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Citizens Debate Golf Cart Ordinance By Guy Leonard Staff Writer
Residents in the northern portion of the county for whom a special law was passed in Annapolis to allow the use of golf carts in communities of Golden Beach and Patuxent Knolls debated the adoption of an ordinance by county government solidifying the practice. The Commissioners of St. Mary’s County heard arguments from citizens for and against their use at a public hearing Tuesday night at county offices in Leonardtown. Bernie Owens, who lives on Beach Drive, came out in support of their use. “I think it’s going to be a good thing,” Owens said. He and others who supported the operations of golf carts stated that they helped residents in close neighborhoods to travel more easily and meet their neighbors. Golf carts are also widely used during community events there, supporters said. Kathy Harris, though, said golf carts would be in danger since many motorists drive well above the speed limit in the Golden Beach area. “The speed limit is posted at 30 miles per hour,” Harris said. “But they blow past me anyway, crossing over a double yellow line. “I’ve driven all through the community
and 90 percent of the intersections are unsafe because of overgrown vegetation.” Further, she said, the operation of uninsured golf carts meant that personal insurance premiums could go up for the entire community. Keith Harless, a Lexington Park resident, said the commissioners needed to address the use of golf carts county wide. “Golf carts are common all over the county,” Harless told commissioners. “This isn’t about Golden Beach it’s about St. Mary’s County.” Commissioner John O’Connor said that the political climate in Annapolis would not bear an effort to make golf carts legal in the entire county but legislators were willing to change rules for a more isolated community like Golden Beach. “We got it pushed through for Golden Beach because of its geographical nature,” O’Connor said. The ordinance under consideration allows the county commissioners to approve certain roads, already laid out in the ordinance, for the use of golf carts beginning Oct. 1. The golf carts could be operated from dawn to dusk, according to the proposed ordinance, and must be equipped with lighting devices as required by the State Highway Administration.
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MetroCast Purchase to Conclude by New Year By Guy Leonard Staff Writer
The purchase of the county’s main cable television and internet provider, MetroCast, by Atlantic Broad Band, a subsidiary of a Canadian communications company, should be completed by early next year, according to company representatives. “The deal is not scheduled to be complete until the New Year,” said Diane Carragher with Matter Communications, a public relations firm. “It’s still in the acquisition stage.” The Town of Leonardtown has already turned over its cable franchise agreement with MetroCast over to the new owners, however, as of Monday’s town council session, town representatives reported. MetroCast operates in New Hampshire, Maine, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia, with a virtual monopoly on on-line and cable services in St. Mary’s County. The total cost of MetroCast’s assets is about $1.4 billion. Commissioner Todd Morgan said the commissioners have yet to be briefed on the consequences of the deal for county
residents; in recent months elected leaders had received complaints from residents at public forums about the lack of cable and internet services in the rural portions of the county. MetroCast representatives responded that to lay new fiber optic cables in such areas would be too expensive for lack of population density. The option to run fiber to more isolated homes exists but at a high cost. Some residents even called for a discount for senior citizens or those whose families had lived in the county for extended periods. Morgan said Verizon had no fiber in the county, or at least not enough to provide competing services to MetroCast. Morgan said commissioners were not aware whether the current franchise agreement would allow for renegotiation of terms for expanding services once new management had taken over. “The franchise agreement gives us very little room to change terms,” Morgan said. “Unless you live in a metropolitan area, there’s not much you can do.” guyleonard@countytimes.net
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Police: No Foul Play in Missing Man’s Death By Guy Leonard Staff Writer
A man who died apparently while kayaking at a cove near Piney Point has been identified as Ronald Westerfield. St. Mary’s County sheriff’s deputies were alerted by Westerfield’s co-workers that he was missing as of Monday and his body was found in the water at Tarkill Cove in St. George’s Creek. A resident called the county’s emergency communication center to report
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the deceased man in the water Tuesday. Westerfield was transferred to the Chief Medical Examiner’s Office in Baltimore for an autopsy but police say there are no apparent suspicious factors in Westerfield’s death. Anyone with additional information is asked to call Det. Melissa Hulse at 301-475-4200 ext *1996 or by email at Melissa.Hulse@stmarysmd.com. guyleonard@countytimes.net
Attorney General Reacts to Equifax Data Breach Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh today issued the following statement regarding the Equifax data breach, affecting approximately 143 million Americans. “My office has reached out to Equifax and is seeking answers to understand the circumstances that led to the breach. Equifax must disclose the reasons for the apparent delay between the breach and the company’s public announcement, what protections the company had in place at the time of the breach, and why it appears to be attempting to profit from its own negligence. We will be closely monitoring the company’s response to ensure that Maryland consumers are protected. I urge consumers to take proactive and necessary steps to prevent any misuse of their information, while my office continues to investigate this massive data breach.” On September 7, 2017, Equifax publicized that the company experienced a data breach. According to the company, the breach lasted from mid-May through July of 2017. The data breach exposed full names, Social Security Numbers, birth dates, addresses, and driver’s license numbers. For another 209,000 consumers, it also included credit card information. The Equifax data breach puts consumers at risk for new account fraud, since it exposes personal information necessary to open new accounts at any point in the future. This information can be used to take out loans, open new credit accounts and other illegal and potentially damaging actions. Attorney General Frosh encourages consumers to take the following steps: - Check your credit reports from all three of the major credit reporting agencies: Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion. Reports can be obtained for FREE by visiting www.annualcreditre-
port.com. Unrecognizable accounts or activity could indicate identity theft. - Consider placing a credit freeze on your files. A credit freeze makes it harder for someone to open a new account in your name. Keep in mind that credit freezes must be obtained from each of the credit reporting agencies, and cost $5 from each credit agency. A credit freeze won’t prevent a thief from making charges to your existing accounts, such as debit and credit cards. Parents or guardians of minor children may also place a credit freeze on behalf of their child. For more information on how to obtain a credit freeze, please visit http://www.marylandattorneygeneral. gov/Pages/IdentityTheft/freezing.aspx - Monitor your existing credit card and bank accounts closely for changes you do not recognize. Visit www.identitytheft.gov/databreach to learn more. Equifax appears to be offering consumers one year of free credit monitoring. However, Attorney General Frosh is still analyzing the terms attached to that offer, and cannot yet endorse consumers exercising this option. Consumers who go this route should be careful not to accidentally sign up for Equifax’s paid service. If you are asked to enter your full Social Security Number, do not proceed. Their free offer only asks for your last name and the last 6 digits of your Social Security Number. The Office of the Attorney General recommends that consumers review their account statements, online accounts, and credit files regularly for suspicious activity. If consumers feel they have been harmed and want to file a complaint, please call our Identity Theft Unit at 1-888-743-0023, or visit our website at www.marylandattorneygeneral.gov. From Office of Maryland Attorney General.
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Fisheries Commission’s Dual Public Hearings Set Amendments Opposed for Building Code Spending Questioned The Commissioners of St. Mary’s County will hold two public hearings which may be of interest to you or people you know. Both hearings are to consider amendments to the St. Mary’s County Building Code. Both hearings will take place on Tuesday, September 26 beginning at 6 p.m. Both hearing will be held inside the commissioners meeting room inside the Chesapeake Building, 41770 Baldridge Street in Leonardtown, MD. The two proposed amendments can be found at http://www.stmarysmd. com/docs/PIO%20Public%20Hearing%20Notices%20Shed%20&%20 Testing.pdf Hearing 1: An amendment to exempt sheds from 300 to 600 square feet in area from building inspections. The amendment applies to the shed structure itself. A building permit will still be required to ensure compliance with zoning regulations. The Health Department will review
the proposed location for setbacks from a septic system and well. Sheds that include plumbing or electricity will require inspections from qualified inspectors. Hearing 2: An amendment to exempt additions to one and two family dwellings from testing for energy efficiency. Additions must comply with the building code requirements for energy efficient building materials and techniques. Additions that pass building inspections on the construction itself would not require testing for energy efficiency or air leakage. As a result of the evidence and comments made at the public hearings, changes may be made to the proposed amendments. If you have any questions, please send an email to bill.hunt@stmarysmd.com or call 301-475-4200 *1508. From St. Mary’s County PIO
By Guy Leonard Staff Writer
The Potomac River Fisheries Commission, a cooperative body funded by both Maryland and Virginia to promote the improvement of fishing resources in the eponymous river, has been taken to task in an audit that notes its expenditures as being potentially unsustainable. The audit, compiled by the Commonwealth of Virginia and reported here by the Maryland Office of Legislative Audits, shows that the commission lacked both fully competent accounting personnel and internal controls over its expenditures on various projects to improve the shared fishery. The funding allocated to the commission in 2016 was a little over $800,000 but over the last six years it has funded two oyster growth projects that took up nearly half its budget, according to the audit. “The commission decided to fund two oyster preservation projects totaling $400,000 over the past six years and did not consider the toll these projects would take on operating expenses,” the audit stated. “They expected the programs to
be self sustaining however, in addition to funding the projects at $50,000 per year each, the commission has also diverted certain revenues, which were previously used for operating expenses, for these projects.” The report showed that the commission’s cash balance for 2016 was almost nothing. The audit stated the commission should renew its focus on promulgating rules and regulations and licensing for commercial and recreational fishing. “The commission needs to research ways to increase revenues and evaluate in detail where they can reduce expenses,” according to the report. “While the preservation of oyster populations is important, concentrating all funding efforts in this area without regard for other areas of responsibility and the need for funds… remain a viable going concern.” In response to the audit, the fisheries commission stated it agreed with many of the findings and realized “the need to address both revenues and costs associated with the operations of [the fisheries commission.]” guyleonard@countytimes.net
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NAS Pax River Sets Noise Advisory for Night Flights Sept 21-29 Communities surrounding the naval air station are advised that noisegenerating nighttime testing events are scheduled to take place September 21, 2017 through September 29, 2017. Test events are scheduled until 10 p.m. Pilots at NAS Patuxent River will be testing and training for realistic night flight scenarios that are essential for the precision and safety of our military men and women and the success
of their mission. Residents may notice increased noise levels due to these operations. As with all operations, NAS Patuxent River takes precautions to lessen the impact of testing activities on the community. For more information call 1-866-819-9028.
