County offers hands-on help with managing your landscape by providing information, a site visit, and landscape certifications.

Our yardstick checklist is easy to understand and follow, and our team of trained Master Gardeners can help guide you through it while offering suggestions to improve both the appearance and sustainability of your landscape.

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Upcoming Lectures at HSMC

Slave Dwelling Project and Life and Death Consider less-explored aspects of the past at events scheduled for the last week in September at Historic St. Mary’s City (HSMC).

On Sunday, September 22, the public is invited to explore the former slave and tenant quarter from St. Mary’s Manor. The building is located behind The Inn at Brome Howard (18281 Rosecroft Road, St. Mary’s City). Join us at 3 p.m. to tour the structure and learn about its history and archaeology from Terry Brock, a graduate student at Michigan State University who has been studying the site for his dissertation. Meet Joseph McGill, Jr., Program Officer at the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and learn about his Slave Dwelling Project. McGill sleeps in historic slave dwellings to call attention to the need to preserve these structures and make them part of our American story. “If structure is there, said McGill, “It makes it a whole lot easier to tell the story.”

McGill, Brock, and other interested parties will spend the night in the structure. The following day, September 23, McGill will offer a public lecture about the Slave Dwelling Project. The talk will take place at 7 p.m. in the HSMC Visitor Center auditorium (18751 Hogaboom Lane, St. Mary’s City).

On Thursday, September 26, HSMC director of archaeology Tim Riordan, Ph.D., will discuss Life and Death in 17th-Century Maryland. Coming to Maryland in the 17th century represented great opportunity. All of the promotional literature touted the wonders of the New World and the easy living. None mentioned the risks involved. Riordan will examine the downside of coming to Maryland -- the constant acquaintance with death and how the fledgling society strove to cope with it. The lecture will take place at 7 p.m. in the Visitor Center.

These events are free and open to the public.

Design Entries Sought for 2014 Technology Handbook Cover Art Contest

Graphic artists are invited to submit designs to be considered for the cover of the 2014 edition of the Technology Handbook for St. Mary’s County. Once again The Patuxent Partnership will sponsor the cover art contest, awarding a $500 prize to the winner. Artists must reside or be employed in St. Mary’s County.

Graphic artists, technical artists and illustrators are invited to log on to The Department of Economic and Community Development’s website at www.stmarysmd.com/decd to read and download the contest rules and an entry form. Once on the main DECD webpage, highlight ‘Doing Business’, and then click ‘Downloads.’ You can get directly to this page by going to www.stmarysmd.com/decd/ FormsandDocuments.asp. Look for the Technology Handbook Cover Contest header to find all the information.

All entries must include two full-size prints of the artwork and the electronic files and be delivered to Laura Boonchaisri, Economic Development Co-

ordinator, St. Mary’s County Department of Economic and Community Development, PO Box 653, 23115 Leonard Hall Drive, Leonardtown, MD 20650 by 4 p.m. on October 25. Questions about the Cover Contest and the Technology Handbook can be directed to Laura Boonchaisri at laura.boonchaisri@ stmarysmd.com or 301-475-4200 ext.1408. Entries will not be returned and all submissions will become the property of the St. Mary’s County Department of Economic & Community Development and The Patuxent Partnership.

The Department of Economic and Community Development is currently preparing the 2014 Technology Handbook. Technology-focused businesses in St. Mary’s County currently not in the 2013 edition, and are interested in being included, should contact Cheri Noffsinger at 301-475-4200 ext. 1400 or email cheri.noffsinger@stmarysmd.com. Companies listed in the 2013 edition will be notified to renew your listing.

Vendor/Craft Sale Support GMHS Class of 2015 Cash & Carry Items will be available!!!

When: Saturday, Dec 7, 2013 Time: 8am – 4pm Where: Great Mills High Great Mills, MD

Find that special gif for everyone on your shopping list. Multiple Vendors and crafers all in one spot to make your shopping easier.

Reserve a table for $30 or two for $50 Yard Sale tables available as well No duplicate vendors and only one product line per table.

All Proceeds to benefit GMHS class of 2015; Donations will be accepted

Table Reservations: cathypulliam72@gmail.com or 301-481-1431

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w e i v e R k o Bo “Goat Mountain” by David Vann c.2013, Harper $25.99 / $28.99 Canada • 304 pages

By Terri Schlichenmeyer OW contributor

It’s always about the hunt.

It doesn’t matter whether the stalk takes place on an isle or down an aisle. Makes no difference if the prey has a rack or is on a rack. Could be elusive or expensive, it’s a hunt just the same.

The thing is, you never forget your first meaningful hunt.

And in the new book “Goat Mountain” by David Vann, that’s doubly true when it goes so terribly wrong.

He had been to the hunting camp before.

Each year, his father; his father’s best friend, Tom; and his grandfather took him on the long ride through land that had been in the family for ages. Up hills, around winding roads, across cliffs that made him believe they’d crash and die. He stood in the back of the truck and watched for deer.

This year, his eleventh summer, he’d be allowed to shoot one.

His rifle wasn’t nearly as powerful as the one his father carried or the one Tom owned.

Still, he’d been shooting the .30-.30 for two years, anticipating this week. He was angry, sometimes, that he’d been born too late: he’d seen photos of hunts past, and wished he’d been there.

And then they got to the gate.

His father had poacherproofed it, secured it against gun and truck, but that didn’t seem to matter: Tom saw a poacher sitting on a ledge some two hundred yards out. It angered him; it angered them all that this man was trespassing, scaring away their deer. So they

decided to scare the poacher.

Leaning against the hood of the truck, his father dropped a shell in the chamber of a .300 Magnum, aimed, and drove the bolt home. On the ledge, there was no reaction to the click, so his father offered him a peek through the more-powerful rifle.

Through the scope, he could see rocks and dust. He could see everything: clothes the poacher was wearing, his skin, his jeans as he stood up, having noticed the glint of something, maybe a rifle in the hands of an eleven-year-old boy.

Then that boy squeezed the trigger…

There you have a synopsis of the first chapter of this book.

But could author David Vann sustain the heart-pounding drama here?

The answer is a resounding “yes.”

Told from the obvious point of an adult who was once that boy, “Goat Mountain” takes readers through incredible beauty, lush views, and breathtaking landscapes, down into a sharp cone of grieved madness and brutality. It’s easy to think the boy is a brat; easier to think he’s a monster, but Vann teases out his storyline until we’re not really sure where evil lies or where it came from. I like that in a novel, and I loved this one.

So pour yourself a cold one this week, settle into your easy chair, and be ready to miss a lot of sleep. You’ve been waiting a long time for a novel that’ll capture your attention like this does, which makes “Goat Mountain” the book to hunt for.

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Dr. Toshi Yoshihara Comes to St. Mary’s College to Discuss the Future of Chinese Sea Power The Patuxent Partnership and the Center for the Study of Democracy at St. Mary’s College of Maryland are co-hosting “The Future of Chinese Sea Power” lecture and book signing with Dr. Toshi Yoshihara. Dr. Yoshihara holds the John A. van Beuren Chair of Asia-Pacific Studies and is an affiliate member of the China Maritime Studies Institute at the U.S. Naval War College. The lecture takes place in the Auerbach Auditorium, St. Mary’s Hall, at St. Mary’s College on Thursday, September 26th from 4:30pm-5:30pm.

Military tensions in the East China Sea have increased in the last several years. China’s rapid naval expansion, along with a willingness to use its increased economic power, has contributed to these rising tensions. Dr. Yoshihara has an extensive knowledge of sea power-theory, and argues that China is laying the groundwork for a sustained challenge to American primacy in maritime Asia, a topic he explores in his co-authored book, “Red Star over the Pacific: China's Rise and the Challenge to U.S. Maritime Strategy.”

Attendees will have the opportunity to purchase a copy of the book and have it signed following the lecture.

Rear Admiral Steve Tomaszeski says, “An expert on China’s growing Navy, Dr. Toshi Yoshihara is an engaging speaker addressing a most relevant topic, the future of maritime security in the Pacific. As our U.S. Navy re-balances forces to the Pacific, Dr. Yoshihara’s analysis of the ongoing modernization of the Chinese Navy is both thought-provoking and compelling. You will come away with a new appreciation for the importance of maintaining our maritime superiority.”

“This lecture will be of interest to both the St. Mary’s College and regional community,” says Dr. Michael Cain, Director of the Center. “Dr. Yoshihara’s argument about the growing power of the Chinese Navy is linked to important discussions on how to address strategic challenges in the region and possible flashpoints in the East and South China Seas. It will be a fascinating discussion for our students and our community.”

Doors open at 4 p.m. For more information or to register, please visit www.paxpartnership.org or call 301-866- 1739 x301.

Hospital Auxiliary Raffles Quilt The St. Mary’s Hospital Auxiliary is holding a raffle for a quilt hand sewn by some of MedStar St. Mary’s associates in the Women’s Health & Family Birthing Center.

The colorfully patterned quilt with white background is in a size that is suitable as a bedspread for a twin bed or as a cover for a full bed. The item was donated to the Auxiliary and is currently being raffled off to raise funds for patient comfort items.

To purchase tickets and to view the quilt, visit the Gift Shop located just inside the main hospital lobby. The shop is open weekdays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Sundays from 1 to 5 p.m. The raffle tickets cost just $1 each or $5 for six tickets.

The winner of the quilt raffle will be announced at the Auxiliary’s Annual Fall Bazaar to be held on Friday, Oct. 25 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the hospital lobby.

To learn more about Auxiliary events or to become a member, call the Gift Shop at 301-475-6153.

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In Our Community Kids can build with cardboard and duct tape Families looking for fun activities for their children this Friday when school is not in session can bring them to the libraries. Cardboard boxes and duct tape will be provided for kids of all ages to use to build whatever they want. Charlotte Hall branch will offer the program at 2 p.m. and Lexington Park branch at 3 p.m.

STEM program introduces preschoolers to science Preschoolers, ages 3-5 years old, will explore and learn about the five senses through fun activities at the Five Senses STEM program. The free program is being presented by growingSTEMs at Leonardtown branch on Sept. 20 at 10 a.m. and at Charlotte Hall branch on Sept. 23 at 10 a.m.

Registration is required.

College library cards available at branches Library cards for St. Mary’s College of Maryland and College of Southern Maryland can be obtained at any branch until September 24 as part of a library card exchange program.

Help available for Spanish speakers Spanish students from St. Mary’s College will be available at Lexington Park library on Sept. 24 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. to help Spanish speakers read English documents. The students will help translate forms, applications, school flyers, homework assignments and more.

