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Animal control officers removed a horse and pony from a Mechanicsville home last week after finding that the horses did not have adequate shelter, Director of Animal Control Tony Malaspina said.

Jennifer Hurry, the operator of the site, was given a citation by animal control of-ficials for not providing appropriate shelter,

Malaspina confirmed.He said animal control officers are still

investigating whether Hurry is working as a legitimate horse rescue operation.

“I’m sure in her eyes she is,” Malaspina said, adding that Hurry’s operations had been the source of various complaints over the past year.

One horse remains at the location, he said.

“It’s borderline between having proper

care and not having proper care,” Malaspina said of the third animal.

He said that when animal control offi-cers went to Hurry’s residence that none of the animals appeared to be suffering from neglect.

The horse and pony were being housed at the Tri-County Animal Shelter but were later moved to a farm, Malaspina said.

According to Maryland equine stan-dards a horse shelter must have at least three

sides and a roof, Malaspina said, but a tree can also be considered shelter if it provides enough cover.

He said there was a tree around the pen but it did not provide enough cover.

When The County Times went to the site on Finch Court, Hurry declined to give any comments for the story.

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A dialysis center is considering rent-ing space in a proposed three-story medical building slated to replace the Cherry Cove Property Management near Chancellors Run Road, according to Robin Finnacom, direc-tor of the county’s Community Development Corporation.

“It just reinforces the fact that quality office space on Great Mills Road will attract great tenants,” Finnacom said.

Lexington Park, along with Great Mills and Park Hall, recently became one of five state designated health enterprise zone, which in-cludes funding to address disparities in access

to health care based on race, socioeconomic status and ethnicity.

Cherry Cove owners have plans to re-develop an entire 86-acre mobile home com-munity off of Great Mills Road, turning it into single-family homes and work force housing. The first part of the project will be a medical arts building, county officials said.

The three-story structure will include a medical office, Finnacom said, and Cherry Cove has received numerous calls from medi-cal professionals expressing interest in renting space there.

The entire East Run project will go for-ward if the economic conditions are right, Finnacom said. Future plans include a phar-macy at the intersection of Great Mills Road

and Chancellors Run Road where a gas station once stood.

A day care facility that would serve pri-marily the needs of the nearby community is also part of the plan, she said.

East Run LLC, which operates under the auspices of Cherry Cove Property Man-agement, would demolish the current mobile home park and replace it with 129 single-fam-

ily homes, 527 apartments and 81,000 square feet of commercial space according to the plan under consideration.

The demolition of the trailer park would mean the displacement of up to 700 residents although residents would have the opportunity to move into new housing opportunities there.

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Planning Commissioner Wants Promises in WritingBy Guy LeonardStaff Writer

After lengthy debate Mon-day night over a proposed new shopping center at the intersec-tion of Route 4 and Three Notch Road a majority of the county Planning Commission voted to approve a concept site plan.

The project is proposed for the old, now vacated Burke’s Mobile Home Park on St. An-drew’s Church Road and has been stalled since 2005 when the original developer planned to put 121,000 square feet of retail space there.

The new owner of the land, Klein En-terprises out of Baltimore, plans just 96,000 square feet of retail space spread across five buildings with a central parking lot.

The buildings are set to house a gro-cery store, bank, restaurant, pharmacy and space for other retail establishments.

The developer plans three access points to the site, one of which will cross a county right-of-way from Three Notch Road that leads directly to the shopping center.

The others include one on St. Andrew’s Church Road and a connector between the Sturbridge community and the First Colony shopping center portion of FDR Boulevard.

The developer is essentially building another section of the long anticipated coun-ty road, county planners said.

“They’ll be completing that section,” said county planner Dave Berry with the Department of Land Use and Growth Man-agement. “That’s in the plan, that’s not a ver-bal agreement.”

By having that aspect of the project in the concept site plan, Berry said, the devel-oper is essentially locked in to completing that section of the road as a condition of approval.

The concept site plan is the first step

in the process and must still go through a detailed site plan process that must get the approval of the Board of County Commis-sioners before construction.

Planning Commission member Shelby Guazzo said she and two other members, both women, voted against approval, mak-ing the vote a 4-3 split.

Guazzo is concerned the developer didn’t put into writing commitments to complete all improvements.

Furthermore, she is worried about the increased traffic at what she called “the county’s most important intersection,” which is currently stressed.

“It’s vital we keep traffic service there excellent,” Guazzo said. “We were very concerned this was a rush job.”

The strip mall running along Three Notch Road would be eliminated but the tenants could move into the new retail space, Berry said.

The developer will deed the cleared space to the state and would remain unde-veloped with the exception of a hiker-biker trail, built behind a stand of trees running parallel to Three Notch Road, Berry said.

The first phase of the project is set to be a pharmacy, according to the concept site plan.

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After unveiling their plans for the prop-erty at the Leonardtown Wharf property late last week Town Coun-cil members say their search for qualified de-velopers and their plans will scour the state and nation.

The town’s request for proposals from de-velopers will include a request for qualifica-tions, said council mem-ber Hayden Hammett, who views the devel-opment of the property as key to boosting the economic development of the town.

“The idea is to bring people all the way through the town by traffic and by boat,” Hammett said at Monday’s town council meeting.

At the center of the development is a planned 5,000 square-foot restaurant and one or two shops; the restaurant would have a second floor to act as meeting space, effec-tively doubling the square footage.

Mayor Dan Burris previously said the development would not take up any of the

community parkland that has become a pop-ular attraction in town.

The original plan proposed by a Sav-age, Md. consulting firm had the restaurant set back from Washington Street with two buildings for commercial enterprises. The most recent iteration cuts out the building closest to the boardwalk to make way for more parking.

The requests for proposals and qualifi-cations are expected to go out in the next 30 to 60 days, Hammett said.

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While there is little possibility of a fracking operation occurring in St. Mary’s County or Southern Maryland, some in the environmental community are worried.

St. Mary’s College of Maryland, along with environmental groups and energy industry representatives will hold a public forum on the possible impacts of fracking and liquid natural gas exports.

Fracking is the process of using hydraulic pressure to crush slate and bedrock to release natural gas for en-ergy consumption.

“There is the concern that frack-ing may impact the Chesapeake Bay watershed,” said Bob Lewis, execu-tive director of the St. Mary’s River Watershed Association. “It is an en-vironmental issue. It’s a quality of life issue.”

Lewis said that the association has not taken an official stand on fracking but may do so after the forum.

Currently the state has engaged a moratorium on fracking but there is still the prospect of such operations

starting up in the northern and western regions of Maryland.

Lewis said that the abundance of natural gas nationwide has led to cheap energy costs in that portion of the mar-ket but that could change if liquid natu-ral gas exports become a reality.

“It could drive energy prices up,” Lewis said. “We’re concerned and we want to learn more.”

Michael Cain, professor of politi-cal science and head of the college’s Center for the Study of Democracy, said that despite the controversy over fracking and exporting liquid natural gas, the state was uniquely suited to benefit from it.

The Dominion Cove Point facility in Calvert County, which allows for the importation of liquid natural gas was just one aspect. There was also the oil pipeline in Piney Point, he said.

“We have the capacity on the Chesapeake Bay to export liquid natu-ral gas,” Cain said. “And it would pro-vide jobs.”

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The Southern Maryland Job Source pro-gram has helped 3,000 St. Mary’s County residents in their job searches this past year at its local office at the Joseph Carter Building in Leonardtown, Director Ruthy Davis told the Board of County Commissioners Tuesday.

The program is part of the state mandat-ed Workforce Investment Board which helps to bolster employment in the region.

Davis said Job Source spent $15,000 to help train the unemployed so far – those who have recently lost their jobs or are under employed.

The looming threat of sequestration cuts could severely curtail local incomes de-pendent on the defense industry, Davis said. Helping professionals find new jobs or get back to work means the job source program will become even more important.

Special assistance is available for cer-tain professionals laid off within the past 12 months, connecting them local industries or with business opportunities in another state.

Participants in this particular program must be laid-off within the last year, earn at least $40,000 with their last employer and be a resident of one of the Southern Maryland counties.

“We have a great statistic to go with that, that the profession-als get a job within four to six months as opposed to the national average of 19 months,” Davis said.

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St. Francis Xavier Has New Bell By Guy LeonardStaff Writer

One of the oldest Catholic churches in Maryland com-memorated 350 years of service by ringing in its next chapter of work.

The St. Francis Xavier Church in Newtown Neck took possession of a newly forged bronze church bell on Christmas Eve morning and had it installed Jan. 31, blustery and cold con-ditions not withstanding.

“They had to muscle it in there, but everything worked out,” said the parish priest Rev. Brian Sanderfoot. “The new one’s in and ringing.”

The new bell, weighing in at about 235 pounds, replaces the older 250-pound iron bell that had been hanging in the church’s tower.

McShane Bell Foundry in Glen Burnie forged the bell for the churches 350-year anniversary.

Bells are special in the Catholic Church, Sanderfoot said, as their tolling signals not only the call to prayer but helps be-

lievers reflect on God.“Time is sanctified in itself…

by God’s presence in time,” Sand-erfoot said. “We are grateful to God for our church and our history.”

The mission got its start in 1640, according to the church’s his-tory, but the first chapel was built in 1662.

The latest addition to the St. Francis Xavier parish will enliven future calls to prayer by way of its newer sound, Sanderfoot said.

“It has more of a musical qual-ity than iron,” Sanderfoot said. “This one is sweeter sounding.”

The current church house sit-ting in Newtown Neck was built in 1731 making it nearly 70 years younger than the original chapel but the history of the par-ish is one of the longest in the entire country, Sanderfoot said.

“I think you have to go outside the original 13 colonies to find an older Catholic community,” he said.

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“We don’t want to be good, we want to be the best in the field,” said Vince Whittles, owner of St. Mary’s and Calvert Servpro cleaning and restoration. “We’ve raised the bar of the service industry.”

His first customer in 1984 is still a customer today, and Servpro, which started with three drying fans, now has over 500 and the ability to clean any building in Southern Maryland.

Whittles can call other individually owned and op-erated Servpro’s around the country to help in time of a crisis.

During Hurricane Irene, Servpro sent an additional 50 units to Maryland.

“We brought in [crews] that worked directly with our office… basically allowing us to quadruple our ca-pacity to provide service,” said Chad Day, general man-ager. “That was made possible by personal relationships with other franchise owners that were developed as a result of the number of years that Vince has been in the Servpro organization.”

As a teenager Whittles worked part-time for the Montgomery County Servpro as a helper washing win-

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He worked for his brother’s Servpro in Annapolis after graduating from college, and a year later opened his own office in St. Mary’s where he built the business from the ground up.

For 12 to 14 hours a day, Whittles was knocking on doors, restoring homes and expanding his company.

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“Leaving someone with my customers still scared me,” Whittles said. “Now [his employees] clean circles around me.”

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The latest shooting occurred Monday at Coronado Drive in Great Mills about 1 a.m. with the victim being shot multiple times.

The victim, a 23-year-old male, had to be flown out by state police helicopter to a trauma center for treatment.

The victim has refused to provide infor-mation on the altercation or who the suspects are in his shooting, police said.

Detectives said an altercation between the victim and the first suspect erupted and then a second suspect arrived and fired several shots into the victim’s abdomen and leg.

The first shooting occurred Feb. 7 at about 9:30 p.m. in St. Inigoes on Beachville Road. Two men broke into the home of Robert L. McDowney, 37, to commit a robbery, the police said.

Police reported McDowney struggled with the two men and was shot and killed.

McDowney had a police history involv-ing drug charges.

It is too early to confirm whether the home invaders were seeking money, drugs or both, according to law enforcement.

The two suspects in the fatal shooting Feb. 7 are described as being black, one of them 5-feet, 7-inches tall and weighing 180 pounds.

The second stood about 6-feet, 2-inches tall and weighed between 215 and 240 pounds.

The first suspect was reportedly wearing an orange and black bandana and blue jeans, while the second is said to have worn an or-ange and black jacket with a hood and blue jeans.

Both suspects fled the scene of the rob-bery in a silver-colored Ford Fusion, police reported.

Downey’s was the first homicide this year, the sheriff said, but he believed this murder and the other two shootings would be solved soon.

“We have some solid leads in all these cases,” Cameron said.

A second shooting occurred in Clements on Jenny Lynn Lane where an unknown black male produced a handgun and shot a 23-year-old male; the victim was later treated and re-leased from MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital in Leonardtown, police said.

The suspect fled the scene of the shooting before police arrived.

Sheriff Timothy K. Cameron said the level of gun violence in so short a period was highly unusual for St. Mary’s County.

He said that the shootings don’t appear to be related or committed by the same people.

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On Feb. 11 local law enforcement received six calls from concerned citizens who had received telephone calls from a man asking vague, personal questions regarding their family members. The man claims their family member was involved in a mo-tor vehicle accident with his relative. The man tells the victim he is holding their relative captive until a family member goes to a local Western Union or some other money wiring service and wires money to him in the amount of the vehicle damages caused by their relative. The “damage” is usually several hundred to several thousands of dollars. Thus far, all calls have come from a 301 exchange.

This kidnapping extortion scam is very similar to extortion scams, which occurred recently in Miami, Florida, Middlesex County, New Jersey and Martinsburg, West Virginia in late 2012 and early 2013. See below websites:

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html?nav=5006 These calls are very alarming. Should you receive a similar phone call claiming a family member is being held captive, the

St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office recommends:Use caution and DO NOT divulge any personal information regarding yourself or any of your family members;Ask probing questions of the caller and gather as much information about the caller as you can;• Have the caller describe your family member, the vehicle you family member was allegedly operating, and where/when

the accident occurred, etc.;• Attempt to contact and/or account for relatives;• DO NOT wire any money and contact the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office or your law enforcement immediately.

Vice/Narcotics detectives conducted a month long investigation into prescription medication being distributed by Suspect Joseph Lee Yates, 41 of Lexington Park. Detectives obtained a search and seizure warrant. Yates was observed by detectives distributing “Oxycodone” to two other individuals in the park-ing lot of a business in the northern portion of St. Mary’s County. Yates attempted to swallow several “Oxycodone” tablets, however detectives were able to prevent that and recover the pills. A second suspect, Diane Rachel Forrest, 43 of Lexington Park, was apprehended and found to be in possession of 24 “Oxyco-done” pills. Detectives witnessed her purchasing from Suspect Yates. Two additional arrests are pending.

In total 101 “Tramadol”, 13 “Clonazepam”, 15 “Metha-done” and 115 “Oxycodo-ne” tablets were recovered. The street value of the pills seized exceeds $4,000. In addition to multiple cellu-lar phones, nearly $1,000 was recovered as well. This investigation continues and additional arrests and charges are expected.

Inquiries should be directed to Captain Daniel D. Alioto, Commander of Vice Narcotics, at 301-475-4200 x1918.

Second Degree AssaultOn Feb. 10 deputies responded to

a residence in Great Mills, Maryland to act as a conservator of the peace while Joseph Aloysius Curtis, 49, of Great Mills removed personal belonging from the residence. The conservator process was explained to Curtis. It was further explained to Curtis that any property with disputed ownership must be left at the residence. Curtis became upset and was asked to leave the residence. Once outside, Curtis assault-ed a third party by pushing the man in the chest. The assault was witnessed by deputies. Curtis was arrested and charged with second-degree assault.

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Michael Martirano, Superin-tendent of St. Mary’s County Pub-lic Schools, was unanimously re-appointed by the Board of Educa-tion to a third term on Wednesday.

The term will last until June 30, 2017.

The each member of the school board took the opportunity to speak of the decision to reap-point Martirano, who will be the longest retained superintendent in St. Mary’s County since 1978.

Board member Cathy Allen recalled Martirano’s first interview for the position, when he made light of an awkward situation when a waitress was taking orders.

He has the ability to think on his feet and do it with a smile on his face, she said.

“The greatest educators are right here,” stated a choked up Sal Raspa, chairman of the board.

During the meeting Marti-rano said frequent superintendent turnover inhibits the ability to provide and maintain an agenda, which can harm the education of young people.

“It is truly an opportunity and a privilege to serve as your super-intendent,” Martirano said, adding his life has devoted his life to stu-dents. “I [get] out of bed everyday with the energy that young people can and will.”

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Board of Education Meets with Local Delegates

Photos by Alex PanosThe meeting room was unusually full for the regularly scheduled Board of Education meeting.