After years of studying dolphins and their movements, Helen Bailey, a scientist at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science’s Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, wanted to take her research to a new level. She had anecdotal evidence that dolphins were visiting Chesapeake Bay in the summer months, but little information about why they were there, and even less knowledge about when and where. Earlier this summer, she oversaw the launch of a web-based application to kick-off Chesapeake DolphinWatch, a
citizen science-driven project aimed at helping her find some answers. The app, which is free to use, invites the general public to report dolphins they see in the Bay by touching the location on a map. Within the first month of the launch, more than 1,300 users registered to use the Chesapeake DolphinWatch app and reported roughly 700 sightings. Bailey and her team are working to individually verify each sighting.
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Sheriff’s office investigators have charged a Mechanicsville man with sexually abusing a young girl who was in his custody for years. According to an application for charging documents filed against William Digregorio, 48, the victim came to police and told of the alleged abuse Sept. 5 at the sheriff’s office. She told police that the defendant and her mother were never married and that Digregorio was able to get custody of her when the mother was found incapable of taking care of the then 7-year-old girl.
By 1998 Digregorio and the 8-yearold girl had moved to a residence on All Faiths Church Road in Mechanicsville and by that time the defendant had begun to have sexual intercourse with her, she alleged to police. She claimed the defendant would show her pornographic films of both adults and children during this time. The victim told police that the abuse took place two to four times a month until she was 15 years old, charging papers stated. The victim told police that the abuse occurred in several places around the county. Detectives set up a recorded controlled call between Digregorio and the victim where she confronted him with the acts of alleged sexual abuse. “The defendant began to apologize numerous times to her and never denied the allegations,” detectives wrote in charging documents. When detectives went to interview Digregorio he refused to give a statement and requested to speak to a lawyer. Digregorio faces three counts: one of sexually abusing a minor, seconddegree sex offense and third-degree sex offense. The three charges could net a combined sentence of 55 years in prison if found guilty. guyleonard@countytimes.net
Murder Suspect Captured in St. Mary’s By Guy Leonard Staff Writer
One of two men charged with a stabbing murder in Calvert County was arrested in California, Tuesday, police report. Lamar Jefferson, 27, of Lusby was taken into custody without incident by tactical team members of the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office, Calvert police reported. He was found at a residence in California hours after the stabbing took place on RopeKnot Lane Sept. 10, police stated. His brother Jamar Jefferson, 27, of Lusby was located at a residence on Rousby Hall Road but apprehended during a traffic stop later shortly after being identified. Both men have been charged with murder and assault.
Police believe the stabbings occurred during a larger melee that day. Police say that the victims of the stabbings, Devaughn Savoy, 29, and Javonte Willett, 26, were rushed to medical treatment after Calvert deputies arrived on the scene of the assault. Savoy died from his injuries at Calvert Memorial Hospital, police reported, while Willett remains in stable condition at Prince George’s Hospital Center. The Calvert County Sheriff’s Office is asking anyone with any information to please contact Det. Wells at 410535-2800 X2595 or email Det. Wells at wayne.wells@calvertcountymd.gov. You can also contact the Calvert County Crime Solvers at 410-535-2880. guyleonard@countytimes.net
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The faculty at the College of Southern Maryland is a group of highly educated experts, an intellectual resource. A new program starting this fall, the CSM Faculty Excellence Lecture Series: Provocations, is designed to better share that resource with the community. As this series launches, two lectures will be presented by CSM faculty each semester, with the first by a history professor on Sept. 15 and the second by a communication adjunct faculty member on Oct. 13. The lectures are free, but tickets are required and can be obtained at the CSM Box Office at bxoffc@csmd.edu. “The College of Southern Maryland has top-quality academic options, a focused vision and strong community ties, but it is the talented and dedicated faculty and staff that really make this an exceptional community college,” said CSM Vice President of Academic Affairs Dr. Eileen Abel. The idea of the lecture series originated with Abel, who said it would be another way for CSM to highlight excellence and innovation in CSM’s faculty. “We want to make this a forum for people to engage in a variety of issues,” she said. “The lecture topics are meant to be in-depth. They’re meant to encourage people to think in a different way.” “The series is a way to highlight faculty who promote challenging, thought-provoking topics,” said Professor Richard Siciliano, who helped design the series, along with Dr. Stephen Johnson, chair of CSM’s Communication, Arts and Humanities Division. The first lecture in the Provocations inaugural season will be presented Sept. 15 by History Professor Dr. Christine Arnold-Lourie, who has been on the faculty as a full-time instructor since 1991. Arnold-Lourie’s lecture, “A Madman’s Deed, A Maniac’s Hand: Gender and Justice in Three Maryland Lynchings,” is a discussion of three cases
during the time frame of 1886-1896 in which Arnold-Lourie will address the causes of this kind of violence. “The United States has a long history of extra-legal violence, as demonstrated by the number of times communities have resorted to lynching and by our ongoing national debate over the place of firearms in our society. Like many Americans, I have wondered why this is so,” she said. The second lecture in the Provocations series on Oct. 13 will be presented by Dr. Sheri Dean Parmelee, who has been an adjunct faculty member at CSM since 2006. She teaches communication classes, including “Introduction to Interpersonal Communication” and “Introduction to Public Speaking.” She has also taught “Freshman Composition, Business and Technical Writing” and student success courses at the college. Parmelee’s lecture, “‘House, M.D.’, and Indirect Communication: Provocation to Thought,” will reference the television program, “House,” which aired for eight seasons, from 2004 to 2012. Parmelee will discuss how indirect communication devices used in the television show such as sarcasm, metaphor and deception shape our world views and provoke us to thought. Parmelee’s dissertation, published in 2015, is a close textural analysis of the television series, and her lecture will stem from ideas formed from that analysis. Both lectures in the Provocations series will be presented at the college’s La Plata Campus, with future lectures being planned for the Leonardtown, Prince Frederick and Regional Hughesville campuses. Reservations are encouraged and can be made by contacting the CSM Box office at 301-934-7828 or by emailing bxoffc@csmd.edu. For more on the CSM Faculty Excellence Lecture Series: Provocations, call 301-934-7578 or email sjohnson2@csmd.edu.
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College of Southern Maryland Professor Neal Dwyer believes literature is powerful. It can “inspire, inform and spark conversation,” he said. It makes an impact. With this aim in mind, Dwyer, who coordinates CSM’s Connections Literary Series, has scheduled readings by established and emerging writers this fall to give CSM students and the community a particularly intimate way to experience the power of the written word. This fall, the series will showcase playwright and novelist Jake Shore on Oct. 13 at the Leonardtown Campus and Tim Seibles, Poet Laureate of Virginia, on Nov. 10 at the Prince Frederick Campus. The writers will read from their work and talk about themes that inspire them and the writing process. The community is invited. “The series gives Southern Maryland audiences a chance to engage with important issues of the day through the works of some of our country’s most dynamic writers,” Dwyer said. “It brings people together to share stories. Through sharing stories we build community. This series uses poems and stories and plays to start conversations.” After a Connections reading by a poet last year, a student approached Dwyer. The student was an Iraq War veteran and had faced some beyond-normal challenges. The veteran told Dwyer that the poetry had saved him. “You can’t get much better than that,” Dwyer said. “When Southern Maryland audiences get a chance to interact with our visiting writers, lights go on. This never gets old.” A third presentation in the fall’s Connections events will feature Southern Maryland writers reading poems and stories selected for publication in the college’s “Connections” literary magazine, a regional literary journal published twice a year that features poems, stories, artwork and photography of Southern Maryland residents as well as featured material from visiting writers. The community is invited to attend this free reading and to submit materials for consideration. Deadline for submissions is October 24. Both Shore and Seibles were selected for the Connections Literary Series with the Southern Maryland audience in mind,
Dwyer said. Shore is an award-winning, up-andcoming playwright and novelist who was selected for the Connections Literary Series because of his passionate belief in the power of art, Dwyer said. “Shore will read excerpts from his plays, discuss how to tell a story through dialogue, how to create resonant characters,” Dwyer said. “We chose him in part because he said, ‘Theater operating on the highest level is so immediate and powerful that the audience leaves and integrates elements of the play into their lexicon of what it means to be alive.’” Shore’s Connections reading is sponsored in part by the St. Mary’s County Arts Council. “Seibles is one of our country’s most important African American poets,” Dwyer said. “We feel his voice must be heard in these days of political, social and cultural unrest. His poems will help bring us together.” Seibles was born and raised in Philadelphia. He approaches themes of racial tension, class conflict and intimacy from several directions at once in poems with plainspoken yet fast-turning language. In a 2010 statement he shared in “From the Fishouse,” Seibles states, “I think poetry, if it’s going to be really engaging and engaged, has to be able to come at the issues of our lives from all kinds of angles and all kinds of ways: loudly and quietly, angrily and soothingly, with comedy and with dead seriousness. […] Our lives are worth every risk, every manner of approach.” The literary series will continue in the spring and will include visits to CSM by poets Fleda Brown on March 2 and Nickole Brown on April 6. Tickets for the Shore and Seibles readings are $3 in advance at the CSM box office, $5 at the door and $3 with a CSM Student ID. For tickets, contact Connections@csmd.edu. For information on Connections, study guides and author links, visit www.csmd. edu/connections. Featured books are available at any CSM College Store or online at www.csmd.edu/CollegeStore. Audio files of previous readings are available on the CSMDTube YouTube site.