Homeschooled students to learn about library resources Students who are being homeschooled and their parents will learn how to get the most from the library’s resources and services, meet the staff, and tour the library at a workshop at the Leonardtown branch on Sept. 26 at 2 p.m.

Library celebrates Doctor Who’s anniversary The 50th anniversary of Doctor Who will be celebrated on Sept. 26 at 6 p.m. at Lexington Park library. Playing Time Lord Trivia, battling the Doctor’s alien enemies, and making TARDIS are some of the activities planned. Those attending can come dressed as their favorite Doctor, companion, or alien.

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Pax River Raiders Kick Off

By David Howe Contributing Writer

The weekend of September 13 kicked off the Patuxent River homecoming with multiple events such as pancake and hotdog competitions, multiple raffles, and face painting. During this event many of the Raider teams played different teams within St. Mary’s and Calvert counties. All teams did an outstanding job and represented the Pax River Raiders by showing great enthusiasm and sportsman like conduct.

Pictures below were of the Pax River Raiders 9 U senior team, whose head coach is Brandon Spears. The boys played an outstanding game of football by defeating the Mechanicsville Braves 40-0. Coach Spears says, “that every athlete on his team showed great discipline and conducted themselves with the upmost professionalism.” The coaches and parents are looking forward to another great season and this year has started off with a current record of 2-0. Coach Dave Howe stated, “ every game we take serious and the boys prepare each week as though they are going to the championship game.” Coach Felix and Coach Greene stated, “ our entire team works hard and gives the coaches 100% each practice and game which is all you can ask from an athlete at this age.” Coach Phil who hands out hitman stickers and Raider stickers each week for great plays says, “after this game each boy has earned their sticker and has put it all on the line by earning such a great win.”

With seven games left the team is still working hard preparing each week. They hope to stay healthy and strong as they get closer and closer to winning the championship. Good luck boys and coaches for another outstanding season.

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Sabres Ice Hockey Teams Win Preseason Tournaments

The Southern Maryland Sabres Bantam, a travel ice hockey team competed in The Summer Splashdown Tournament held August 16 to 18, at the University of Delaware in Newark, DE. The Sabres went 2-0-1 and won a seed in the championship game against the Delaware Ducks – who incidentally was the team they tied in the first game. Sabres went on to win the championship game 6-3, never letting the Ducks take the upper hand. This was a great start to what should be an awesome season for the Sabres Bantam Team!

The Southern Maryland Sabres PeeWee A travel ice hockey team competed in the Tri-City Eagles Pre-Season Classic Tournament held on September 6 to 8 at The Gardens Ice House in Laurel, Maryland. The Sabres went undefeated in early round play and advanced to the championship game as the number one seed. In the championship game the Sabres defeated the number two seed Bowie Bruins by a score of 4-1 to claim the title of tournament champions.

The Southern Maryland Sabres Hockey Club travel teams participate in the Chesapeake Bay Hockey League (CBHL). The league is part of the Southeastern District of USA Hockey. The Sabres' home arena is Capital Clubhouse in Waldorf, Md. and draws players from Charles, St. Mary's, Calvert, Prince George's, King George counties and beyond. The Sabres offer a range of ice programs including learn to play hockey, recreational teams, travel teams and skills sessions. For more information, visit: www.somdsabres.org

Back Row: Asst. Coach Stacey Craft, Head Coach Bill Coady, Phil Higdon, Andrew Williams, Jacob Redmond, Jake Pilkerton, Domonic Delong, Josh Stevenson, Asst. Coach Shawn Fouladi Front Row: Luke Sprague, Alex Delaney, Reid Everett, Derek McKee, Josh Tieman, CJ Craft, Antonio BriggsBlake, Merrick Kibler, Nick Lane

Front row: Riley Ocker, Matthew Corolla, Aidan Kennedy, Liam Delong, Nick Dean, Jack Delaney Back row: Asst. Coach Rob Dean, Tyler Smith, Catie Corolla, Madeleine Craven, Ryan Burroughs, Troy Tallant, Allen Dement, Andrew Severson, Nate Albers, Trevor Reece, Asst. Coach Fred Severson, Head Coach TD Reece Not pictured: Pete Behrens

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By Ronald N. Guy Jr. Contributing Writer I have a bone to pick with a famous athlete that is widely acknowledged as one of his craft’s elite. To be fair, though, I have to start with a personal admission.

Back when I was a scrappy young ball player I had a tendency to be a little intense. I will not confirm or deny that bats may have been tossed, trashcans toppled and gloves thrown. Hey, I grew up watching County softball in the 1970s and 80s - it’s just what you did when things went awry.

Through a retrospective lens, my behavior was unattractive, juvenile and slightly embarrassing. In the moment it made perfect sense. It all occurred within the context of competitive athletics and teammates were relying on me. My failures were…upsetting. Fine, I just admitted guilt. The disclosure was necessary to placate my conscience and to draw a distinction between my checkered past and the checkered present of a media-darling quarterback. My misplaced passion was always based solely in disappointment with my own performance; it was never the result of frustration with struggling teammates. The same can’t be said for a guy that knows better but apparently doesn’t care.

Did you watch last Thursday night’s NFL game between the New York Jets and the New England Patriots? It is no matter if you didn’t. Suffice to say, it wasn’t a thing of beauty. The final score - 13-10 Patriots – is indicative of the 1930’s throwback game that it was. If the offenses were software programs, they would have spent most of the night “buffering” or crashing altogether. The Jets, “led” by rookie quarterback Geno Smith, committed four turnovers. The Patriots, despite having Tom Brady under center, were derailed by an atrocious performance by an unknown and woefully inexperienced receiving corps.

And there’s the story. The Patriots’ receivers, outside of veteran incumbent Julian Edelman, were terrible. Absent long-time safety valve Wes Welker (who’s now in Denver), injured tight end Rob Gronkowski and wide receiver Danny Amendola and, of course, accused murderer Aaron Hernandez, Brady’s options were limited. The telepathic relationship between quarterback and wide receiver was non-existent – and Brady’s frustration showed. After every dropped pass or poorly run route, Brady became more demonstrative. He finally lost it completely when he and rookie wide receiver Aaron Dobson failed to connect on a pass at the Jets’ goal line. When the camera panned back to Brady, he was in the midst of a terrible-two nuclear meltdown on national T.V. and Dobson was the victim of his hurled emotional spears.

Brady’s response – hands on helmet and an obvious verbal lashing that started on the field and continued on the sidelines - was simply outrageous. I can’t think of another NFL quarterback that would humiliate a teammate so completely. Brady is a 14-year NFL veteran, a three-time Super Bowl champion and the unquestioned face of the New England Patriots. No current player in the NFL can match his credentials and few possess his influence on the organization and in the locker room.

Yet he behaved like a spoiled kid at Christmas who found a new pair of Sunday shoes, not the desired bike waiting under the tree. Instead of showing poise and an understanding of the well-intended youth around him, Brady made sure everyone in American knew that it was Dobson and fellow rookie wide receiver Kenbrell Thompkins causing the team’s offensive struggles. Rather than having a constructive conversation with Dobson, Brady embarrassed him. In doing so Brady reduced himself to a new low and broke a tenet of leadership: credit flows down and blame flows up (the chain of command)…no matter what.

Brady said all the right things post-game, but the damage – to his reputation - had been done. This wasn’t the first time Brady’s behaved in such a shallow, maniacal way; it’s just the latest example of his ineffective, tyrannical style. Dobson certainly struggled against the Jets but it was his quarterback that turned in the most unimpressive and regrettable performance. Thursday night Brady failed as a team leader and a teammate. If history’s any indication, he won’t bother to change.

Good luck Aaron Dobson, et al.

Send comments to rguyjoon@yahoo.com

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Week 2 Football Scores

Chopticon Vs. Patuxent 7 - 21 L Leonardtown Vs Potomac 25 - 14 W Great Mills Vs Thomas Stone 0 - 33 L St Mary’s Ryken Vs Archbishop Carroll 28 - 0 W

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Local High School Football Week 2 Review

Next Games:

Great Mills Vs Riverdale Baptist

@ Riverdale Baptist - Sept. 20, 7 p.m.

Leonadtown Vs Thomas Stone

@ Thomas Stone - Sept. 20, 6:30 p.m.

Chopticon Vs Northern

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St. Mary’s Ryken Vs Bishop McNamara

@ Bishop McNamara - Sept. 21, 1:30 p.m.

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Superchargers Showdown Friday & Saturday at MIR! This Friday and Saturday, September 20-21, be a part of MIR history at the largest ever running of the 28th annual Snap on Tools Superchargers Showdown International Pro Mod Challenge!

The Northeast Outlaw Pro Mod Association [NEOPMA] is proud to announce the first International Pro Mod Event and one of the largest quarter mile Pro Mod Fields in 2013 at Maryland International Raceway on Sept. 20 to 21, 2013. Qualifying two 16 cars fields, featuring a 16 car ‘International Pro Mod Challenge’ with 8 of Canada’s fastest Pro Modified Racing Association [PMRA] Pro Mods vs. Northeast Outlaw Pro Mod Association [NEOPMA] 8 fastest Pro Mods to Crown the first International Pro Mod Champion.

NEOPMA will also have a second 16 car Pro Mod Field featuring some of the fastest Pro Mods on the planet.

We have added additional sponsor support from New York Motorsports, G-Force Racecars, VP Race Fuels, IFITSGOTAMOTOR.COM, and not to forget our yearly sponsors listed below.

“We are thrilled to make NEOPMA history at this year's Superchargers Showdown by qualifying 32 wild Pro Mods and holding the first ‘International Pro Mod Challenge’. This is one of only a few races in the entire nation where you can see a 32 car field on the full quarter mile. With awesome track and atmospheric conditions in mid-September and a 32 car Pro Mod field it will truly be an extraordinary weekend!” states Royce Miller of MIR. Maryland International Raceway’s fans love doorslammer racing, and have built a great relationship with the NEOPMA for their ability to put on a great event with fast side by side quarter mile drag racing, and open access to all teams and their pits. The NEOPMA considers MIR their home track.

“The last several years have been extraordinary for the NEOPMA at MIR. The fans show their support for the track and racers by filling the stands to standing room only events. This is a testament to the Miller Family and staff for maintaining a great facility, preparing a fast, safe track for out racers and helping build the NEOPMA into the largest quarter mile pro mod series in

the country”, states John Mazzorana of the NEOPMA. In addition to the historic field of Pro Mods, you will also see the Wild Bunch 2 with insane out of control Superchared Altereds, tire smoking Nostalgia Nitro Funny Cars including Bunny Burkett and 300 mph flame throwing Jet Dragsters. Plus 5,000 to win each day in Top ET. On Friday there will be one Pro qualifying session, plus a $5,000 to win Top ET race. On Saturday there will be 2 more pro qualifying sessions, plus 3 rounds of jet cars, and eliminations Saturday night with the full Speed Unlimited ET series. There will also be another $5,000 to win Top ET race on Saturday. Come early and don’t miss any of this history-making event.

