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CONTENTS Local News Crime Sports Education Feature Obituaries Legal In Our Community Community Calendar Entertainment Calendar Library Calendar Senior Calendar Games Contributing Writers Classified Ads Business Directory

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WE WILL FINALLY PUT LOCAL PLANNING AUTHORITY BACK INTO THE HANDS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS – WHERE IT BELONGS. —GOVERNOR LARRY HOGAN

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Hogan Orders New State Development Plan

By Guy Leonard Staff Writer Gov. Larry Hogan signed an executive order this weekend calling for a new plan to guide development throughout the state but with a renewed emphasis on local needs and restoring local controls over growth.

Hogan spoke about the executive order in his speech to the Maryland Association of Counties (MaCO) annual meeting in Ocean City, citing concerns of local elected leaders from around the state that prior statewide plans took little interest in local prerogatives.

“As I have traveled across Maryland, local elected officials have repeatedly asked for a plan that better reflects the needs of our state,” Hogan said. “One that will improve coordination between state agencies and local governments, support thoughtful growth and infrastructure planning, stimulate economic development and revitalization in existing and planned communities, and will conserve and enhance the state’s natural and cultural resources.”

Hogan pledged that the process to come up with the new plan would be inclusive of local governments and return planning control to them.

“This new process will be transparent and collaborative with the primary goal of creating a better framework for a better Maryland,” Hogan said. “And this time, the state will work closely with citizens, counties, and local jurisdictions.

“Most importantly, we will fi nally put local planning authority back into

the hands of local governments – where it belongs.”

Evan Slaughenhoupt, Calvert County commissioner, praised Hogan’s executive order.

“This governor has been very helpful,” Slaughenhoupt said. “It was a very positive step.

“Plan Maryland was dumped on the counties and we pushed back very hard.”

St. Mary’s County Commissioner Todd Morgan said Hogan’s announcement was what many rural counties had been wanting to hear since the former administration under then Gov. Martin O’Malley, a Democrat, had promulgated Plan Maryland.

Plan Maryland effectively took much local land control and made it beholden to state policy, which included a fourtier mapping system that restricted development in rural areas and focused it in urban and suburban districts.

“If it’s a pro-growth policy, I’m totally in favor of it,” Morgan said. “The one message everyone got at MaCo was that Maryland is open for business.”

The executive order signed by Hogan states that Plan Maryland will remain in effect until the new plan is ready to take its place but the same order was clear as to where planning and zoning authority truly lay.

“Plan Maryland is not a substitute for local comprehensive plans and it does not supplant local planning and zoning authority, which has been delegated to local governments by the General Assembly,” the order states. guyleonard@countytimes.net

Commissioner To Petition Navy on Blighted Property

By Guy Leonard Staff Writer County Commissioner Todd Morgan said he would speak with representatives from the U.S. Navy at Patuxent River Naval AirStation this week about finding solutions to the property in Lexington Park where trees were felled in a vain attempt to remove vultures that threatened flight operations.

The property, positioned directly behind Queen Anne Park Apartments and across from the Lexington Park Library, is currently owned by the local Housing Authority.

The agency hired a contractor to remove the trees there at the behest of the navy, but the vultures, which are a federally protected species, have returned.

Worse, there was not enough money in the housing authority budget to remove the felled trees, leaving them there much to the consternation of residents who resented the poor appearance.

Morgan said the Navy has been less than cooperative so far in helping remove the blight.

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“I’m going to the Navy and tell them ‘We did what you wanted, now what are you going to do to help us,’” Morgan said. “It’s a tremendous cost to clear that land.”

Morgan said he would have a “candid conversation” with Navy personnel as well as U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) representatives who had pushed for the removal of the birds as well.

If one of the planes flying from the base strikes a vulture, which can attain heights of more than 1,000 feet, it could cause serious damage to the aircraft and even cause a crash.

Turkey vultures have plagued downtown Lexington Park for years and are often drawn to wooded areas or abandoned properties to roost.

Carrion eaters by nature, they have often feasted on waste left in open trash receptacles behind businesses and have even endangered flight operations at the St. Mary’s County Airport in California. guyleonard@countytimes.net

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The Gatton Brothers Close in Life and in Death

By Dick Myers Editor Al and Everett Gatton were always close growing up in the 7th District -hunting and fishing and just being boys.

Later on, Al owned the Hills Club in Mechanicsville for 21 years and Everett worked there. They both were active with the Mechanicsville Lions Cub. Recently, in failing health, the Gatton Brothers became residents at St. Mary’s Nursing Center. They’d sit down together there and talk about old times. One of the things they talked about, according to Al’s son Philip L. “Redtop” Gatton, was dying together.

William Everett Gatton, 90, was recently moved to the St. Mary’s Hospice House in Callaway. His brother Philip Alfred “Al” Gatton, 85 died Saturday August 19 at 5:30 p.m. at St. Mary’s Nursing Center. Everett died at Hospice

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Family and friends are incredulous that they died so close together, said Redtop Gatton. Everyone wonders if it was God’s plan to answer the brother’s wishes to go together.

As it should be, those left behind will send off the brothers at the same time.

The family of both men will receive friends on Sunday, August 27 from 2-5 p.m. with prayers recited at 3 p.m. in the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home, Leonardtown, where a Funeral Service will be held on Monday, August 28 at 10 a.m. with Father Bob Kosty officiating.

Interment will follow in Charles Memorial Gardens Leonardtown.

For complete obituaries of the Gatton Brothers, see the Obituary section elsewhere in this edition of the St. Mary’s County Times. dickmyers@countytimes.net

Ridgell Files for District 1 Election

By Guy Leonard Staff Writer Timothy Ridgell, 60, a St. Inigoes resident has filed as the only Democrat so far in the race to succeed Commissioner Tom Jarboe for the District 1 County Commissioner seat.

Jarboe has said he will not run for reelection.

Ridgell, owner of Chesapeake Trophy which has operated for about 20 years, said he wanted to make a contribution to St. Mary’s County.

“I’ve been a lifelong resident of St. Mary’s County,” Ridgell told The County Times. “I thought it was time to give back to the place that gave so much to me.”

Ridgell said he wanted to find a way to help tackle the opioid crisis locally but was not sure exactly how that could be done.

“The biggest concern I have is the opioid crisis in the county,” Ridgell said. “I think every parent should be concerned.”

Ridgell, a member of the Ridge Volunteer Fire Department, said he wanted an opportunity to more closely examine the county’s budget process.

“That’s to help control with the spending,” Ridgell said. guyleonard@countytimes.net

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Dollar General One Step Closer in Hollywood

By Guy Leonard Staff Writer There was no community opposition voiced Tuesday night at a hearing on updating the water and sewer category for a parcel of land slated for a new Dollar General store in Hollywood sometime in mid-2018.

The hearing took place before the Commissioners of St. Mary’s County who will now mull the request by the developer of the project to move up the timeline to bring public water and sewer to the parcel on Mervell Dean Road from six to 10 years down to just three to five years.

“The applicant will pay all the costs,” said Bill Hunt, Land Use and Growth Management Director to the commissioners. “No other property owners will have to hook up.”

The store will be built on about 3.2 acres and have a footprint of 10,642 square feet, according to John Camp, representative of the Oxford/Chase construction company out of Pocomoke City undertaking the project.

Commissioners said some residents were concerned about the level of parking to be available at the new store.

Traditionally a small neighborhood, the community on Mervell Dean Road has had to contend with increased traffic and roadside parking since the addition the Brusters ice cream shop there.

Commissioners were concerned that there would be overflow from the Dollar General project’s parking lot onto Mervell Dean Road’s shoulders if the parking lot were not adequate.

Despite the compact arrangement of the neighborhood, it is within the county’s designated Hollywood Town Center which is set for expanded growth.

The new store is to be located on the north end of the road about 900 feet south of Clarke’s Landing Road.

Camp said the developer would work to ensure there would be adequate parking at the new store. guyleonard@countytimes.net

Maryland Gains 11,500 Private Sector Jobs in July Private Sector Job Growth More than Double the National Rate Last Month

Last week the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released state jobs and unemployment data. According to the preliminary survey data, Maryland added 11,500 private sector jobs over-the-month, an increase more than double the national rate of growth. Since January 2015, Maryland has gained 110,800 jobs, with 800 total jobs added from June to July.

“Maryland’s job growth remains strong,” said Maryland Labor Secretary Kelly M. Schulz. “With 1,000 new jobs in manufacturing and continued growth in construction, Maryland’s economic outlook is healthy.”

In July, Maryland’s unemployment rate dropped to 4.0 percent from the June rate of 4.1 percent. The state’s unemployment rate again falls below the national average, which currently stands at 4.3 percent.

According to the data released today, the Education and Health Services sector increased by 9,800 jobs, including 6,900 jobs in the Educational Services

subsector and 2,900 jobs in the Health Care and Social Assistance subsector.

The Mining, Logging, and Construction sector increased by 2,700 jobs, and the Manufacturing sector added 1,000 jobs.

Other sectors that experienced growth in July included the Leisure and Hospitality and Trade, Transportation, and Utilities sectors.

“Manufacturing and construction – along with many other industries – are changing Maryland for the better,” said Schulz. “Their production of goods and creation of new homes, workplaces, and retail are contributing to our economy in practical ways, and providing jobs for Marylanders.”

Maryland’s preliminary jobs estimate for June was revised upward by BLS from a gain of 13,300 to a gain of 16,600 jobs.