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New CSM President Dr. Maureen Murphy An Exclusive County Times Interview
Dr. Maureen Murphy, CSM President
By Dick Myers Editor
New College of Southern Maryland President Dr. Maureen Murphy had her first teaching job at a four-year college. But, that institution was having financial problems so she hooked on with a community college. It was an epiphany. She thought, “Who are these people who are doing what I believe in?” Murphy has never looked back and has spent her entire career since then in the community college arena as vice president at Rappahannock and Wytheville community colleges in Virginia and as president of San Jacinto College South in Houston and Brookdale Community College in New Jersey. Murphy was interviewed at her office on CSM’s La Plata campus on Friday, Sept. 8 as Hurricane Irma was beginning to set her sights on Florida. Dr. Murphy has extensive experience with hurricanes, most recently with the devastating Hurricane Sandy in New Jersey. It took two and a half weeks to get her community college back up and running New Jersey, because it doesn’t often get hurricanes, wasn’t prepared for Sandy, she said. But she says the various campuses of College of Southern Maryland communicate well with each other so she believes CSM is prepared should we get hit during the remainder of the hurricane season. “We have a pretty extensive consistency of operations,” she said of the campuses in the three counties. One of the aspects of community colleges that attracted Murphy to them was their business friendliness. “Because we are closer to the local community we can affect that (the local economy),” she said. She noted the cooperative arrangement between the college and the Small Business Development Centers (SBDC) in Southern Maryland. The Charles County SBDC is located on the La Plata campus. The other two counties have their SBDC offices embedded in their county economic development offices. One of the big employers in Southern Maryland is the health services industry. The new Hughesville campus will be the center for CSM’s effort in that regard. “We are working closely with Dominion,” Dr. Murphy said about the about-to-open Calvert County Cove Point LNG plant, although she said the company was planning
to bring in some of its own people to work at the new facility. Murphy is past president of the American Association Of course, the Patuxent River Naval Air Station is the for Women in Community Colleges, an organization for region’s biggest employers. The college’s partnership with administrators, faculty and students. She believes that NAVAIR helps “train the workforce outside the gates” for CSM is doing well in attracting female faculty. “Women the government contracting community, she said. That are well represented,” she said. includes flight simulation at the Leonardtown campus Murphy lives in St. Mary’s Couny with her husband and a partnership with the University of Maryland UAS of 36 years Joseph McArdle. They have two grown sons, program at the St. Mary’s County Airport. neither of whom embraced education careers. One is in Murphy said she toured the UAS site this summer and information technology; the other is employed in the solar was blown away by the knowledge of several CSM stu- energy field. dents who were interning there. One of the interns was McArdle was in financial management in his previous working on a system for search and rescue efforts. job which he left to join his wife in her new position. She One of the initiatives in New Jersey that Murphy is said he may be looking for a new job but for now is enmost proud of was the program that allows high school joying meeting people in their new home. She said the students to attain a parallel AA degree from the commu- day before he played golf with Leonardtown Mayor Dan nity college, not something that is now available at CSM. Burris. She hopes to do the same thing at CSM but it will take Murphy has been spending her first weeks at the helm some time to arrange it with the school districts of the meeting with faculty in “listening sessions.” She said, “I three counties. She said they are receptive to the idea. want to know what kind of professional development they The program in New Jersey was made possible through want.” She also is revising the college’s three-year plan. funding from a community benefactor. The program was What is she hearing from the faculty? For one thing, geared to students whose families “don’t have an aca- they want to know about her. “The curiosity factor is demic culture.” She said it would be nice to find a similar high,” she said. But also, “There are some things that benefactor in Southern Maryland to get such a program make me really optimistic,” she said. That includes “a going locally. complete commitment to the school.” She said they conThe next building in the planning stages for CSM is a sider themselves to be part of a family. third building for the St. Mary’s campus, Murphy said. “People are proud to work here,” she observed. That’s an indication of the success of the Leonardtown dickmyers@countytimes.net campus. She said the La Plata and Leonardtown campuses are “holding their own” in student enrollment, with Prince Frederick lagging a little. The Collee of Southern Maryland, she said, has been the victim of a good economy. Full employment means lagging community college enrollments, as potential students find work and lack the tine to attend college. “We are absolutely cyclical,” she said. The college is doing a pretty good job of attracting minority students. It is 44 percent non-white. “We should be reflecting our community,” she insisted. But she admitted that it’s College of Southern Maryland President Dr. Maureen Murphy briefed members of the Maryland House Appropriations Committee about the College of Southern Maryland during the committee’s visit to St. Mary’s County difficult to encourage Af- and stop at the Leonardtown Campus on Sept. 7. Photos provided by CSM. rican-American males to attend CSM. One problem she said: “They are less apt to ask for help.” Role models can be the key to encouraging them. She said it was amazing to see the light bulbs go on when the young black males meet a successful black man in a particular field. In New Jersey Murphy instituted a Minority Male Conference to encourage college enrollment That program won national recognition from the Association of Community College Trustees. She hopes to eventually have a similar CSM President Dr. Maureen Murphy meets criminal justice student Seth Cable of Hollywood an the Wellness program at CSM. and Aquatics Center at the Leonardtown Campus during the first week of fall semester classes.
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Home Improvement Projects for Your Fall To-Do List
Homeowners know that maintaining a home can be a year-round job. No home is immune to wear and tear, and homeowners who want to protect their real estate investments should try to stay two steps ahead to ensure their homes do not succumb to the elements or become outdated and unappealing to prospective buyers. Fall has become a season that’s synonymous with home improvement, but homeowners need not wait until the leaves begin changing colors to start planning their next projects. The following are a few items homeowners can add to their fall home improvement to-do lists. Roof inspection Less precipitation tends to fall during the warmer months than during the late fall and winter. As a result,
homeowners may not be aware of leaky roofs until autumn has come and gone. But waiting until winter to inspect the roof can prove disastrous, as weather conditions will not be conducive to inspection and increased precipitation may result in potentially costly damage. Leaky roofs can be easily identified by looking for water stains on interior ceilings. Once you see a stain, you can climb onto the roof to identify the location of the leak and fix it before winter rains and snowfall turn the problem into something much larger. Inspect your ceilings for signs of leaking after a strong rainfall, and then address any leaks immediately. Gutter cleaning While some homeowners prefer to delay their gutter cleaning projects until late fall, those whose homes are surrounded by trees may need to schedule two such projects. Gutters clogged with leaves and other debris can cause serious roof damage, and that damage can extend all the way inside a home. In addition, clogged gutters make great nesting areas for insects or critters. Always stand on a ladder when cleaning gutters, wearing gloves to remove items by hand and dropping leaves and debris into a trash can below. Standing on the roof and leaning
over gutters greatly increases your risk of injury. If the gutters are clear when you first examine them in early fall, you can wait until later in the season to give them a complete and thorough cleaning. Once you have finished clearing the gutters, you can use a hose to run water through them and the downspouts to confirm everything is functioning properly. Window and doorway inspection Before temperatures start dropping once again, homeowners will want to inspect their windows and doorways for leaks. Over time, cracks can develop around windows and doorways, and while such cracks are rarely noticeable when the weather outside is warm, they can be quite obvious and very costly if they remain unsealed come the start of winter. Cold air can enter a home through cracks around windows and doorways, and many homeowners who don’t suspect leaks may respond by turning up the thermostats in their homes. That can prove quite expensive over a full winter. Choose a windy autumn day to place a hand by windows and external doorways in your home to see if you can feel drafts. If you can, seal these cracks as soon as possible. Patio cleanup Patios are popular hangouts during spring and summer, and that can result in a lot of wear and tear. Once you store patio furniture for the winter, inspect your entire patio to determine if it needs any refurbishing. While certain patio projects may be best left for spring, you can still clean any stained areas around the grill and look for cracks in the sidewalk that need to be addressed. Preparing for fall home improvement projects ahead of time can help homeowners complete projects in a timely manner and ensures they won’t be forced to brave the winter elements when refurbishing their homes.