The Board of Education hosted a legislative breakfast to discuss school security, funding, standard-ized assessments and evaluations.

According to Del. John Bohanan (Dist. 29B), $25 million of the $35 million for school construction has been put in the capital budget specifically geared to-wards improving school safety.

House Minority Leader Anthony O’Donnell (R-Dist. 29C) says he anticipates many disagreements dur-ing legislation, but none concerning the issue of school safety.

Sen. Roy Dyson (Dist. 29) agreed, and brought up the notion installing cameras on school buses, to moni-tor cars that ignore the flashing stop signs, in order to provide safer transportation of our students.

He believes permanent task forces could be seen throughout schools in the future.

“I would like to think St. Mary’s led the way [in school safety]” Dyson said, noting the county was the first to implement separate entrances and lock the main school doors during the day.

The school board has been in ongoing discussions with St. Mary’s Sheriff Timothy Cameron to imple-ment the cameras.

St. Mary’s schools will receive all state funding, Bohanan said, and there is no reason to expect shortage in funds.

O’Donnell says casino funding will replace fund-ing from other sources, not add to the total amount, an assumption he believes the general public is under.

There will not be any “new gobs” of money for schools, Bohanan clarified, however casino funding will help ensure school continue to be funded.

Del. Johnny Wood (D-Dist. 29A) said the new funds from casinos will go towards the state’s general funding – similar to the lottery

Martirano said the teacher evaluations need to be “forward thinking.” St. Mary’s does not want to resort to using the state evaluation process.

The school system recently had its evaluation sys-tem turned down by school officials.

“My fear is there are already gaps in terms of cur-riculum,” Martirano said.

School board member Cathy Allen believes due to St. Mary’s implementing common core curriculum, there is currently huge disconnect between the curricu-lum being taught and the standardized evaluation tests.

“It doesn’t make sense,” Allen said.St. Mary’s number of at-risk students is 41.8 per-

cent, much lower than the 69 percent state average.The local wealth per pupil in St. Mary’s County

has surpassed Charles and is slightly behind Calvert.“It’s reaffirming your commitment to us,” Marti-

rano said as he thanked each delegate for attending the breakfast. “I’m very assured today.”

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The career and technology center offered an opportu-nity for middle and high school students to learn about the center’s different programs last week.

The National Flight Academy, an aircraft simulation course set to launch in the fall, was debuted at the annual expo.

Ed Barrett, vice president of the Patuxent Partnership, said about 25 students filtered through the room in eager anticipation of the flight simulation class.

Students displayed enthusiasm for the simulators, and look forward to applying critical thinking skills, while working as a team, in an “extremely fun” manner, he ex-plained. The partnership is working with the school system to see the completion of this course.

The flight academy will hold a small summer camp this year as well in anticipation of the full semester class in the fall.

Along with the flight academy, the rest of the tech cen-ter was buzzing with middle and high school students in-terested in tech center classes – the center’s parking lot was full and cars were resorting to using Leonardtown High School’s lot next door.

The courses provide real-life, on-the-job experiences necessary for jump starting a career, according to several current tech center students.

Nursing student Tiffany Cruickshank said the course is an excellent stepping stone for her, which she anticipates will help lead to a job in the medical profession.

The natural resources course had two live animals on hand to attract prospective students to the information table – where current students then explained to students how hands on the course is.

While students typically think of going to class as teacher lectures, natural resources is a hands-on, do-it-your-self type of class, said current student Meagan Svoboda.

Evangeline Watts and Kaleigh Butler, first-year horti-culture students, say horticulture is a fun and unique option for students to consider.

They agreed meeting the teacher is a feature they en-joyed about the tech expo when they signed up for last year.

Butler has been encouraging people to sign up as they walk by the table, and giving an overview of the programs available.

“It really opens up your eyes to what classes are all about,” Butler said.

Instructors were on hand pitching the courses to pro-spective students.

Ernie Laurel, computer-networking teacher, was ex-plaining to students and parents why they should sign-up for his course.

“[Information Technology] is huge now,” Laurel said. “This class helps navigate the environment.”

At the Emergency Response classroom, in addition to live equipment demonstrations from students, instructor Donna Voorhaar and coordinator Bill Smith showed stu-dents the various college credits capable of being earned, and informed them of the excellent real-life experience can provide when job hunting down the road.

“It looks good on a resume,” Smith said, adding the program is nationally recognized. “It’s a great starting point of a career.”

Students listed their top preferences, at least three, of which classes they would like to enroll.

Ultimately, counselors at the individual high schools decide what programs to allow students into.

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Flight Academy Debuts At Annual Tech Expo

Cutting-Edge Scientist to Speak at CSM The College of Southern Maryland’s

VEX Robotics Challenge will showcase 30 middle and high school teams from Calvert, Charles and St. Mary’s counties to compete for the opportunity to go to the VEX World Championships in Anaheim, Calif., in April.

Before beginning the day-long compe-tition on Feb. 16, students will have an op-portunity to hear about cutting-edge robot-ics research and development from Michael J. Zeher, a member of the Senior Technical Staff at the Johns Hopkins University - Ap-plied Physics Laboratory (APL) where he is the Section Supervisor for Robotics and a Project Manager for the Revolutionizing Prosthetics and the Advanced EOD Robotic System (AEODRS) programs.

Robotic arms that have independent mobility and function through thought, such as the prosthetic arm recently featured on “60 Minutes,” are among the projects Zeher works on.

Prior to joining APL in 2008, Zeher worked as a technical manager, product tech-nologist, systems engineer and software de-veloper for GE Aviation, Smiths Aerospace and Fairchild Space and Defense. Some of his work includes the development of data management and communications products for the NASA Hubble Space Telescope and Small Explorer programs, the Air Force F-22 Raptor, the Army Bradley Tank and the U.S. Naval Air Fleet.

Zeher holds a bachelor’s degree in elec-

tronic engineering from Capitol College and a master’s degree in computer science from The Johns Hopkins University. He is the re-cipient of the 2011 Department of Defense Systems Engineering Top 5 Programs Award for the AEODRS program.

Zeher is also president of Cornerstone Educational Services, Inc., a non-profit cor-poration that sponsors Cornerstone Acad-emy, a Maryland-approved private school dedicated to the education of children with learning differences. He is currently training for his third triathlon race.

To view advances in robotic limbs fea-tured on 60 Minutes, visit www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50137987n.

Michael J. Zeher, a member of the Senior Technical Staff at the Johns Hopkins University - Applied Phys-ics Laboratory (APL) where he is the Section Supervisor for Robot-ics and a Project Manager for the Revolutionizing Prosthetics and the Advanced EOD Robotic System (AEODRS) programs, will be the keynote speaker at the CSM VEX Robotics Championship-Senior

Division on Feb. 16 at the La Plata Campus.

College Scholarships

AvailableThe Margaret Brent High School Alumni Associ-

ation is offering scholarships to June 2013 high school graduates entering college for the first time.

An applicant must be a direct descendent of an alumnus of Margaret Brent High School between the years 1931 and 1965, before the high school became a middle school. Other requirements must be met in order to qualify, and these requirements are listed on the application to be submitted to the scholarship committee.

Applications are available at the guidance or ca-reer centers of all high schools in St. Mary’s County, and also may be obtained by telephone request to Grace Bolton at 301-274-3486.

The deadlines for the application is March 31, 2013 and are to be returned to Scholarship Chairper-son, Grace D. Bolton, as shown on application.

Awards will be made following graduation from high school and proof of college registration. Brittany Trombino and Megan Svoboda allowed students to pet live

reptiles at the Natural Resources display table during the annual ca-reer and technology expo.

Photos By Alex PanosAshley Guy, left, demonstrates to Ashley Mousseau some of the tasks performed at the tech center’s nursing class.


St. Mary’s County has many fine educators. Some have been with us for several years and have seen this county change and grow; others are new here and will part of the future of this beauti-ful county. One such new comer is Chris Rodkey. He comes to us from Ellicott City, Md. And teaches Earth and Space Science at Fairlead Academy II along with health and P.E. He earned both his Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees at St. Mary’s College of Maryland and did his student teaching at Great Mills High School. I guess you could say the county trained and prepared him just for us.

In addition to teaching, Mr. Rodkey is also an assistant coach for the Great Mills swim team. He was a representa-tive at the Education is Multicultural task force last fall.

Mr. Rodkey has enjoyed the oppor-tunity to travel to many foreign lands. He has been to England, France and Ja-pan. He participated in a six-week ex-change program in The Gambia, West Africa. He is pictured here with his young African students at an all-female agricultural school.

Many past times and activities interest Mr. Rodkey. He was on the rowing team at St. Mary’s College for five semesters, he works as a lifeguard in the summer at Point Lookout and he plays soccer on the Parks and Recreation Adult League. He has volunteered for Habitat for Humanity and a member of the Kiwanis Club while in college. Mr. Rodkey is a well-rounded individual with lots of experiences to share with our young people. He is a dedicated teacher and an active member of the Education Association of St. Mary’s County and we are truly lucky to have him.

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The College of Southern Maryland Board Chair and President, CEO of the Southern Maryland Elec-tric Cooperative (SMECO) Austin Joseph Slater Jr. visited the St. Charles Children’s Learning Center at the College of Southern Maryland (CLC) as a “Celebrity Reader” Jan. 22. Slater read one of his favorite childhood books, “The Polar Express,” written and illustrated by Chris Van Allsburg Wil-liams. Prior to the reading, CLC Director Shirley Allen gave Slater a tour of the center and following the reading Slater handed out SMECO hats to the children as they thanked him for reading. The Children's Learning Center nurtures and enhances the lives of children and their parents by creating an environment that helps children interact with their world and peers, and building confidence, self-esteem and a life-long love of learning. For information on the Children’s Learning Center, visit www.csmd.edu/clc.

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The Marine Corps Aviation Association (MCAA) John Glenn Squadron is accepting applications for their 2013 merit-based college scholarships. Applicants must be Tri-Coun-ty (St. Mary's, Calvert and Charles) area high school seniors or the dependents of MCAA members who are pursuing a STEM-based degree in college and show an intent to work in a career field that supports the Department of Defense. Visit www.mcaa-jgs.org/scholarship.html to apply. Applications are due by March 15th.

Since the inception of their scholarship program in 2007, the MCAA John Glenn Squadron has awarded $183,500 in scholarships to 45 Tri-County area students. Individual scholarship awards have recently ranged from $4,000 to $6,000 with an average of $4,800 last year. The scholarships are funded through the gracious donations of corporations, local businesses and philanthropic individuals in our local community.

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Principal: Angela FulpVice Principal: Kelly Kent, Adrianne Mathis, Scott SzczerbiakMascot: Harrier Enrollment: 930Feeder Path: Elementary-George Washington Carver, Green Holly, Greenview Knolls, Lexington Park, Park Hall, Piney Point and Ridge. High School-Great Mills and Leonardtown High

19856 Three Notch Rd. Lexington Park, MD 20653Phone: 301-863-4031 FAX: 301-863-4035Website: http://schools.smcps.org/spms/Office Hours: 7 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Student Hours: 7:20 a.m. to 2:05 p.m.

Spring Ridge Middle School is proud of our students, staff, school and community. We work each day to prepare our students for the opportunities and challenges that face them in their journey to adulthood.

We recognize the achievements of our students both academically and socially. Our Positive Behavior Interven-tion System (PBIS) focuses on the strategies students need to develop to support positive behaviors and good choices that will result in a more positive learning environment for everyone. The administration, teachers and staff at Spring Ridge want to see students excel academically and hold themselves and their peers accountable to our SR3: Safe, Ready to Learn, Responsible and Respectful. We utilize Harriers Coins, Positive Letters and quarterly incentives to recognize the hard work of our students. We conduct quar-terly awards assemblies to recognize academic achieve-ment and attendance.

Many programs are in place to support student achievement. We have two sixth, two seventh and two eighth grade teams at our school. The students have eight periods in a day that includes their lunch. Spring Ridge

has a Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Academy (STEM) for 6, 7 and 8th grade students as a part of our school community. In addition, we focus on and im-plement the STEM for All strategies for all of our students at our school. Spring Ridge also supports an after-school program, which addresses academics, recreation and club organizations such as Spring Ridge Middle School Rhythm Club, StarBase Program, Step Club, Civil Air Patrol and many other activities for our students. We have fall, winter and spring intramurals, and many other club activities for our students like Drama, Destination Imagination and Lan-guage Artists to name a few.

Our staff is committed to the academic achievement of our students while also focusing on the development of strong relationships with students and families. We value pa- rental involvement and work closely with our PTSA and community. We partner with St. Mary’s College as a Pro-fessional Development School for their Education program. We conduct quarterly School Improvement Team meeting and PTSA meetings on the same date. Our next meeting is Wednesday, May 15, 2013.

Spring Ridge Middle School works with our students to enrich their learning experience with academic rigor, supports and relationships to ensure their success in middle school.

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Don’t Buy Gun Control

I Am Offended

The recent fever over gun control is not what you think. The politicians are using the tragedy that happened at the elementary school as a means to restrict ownership of firearms by private citizens. Our present government is not of democratic individu-als as you might think. Very liberal social-ists have slowly but surely replaced them. Socialism cannot exist in a free society. Therefore, many freedoms that we enjoy must be terminated. Citizen ownership of a firearm is generally an item first on the list.

They are using a very sympathetic au-dience at this time and they are very aware of it. We keep hearing all kinds of different laws they want to impose and all of them are so ridiculous it’s hard to believe. For instance, no magazine clips that hold over ten rounds. They are trying to eliminate the 30 round magazine clips. What makes the difference if one chooses to use three ten round clips or a 30 round clip? Ten round clips are easy to carry and can be loaded

very quickly. This version is what the mili-tary uses. Also with the 30 round magazine clip, the gun is not very concealable. The guns are more concealable with ten round clips.

No assault weapons. What is an assault weapon? If a person were assaulted with a small caliber weapon, would that weapon be considered an assault weapon? Their definitions are weak and very loose. They could classify any weapon as an assault weapon. In most cases, I believe they are referring to military style weapons. Many sporting guns today are styled as military guns. Where do we draw the line? There is a sport where people use semi-automatic gun to rapid fire at a target. The objective is to see how closely you can group shots using rapid fire. Must these people give their support?

What is a semi-automatic weapon? By definition, it is a weapon where a shot is fired with each trigger pull. That cov-

ers a very wide range of weapons. A simple revolver could be classified by this descrip-tion. The President and some politicians state, “we are not going to take your shot-gun or rifle”. What about semi-automatic shotguns and rifles? They are used for hunt-ing purposes.

It is better if the politicians leave gun control alone. In their hands, it won’t be long before all guns are illegal. We must defend our rights under the Constitution to bear arms. How many and what kind of guns should be our business, not theirs.

The Second Amendment is very clear and it’s meaning should not be distorted. Ownership of cannons was allowed to our early citizens and there is nothing more destructive or massive killing device than

a cannon. I am sure that small semi-auto-matic weapons would have been approved und the Second Amendment had they been available at that time.

Weapons are not the problem in to-day’s society. Better security and monitor-ing of mentally ill people is required. Many unemployed veterans would be more than happy to accept jobs as security guards and I expect would be very good at the job.

Don’t let the politicians fool you. Gun control is not necessary and if implemented will ultimately lead to full disarmament of all citizens. Their attempts will be one bite at a time. Don’t let them take the first bite.

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This morning it seemed that the most important news, other than the snow storm up north of us, was the horrible, terrible, racist name for the Washington football team: Redskins. The name offended a few people to the extent they had a sympo-sium in which liberals vented their spleen about how offended they were. If they are able to change the name of a football team because they were offended, well…there are things that offend me. I’d like to see them changed. Let me name a few.

I am offended by the name “Demo-crat.” I’d like to see that changed to “Socialist.”

I am offended by the label “liberal.” I’d really appreciate that being changed to either “socialist” or “communist.”

I’m offended by the label “gay,” a word that denotes a form of happiness. I’d want to change that to “homosexual” which is far more accurate.

I’m offended by the label “undocu-mented immigrant.” I think a check of

every other country in the world would agree that a person who enters a country illegally is an “illegal alien.”

I’m offended by the insidious meth-od used by “liberals” to intimidate and coerce anyone who does not bow to them by accusing such people of being racists, extremists, or being violently “far right wing.”