The schedule for this event is as follows on Friday, gates will open at 3pm. Top ET time trials will start at 4pm with eliminations starting at 7pm. There will be 1 rounds of Pro Mod qualifying at 8pm.

On Saturday gates will open at 9am, ET time runs start at 10am with Junior eliminations at 11:30am and all other ET class eliminations at 1:30pm. There will be two more Pro Mod qualifying sessions at 12noon and 2pm. First round of Pro Mod eliminations will begin at 5pm, and there will be 3 rounds of Jet Cars starting at 7pm along with the Wild Bunch, and the Nostalgia Nitro Funny Cars.

Admission is $20 on Friday, $25 on Saturday, or a two day pass is $40 and that includes a free pit pass.

Children 6 to 11 are $5 per day.

On Sunday, September 232d, MIR will host another full day Test & Tune. Time runs, grudge runs, testing, and tuning all day long! MIR will also have a free $1,000 to win gamblers race for the bracket racers. So bring your grudge matches, street cars, pro cars, bracket cars, imports, motorcycles, and Jr. Dragsters to MIR! Gates open at 10am, eliminations begin at 3pm, and the test & tune is over at 6pm. Admission is just $15.

For more detailed information on these events call the 24-Hour Dragline Hotline at 301-884-RACE or visit us at www.mirdrag.com

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Blue Crabs Reach New Heights With Regular Season Attendance Amidst the team’s fifth consecutive playoff appearance and the 2013 All-Star season, fans of the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs responded in numbers to the franchise’s sixth season of Atlantic League baseball at Regency Furniture Stadium in Waldorf this summer. The Blue Crabs drew 242,894 fans over 69 home games, boosting overall attendance by nearly 13,800 fans equaling a 5% increase during the 2013 season. The season’s largest crowd came on Independence Day when over 8,200 fans paraded through the gates at Regency Furniture Stadium, setting a franchise record for single game attendance.

In July, the Blue Crabs also welcomed fans from all over the East Coast and beyond as they hosted the 2013 Atlantic League All-Star Game. Despite the weather, former Major League veteran pitcher Dontrelle Willis faced off against York Revolution pitcher Chris Cody in front of more than 7,000 excited fans. The night before the game, the Blue Crabs hosted an All-Star Celebration featuring “Circurious,” where the infield was transformed into a main stage for fans to enjoy the daring acts. Throughout the two-day event, nearly 11,000 fans enjoyed the 2013 Atlantic League All-Star Festivities.

“As an organization, we are very impressed with the increase of attendance from last season,” said Blue Crabs General Manager Patrick Day. “Throughout my first year with the franchise, I have been wowed time and again by the remarkable support from the fans of Crustacean Nation and the surrounding communities.”

The Blue Crabs continue their successful year as they enter the Atlantic League post-season with the best overall regular season record in the Liberty Division (65-74). As first-half champions, the Blue Crabs will have home field advantage in the first round of the playoffs against the defending Atlantic League Champion Long Island Ducks. In the best-of-five series, the Ducks will host the first two games on September, 18 and 19 at Bethpage Ballpark in Central Islip, New York, followed by the Game 3 at Regency Furniture Stadium (Games 4 and 5 to follow, if necessary). Game 3 will be played on September 20. Gates will open at 6:00 p.m., followed by a special fireworks extravaganza.

To purchase playoff tickets, please call 301-638-9788 or log onto www.SOMDbluecrabs.com

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St. Mary’s Department of Aging Programs and Activities Senior Forum with the Board of County Commissioners On Friday, Sept. 27, 2013, the St. Mary’s Board of County Commissioners will address topics directly related to the senior community.

The Senior Forum, sponsored by the St. Mary’s County Department of Aging & Human Services, Commission on Aging, will begin promptly at 10:00 a.m. at the Southern Maryland Higher Education Center, located at 44219 Airport Road in California, MD. To reserve a seat contact the Department of Aging and Human Services at 301-475-4200, extension 1050.

Visit the Department of Aging & Human Services at the County Fair The Department of Aging & Human Services will have tables in the FSA Auditorium on Friday, Saturday & Sunday. Mention you saw this in the newspaper and receive a free gift! The table will feature literature on all of our seven divisions and best of all our friendly staff will be available to answer any questions you have about our programs and services.

Celebrating Oktoberfest Tickets are still on sale. Get them while they last. On Monday, Sept. 30, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., get in the spirit of Oktoberfest by joining us for an Oktoberfest party at the Northern Senior Activity Center. Entertainment includes Charles County Show Troupe dancers and their special fun-spirited routines. There will be more German fun, music & memorabilia and German style-food including bratwurst and pretzels.

Visit the outdoor patio ‘Biergarten’ for a fill-up or taste; those who bring their own steins will receive a special token. And don’t forget to wear your Old World best and win a prize!! Tickets are a suggested donation of $7 and available at the Northern Center’s front desk.

Tai Chi for Arthritis Beginner Class Starting Up at the Loffler Senior Activity Center The Loffler Senior Activity Center will be holding beginner Tai Chi for Arthritis classes at 9 a.m. on Wednesday mornings from Oct.2 until Nov. 20 (eight sessions). Studies have shown that practicing this program reduces pain

significantly, reduces falls and provides many other health benefits in a relatively short period of time. While there is no monetary cost for this class, commitment to attendance and practice at home is required for students. Space is available for twenty participants. To register, or for more information call 301-737-5670, ext. 1658.

3rd Annual Barn Party at the St. Mary’s County Fairgrounds Kick off the autumn season with a good old fashion barn party planned by the Garvey Senior Activity Center. Enjoy country music and food in a country setting on Friday, Oct. 11 from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Tap your feet while listening to live country music by the Billy Hill Band. Twirl your partner around the dance floor, and enjoy a catered pork barbeque meal. Ticket price is $8.00.

Tickets are available for purchase at all Senior Activity Center locations. For more information, call 301-475-4200, ext. 1050.

Loffler Loves Zumba Set the noon hour aside on Mondays and make your way over to the Weisman Room at the Loffler Senior Activity Center where the music is magic and the dancing is fantastic. Our Zumba instructors will take you through the steps of this fun, upbeat style of fitness. Bring your fitness card. Don’t have one yet? Then stop by the front office and purchase one for $30--good for ten classes (not limited to Zumba; the fitness card is good for all of the fitness classes at any County Senior Activity Center). For more information call 301-737-5670, ext. 1658.

Port of Leonardtown Winery & Tasting On Thursday, Sept. 26, from 11:30 a.m. until 3:00 p.m., enjoy a delightful afternoon with lunch at Kevin’s Corner Kafe then enjoy a guided tour of the Port of Leonardtown Winery, a local winery unique to Maryland. Operated by the Southern Maryland Wine Growers Cooperative, the tour will include the history of the winery and how the winery grew out of the decline of the tobacco industry in this area. Learn how grapes are grown, selected and processed to be made into wine and what foods pair best with what wine selections. See a demonstration showing

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the conversion of grapes into wine along with the wine barrel storage area. Taste six wines made at the winery and keep your souvenir wine glass.

Bus departs from the Garvey Senior Activity Center. Call 301.475.4200, ext. 1063 for more information.

Fee is $17.00 (includes bus transportation and wine tasting). Lunch is self-pay at Kevin’s Corner Kafe.

Fishing on the ‘Patty Lee’ Let’s go fishing on Tuesday, October 1. Try to catch’em aboard the ‘Patty Lee,’ a 40ft., Baybuilt,Coast Guard-licensed charter boat. Captain Paul Kellam will navigate the waters in the area near Pt. Lookout to bottom fish. Tackle, bait, and ice are furnished-as are bottled water and snacks.

You will need to supply your own cooler to carry your catch home. Boat departs Scheible’s Fishing Center in Ridge, MD promptly at 8:00 a.m. and returns around noon. Please wear appropriate shoes and clothing so that you can enjoy your fishing excursion. Considerable agility is needed to get on and off the boat. Transportation is on your own. In the event of questionable weather, please call 301.475.4200, ext. 1063 after 7:00 a.m. for information. Boat leaves from Scheible's Fishing Center in Ridge, MD promptly at 8 a.m. and returns around noon. Call 301-475-4200, ext. 1063 for more information. Fee is$35.00 Tour the Statehouse & Governor’s Mansion in Annapolis On Wednesday, October 2, enjoy a guided tour of Maryland’s Statehouse, including a visit to the Chambers of the House of Representatives and the Senate. Learn how our state government functions, how bills are created, lobbied and become laws.

The history of how senators are seated, their individual mandates, and how we as citizens can participate are explored.

Proceed to the Governor’s Mansion for a presentation that includes the rich history of the house, the Governors and their First Ladies who have lived there, and important visitors. Considerable walking and standing is involved throughout the tour, as are stairs. Comfortable shoes should be worn.

Bus departs from the Loffler Senior Activity Center promptly at 8 a.m. and returns around 3:30 p.m. Fee is $45.00 (includes motor coach transportation, driver tip, and lunch at Old Country Buffet in Annapolis). Call 301.475.4200, ext.

1063 for information on how to register.

Balancing Act Classes Returning to Loffler Dave Scheible is offering a three session series of his signature Balancing Act classes. He will offer two different types of sessions: On Wednesdays, Oct. 23, 30 and Nov. 6 at 3:15 p.m.

Classes target participants who need help with rudimentary balancing tasks. On Tuesdays, Oct. 22, 29 and Nov. 5 at 9 a.m. the class will be for those who have more capacity for balance and the exercises will be more challenging. The cost for all three sessions is $15 payable to Dave on the first day of class. There will be an option for a fourth session if interest warrants it. To sign up for either set of classes or for more information call 301-737-5670, ext. 1658.