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Types of Firepits for Your Backyard Oasis Outdoor entertaining areas are popular among homeowners, and firepits are one of the most sought-after additions to such spaces. In fact, a 2016 survey from the American Society of Landscape Architects found that fireplaces and firepits were the most popular outdoor design element in 2016. Various styles are available to homeowners who want to add firepits to their backyards, and choosing the right type may come down to budget, the amount of yard space available or even personal preference. • Wood firepit: As their name suggests, wood firepits burn wood, which may appeal to homeowners who already have wood-burning fireplaces inside their homes. Because they don’t require homeowners to tap into gas lines, wood firepits are generally easy to set up and install, and many homeowners prefer the aesthetic appeal of crackling wood and flames that’s synonymous with wood firepits. • Gas firepit: Gas firepits are touted for their convenience, as they don’t require homeowners to carry wood and build fires. Upon being connected to a gas source, gas firepits provide fire at the click of a switch. Gas firepits are also appreciated for their safety,
as there is little or no risk that flames from gas firepits will grow too large and become difficult to control. • Gas fire tables: Gas fire tables might be ideal for those homeowners whose sense of decor favors more modern looks. Gas fire tables come in a variety of shapes and sizes and, like gas firepits, there’s no need to struggle with lighting a fire or carrying firewood. • Tabletop firepits: Homeowners, condominium or apartment dwellers with limited backyard space may want to consider the convenience of tabletop firepits. Restaurants may use tabletop firepits in their outdoor seating areas because they provide warmth and ambiance without taking up much space. Tabletop firepits fueled by gas will not need to be connected to a gas source, which may appeal to consumers who want something that’s simple as well as small. • Fire urns: While they might not technically qualify as firepits, fire urns provide a similar effect as firepits. Fire urns are typically gas-powered and may be an ideal choice for homeowners who are looking for a unique, awe-inspiring feature for their outdoor entertaining areas.
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Fall Leaf Cleanup Made Easy Apple pie, pumpkins and blooming chrysanthemums are symbols of autumn. But nothing signals the arrival of fall more than the millions of leaves that begin to cascade from the trees as the temperatures dip. Many people feel nothing is more beautiful than the yellow, red, purple, and orange leaves that coat neighborhoods and countrysides each fall. But in spite of their beauty, leaves might be a nuisance to homeowners tasked with removing the growing piles of them from their lawns. Those with large oak and maple trees in front of their homes understand the seemingly endless work of leaf removal. As the days begin to grow shorter and colder, these changes trigger a hormone release in trees, prompting them to drop their leaves. This chemical message causes the formation of abscission cells where the leaf stem meets the branch, say botanists at the Missouri Botanical Garden. So rather than merely dropping off of trees when the wind blows, the leaves actually fall off deliberately. Left untouched, fallen leaves can contribute to lawn problems such as poor aeration, mold growth and moisture issues. Leaves also can cause
staining on driveways and walkways. Prompt removal can help prevent any problems. To make faster and easier work of leaf removal, keep these tips in mind. • Mow over thin leaf coverage. If only a few leaves have fallen, use a mulching mower to shred the leaves until they are small enough that they won’t suffocate the lawn. The small pieces will decompose in the lawn, reintroducing nutrients as a result. • Use an ergonomic leaf rake. Ergonomic rakes can prevent back and arm pain, much in the way that ergonomic shovels do when shoveling snow. • Invest in a quality leaf blower. Using a rake is good exercise, but homeowners with large properties might want to use a leaf blower. These machines can dislodge leaves from bushes and hard-to-reach crevices, and they work faster than rakes. • Use a tarp. Rake or blow leaves onto a tarp and then drag the tarp to the curbside or to the back of a truck for proper disposal. Special leaf scoopers enable you to grab more leaves if they need to be picked up and transported. Otherwise, you can use the covers from two garbage pails to achieve a similar effect.
• Work with the wind. Rake in the direction the wind is blowing and downhill if your property slopes. This way it will be easier on you, and you won’t be working against Mother Nature. • Spread out the job. Do not attempt to remove all fallen leaves in a single day. Schedule a few cleaning days during the season to make lighter work of
the job than if you tried to do it all at once. Keep in mind that leaves will continue to fall throughout the season and you may need to spend a few days removing leaves from your yard. Removing leaves is a large part of fall home maintenance. Employ these tips to make this task less strenuous.
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Protect Pipes from Freezing This Winter Freezing pipes are a concern for homeowners who live in cold climates. When temperatures dip below freezing, the risk that pipes will freeze rises. Should a pipe burst, the damage that results can be extensive and costly. Any pipe can freeze, but those that are directly exposed to the cold are the most vulnerable. These include pipes that feed outdoor hoses, swimming pool supply lines, pipes in unheated indoor rooms (i.e., basements or garages), and any pipes that run close to the outdoors through uninsulated walls. Water expands as it freezes, and that expansion can place pressure on whatever is trying to contain it — including pipes. To avoid serious damage, homeowners need to prepare for the arrival of colder weather and be smart about how they protect pipes. • Drain water from swimming pools and water sprinkler supply lines prior to the onset of cold weather. Drain water before freezing temperatures arrive, and don’t forget to drain outdoor garden hoses and store them inside after watering season has come and gone. • Close indoor water valves that feed outdoor spigots/bibs. Open the spigot outside to allow water to drain out. Keep the outside valve open so that any water that has accumulated will continue to
drain and expand outward without damaging the pipe. An insulated bib dome also can help prevent frozen pipes. • Open cabinet doors to allow heat to reach pipes inside of cabinets. Keep the doors open to spaces that may not be heated or insulated as well as other areas of the home so that heat can find its way inside. Consider wrapping these pipes with an insulating material as well, such as heat tape or pipe sleeves. • Maintain a consistent thermostat temperature. Ensure the temperature inside your home does not drop below 55 F; otherwise, problems can arise. Use a programmable thermostat to keep the house comfortable even when you are not home. Individuals who are traveling should set the thermostat so that it will keep the home at the recommended temperature to avoid frozen pipes. • Open one faucet. When it is very cold outside, particularly at night, let water slowly drip from one faucet to prevent freezing. Choose the sink that is furthest from where water enters the house so water is flowing through all of the pipes to reach that faucet. • Increase insulation around where pipes enter the house. Use insulating foam to seal any drafts where pipes enter the house from the outdoors.
Spring and summer may be the seasons most often associated with landscaping and lawn care, but tending to lawns and gardens is a year-round job. If lawn and garden responsibilities dip considerably in winter, then fall is the last significant chance before the new year that homeowners will have to address the landscaping around their homes. Fall lawn care differs from spring and summer lawn care, even if the warm temperatures of summer linger into autumn. Homeowners who want their lawns to thrive year-round can take advantage of the welcoming weather of fall to address any existing or potential issues. • Keep mowing, but adjust how you mow. It’s important that homeowners continue to mow their lawns so long as grass is growing. But as fall transitions into winter, lower the blades so the grass is cut shorter while remaining mindful that no blade of grass should ever be trimmed by more than one-third. Lowering the blades will allow more sunlight to reach the grass in the months ahead. • Remove leaves as they fall. Much like apple-picking and foliage, raking leaves is synonymous with fall. Some homeowners may wait to pick up a rake until all of the trees on their properties are bare. However, allowing fallen leaves to sit on the ground for extended periods of time can have an adverse effect on grass. Leaves left to sit on the lawn may ultimately suffocate the grass by forming an impenetrable wall that deprives the lawn of sunlight and oxygen.
The result is dead grass and possibly even fungal disease. Leaves may not need to be raked every day, but homeowners should periodically rake and remove leaves from their grass, even if there are plenty left to fall still hanging on the trees. • Repair bald spots. Summer exacts a toll on lawns in various ways, and even homeowners with green thumbs may end up with a lawn filled with bald spots come September. Autumn is a great time to repair these bald spots. Lawn repair mixes like Scotts® PatchMaster contain mulch, seed and fertilizer to repair bald spots, which can begin to recover in as little as seven days. Before applying such products, remove dead grass and loosen the top few inches of soil. Follow any additional manufacturer instructions as well. • Aerate the turf. Aerating reduces soil compacting, facilitating the delivery of fertilizer and water to a lawn’s roots. While many homeowners, and particularly those who take pride in tending to their own lawns, can successfully aerate their own turf, it’s best to first have soil tested so you know which amendments to add after the ground has been aerated. Gardening centers and home improvement stores sell soil testing kits that measure the pH of soil, but homeowners who want to test for nutrients or heavy metals in their soil may need to send their samples to a lab for further testing. Fall lawn care provides a great reason to spend some time in the yard before the arrival of winter.