I am offended by members of the Re-publican Senate and Congress who claim to believe in conservative values and the constitution but grovel at the feet of peo-ple such as Reid, Pelosi, and Obama. I’d like to see the conservative population in this land get off their hind ends and vote those bums out of office and get some people in their place who have SPINES.

These are a few of the things that of-fend me.

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Arts and entertainment has come to the forefront in Leonardtown, and the wheels are in motion to restore the old Leonardtown Theater behind El Cerro Grande in Town Square.

The Friends of Leonardtown Theater, a non-profit organization, plan to eventually feature a films lineup cre-ated by Jim Bershon including vintage, world, comedies, romance and actor series, and ideally the theater will cover senior shows, children’s programs, young adults and mid-night showings.

“It’s all inclusive,” Kerri Frank, member on the the-atre’s friend’s board, “and offers something for everyone.”

While the theater needs significant work, without looking closely Leslie Roberts, another member, says she can see the building’s potential.

The three women agreed the town has been extremely supportive helping seek grants.

Leonardtown is currently on the cusp of becoming a state recognized arts and entertainment district, which would open up a variety of state and federal funding grants to renovate the theater and buildings in town, and promote programs and economic development.

Some districts succeed with thoughtful landscaping and signage, while others are involved in the renovation of existing buildings and attracting complimentary businesses – Maryland is the first state to fund an Arts and Entertain-ment District in order to maintain a local mission, history, and cultural development.

The theatre would add an “entertainment” component to the arts and entertainment district.

Additionally, Leonardtown would be added to a state maintained list of arts and entertainment districts for tour-ists to visit, which Joe Orlando, Leonardtown Business As-sociation vice president, expects to promote more tourism to the area.

Mayor Dan Burris said the town applied for the des-ignation in 2001 but was not successful. At the time busi-nesses were not willing to renovate their operations to take part in the tax credits.

Businesses can receive tax credits under the desig-nation if they provide space for artists to live and work in Leonardtown; businesses are now willing to do that, he said.

Receiving the designation was a key strategy in con-tinuing the revitalization of the town economically, accord-ing to Burris.

“It’s not going to change things overnight but some of the places that need revitalization could use the [tax] credits.”

The State Arts Council, which oversees these districts, was impressed during a recent visit to Leonardtown to see the arts and entertainment infrastructure built over the last 12 years, Burris said, adding the town was encouraged to apply for the designation.

“I think our chances are very good at this point.”Town Administrator Laschelle McKay said the ben-

efits of the designation go beyond tax credits, since the state does public relations and marketing for the town once it is named an arts and entertainment venue.

The artists who move into town also receive tax credits she said. The added galleries and other entertainment cen-ters will bolster the town’s nightlife.

“It’s always been a struggle for us when it come to nighttime activities,” McKay said. “It’s been one of our goals to get a more vibrant night time in downtown.”

“It’s been a long time coming for us,” Orlando said of being recognized by the state. “It’s crucial to our future as a town. We’ve been looking forward to this for a long time.”

The TheaterLeonardtown’s town council is promoting the integra-

tion of a local theater, and in the coming months will be host-ing a film series at the Dorsey Law Center.

On Earth Day “Still Running” will show, “American Graffiti” is slated for 50s weekend, Cinco de Mayo will fea-ture “Like Water for Chocolate” and “Blind Side” will be shown on Mother’s Day.

Friends of Leonardtown Theater is hosting a screening next Friday at Dorsey Law Center to promote local awareness of their initiative to get the theatre up and running.

“We wanted to have an opportunity to show people what we’re planning,” Roberts said.

The lack of a destination after dinner has been a regular complaint of young people in the area, said Frank.

“The movie theater would be a destination to keep [peo-ple] in town longer,” Kerri Wood, President of the Friends of Leonardtown Theater, said.

The facility will double as a local performing arts center for community events.

Eventually, Wood would like to see the theater become a facility used for a variety of purposes, up to six nights a week.

The theater would give people in the community regular events to attend, such as a weekly children’s movie series dur-ing the summer.

A large variety of programming will be vital to attract-ing a large spectrum of people and resulting in success, says Wood.

The theater will provide educational opportunities for lo-cal students, including potential extra credit film screenings.

“None of the high schools have anything close to the screening of a movie theater.”

They want to work with College of Southern Maryland and St. Mary’s College of Maryland to provide educational opportunities on the.

They hope the collaboration with the town will end with a similar result to the success of Port of Leonardtown winery.

“We’re using that as our template,” Wood said.An avid movie enthusiasts, Wood is a member of the

American Film Institute and Maryland Film Fest, became in-spired by the efforts of volunteers at the Maryland festival as well as the event’s ability to appeal to a wide range of people of all ages.

She was taken away with the festival’s theatre in Silver Spring, which she feels is was obviously built by movie enthu-siasts, and feels the efforts can be duplicated in Leonardtown.

At the beginning of last summer, she began to kick around the idea with her coworkers at Leonardtown Middle School.

Once the idea seemed feasible, Wood began making calls to find funding for renovations, and is in the final phases of the getting recognized by the state as a non-profit.

The group expects the idea to take off, simply because there are no theatre’s that fit this niche in the area.

Roberts believes people will enjoy the theatre because it offers something to do before or after grabbing a meal. The number of coffee shops in town may also serve as a place of group discussion after viewing the films.

“The beauty of the theatre experience is sharing it with others,” Wood said. “You want to have a place to see it, then talk about it with someone to see different perspectives.”

The old theatre in Leonardtown was constructed in 1946. It was purchased and turned into a REX theatre until it closed in the mid 1980s, at which point it served as a venue for community events.

Local businesses, town council and the friends agree they see the theatre’s restoration as a great economic fit for Leonardtown.

The Friends of Leonardtown Theater inaugural recep-tion and screening event will be held at Dorsey Law Center on Friday, Feb. 22. The meet and greet begins a 6 p.m., and the movie “A Good Year” begins at 7 p.m.

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Friends, Town Co-Star on Arts, Entertainment District Application

Photo By Frank Marquart

Photo By Alex PanosTeresa Wood, Kerri Frank and Leslie Roberts hope to restore Leonar-dtown’s old theater into a screening room.

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Presidents to Celebrate This Presidents’ Day

Once known as Washington's Birthday, Presidents’ Day is now a federal holiday in the United States celebrated on the third Monday of February. The holiday dates back more than 100 years to 1880, when a federal holiday honoring George Washington, the U.S.'s first president, was implemented by an act of Congress. It was not until a century lat-er, in the mid-1980s, that the day was modi-fied to honor other great leaders and renamed as Presidents’ Day.

This year, celebrate some of the more notable presidents in U.S. history with this easy guide.

• George Washington: As commander in chief of the Continental Army, George Washington set the tone for a revolution that eventually ended in the American colonies winning their independence from Great Britain. Born into a wealthy Virginia family in 1732, Washington would become the first President of the United States in 1789, an of-fice he held until 1797.

• Abraham Lincoln: The 16th President of the United States, Lincoln would preside over the country during what was arguably its most tumultuous period. Upon issuing his

Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, Lincoln immediately freed more than 50,000 of the nation's slaves and an additional 3 million as the Union armies advanced. Along with James A. Garfield, William McKinley and John F. Kennedy, Lincoln is one of four U.S. presidents to have been assassinated while in office.

• Woodrow Wilson: Serving from 1913 to 1921, Woodrow Wilson was president when the United States entered World War I. In addition to persuading the passage of nu-merous acts, Wilson also played a significant role in the creation of the League of Nations, which served as a precursor to the United Nations.

• John F. Kennedy: At the time of his assassination in 1963, Kennedy had served less than three full years in office. However, Kennedy's iconic speeches and affable per-sonality continue to influence the American public, which routinely votes him as one of the country's greatest presidents. Footage of Kennedy's assassination remains haunting to this day, and media historians often cite news coverage of the assassination as a semi-nal moment for television news.

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Mt. Rushmore National Memorial is a huge mountain sculpture of four US Presidents, lo-cated near Keystone, in the Black Hills of South Dakota. The Presidents depicted are: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln. These four Presidents were chosen to represent the founding, growth and preservation of the United States. The work was designed by the sculptor John Gutzon Borglum (March 25, 1871- March 6, 1941).

The Construction of Mt. Rushmore: The monument was sculpted by Borglum and about 400 stone workers. Construction began on August 10, 1927 (President Coolidge attended the dedica-tion that day). Funding was provided by private donations and the Federal Government.

The sculpting was done by first blasting away tons of rock with dynamite. Workers then sat in hanging "swing seats," and used jackhammers, drills, hammers, and other tools to do the finishing work. Bad weather and a lack of funding slowed work; although it took 14 years to finish the project, work was done for only about 6 of those years.

After Borglum's death, soon before the sculpture was done, the completion of the giant sculpture was overseen by his son, Lincoln Borglum. The monument was completed in 1941 (after Borglum's death).

Geology of the Area: The rock of Mt. Rushmore consists of outcroppings of fine-grained granite (a hard, light-colored, igneous rock - volcanic rock that has cooled) and some mica schist (a type of crystalline metamorphic rock). The light-colored granite of Mt. Rushmore contrasts with darker layers of mica schist. Mt. Rushmore is the northeastern edge of the Harney Peak Granite Batholith (a batholith is a huge body of igneous rock that solidified under the earth).

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Trivia on the American Presidents and Their PresidencyPresidential Nicknames:James Buchanan – The Bachelor PresidentDwight D. Eisenhower – IkeAndrew Jackson – Old HickoryThomas Jefferson – The Sage of MonticelloJohn F. Kennedy – The King of CamelotAbraham Lincoln – The Great EmancipatorTheodore Roosevelt – The Rough RiderFranklin D. Roosevelt – The New DealerWilliam Howard Taft – Big BillHarry S. Truman – The HaberdasherGeorge Washington – The Father of His CountryWoodrow Wilson – The Schoolteacher

Fun Presidential TriviaAt the start of the 20th century, the first three U.S. Presi-

dents who became a president without having held any major elective office were William Howard Taft, Herbert Hoover, and Dwight D. Eisenhower.

As president of the United States of America, George Washington set the precedent of kissing the Bible and present-ing an inaugural speech after taking the oath of office.

Bill Clinton is the only president elected twice without re-ceiving at least 50 percent of the popular vote either time. He received 43 percent of the popular vote in 1992 and 49 per cent in 1996.

Franklin Pierce is the first American president born at the turn of the 19th century. He was born in 1804.

George W. Bush is the only U.S. president to earn a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from the Harvard Business School.

The first two U.S. presidents born outside of the original 13 colonies were Andrew Jackson and Abraham Lincoln. Jackson was born in the Waxhaw area of the Carolinas, and Lincoln, in Hodgenville, Kentucky.

Dwight D. Eisenhower is the only U.S. general in the 20th century to become American president. A graduate of West

Point and the United States Military Academy, Eisenhower was in charge of the D-Day invasion near the end of World War II. His parents were members of a fundamentalist religious sect and were strict pacifists.

Bill Clinton is the only U.S. president whose wife attained elective office. Hillary Rodham Clinton is the first First Lady to be elected to high office, as senator from New York.

Barack Obama is the first African American U.S. president.Abraham Lincoln is the U.S. president who declared

Thanksgiving to be a national holiday. In 1863, he issued a proc-lamation declaring Thanksgiving to be a national holiday, cel-ebrated on the last Thursday of November.

James Buchanan is the only U.S. president who never married.

Virginia is the U.S. state where the greatest number of American presidents have been born. It is the birth state of the seven of the first twelve presidents – George Washington, Thom-as Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, and Zachary Taylor. Thomas Woodrow Wilson (28th U.S. president) was also born in Virginia.

Benjamin Harrison is the U.S. president who began the tradition of decorating a Christmas tree in the White House, in 1889 on Christmas morning. In 1913, Woodrow Wilson asked for a community Christmas tree to be placed at the Capitol so that a tree lighting ceremony could be recognized as a national event.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt served the longest period of time. He was elected to four terms, serving from 1933 to 1945.

Herbert Hoover approved “The Star-Spangled Banner” as the national anthem.

Golf is often the sport most associated with American presidents. The first U.S. president who took up the game was William Howard Taft.

The two U.S. presidents whose names contain all the vow-els, plus ‘y’ – Ulysses Simpson Grant and Rutherford Birchard Hayes.

The two American presidents who died on the very same day – the 2nd and 3rd U.S. presidents, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. They were rivals, then friends. Both died on July 4, 1826, exactly fifty years after the signing of the Declaration of

Independence.The first U.S. president who won the Nobel Peace Prize is

Theodore Roosevelt, in 1906, for mediating the Russian-Japa-nese War Treaty. Woodrow Wilson, Jimmy Carter and Barack Obama also won the Nobel Peace Prize.

U.S. presidents depicted on Mount Rushmore – George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abra-ham Lincoln. Mount Rushmore is located in South Dakota, in the Black Hills, 23 miles southwest of Rapid City.

The three American presidents who were sons of a clergy-man were Chester A. Arthur, Grover Cleveland, and Woodrow Wilson.

John F. Kennedy is the only American president to win a Pulitzer Prize. He received the prize for his book Profiles in Courage.

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Skyview Farm has been named this year’s Outstanding Tree Farmer of the Year – the award encourages private forest land-owners to effectively grow trees as a crop, while adding benefits to the areas natural wildlife.

The forestry service makes an agree-ment with the tree farms of how much land to cover with the trees and gives cultivation guidelines.

Of the 200 acres on the farm, approxi-mately two-thirds are part of the designated tree area.

Skyview Farm held a controlled burn in 1988 when 400 new, 6-inch tall pine trees were planted – today the trees are approxi-mately 30 feet high.

The farm went through a selective thinning process six years ago, in order to allow the larger trees room to continue to grow – the trees cut down will be used for pulpwood.

Forester Karen Gailey has been advis-ing Skyview Farm Owner Kamala on ways to cultivate the land, and people from Self Rev-elation Church along with friends and family have contributed to maintaining the land.

Over time, the farm located in Loveville has evolved to create a great fin-ished product, and another reason Skyview received the award is the ability to infuse creativity throughout the farm.

“When you take care of the land, it’s something beautiful,” Kamala said. The Maryland Tree Farm Program “were de-lighted to see we’re using the land in an ap-propriate way.”

A number of species now live on the farm including turkeys, bald eagles, blue herons, foxes and even coyotes.

Kamala has acquired a great amount of wildlife knowledge over the last two decades.

The farm is used for horse riding ex-hibitions and hunting events, in addition to people utilizing riding and walking trails.

Natural obstacles have been set up for horses and small bridges throughout make the path more aesthetically pleasing and interactive to friends and family, says Kamala.

“It’s the trees, but also conserving the land as a natural habitat,” she said of the award’s meaning.

She got involved in 1988 because she wanted to utilize the and properly, but was surprised how much she learned about wildlife.

Before the controlled burn, plants on the land were overgrown and crumbled, explained Kamala, now features beautiful trees.

“You learn 100 percent more about the land when you turn it into a tree farm,” Ka-mala said.

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Gilbert Lee Childress, 59Gilbert Lee Chil-

dress, 59 of Lexington Park, Md. formerly of Laurel, Md. died on Jan. 10 in Leonardtown, Md. surrounded by his lov-ing family. Born Dec. 27, 1953 in Simpsonville, Md. he was the son of the late Victor and Nellie Childress of Laurel, Md. Gilbert graduated from Atholton High School in Simpsonville, Md. in 1972. Gilbert loved the great out-doors, especially gardening and working with dogs and horses. He liked to read, draw and paint. His artistic abilities were amazing. If you were lucky enough, he would gift you one of his works. Gilbert lived a very simple life, and if there was anything he could do for anyone, he did it. Gilbert was a life member of the Disabled American Veterans Auxiliary, St. Mary’s Unit 26 in California, Md. where he was serving as Junior Vice Commander and Legislative Chairman. Gilbert was also a life member of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Fulton, Md. Gilbert is survived by his brother Victor Childress and wife Donna of Appling, Ga., a sister Ruth Wilcoxen and husband Robert of Lexington Park, Md., a sister Violet Haley and husband Wayne of Berlin, Md., a brother Franklin Childress and wife Yvonne of Middleton, Md., a sister Shirley Martel-lucci and husband Paul of Whitefield, N.H., a sister Mary Moschler and husband Leslie of Baltimore, Md. and a sister Carolyn Turner of Lexington Park, Md., a host of nieces, neph-ews, great nieces and nephews, aunts, uncles, and cousins. Gilbert was preceded in death by his parents Victor Eugene Childress and Nellie Ensor Childress, grandparents, Alye and Elizabeth Childress of Glen Burnie, Md., and Harry and Ella Ensor of Hampstead, a brother Samuel Childress of Laurel, Md., a nephew Gilbert Klemm of Oxen Hill, Md. and a nephew Austin Childress of Denver, Colo. Gilbert donated his body to science through the Anatomy Gifts Registry in Ha-nover, Md., to be utilized for medical science and education. It is hoped that the study and research on cancer will one day lead to a cure. A memorial service for Gilbert will be held when his cremated remains are returned to the family. A time and place will be an-nounced at a later date. The family asks that memorial contributions be made in Gilbert’s memory to: Hospice of St. Mary’s, address: P.O. Box 625 Leonardtown, MD 20650

We at The County Times would like to apologize to the family and friends of Gil-bert Lee Childress for running the wrong picture with his obituary last week.