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Maryland Has Successful Sale of $1.33534 Billion in General Obligation Bonds Maryland State Treasurer Nancy K. Kopp announced that the Board of Public Works (BPW), composed of Governor Larry Hogan, Comptroller Peter Franchot and Treasurer Kopp, successfully completed the sale of $1,335,340,000 of General Obligation Bonds today in two series.

Competitive sales for Series A and Series B occurred at this morning’s BPW meeting. The State received bids for the $550,000,000 of Tax-Exempt General Obligation Bonds (Series A) and the $785,340,000 of Tax-Exempt Refunding Bonds (Series B).

In today’s competitive sales: - $550 million in tax-exempt bonds in Series A sold at a true interest cost of 2.285%; the winning bidder was Citigroup Global Markets Inc.; and the net premium was $94,089,802; - $785.3 million in tax-exempt refunding bonds in Series B sold at a true interest cost of 1.657%; the winning bidder was Bank of America Merrill Lynch; and the debt service savings, on a present value basis, is estimated to be $75.8 million.

There were six bidders on Series A and five bidders on Series B.

Treasurer Kopp commented “The State of Maryland has done very well today.

Clearly investors see our AAA bonds as a high quality investment, especially given the very volatile times facing our nation and the U.S. economy. This confidence translates into the State paying lower debt service costs, which is good news for Maryland taxpayers. In addition, our successful sale of tax-exempt refunding bonds will save Maryland taxpayers almost $76 million (on a present value basis) in debt service costs. Overall, Maryland’s citizens benefit from the investment in Maryland’s schools, colleges, hospitals, and cultural projects that will be supported with these bond proceeds.”

Maryland is one of only 11 states to currently hold the AAA rating, the highest possible rating, from all three major bond rating agencies. The AAA was affirmed

by Fitch Ratings, Moody’s Investors, and S&P Global Ratings as recently as August 3, 2017, in anticipation of this bond sale.

The Maryland State Treasurer’s Office expects to conduct another bond sale in February or March, 2018.

Thursday, August 24, 2017

Hogan Administration to Provide $38.4 Million in Grants for Local Roads August 31 Deadline Set for Transportation Grant Application Form Governor Larry Hogan today announced that the administration is making $38,390,961 in grants available for local roads in Baltimore City and municipalities and counties from Western Maryland to the Eastern Shore. The Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) has released the application that needs to be submitted by August 31.

The grants will be awarded to jurisdictions based on the existing formula for the distribution of Highway User Revenues (HURs).

“Since the beginning of our administration, we have been committed to investing in roads and bridges across the state,” said Governor Hogan. “Our local jurisdictions rely on these crucial funds for long-overdue road projects that impact the safety and quality of life of our citizens.”

The Hogan administration has invested $14.8 billion in the state’s Consolidated Transportation Plan, including nearly $8 billion towards roads and bridges throughout our state. Across MDOT, from the Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore and the Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport to highways and toll facilities, we have nearly 1,000 projects totaling $9 billion currently under construction. For the past three years, Governor Hogan has fought to return HURs to past lev-

els after being severely reduced by the previous administration. Despite these efforts, the funding has been cut significantly and consistently by the Maryland General Assembly.

The $38.4 million in grants are in addition to the estimated $177 million in Highway User Revenues that Maryland counties and municipalities are set to receive in fiscal year 2018. These new funds for local roads are above and beyond Maryland’s current $8 billion six-year investment in state roads and bridges.

“We encourage you to get your applications in quickly so we can get this funding to you, where it can make a difference for all Marylanders across the state,” said Transportation Secretary Pete Rahn.

To be considered for the grant funds, county and municipal leaders will sign and return the Transportation Grant Application Form. These signed applications certify that jurisdictions will participate in the grant and use the funds only on transportation projects. Here is a link to download the application: www. mdot.maryland.gov/newMDOT/Documents/HUR%20FY2018%20Grant%20 Application.docx From Hannah Marr, Office of the Governor

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The Commissioners of St. Mary’s County have appointed Daniel Geary, MD FACEP, Jurisdictional Medical Director (JMD).

In the role of JMD, Dr. Geary will oversee the quality of patient care provided by the Emergency Medical Services Operational Program (EMSOP.) He will participate in and provide medical expertise in all aspects of the service which impacts medical care, including planning, development and operations (both field and emergency medical dispatch.)

Dr. Geary is currently the Chairman of Emergency Medicine at MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital. He has previously served as Medical Director of the Allegheny Valley Hospitalist Organization in Natron Heights, Pennsylvania; Medical Director of Integrated Acute Care Services at Somerset Hospital in Somerset, Pennsylvania; EMS Medical Director for the Berlin, Somerset and Myersdale Services; Interim Medical Director

at Alleghney General Hospital in Pittsburgh and Director of Quality & Operations for Allegheny Health Network.

“The commissioners welcome Dr. Geary as our new Jurisdictional Medical Director,” said Commissioner President Randy Guy. “He brings a wealth of experience to the position as we seek to continue providing the finest emergency medical response and care to the citizens of St. Mary’s County.”

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The position of Jurisdictional Medical Director is a part time position and Dr. Geary’s appointment is effective September 5.

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St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Crime Report Criminal Summons: 07/28/17-Possession of CDS Not Marijuana- Charles Edward Summers, age 34, of California was charged via a criminal summons by Deputy G. Muschette for Possession of CDS Not Marijuana.

07/28/17-Burglary 4th Degree-Kyle Steven Bryant, age 19, of Charlotte Hall, was charged via Criminal Summons by Lieutenant Stephen Simonds for Burglary 4th Degree.

07/28/17-Assault 2nd Degree-Lester Marvel Scriber, age 44, of Valley Lee was charged via a criminal summons

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07/24/17-Theft Less than $100-Markus Anthonio Carter, age 20, of Lexington Park was charged via criminal summons by Deputy T. Siciliano for Theft Less than $100

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On-View Arrests: 07/30/17 – Assault – Corporal J. Yingling responded to the 40000 block of King Drive in Mechanicsville for a reported assault. The investigation revealed the suspect, Paul Richard Stewart, age 62, of Mechanicsville assaulted the victim leaving visible signs of injury. The suspect was arrested and transported to the St. Mary’s County Detention and Rehabilitation Center where he was charged with Assault 2nd Degree. CASE # 40127-17 08/01/17 – Assault – Deputy S. Shelko responded to the St. Mary’s County Detention and Rehabilitation Center for a reported assault on a corrections officer.

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07/31/17 – Burglary – Deputy First Class S. Tirpak responded to the 17000 block of Three Notch Road in Dameron for a reported burglary in Hoyer progress. The investigation revealed the suspect, Jonathan Stephen Hoyer, age 24, of no fi xed address, broke into the victim’s residence several times, stealing the property of the victim, as well as causing damage to the victim’s property. The suspect was arrested and transported to the St. Mary’s County Detention and Rehabilitation Center where he was charged with three counts of Burglary 4th Degree, Theft Less than $100 and Malicious Destruction of Property, Value less than $1000. CASE# 40294-17

Two people living in a Pathways home in California were able to escape before a blaze set there gutted the home early morning Tuesday. That fi re, as well as two others, are under investigation by state fi re marshals.

The house fi re took 27 fi refighters from the Bay District Volunteer Fire Department 30 minutes to knock down, fi re marshals reported.

Both occupants were able to escape without injury, investigators stated.

The fi re was started in the kitchen, investigators stated, and caused $70,000 in damage to the structure and $5,000 in damage to the contents.

Charges are pending in that arson, fi re investigators stated.

The others occurred in Charlotte Hall Aug. 19.

The fi rst blaze destroyed the interior of a car, stolen from Charles County and left in a wooded area behind properties in the 29000 block of Three Notch Road. Fire marshals say the car was intentionally set ablaze but burned itself out before it was found by security personnel on the property.

The second arson in the north portion of the county occurred when an unknown suspect or suspects ignited paper products on the floor of the Southern States store as well as attempted to set fi re to gloves on a hanging display.

There was no fi re department response as there was little damage except to a small amount of merchandise, fi re investigators stated. guyleonard@countytimes.net

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Washington’s Wahoo This isn’t about Charlottesville, Virginia, but rather a man who spent a lot of time there – Ryan Zimmerman.

Several years ago, too many for comfort, Zimmerman starred for the University of Virginia baseball team. He was a slickfielding third baseman with impressive offensive chops - a rare combination that earned him the eye of MLB scouts.

About the same time Zimmerman was done playing ball for the Wahoo’s, a really bad MLB team was jettisoning Montreal and settling in to a new home in the lower 48, one that had been without a professional baseball team for over 30 years. The team, of course, became the Washington Nationals and it used the fourth overall pick in the 2005 MLB Draft, its first since moving south, to select Zimmerman.

It was an unlikely marriage given that the team didn’t exist when Zimmerman enrolled at Virginia, but it had a storybook quality too obvious to ignore: The semi-local kid – Zimmerman grew up in Virginia Beach before moving to Charlottesville - gets picked by the new home team in need of a young star to enrapture a newborn fan base.

Zimmerman was all the Nationals could have hoped for. With his extensive college experience, Zimmerman fast-tracked through the minor leagues and was called up late in the 2005 season. From 2006-2012, a period when Washington transitioned from a bottomfeeder to playoff mainstay, Zimmerman was the franchise rock. Before Stephen Strasburg, Bryce Harper, Anthony Rendon and a whole lot of wins arrived, Zimmerman consistently batted around .280, hit 20-25 homeruns a year, played a gold glove-level third base and was, in short, one of the few reasons to care about the Nationals. He also had what fans love – a flair for the dramatic. In his first major league at-bat, Zimmerman stroked a double. And in the first game at Nationals Park in 2008, Zimmerman hit a walk-off homerun in the bottom of the ninth.