3rd Annual Long-Term Care Awareness Conference – Register Now! It’s time to register for the 3rd Annual Long-Term Care Awareness Conference; hosted by the St. Mary’s County Department of Aging & Human Services. The conference is Friday, Oct. 11, 2013, at Dr. James A. Forrest Career and Technology Center, 24005 Point Lookout Road, Leonardtown, Maryland. Registration fee is $22. Advance registration is required. The conference begins at 9 a.m., with registration starting at 8:00 a.m. This year’s theme is “A Focus on Services & Supports in Long-Term Care Facilities.” Guest speakers will address important long-term care topics including medical benefits for residents in long-term care, understanding the needs of those with dementia-related illnesses, Medicare updates, legal documents essential for long-term planning, alternative choices for long-term care, and psychosocial benefits of activities and recreation. Registration forms are available at the Garvey, Loffler, and Northern Senior Activity Centers. You can also contact Kathy Goodspeed at 301-475-4200, ext. 1055 or by e-mail at Kathleen.Goodspeed@stmarysmd. com.

Loffler Senior Activity Center 301-737-5670, ext. 1652; Garvey Senior Activity Center, 301-475-4200, ext. 1050 Northern Senior Activity Center, 301-475-4002, ext. 1001 Visit the Department of Aging’s website at www.stmarysmd.com/aging for the most up-to date information.

Morgan Jones

By Linda Reno Contributing Writer Morgan Jones was transported to Maryland as an indentured servant about 1661 by Robert Slye. He was a potter by trade and operated a kiln at “Ocean Hall” during his servitude. By 1669 he was free and established his own kiln just across the Potomac in Westmoreland Co., VA. In 1681 he moved to Lower Norfolk Co., VA and finally to Dorset (aka Dorchester) County, MD where he died in 1691.

In 1666 Jones witnessed the will of John Davis of St. Mary’s County. Davis died by April 26, 1667 leaving two children, John and Elizabeth and his widow Mary (nee Harrington, sister of John Harrington). Jones married Mary Davies shortly thereafter.

In 1673, Jones petitioned the court “to be Cleared of the Estate of John Da-

vis deceased [that] came into his hands by marryeing the widow.” Perhaps he was asking only for himself as Mary was still administering the estate in 1676. He may also have asked because it appears the marriage had fallen apart.

On November 28, 1676 Mary petitioned the court speaking of her “deplorable condition” and asking the court to “take such course and care for the maintenance of her and her Child* as the Court shall think meet, otherwise she and her Child must inevitably be chargable to the County for their maintenance, the estate which her husband now possesses being well Known to come him by the Petitioner’s Child’s father.”

The court ordered Jones to allow his wife, annually, “one winter Shute, one summer shute, three pair of shoes and stockings, three barrels of Corn, three shifts of dowlas or lockerum and head linen convenient and 300 pounds of meat, and that the child was to have the same allowance.” The servant boy

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named Francis Browne was to be kept in Mary’s custody to fetch her wood and water.

By February of the following year, Mary was back in court saying that Jones had not complied with their order and had actually forced her off the plantation. “Insomuch that were it not for the charitable assistance and relief of her good neighbours, she should ere [before] this have perished.” Jones was ordered to give additional security to ensure he complied with the court’s order. In return, Mary was ordered not to cripple, maim or lame Francis Brown.

By April 16, 1678 Morgan Jones was living full time in Westmoreland County, VA where he was sworn in as constable for the lower precincts of Co-

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pley Parish.

Mary (Harrington) Davis/Jones was deceased by October 28, 1680 when her son-in-law, Owen Guyther was granted administration on her estate. Her son John Davis died in 1698, apparently without any children and her daughter Elizabeth had none either. The Maryland State Archives states that Owen Guyther married a second time and had four children, but I disagree. *The child Mary was speaking of was John Davis, Jr. Her other child was Elizabeth Davis who, at the age of 11, married Owen Guyther. The youngest age for a girl I’ve ever seen.

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Richard Anthony Hamilton, Jr., 74

Richard Anthony Hamilton, Jr., 74, of Lexington Park, Md., died Saturday, Sept. 14, at Calvert County Nursing Center in Prince Fredrick, Md. Born November 27, 1938, he is the son of the late Richard A. Hamilton, Sr. and Winifred Josephine Sayre Hamilton.

On March 29, 1974, in Washington D.C., Richard married his beloved wife of 39 years, Linda Gail Hamilton (DeWolfe).

He was employed by the Washington Post for 23 years as a pressman. After retirement, he went back to work in 2005 as a Security Guard for the Winpisinger Technology Center until 2012, where he took great pride in the job he did and the people he worked with. Richard was an active member of Alcoholics Anonymous, most recently at Placid Harbor. On Sept. 12, he celebrated 37 years of sobriety. Along with those 37 years of sobriety came a sponsorship of many people and inspiration to many more. He found great joy and peace in helping others and was a speaker at many local and regional AA conventions. Richard was an avid fisherman throughout his life; building customized fishing rods and lures for many people. He also enjoyed local stock car and NASCAR races, which he and his wife attended in the Mid-Atlantic region. Richard and Gail loved to travel

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and shared many wonderful memories of their journeys together.

In addition to his loving wife, Richard is survived by his children, Richard A. Hamilton III (Dee) of Springfield, Ohio, Michael Hamilton (Vicky) of Springfield, Ohio, Mary K. Scott of Springfield, OH, and Timothy Hamilton; his siblings, Joseph A. Hamilton (Sally) of Lusby, MD, Charlotte E. Elliott (Clarke) of Deltona, Fla., Mary F. Sullivan of Phoenix, Ariz, and Loretta A. Robinette of Dunkirk, Md.; his grandchildren, Eva Hudnell (Chris), Thomas Scott, Coty Hamilton, Taylor Hamilton, and Tiffany Hamilton; his Mother and Father in-law Cora Madden and Glenn Madden; his loving extended family and friends. In addition to his parents, he is also preceded in death by his brother, Stephen A. Hamilton.

Family will receive friends on Thursday, Sept. 19, from 4 to 8 p.m., with prayers recited at 6 p.m., at Brinsfield Funeral Home, 22955 Hollywood Road, Leonardtown, MD. A Graveside Service will be Friday, Sept. 20, at 10 a.m. at Charles Memorial Gardens, Leonardtown, Md. Memorial contributions may be made to Alcoholics Anonymous, General Service Office, P.O. Box 459, Grand Central Station, New York, NY 10163; American Cancer Society, 1041 Route 3, Bldg. A, Gambrills, MD 21054; or Make-A-Wish America, Gift Processing Center, P.O. Box 6062, Albert Lea, MN 56007-662.

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Maxine Bernadette Somerville Maxine Bernadette Somerville, aka “Mac”, 53 of Lexington Park, Md., entered into eternal rest on Sept. 8. Mac was born on Sept. 26, 1959 to Sarah Loretta Somerville and the late James Foley “Link” Somerville, Sr. in Leonardtown, Maryland. Maxine, the fifth born, was raised in Hollywood, Maryland with her 5 brothers, 4 sisters and grandmother, the late Mary Susie Somerville.

Mac received her education from the St. Mary’s County Public School System, graduating from Chopticon High School in 1977. In August, 2012, she completed her Associates Degree in Business Management and just days before her hospitalization, was at the local library completing coursework towards her Bachelors of Science.

Shortly after graduating from high school, Mac began working with the Department of Commerce as a Secretary.

Finding better opportunities for advancement in the private sector, Mac left federal services and pursued several management positions. Most would remember her serving as manager at both the Leonardtown and Lexington Park Laundromats in which both facilities would be in tip-top shape and just as immaculate as her home.

Her faith foundation was developed growing up in St. John’s Catholic Church.

When she lived in Leonardtown. She was a member of St. Aloysius Church and most recently, a member of St. Peter Claver’s Church, where she often read the weekly announcements.

Mac was a very kind-hearted, outspoken, independent individual who would always put a smile on your face with her unique sense of humor. Mac enjoyed family gatherings and taking a plate to go, cooking…especially a pot of “mean greens”, “delightful potato salad” and “stuffed ham”. Mac also enjoyed listening to music, doing word search puzzles, buying scratch-offs and walking.

While living in the Washington, D.C. area from 1977-1989, Mac learned the fastest way to sometimes get around the streets was to walk and on weekends Mac had “sponsors”. When Mac returned to St. Mary’s County, you often saw her walking the highways in Leonardtown and most recently, Lexington Park, Md. However, when she moved to Bushwood with Ma, Mac soon learned that walking anywhere nearby was impossible so she purchased a car for “the love of her life, her baby, Shelita, so she could get back and forth to “town” -- what folks from Bushwood frequently called “the Leonardtown area.”

Mac leaves to cherish her memories her daughter, Shelita O. Somerville; her mother, Loretta Somerville; sisters, Darlene (Jim) and Wanda (Al); brothers, Foley (Debra), Michael, Larry (Quanda), Marvin (Dalphine) and her only Godson, Brandon Somerville. Mac also leaves behind her devoted friend, Tony (Marshall

Carr) and a host of nieces and nephews and many other relatives. She was preceded in death by sisters, Linda and Phyllis, as well as brother, Xavier.

In her final days, she still maintained her sense of humor and good spirit and lived life to the max!!

Visitation was from 9 to 10 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 13, at Briscoe-Tonic Funeral Home. Mass of Christian Burial will follow at 11 a.m. at Sacred Heart Church, 23080 Maddox Road, Bushwood, Md. Interment at Sacred Heart Church Cemetery.

Cornelius Boyden Barger, 89 Cornelius Boyden Barger, 89 of Hollywood, Md., devoted husband and father of three children, died peacefully in his home on Monday, Sept. 9, after a long illness.

The beloved husband of E. Lois Barger and son of the late Carr Cornelius Calvin Barger and Beulah Senora Hart, he was born May 17, 1924 in Wilmington, Va. Boyden, or C.B. as he introduced himself, moved with his family from a farm in Virginia to a 300+ acre farm on Brown Station Road in Upper Marlboro, Md., at the age of 14. He attended Marlboro High School and helped on the family farm, worked at Southern States and at Glenn L. Martin during WWII, and earned a B.S. in Animal Husbandry from the University of Maryland in 1948. On the farm, he and his family raised beef cattle and sheep, and grew corn, tobacco, and hay (among other things). Boyden started a gravel and topsoil business on the farm, and this became his main source of income for many years. Some of the other businesses he owned or helped operate were Brown Station convenience store, as well as a Gulf fuel station and store in Upper Marlboro; also, he sold fertilizer to other local farmers, distributed farm equipment, ran a sawmill, was a distributor of Butler Buildings, was a land developer, and built many homes.

His favorite “hobby” was buying and selling real estate so he became a Realtor in the late 1970’s. He loved meeting new people, talking, and drinking coffee.