Frances Clese, 98Frances Faye Clese,

98, of Mechanicsville, Md., formerly from Hy-attsville, Md., passed away on Feb. 3 in Calla-way, Md. Born on March 18, 1914 in Brooklyn, N.Y., she was the daughter of Juiseppe and Pasqua Tirolo Ceppo. Faye was the loving wife of John A. Clese whom she married in Brook-

lyn, N.Y. on June 11, 1933 and preceded her in death on July 30, 1987. Frances is survived by her children, Frank Clese (Maria), of Bow-ie, Md. and June Davis of Tenn.; six grand-children Bill (Maxann), Gina (Don), Denise (David), Donna (Tom), John, Shane; seven great-grandchildren; and five great-great-grandchildren. Mrs. Clese is preceded in death by her siblings Louis, Esther, and Marguarite, and nephew Joey. Faye moved to St. Mary’s County in the early 1960’s and worked as a homemaker, life insurance sales, dressmaker, and office assistant. She enjoyed sewing, cooking, caring for her family, be-ing with her friends, and loved and cared for her pet cat “Giovoni.” The family received friends on Feb. 9 in the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home Leonardtown, Md. A funeral service followed in the funeral home chapel with Pastor Paul McPherson officiating. In-terment followed in Charles Memorial Gar-dens Leonardtown, Md. Contributions may be made to Hospice of St. Mary’s P.O. Box 299 Leonardtown, MD.

Troy Gruber Sr., 85Troy E. Gruber

Sr., 85, of Chambers-burg died Feb. 5 after a battle with cancer. Born June 16, 1927, in Mount Joy, Penn., he was the son of the late Ida Jane Gruber. Later moving to Harrisburg, Penn., he graduated from William Penn H.S. in 1945. A veteran of the U.S. Navy, he served with distinction from May 1945 through April 1967 as a naval photog-rapher, attaining the rank of Senior Chief Petty Officer. He was awarded six Good Conduct Medals, the Navy Expeditionary Medal (Cuban Operations), the World War II Victory Medal, the Navy Occupation Medal, two National Defense Medals, and the Korean Service Medal (two stars). His naval career took him to several countries on a range of assignments through his nu-merous duty stations, to include Atlantic Fleet Mobile Photographic Group, Naval School of Photography, U.S.S. Leyte and U.S.S. Palau. His wide range of assign-ments encompassed events from the shores of Korea, the entombment of General Douglas MacArthur to flying with the Na-vy’s aerial acrobatic team The Blue Angels. After his retirement from the U.S. Navy he continued his photographic profession with the federal government, first with Weapons Systems Test Center at Patuxent River Na-val Air Test Center, where, through aerial photography, he documented the use and actions of airborne weaponry. Several years later, he joined the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs where he photographed everyday reservation life of the American Indian in several Western states and the Pacific Northwest including Alaska where he documented Kim Agnew, daughter of the late Vice-President Spiro Agnew, visiting native Alaskan villages. The images he created were used to pro-duce multimedia presentations utilized in congressional hearings and public infor-mation, before returning to Patuxent River Naval Air Test Center where he retired from federal service. He was committed to community service with civic organiza-

tions such as the Boy Scouts of America, the Fleet Reserve Association, Loyal Or-der of Moose, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, AMVETS and Veterans of Foreign Wars. He enjoyed camping, hik-ing, hunting and fishing. In addition to his mother Ida Jane Gruber, he was preceded in death by the mother of his children, Shirley Teresa Knox, and his sister, Betty Farrell. He is survived by his present wife, Pamalee; his children, Clara Nichols and her husband Alan, Troy E. Gruber Jr. and his wife Jeanne, and Margaret Redman and Harry Gruber; 13 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. The funeral service was held on Feb. 7 at the William F. Sellers Funeral Home, with the Rev. Dr. William H. Harter officiating. There was a visitation on Feb. 11 in the Mattingley-Gardiner Fu-neral Home, Leonardtown, Md. A funeral service was held on Feb.11in the funeral home chapel with Deacon Bill Nickerson officiating. Interment followed in Charles Memorial Gardens Leonardtown, Md. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Charlotte Hall Veterans Home (Vet-erans Assistance Fund). Mail checks to: Maryland Department of Veterans Affairs Charlotte Hall Veterans Home 29449 Char-lotte Hall Road Charlotte Hall, Md. 20622, please make checks payable to: Charlotte Hall Veterans Home. Online condolences may be expressed at www.sellersfuneral-home.com.

Betty Homan, 85

Betty Ann Homan, 85, of Lexington Park, Md., formerly from Lin-coln, Neb., passed away on Jan. 29 in Callaway, Md. Born on Feb. 15, 1927 in Atlanta, Ga., she was the daughter of the late Earl and Chris-tine McGehee. Betty was married to the late Bertie Glee Homan, who she mar-ried in Lincoln, Neb. and who preceded her in death in Feb. 2009. Mrs. Homan is survived by her son Billy Bert Homan of Lexington Park, Md., three grand-children, seven great grandchildren, and brother Ralph McGhee. Betty attended Jacksonville University and graduated in 1975 with a master’s degree in elementary education. She was the Director and Pres-ident of the Homan School for 30 years, retiring in 1981. Interment will be at a later date in Arlington National Cemetery Arlington, VA.

Michael Warren Moore, 56Michael Warren

Moore, 56, of Lexington Park, Md. passed away on Jan. 23 at the Georgetown University Hospital after a courageous battle with cancer. Born Dec. 19, 1956 in Alexandria, Va., he was the son of Helen Joyce (Hare) Ewansky and the late Warren Eson Moore. Michael and his family have lived in St. Mary’s County for about 16 years after a military transfer to Patuxent River Na-val Air Station from San Diego, Ca. Michael loved his career as an Emergency Room Tech. He also enjoyed spending time with his family and friends; Michael was a long time member of the North South Skirmish Asso-ciation and enjoyed attending events in Win-chester, Va. Michael was Deputy Command-

er of St. Mary’s Light Infantry, a skirmish team at the time of his death. As a descendent of Civil War soldiers, Michael enjoyed visit-ing many Civil War battlefields. Gettysburg was his most often-visited site. He would talk to anyone about the Civil War weaponry and always handed out bullets from the guns that he shot in competition. Michael also enjoyed singing karaoke at many local bars. Michael was a member of the choir at church, Trinity Lutheran Church in Lexington Park. Michael enjoyed woodworking and photography. Mi-chael retired from the United States Navy after 20 years of service.

Michael is survived by his loving wife, Genia Marie (Luekan) Moore of Lexington Park, Md.; his mother Helen Joyce Ewansky of Sunrise, Fla; his daughter, Kayla Elizabeth Moore (Shean) of Lexington Park, Md.; and his siblings, Joyce Belanger of Tallahassee, Fla.;. Joseph Mullen (Becky) of Pensacola, Fla.; and Melanie Van Hasselt (Vince) of Plantation, Fla. Michael was preceded in death by his father, the late Warren Eson Moore.

Family received friends on Feb. 2 at Trinity Lutheran Church, 46707 Shangri-la Drive, Lexington Park. Pastor Roger Schoolcraft officiated a memorial service. Dinner followed. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to The Wounded Warriors Project, P.O. Box 758517, Topeka, KS 66675 or Relay for Life. Condolences to the family may be made at: Relay for Life, c/o Brenda Laney, Leonardtown High School, 23995 Point Lookout Road, Leonardtown, MD 20650.

Arrangements were made by the Brins-field Funeral Home, P.A., Leonardtown, Md.

Lou Ella Brooks, 81

Lou Ella Brooks, 81, of Lexington Park, Md., passed away peace-fully on Feb. 7, 2013 at St. Mary’s Hospital. Lou Ella was born on Dec. 22, 1931 to the late Jeff and Osie Mae Duggans in Washington County, Tennille, Georgia. Lou Ella was a faithful member as well as First Lady of St. Luke and St. Mark U.A.M.E churches for more than 40 years. She served as President of local missionary society of St. Luke and St. Mark Churches. She was a member of Fidelity Chapter #60 Order of The Eastern Stars. Lou Ella was also a member of various auxilia-ries within the churches. Lou Ella leaves to cherish her memories: her husband, Rever-end Rudy C. Brooks of 60 years; two sons, Jimmie L. Brooks and Johnnie L. Brooks (Lillie); six girls, Pearl L. Brooks, Rena M. Smith, Mary H. Brooks, Osie M. Shade, Sarah L. Brooks and Ruby L. Thompson (Francis);one sister, Wynonia Duggans; 16 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren, a host of nieces, nephews, two God-children, and one sister-in-law, Helen H. Louella loved her family and her church family. She will be greatly missed.

Family received friends on Feb. 14. The service followed at St. Marks’ UAME Church, 45685 Happyland Rd, Valley Lee, Md. Interment will be at the church cem-etery. Pastor Andrew Fulton officiating; Reverend Henry Briscoe Eulogist. Repast will be held at the 2nd District VFD, Valley Lee, Md.

Arrangements by Briscoe-Tonic Funer-al Home, Mechanicsville.

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Sherman Edward Schmalgemeyer, 63

Sherman Edward Schmalgemeyer, 63, of Hollywood, Md. died February 7, 2013 at St. Mary’s Hospital in Leon-ardtown, Md., surround-ed by his loving family.

Born June 5, 1949 in Leonardtown, Md., he was the son of William Robert Schmalgemeyer and the late Thelma Smith Schmalgemeyer.

Sherman was a lifelong resident of St. Mary’s County. On July 5, 1977, he married his beloved wife, Mary Frances Schmalge-meyer, in Leonardtown, Md.. Together they have spent 36 wonderful years together. He was employed as a mechanic by DynCorp for the past eleven years. He enjoyed his job and was an exemplary employee. Sherman loved music, and has been playing the bass guitar since he was 14 years old. He was a skilled carpenter and made and restored many beau-tiful pieces of furniture. He and his wife customized the interiors of vans. In addition to music, his hobbies included camping and gardening. However, his greatest love was for his family, and he enjoyed spending time with them.

In addition to his father and his beloved wife, Sherman is survived by his children, Chuck Schmalgemeyer (Patricia) of Holly-wood, Md, Eric Schmalgemeyer of Holly-wood, Md., and Joseph Miller of Frankford, Del.; his sister, Patricia Hayden of Holly-

wood, Md.; his grandchildren, Nathan Schm-algemeyer of Hollywood, Md., Benjamin Schmalgemeyer of Hollywood, Md., Crystal Parlett of Longneck, Del., Ashley Evans of Alexandria, Va., and Erika Parlett of Long-neck, Del.; and a great-grandchild, Charlotte Evans of Alexandria, Va. He was preceded in death by his mother.

Family will receive friends for Sher-man’s Life Celebration of Friday, February 15, 2013 from 5p.m. to 8p.m. with a service recited by Reverend Sheldon Reese at 7 p.m. at Brinsfield Funeral Home, P.A., 22955 Hol-lywood Road, Leonardtown, MD 20650. In-terment will be held at a later date.

Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, 1041 Route 3N, Building A, Gambrills, Md. 21054.

Condolences to the family may be made at www.brinsfieldfuneral.com.

Arrangements by the Brinsfield Funeral Home, P.A., Leonardtown, MD.

Doris H. Hooker, 87Doris H. Hooker,

Captain, USN Retired, passed away on February 4, 2013, at Hospice House in Callaway, Md..

Born September 4, 1925 in St. Johnsbury, Vt., she was the youngest daughter born to the late Elmer and Vera Hooker.

Doris graduated from St. Johnsbury Academy in 1943; and, in 1947, she gradu-ated from the Auburn School of Nursing in Cambridge, Mass. She entered the Indian

Service of the federal government where she lived and worked on the Turtle Moun-tain Indian Reservation in Rolla, N.D. In 1951, she enlisted in the United States Navy. During her career with the Navy, Doris was stationed at Newport, R.I., Key West, Fla., Bethesda, Md., Philadelphia, Pa., Argentina, Newfoundland, Portsmouth, NH, 29 Palms, Calif., Bremerton, Wash., Guam, and Camp Lejeune, N.C. Her final duty station was at Patuxent River Naval Station in Maryland where Doris retired as Director of Nursing Services.

Upon retirement, Doris remained in the “Pax River” area surrounded by her dear friends with whom she shared food and fam-ily. During her naval career and her retire-ment, Doris always found time to be with the families of her two sisters, Margaret King-man and Lucille Paterson. She loved time at the beach in Delaware or at a Washington Redskins football game with the Kingman’s. She also loved spending time in Vermont at the Paterson family cottage on Woodbury Pond where she would fish, water ski, watch the loons and feed the chickadees. She espe-cially enjoyed sitting on the “lido deck” with a “toddy” and swapping sea stories with her Vermont friends.

Although Doris stayed in Maryland after her retirement, she was a Vermonter at heart; and had made arrangement to be buried at the Vermont Veteran’s Memorial Cemetery in Randolph Center, Va. Over the years, Doris remained a friend of the South Congregational Church in St. Johnsbury; and, she was a regular attendee at Christmas time in the Barre Congregational Church.

Doris is survived by her nephew, Ed-ward Kingman (Betsy) of Darnestown, Md.; her niece, Nancy Kingman Dickey of Tampa, Fla.; her nephew, William Paterson of Cas-tleton, Vt.; her niece, Joanne Paterson Rose (Wendell) of Barre, Vt.; and seven grand-nephews and grandnieces. She is preceded in death by her sisters, Margaret Kingman and her husband, Edward, and Lucille Paterson and her husband, Arthur.

Family will receive friends for Doris’ Celebration of Life on Friday, February 15, 2013 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Brinsfield Funeral Home, P.A., 22955 Hollywood Road, Leonardtown, MD 20650. Interment will be held at Vermont Veteran’s Memorial Cem-etery in Randolph Center, Vt. at a later date.


Arrangements by the Brinsfield Funeral Home, P.A., Leonardtown, Md.

Nancy Louise Pender, 53Nancy Louise Pend-

er, 53, of Lexington Park, Md. died February 7, 2013 at her home surrounded by her loving family after a courageous battle with cancer.

Born October 26, 1959 in Buffalo, N.Y., she is the daughter of Stan-islaus Profic and Mary Ziolo Profic of Bell-ingham, Wash.

Nancy honorably served in the United States Navy from November 24, 1978 to July 19, 1988 as a Photograph’s Mate and Dental Technician. On July 17, 1980, Nancy married her beloved husband, Bryan Anthony Pender, in Pensacola, Fla. They renewed their vows on September 19, 1998 at St. Nicholas Chapel in Patuxent River, Md. Together they spent 33 wonderful years together. She was em-ployed by IAP World Services for the past 17 years as a preventative maintenance sched-uler. Nancy loved to travel to Walt Disney

World, going every year for the past 11 years. She also enjoyed organizing trips for her family and friends to attend Jimmy Buffet concerts. Her favorite holiday was Christ-mas, and she always decorated the inside of the house. She was an avid book reader, but her favorite hobby was decorating cakes. She was self-taught and always produced “works of art” for her family, friends and colleagues. Nancy loved to spend her time with her fam-ily, including her dog, Petunia.