But reality sometimes intervenes to spoil fairytales.

As the Nationals finally became a contender in 2012, Zimmerman began having chronic shoulder problems. Errant throws and stints on the disabled list became the norm. To compensate, Zimmerman was moved to first base on a full-time basis in 2015. It didn’t work.

Zimmerman, who had batted under .275 only once from 2005-2014, saw his average drop to .249 in 2015 and crater to .218 in 2016. It was painful to watch.

Wholly indecent and unfair. The onetime face of the franchise looked done.

But baseball’s a funny game, one where magical seasons can appear from nowhere to make or rejuvenate careers.

Zimmerman is in the midst of such a season. With roughly 40 games remaining, Zimmerman is hitting .307 with 29 homeruns and 86 RBI and is on-pace to set career highs in all categories. More importantly, he’s avoided the disabled list (knock on wood). It is a heartwarming renaissance that is reminiscent of one experienced by another franchise legend in Baltimore a generation ago.

Entering the 1991 season, Cal Ripken Jr. hadn’t hit above .264 since 1986. The Streak was alive and well, but his career was at a crossroads. Then he found something…something spectacular.

Ripken solidified his status an immortal by hitting .323, belting 34 homeruns, recording 114 RBI – all career highs – and winning the 1991 American League MVP award. Zimmerman’s not quite having a year like that (nor is he the player Ripken was), but the rejuvenating and validating effect is the same, and it couldn’t have happened to two better or more humble and classy men.

In late 2016 and in late 1990, Zimmerman and Ripken, respectively, faced a chasm between the players their stats said they were and the players they still hoped to be. Battered but not broken, inspired more than deterred, both men persevered through the ugly, the unrecognizable and the completely unacceptable and rediscovered the best of themselves. President Barrack Obama once said, “The best way not to feel hopeless is to get up and do something.” Zimmerman and Ripken clearly did.

That’s good soul food – for individuals and society at large. Hmm…maybe this was more about Charlottesville than I originally thought.

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CSM Students Intern at University of Maryland UAS Test Site Community College Connects Students to Internships The projects once would have been considered futuristic — a quadcopter that works both in the air and in the water, another that flies and then transforms into a rolling vehicle once it lands, software that translates a massive amount of information collected by a swarm of drones into a coherent report for a human. College students still in the process of working on their bachelor degrees designed these projects and others this summer, all applying Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS)-related solutions to real-world challenges.

These students, seated around a ushaped briefing table, each took a turn Aug. 4 presenting their project created during their just-completed, twomonth summer internship at the University of Maryland (UMD) Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Test Site in California, Md. “It’s been a really good experience,” said UAS Test Site Director Matt Scassero, commending the quality of the group’s work and projects.

The 10 students included two from the College of Southern Maryland (CSM), sophomores Kristina Babinski of La Plata and Edward Gesser III of Mechanicsville, with the rest of the interns coming from the UMD. Babinski and Gesser were the first CSM interns in the three-year history of the intern program and were two of only three interns who hadn’t completed the first half of their bachelor’s degree.

“They really held their own. They have both done an excellent job,” said CSM Assistant Professor Byron Brezina, who served as a mentor to Babinski and Gesser during the internship.

“They all brought their individual challenges and strengths to the table and banded together to take on the research problems and solve them collaboratively,” Scassero said. “Once it was time to work and fly their research it was gameon, and they were a great team.”

Babinski, an electrical engineering major at CSM and the only female student in this year’s internship program, was the first to present at the event. She described the different considerations necessary to write the code to create a thermal points search-and-rescue map.

Her project is designed to assist searchand-rescue teams identify non-waterrelated items like a large mammal or a vehicle in the water. Using infrared thermal images collected by drones, Babinski wrote code that transfers that information onto a map. The project, for instance, could assist rescue teams trying to locate a boat in distress.

“I had zero experience in aviation before coming to this internship,” Babinski said during her presentation, which for

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all the students included a discussion of the challenges faced during their projects and lessons learned. “I flew a drone for the first time.”

Babinski ended her presentation with a request for more women in the internship program, an idea endorsed by the program administrators. Babinski is president of the CSM Women in STEM club.

Gesser, a mechanical engineering major at CSM, took on a project during his internship that was suggested

by National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center. “I worked on two separate systems, one for the NASA project that was designed to integrate a hyper spectral sensor package onto a UAV and one for NOAA,” he said. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Center for Weather and Climate Prediction project involved Gesser mounting a sensor payload to a UAV as well as protecting the payload in case of a crash.”

The work required that Gesser create this system primarily from measurements from the payload and sensors he was trying to protect, without having the actual payload and sensors present as he worked. Gesser used a 3-D printer to create custom parts. “I was quite pleased it all fit when I was finished,” he said.

Gesser said the two-month-long internship project “extensively” enhanced his CAD skills. “I enjoyed working on a larger-scale project and to be able to contribute to what they are doing at the test site,” he said.

While this was the first time CSM students have been invited to participate in the UMD UAS Test Site internship program, it will not be the last. Scassero said the UMD UAS Test Site administrators sit on advisory boards for CSM curriculum and know the quality of CSM’s faculty, staff and students, both as a stand-alone institution concentrating on workforce development and as a feeder path to other higher education centers.

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7th District Optimists Still in High Spirits Back in 1968 the 7th District was as rural and pristine as it is today but according to the founding members of the eponymous Optimist Club, there wasn’t much to do there for young people.

So a group of intrepid residents there started the drive to have their own Optimist Club to enrich their community for youth.

Optimist Club officials who came down to counsel the local group didn’t think there was enough interest, though.

“They didn’t think it would work,” said Eddie Bailey, a charter member. “We chartered with 43 members and that was a lot for an Optimist Club.

“It took about six to eight weeks to make it happen.”

In those days, Bailey said, even $500 or $600 the club raised could go a long way.

“For $500 you could put on a good affair for the kids in the 7th District,” said Bailey.

With that core group began the philanthropic efforts of one of the best-known community organizations in St. Mary’s County.

Starting out by raising money to build baseball fields in the 7th District, their efforts spread to scholarships, sponsoring Project Graduation, donating money to hospitals, holding oratory and essay skills competitions and helping fund the treatment of children with cancer.

“The club has grown with the programs we do,” said Ronald “Smitty” Smith.

The club also helps those with medical needs and disabilities by loaning out much needed medical equipment like wheelchairs with their ACTS (A Community That Shares) program.

“We get 16 to 18 calls a day for help from that program,” said Sam “Bo” Bailey.

The club’s biggest event, the Blessing of the Fleet coming in October, started out as a partnership between the Optimists and the local Catholic church, said charter member Bob Kopel, who served as one of the club’s presidents.

“It started out as a mass and a blessing for the oyster boat fleet,” he said. “It was a natural for a fundraiser.”

This coming October will mark the 50th anniversary of the event, which, at its beginning was once held on St. Clements Island just off Colton’s Point.

That included bringing all kinds of large items over to the island from the mainland including Ferris wheels and horses for horse pulls.

Past Presidents Bob Kopel and Russ Cullins

It was a tremendous amount of work for the volunteers, said Jim Banagan, the first president of the Optimists here.

“Everybody worked,” Banagan said, adding that the close-knit band of Optimists relished the challenges of serving their community no matter the fundraiser or event they put on.

“We had more fun than anyone… we had good people,” Banagan said. “It never would’ve gone on if it hadn’t been for them.”

In the early days of the festival thousands of people would take boats out to St. Clements Island, the initial landing site of English colonists, some even on U.S. Navy landing barges brought in to handle the swelling crowds.

Optimists estimated that about 10,000 would make their way to the island in the old days to enjoy the festivities.

Few knew just what it took to make it all happen.

“It was at least two weeks work setting it all up,” Eddie Bailey said.

Richard Lord, head of the committee organizing the Blessing of the Fleet said this year’s event would include fireworks, a parade, a magic show for children, pony rides, a moon bounce and a rock wall for climbing.

As the biggest event of the year for the Optimists, it still remains their greatest effort as well.

“It’s quite an undertaking,” Lord said. “I got quite a rude awakening when I took over planning it.”

The organization is also holding its first Bushwoodstock 2017 rock music festival this weekend at the 7th District Optimist Park in Bushwood on Colton’s Point Road.

This event, too, is to raise money for scholarships for local students. Sometimes the members regret signing on to so much work as volunteers but that feeling passes when they see the results.

“Sometimes I regret it, but that’s only when 13 or 14 things pile up in front of me that needed to be done yesterday,” said Mike Alderson, who at 47 counts himself

as one of the younger members of the group. “But I’ll never quit this club.”

Of all the challenges the group faces each year, Alderson said, the greatest was not keeping up with fundraising events, but finding enough newer people to volunteer.

There are slightly more than 100 active members in the 7th District Optimist Club, Alderson said, and it is a challenge to get more than 20 at a meeting.

“This club needs to survive,” Alderson said. “Our biggest challenge is the level of participation in my age group.”

Along with all the events the club puts on each year for youth and the community, members say the bonds they forged between each other as they grew the organization helped them make a stronger community.

“We worked hard and we played hard,” said Eddie Bailey. “It was good to really get to know people.

“We’ve got so many people living in the 7th District now, they don’t associate with each other.”

The example set by the older charter members provides inspiration for the younger members to keep working hard.

“We try to carry on what these men started,” Alderson said. “It’s a daunting task.”