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Address Air Leaks to Potential Indicators of Save Energy and Money Roof Trouble Rising energy costs coupled with the continued adoption of eco-friendly lifestyles are two factors driving homeowners to seek ways to reduce energy consumption in their homes. Reducing energy consumption is reason enough for many homeowners to make changes around the house, but saving energy sometimes means saving substantial amounts of money as well. Energy-efficient appliances and ecofriendly building materials can help homeowners reduce energy consumption. But homeowners looking for additional ways to cut cooling and heating costs can address air leaks around the house to make their homes more energy efficient. • Identify air leaks around windows and doorways. Autumn is a great time of year to identify air leaks. Fall, and particularly late fall, tends to be characterized by cold air that makes it easy to detect air leaks. Feel for leaks around windows and doorways, ideally conducting such tests on cold, windy days when you can quickly detect if air is flowing in from the outside. Leaks around windows and doors waste energy because the interior of the home is either colder (in the winter) or warmer
(in the summer) than it needs to be, prompting homeowners to turn up their thermostats or rely more heavily on air conditioning units. • Look for leaks elsewhere around the house. While windows and doorways are where many leaks are found, leaks also may be found around plumbing, electrical fixtures and dryer vents. Inspect such areas by feeling for drafts or looking for signs that insects and critters might be entering. • Look up and down. Evidence of air leaks may be noticeable on both the floor and the ceiling. Dirty spots on carpeting and the ceiling may be indicative of air leaks at interior wall/ ceiling joints and wall/floor joists. Fixing such leaks may be as simple as applying some caulk. • Go with gaskets. The United States Department of Energy recommends installing foam gaskets behind outlet and switch plates on walls. Outlets and switch boxes on exterior walls provide another place for air to leak into a home and drive up energy costs. Properly installed gaskets can cut back on air infiltration, providing an inexpensive way to save energy and money.
With regard to home repairs, homeowners may be able to delay some projects until the weather permits or they find room in their budgets. But other areas, including the roof, may demand immediate action. Few homeowners give the roofs of their homes much thought until a problem arises. But learning to recognize potential indicators of roof trouble can help homeowners prevent potentially drastic situations down the road. • Light: Homeowners with attics in their homes can inspect the ceilings inside the attic for signs of holes or leaks. Light peering through the top of the house indicates a hole or leak, as does stains or streaks on the ceiling. • Worn shingles: Shingles should lie flat against the roof, so any that appear to be buckling or turning up are damaged and in need of repair. A single damaged shingle does not require a full roof replacement, but inspect all the shingles nonetheless. Another indicator of shingle problems can be found when cleaning downspouts or gutters. If the gutters and downspouts contain lots of shingle granules, the roof may soon need to be replaced.
• Moss: Moss on a rooftop may give a home character, but that added character is costly. Shady areas of a roof can be susceptible to the growth of moss and fungi because moisture can be trapped in such areas. If possible, remove moss or fungi from a roof with a stiff brush or hire a professional to do the job instead. Moss may come back even after brushing it off, so homeowners should keep an eye on areas of their roofs that get little sunlight. In addition, trapped moisture can be very harmful to a roof, so it may be wise to exercise caution and have roofs with mold or fungi growths inspected. • Age: Another indicator of roof trouble may be the age of the roof. Even if there are no visible signs of damage, homeowners whose roofs have some years under their belt may want to consider replacing them. Asphalt shingle roofs typically have life expectancies of 20 to 25 years, while roofs installed over existing layers of shingles may need to be replaced after 20 years. Recognizing minor roof damage before it escalates into a larger problem can save homeowners substantial amounts of money.
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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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Stay safe around power lines As we slide into fall, many people are finishing projects around the house and yard in preparation for the coming winter months. It’s important to stay safe and be aware of overhead power lines. Look up. • Never climb power poles or transmission towers. • Never climb trees near power lines. • Keep equipment away from overhead lines when carrying ladders, pool skimmers, and pruning tools. • If you are doing work close to power lines—such as trimming trees, working on your roof, or doing exterior renovations— keep yourself, your ladder and anything you are handling a safe distance from the power line. In addition to overhead lines, SMECO has many underground electric lines. Call Miss Utility at 811 before you dig.
• Contact SMECO to disconnect power if you are doing work that requires close contact with overhead lines attached to your home.
• Use a licensed electrician for all electrical work. • Plant trees away from power lines.
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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.
Charles Raphael “Britches” Carroll
Charles Raphael “Britches” Carroll, 89 of Lexington Park (Bay Forest), died on Thursday, September 7, 2017 at MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital, Leonardtown, MD. He was born August 17, 1928 in Dameron, MD. He was the son of the late James W. and Mary Elizabeth Trossback Carroll. He is survived by his wife, Jane Douglas Carroll of Lexington Park; his children: James “Sparky” Carroll (Diane Marie) of Columbus OH, Jane “Cookie” Duncan (Dan) of Hazlehurst, MS, Patsy Anne “Patty” Carroll Lettau (Donnie) of Lexington Park, MD, Julianna “Juli” Miller (Steve) of Lexington Park, MD; daughter-in-law, Rebecca Carroll of Lexington Park, MD; 12 grandchildren, 17 great grandchildren with two more on the way; and his brother, Richard W. “Dick” Carroll (Dolly) of Dameron, MD. In addition to his parents, he is predeceased by his first wife, Arrah Jane “Pat” Saunders Carroll; son, John Francis Carroll of Lexington Park; and his brother, John Francis Carroll of Oxford, PA. Family will receive friends on Saturday, September 16, 2017 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., with a Memorial Service celebrated at 12:00 p.m. at Brinsfield Funeral Home, P.A., 22955 Hollywood Road, Leonardtown, MD 20650. Interment will follow at St. James Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to Ridge Volunteer Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 456, Ridge, MD 20680. Condolences to the family may be made at www.brinsfieldfuneral.com. Arrangements by the Brinsfield Funeral Home, P.A.
Mary C. Knobel
Mary C. Knobel, 81, of Mechanicsville, passed peacefully on Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017 at Washington Adventist Hospital. Mary was born in Washington D.C. on June 3, 1936 to the late Ethel and John
Wheatley. Mary attended St. Mary’s School of Bryantown and worked for Keller Bus Service for many years. She was an avid community service member for 4-H, Mechanicsville Vol. Rescue Squad Aux. and Catholic Daughters. She enjoyed baking, sewing, gardening, traveling and spending time with her two grandchildren and family. Mary is survived by her husband of 61 years, Anthony Knobel Sr; her daughter Antonia “Marie” Knobel of Hughesville, MD; her son Anthony Knobel Jr. (Angela) of Mechanicsville, MD; her grandson
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Anthony F. Knobel (Kimberli) of Purcellville, VA; and her granddaughter Amanda J. Knobel of Great Mills, MD. Family will receive friends on Friday, September 15, 2017 from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. with a Memorial Service at 7:00 p.m. at the Brinsfield-Echols Funeral Home, 30195 Three Notch Road Charlotte Hall, MD 20622. Interment will be private. Memorial contributions may be made to Mechanicsville Volunteer Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 15, Mechanicsville, MD 20659
Lt. Col. Robert A. Maddox
Lt. Col. Robert A. “Bob”Maddox, USAF, Ret., 87, of St Mary’s City passed away September 8, 2017, at Christiana Hospital in Newark, DE. Bob was born May 30, 1930 in Washington, D.C. to the late Alvin Scott Maddox and Marjorie Southworth Maddox. Following graduation from Anacostia HS in 1949 Bob joined the USNR at Anacostia Naval Air Station. In 1955 he was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the United States Air Force, during his 20-year career, he rose to the rank of Lt. Colonel. Bob was a Senior Command Pilot with over 5000 flying hours including combat in South East Asia. His decorations include the Bronze Star, Meritorious Service Medal and the Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters. Following his air force career he was an owner of Fairfax Glass Co. in Falls Church, VA. His hobbies included sailing and woodworking, but his main focus in later years has been gathering with family at Rosecroft on the St. Mary’s river in the home he built and shared with his beloved wife, Jean (nee McWilliams), with whom he shared 62 wonderful years. In addition to his wife, Bob is survived by two children: Robert N. Maddox (Kay) of Spartanburg, SC, and Barbara Gardner (Glenn) of Fairfax, VA; and a brother Michael Reese (Ruth) of Fairfax, VA. He also leaves his grandchildren: Robert W. Maddox (Bridget), Kyle Hebson (Nikki) and Kristi Nojaim (Ricky); step-grandson, Aaron Corn (Laura); and his great grandchildren: Ainsley Maddox, Raegan Maddox, Harper Jean Nojaim, Garret Corn and Olivia Corn as well as many extended family and friends. A Funeral Service will be celebrated on Monday, September 25, 2017, at two o’clock at Trinity Episcopal Church, 47477 Trinity Church Road, St. Mary’s City, MD. Inurnment will follow in the church yard. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Trinity Church or the Bethany Beach Rescue Squad. Condolences to the family may be made at www.brinsfieldfuneral.com Arrangements by the Brinsfield Funeral Home, P.A.