In addition to her parents and her hus-band, Nancy is survived by her children, Sa-mantha Pender of Lexington Park, Md. and Derek Pender (Amanda) of Lexington Park, Md.; her siblings, Christine Profic of Bell-ingham, Wash., Ann Coberly (William) of Bellingham, Wash. and Michael Profic (Jen-nifer) of Boise, Idaho, and many nieces and nephews.

Family received friends for Nancy’s Life Celebration on Tuesday, February 12, 2013 from 11:30 AM until 1:00 PM at Holy Face Catholic Church, 20408 Point Look-out Road, Great Mills, Md. 20634. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated by Rev-erend Joseph Calis at 1 p.m. Interment will be held at a later date at Arlington National Cemetery.

Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of St. Mary’s, P.O. Box 625, Leonar-dtown, Md. 20650.


Arrangements by the Brinsfield Funeral Home, P.A., Leonardtown, Md..

Linc Snyder, 89Abraham Lincoln

“Linc” Snyder, 89 of Lexington Park, Md. died February 7, 2013 at the Hospice House of St. Mary’s. Linc was a beloved husband, father and grandfather; Veteran of the Second World War, talented master carpenter and musician.

Linc was born in 1923 in Queen Shoals, W. Va., the fourth child of the late Henry B. and Daisy White Snyder, and grew up along the banks of the Elk River during the Great Depression. He entered the U.S. Army in 1943 and served in the European Theater of Operations, rising to the rank of sergeant assigned to the 83rd Infantry Division. He was caught in the siege of Bastogne at the fa-mous Battle of the Bulge during the winter of 1944. His experience during this hard-fought battle formed the basis for his enduring sense of commitment to his community and his country.

After serving his country, Linc returned to W. Va. where he married Miss Helen Fran-ces (Fannie) Crouse of Gauley Mountain, W. Va. and began his career as a carpenter. During these same years, he also discovered his love for playing guitar and singing and he bought his first Gibson guitar.

In early 1960, Linc, with his wife and son (and the Gibson) transferred to Indian Head, Maryland to work at the Naval Ord-nance Station as a civil service employee, making Charles County his home.

Shortly thereafter his daughter was born. In the late 70s, Linc transferred again to the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington, D.C. He made many friends along the way and retired after more than 30 years of government civil service.

Linc and Frances (who passed away in 1996) are survived by their son Jay Snyder, daughter Daisie Register, and grandsons Russell Wagoner and Lucas Snyder.

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Enjoying retirement but eager to serve his community, Linc put his carpentry skills to use in La Plata, Maryland, at the Civista Medical Center (formerly known as Physi-cians Memorial Hospital). This is where he met like-hearted musicians and they eventu-ally formed the well-known southern Mary-land band, The Bluegrass Gospel Express. He began to live his dream – often playing the same Gibson guitar – and sharing music and fellowship around the community. The Gospel Express has shared music at many St. Mary’s County locations including the old Leonardtown Ice Cream Parlor/Theater and Lil’ Margaret’s Bluegrass Festival.

In 2000, Linc married Deanna (Dee) Kramer. Together they enjoyed 12 years of family, friends, and joyful fellowship. Linc often spent his time with musical friends, offering fellowship and fishing with his bud-dies Jack or Cliff. Along with the great joy Dee brought to Linc’s life, he also gained two lovely daughters Stephanie Kurtz and Kris Foley, and two more grandsons, Ben and Will.

After suffering congestive heart failure, Linc is now home with many loved ones that have gone on before, among them his broth-ers Conard, Daniel, and Howard of W. Va.; Henry of Maryland, and sister Daisy, who died as a toddler.

Linc leaves behind many who dearly loved him, including his adored wife Dee, his children and grandchildren, nephews Jim, John, George, and Bradley of West Virginia, and Peter of Baltimore, his musical brethren from The Gospel Express, Erin Dean Ten-nyson, and numerous other music buddies, along with family and many friends.

Family received friends for Linc’s Life Celebration on Monday, February 11, 2013 from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Brinsfield Funeral Home, 22955 Hollywood Road, Leonardtown , Md. 20650. Prayers were re-cited at 7:00 p.m. A funeral service was held on Tuesday, February 12, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. at the Hollywood United Methodist Church, 24422 Mervell Dean Road, Hollywood, Md. 20636. Interment followed in Trinity Memo-rial Gardens in Waldorf, Md.

Memorial contributions may be made to The Wounded Warrior Project, P.O. Box 758517, Topeka, Kan. 66675 or Hospice House of St. Mary’s, P.O. Box 625, Leonar-dtown, Md. 20650.



Doris Irene Decker, 80Doris Irene Decker,

80, of California, Md. died February 7, 2013 at St. Mary’s Hospice House in Callaway, Md.

Born October 16, 1932 in Dover, N.H., she was the daughter of the late Harold G. Brown and Irene A. Stimpson Brown.

Doris married her husband, Roland Bernard Decker in 1962 in Fort Meyer, Va. Together they spent 50 years. She was em-ployed by Town and Country Realty until her retirement as a realtor. She was a member of the Republican Women’s Club of St. Mary’s County. Her hobbies included gardening and cooking. Most of all she loved spending time with her family and pets.

In addition to her husband, Doris is sur-vived by her daughter, Roberta M. Jones of Solomons, Md.; her granddaughter, Heather Murray of California, Md.; her great-grand-

children, Marley Mae Murray, Jack Murray, Maxwell Murray and Judson Herbots; and her siblings, Barbara Waterhouse of Bar-rington N.H. and Gordon Brown of Bar-rington, N.H.

All services will be private.Memorial contributions may be made to

the ASPCACondolences to the family may be made

at www.brinsfieldfuneral.com.Arrangements by the Brinsfield Funeral

Home, P.A., Leonardtown, Md..

Renee Sue Sanders, 52Renee Sue Sand-

ers, 52, of Dameron, Md. died February 8, 2013 at her home surrounded by her loving family after a courageous battle with cancer.

Born July 29, 1960 in Washington D.C., she was the daughter of the late Michael John Bernar-don and Shirley Sue Gateau Bernardon.

Renee is a lifelong resident of Southern Maryland. She was employed as a hair styl-ist where she really enjoyed and met many people in doing so. On June 13, 2008, she married her beloved husband, James Russell Sanders. She was a mentor for Alcoholics Anonymous where she guided and spon-sored many people. She was an avid reader, enjoyed watching hummingbirds, mediating and praying. She especially enjoyed taking picnics with her daughter. Renee was fa-mous for her spaghetti sauce, so much so that it has been shipped to California and Hawaii. Her greatest love was spending time with her family.

In addition to her parents and her hus-band, Renee is survived by her children, Da-vid Hines (Sarah) of Hyattsville, Md., Mad-eline Clyburn (Thomas) of LaPlata, Md. and Elizabeth Manzo (Brandon); her siblings, Michael Bernardon (Lynn) of Huntingtown, Md., George Bernardon (Debi) of Monroe, Ga. and Amy Young (Harry) of Hughesville, Md., her grandchildren, Brandon Manzo and Michael Manzo of Belluvue, Neb.; her moth-

er-in-law, Mary Sanders of Dameron, Md. and many nieces and nephews.

Family will receive friends for Renee’s Life Celebration on Wednesday, February 13, 2013 from 3 p.m. until 6:00 p.m., with prayers recited at 5 p.m. at Brinsfield Funeral Home, 22955 Hollywood Road, Leonardtown, Md. 20650. Interment will be private.

Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of St. Mary’s, P.O. Box 625, Leonar-dtown, Md. 20650.



Charles C Reynard, 54Charles C Reynard,

54, of Lima Ohio, passed away 30 January 2013 in Lexington Park MD.

Chuck was born in Lima, Ohio on November 18, 1958 to the late Mary Ida Van Wirt and Clayton Claude Reynard. In 1977 he graduated from Elida High School and enlisted in the United Stated Marine Corps that same year. During his USMC service he went on to earn a degree in Aviation Man-agement from Southern Illinois University and a Master’s Degree in Administration from Central Michigan University.

In November of 1998 Chuck retired from active duty as First Sergeant (E-8) with the United States Marine Corps, Headquar-ters & Service Battalion, MCRD in San Di-ego, Calif. and did so with 21 years of faith-ful service. After retirement he worked as a Department of Defense contractor for Value Systems Services (VSS) and Raytheon Corp, and transitioned to Civil Service with Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) in Patux-ent River Md. in 2003. While at NAVAIR he supported the F/A-18 foreign military sales as logistic manager and as deputy program manager for the Australian Royal Air Force.

He was an avid runner completing sev-eral dozen marathons and half marathons throughout his life. He enjoyed weight lift-

ing and spending time either in person or on the phone with his vast circle of friends all over the world.

Chuck is survived by his two sisters, Gina Page of Chicago, IL and Cheryl Marie Arnold of Ann Arbor, MI; two nieces, Se-ana Larson and Jennifer Guziel both of Ann Arbor MI; many cousins, and his beloved Kimberly. Chuck was preceded in death by his parents, Mary Ida and Clayton.

Family will receive friends for Chuck’s Life Celebration on Saturday, February 23, 2013 from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at the Brinsfield Funeral Home, 22955 Hollywood Road, Leonardtown, MD 20650. A memo-rial service will be conducted at 11:00 a.m. Interment will be private.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Wounded Warrior Proj-ect, P.O. Box 758517, Topeka, Kansas 66675. Also on-line contributions can be made at www.support.woundedwarriorproject.org/default.aspx?tsid=72&campaignSource=WEBSITE&source=HONOR



Kenny Knott, 45

Brian Kevin “Kenny” Knott, 45, of Mechanicsville, Md. died February 7, 2013 at MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital.

A Visitation will be held on Thursday, February 14, 2013 from 9:00 to 10:00 a.m. at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, 29119 Point Lookout Road, Morganza, Md. 20660. A fu-neral mass will be celebrated at 10:00 a.m. by Father Keith Woods. Interment will fol-low in Charles Memorial Gardens, 26325 Point Lookout Road, Leonardtown, Md. 20650.

A full obituary will appear at a later date.


Arrangements by the Brinsfield Funer-al Home, P.A., Leonardtown, Md.

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Sequestration to Bring Pain, OpportunityNAVY NEWS


Civil servants and defense contractors are bracing for cuts to defense budgets.

All but certain sequestration will take effect unless Congress devises a solution, local economic development officials say cuts will be painful.

Or at least that is the short-term analysis.

BackgroundSequestration will cut nearly $5 billion from the De-

partment of Defenses Operating and Maintenance Budget [OMB].

The Chief of Naval Operations, concerned the pro-posed cuts will effect the military’s effectiveness in global defense, “has directed Navy commanders to begin plan-ning and reduce expenditures in order to mitigate negative impacts on forward-deployed forces,” according to the memo from Naval Air Systems Commander Vice Admiral David Dunaway.

The Navy planned for across-the-board cuts, devis-ing a two-tier plan. Most of the proposed “Tier Alpha” cuts prior to the final enactment of sequestration have been put into place.

“Without Congressional Relief on transfer authority Tier Bravo cuts are inevitable,” according to a PowerPoint presentation given to The County Times. The unclassified document, lasted updated Jan. 25, is said to have come from Navy News Online.

The slide titled “Navy actions by region – Northeast” show that under Tier Bravo Pax River will cancel the Blue Angels Air Show and furlough most civilians for 22 work days.

This would effectively reduce their pay by 20 percent.“In the short term there is going to be some belt tight-

ening,” said Bill Scarafia, executive director of the St. Mary’s County Chamber of Commerce. “I’m not trying to minimize this because we’re talking about people’s lives and people’s careers here.”

Civilian contractors with close ties to the base are wor-ried that downsizing forced through defense cuts will cost jobs, while civil servants working for the federal govern-ment have been told that they could be furloughed for up to one day a week for 22 weeks to save federal money.

AnticipationThe reduction in civilian pay means a general reduc-

tion in discretionary income small businesses and other service industries have come to rely on.

Top navy commanders have directed hiring freezes, cuts to maintenance for surface ship groups and aircraft projects, cuts to training and eliminating business travel and conferences.

Scarafia has found local businesses streamlining their operations to deal with the looming cuts while at the same time avoiding job cuts.

“Everyone has one goal in mind, to minimize the impact on individuals and on the community as a whole,” Scarafia said. “Over the past few years they’ve learned how to do just as much with less. I expect the private business-es to do fine, it’s just the uncertainty that is underpinning everything.”

The current uncertainty lies in whether Congress will draft another continuing resolution to fund government functions under fiscal 2012 levels or if it lets sequestration take its course. If Congress doesn’t postpone the sequestra-tion again, it will take effect March 1.

Scarafia believes Congress would eventually have to renew funding to key programs across the defense in-dustry; however, he could not predict how long Congress would wait after sequestration went into effect.

“It could be a tough time or a bump in the road,” Sca-rafia said. “How long can they not do repairs on aircraft and yet the initial plan is everyone gets a 20 percent cut. The cuts aren’t going to last; the missions [here] can’t be eliminated.”

OpportunitiesSteven Anderson, the county’s director of the Depart-

ment of Economic and Community Development, said job and revenue loss to the county is assured under sequestra-tion. The pain could force the county to examine ways to diversify its economy, which has been dependent upon the defense industry for six decades.

“It makes it really possible to explore new opportuni-ties for businesses and leverage our current assets,” Ander-son said, pointing to one of the most highly educated work forces in the country.

Coupled with local businesses seeking new opportuni-ties “they have the means to commercialize new concepts and bring in new companies.”

But that means a comprehensive strategy for econom-ic development – one that doesn’t depend upon government spending.

“We have to build our own entrepreneurs and every-thing else. We don’t know all the businesses in the county, we have to identify them,” Anderson said. “We have to de-velop a strategy to boost businesses.”

Anderson said a community dependent on one indus-try is always dangerous. If the industry suffers, the com-munity suffers.

Sequestration cuts could mean fewer jobs, which means a shrinking local economy, Anderson said. If the economy is smaller than the burgeoning population of the county that would fly in the face of established economic growth principles.

It would put future economic growth far behind, he said.

Reaction Among CiviliansSpeaking under condition of anonymity, one civilian

said that inside the base gate, civil servants seem to be di-vided. Some have savings for such an eventuality. Others live paycheck to paycheck.

Civil servants are already talking about cutting back on luxury expenditures and focusing on the bare essentials, they said.

“It’s coming so quick and most thought that this would never come,” the civil servant said. “With gas prices dou-bling in the past few years, the increase in taxes and a 20 percent pay cut it’s like a one-two-three punch.”

The base employee said colleagues are talking about car pooling to save on fuel costs but that could have an even greater drain on productivity as they would no longer be able to work as late to complete critical projects.

“They say they’ll work the book hours and take that car pool home,” they said. “It will hurt the delivery of capa-bility to warfighters; they’ll feel [the cuts] much more than we will.”

While the civilian side of the defense industry is set to experience cuts, active duty members are being shielded and are in line for a one percent pay raise.

“But a pay raise is cold comfort if don’t have a weapon or a defensive system to use against the bad guys,” the civil servant said.

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Military Benefits Extended to Same-Sex Partners

"Seventeen months ago, the United States military ended the policy of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." We have implemented the repeal of that policy and made clear that dis-crimination based on sexual orientation has no place in the Department of Defense.

"At the time of repeal, I committed to reviewing benefits that had not previously been available to same-sex partners based on existing law and policy. It is a matter of fundamental equity that we provide similar benefits to all of those men and women in uniform who serve their country. The de-partment already provides a group of ben-efits that are member-designated. Today,

I am pleased to announce that after a thor-ough and deliberate review, the department will extend additional benefits to same-sex partners of service members.

"Taking care of our service members and honoring the sacrifices of all military families are two core values of this nation. Extending these benefits is an appropriate next step under current law to ensure that all service members receive equal support for what they do to protect this nation.

"One of the legal limitations to provid-ing all benefits at this time is the Defense of Marriage Act, which is still the law of the land. There are certain benefits that can

only be provided to spouses as defined by that law, which is now being reviewed by the United States Supreme Court. While it will not change during my tenure as secre-tary of defense, I foresee a time when the law will allow the department to grant full benefits to service members and their de-pendents, irrespective of sexual orientation. Until then, the department will continue to comply with current law while doing all we can to take care of all soldiers, sailors, air-men, marines, and their families.

"While the implementation of addi-tional benefits will require substantial policy revisions and training, it is my expectation

that these benefits will be made available as expeditiously as possible. One of the great successes at the Department of Defense has been the implementation of DADT repeal. It has been highly professional and has strengthened our military community. I am confident in the military services' ability to effectively implement these changes over the coming months."