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The County Times runs complimentary obituaries as submitted by funeral homes and readers. We run them in the order we receive them. Any submissions that come to guyleonard@countytimes.net after noon on Mondays may run in the following week’s edition.

David Joseph Hockaday David Joseph Hockaday 55, passed away July 18th, 2017 at his home in Lexington Park, MD. He was born on June 14th 1962 in Arlington, VA. David was preceeded in death by his parents, Margret and Graham Hockaday and his sister Ruth Greene.

David is survived by his wife Cassandra Bechas-Hockaday and his 4 children - Sara, Graham, Holly and Lucas Hockaday, and his 4 grandchildren - Emma and Katey Anderson and Isaiah David and Prince Thomas Hockaday . David was also survived by his bother Sonny Hockaday, sister Peggy Lee Ritter and Lucinda Cooper, and best friend/cousin Randy (Nubins) Cooper and his lifelong friend and mother of his children, Patricia Jones.

David worked in the painter’s union for over 15 years enjoying his work. He was a loving father and grandfather. Family meant the world to him. Win or lose he was and always will be a Redskins fan. In his free time he loved to take road trips and hit the casino (Texas Hold ‘em

was his game).

The family had a celebration of Life Memorial Service in his memory on Thursday August 10 th, 2017 at the Lexington Park United Methodist Church where David and Cassandra were members.

Bertha Mae Cooley Bertha Mae Cooley sadly departed this life on Thursday, August 10, 2017 at Calvert Memorial Hospital, surrounded by family.

She was born on November 10, 1929. She was educated in the Raleigh, NC public school system. She migrated to Lexington Park, MD in 1954. She was employed by the St. Mary’s County Board of Education for nearly 20 years until her retirement.

Bertha was a devoted mother, grandmother, and a loving friend.

She had a special presence about her that will truly be missed. To know Bertha was to love her.

Bertha was a devoted Catholic.

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where she served in many capacities, such as, a choir member, greeter, and she volunteered for the kitchen staff to cater various events at church and the county fair, until her health began to fail.

During her past time, she enjoyed working word search puzzles, fishing, gardening, bowling, traveling, and watching the Orioles.

Bertha maintained a close relationship with her cousin Mary. Having migrated from Raleigh, NC together; Bertha to Lexington Park and Mary to Philadelphia, PA. They enjoyed their annual trips visiting each other and together visiting the relatives and friends they left behind in Raleigh. Once their health prevented them from traveling, they maintained weekly telephone calls until Bertha’s passing.

Bertha’s final trip was to Ft Lauderdale, FL this past June to see her granddaughter graduate from Keiser University. Despite her illness, she was determined to make that trip.

Bertha leaves to mourn her passing her devoted children, Gloria and John (Jay); two grandchildren, Lessiena and Terrell; a daughter-in-law, LaDonna; an honorary son-in-law, Ricky Spriggs; a dedicated cousin, Mary Fairy; other relatives, and many friends. Preceding her in death was her mother, Ella Malachi.

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Florence Lorraine Whitten, of Callaway, MD passed away on August 13, 2017 in Callaway, MD. Born on September 15, 1945 she was the daughter of the late Jeanette A. Tucker Forrest and Ernest Forrest. Florence was the loving wife of Kenneth Ray Whitten whom she married in Trinity Episcopal Church St. Mary’s City, MD on April 15, 1986 and who preceded her in death on December 11, 2014.

Florence is survived by her children: Tommy Bean (Mary) of Valley Lee, MD, Christina Butler (John) of Charlottesville, VA, Steven Whitten of Seattle, WA, Lucy Jo Whitten of Suffolk, VA, Lori Sills of Baltimore, MD and 21 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren and sister Jean Clements. She was preceded in death

by her siblings: Clarence Forrest, Sandra Knott, Virginia Abell, and Helen Marie Langley.

She was a lifelong St. Mary’s County, MD resident. Florence worked as an Accounting Manager for the Harry Lunderberg School of Seamanship for 37 years, retiring on July 1, 2014. She enjoyed; putting on church bingo, spent countless hours baking and giving away her beloved cakes. She also loved, spending time with family and grandchildren.

Pallbearers will be; Allen Abell, Mike Abell, Benny Knott, Herman Knott, Eugene Forrest, and Phil Langley. Honorary Pallbearers will be Tyler Bean, Joseph Paiz, and Bobby Clements. Contributions may be made to Hospice of St. Mary’s P.O. Box 625 Leonardtown, MD and Trinity Episcopal Church P.O. Box 207 St. Mary’s City, MD 20686. Arrangements by Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home.

Philip Alfred “Al” Gatton Philip Alfred “Al” Gatton, 85 of Leonardtown, MD passed away on August 19, 2017 in Leonardtown, MD. Born on June 11, 1932 in Bushwood, MD, he was the son of the late Frances Louise Gatton and Philip Dominic Gatton. Al was the loving husband of the late Jeanne Sunderland Gatton, whom he married on July 4, 1952 in St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church Compton, MD, and who preceded in death on July 22, 2013. Al is survived by his children; Sandra Abell (George) of Leonardtown, MD, Joyce Downs (Preston) of Mechanicsville, MD, and Philip L. Gatton (Tracy) of Hollywood, MD. Granddaughters Melissa Long (Brandon) of Mechanicsville, MD and Shannon Dent (Rob) of Chaptico, MD, 3 greatgrandchildren; Hailey and Christopher Long and Robby Dent. Siblings: Francis Morehead, Ralph Gatton and Ellen Hill. He was preceded in death by his siblings; Doris Bussler, Everett Gatton and Calvin Gatton.

Al was a lifelong St. Mary’s County, MD resident and graduated from Margaret Brent High School in 1949.

Al Served in the United States Navy from May 11, 1951 to May 10, 1955.

While serving in the United States Navy he earned the Good Conduct Medal and National Defense Service Medal, his duty stations included Patuxent River Naval Air Station in Patuxent River, MD. Prior to taking ownership of the Hills Club Restaurant he worked for Stewart Petroleum Company for 16 years as a cook

William Gatton William Everett Gatton, 90, of Leonardtown, MD formerly from St. Clements Shores passed away on August 19, 2017 in Callaway, MD. Born on October 26, 1926 in Avenue, MD, he was the son of the late Frances Louise Gatton and Philip Dominic Gatton. Everett was the loving husband of Cecilia Regina Gatton, whom he married in Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Mechanicsville, MD on June 23, 1951, and who preceded him in death on October 25, 2009.

Everett is survived by his children; Deborah Berned (Jim) of Leonardtown, MD, Cheryl Tippett (Tommy) of Lexington Park, MD, Melinda Russell of Morganza, MD, 6 grandchildren, 9 great grandchildren, and 1 great great grandchild. Siblings; Frances Morehead, Ralph Gatton, and Ellen Hill. He was preceded in death by his daughter Joan Marie RaymusBohannon and son in law Kevin Russell, siblings; Doris Bussler, Calvin Gatton, and Alfred Gatton.

He graduated from Margaret Brent and was a lifelong resident of St. Mary’s County, MD. Everett was a Service station Manager for the

on their tugboats. Al was the restaurant proprietor of the Hills Club Restaurant, retiring on March 18, 1990 after 21 years. Al was a member and past president of the Mechanicsville Lions Club, Mechanicsville, MD, as well as past member of the Mechanicsville Moose Lodge Mechanicsville, MD, and American Legion in Hughesville, MD. He served on the Board of Directors for the Mechanicsville Vol. Rescue Squad. Al loved to fish, hunt and cook.

The family will receive friends on Sunday, August 27, 2017 from 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM with prayers recited at 3:00 PM in the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home Leonardtown, MD, where a Funeral Service will be held on Monday, August 28, 2017 at 10:00 AM with Father Bob Kosty officiating. Interment will follow in Charles Memorial Gardens Leonardtown, MD. Pallbearers will be: Robert Dent, Rocky Woodburn, Brandon Long, Jerry Downs Joe Jarboe and Herman Downs. Honorary Pallbearers will be; George Abell, Preston Downs, Dickie Graves, Eddie Copsey, Lee Downs, and IZ (Buck) Swarey.

Contributions may be made to the Leonardtown Vol. Rescue Squad P.O. Box 50 Leonardtown, MD 20650 and Mechanicsville Vol. Rescue Squad P.O. Box 15 Mechanicsville, MD 20659.

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Ten Steps to Home Composting Why Compost at Home?

• Composting recycles your wastes into a valuable soil amendment that can be used to improve your soil and plantings.

• Disposal of leaves, grass, clipping and other yard waste is a problem for homeowners.

• Yard and food waste make up 30% of the solid waste stream in the U.S. • Composting is easy, requiring minimal amounts of space and effort.

Patuxent Motors Gulf/Chevron in Hughesville, MD, and Leonardtown Golf/Chevron in Leonardtown, MD for 55 years retiring on August of 1988. Everett enjoyed playing cards, yard work, and riding his bike.

The family will receive friends on Sunday, August 27, 2017 from 2:00 PM-5:00 PM with prayers recited at 3:00 PM in the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home, Leonardtown, MD, where a Funeral Service will be held on Monday, August 28, 2017 at 10:00 AM with Father Bob Kosty officiating. Interment will follow in Charles Memorial Gardens Leonardtown, MD. Pallbearers will be Jimmy-Lee Berned, Jason Gatton, John Damon, Mike Tayman, Danny Johnson, and Felippe Bardales. Honorary Pallbearers will be Jim Berned, and Tommy Tippett. Contributions may be made to Leonardtown Vol. Rescue Squad P.O. Box 299 Leonardtown, MD 20650 and Hospice of St. Mary’s P.O. Box 325 Leonardtown, MD 20650.