For many years he was an active member of the Prince George’s County Board of Trade, and he served as a Director for a few years. He was also a long-time member of the Prince George’s County Farm Bureau. In 2006, Boyden and Lois moved to their weekend home on the waterfront in California, Md., and in 2008, he and Lois moved to their home in Hollywood, Md. He was predeceased by his wife of 62 years, E. Lois Barger, and is survived by his three children, one grandchild, and many friends. His children include Robert B. Barger of California, Md.; Donald C. Barger of Upper Marlboro, Md.; and Ann B. Wyvill and her husband Anthony of Hollywood, Md. His lone grandchild is Alexander J. Wyvill of Hollywood, Md. His siblings, include the late Blair B. Barger of Nanjemoy, Md., the late Mary L. Wingfield of Pasadena, Md. the late Edith D. Cummins of Bradenton, Fla., his half-sister Frances E. Martin of Churchton, Md., and his half-sister Carolyn S.

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Parker of Drayden, Md. A viewing was held on Thursday, Sept. 12, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Brinsfield Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 13, in the Brinsfield Funeral Home Chapel. Interment immediately followed at St. Mary’s Queen of Peace Cemetery, 38888 Dr. Johnson Road, Mechanicsville, MD 20659.

In lieu of flowers, donations should be made to the following: Hospice of St. Mary’s, P.O. Box 625, Leonardtown, MD 20650. Notation: In memory of Cornelius “Boyden” Barger Online: www. giving.stmaryshospitalmd.org/SSLPage. aspx?pid=272 Condolences to the family may be made at www.brinsfieldfuneral. com. Arrangements by the Brinsfield Funeral Home, P.A., Leonardtown, Md.

Senior Chief Petty Officer Alexander Lackey Vinson, II, USN (Ret), 82 Senior Chief Petty Officer Alexander Lackey Vinson, II, USN (Ret), 82, of California, Md., and formerly of Louisa, KY passed away peacefully on Sept.

10, 2013 at St. Mary’s Hospital in Leonardtown, MD, after fighting various different illnesses.

Al, also known as Alex, was born on February 2, 1931 in Louisa, Ky., son of the late Alexander Vinson and the late Mexie Carey Johns Vinson.

Al proudly served in the United States Navy for 28 Years and retired in 1978 as a Senior Chief. He also was employed by the Federal Government until his retirement in 1997 with NAWC-AD. Al then took a short stint away from military and worked as a limo driver. But his military roots were deep and he returned to work with Titan/Semcor for 6 years where he finally retired to enjoy his time with his family and friends. Al was a member of the VFW and National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association (NARFEA). Al enjoyed his traveling while in the Navy but once stationed at Patuxent Naval Air Station he decided this is where he wanted to make a home.

He loved sharing his experiences on ships and aircraft with his greatest love being aircraft. Al was an avid Redskins fan, loved to garden, and cherished his memories of the time he spent growing up on a farm. He touched the lives and hearts of all his friends and family whom he loved dearly and he will be greatly missed.

Al is survived by his loving wife of 18 years, Sara Frances “Fran” Vinson; sister, Juanita Vinson Adams of Westminster, Md.; nephew, Olin L. Adams, III of Auburn, Ala.; grandson, Jack Pridgen who he raised; step sons, Larry S. Shlemon (Denise) of Hollywood, Md., and Kenneth A. Shlemon of Irving, Texas, grandchildren and great grandchildren.

He is also survived by his extended family, Rick Sandidge (Beth) of Port Republic, Md, Susie Owens of Louisville, Ky., Bob Bailey, Richard Bailey (Ann), Elizabeth Bryant, and Mary Hart (Frank) all of Memphis, Tenn. In addition to his parents, Al was preceded in death by his daughter, Cathy Vinson.

Family and friends will celebrate

Al’s life on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2013 at 1 p.m. at the VFW Post 2632 located at 23282 Three Notch Road, California, MD 20619. A private burial will be held at Arlington National Cemetery at a later date.

In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in Alexander Vinson’s memory to: NAS Patuxent River VFW Post 2632, 23282 Three Notch Road, P.O. Box 86, California, MD. 20619.

Condolences to the family may be made at www.brinsfieldfuneral.com Arrangements by the Brinsfield Funeral Home, P.A., Leonardtown, Md.

Melba Tabitha Carter, 92

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great-grandchildren were her pride and joys. She never got her driver’s license, she always washed her clothes with a ringer washing machine and the clothes were hung on the clothes line to dry. One of the fondest memories of her kids and grandkids were the wonderful homemade chicken and dumplings, cooked on an old wood cook stove, and her made from scratch biscuits, she loved going to church and as her health began to fail she spent her Sunday mornings watching Joel Osteen, she was referred to as “Granny” to everyone. The family received friends on Sunday, Sept. 15, from 2 to 5 p.m., with prayers recited at 3 p.m. in the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home, P.A. A Funeral Service was held on Monday, Sept. 16, at 10 a.m., in the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home, P.A., Leonardtown, Md., with Father Greg Syler officiating. Interment followed in the Hollywood Church of the Nazarene Cemetery. Contributions may be made to Hospice House of St. Mary’s P.O. Box 625 Leonardtown, MD 20650. and/or St. Georges Episcopal Church P.O. Box 30 Valley Lee, MD 20692. Second District Fire Department, P.O. Box 1, Valley Lee, MD 20692.

from Hialeah High School in 1965. David served in the United States Navy for 16 years, from July, 1966 to June, 1982, serving in the Vietnam War. Mr. Fryman moved from Brunswick, Ga., to St. Mary’s County, Md., in 1982, he worked at a Senior Field Engineer for the Honeywell Corporation.

The family will receive friends on Thursday, Sept. 19, from 5 to 8 p.m., in the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home, Leonardtown, Md. A Funeral Service will be held on Thursday, Sept. 19, at 7 p.m., in the funeral home chapel with Pastor James Bell officiating. Interment will be private.

David Clarence Pilkerton, 47

Melba Tabitha Carter, David Clarence Pilk92, of Valley Lee, Md., erton, 47, of Baltimore, passed away at her resiMd., formerly from Compdence. Born on June 22, ton, Md., passed away on 1921 in Coeburn, Va., she Sept. 3, in Baltimore, Md. was the daughter of the Born on May 16, 1966 in late Samuel Patton and Leonardtown, Md., he was Nancy Myrtle Sluss Sexthe son of the late Cleveton. Melba was the loving wife of the land Randall “Diddy” and Mary Helen late William Henry Carter, who passed Pilkerton. David is survived by his sister away in 1974. Melba is survived by her Anne Pilkerton Nelson of Avenue, Md. children; Doylus Carter of Richwood, He is preceded by his brother Robert W.V., Ray Carter (Betty), Roy Carter David Wayne Fryman, 65 Cleveland Pilkerton of Compton, Md. Nelson Carter, Ronnie Carter, Donnie Mr. Pilkerton graduated from LeonarCarter (Donna), Lucy Hammett (David), David Wayne Frydtown, High School in 1984. David enHarvey Carter (Lynette) all of Valley joyed; wrestling, drawing, fishing, pool Lee, Md., Bobby Carter (Margie) of Hol- man, 65, of California, and darts. lywood, Md., Gene Stiffler of California, Md., passed away on Sept.

The family will receive friends on Md., and David Carter (Kathy) of Calla- 11, in New Jersey. Born Friday, Sept. 20, from 10 to 11 a.m., in way, Md. and son in law Gary Williams. on December 31, 1947 in the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home Mrs. Carter was preceded in death by Charleston, S.C., he was Leonardtown, Md. A Funeral Service her children; Janice Freeman, Nancy the son of the late Carlos will be held on Friday, Sept. 20, at 11 Norris, Inez Williams, daughter inlaw’s; Lee and Marcella Vida Susie Carter, Rosie Carter and Mickey Keppler Fryman. Dave was the lov- a.m., in the Mattingley-Gardiner FuCarter and son in law Bass Freeman. ing husband of Elizabeth Ann Fryman, neral Home Chapel, with Deacon Bill Melba was also preceded in death by whom he married in Carol City, Fla., Nickerson officiating. Interment will her siblings; Doyle Sexton , Dolph Sex- on May 27, 1967. Dave is survived by follow in Sacred Heart Catholic Cemton, Oma Sexton, Roxie Gibson, Annie his son Jonathan Eric Fryman of Cali- etery, Bushwood, Md. Pallbearers; Al Sexton, Edith Finch, Lula Finch all of fornia, Md., and sister Carol Hutchinson Nelson, Robert Pilkerton, William PilkCoeburn, Va., Gene Knott of Lexing- of Tampa, Fla. Mr. Fryman graduated erton, and Tim Pilkerton. ton Park, Md. and G o l d i e Knott of St. Inigoes, Md. Mrs. Carter moved to St. Mary’s Count y in 1941, she was a homema ker. Melba’s life was that of a car penter and bee k e e p e r ’s wife, and a wonderful mothYour Vet provides exceptional care for your Pet, but until now, they have had no local option to provide caring cremation er.

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All Month Long • Auditions for CSM’s Fall Productions.

College of Southern Maryland, La Plata Campus, Fine Arts (FA) Center, 8730 Mitchell Road, La Plata,. 6 p.m.

CSM is holding auditions for fall productions of “Farndale Avenue Murder Mystery,” “What I Want to Say but Never Will,” “The Clumsy Custard Horror Show” and “Working.” Performances will take place between Sept. 19 and Nov. 16 at CSM campuses in La Plata, Leonardtown and Prince Frederick. Performers ages 10 and up should prepare a one-minute monologue and 16 bars of a song, bring the sheet music for the accompanist and dress to move. No ‘a cappella’ will be accepted. For information, contact CSM Associate Professor and Coordinator for the Theatre/Dance Keith Hight at HHight@csmd.edu or 301-934-7827.

• Lexington Park United Methodist Women Two bus trips planned to see the plays “Miracle of Christmas” and “Moses” at Sight and Sound Theatre. The trips are Dec. 12 for “Miracle of Christmas” and May 1, 2014 for “Moses.” The cost per trip is $128. A deposit is due of $75 by Sept. 9 for Miracle of Christmas and Oct. 15 for Moses. For more information contact Pat Pinnell at 301-994-9327.

• I Am Venus Bethesda Barnes & Noble, 4801 Bethesda Avenue, 7 p.m.

You are invited to a reading from I Am Venus, a new historical novel from Georgetown professor Bárbara Mujica, whose novel “Frida” about Frida Kahlo was an international bestseller. Her new novel re-imagines the dramatic life and loves of Baroque Spanish painter Diego Velázquez • Yard Sale Northern Senior Activity Center, 29655 Charlotte Hall Road, Charlotte Hall, 6:30 a.m.