The secretary's memorandum extend-ing these benefits can be viewed at: www.defense.gov/news/Same-SexBenefitsMe-mo.pdf

Statement from Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta


VNOC Testifies About Impact of SequestrationNAVY NEWS

By Jason KellyNavy Live Blog

Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mark Fer-guson testified before the Senate Committee on Armed Services about the impact of sequestration on nation-al security on Feb. 12, 2013. These are his opening remarks.

Chairman Levin, Senator Inhofe, and distin-guished members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify on this important issue.

Simply stated, the combined effect of a year-long continuing resolution and sequestration will reduce our Navy’s overseas presence and adversely impact the ma-terial readiness and proficiency of our force—thus lim-iting the President’s options in time of crisis. Of equal concern, we will irreversibly damage the industrial base that we depend upon to build and maintain our ships and aircraft.

Under these circumstances, we assess your Navy will be limited in its ability to provide the capability and capacity called for in the current defense strategy. The Navy will be unable to execute all of the naval force requirements of the Combatant Commanders.

The impact of the Continuing Resolution is al-ready being felt across the force as we reduce our op-erations and maintenance spending by $4.6 billion over the remainder of this fiscal year. Because we are oper-ating under a continuing resolution, we also do not have congressional authority to initiate new programs or ad-just funding for ongoing programs. Over $5 billion in planned FY13 investments are affected. For example, we will be compelled to delay the start of construction of John F. Kennedy (CVN 79), the completion of Amer-ica (LHA 6), as well as cancel procurement of an Ar-leigh Burke-class destroyer and hundreds of weapons. Without congressional authority, the carrier Abraham Lincoln must remain moored at Naval Station Norfolk rather than start her overhaul, and we will not be able to complete the current overhaul of the USS Theodore Roosevelt.

These debilitating impacts will be compounded by the devastation of sequestration, should it execute in its

present form on March 1st. On that date, the Navy will face an additional reduction in this fiscal year of $4.0 billion to our operation and maintenance account, and a reduction of over $7 billion to our investment accounts.

The immediate impact will be to our fleet opera-tions and depot maintenance. We anticipate reducing flight operations and underway days for our deployed forces, cancelling deployments, deferring more main-tenance on ships and aircraft, suspending most non-de-ployed operations, such as training and certifications, along with other cost cutting measures. We will imme-diately erode the readiness of the force.

Over the long term, the discretionary budget caps under sequestration will fundamentally change our Navy. We will be compelled to reduce our force struc-ture, our end strength, and investments as we (face) lower funding levels and the altered landscape of our industrial base.

Like many Americans, our Sailors, civilians, and their families are experiencing increased anxiety as a result of this fiscal uncertainty such as the Truman Strike Group that you alluded to, Senator. We must be mindful of the corrosive effect of this uncertainty on the morale of our people, and be vigilant regarding the potential effects of sequestration on the propensity of our force to stay with us, and of new recruits to join. Accordingly, we will make every effort to sustain fam-ily and Sailor support programs.

We ask that Congress act quickly to reduce the magnitude of these reductions and replace the mech-anism of sequestration with a coherent approach that addresses our national security interests. Additionally, we request the Congress enact an FY13 appropriations bill or other legislation that provides appropriate au-thorities for new starts and transfer authority between our accounts to address our immediate shortfalls.

We look forward to working with the Congress to resolve this fiscal uncertainty and we must ensure that our Navy remains ready and capable to protect our na-tion’s security and prosperity. I appreciate the oppor-tunity to testify today and look forward to your ques-tions. Thank you.

Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mark Ferguson testified before the Senate Committee on Armed Services

By Laura JoyceContributing Writer

I’ve always liked Val-entine’s Day. Back in high school, one of the clubs sold Candy Grams: you’d pay a few dollars and scribble a message to your special someone, and in homeroom on Valentine’s Day a box of those chalky little hearts with sayings—Be Mine, and Love U, and Forever—and a red construction-paper heart with your message on it would be delivered. I still have the paper hearts I received from my first love, tucked into a box that I open now and then. They instantly recall the feeling of new love at an age when absolutely everything seemed possible. Seeing them makes me think of the daughters-in-law I hope to someday have, and the other young women just starting out in relationships, and all of the hopes and dreams they hold, and are just setting out to realize. I think about what I wish I had known and imagine all of the girls being gathered in the auditorium for one of

those “So Now You’re a Woman” lectures, but instead of another miserably embarrassing talk, this is what I wish they’d have told us:

You love Valentine’s Day and its expressions of love: the flowers, the hearts, the declarations of forever. Or, maybe you’re one of those cynical girls, telling ev-eryone that the holiday is just a scam, a day invented by Hallmark to bring in the big bucks. And you might be right, but I bet you still harbor a secret hope that you’ll be remembered today. We all want to know love, soft-hearted girls and cynics alike. Maybe you’d prefer an unexpected cluster of bright yellow sunflowers to a traditional bouquet of long-stemmed red roses, or an ironic box of SpongeBob Squarepants chocolates to a heart-shaped box of Godiva, but even you, cynical girl, with that rough-and-ready heart of yours, have hopes and dreams.

Whatever kind of heart you’ve got—a wide-eyed Taylor-Swift one, or a tough Harley-heart, or some-thing in between—here’s what I hope for you when it comes to love. I hope you find a partner who sees that the real you is still developing (it always will be), and cherishes and nurtures it, following the twists and turns of your journey into womanhood with delight and appreciation. I hope you feel valued—and if you

don’t, I hope your heart guides you toward a partner you truly deserve, one who helps to light your travels with kindness and respect. Laughter—no matter what, be sure there’s plenty of laughter. Life is too short, and sometimes the things we see and experience are too grim, to live without humor. I hope your relationship brings you deep friendship, too, and understanding, and your partner’s sense of wonder that you are who you are, unique, the only you who exists. And if your relationship makes you feel ‘less than’—less than your true self, less than who you could be if you weren’t being held back, judged or shamed, treated with disre-spect or worse, less than your full, joyous self—I hope you’ll treat it as a lesson learned, but learned quickly, then made part of the past. That past builds the founda-tion underlying a lifetime of Valentine’s Days that rec-ognize your good fortune. More than anything, though, what I hope for you is a lifetime of just-plain-everydays in which you know what it is to be well and truly loved, for exactly who you are.

I love hearing from you; feel free to contact me at [email protected] if you have comments or questions about the column.

Love 365 Days a Year


Thursday, Feb. 14• Tides Restaurant Valentine’s Day CelebrationThe Tides Restaurant, (Lexington Park, MD)

Join The Tides Restaurant for a ro-mantic Valentine’s Day dinner. Prepared to order at $40 per person, the menu will feature elegant preparation and flavors from Chef, Steven Baltz. Tides’ Valen-tine’s menu is a little spicy, a little sweet—the perfect motif for a Valentine’s Day to remember. In addition to the set menu, the regular menu will be available. Call 301-862-5303 for reservations.

Friday, Feb. 15• Reservation deadline for St. Mary’s Cooperators Dinner meeting The dinner is Friday, Feb. 22 at the Crys-tal Room in Callaway.

• Seafood DinnerImmaculate Heart of Mary (22375 Three Notch Road, Lexington Park), 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Join us for seafood dinners every Fri-day night during Lent (Feb. 15-March 22) as a fundraiser for parking lot resurfacing. Weekly fish specials include rockfish or catfish, baked/fried crab cakes prepared by Catering Plus, steamed/fried shrimp, fried oysters, baked haddock, fried fish basket, and a choice of two sides of apple-sauce, coleslaw, French fries, green beans, macaroni and cheese, and stewed toma-toes. Dine-in and carryout options are available. There will be a weekly drawing for two free dinners. Coupon for $2 off any dinner expires tonight.

Saturday, Feb. 16• Sweets for the SweetPort of Leonardtown Winery, 12 to 6 p.m.

Chocolate truffle and wine pairings. We will pair truffles from Wildewood Pastry Shop with our award winning wines. Fabulous combinations. Call ahead to reserve your spot. Cost is $10 for a souvenir glass and wine tasting up to six wines paired with specialty truffles.

Sunday, Feb. 17• Quarter Throw Down Auction Mechanicsville Vol. Fire Department, 2 p.m.

The Mechanicsville Vol. Fire De-partment Ladies Auxiliary is sponsoring a Quarter Throw Down Auction. Tick-ets are $3 each that includes a door prize ticket and one paddle. Additional paddles available for $3. Over 70 prizes to be won from vendors such as, Tastefully Simple, Scentsy, Mary Kay, Miche Bags, and Thirty One just to name a few. Doors open at 1 p.m. with the Auction beginning at 2 p.m. For Questions or to make Reserva-tions call 410-47-2958 or 301-884-5680.

• “Bowl-for-a-Youth” Community Bowl-a-ThonAMF Waldorf Lanes Bowling Center (11920 Acton Lane, Waldorf), 9 to 11:30 p.m.

Join us at our 2013 “Bowl-for-a-Youth” Community Bowl-a-Thon event.

There will be door prizes and a silent auc-tion. Teams of six cost $150 per team or $30 per person, which includes shoe rental for 2.5 hours of unlimited bowling. E-mail registrations to [email protected].

Wednesday, Feb. 20• Esperanza Student vs. Staff Basket-ball Game

6 pm. Tickets are $3 in advance, $4 at the door age 4 and under are free. Exciting halftime show. Refreshments will be sold. Come show your Pirate Pride.

• “Disasters by Design: How Global Change Threatens Landscape Sustainability”St. Mary’s College’s Schaefer Hall, room 106, 4:40 p.m.

St. Mary’s Arboretum Association and the Natural Science and Mathematics Colloquium Series at St. Mary’s College will sponsor the talk “Disasters by Design: How Global Change Threatens Landscape Sustainability.” Michael Raupp, Univer-sity of Maryland professor and ornamen-tal horticulture specialist, will present on how human activities contribute to pest outbreaks, and what these outbreaks mean to the citizens of Maryland.

At the conclusion of the event, partic-ipants can take home free tree and shrub seedlings from the arboretum’s plant nursery. The seedlings are sponsored by the arboretum and the Chaney Foundation of Waldorf, Md. All education sessions are free and open to the public. Upcoming events are listed on the arboretum’s web-site: www.smcm.edu/arboretum

Friday, Feb. 22• Open House for Mother Catherine Spalding SchoolCatherine Spalding, 38833 Chaptico Road, Mechanicsville, 2 to 6 p.m.

For parents and prospective students in grade PRE-K through 8th grade. This is an excellent opportunity to visit our school, meet our principal, teachers, par-ents and students, and learn about the many programs we have to offer. A full-day PRE-K program is available. For more information call 301-884-3165 or visit at www.mothercatherine.org.

• Open Mic at the Christ Church Par-ish HallChrist Church Parish Hall, 37497 Zach Fowler Road, Chaptico, 7 p.m.

The Southern Maryland Traditional Music and Dance HomeSpun Coffee House will sponsor this great event with many varieties of music and lots of friend-ship. So if you haven’t been to an SMTMD event before, this is a great time to start. The music starts at 7:30. The admission fee for this event is only $5, and perform-ers are admitted free. Light refreshments will be provided (donations are suggest-ed). For additional information, or to sign up to perform, please contact John Garner at [email protected] or call John at 301-904-4987. Visit www.smtmd.org for directions and more information.

• St. Mary’s Cooperators Dinner meeting Crystal Room in Callaway

The reservation deadline was Friday, Feb.15.

Saturday, Feb. 23• Roast Beef DinnerHollywood Volunteer Rescue Squad building, Route 235, 4 to 7 p.m.

The Hollywood Volunteer Rescue Squad Auxiliary is sponsoring a roast beef dinner. The menu will include: roast beef, mashed potatoes, green beans, car-rots, rolls, coffee and tea. Dessert table will be available. The cost will be: adults $13 (eat-in or carry out), children 5-12 $6, children under 5 free.

• Camp Maria Annual Yard Sale41290 Camp Maria Road, Leonardtown , 7 a.m. to noon.

Breakfast items for sale; coffee & hot choc available for a donation. No credit cards; cash or check only. Gently Used Items. Some items brand new.

• Meet the AirplanePatuxent River Naval Air Museum, 12 to 3 p.m.

The Patuxent River Naval Air Muse-um is hosting their second semi-monthly Meet the Airplane event. Come to the Museum and get to know the airplanes on the flightline and inside. Our focus airplane this month is the mock-up of the Northrop Grumman X-47A Pegasus, the predecessor to the Navy’s current dem-onstrator aircraft, known as the X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System, which is making news throughout the Navy and around the world. The Museum will have Active Duty Military personnel there to answer your questions about this aircraft and others. Make your own unmanned vehicle and demonstrate how it flies. Join the exclusive FOD Club; find foreign ob-jects that damage aircraft (FOD) in and around the Museum; get your FOD Club Card stamped for additional savings at the Flightline Gift Shop. In rhe conference room, Hank Caruso will be on-hand to demonstrate how to draw aircraft. During the Meet the Airplane another drawing for a remarqued Hank Caruso Aerocature print will be pulled. These tickets and Aerocature© prints are available at the Museum Gift Store anytime you can come by, you do not have to wait to purchase those. Oh by the way, the Museum’s Flightline Gift Shop has the largest collec-tion of aviation themed merchandise in the So MD area. 50/50 drawings will be held for a couple additional lucky winners for the day. Food is sponsored by Days Off Catering.

• A Thoughtful Approach to Women’s WellnessMt. Zion United Methodist Church of Laurel Grove (Mechanicsville), 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

This free annual event offers an array of health screenings, continental breakfast and lunch, health displays, and education materials. Guest speaker Dr. Udman Za-hir, orthopedic specialist with the Med-Star Georgetown Orthopedic Institute at MedStar St. Mary’s. will discuss spine and back health. Dr. Pradeep Simlote, al-lergist and immunologist will talk about respiratory health and Dr. Meenakshi G. Brewster, health officer with the St. Mary’s County Health Department, will discuss women’s priorities from a public health perspective. In addition, Hospital Vice President Joan Gelrud will welcome participants and Kristin Montour Grubbs

will discuss diabetes and wound care. Nutritionist Donna Taggert will present “Health By Chocolate.” Glucose, blood pressure, and cholesterol screenings will be available in addition to bone density scans. Other services to be offered at the event are Body Mass Index Measure-ment, skin analysis, and flu shots. Pre-registration is required for this popular program. Visit MedStarSt.Marys.org or call 301-475-6019 for more information or to register.

• Free Women’s Wellness Program Mt. Zion United Methodist Church of Laurel Grove in Mechanicsville, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

“A Thoughtful Approach to Wom-en’s Wellness,” a free program sponsored by MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital and St. Mary’s Delicados, Inc. The annual event offers an array of health screenings, conti-nental breakfast and lunch, health displays and educational materials. Guest speaker Dr.Usman Zahir, orthopaedic specialist with the MedStar Georgetown Ortho-paedic Institute at MedStar St. Mary’s, will discuss spine and back health. Dr. Pradeep Simlote, allergist and immunolo-gist will talk about respiratory health and Dr. Meenakshi G. Brewster, health officer with the St. Mary’s County Health Depart-ment, will discuss women’s priorities from a public health perspective. In addition, Hospital Vice President Joan Gelrud will welcome participants and Kristin Montour Grubbs will discuss diabetes and wound care. Nutritionist Donna Taggert will pres-ent “Health by Chocolate.”

Glucose, blood pressure and choles-terol screenings will be available in addi-tion to bone density scans. Other services to be offered at the event are Body Mass Index measurement, skin analysis and flu shots.

Pre-registration is required for this popular program. Visit MedStarSt.Marys.org or call 301-475-6019 for more informa-tion or to register.

• Summerstock Audition WorkshopChancellor’s Run Regional Park (Loffler Building), 12 to 3 p.m.

The St. Mary’s County Department of Recreation and Parks will hold a workshop for anyone interested in auditioning for this summer’s Summerstock production of “Hairspray”.

The goal of the workshop is to help individuals improve their singing, acting and dance audition routines. Techniques will be taught to help excel in these areas and to gain confidence in the process. The class will also focus on all types of stage production auditions. $10 per person. Ages: 12 to 21

A maximum of 40 participants will be admitted to the workshop. Registration is on a first come first served basis. Partici-pants must pre-register, either online or in person at the Recreation and Parks main office in Leonardtown.