Arrangements by Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home.

Billy Cole

late Herbert Cole in Washington, DC. Billy worked as a Crane Operator for Operating Engineers Local #77.

He enjoyed classic cars, drag racing and showing his ‘70 Chevy pickup.

He loved his pets, Maggie, BJ and Teddy.

Billy is survived by his wife of 49 years, Sharyn Patricia McDonald Cole, his daughter, Karen Marie Irvin, his brother, Bruce Cole, his Aunt, Valerie Laing, brothers in law, Bruce McDonald, Mike McDonald, Danny McDonald, Freddy McDonald and Todd Parks; and his step-grandchildren, Rani Irvin Brady and Charisma Irvin Brady and many other relatives and friends. In addition to his parents, Billy is predeceased by his sister, Bonnie Dorman.

A Funeral Service will be Thursday, August 24, 2017 at 10:30AM at Brinsfield-Echols Funeral Home with interment immediately following at Charles Memorial Gardens, 26235 Point Lookout Road, Leonardtown, MD 20650.

Memorial donations in Billy’s name may be made to: St. Mary’s Animal Welfare League, P.O. Box 1232, Leonardtown, MD 20650.

Billy Cole, 70, of Mechanicsville, Maryland, passed away on August 16, 2017 at MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital, Leonardtown, Maryland. Billy was born on October 1, 1946 to the late Catherine Bushong Cole and the

STEP 1: Selecting a location – You don’t need much space for this project, an area as small as 6’ by 6’ is plenty. If you plan to compost in the winter, choose a sunny spot, otherwise a location with some shade will help to keep the compost moist during the summer months.

STEP 2: Bin design – You can purchase a ready made bin or build one yourself out of basic material(s). The simplest enclosure made of 3’ wide, 1” wire mesh, formed into a 3’ diameter circle, securing the ends to one another using wooden stakes for support.

Another easy enclosure is by reusing four old shipping pallets, secured side to side, making a square box.

STEP 3: Filling the bin – All organic matter, things that were once alive or come from living things is compostable. This includes yard waste such as leaves and grass clippings, kitchen wastes such as fruit and vegetable leavings, coffee grounds, tea leaves, egg shells, etc. DO NOT compost animal products such as meat, bones, fat, grease or pet feces.

STEP 4: Efficient composting – Any combination of organic materials will eventually degrade. For a higher quality product, use a mixture of compatible material. Rule-of-thumb, mix equal parts of BROWN (dry leaves, straw, sawdust, etc.) with GREEN (grass clippings, garden weeds, kitchen scraps) ingredients and shred or cut larger materials for quick composting. Keep kitchen scraps on the inside of the pile to decompose faster.

STEP 5: Let’s get started – When combining your BROWN and GREEN ingredients, you should add a shovel or two of soil, this will add microbes into the mix to facilitate the decompos-

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ing process. Also, add a small amount of water, you want the compost to be slightly moist, the microbes work better in this environment.

STEP 6: Heat – After a week, check to see if the pile is heating up. This is part of the composting process. The center may get as hot as 150 degrees F. If the center isn’t warmer than the outside of the pile, you may need to add more GREEN materials to get the process started.

STEP 7: Turn the pile – Composting works best under oxygen-rich conditions. The pile should be turned at least once a week with a shovel or pitchfork. This will ensure that all the ingredients are thoroughly mixed and will become completely broken down.

STEP 8: Troubleshooting – Odors stem from two possible problems: too much GREEN, or not enough oxygen. In either case, immediately turn the pile to introduce more oxygen. If the problem is too much GREEN, add more BROWN material(s). An overly wet pile may also cause bad odors, if so, use less water.

STEP 9: Compost – After three to ten weeks and many turnings, your compost should be dark, moist, crumbly and ready to use.

STEP 10: Using your compost – Technically, compost is not a fertilizer, it is an excellent soil amendment that improves the structure and quality of your soil. Use your compost in garden beds to increase soil porosity and aeration, around shrubs to keep weeds at a minimum and help retain moisture.

For additional recycling information, contact the St. Mary’s County DPW&T at (301) 475-4200 or visit MDE website at: http://mde.maryland.gov/programs/LAND/RecyclingandOperationsprogram/Pages/compostbin.aspx

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Solomons Dragon Boat Festival has Successful Second Year

By Dick Myers Editor In only its second year, the Solomons Island Dragon Boat Festival seems destined to be a major event on the summer schedule. That conclusion can be drawn from the large crowd that packed the island on Saturday Aug. 19 to view the races and the surrounding events. And, it also can be judged by the significant increase in race team participants, from 18 boats last year to 28 his year. Each boat contained a crew of 18 plus a steer paddler and a drummer.

Crews came from both sides of the river and represented churches, businesses and nom-profit organizations. The crews set up tents on the parking lot along one stretch of the boardwalk. The staging area was to the north end of the boardwalk and the finish line off the middle of the boardwalk.

The front lawn of Our Lady Star of the Sea Church contained food and craft vendors. That was also the location of the opening ceremony, which included the painting of the eyes and tongues on the dragons that adorned the front of the boats.

The boats are supplied by a national company called 22Dragons. Company President Philip Goldfinch said the adding of the eyes awakened the dragons for their task ahead.

The dragons were blessed in the opening ceremony by Pastor Msgr. Mike Wil-

son, who was one of the founders of the festival’s sponsor, Southern Maryland Community Resources (SMCR). The organization’s Executive Director Bonnie Elward welcomed everyone during the opening ceremony.

Operating in both St. Mary’s and Calvert counties, SMCR describes themselves on their website: “SMCR promotes the inclusion of persons with developmental differences into the life of our community.

We advocate for individuals with special needs, to recognize the inherent dignity that is theirs because they are members of our one human family. We promote social recreational and educational opportunities where individuals with developmental differences can contribute their unique gifts and develop their potential.”

Another indication of the expanding success of the event was the securing this year of a major corporate sponsor -- Cedar Point Federal Credit Union.

This year also featured a challenge between dragon boat teams from the Calvert and St. Mary’s County sheriff’s offices.

The Calvert team was called Mike and Mike after Sheriff Mike Evans and County Commissioner Mike Hart.

The St. May’s team, called #Bethefirst, bested the Calvert team in head-to-head competition and then lost the final heat to a team called the Dragon Flies.

Teams from St. Aloysius, St. John’s and Our Lady Star of the Sea compete in a heat of the Dragon Boat Races in Solomons.

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Johnny Wood’s Annual Fundraising Barbeque

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Cat of the Week MEET PRINCESS PEA

My birth name is Scarlet, but my adoptive family named me Princess Pea (a.k.a. Pea). I was born in July 2016 so I am very young. I am timid and sweet. I love to be petted and receive attention from my family. I love playing with the children and snuggling them. I am really affectionate and when you get in bed at night, I want to be right there snuggling with you. Sadly, my family could not keep me due to allergies. I really don’t like going to the Petco in

California every Saturday and Sunday from 10:30 to 3 but I have to put myself out there so someone might adopt me. Will you rescue me and give me the love I am craving? You can fill out an application at www. feralcatrescuemd.org and email it to diane@feralcatrescuemd.org Love always, Princess Pea

Former delegate Johnny Wood talks to some of the attendees at this annual fundraising barbeque at Olde Breton Inn on Aug. 22.

Pet of the Week MEET SQUIRT

Bo and Eddie Bailey at Johnny Wood’s annual fundraising barbeque at Eddie’s Olde Breton Inn.

Aerial Inspirations – Fine Art and Flight at Pax Museum The Patuxent River Naval Air Museum is proud to announce the opening of its first art exhibition: Aerial Inspirations. The exhibit will feature the work of Mary Edna Fraser, a Charlestonbased artist. Large scale installations of silk fabric dyed in batik fashion and inspired directly by Fraser’s aerial photography of land and sea will be installed in the new building this fall. An opening night reception is also planned with a lecture and book signing to be held the following night.

Fraser will be holding a lecture and book signing where guests will be able

to earn about Mary Edna and her artistic process. The lecture will be August 24th at 6pm.

Tickets for the event can be purchased in advance at http://www.paxmuseum. com/plan-your-visit.php and will be available at the door. The batik art will be on display in the main museum hall until October 13 and viewing the works is included in the regular admission fees.

Association members receive a discount on tickets.

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Hi, my name is Squirt. I was wandering along a very busy highway when a Good Samaritan picked me up and brought me to the shelter. I’m only 3 months old and I dream of fi nding a HOME that will LOVE me forever!

I’m looking for a partner to toss around my play mice or snuggle on the couch.

Are YOU that someone?

Please Choose Me!!

And remember, if there is room in the heart, there is room in the house!

Please come meet me and the wonderful gang at the Tri-County Animal Shelter (6707 Animal Shelter Road, Hughesville) or call 301-932-1713 for more information. To see more of my amazing friends available for adoption, “like” us on Facebook @ TriCounty Animal Shelter Southern MD.

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Aqua Zumba Classes No Contract, No Membership!

45779 Fire Dept Ln, California, MD 20619 7:00 PM Let’s bring the Zumba Party in the water. Aqua Zumba Wednesdays and Saturdays Elks pool The Coolest Thing About Zumba is That It’s For Everybody! If You Can Smile & Have FUN, YES—You Can Do Zumba!

I’m Looking Very Forward to Meeting You! Zumba Fitness classes No contract, no memberships, Pay as you go!