The Northern Senior Activity Center Council will be holding a yard sale (Open to the Public), (rain/shine). Included at the yard sale will be tables of Boyds’ Resin Bears, Poohs & Tiggers (various sizes), coffee & tea sets, etc. Proceeds will benefit the Northern Senior Activity Center. Donations will be accepted until noon, Fri. Oct. 18. No clothes, children’s toys or exercise equipment will be accepted. Please review your donations to ensure that they are saleable.

Call Council President Pat Myers 301-8848714 to make arrangements for deliveries.

• Lexington Park Library now open on Sundays Sunday hours have resumed at the Lexington Park library. The library is open on Sundays from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

• Avian Solomons Plein Air Festival Solomons Island, 6 to 9 p.m.

The Avian Solomons Plein Air Festival will include artists painting in the open air throughout Solomons, with a Star Spangled Quick Draw Sept. 21 open to all, a Champagne Preview Reception and Awards Ceremony at 5 p.m. Sept. 21 (tickets required) and an Affaire of the Arts. Some items require registration or tickets; visit www. solomonspleinair.com for details.

• Guest Artist at Craft Guild Shop Craft Guild Shop, 26005 Point Lookout Rd., Leonardtown Joan Tornell, of Port Republic, will be the guest artisan at the Craft Guild Shop. She specializes in using fossil shells, which come from the famous Calvert Cliffs of Southern Maryland, and driftwood to create her very unique and detailed Shell Collectibles. She is known for her oyster angels and is now introducing her oyster birds. Please stop by and see these original handmade pieces. The Craft Guild Shop is a co-op of diverse and dedicated local artisans and crafters and offers a wide variety of unique, handcrafted, traditional and contemporary items. For information, call 301-997-1644 or visit our website atwww. craftguildshop.com

• Fall Film Fridays Series Dorsey Law Building, Leonardtown, 8 p.m.

The Friends of the Leonardtown Theater, Inc. is presenting. “Midnight in Paris” will be shown at the. Doors open at 7 p.m.

Admission costs $5 at the door and refreshments are available for purchase. Consider fine French cuisine at Leonardtown’s Cafe des Artistes restaurant before the film. The Friends of the Leonardtown Theater, Inc., is a non-profit business founded to advance the art of film in Leonardtown and ultimately restore the old Leonardtown Theater. Check the St. Mary’s County Tourism website for more programming dates. Contact 240-298-0183 or email fotlt@outlook. com for more information.

Thursday, Sept. 19 • Voices Reading Series St. Mary’s College of Maryland, 8:15 p.m.

The English Department, along with the International Languages and Cultures Department, at St. Mary’s College kicks off its fall 2013 VOICES Reading Series in the college’s Daugherty-Palmer Commons.

Author Carlos Parada Ayala, recipient of Washington, DC’s Commission on the Arts Larry Neal Poetry Award, will read from his works. Ayala is the author of the poetry book “La Luz de la Tormenta” and coeditor of the anthology “Al Pie de la Casa Blanca: Poetas Hispanos de Washington, DC.” This event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Karen Anderson atklanderson@smcm.edu.

Friday, Sept. 20

• Fried Chicken Fundraiser dinner to help Chopticon High School’s AFJROTC drill team.

Moose Lodge #495, 27636 Mechanicsville Rd., Mechanicsville, 6 to 8 p.m.

Cost $10 per Adult and $6 for children (512), Children 4 and younger are free • The State of American Politics” with Political Pundits Steele and McMahon Media Advisory Auerbach Auditorium of St. Mary’s Hall, 7:30 p.m.

The Center for the Study of Democracy at St. Mary’s College of Maryland will host “The State of American Politics,” a panel discussion with MSNBC political pundits Michael Steele and Steve McMahon.

Former Maryland Lt. Governor and RNC Chair, Michael Steele, and Steve McMahon of MSNBC’s Hardball with Chris Mat-

thews will discuss the state of U.S. politics at the national and international level.

• Steak, Shrimp, & Fish Dinner Night American Legion Post 221, located at 21690 Colton Point Rd, Avenue, 5 to 8 p.m.

This is an excellent opportunity to get out and meet people in the community.

There are several menu items for the adults and kids to enjoy at a reasonable price. You can call 301-884-4071 for further information. You can also visit our website at www. alpost221.webs.com.

• Avian Solomons Plein Air Festival Solomons Island, 6 to 9 p.m.

The Avian Solomons Plein Air Festival will include artists painting in the open air throughout Solomons, with a Star Spangled Quick Draw Sept. 21 open to all, a Champagne Preview Reception and Awards Ceremony at 5 p.m. Sept. 21 (tickets required) and an Affaire of the Arts. Some items require registration or tickets; visit www. solomonspleinair.com for details.

Saturday, Sept. 21 • White Cane Day Walmart Supercenter, 45485 Miramar Way, California, Md. 20619 Lexington Park Lions will be at WalMart collecting donations to fund vision and hearing programs for those in need. Come on by and drop your change in the bucket. Bring your old, no longer used, eyeglasses and/or hearing aids for recycling. 100% of the funds collected are returned to the local community in the form of eye exams, eye glasses, hearing exams, hearing aids, and a myriad of other services.

• Golden Beach/Patuxent Knolls Civic Association First Annual 5K Walk/Run Long Point Beach, on Waterview Drive, in Golden Beach/Mechanicsville, 9 a.m.

All proceeds will be used for community events held by the Civic Association. This event is sponsored by First Home Mortgage. Registration at 9 a.m. Walk/Run starts at 10 a.m. If you pre-register by Sept.

10, prices are: $25/person; $40/couple; $75/family of four. You can pre-register at www.ourgoldenbeach.com. Prices will be $5 higher at the gate. Paid registration entitles you to a free t-shirt; meal voucher; and bottled water. Children 10 and under can race for free (t-shirt and meal voucher not included). Don’t want to race? Sponsor a kilometer sign for $50. For information call Jackson Miller at 240-538-6503.

• “Multi-habitat Birding” Smallwood State Park, 8 a.m. to 12 noon Leaders: Michael Patterson and Lynne Wheeler (301-751-8097, comstockel@aol.com) Join us for the wonderful multi-habitats that this state park provides. The meeting location will be posted at the park entrance.

A $3 per vehicle fee may be required.

• Spar-A-Thon Black Belt Academy, 713 Solomons Island Road, Prince Frederick, 12 noon to 4 p.m.

Merriam-Webster defines magnanimity as “loftiness of spirit enabling one to... display a noble generosity.” The students at Black Belt Academy in Prince Frederick are learning the definition first-hand as they participate in a Spar-a-thon fundraiser t to benefit St. Jude Children’s Hospital.

Through their efforts, and the generosity of their individual sponsors, sick children being treated at St. Jude’s will receive the benefit of their magnanimity.

This is the third Spar-a-thon sponsored

by Black Belt Academy (BBA) to benefit St. Jude Children’s Hospital. During the Spara-thon, Tae Kwon Do students will spar a total of 26.2 minutes, as an acknowledgement of the 26.2 miles run during a marathon. BBA owner Master Kyle Webber has challenged his students to exceed their previous high of $12,000 raised during the first spar-a-thon event. Black Belt Academy will be donating all the operating costs associated with the spar-a-thon, so 100% of all monies raised will go to St. Jude Children’s Hospital.

The Spar-a-thon will be held in conjunction with the annual BBA Open House.

For more information about Black Belt Academy, please visit our website at www.

CalvertMartialArts.com or email your questions to: Kyle@CalvertMartialArts. com. You can also call the studio at 410414-7530, or stop by during regular business hours; Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

• Friends of Myrtle Point Park Coastal Cleanup Myrtle Point Park, 9 a.m. to noon Celebrate The Ocean Conservancy’s Annual International Coastal Cleanup with the Friends of Myrtle Point Park at the Patuxent River Cleanup. Join the Friends of Myrtle Point Park in our cleanup effort. Come to the park picnic area where we will have a sign in sheet. Here you will get your assignment, trash bags, and work gloves. It is advisable to wear sturdy work clothes and sturdy shoes. If you have a group interested in helping, please, contact us in advance by calling Bob at 410-394-1300. For additional information contact: Dudley Lindsley, 301475-1858, Email: dlindsley@verizon.net • Special Merchandise & Authors at This Year’s Lighthouse Challenge: Come for the Lighthouses and Stay for the Fun! Calvert Marine Museum The 9th annual Maryland Lighthouse Challenge will take place this year on.

Not only will this year’s challenge boast an extra lighthouse on the tour, but Calvert Marine Museum will also be adding to the fun! Along with offering our two beautiful lighthouses as part of the challenge, we will be selling custom lighthouse merchandise and will have a local author available for book signings.

Merchandise such as the lighthouse socks pictured here will be for sale combining style and fun all in the spirit of the Maryland Lighthouse Challenge. These lighthouse socks feature 9 lighthouses and 1 lightship and will be selling for $10.95 a pair.

Along with the lighthouse tours and special merchandise available, Calvert Marine Museum will also be presenting Barbara Lorton, a local author who wrote a children’s book titled “Sidney Seagull – Lighthouses and Buoys of the Chesapeake.” Barbara’s book will be for sale and she will be available for book signings. Barbara has lived and taught in Southern Maryland since 1981. The ecology and environmental science of the Bay has always been a passion of hers and she strives to inspire the same passion in her fourth and fifth grade students through the written word.

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nual Maryland Lighthouse Challenge, go to www.cheslights.org.

• Avian Solomons Plein Air Festival Solomons Island, 6 to 9 p.m.

The Avian Solomons Plein Air Festival will include artists painting in the open air throughout Solomons, with a Star Spangled Quick Draw Sept. 21 open to all, a Champagne Preview Reception and Awards Ceremony at 5 p.m. Sept. 21 (tickets required) and an Affaire of the Arts. Some items require registration or tickets; visit www. solomonspleinair.com for details.

Sunday, Sept. 22 • Gretchen Richie’s Jazz Cabaret Inn at Brome Howard, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Gretchen and guitarist Matt Geist perform mellow tunes for Jazz Brunch at the elegant Inn at Brome Howard in Historic St. Mary’s City. The $15 charge includes brunch & entertainment. An optional additional $5 fee provides limitless access to the Mimosa, Bloody Mary and Peach Bellini bar. Seating is limited. For reservations or more information call 240-237-8319.

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at over a dozen slave sites. Free admission.

Tuesday, Sept. 24 • GrassRoots Leadership Training Preview Southern Maryland Higher Education Center, 44219 Airport Rd., California, 8:30 to 11 a.m.