Registration (online and walk-in) is now open. Visit www.stmarysmd.com/rec-reate to register online. Walk-in registration can be done at the Recreation and Parks main office; Monday thru Friday; 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM at the Patuxent Building, 23150 Leonard Hall Drive, Leonardtown.

Resources will be available for sheet music to choose a song

For more information contact the Rec-reation and Parks office at 301-475-4200 x 1800.


Sunday, Feb. 24• Purses and Totes BingoRidge Fire House (13820 Point Lookout Road, Ridge, MD 20680), 1 p.m.

The Ridge Volunteer Fire Depart-ment Auxiliary is hosting a Purses and Totes Bingo on February 24, at the Ridge Fire House, 13820 Point Lookout Road, Ridge. Doors open at 1 p.m., Bingo begins at 2 p.m. Prizes will be Coach, Vera Brad-ley, Longaberger Sisters, and Thirty One Purses and Bags. There will be money games, specials, pull-tabs, raffles, and re-freshments. Tickets are $25 in advance and $30 at the Door. Advanced tickets must be purchased no later than Feb. 22. To pur-chase tickets, email [email protected] or call 301-872-5671. Those purchas-ing advanced ticket sales will be entered into a drawing. Reserved tables for six or more for advanced sales only. No children permitted unless they have their own ticket and are accompanied by an adult. Tickets are non-refundable. There will be only one item won per game. This bingo is in no way affiliated or endorsed by Coach, Vera Bradley, the Longaberger Company or Thirty One, though the prizes to be won are genuine products.

Monday, Feb. 25• St. Mary’s Genealogical Society MeetingLeonardtown Library (23250 Hollywood Road), 7 p.m.

The St. Mary’s Genealogical Society is holding their next meeting on Monday, Feb. 25 at the Leonardtown Library at 7 p.m. The public is invited and admission is free. The subject of tonight’s meeting is “Websites to Expand Your Research.” The speaker Ms. Linda Vert. Refreshments will be served. Contact Loranna Gray at 301-373-8458 or Peg Richardson at 410-326-4435 for directions or information.

• Public Meeting and Discussion on FrackingSt. Mary’s Hall, St. Mary’s College of Maryland, 5:30 p.m.

What do you know about fracking? How will fracking affect our local water-ways, our drinking water and our pocket-books? Do you know how fracking is ac-complished? Join us for a panel discussion with experts who will provide an overview of the process and speak to the environ-mental concerns and energy costs. This moderated discussion will feature speak-ers from the American Petroleum Insti-

tute, the Lower Susquehanna Riverkeeper and regulatory enforcement agencies.

The program is being sponsored by the St. Mary’s River Watershed Associa-tion, the Natural Science and Mathemat-ics Colloquium and Center for the Study of Democracy at St. Mary’s College of Maryland, The League of Women Vot-ers of St. Mary’s County and the Patuxent Riverkeeper. For more information: www.SMRWA.org.

Wednesday, Feb. 27• Wounded Warrior Appreciation Din-ner Reservation Deadline River’s Edge Restaurant at PAX River NAS, 6 p.m.

Contact Duane Mallicoat at 240-895-7363 or Bill Lankford at 240-895-7330 by today for the Wednesday, March 6 dinner. DAU Alumni Association is hosting and the guest speaker is RADM Jane. The first 20 WW and a guest that RSVP will be ad-mitted free. Everyone is welcome.

• The Interview Fair Forrest Center, 24005 Point Lookout Rd., Leonardtown, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The intent of this fair is to give our students a chance to interview with profes-sionals in the industry they’re interested in

pursuing after high school. The primary focus is to give students a chance to prac-tice their interview skills. You don’t have to have job or internship openings to be one of the industry participants since that isn’t the primary focus of this event but you certainly may offer job or internship positions to any student you interview. We already have some PAC members from other programs who have signed up to par-ticipate. Some people are coming for the full day to interview students and others are just doing interviews for a few hours. Your commitment is totally up to you and what your job schedule will support. If you have the time and are available to help please let me know by reply e-mail so we put you on our schedule. We really appre-ciate your time and help. Please call (301) 475-0242

Cards for TroopsOn Tuesday, Feb. 19 at 1:30 p.m. the Garvey Senior

Activity Center will be making Mother’s Day cards for service members stationed abroad to send home to their family and friends. All handmade cards will be donated to Cards for Soldiers, a nonprofit organization that pro-vides homemade greeting cards to service members to send home to family while away from home. To sign up to help cut, stamp and assemble cards, call 301-475-4200, ext. 1050. No previous experience needed.

Bunco Party Bunco is a fast paced but easy to learn dice game

that will be played at the Garvey Senior Activity Center on Tuesday, Feb. 26 at 10 a.m. Prizes will be awarded. A pizza lunch will be served at Noon. Cost for the lunch is by donation for those ages 60 and above and $5.50 for those under the age of 60. Call 301-475-4200, ext. 1050 to sign up to play and reserve your pizza lunch.

Basket Weaving ClassOn Tuesday, Feb. 19 and Thursday, Feb. 21, from 1

to 4 p.m. at the Northern Senior Activity Center, make a Beaded Basket. This is a great basket for decorating your home and storing small items. It measures about eight inches in diameter by eight inches high and features a wooden bottom and beaded trim on the false rim. A selection of short beaded trims will be provided or bring your own (about one yard). The basket will be woven in two class sessions held on Tuesday, Feb. 19 and Thursday, February 21, from 1 to 4 pm. The cost for the kit, which

includes all materials and tools is $35. Call 301-475-4002, ext. 1003 to sign-up by Tuesday, Feb. 12. Payment must be received to confirm a reservation for the class.

Medication Safety for Seniors

On Tuesday, Feb. 19, at 10:45 a.m., the “Senior Mat-ters” discussion group will meet at the Northern Senior Activity Center to talk about issues surrounding medica-tion safety. Structured like a small study or focus group, participants will explore issues and concerns related to aging. The group is facilitated by Elizabeth Holdsworth (LCSW-C) and meets the first and third Tuesday at 10:45 a.m. Walk-ins are welcome. Please contact the center for more information at 301-475-4002, ext. 1001.

Let’s try CribbageAt the Loffler Senior Activity Center we have plenty

of cribbage boards and cards, but it’s been a long time since we’ve had players. Starting Friday, Feb. 15 at 1 p.m. we will hold have a room set up with all you need to enjoy this two-player card game. If players come we will keep cribbage going as a regular weekly program. No need to sign up--just come to Loffler Senior Activity Center on Friday at 1 p.m. For more information call 301-737-5670, ext. 1658.

Limitations No MoreAt the Loffler Senior Activity Center we have a

practitioner of Emotional Freedom Technique, an energy-based self-help technique that has had dramatic results with issues such as pain, fears, stress, weight gain, al-lergies and so much more. Richele McLeod is a regis-

tered nurse who continues to study this healing art that is based on the tenets of acupuncture but uses tapping that you do yourself. She will show you how to practice this method on your own for continued improvement. Fre-quently a person can find relief after only one session. Other issues may require more, but it is something you can continue to do for yourself. Richele’s sessions are gentle and are appropriate for anyone. An initial session will last 90 minutes, subsequent sessions, (if needed) will be 1 hour. The initial session includes a 30-minute in-troductory period. If, after that time, you are not already having some relief, you may discontinue the session and will be charged nothing. To continue for the next hour it is $45. Richele is at the Loffler Senior Activity Center the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of every month from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. She accepts walk-ins when space is available but appointments take priority. You can schedule a session with her by calling 240-925-4309. For more information call 301-737-5670, ext. 1658.

O’Loffler’s Irish PubPut this on your calendar: Friday, March 15; 10 a.m.

to 2 p.m. Loffler Senior Activity Center will be celebrat-ing the luck of the Irish with the music of David Norris and a fine lunch including ham, potatoes and cabbage, plus all the fun, shenanigans and (near) beer you might find in an Irish Pub. This party will be served up Loffler style, so make sure you bring your sense of humor and for blarney’s sake, make sure you wear the green. Tick-ets are required ($8 suggested donation) and are available for purchase at Loffler Senior Activity Center. For more information, call 301-737-5670, ext. 1658.

SENIOR LIVING

St. Mary’s Department of AgingPrograms and Activities

Loffler Senior Activity Center 301-737-5670, ext. 1652; Garvey Senior Activity Center, 301-475-4200, ext. 1050Northern Senior Activity Center, 301-475-4002, ext. 1001; Ridge Nutrition Site, 301-475-4200, ext. 1050.

Visit the Department of Aging’s website at www.stmarysmd.com/aging for the most up-to date information.

To submit your event listing to go in our Community

Calendar, please email [email protected]

with the listing details by 12 p.m. on the Tuesday prior to

our Thursday publication.


CommunityTri-County Council

Has New Board

SMADC Regional Grants Offered

The Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) is launch-ing an update of the 20-year Maryland Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan. The Bicycle and Pedestrian Master plan establishes a 20-year vision to support cycling and walking as modes of transportation in Maryland. The Plan will provide guidance and investment strate-gies to support cycling and walking. MDOT is asking for your input. Please take a moment to complete the Bicycle and Pedestrian Needs Survey, which is designed to help MDOT better understand how peo-ple currently use bicycle and pedestrian facilities and what types of improvements are most important. Go to www.mdot.maryland.gov/bikewalkplan for more information and to complete the survey.

The Southern Maryland Agricultural Develop-ment Commission (SMADC) is offering a round of regional grants in Anne Arundel, Calvert, Charles, Prince George’s and St. Mary’s counties for proj-ects deemed to have structural longevity and a last-ing impact on the regional farming and aquaculture community.

SMADC initiated the first round of Regional Grants in 2010, and was pleased to award funding to a broad range of regional entities for projects that support long-term infrastructure, agricultural educa-tion and/or Farmers’ Markets including but not limit-ed to farm equipment purchases for rental programs, high school agricultural education programs, capital improvements for farmers markets, urban farming and projects that target the new or beginning farmer.

To be considered for a SMADC Regional Grant, proposals must be submitted no later than Monday, April 15. Prior applicants for this grant are welcome to apply again, however first time applicants will have funding priority. Examples of successful Re-gional Grant awards are listed below:

• Urban community farm - purchase of shipping container to be retrofitted for produce prep

• High school educational programs on food and agriculture

• Children’s garden for educational foundation• Refurbished greenhouses at two high schools• Purchase of high tunnel for agricultural

education• Farmer Market signage and hand washing

stations• Capital improvement to a farmers market• Research on suitable grape varieties for wine in

Southern Maryland• Farm equipment for rental programs within the

five counties• Two Freezer trailers for transportation of local

produced meat from USDA processing facilities To be considered for a SMADC regional Grant

proposals must be submitted no later than Monday, April 15. Visit www.smadc.com to download the Grant Application or call SMADC staff at (301) 274-1922, ex. 1.

Tuesday, Feb. 19 from 7 to 9 p.m.• Civil War Book Discussion: America’s War anthology – Part Three Calvert Library Prince Frederick, Meeting Room 1, 850 Costley Way, Prince Frederick.

This is a five-part series sponsored in part by the Maryland Hu-manities Council, in which three books are discussed. Loaner copies of the book are available on a first-come, first-serve basis in the La Plata Campus library. Part three of the discussion series approaches the Battle of Shiloh, which occurred in April 1862, almost exactly a year after Fort Sumter and the secession of Virginia. The battle re-defined the boundaries of the military conflict and thousands of men with little training and no experience in war were thrown against one another in days of inexpressible suffering and waste. The war was seen as a desperate, defiant effort by the Confederacy to stop the progress of the Union Army and Navy and shattered any fantasies people had that the war would be won easily by either side. Free. 301-934-7606 or [email protected].

Thursday, March 7 from 7 to 9 p.m.• Civil War Book Discussion: Crossroads of Freedom and America’s War anthology – Part FourCollege of Southern Maryland, Leonardtown Campus, Building C, Room 216, 22950 Hollywood Road, Leonardtown.

This is a five-part series sponsored in part by the Maryland Hu-manities Council, in which three books are discussed. Loaner copies of the book are available on a first-come, first-serve basis in the La Plata Campus library. In the fourth segment of the discussion series opposing views are offered on the study of Antietam. Neither the Union nor the Confederacy could claim a glorious victory but Civil War historians James McPherson and Gary Gallagher argue sides on a victory. McPherson sides for a Union victory while Gallagher ar-gues on behalf of the strength of the Confederate Army. Drew Gilpin Faust’s excerpt shifts our focus from the course of battle and poli-tics to the suffering of families and communities and asks that we broaden our vision of what took place. Free. 301-934-7606 or [email protected].

Tuesday, March 26 from 7 to 9 p.m.• Civil War Book Discussion: America’s War anthology – Part Five College of Southern Maryland, La Plata Campus, Center for Busi-ness and Industry, BI-113E, 8730 Mitchell Road, La Plata.

This is a five-part series sponsored in part by the Maryland Humanities Council, in which three books are discussed. Loaner copies of the book are available on a first-come, first-serve basis in the La Plata Campus library. The final conversation focuses on the emancipation of four million people who had been held in slavery for over two centuries. Following the conclusion of the war at Antietam, President Lincoln drafted the Emancipation Proclamation, allowing Frederick Douglass to rally black men to the defense of the United States because it is now fighting for their freedom. While the Gettys-burg Address, given in November 1863, does not speak of slavery di-rectly, its potent language frames the purpose of the war as freedom understood it its broadest terms. After finally being able to enlist, 200,000 African American men joined the service in just two years. Emancipation was not a single event but a long and uneven series of struggles on plantations and farms, in cities and town, all across the South. In a final essay on “Images of the War,” America’s War illu-minates drawings from artists who were able to see firsthand, army camps in the midst of battle and enabled the public to picture the war as it progressed and to help us make sense of the American Civil War today. Free. 301-934-7606 or [email protected].

The Tri-County Coun-cil for Southern Maryland convened their full Council meeting at the Loews Hotel in Annapolis, Maryland on Jan. 24. Council members took up several matters, in-cluding a vote on the Nomi-nation Committee’s slate of Officers for calendar year 2013.

The Council member-ship voted to unanimously approve the slate of of-ficers and recognized the service of outgoing chairs, St. Mary’s County Com-missioner Todd Morgan and Mary Lynn Stone, and outgoing Executive Board members, Calvert County Commissioner Gerald Clark and Wilson Parran. Charles County Commissioner Pres-ident, Candice Quinn Kelly, will serve as Chair of the Council’s Executive Board.

“I feel honored to have served as Co-Chair of the Tri-County Council,” said Morgan. “The council continues to be a strong ad-vocate for the three Southern Maryland counties, working to resolve region-wide issues and to assure regional goals are attained.”

The retiring co-chairs and members of the executive board were presented with framed post-ers, depicting the historic churches of the Southern Maryland region. Acting Executive Director, Elaine J. Lancaster, was introduced to the full Council membership.

Eric Franklin, Workforce Investment Board Chairman, introduced keynote speaker Lt. Governor Anthony Brown to the Council members.

Brown addressed a number of Southern Mary-land initiatives and issues that the Council member-ship has been interested in, including transportation; health care; regional infrastructure; veteran’s issues; and, education. Brown announced Maryland’s first

five health enterprise zones, and highlighted Med-Star St. Mary’s Hospital, Greater Lexington Park, as one of the designated locations. “Health Enterprise Zones are a new and innovative way of addressing the health disparities that have plagued our communities for too long,” Brown said. “My father was a doctor, and growing up, I had the opportunity to see first-hand the tremendous impact that quality, affordable, healthcare can have on families and businesses.”

Additionally, the lt. governor announced new services being offered by MVA for veterans. The ser-vices will help veterans connect to job opportunities and access benefits and services. “Providing these new services through the MVA is an important part of the commitment we make each and every day to improve the lives of the 30,000 active military and 460,000 veterans who call Maryland home,” said Lt Brown, a Colonel in the U. S. Army Reserves and the highest ranking elected official to have served a tour of duty in Iraq.

CSM hosts Civil War Book Discussions, through March

State Bike, Pedestrian Survey

Pictured left to right: St. Mary’s County Commissioner Todd Morgan; Mary Lynn Stone, Council Executive Board Member; Lt. Governor Anthony Brown; Elaine J. Lancaster, Acting Executive Director, Tri-County Council; Council Chair and Charles County Commissioner President, Candice Quinn Kelly.