Monday Zumba Toning 6pm at the Housing Authority Tuesday Zumba Fitness 6pm at the Housing Authority Wednesday Aqua Zumba 7pm at the Elks lodge Pool Thursday Zumba Fitness 6pm at the Housing Authority Saturday Aqua Zumba 8:30am at the Elks Lodge Pool All Classes are open to everybody!

More info: 301-481-0752

Friday, August 25

Park Place Toastmasters Club Meeting Church of the Ascension 21641 Great Mills Road Lexington Park, MD 20653 12 Noon - 1:00 PM Come visit us to find out how we can help you develop your speaking, listening, and leadership skills in a nonthreatening environment!

Celebrate Recovery Our Father’s House—45020 Patuxent Beach Rd, California, MD 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM Celebrate Recovery is a Christian 12step program that addresses any hurt, hangup or habit for anyone 18 & up.

We’d love to see you there! For more info email OFHCR4U@gmail.com

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Yard Sale @ 2nd VFD&RS 2nd Dist. VFD&RS, 45245 Drayden Rd., Valley Lee, MD 20692 7:00 AM - 12 Noon Yard Sale Event POC: Kelly 240-299-5261—Reserve a Table for $10.00 (preferred by Sun. 20 Aug.) or come attend—Some items for sale—Used White Whirlpool: Dishwasher, Oven, & Over stove Microwave; & Dresser w/mirror 8 drawers.

Sponsored by the 2nd District VFD & RS Auxiliary

Saturday, August 26

Women’s Conference—August 26, 2017 First Missionary Baptist Church 46370 Pegg Lane, Lexington Park, MD 20653 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM The Women’s Ministry of First Missionary Baptist Church cordially invites you to attend its annual Women’s Conference on August 26, 2017, where we will be “Proceeding to the Open Door”. The Women’s Conference commences at 9:00 a.m.—3:00 p.m., with a Continental Breakfast being served at 8:00 a.m. and with lunch being served at 11:50 a.m. Our facilitators for the occasion are Reverend Emma Curry, Associate Minister, Zion Baptist Church, Welcome, MD and Reverend Michelle Dockett, First Lady of One Church, DMV and the Conference Preacher is Minister Brenda Palmer, First Lady of Israel Total Life Ministries, Waldorf, MD. Tickets are $25.00 and can be purchased by contacting First Missionary Baptist Church at 301-863-8388. Tickets will be available at the door. First Missionary Baptist Church, 46370 Pegg Lane, Lexington Park, MD 20653.

Seasonal Farmer’s Market Historic Sotterley 44300 Sotterley Lane, Hollywood, MD 20636 8:00 AM - 1:00 PM Check sotterley.org for details.

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Patuxent Tidewater Land Trust Social at Summerseat Farm 26655 Three Notch Rd, Mechanicsville, MD 20659 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM Join PTLT and Summerseat for a day of old-fashioned fun on Aug. 26th, 10:00 AM- 2:00PM! Activities will include: A badminton tournament (with prizes), hiking, archery, petanque/bocce, and lawn games. Please bring your lawn chairs or blanket and feel free to bring a picnic! There will be local watermelon (for Seed Spittin’ contest!) Bottled drinks available for purchase. Stay for the raffle drawing! Sponsored by Patuxent Tidewater Land Trust. Meet YOUR local Land Trust! For more information call Frank: 301-862-3421. www.patuxent-tidewater.org Bushwoodstock Dog Day Outdoor Rock Concert 21804 Coltons Point Rd., Bushwood, MD 20618 12 Noon - 7:00 PM Bushwoodstock Dog Day Outdoor Rock Concert Benefit for BECA Schlorships and 7th District Optimist Club with Three Bands—Six Gun South, Billy Breslin Band, and Bob Schaller & Friends—$20 Admission—Dress Like a Hippie/Hipster or a Good Old Fashioned Southern Rocker for This Great Old Time Rock ‘n’ Roll Celebration— Be There or Be Square-Can You Dig it Man. Food & Drink Available for Purchase with ID Required for Alcohol— Bring Lawn Chairs & Blankets and Listen to Great Old Time Rock “n” Roll. No Coolers.

NAACP 2017 Back to School Fair St. Mary’s County Library, Lexington Park Branch 12 Noon - 3:00 PM The St. Mary’s County Library, in partnership with the NAACP and many local organizations, is excited to present the NAACP 2017 Back to School Fair at the Lexington Park branch (21677 FDR Blvd) on Saturday, August 26 from 12 noon to 3 p.m.

The Back to School Fair will feature informational mini sessions for parents and students, a school supplies giveaway (while supplies last) and light refreshments. Admission is Free! Mini sessions include Smart Ways to Organize, Avoiding Homework Stress, Managing Emotions/Conflict Resolutions, Healthy Nutrition/Health Sleep Habits, Communicating: Developing a Partnership Between the Student/Parent/Teacher, The Impact of Positive School Behavior on Achievement and more!

Participants are asked to fill in a ‘CheckFor more information, contact Dr. Janice Walthour at 301-862-2296 or Dr. Francine Dove Hawkins at 301-863-9007, or call 301-863-3011.

Crab Feast Benefit Moose Lodge, 27636 Mechanicsville Rd., Mechanicsville 1:00 PM - 8:00 PM “Shop with a Cop” Benefit. Crab Feast 1pm—5pm. Entertainment 4pm—8pm. $40 Advance—$50 at door. Any Questions Please Contact Jimmy Suite @ 240-417-5767 Pax Lounge Grand Opening Mayweather/McGregor Match 28275 Point Lookout Road, Leonardtown, MD 20650 5:00 PM THE PAX LOUNGE HOOKAH BAR GRAND OPENING!!! Come out and join us for the Mayweather/Mcgregor fight starting at 5:00 pm and ending at 2:00 am. There will be a cover charge of $20 unless you make a reservation online at thepaxlounge.com. If you make a reservation the cover charge will only be $10. Ladies will have NO cover charge until 10:00 pm and we will be showing the Mayweather/Mcgregor match!

The Pax Lounge is located at 28275 Point Lookout Road, Leonardtown, MD 20650 and their phone number is (301) 703-2002

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Chesapeake Children’s Chorus Auditions Leonardtown High School 23995 Point Lookout Road 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Do you love singing? Want to be a part of a fun and challenging experience?

Come audition and sing with CCC! Auditions are open for boys and girls ages 8-15. Visit us online for more information at www.smchoralarts.org/ccc. For questions, please contact us at chesapeakechildrenschorus@gmail.com St. Maries Musica Auditions Leonardtown High School 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM We are looking for new talent for the upcoming season! Come be a part of something spectacular! We are auditioning for ALL voice parts! Arrangements for alternative audition dates/times can be made. Each audition generally lasts 20-25 minutes. You will only need to be there for your scheduled audition time.

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sica to fill out an audition form today!

Will will contact you to schedule you individual audition. For questions, contact us at smchoralarts@gmail.com.

Elks Holdem Bounty Tournament St. Marys County Elks Lodge 45779 Fire Department Lane Lexington Park, MD 20653 7:00 PM No Limit Holdem Poker Tournament $25 Buy in = 4,000 chips $5 add-on = 1,000 chips and raffle drawing Earn a BOUNTY chip worth $5 dollars for every person that you bust out of the tournament. This tournament is part of our leaderboard challenge. Earn 1 point for every person knocked out before you. Food and Beverage are available for purchase. Cash games will start as soon as there are enough players that are interested. Holdem : $1- $2 no limit.

Omaha Hi/Lo : $.50—$1 no limit (starts at 4pm). Please enter through the side of the building. 301- 863- 7800. Questions: James Dean 240-577-0828. Email: jdeanjunior@yahoo.com

Wednesday, August 30

Free Line Dance Lessons Last Drop Country Bar—23955 Mervell Dean Rd, Hollywood, MD 20636 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Free beginner and intermediate line dance lessons. If you can count to 8 .. you can line dance

Thursday, August 31

CSM’s Kickoff to College CSM, Leonardtown 4:00 PM College of Southern Maryland, Leonardtown Campus, Building A, Room 206, 22950 Hollywood Road, Leonardtown.

Kickoff to College gives new and transfer students the opportunity to learn about CSM, connect with faculty and other new students; learn about student services, clubs and athletics; discover resources available, including veterans’ services; get helpful hints for college success; receive a student ID; and earn a 10 percent textbook coupon for the CSM College Store. Visit www.csmd.edu/ apply-register/credit/kickoff-to-college/.

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Overdose Awareness Day Event Beacon of Hope Recovery Community Center 21770 FDR Blvd. Lexington Park MD 20653 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Doors open at 5 p.m., activities begin at 6 p.m. on 8/31 as we mark International Overdose Awareness Day as a community. Activities will include a memorial labyrinth meditation walk, a Lights of Hope lighting and display, information and advocacy tables and resource people to speak with on addiction, recovery and grief recovery. Come to remember those lost and support those who have survived as well as to strengthen our community’s response to addiction and overdose. This event is sponsored by a community collaboration and is led

by Walden and the St. Mary’s County Health Department. For more information or directions, please contact Laura at 301-997-1300 x 804 or lauraw@ waldensierra.org. All are welcome to attend this free, drug and alcohol free event.

Loffler Senior Activity Center 301-475-4200, ext. 1658 Garvey Senior Activity Center, 301-475-4200, ext. 1050 Northern Senior Activity Center, 301-475-4002, ext. 3101

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Brought to you by the Commissioners of St. Mary’s County: James R. Guy, President; Michael L. Hewitt; Tom Jarboe; Todd B. Morgan; John E. O’Connor; and the Department of Aging & Human Services

Individual Nutrition Counseling Now Available

The Department of Aging & Human Services is pleased to offer individual nutrition counseling on a limited basis at the county’s three senior activity centers.