Co-hosted with the Corporate Center at the College of Southern Maryland

you to join us. Hear an update on the local hospitality and tourism industry. Share your ideas and opinions. Breakfast pastries and beverages will be served. Stay for a tour of Historic St Mary’s City (approximately 90 minutes). Please R.S.V.P. by Friday, Sept.

20. If you plan to stay for the tour, please note that in your response.

• Lecture and Book Signing with Dr. Toshi Yoshihara St. Mary’s Hall, St. Mary’s College of Maryland, 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.

Co -hosted with the Center for the Study of Democracy, SMCM.

• GrassRoots Leadership Training Preview with Doug Krug, author of “The Missing Piece in Leadership: How to Create the Future You Want” Southern Maryland Higher Education Center, 44219 Airport Rd., California, 8:30 to 11 a.m.

Co-hosted with the Corporate Center at the College of Southern Maryland

Wednesday, Sept. 25 • Free Line Dance Lessons Hotel Charles, 15100 Burnt Store Rd., Hughesville, 7 to 7:30 p.m.

The Boot Scooters of Southern Maryland offer FREE beginner Line Dance Lessons every Wednesday night. Guests may stay and watch, or even participate in, the more advanced practice session that follows the beginner lessons. Anyone interested in obtaining more information about these lessons can contact us through the Boot Scooters of Southern Maryland website at www.bootscootersofsomd.blogspot. com/.

• Special Merchandise & Authors at This Year’s Lighthouse Challenge: Come for the Lighthouses and Stay for the Fun! Calvert Marine Museum The 9th annual Maryland Lighthouse Challenge will take place this year on.

Not only will this year’s challenge boast an extra lighthouse on the tour, but Calvert Marine Museum will also be adding to the fun! Along with offering our two beautiful lighthouses as part of the challenge, we will be selling custom lighthouse merchandise and will have a lo- • Council’s September monthly meeting cal author available for book signings. The Inn at Brome-Howard, St. Mary’s City, Merchandise such as the lighthouse socks 8:30 to 10 p.m. pictured here will be for sale combin- The St. Mary’s County Chamber of Coming style and fun all in the spirit of the merce Tourism Advisory Council invites Maryland Lighthouse Challenge.

These lighthouse socks feature 9 lighthouses and 1 lightship and will be selling for $10.95 a pair.

Along with the lighthouse tours and special merchandise available, Calvert Marine Museum will also be presenting Barbara Lorton, a local author who wrote a children’s book To Advertise in the Church Services Directory, Call The County Times at 301-373-4125 titled “Sidney Seagull – Lighthouses and Buoys of the Chesapeake.”

Barbara’s book will be for sale and she will be available for book signings. Barbara has lived and taught in Southern Maryland since 1981.

HUGHESVILLE BAPTIST CHURCH THE ANGLICAN MISSION The ecology and environmental A member of the Southern Baptist Convention science of the Bay has always been 8505 Leonardtown Road, Hughesville, MD 20637 OF SOUTHERN MARYLAND a passion of hers and she strives 301-884-8645 or 301-274-3627 29855 Eldorado Farm rd to inspire the same passion in her Associate Pastor Sundays 10 AM CharlottE hall, md 20659 fourth and fifth grade students Kevin Cullins 41695 Fenwick Street Unit 3 301-884-8503 through the written word.

• Sunday Morning Worship 10:30am To learn more about the 9th Leonardtown, MD 20650 • Sunday School (all ages) 9:15 am annual Maryland Lighthouse ChalOrder Of gOOd news services • Sunday Evening Worship & Bible Study 6:00 pm 301/475-9337 lenge, go to www.cheslights.org.

• Wednesday Discipleship Classes 7:00 pm www.amosm.net sun schOOl, all ages…...............10:00 (Adults, youth & Children) sun mOrning wOrship.............…11:00 sun evening wOrship….................7:00 • Slave Dwelling Project wed evening prayer mtg.........…7:00 HSMC Visitor Center Auditorium, 18751 Hogaboom Lane, 7 p.m.

St. Cecelia Church BAHA’I FAITH ProClaiming thE ChangElEss Joseph McGill, of the National 47950 Mattapany Rd, PO Box 429 God is One, Man is One, word in a Changing world.

Trust for Historic Preservation, will St. Mary’s City, MD 20686 301-862-4600 and All Religions are One Vigil Mass: 4:30 pm Saturday discuss the Slave Dwelling Project, Sunday: 8:00 am Discussions 3rd Wed. 7-8 an effort to raise awareness of the Weekday (M-F): 7:30 am Lex Pk Library, Longfellow Rm need to preserve slave quarters. He Confessions: 3-4 pm Saturday 301-884-8764 or www.bahai.org victOrybaptistchurchmd.Org will share his experience of staying www.stceciliaparish.com

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Ready for RiverFest 2013

By Kimberly Alston Contributing Writer Historic St, Mary’s City is set to host RiverFest2013 on Saturday, September 21. The event will be held rain or shine and is sponsored by the St. Mary’s River Watershed Association. The purpose of the event, in addition to entertaining people in the community, is to bring awareness to ways to not only enjoy, but also to preserve the St. Mary’s River.

During RiverFest, residents and visitors to St. Mary’s County can learn about how to save energy, keep the water in the river healthy, and even build things like rain gardens. Home conservations guides will also be available for ideas on ways to go green.

RiverFest2013 includes several family friendly activities, including face painting, kayaking and sailing, tonging, touch tanks, balloon animals and live animals on display. The event will host live music

throughout the day including Don Keneflck, Indian Summer, Harmony Grit, and in her first appearance at a RiverFest celebration, Lynn Hollyfield.

There will be several activities during the event, including the Chesapeake Public Charter School Chorus performance and wade in. During RiverFest2013 there will also be free access to the museum as well as different arts and crafts, exhibits and demonstrations.

RiverFest2013 is sponsored by the St. Mary’s River Watershed Association and Historic St. Mary’s City. It will be hosted at Historic St. Mary’s City, located at 18751 Hogaboom Lane, in St. Mary’s City.

The event will run from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information, visit smrwa.org/riverfest.html or call 301-737-2903 kimberlyalston@countytimes.net

Artsfest 20th Anniversary

By Kimberly Alston Contributing Writer

Annmarie Sculpture Garden and Arts Center will be celebrating its annual Artsfest, Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 21 to Sept. 22. This year will mark the 20th anniversary of the event. Artsfest was created with respects to Francis and Ann Marie Koenig, who built and opened the garden in 1993 and created the trust fund that, according to Director of Marketing and Development, Bill Stevenson, keeps the center open to this day. “Her [Ann Marie Koenig] birthday was always in the third week of September, so that’s when Artsfest is” he said.

At this year’s Artsfest, there are expected to be 170 artists and 25 musicians in the two day period as well as several vendors and “roaming activities” to be enjoyed. “Artsfest is a festival of events to celebrate artists” Stevenson said.

The event is put together and run by each person on the staff at the Garden. This year, Artsfest is expected to host 15,000 visitors. “For six bucks, where else could you go for eight hours of fun,” Stevenson said. Each artist at Artsfest is a professional artist, rather than just a hobbyist, making the event a “high caliber of fine art” according to Stevenson.

Artists from all over the country are welcome to submit samples of their work to be considered for the event each year.

The Curator of Exhibits, Melissa Langley, along with a panel of art judges review and examine each artist considered for Artsfest before they are accepted to present their work at the event. During the event, artists are able to show off their work and technique as well as sell their products if they choose. Many people come to Artsfest for the shopping aspect of the event.

Artists talented in the arts of jewelry, ceramics, painting, woodworking, glass, sculpture, metal, fiber, photography, watercolor and more are being featured at the event. There will be several different awards for artists at Artsfest including the Arts Council of Calvert County Best of Show Demon-

stration award, an Artsfest Anniversary award, a Wooded Path award, a Best New Artsfest Artist award and a People’s Choice award, chosen by the guests throughout the event.

Along with the artists at Artsfest, there will also be several “special anniversary activities” for children, such as a Discovery Tent, Zany Zone, Fairy Lolly, artLAB and a children’s observation station.

This year, the Artsfest logo is made up of the designs from 12 prior years. There will be t-shirts with the logo available for purchase throughout the event.

Artsfest will be taking place at the Annmarie Sculpture Garden and Arts Center, 13480 Dowell Rd., in Solomons. The event will be both Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day.

For more information, call 410-326-4640 or email info@annmariegarden.org. kimberlyalston@countytimes.net

Photos, credited to Annmarie Garden Staff

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Thursday, Sept. 19 • Karaoke Applebees (4100 N W Crain Highway, Bowie) – 9 p.m.

• Rusty & Greg from Hydra FX The Ruddy Duck (13200 Dowell Rd, Dowell)

Friday Sept. 20 • Furlough Fridays Sotterley Plantation (44300 Sotterley Ln Hollywood) 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

• Jazz Brunch with Gretchen Richie’s Jazz Cabaret Inn at Brome Howard (18281 Rosecroft Rd. St. Mary’s City) –10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

• Meek’s Blue Eyed Blues Open Mic Blues Jam Toots Bar (23971 Mervell Dean Rd., Hollywood) - 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.

• Gretchen Richie’s Jazz Cabaret, featuring Jazz & Requests Café des Artistes (41655 Fenwick Street-On-theSquare, Leonardtown) –6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Monday, Sept. 23

• R&R Train Toots Bar (23971 Mervell Dean Rd., Hollywood) - 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.

• Meatball Monday Toot’s Bar (23971 Mervell Dean Rd., Hollywood) – 4 p.m.

• GrooveSpan Duo DiGiovanni’s Restaurant (14556 Solomons Island Rd S, Solomons) – 6 to 9:30 p.m.

• Karaoke Toot’s Bar (23971 Mervell Dean Rd., Hollywood) – 9 p.m.

• Joe Martone The Ruddy Duck (13200 Dowell Rd, Dowell)

• Team Trivia The Ruddy Duck (13200 Dowell Rd, Dowell) – 7 p.m.

• Wolfs Open Blues Jam with special guest Andy Poxon Londontowne Pub (726 Londontowne Rd. Edgewater) – 8 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 21 • Sunday Jazz & Requests Café des Artistes (41655 Fenwick Street, Leonardtown) – 5 to 8 p.m.

• Jim Ritter and the Creole Gumbo Jazz Band The Westlawn Inn (9200 Chesapeake Avenue, North Beach) – 7 p.m.

Tuesday, Sept. 24 • DJ Tommy and DJ OT Hard Times Café (1120 Smallwood Drive,West Waldorf) – 7:30 p.m.