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CDR. Donald Ernest Beck
CDR. Donald Ernest Beck, USN, Retired, 81, of Lexington Park, MD passed away August 31, 2017 at his home surrounded by his loving family. Born on March 4, 1936, he grew up on a farm in Fremont, NE to the late Ernest and Daisy Beck. Don graduated from Fremont High School. After high school he attended the University of Nebraska, where he participated in the Navy Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) program. Upon graduation in 1957, he was commissioned as a Naval Officer and attended flight school, earning his wings as a Naval Aviator. During his distinguished 26-year career, he graduated from Naval Test Pilot School (TPS), served on the staff at TPS, was a renowned helicopter pilot, served three tours of duty at sea, worked at NASA Headquarters, and spent his last eight years with the Aviation Board of Inspection and Survey at NAS Patuxent River, MD, retiring at the rank of Commander in 1983. After retiring from the Navy, Don began an extremely successful 15-year ca-
reer as a representative for USPA&IRA (now known as First Command Financial Planning), helping military families on their road to financial independence. He was known as “Mr. Consistency,” having set a company record by being a top producer for 12 straight years. In addition to his beloved wife, Barbara, Don is also survived by his children: Nancy Van Houten of Louisville, KY, Carolyn Wetsch (Eric) of Louisville, KY, and Doug Beck (Becky) of Leonardtown, MD; 8 grandchildren; brother-in-law, Dallas Schroeder, sister-in-law, Nola Beck; step-children: Jennifer Pace (Shane) of Seattle, WA, Greg Chapman (Jessica) of Virginia Beach, VA, and Steve Lucas of Portland, OR; 6 step-grandchildren; and many extended family and friends. In addition to his parents, he is also preceded in death by his daughter, Susan Beck, and siblings, Betty Shannahan, Jean Schroeder, and Robert Beck. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to First Saints Community Church, c/o Soup Kitchen, P.O. Box 95, Leonardtown, Maryland 20650. Condolences to the family may be made at www.brinsfieldfuneral.com. Arrangements by the Brinsfield Funeral Home, P.A.
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Pet of the Week MEET WELLINGTON
Hi, my name is Wellington and I was walking the streets ALL ALONE when a good Samaritan stopped to see if I was OK. When they opened the car door, I jumped right in! They brought me to the shelter in the hopes that my family was looking for me, but no luck. No one has come looking for me. I am only about 2 years old, already neutered, and quite the talker! As soon as you enter the room, I’m talking to you, hoping that you are coming to ADOPT me. I have so much LOVE to share! Are you the one I’m looking for? PLEASE CHOOSE ME!! And remember, if there is room in the heart, there is room in this house! Please come meet me and the wonderful gang at Tri-County Animal Shelter (6707 Animal Shelter Road, Hughesville) or call 301-932-1713 for more information. To see my awesome friends also available for adoption, “like” us on Facebook @ Tri-County Animal Shelter Southern MD.
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Habitat for Humanity, Christmas in April Aid Veteran Dan Muchow, owner of Mold Remediation Services, contacted Patuxent Habitat for Humanity about some needed repairs to a client’s home where he was working. George Somerville, a WWII Army veteran, required several critical home repairs. Somerville’s home suffered water damage over the years resulting in the deterioration of the floor and subflooring in the kitchen, and the need for replacement windows in several areas of his home. Patuxent Habitat for Humanity’s Veteran Critical Home Repair Program is designed to help veterans with such needs as the new flooring and windows. However, theagency was not able to provide Somerville with all the required repairs and maintenance he needed. Through the collaborative efforts of Christmas in April Calvert County, Exelon Militaries Actively Connected E*MAC, PAX NAS CPOA’s, Great Mills Trading Post, Harvest Fellowship Presbyterian Church, Patuxent High School ROTC, and several volunteers we were able make a difference in the life of this veteran. The collective efforts resulted in making Somerville’s home safer and
more secure. He now has a home where he will be able to age in place with the dignity he and all veterans deserve. If you know of a veteran in need of critical home repairs please call Laurie Walker at 301-863-6227 x 16. If you would like to make a donation please visit our website @ www.patuxenthabitat.org. The Patuxent Habitat for Humanity Veteran Critical Repair Program is designed to repair homes for military veterans and their families. The program will assist with repairs identified in Habitat’s Critical Home Repair guidelines that may vary from roof repair and structural wall repairs to installing wheel chair ramps and remodeling bathrooms to be easily used by veterans with disabilities. If you would like to donate or volunteer for veteran programs please call Laurie at 301-863-6227 or email laurie@patuxenthabitat.org for more information. From Patuxent Habitat for Humanity
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MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital Job Fair 25500 Point Lookout Rd. Leonardtown, Maryland 20650 3:00 PM - 7:00 PM Come Grow Your Career With Us! MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital is hosing a job fair for Registered Nurses, Nursing Technicians and Respiratory Therapists. We invite you to learn more about joining the MedStar team! MedStarStMarys.org. 301-475-6018. On-the-spot interviews for experienced and qualified candidates.
Friday, September 15 First command Golf Classic Wicomico Shores Golf Course, 35794 Aviation Yacht Club Road, Mechanicsville, MD 20659 9:00 AM Bring a friend for a day of golfi ng fun for a great cause. This will be a 4-person scramble with awards for men and women’s longestdrive, closest to the pin on all par 3s, longest putt plus cash prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place. Mulligans and 50/50 available for purchase. 100% of the net proceeds benefit the VFW in support of all veterans and their families.7:30 a.m. Registration (Donuts & Coffee). 9:00 a.m. Shotgun Start. $80 entry fee Includes door prizes, green fees, cart, beer/soda on thecourse, goodie bag and lunch. For more information or sponsorship opportunities please contact Sean Hill, 301.904.4957 or Jennifer Brooks, 301.751.9160 or jnbrooks@fi rstcommand.com. SMS Queen of Hearts American Legion Post 255 Ridge, MD 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM Join us every Friday from 4-7pm at the American Legion in Ridge, Maryland to fi nd the Queen of Hearts. A $1 ticket enters you in a chance to pick the Queen of Hearts from a deck of 54 cards. The jackpot builds each week
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until the Queen of Hearts is found. Proceeds benefit St. Michael’s School through a scholarship program run by the Archangel Scholarship Foundation. Food and drink available. TEXAS HOLD’EM TOURNAMENT VFW Post 2632, 23282 Three Notch Rd. 7:00 PM NO LIMIT TEXAS HOLDEM TOURNAMENT. $50 Buyin ($40 Prize Pool + $10 Charity). Optional $10 Add-On (Receive an extra $1000 and 50/50 Entry). Sign In is from 6:20 PM to 6:45 PM, Tournament starts at 7PM. Early Bird Bonus: Register and PAY by 6:45 PM and receive an extra $500. Preregistration is encouraged, but not required. We will accept late players until the end of the 1st break. (~1 hour). One Re-Entry is available until the end of the fi rst break. If you decide to re-enter, you will receive a full starting chip stack and be re-seated; you are treated as a new player entering the tournament field, with a full buy-in added to the prize pool with each re-entry. Payouts are determined by the number of entries. With 50—100 players 9 places paid. The public is welcome. Must be 18 or older to play. Side games are available. For more information or to pre-register contact Brian at poker@ vfw2632.com or 240-925-4000
Saturday, September 16 Seasonal Farmer’s Market Historic Sotterley, 44300 Sotterley Lane, Hollywood, MD 20636 8:00 AM - 1:00 PM Check sotterley.org for details. PAX River Rugby 2017 Fall Season Home Opener 24580 Clarkes Landing Ln. Hollywood, MD 20636 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM Pax River Rugby will be hosting the Men’s Baltimore Flamingos and Women’s Maryland Stingers. The Women’s Match will kickoff at 11:00 a.m., with the Men’s Match following at 1:00 p.m.