Donna Taggert, a registered and licensed dietitian as well as a Certified Diabetes Educator will be available to talk to you about your nutrition needs and questions on Monday, Sept. 11, and Friday, Sept. 29.

Call or text to 240-538-6539 to make your private appointment. Limited spaces are available.

Bling Flamingos

Back by popular demand! The Northern Senior Activity Center is hosting a Bling Flamingos class on Monday, Aug. 28 at 1:30 p.m. Come customize your own plastic flamingo with paint, jewels, beads, buttons, flowers, and more. The cost of the session is a $5 contribution. You can also purchase a flamingo from the group for an additional $3 if you don’t have your own.

To sign up in advance, visit the front desk.

For more information call 301-475-4200, ext. *3101.

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The 2017-18 season of the senior mixed league, sponsored by the St. Mary’s County Department of Aging & Human Services, will be starting soon. If you were registered and bowled last season, you will

soon be contacted to confirm your continuation. For those interested in bowling in the league, here are a few particulars: the league meets at Esperanza Lanes at 12:45 p.m. on the 2nd and 4th Thursday of each month. You must be 50+ years of age. The cost will be approximately $14$15 (to be determined) for 3 games and includes shoe rental and use of a ball. Each team consists of 3 players. If you need a sub, you are responsible for obtaining one from the list of registered subs. You will still pay the cost of bowling that week and the sub will bowl for free. If you are interested in joining in this fun-loving, easygoing group of men and women as either a league member or a sub, call Shellie Graziano at 301-475-4200, ext. *1655.

Bowling League Kick-Off Meeting

If you are planning to bowl in the 2017-18 season of the senior mixed league, sponsored by the St Mary’s County Department of Aging & Human Services, please come to the Kick-off Meeting on Thursday, Sept. 7 at 12:30 p.m. at the Loffler Senior Activity Center. We will use this time to determine costs and make necessary adjustments and corrections to team rules, roster, schedule, team list, team and sub contact info, etc. Changes will be made and final copies will be printed and brought to the first game of the season (Sept. 14). If you have any questions or interest, call Shellie Graziano at 301475-4200, ext. *1655.

Protecting Your Privacy Online

Back to School Fair

Lexington Park Library will host the NAACP 2017 Back to School Fair ‘Preparing for a Successful School Year’ on Saturday, August 26 from 12 noon to 3 p.m. Information mini sessions on topics such as ‘Smart Ways to Organize’, ‘Avoiding Homework Stress’, and ‘Managing Emotions/Conflict Resolutions’ will be available for students and parents. There will be a school supplies giveaway while supplies last and lite refreshments. For more information, contact Dr. Janice Walthour (301-862-2296) or Dr. Francine Dove Hawkins (301-863-9007).

Last Week of Storytimes Until October!

All three branches of the St. Mary’s County Library will be holding storytimes the week of August 28 – August 31. No storytimes will be held in the month of September. Storytimes will resume starting October 2.

Lexington Park Library will hold a Protecting Your Privacy Online class on Thursday, August 24 from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. Learn about tools you can use to limit what’s shared about you online. Create strong passwords and use free open source software, including browser plug-ins, the Tor browser, and VPNs to help keep your information private. Attendees should be proficient computer users. Registration recommended on www.stmalib.org.

Teen Tech Space

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Thursday, August 24, 2017

Calvert County Jousting Tournament Still Going Strong After 150 Years

The Super Bowl – 51 years. The Masters – 83 years. The World Series – 130 years. The Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show – 140 years. The Kentucky Derby – 142 years. And then there’s the Calvert County Jousting Tournament at 151 years.

This Saturday, Aug. 26 marks the 151st edition of the Calvert County Jousting Tournament at Christ Church in Port Republic. And, the tournament has run continuously except for one year during World War II, making it the oldest jousting tournament and putting it right up there in the ranks of sporting events throughout the country.

Jousting is indeed a sporting event, memorialized as the Maryland State Sport by a bill introduced in 1962 by St. Mary’s County Delegate Henry J. Fowler, Sr., passed by the Maryland General Assembly and signed into law by then Gov. J. Millard Tawes.

The honor was somewhat watered down in 2004 when the legislature bestowed the title of “State Team Sport” to lacrosse.

According to the Maryland Jousting Tournament Association, “Jousting is the oldest equestrian sport in the world. During the Middle Ages, it was a form of waging war, but with the invention of gunpowder, the art of jousting a man bodily from his horse, became outmoded as a battle strategy. The tournament field became a place of ‘Sport,’ and the knights turned their lances to the more sophisticated, skillful task of spearing small metal rings. Jousting became a civilized game of keen horsemanship, skill and sportsmanship with the development of ‘The Ring Tournaments’.”

The venue for the annual jousting tournament, Christ Church on Broomes Island Road in Port Republic, is no slouch when it comes to its own history.

It is the mother Episcopal Church of Calvert County and its oldest continually worshipping congregation.

The church is a three-bay-wide, five-bays long, beige stucco-covered structure featuring stained glass in most of the tall paired round-arched sash windows.

According to Richard Dodds, the church vestry’s junior warden and curator of Maritime History at Calvert Marine Museum, the earliest church records show a baptism in 1672. Dobbs, who has done research on church history, said the existing main church building is the third on the site and was constructed in 1772. The cemetery includes the gravesite of former U. S. Representative Thomas Parran, Sr. The church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.

Jousting is alive and well in Maryland says President of the Maryland Jousting Tournament Association Ron Vogel. “We are on the up rise now,” he said and attributed it to the number of young people entering the sport. A prime example is last year’s Calvert County Jousting Tournament Champion, 19-year-old Lily Fisher Flaherty of Lusby, who then went on to become the 2016 Maryland State Jousting Champion. She will be returning to Port Republic this Saturday to compete again.

Vogel got started in the sport at the age of 12. He said he was lucky to be part of the youth group that had a superior mentor, Mary Lou Bartrum, wellknown in state jousting circles. But he got out of the sport for 30 years before returning. He’s been back for 25 years.

Vogel described the Port Republic tournament as, “One of the biggies.” He said support for the sport is strong in Southern Maryland.

There are 20 tournaments this year in the state; the other in Southern Maryland is at the St. May’s County Fair.

People are attracted to the sport because it is so objective. You either spear the ring or you don’t, he said. It also provides both sexes with an equal opportunity to compete and excel. That doesn’t mean it’s a piece of cake. “It’s difficult to do,” Vogel deadpanned.

The key to jousting success, Vogel said, is for the rider ad horse to become one, so the rider doesn’t even think about the horse so he or she “will focus on the rings.”

Vogel thinks that over time the quality of the Lily Fisher Flaherty of Lusby, 2016 Maryland State Jousting Champion jousting riders has digrounds will be abuzz with activities in addition to minished probably because they devote less tine to the sport and particu- the tournament. Included is a church bazaar that will larly less tine to practicing for tournaments because be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., featuring attic treaof their busy life schedules. He said several decades sures, books, baked goods, toys, country store, pony rides, a balloon artist and face painting. ago, “the bar was higher.”

A country supper will be held from 2-6 p.m. (rain The men in jousting are called Knights and the or shine) and will feature fried chicken, deviled crab women Maids, harkening back to medieval times.

So how does it work? According to the Maryland and ham (choice of two), side dishes, beverage and Jousting Tournament Association, “Each knight gal- dessert for $20 for adults; children (ages 6-12) $8 lops his horse down a dirt track beneath three arch- and children under 6 with a paying adult are free.

Music will be provided in the historic, air-condies, when he is called in turn to charge. Suspended from each arch is a metal harness ring wrapped with tioned church from 1-4 p.m., rain or shine.

The church grounds also contain an old, one-room white cord. The track is 80 yards long. The first arch is 20 yards from a starting point and each succeed- schoolhouse that taught many area children until it ing arch is 30 yards distance from one another on a closed in 1929. It has been lovingly restored by the straight course. As the knight charges through the Calvert Retired Teachers Association as a bicentenarches in a time limit of 9 seconds he attempts to nial project. The schoolhouse will be open for tours spear the metal rings on his long, steel tipped lance. on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Christ Church is getting ready to welcome its Rings vary in size from 1 3/4” in diameter to 1/4 of an inch in diameter. After each contestant has third rector in the last 65 years. The Rev. Christoreceived 3 rides at ‘large size’ rings, those with tie pher M. Garcia has accepted the position of Rector scores are given one charge at rings a size smaller. for Christ Church. He will start on October 1, 2017.

If there are still ties, a smaller size ring is used until Fr. Christopher retired from the army as colonel after 25 years of active service as a lawyer in the US only the victorious knight remains in the contest.”

The jousting field sits behind Christ Church with a and abroad. He graduated cum laude from Virginia permanent track that was eerily serene a week before Theological Seminary and cum laude from Cornell the event, during a tour of the church and grounds University Law School.

The first joust begins on the grounds at noon. for the County Times conducted by Senior Warden Nancy Zinn and Peter Cochran, a church member, There is no admission fee, although donations are accepted. The church is located at 3100 Broomes Iswho is also on the state jousting association board.

Cochran said the tournaments are exciting and land Road (MD 264), just a short distance off MD competitive, with many of the four classes requiring Routes 2/4 in Port Republic. dead heats, with ring sizes being lowered in each dickmyers@countytimes.net heat so they become no bigger than the opening of a Life Saver.