• $2 Tuesday Toot’s Bar (3971 Mervell Dean Rd., Hollywood) – 11 a.m.

• Justin Myles The Ruddy Duck (13200 Dowell Rd, Dowell)

Wednesday, Sept. 25

• R&R Train Brass Rails Sports Bar (20331 Point Lookout Rd, Great Mills) - 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.

• Wolf Blues Jam Londontowne Pub (726 Londontowne Rd., Edgewater) – 8 p.m.

• The Colliders The Ruddy Duck (13200 Dowell Rd, Dowell)

• Team Trivia Toot’s Bar (23971 Mervell Dean Rd., Hollywood) – 7 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 22 • GrooveSpan Duo Perigeaux Vineyards & Winery (8650 Mackall Rd, St. Leonard) – 2 to 5 p.m.

Thursday, Sept. 26 • DJ Mango Toot’s Bar (23971 Mervell Dean Rd., Hollywood) – 8:30 p.m.

The County Times is always looking for more local talent to feature! To submit art or band information for our entertainment section, e-mail info@somdpublishing.net. Please submit calendar listings by 12 p.m. on the Tuesday prior to our Thursday publication.

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Don't miss this chance to It all starts after meet other players, the redskins game. singers and friends.

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By Shelby Oppermann Contributing Writer Cobwebs are everywhere, with sticky threads and captured insects wrapping around you at every turn. It doesn’t matter if you have just walked between two trees or two bushes two minutes before, by the time you walk through again there will be another single thread or a web re-formed. Then you are swiping imaginary (or maybe not) webs, spiders, and insects off you for hours. In the house cobwebs form stealthily behind pictures or downstairs in the recesses of the laundry room. And is there anything worse than putting laundry from the basket into the washing machine – only to have a spider jumping around in the clothes. Crickets will be next, but I don’t mind them as much. Everyone seems to be talking about spiders right now. And yes, I’ve heard, and said the line about, “If you have spiders in your house it means you have a low toxic environment.” I beg to disagree: Has anyone been around an old softball bag that has been through rain, dirt, and sweat and left in the basement? But I STILL have spiders! Though I defy any spider to live in that softball bag. In fact that smell could be bottled up as pest spray.

A few mornings ago, around 5 a.m. or so I was heading into the bathroom for a potty stop when I saw this huge spider glaring at me from the bath tub. It must have been a wolf spider, but those don’t usually bother me. This one must have mated with a tarantula. When he smiled at me his fangs were gleaming. I figured I should go get a broom from the kitchen, but I was afraid if I left the room I wouldn’t see the spider when I came back, and that terrified me even more. Mainly because I just read about the spiders that like to hide under toilet seats. No, it hasn’t been verified by Snopes (The online myth busting site) but I still believe it. Anyway, I got the broom from the pantry, rushed to the bathroom and the spider had luckily only moved a few inches. But he was in pounce position.

I figured he probably came up through the drain, so I was going to sweep him back down it just like the old nursery rhyme. The spider, however, turned out to be surprisingly nimble and hopped back and forth from side to side while I swiped at it with the broom. With my left hand I was trying to turn on the water. Unfortunately, whoever used the shower last left the shower pull up and I, and my friend Tartantguan were sprayed with ice cold water!

Keep in mind that we have a porcelain tub/shower, I have a broom, and it’s 5 a.m. After a few frantic moments, with both the spider and I giving it our all, I walked back to the bedroom, wet, exhausted, yet heart beating a mile a minute to hear my husband asking if I was remodeling the bathroom, and did I know it was the middle of the night, yadda, yadda, yadda. “Asking” makes it sound like he said this in a calm, sweet manner doesn’t it? I told him that I SAVED his life, and he should be grateful to me for protecting him. He said settle down, get back in bed. I did, calmed my breathing down, and my huffiness, and then remembered…I never got my potty break.

To each new day’s adventure, Shelby Please send your comments or ideas to: shelbys.wanderings@yahoo.com or find me on facebook: Shelby Oppermann

The County Times

The Rhythm of Health

By Debra Meszaros CSN www.MXSportsNutrition.com Are you a morning person or a night owl?

Do only humans have an internal clock?

The cycle of the sun has more influence that just creating light and dark; an area of the brain called the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN), relies on sunlight passing through your eyes to reset it self each day. Your body’s clock and its circadian rhythm control how the systems of the body work. When you disrupt your internal clock, you disturb the rhythm of your health.

There are various factors that affect the body clock: air travel, working the night shift, lifestyle, alcohol consumption, disturbed sleep schedule, certain medications, and genetic predisposition, are just a few.

Are humans the only form of life utilizing circadian rhythm?

Plant and human cells are not exactly alike but definitely have strong foundational similarities and overall function. It is not the differences that science is focusing on, but things that life forms have in common.

New research has surfaced indicating that plants have their own unique circadian rhythm. Like humans, different systems within plants seem to follow programmed cycles.

Interestingly, there are times when the production of immune chemicals are increased according to when plants are more likely to be attacked by bugs; even the phytochemical content of a vegetable, increases and decreases at certain times of the day. Apparently there is a programmed nutrient blueprint controlled by light and dark cycles. Plants also seem to be monitoring seasonal changes as well within its circadian clock process. What you may not believe is even after a vegetable has been harvested, it continues to monitor and react to light and dark cycles. A fresh vegetable is still alive, so its nutritional potency may be affected when exposed to the 24 hour lighting in a grocery store.

Taking advantage of the clock

Although this research is young, it seems the most potent time for taking advantage of immune compounds found in plants and vegetables would be midday. Since plants use its chloroplast to make its own food by utilizing energy from the sun, this may be why nutrients seem to reduce as nighttime approaches. If you are familiar with Ayurvedic practices, this would give support to its belief that the biggest meal of the day should be midday, when nutrition is at its highest. This would additionally apply to harvesting. Certain farm practices include harvesting certain plants during a full or new moon. Maybe there is more to these older practices? Were they ahead of their time?

So what time is it?

It’s probably a good time to pay attention to your body’s natural rhythm if you are attempting to lead an active, healthy lifestyle. There is no doubt that your well being is affected by whether or not you support its planned cycles.

Use your intuition to develop good sleep habits and stick to a consistent sleep schedule. It may make a very big difference in physical and emotional health; and I’m on board for a BIG lunch! ©2013 Debra Meszaros MXSportsNutrition.com. All rights reserved; no duplication without permission. DISCLAIMER: When you read through the diet and lifestyle information, you must know that everything within it is for informational purposes only and is not intended as a substitute for advice from your physician or other health care professional. I am making no attempt to prescribe any medical treatment. You should not use the information here for diagnosis or treatment of any health problem or for prescription of any medication or other treatment. The products and the claims made about specific products have not been evaluated by the United States Food and Drug Administration and are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent disease. You should consult with a healthcare professional before starting any diet, exercise or supplementation program, before taking any medication, or if you have or suspect you might have a health problem. Confirm the safety of any supplements with your M.D., N.D. or pharmacist (healthcare professional). Some information given is solely an opinion, thought and or conclusion based on experiences, trials, tests, assessments or other available sources of information. I do not make any guarantees or promises with regard to results. I may discuss substances that have not been subject to double blind clinical studies or FDA approval or regulation. You assume the responsibility for the decision to take any natural remedy. You and only you are responsible if you choose to do anything with the information you have read. You do so at your own risk. I encourage you to make your own health decisions based upon your research and in partnership with a qualified health care professional.

Bad Breaks Laura Joyce Contributing Writer

My weekend of reckoning—dropping off 6’3 baby Ben at college, six hours from home—has come and gone. It feels like our goodbye was long ago, and if you count the passage of time by events, it was.

After getting Ben settled in his dorm, which mostly seemed to consist of handing out hard-earned money every time I turned around, we had our emotional farewell. I cried like a baby, and I left knowing that he was going to miss me, too, but not too much. That seemed just right.

After spending the rest of the weekend in Gettysburg, touring the battlefields in a misty summer rain, (which certainly lends perspective to any little grief you might have over leaving a son at college), I had the perfect waffle: comfort food was at the top of my agenda by then. The Waffle House, with its towering yellow signs visible from every East Coast interstate, provided it. The friendly Pennsylvania waitress threw in half a dozen “honeys” and “sweethearts” gratis, the ideal side to my soothing waffle.

I shouldn’t have been so concerned about saying goodbye, or missing Ben, or seeking solace in waffles. At 1:30 in the morning, less than 24 hours after I’d arrived home without Ben, I was entering “WVU” on my GPS again. On his first day of classes, he’d slipped on gravel walking up a hill between buildings, and now his leg was broken; to make matters worse, he was scheduled for surgery in seven hours.

Had I not been so focused on getting to the hospital before the 7:15 a.m. surgery, and doing so through a dense fog that blanketed the route from Frederick west, I’d have actually enjoyed the drive. There was no traffic in the middle of the night, and at a few points, the fog lifted and a full, flawless moon appeared, lighting up the shadows of the mountains.

As I drove through the fog and then the moonlight, I thought about the irony of Ben’s situation: he had played almost every sport known to man, including two of the rougher ones,

ice hockey and high school football, and he’d never broken so much as a toe. Now, as soon as he was six hours away from home, he’d shattered his leg and needed surgery to put in pins and a metal plate.

That whole week, starting as it did with no sleep for 36 hours, is something of a blur. What I do remember is doing what parents do: I was a chauffeur, an errand-runner, a gobetween and an advocate. During those days, I worried endlessly about how he would cope, and what this would mean in terms of success in his first semester. The surgery had gone well (although he can’t put any weight on his leg for 3 months), but I wasn’t at all sure how he would manage: with a broken leg, with being a freshman, with living away from home, without me, especially now. He was frustrated and angry, which was completely understandable: after all, he’d just gotten his first taste of freedom and independence when he suddenly found himself more dependent than he’d been in years. He needed help with almost everything. He was also in pain, and worried about starting off his college career with a string of missed classes.

“You’re abandoning me,” he said, mostly joking, when I told him it was almost time for me to head home. As he said it, he was lying down in his dorm room, his huge, castclad leg elevated on pillows. I’d stocked his refrigerator with ready-to-eat foods; I’d set up van transport between classes; I’d emailed teachers and picked up his schoolbooks and now I was fussing over his ice pack and blankets until he gritted his teeth and said, “Mom? Seriously?” I knew what that meant without him elaborating.

And so, although it was one of the hardest things I’ve ever done as a parent, I did the one thing he still needed me to do the most. I left.

I love hearing from you; feel free to contact me at thewordtech@md.metrocast.net if you have comments or questions about the column.

The County Times

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