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Pax River Youth Rugby will be supporting by selling hotdogs, chips, and refreshments. All proceeds will be funded to the Youth Club. This will be a great opportunity for the community to come out and see how the sport is played, and support Rugby in Southern Maryland! We look forward to seeing you on the pitch! FIFTEEN AS ONE! SoMD Am. Legion 221 Pork & Beef Sandwich Sale American Legion Post 221; 21690 Colton Pt. Rd.; Avenue, MD 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM American Legion Post 221 is sponsoring a pork loin and beef sandwich sale. Pork loin, sliced roast beef, and BBQ beef sandwiches will be sold on both Saturday and Sunday at American Legion Post 221 @ 21690 Colton’s Point Rd (Rt. 242), in Avenue, MD. The event will be from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and sandwiches will cost $7.00 each. Call (301) 884-4071 for further information. Tell them you heard about the event on the SoMD Internet Calendar :-0). Also check out our website at: www. alpost221.webs.com/. A Taste of St. Mary ‘s Leonardtown Square 1:00 PM - 5:30 PM Join us on the square in historic Leonardtown, MD for the St. Mary’s County Chamber of Commerce’s “A Taste of St. Mary’s.” Free admission. Samples of area restaurant and catering vendors available for purchase. Free activities for the kids, classic car show, music, chance to win gift certificates from participating vendors, and more. Go to smcchamber.com for more info. We hope to see you there! Mechanicsville Moose Lodge Hold em Tournament n Poker Night Mechanicsville Moose Lodge, Mechanicsville Md 20659 4:00 PM Buy in $75.00, 25 Minute Blinds, $12,000 in tournament chips, pay $5.00 xtra for $3,000 in tournament chips
Quarter Auction Benefit St. Michael’s School, 16566 Three Notch Road, Ridge, MD 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM Join the Fun Bunch & Friends team as we host a quarter auction to benefit. Paddles are $3 each or 2 for $5. Concessions, cash bar, 50/50 raffle and more! For more information, visit our Facebook page at Quarter Auctions in SOMD. For reservations call 240-4164224 or 410-474-2958. Bingo Every Saturday Mother Catherine Academy 33883 Chaptico Road Mechanicsville Md 20659 6:30 PM - 10:00 PM SATURDAY NIGHT BINGO! Doors open at 5 pm. Early Birds start at 6:30 pm. Regular Games start at 7:00 pm. $10 admission (includes one regular book). Progressive Money Ball! Door prizes. Concessions: Weekly specials along with regulars Pizza, Cheeseburgers,Hamburgers,Hot dogs and French Fries. Pull Tabs 1000.00 dollar payouts with some having multiple winners. Down lines and 3 Balls! $50 Early Birds. Either/Or Blackout 100.00. Call 301-884-3165 for more information. Visit our website www. mothercatherine.org for Jackpot and Moneyball update Swing and Ballroom Dance Little Flower School, Route 5, Great Mills 7:00 PM - 11:00 PM Fall into the season with some new dance steps! We’ll teach a beginnerlevel dance lesson from 7-8 p.m. followed by dancing to music of all kinds from 8-11 p.m. No experience required! Singles always welcome! ***Bring a snack to share; water will be provided.*** Cost: $10 per person. The dance is sponsored by the Knights of Colum-
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Sunday, September 17 Celebrate Constitution Week! Harmony Hall Chapter NSDAR 8:00 AM Join Harmony Hall Chapter NSDAR by celebrating Constitution Week September 17-23. In 1955, the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution petitioned Congress with a resolution; this week of observance for the foundation of the American form of government was signed into law by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on August 2, 1956. George W. Bush officially declared the inception of Constitution Week in 2002. The commitment of the NSDAR is to encourage study and educate the public about the Constitution, which was adopted by the American Congress of the Confederation on September 17, 1787. Ring your bells at 4 pm Sunday September 17th! Read the Constitution and celebrate our freedom!!! SoMD Am. Legion 221 Pork & Beef Sandwich Sale American Legion Post 221; 21690 Colton Pt. Rd.; Avenue, MD 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM American Legion Post 221 is sponsoring a pork loin and beef sandwich sale. Pork loin, sliced roast beef, and BBQ beef sandwiches will be sold on both Saturday and Sunday at American Legion Post 221 @ 21690 Colton’s Point Rd (Rt. 242), in Avenue, MD. The event will be from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and sandwiches will cost $7.00 each. Call (301) 884-4071 for further information. Tell them you heard about the event on the SoMD Internet Calendar :-0). Also check out our website at: www. alpost221.webs.com/. Drive Thru Chicken Dinner Mechanicsville Vol. Fire Department 28165 Hills Club Road Mechanicsville, MD 20659 11:30 AM - 3:00 PM 1/2 Fried Chicken Dinner $14. Green Beans, Red Potatoes, Applesauce, Roll & Brownie. All proceeds benefit the Mechanicsville Vol. Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary. Kids Fishing Tournament Long Point, Waterview Drive, Golden Beach S/D, Mechanicsville, MD 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM Golden Beach/Patuxent Knolls Civic Association is holding its annual Kids Fishing Tournament on Sunday, September 17th at Long Point on Waterview Drive, subdivision of Golden Beach in Mechanicsville, Maryland. Registration is at 9:30 am. The tournament is from 10 am—12:30 pm. Entry fee is $5 per child. Age categories
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are: up to age 4; ages 5-7; ages 8-10 ages 11-13 and ages 14-16. Kids under 12 must be chaperoned by an adult at all times. Trophies will be awarded at 12:30 pm for the longest fish, in each age category. Only fishing from the shore is permitted, for the tournament. Please bring your own rod and tackle, as we will only have a limited supply available. Food will be available for purchase. Charity Softball Tournament: SMCSO vs. Hollywood Moose Lodge Tippet’s Field in Hollywood 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM The Hollywood Moose Lodge will host a charity softball tournament on Saturday, September 17, 2017, at 3 p.m. to raise funds for the Callaway Hospice House. There will be 50/50 raffles, food sales, and after the game, everyone is invited back to the Hollywood Moose Lodge on Mervell Dean Road. Bring the family and come cheer on the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office or the Moose Lodge!
Monday, September 18 Elks Holdem Bounty Tournament St. Marys County Elks Lodge 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. 301- 863- 7800. Questions: James Dean 240-577-0828. Email: jdeanjunior@yahoo.com
Tuesday, September 19 Back-to-School Vaccination Clinic 21580 Peabody Street, Leonardtown 20650 8:00 AM - 12 Noon The St. Mary’s County Health Department has scheduled a back-to-school vaccination clinic for children ages birth through 18 years old. The clinic will be held Tuesday, September 19 from 8:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. at the health department located at 21580 Peabody Street in Leonardtown. Parents should contact their primary health care provider with questions about their child’s vaccination status. Immunizations will be provided regardless of insurance and on a fi rst come, fi rst served basis—no appointments are necessary. The following immunizations will be available - MMR (measles, mumps, rubella), Tdap (tetanus, diphtheria, whooping cough), Meningococcal, Human Papillomavirus (HPV), Varicella (chickenpox). For more information
about childhood immunizations, please call the St. Mary’s County Health Department at 301-475-4330 or visit their website at www.smchd.org. The Leonardtown Grille LVRSA Fundraiser The Leonardtown Grille in Leonardtown MD 11:00 AM - 7:00 PM The Leonardtown Grille is hosting a fundraiser for the Leonardtown Volunteer Rescue Squad Auxiliary (LVRSA) all day on Sept 19. Please come by for good food and drink, dine in or carry out, and support the LVRSA. Thank you! St. Mary’s Commissioners Public Forum Chesapeake Building, at 41770 Baldridge Street, Leonardtown 20650 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM The Commissioners of St. Mary’s County will host their next Public Forum on Tuesday, September 19 at 6:30 p.m. The forum will be held in their meeting room inside the Chesapeake Building, at 41770 Baldridge Street in Leonardtown. The Commissioners of St. Mary’s County can be reached via e-mail at csmc@stmarysmd.com or by U.S. mail at Commissioners of St. Mary’s County, P.O. Box 653, Leonardtown, Maryland 20650.
Wednesday, September 20
Little Explorers: Sailor Historic St. Mary’s City, meet at The Shop at Farthing’s Ordinary, 47414 Old State House Road, St. Mary’s City, MD 20686 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Designed for pre-school age children 3-5 years old and an accompanying adult. $4 per child ($3 Friends members); one accompanying adult free. Full-day admission included. (240) 895-4990 or info@HSMCdigshistory. org. www.HSMCdigshistory.org.
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Happenstance Theater Company perform “BrouHaHa” Bruce Davis Theater, Montgomery Hall Fine Arts Center, St. Mary’s College 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM Happenstance Theater Company perform “BrouHaHa”St. Mary’s College of Maryland’s department of theater, fi lm, and media studies will host Happenstance Theater Company, one of Washington, D.C.’s pre-eminent performance troupes, as they perform “BrouHaHa” on Wednesday and Thursday, Sept. 20 and 21 at 8 p.m., in the Bruce Davis Theater, Montgomery Hall Fine Arts Center, on the St. Mary’s College campus. The performance lasts about 80 minutes. Performances of “BrouHaHa” are free and open to the public but seating is limited. Reservations are required. To make reservations, contact the Theater Box Office by email at boxoffice@smcm.edu or by phone to 240895-4243. Tickets must be picked up no later than 7:45 p.m. the evening of the performance. Happenstance Theater Company is a six-member, Rockville, Md.-based performance troupe steeped in the traditions of commedia dell’arte, clowning, circus, and vaudeville. The company is a multiple Helen Hayes award-winning ensemble hailed by the Washington, D.C. press for its superb improvisatory skills, physical humor, and, above all, spontaneous interactions with the audience. In “BrouHaHa,” the show the company brings to St. Mary’s College, a troupe of Victorian clowns greets the end of the world with pathos and levity. Their curiosity at the precipice lights up the darkness like a fi recracker! What happens in that moment of illumination? “BrouHaHa” takes its inspiration partly from the dark comedy of Irish playwright Samuel Beckett, famous for his play “Waiting for Godot,” and from Italian fi lmmaker Federico Fellini’s late Neorealist-inspired fi lm about circus performers, “La Strada.”