The annual tournament is an important fundraiser for the church, according to Zinn. The church

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The inaugural Southern Maryland Balloon Festival, presented by Exelon Generation’s Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, will be held on Saturday, August 26th at Spider Hall Farm in Prince Frederick. This is the first time a hot air balloon festival has been brought to our region.

General Admission passes are $10 for adults and $5 for children ages 3-12.

Children 2 and under are free. Nonrefundable tickets can be purchased ahead of time online (unitedwaycalvert.org/ SOMDBalloonFest/Tickets) or at the gate as long as they have not sold out by Saturday morning.

The festival begins at 1pm with live bands and KIDZONE activities. You can learn how hot air balloons work during the pilot demonstration at Balloon Camp from 1 to 2:30 p.m. After camp, you can check out the walkabout balloon, where you can skip the basket and step inside the balloon itself.

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WORD SCR AMBLE Rearrange the letters to spell something pertaining to the Traffic

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CLUES DOWN 1. Bathing suit 2. Poignantly different from what was expected 3. A person with the same name as another 4. West Siberian river 5. Of the membrane lining the abdominal cavity 6. Has a positive electric charge 7. Fish-eating mammal of the weasel family 8. Offerers

9. Spanish be 12. Chilean province Capitan __ 13. Father 17. Pestilence 19. Songs 20. Grilling tools 21. Long, winding ridge of sand and gravel 25. Court game 29. __kosh, near Lake Winnebago 31. Variety of beet 32. Caps 33. Rides in the snow 35. Took without permission 38. Tall stand to hold books 41. Spanish neighborhood 43. Spanish dance 44. Countries of Asia 45. Make fun of 46. Elk Grove High School 47. Network of nerves 49. Greek apertifs 56. Unit of volume 57. South Dakota

Word Scramble: FURRY

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1. Storage device 4. Disagree with 10. Political organization 11. Playoff appearances 12. Collection of cops 14. Balkan mountain peak 15. Island north of Guam 16. Seizure of someone’s property 18. Repeat 22. Beautiful youth 23. Bullfighters 24. Charges a fare 26. Not off 27. Where skaters ply their trade 28. Meson 30. Guru 31. Cycles/second 34. Alternating turns 36. Soviet Socialist Republic 37. Mound 39. Boxer Amir 40. Away from wind 41. Exist 42. Working man

48. British soldier 50. Scrounge 51. Upset 52. The act of escaping 53. Poet Pound 54. Confederate general 55. Midway between south and east 56. Becomes hot from the sun 58. Fictitious poet Mailey 59. Not yet purchased 60. Intersperse

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Crossword Answers: Across 1. Forward 2. Omens 3. Basement 4. Lot 6. OT Down 1. Football 5. Winner 7. Defense

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Light in Shadow For over a week now—ever since the horrifying events unfolded in Charlottesville, Virginia—I’ve been struggling to find the right words, or even adequate ones, to express my thoughts and feelings.

I’ve done a fair amount of reading about the build-up to World War II, and about the Holocaust, and I couldn’t help but notice that black and white photographs of the “Unite the Right” rally last weekend were indistinguishable from newsreels from the late 1930’s. The jackboots and swastikas, the burning torches, the antiJewish and racist chants and the flat-handed salutes were all scarily reminiscent of films and photos from Nazi Germany in the pre-war years.

Even more reminiscent, and nauseating, were the hateful expressions on the faces of those marching. I felt as if I were watching a snaking line of serial killers descending on the usually-peaceful college town: devoid of conscience, hate flashing in their eyes, their mouths twisted in rage as they chanted Nazi slogans about blood and soil. But maybe I’m being unfair…to serial killers. Is it too much information to say that I thought I might throw up?

We’ve all read about the president’s responses to the horror and tragedy in Charlottesville: his initial apologist remarks about the neo-Nazi and racist protestors on

Saturday; the hostage video of a statement on Monday, making it abundantly clear that he was under tremendous pressure to say that he opposed things that no decent human being could possibly support (he looked and sounded like a petulant child who was forced to admit to something he didn’t regret doing). And then, on Tuesday, just in case anyone was confused about how he really feels, he gave an impromptu press conference/grievance airing, saying one group was “bad” and one was “very violent,” and insisting that there were some “very fine people” in that group of neo-Nazis.

He steadfastly defended the neo-Nazi protestors, insisting that many people were there to peacefully protest the removal of Confederate statues (multiple independent sources on the ground at the rally deny that “alternative fact”). Trump’s arguments— and, for that matter, the arguments of anyone defending the Unite-the-Right protestors—were disingenuous, specious and factually incorrect. The argument in favor of continuing to honor those who declared and supported war on the United States is the equivalent of the arguments in favor of viewing the Confederate flag as a symbol of Southern heritage, of a more genteel time in American history.

I suppose it’s easier to be ‘genteel’ when

you have slave labor emptying your chamber pots and farming your fields in the blazing heat. And, for the record, here’s what the designer of the Confederate flag said it symbolizes: the heaven-ordained supremacy of the white man over the inferior or colored race. And that’s a quote.

So, no: the Confederate flag does not represent good manners or square dances or Rhett Butler sweeping a struggling Scarlett O’Hara into his arms and upstairs (for what appears to many people like rape, but let’s leave that discussion for another day). It represents the subjugation, enslavement and torture of an entire people because of the color of their skin.

Now: bear with me for a moment, as I may seem to go far afield.

As I sat down to write this column, the much-heralded solar eclipse was just starting on its path from west to east, and I planned to write about it; I’d given up on trying to figure out what to say about Charlottesville. I am so disheartened, so saddened, so sickened by not only the hateful protests, but by the explicit support the president has expressed, by the overt moral equivalency he has assigned, equating neo-Nazis with those protesting bigotry and hate, that I believed words would fail me.

And yet…the words you’ve read are the

ones that appeared as I wrote. They are words about what happens when something temporarily throws into shadow even the best and the brightest in America: the goodness, and the shared belief in equality between people, and the recognition that we are all the same inside, that our hearts have a tremendous capacity for kindness and for bruising, that our sameness is far more important than our differences. They are words about the chill that I, and many others, feel when the bright light that is democracy is dimmed, when dark forces appear that only feel powerful when they subjugate others.

There will be a day—soon, I pray— when this eclipse darkening our country will be in the past: another reminder of what happens when bigotry, closed minds and hate prevail; a wound to be healed; a lesson to be learned…again.

In the meantime, I don’t think I’m going to celebrate—or even watch—this afternoon, as the sun disappears for a time. I’ve already seen the light eclipsed by darkness, and it’s more than any decent person should have to bear.

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“Rotten Watermelon Guts” What is that saying “Two steps forward and one step back”? How about, Two steps forward and three steps back? I am on my purge kick again and it’s not even January. Yes, I was ready Monday to start again. I’m gonna do it! I’ve already sold a Gone With The Wind Scarlett figurine and other trinkets, via Facebook groups. Oh yeah, that really made a dent. I am looking hard at all my treasured books, and why I need to keep so many. For someone who has claustrophobic tendencies, I don’t know why I have to be surrounded by books and collectibles. I am sure part of that goes back to having a compulsive gambler as a mother, who was constantly selling any antiques and collectibles we had. Every time I would come home from college I would notice something else missing. I always figured that the next time I came home that the house would be missing. I am sure there are others out there that understand this.

Even my 35 year old college text books are going to the barn to be sold, well maybe some of them.

Why not all of them? Will I sell any of them? You know I go through this every year. Why can’t I get rid of them? It’s not like I am ever going back for my Masters in Psychology/Sociology. Maybe it is the thought of having to go through each textbook and make sure I didn’t write things in the margins during class that I wouldn’t want anyone to read. Maybe

it is because it is the loss of a dream. But I chose manual labor/retail work instead of office work.

I didn’t think I could work in an office after helping my mother for weeks at a time in the her Prince Georges County, Berwyn Heights windowless Parole and Probation office many times over the years.

I felt claustrophobic for the first time back then.

Of course now, I look back with regret that many of my friends are retired or retired with pensions.

But, thinking on it, I realize I couldn’t give up all the friendships I have made in picture framing over the years. I don’t know how my mind felt that working in a frame shop was any different than working in an office – doesn’t make as much sense to me now.

Though I am still trying to figure out how my mind works. Isn’t this fun – taking a deep journey with me through my mind. This always happens if I am not sleeping well – I get a little more loopy than normal.

Actually, I blame it all on the Solar Eclipse and rotten watermelon guts. The day of the eclipse seemed to be a day of everything breaking or going wrong, and that is bound to mess with your mind. Things are turned upside down for a time – mine happened to last all day. One of the main problems was a slowdraining kitchen sink, which by noon had become a non-draining kitchen sink. We had tried all the home tricks like gallons of boiling water. The sink

would become more of an issue later as I was sitting at the dining room table finishing off a paper restoration project and started smelling an awful smell. I thought, wow, what have we put in the trash over the weekend? It then occurred to me I had smelled this awful smell before when I was a child and brought a cantaloupe in to my bedroom as a child without telling anyone and thus ruined the top of a perfectly good bureau. Oh God, the watermelon!! There on my china cabinet was the watermelon flooding with rotten putridness and watermelon guts my Laura Ashley table runner, much of my Bavarian China and little rabbit display, and also running down the front of the cabinet, in the cabinet and to the rug. I tried to pick up the watermelon but it crushed in my hands spewing forth more guts. It was awful, but I finally got most of it in a soup pot to take outside and spent the next two hours cleaning and re-cleaning and spraying heavy duty Febreeze. So, Monday’s purge didn’t last, but I will take a few steps forward again next Monday – no eclipses scheduled, right?

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