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A Taste of St. Mary’s Coming This Saturday Leonardtown Hosting Save the date, Saturday, September 16 for “A Taste of St. Mary’s” on the square in Historic Leonardtown! Admission is free. As always, there will be restaurants and caterers selling samples of their specialty items, free activities for the kids, a classic car show, music, a chance to win gift certificates from participating vendors, and more! You won’t even have to miss watching your favorite NFL team since the event is on a Saturday this year! Click here for a video showing photos from past events. Registered vendors as of 9/5/17: Anita’s Cupcake Stop, Bruster’s Real Ice Cream, Cameron’s Smoothie Shack, Crabby Corn, Day’s Off Deli & Grill,
Dunkin’ Donuts, Heritage Chocolates, I’se Da Bye’s Fully Stuffed Kitchen & Catering, Jesse’s Kitchen, Kona Ice, Linda’s Cafe/Earth 2 Table Catering, McKay’s Markets, Morris Point Restaurant, N&N Oriental Market and Carry Out, Nicolletti’s Pizza, Olde Town Pub, Port of Leonardtown Winery, Quality Street Kitchen & Catering, The Rex, Rotary Club of Lexington Park, Ruddy Duck Seafood & Alehouse, Smokey Joe’s Restaurant & Catering, W.J. Dent & Sons/Chief’s Bar, and Wag N Wash Natural Food & Bakery (bring your pets!). From St. Mary’s County Chamber of Commerce
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The Ryan Forrester Band The Ruddy Duck Brewery, Solomons 7:30 - 11:00 PM www.ruddyduckbrewery.com Johanssens The Ruddy Duck Brewery, Solomons 7:30 - 11:00 PM www.ruddyduckbrewery.com Karaoke Anglers Seafood Bar & Grill, Solomons 9:00 PM - 1:00 AM www.anglers-seafood.com Karaoke & DJ The Brass Rail Sports Bar, Calloway 8:00 PM-Midnight DJ Ray Anthony’s Bar & Grill, Dunkirk 9:00 PM www.anthonysdunkirk.com
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Dave & Kevin Trio Anglers Seafood Bar & Grill, Solomons 8:00 PM - 12:00 AM www.anglers-seafood.com
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Ben Connelly Anglers Seafood Bar & Grill, Solomons 6:00 - 9:00 PM www.anglers-seafood.com Fall Corn Hole League Anthony’s Bar & Grill, Dunkirk 7:00 PM www.anthonysdunkirk.com
Wednesday, Sept 20
Wild Card Trivia Anglers Seafood Bar & Grill, Solomons 7:00 - 9:00 PM www.anglers-seafood.com
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Randy Nelson Anglers Seafood Bar & Grill, Solomons 7:00 - 9:00 PM www.anglers-seafood.com Swamp Candy The Ruddy Duck Brewery, Solomons 7:30 - 11:00 PM www.ruddyduckbrewery.com
Open Stage & DJ Ray Anthony’s Bar & Grill, Dunkirk 9:00 PM www.anthonysdunkirk.com Halfway to St. Paddy’s Day The Ruddy Duck Brewery, Solomons 6:00 - 11:00 PM www.ruddyduckbrewery.com
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Little Italy in Baltimore; sights and smells I love, especially my love for homemade, authentic lasagna. I can’t wait. Yes, I do have to go to my Johns Hopkins appointment first, but afterwards the search is on for the perfect manicotti or lasagna. Over the years we have tried quite a few of the restaurants there and enjoyed each one. I do miss another restaurant off the Eastern Avenue, Highlandtown corridor quite a lot: Haussner’s. I am sure many of you were fortunate to eat at that landmark restaurant with one of the largest menus on the planet – over 403 dishes on the 1967 menu. It was like going to a museum because of all the amazing artwork on the walls. I read that the artwork was auctioned off for over 10 million. Haussner’s was demolished last year and an apartment building will now sit on the old spot. My mother loved it there and we would go to Baltimore just to eat at Haussner’s in the 70’s. Well, my mother would drive anywhere for a good restaurant. That was our hobby for many years. I remember trying to make a decision from all the types of pies offered, and I am not a good decision maker in restaurants. A trip to Haussner’s meant a four-hour meal of pure bliss. I think the last time I ate there was in the 80’s after my first son was born and my brother and sister-in-law had come to visit. The meal that night may have been six hours, since my brother loves all types of food. Sure
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would love to have had one more meal there. But, I am just as happy eating in Little Italy. I love seeing the older folks playing bocce ball, and the women sitting on their stoops talking or hanging out the window chatting with a passing friend. One time my husband and I spent the evening walking between some of the restaurants and little Italian taverns. It was so funny how you would walk into one little corner bar and the bartender would say, “Have you tried the Limoncello?” (the Italian lemon liqueur mainly produced in Southern Italy) “Our Limoncello is the original recipe brought here from Italy, no one else has the real thing.” So, of course we would try it and sit and chat for a while, and then off we would walk to another neighborhood corner bar. And we would be greeted with the same words, or see signs that proclaimed that this bar was the one and only original place for Limoncello from Italy. It was fun. One of the restaurants had signed photos from the years of Frank Sinatra and the Rat Pack and many other famous actors and people from the 40’s on. It felt and looked like we were back in the 60’s. I am not sure which restaurant will be the one
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to try tomorrow, but I am sure it will be enjoyable. I might just have to ask the women I see out on their stoops for recommendations, and I imagine I will be sent to the restaurant of a relative. But I do know where dessert will be. And if you haven’t been there it is definitely worth the special trip – Vaccaro’s Bakery on the corner of Albermarle Street. Their website says, “Holy Cannoli, Vaccaro’s is celebrating 61 years!” Cannoli is just what I am going to get. Like the website also says, “Life is short, eat dessert first!” So, off for lasagna, adventure, all with an ending of cannoli – gosh, hope I don’t forget to go to the doctor first. To each new day’s adventure, Shelby Please send your comments or ideas to: shelbys.wanderings@yahoo.com or find me on facebook: Wanderings of an aimless mind
Allen Alvey, born June 12, 1920, was the 4th of five chi8ildren born to Joseph Henry “Harry” Alvey (1869-April 1, 1960) and Frances Josephine Jones (July 13, 1894-1984) who were married December 25, 1911 at St. Aloysius Catholic Church in Leonardtown. While the parents were both born and raised in St. Mary’s County, the children were all born in Calvert County. Nevertheless, the family moved around quite a bit, sometimes living in Charles and St. Mary’s counties After attending and then graduating from Margret Brent High School, Allen enlisted January 12, 1942 at Ft. Meade. Previously he had worked on his father’s farm and as a laborer at the Navy Powder Plant in Indian Head. He was sent to the South Pacific where he was killed at Bougainville on January 3, 1943 “The Bougainville Campaign was a series of land and naval battles of the Pacific campaign of World War II between Allied forces and the Empire of Japan. It was part of Operation Cartwheel, the Allied grand strategy in the South Pacific. The campaign took place in the Northern Solomons in two phases. The first phase, in which American troops invaded and held the perimeter around the beachhead at Torokina, lasted from November 1943 through November 1944. The second phase, in which primarily Australian troops went on the offensive, mopping up pockets of starving, isolated but still-determined Japanese, lasted from November 1944 until August 1945, when the last Japanese on the island surrendered. Operations during the final phase of the campaign saw the Australian forces
advance north towards the Bonis Peninsula and south towards the main Japanese stronghold around Buin, although the war ended before these two enclaves were completely destroyed.” Five Maryland Soldiers Die In Fighting. PFC Allen Alvey, brother of Bernard Alvey, Indian Head, killed in Southwest Pacific Area. (Baltimore Sun, February 5, 1944). The bodies of 27 men from Greater Washington and nearby Virginia and Maryland who died or were killed in action in WWII are among the 4,459 being returned to the United States from Manila. The war dead were originally interred in temporary military cemeteries in New Guinea and the Philippine Islands are among those being brought to this country. Bodies of the following men are listed, together with their next of kin. Maryland: Pfc. Allen Alvey, Army; Harry Alvey, Indian Head. (5/31/1948, Washington Post, May 31, 1948). Allen is buried next to his father at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Bushwood. Allen’s siblings were: Robert Preston Alvey, April 4, 1913-April 5, 1913; Mary Agnes (Alvey) Hill of Chaptico, MD (Jun 16,1914- October 4, 2007.; married Woodrow Wilson Hill, November 3, 1940 ; her children were Woodrow W. Hill, Jr. of Fort Worth, TX, Allen H. Hill and Patrick E. Hill both of Chaptico, Martha Wheeler of Bushwood and W. Michael Hill of Hollywood, MD; Joseph Bernard Alvey, (10/26/1916-June 30, 2008, married Dorothy King); and Frances Lillian (Alvey), November 12, 1924-January 7. 1996.
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