Community

Fundraiser for Teenage Girl with Cancer

Brownies Care for Feral CatsLibrary items

Harriet Tubman to visit Lexington Park Library

Harriet Tubman will return to Lexington Park library on Feb. 23! Joyce Harris will take the audi-ence back in time as she portrays Harriet Tubman and provides a glimpse into Tubman’s life as a slave child through the times she helped to free slaves. Michael Eley will join Harris singing historical Negro Spiritu-als and sharing their hidden messages. This free pro-gram starts at 10:30 a.m. and is being co-sponsored by St. Mary’s County Branch of NAACP, United Commit-tee for Afro-American Contributions, and the Minority Outreach Coalition. Light refreshments will be served.

Childcare providers can earn CEUsChildcare providers will learn simple activities to

help children get ready to learn to read plus earn two CEUs upon completion of the Every Child Ready to Read training. Providers need to register for the train-ing offered at Charlotte Hall library on Feb. 21 or at Lexington Park library on Feb. 28. Both begin at 6 p.m.

Mobile Career Center to visit librariesSouthern Maryland JobSource Mobile Career Cen-

ter will be providing services to job seekers from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Lexington Park library on Feb. 15 and at Leonardtown library on Feb. 19, and from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at Charlotte Hall library on Feb. 21.

Kids can solve a crime

Children ages 7-12 will try to solve a crime explore the science of forensics while they try to solve a crime at the “Who Done It?” program at Leonardtown library on Feb. 22 at 2:30 p.m. The program is free but registration is required. Need help with Kindle or iPad?

Leonardtown library is offering sessions on down-loading eBooks for those who have Kindles on Feb. 19 from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. and for those who have iPads on Feb. 25 from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Teen art entries due March 1

The Express Yourself Teen Art Contest is under-way and open to teens in grade 6 through 12. Teens can drop off their art entries at any branch by March 1. All entries will be displayed in the Lexington Park Library Art Gallery from March 1 through April 15. Winners will receive art supplies and will be announced April 15. Details are posted on the teen webpage.

Chesapeake Auction HouseSt. Leonard, MD 20685 • 410-586-1161 • chesapeakeauctionhouse.com

Estate AuctionFeb. 15th 6 p.m.

Antiques & CollectablesFeb. 22nd 6 p.m.

Kayla Kiley is a 13-year-old child from St. Mary’s County who is battling cancer. At the age of 6, Kayla was di-agnosed with lymphoma cancer. She went through many rounds of chemo and radiation and put up the fight of her life and eventually beat it. This put the cancer into remission.

Almost two years after being in remission, she started having headaches and was taken to Children’s Hospital in DC where we discovered that, yet again, her cancer had returned. This time, it was diagnosed as P-Net cancer (brain tumor). It was already in a stage four cat-egory. She was not given very good odds to overcome this cancer. Even St. Jude turned Kayla away because it was an extremely rare cancer and they felt there was nothing that could be done. Thanks to Children’s Hospital, Kayla fought the fight again and, against all odds, put the can-cer back into remission.

Kayla has been in remis-sion three years, however, recently she unfortunately began having headaches again. She was taken back to Children’s Hospital, fear-ing the worst but hoping for the best. The devastating news returned for Kayla; the

cancer has returned, this time as leuke-mia, which is cancer of the blood. Doc-tors have informed our family that this will be the ultimate fight. She is going through six weeks (minimum) of chemo for the first cycle, will go back home for a week, then come back for another six weeks (minimum) for the second cycle of chemo, go home for a week, then the bone marrow procedure will begin where she could be at children’s hospital for six months or more.

Our family is in need of the com-

munity’s help. We are putting together a benefit to be held at Heavy Hitters Bar and Grill located at 30125 Three Notch Road, Mechanicsville, MD 20622 on Feb. 17 (1 p.m. to 2 a.m.). Any donations that could be applied to this benefit for Kayla and her family would be of great appreciation. The donations are tax de-ductible. For more information, please contact Heavy Hitters at 301-884-8820, Jen Snyder at 240-298-2826, Greg Ben-nett at 301-904-8312 or Lynne Quade at 301-399-3172.

Pawsitive Passage26325 Pt Lookout Rd

Leonardtown, MD 20650

PawsitivePassage.com301-475-0446

Brownie Troop 6336 created three shelters that they donated to a local fe-ral cat rescue group. The project was part of their Take Action portion of their Journey Quest.

Back: Leaders Wendy Perraut and Jennifer Kosich

In front of leaders: Katie Wise and Madison Ray

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Southern Maryland VEX Robotics League’s Inaugural Season

This will be the first championship competition for the new Southern Maryland VEX Robotics League sponsored by the College of Southern Maryland. The VEX game is called “Sack Attack” and requires robots to pick up beanbags and score them in goals.

“By creating the league, we are able to offer more play opportunities for Southern Maryland teams than in the past,” said CSM Industrial Studies Professor Ber-nice Brezina, robotics coordinator. “Students are chal-lenging themselves to come back each month with better robot designs and more advanced programming. I hope we may improve how we do this each year as we work with the STEM coordinators, teachers, mentors and vol-unteers again and continue to offer robotics challenges for students of all ages, including the collegiate level. We just opened a new robotics lab at the La Plata Cam-pus as we continue to grow.”

Since the season began in September, the 32 reg-istered teams have worked with faculty advisors and mentors in their schools and competed in ranking ses-sions held at schools in Southern Maryland. Following the final ranking session Feb. 2, the teams will play in elimination rounds in the League Championship Feb. 16. Final team rankings will determine the alliance se-lection order and elimination bracket. Currently, the top three teams represent each county with La Plata’s Angle

Warriors in the lead.“CSM relies on the support of sponsors and many

volunteers to provide these exciting robotics programs to the students in our community. At the same time, schools need funding for their teams,” said Brezina.

CSM offsets some of the costs to schools by provid-ing the VEX goal and game objects kits, league coor-dination and registration fees. Middle school teams are especially interested in forming VEX robotics teams, and high schools that initially had one team are now ex-panding to two, three and even four teams, said Brezina, adding that each VEX robot team can require upwards of $1,000 in equipment and parts to build a competitive robot.

“A competition team will require programming software, spare tools, batteries, metals, electronics and mechanical parts—the costs add up quickly. Besides money, schools are in need of mentors such as engineers and programmers with expertise in mechanical design, electronics and C programming,” she said.

The Naval Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technol-ogy Division (NAVEODTECHDIV) provided equip-ment and engineer mentors to start new middle school teams in Charles County this year. NAVEODTECH-DIV Technical Projects Manager and Engineer Byron Brezina, the husband of Bernice Brezina, worked with

Monique Wilson, STEM coordinator of Charles County schools to match mentors with schools and provide the equipment.

Sponsors for the Southern Maryland VEX Robotics League include: The CSM Foundation and the Charles County Technology Council.

“All the teams are stepping up their game with the best robots I've seen coming from Southern Maryland,” said Bernice Brezina of the ranking session competi-tions. “The League Championship is going to showcase the hard work and dedication that these students bring to this competition.”

“What is really exciting is how efforts such as ro-botics competitions are meeting requests from the com-munity to grow a pipeline for engineers. What began as the CSM Robotics Challenge with two high school teams in 2006 has grown to robotics competitions from elementary to the collegiate level, hundreds of teams and thousands of students,” said Bernice Brezina.

For information on sponsorship opportunities, visit www.csmd.edu/Foundation/ or contact CSM Develop-ment Director Martina Arnold at [email protected] or 301-934-7649.

For information on CSM robotics programs for el-ementary, middle and high school, and collegiate levels, visit www.csmd.edu/stem/.

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• One Way MoToot’s Bar (23971 Mervell Dean Road, Hollywood) – 8:30 p.m.

Friday, Feb. 15• Big Money BandRuddy Duck Brewery (13200 Dowell Road, Dowell) – 8 p.m.

• Ladies Night with DJ BillyBig Dogs Paradise (28765 Three Notch Road, Mechanicsville) – 7 p.m.

• DJ Charlie ThompsonToot’s Bar (23971 Mervell Dean Road, Hollywood) – 8:30 p.m.

• Wolf’s Blues JamFat Boy’s Country Store (41566 Medleys Neck Road, Leonardtown) – 8 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 16• No Green JellybeenzBig Dogs Paradise (28765 Three Notch Road, Mechanicsville) – 9:30 p.m.

• The 25th Hour BandCryer’s Back Road Inn (22094 New-towne Neck Road, Leonardtown) – 7 p.m.

• Kristen and the Noise with The Pira-nhas in the Front BarHotel Charles (15110 Burnt Store Road, Hughesville) – 10 p.m.

Monday, Feb. 18• KaraokeToot’s Bar (23971 Mervell Dean Road, Hollywood) – 8:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Feb. 19• Dylan GalvinRuddy Duck Brewery (13200 Dowell Road, Dowell) – 7 p.m.

Wednesday, Feb. 20• Karaoke with DJ HarryBig Dogs Paradise (28765 Three Notch Road, Mechanicsville) – 7 p.m.

• Team TriviaToot’s Bar (23971 Mervell Dean Road, Hollywood) – 6:30 p.m.

• Open MicToot’s Bar (23971 Mervell Dean Road, Hollywood) – 8:30 p.m.

Thursday, Feb. 21• Swamp DogRuddy Duck Brewery (13200 Dowell Road, Dowell) – 7:30 p.m.

• DJ DoggToot’s Bar (23971 Mervell Dean Road, Hollywood) – 8:30 p.m.

Friday, Feb. 22• LawlessRuddy Duck Brewery (13200 Dowell Road, Dowell) – 8 p.m.

• Justin Myles ExperienceThe Tides Restaurant (46580 Expedi-tion Dr, Lexington Park) – 6 p.m.

• Bob Wire and the Fence PostsToot’s Bar (23971 Mervell Dean Road, Hollywood) – 8:30 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 23• Sum BichBig Dogs Paradise (28765 Three Notch Road, Mechanicsville) – 9:30 p.m.

• Three SixtyHotel Charles (15110 Burnt Store Road, Hughesville) – 10 p.m.

• The 25th Hour BandCryer’s Back Road Inn (22094 New-towne Neck Road, Leonardtown) – 8 p.m.

• The PiranhasToot’s Bar (23971 Mervell Dean Road, Hollywood) – 8:30 p.m.

• Pounding Sand DebutGridiron Grill (20855 Callaway Village Way, Callaway) – 8:30 p.m.

Sunday, Feb. 24• Sunday Jazz and RequestsCafé des Artistes (41655 Fenwick Street, Leonardtown) – 5 p.m.

The County Times is always looking for more local talent to feature!

To submit art or band information for our entertainment section, e-mail [email protected].

Book Review

By Terri SchlichenmeyerContributing Writer

Once upon a time, your parents diapered your behind.

They didn’t mind, though, because it was part of being a parent. They fed you, cleaned up after you, put clothes on your little body, toys in your bedroom, and lessons in your head. They made meals, curfews, and sacrifices.

Someday, you may need to repay the favor, although it may not be pleas-ant. In fact, in the new novel “The One I Left Behind” by Jennifer McMahon, it may come at a bigger price than one might think.

Thirty-nine-year-old Reggie Du-frane never wanted to return to Mo-nique’s Wish.

The old stone house was once a labor of love, built by Reggie’s grandfa-ther for his wife, Monique, who died in childbirth. It was supposed to be a gift, but Reggie only saw it as a place to es-cape forever.

She never wanted to return. But when her Aunt Lorraine phoned, she had no choice.

Twenty-five years ago, Reggie’s mother, Vera, was the final victim of a serial killer that the media dubbed Neptune. Though they never found her body, they found Vera’s right hand, amputated neatly, the calling card of a killer.

But Vera was very much alive. She’d been living in a homeless shelter all those years, and now she was dy-ing of cancer. Lorraine demanded that Reggie bring Vera to Monique’s Wish for her final days, though returning to a life’s worth of bad memories was some-thing Reggie didn’t want to do.

In retrospect, Vera hadn’t been a good parent. Reggie spent more time with her aunt than with her mother because Vera loved to drink. Lorraine resented that, and she seemed to resent Reggie, too. Because she felt unloved, and because of a childhood injury, Reggie grew up self-conscious, self-destructive, and unable to resist peer pressure from a reckless supposed-best friend. It had taken a long time to over-come that. She didn’t want to return to it.

But the fact of the matter was that her mother was alive, and dying. The other fact was that Neptune was never caught and vulnerable Vera was still in danger.

Then again, so was Reggie…I really have to stop reading books

like this before bedtime.I was okay until I got about a

quarter-way through it. But then author Jennifer McMahon made me jump and, well, helloooo nightmares.

Though there are some rough spots in editing and a little bit of initial back-and-forth confusion in timeline, “The One I Left Behind” is a pretty fine thrill-er. The characters are a creepy bunch, even when you may think they’re not supposed to be. There are lots of dis-tractions here to keep you guessing, and plenty of dead ends that should easily foil early-solvers. In fact, I didn’t know where McMahon was going until almost the end of this book, which was mighty satisfying.

So if you need to scare up a few scares, this book should be your next read need. For lovers of a high Creep Level, “The One I Left Behind” won’t be left behind anywhere.

“The One I Left Behind” by Jennifer McMahon

c.2013, William Morrow $14.99 / $16.99 Canada 423 pages

Wednesday, Feb. 6 was signing day at St. Mary’s Ryken. Knights sign their letters of intent (from the left): DeMarco Rojas (wide receiver/defensive back) is headed to Lake Erie College; Ryan Deal (quarterback) commits to West Virginia Wesleyan University; and KaDarius Campbell (running back) inks on the dot-ted line for St. Francis University. All students are varsity athletes on the football team.

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Food Fraud: What’s on your plate?By Debra Meszaros CSNwww.MXSportsNutrition.com

There has never been a time in history more important than now, to raise your own awareness about the food you decide to consume each day. Unfortunately the days of knowing your local farmer have been replaced with corporate supermar-kets. We are left to trust what we read on the labels that accompany our food. But should we be?

In the past year alone, reports have surfaced about many common practices of modern food manufacturing. How can a fast food burger be left out for a decade and not decompose? Why does a McRib pork sandwich contain 70 different ques-tionable ingredients and its meat portion consist of restructured meat? Is the meat you have chosen to purchase at the gro-cery store held together by “meat glue”? Does your child’s school lunch contain a combination of ground up beef scraps and some connective tissue mixed with an ammonia solution, a.k.a. “pink slime”? Did you miss the full-page ads that a supermarket chain ran in national news-papers apologizing for selling hamburg-ers that contained 30 percent horsemeat?

Supporting that dollar menu at many local establishments may be doing more dam-age than you think. With each dollar you spend, are you supporting food fraud?

When you deliberately substitute, add, tamper or misrepresent food, its in-gredients, or packaging, or make false or misleading statements about a product for economic gain, you are committing food fraud. The U.S. Pharmacopeial Conven-tion (USP) reports 800 new reports of food fraud over the last two years. At this rate, wholesome food may be very hard to come by in the near future.

Where can we find a solution? Could it be right in our back yards?

Getting back to the basics is the way to preserve our food safety and our health. Small family farms still exist in our area, and those that respect the laws of nature are helping to preserve a healthy food chain. Local farming is very important to all of us. Buying from smaller commu-nity farms with free-range animals that are organically fed, removes you from possibly being a victim of food fraud and unwanted food contamination. Look for signs in your local supermarket for local products. Understand that contamina-tion is mostly found in products raised in confined animal feeding operations (CA-FOs); so research the brands you buy and keep a sharp eye out for that local farm stand. Stop in and buy some wholesome food, and don’t forget to say “Thank you”.

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You and only you are responsible if you choose to do anything with the information you have read. You do so at your own risk. I encourage you to make your own health decisions based upon your research and in partnership with a qualified health care professional.

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Valentine’s Vittles

By Shelby OppermannContributing Writer

Happy Valentine’s Day everyone! We started celebrating last Saturday by attending a wine and chocolate evening at Ingleside Plan-tation Winery; two hours of tasting in the bar-rel room was so romantic. And, I understand that our own Port of Leonardtown Winery will have a similar tasting before their wine dinner tonight (The dinner is already sold out how-ever). We are blessed with everything we need right here. St. Mary’s has so many restaurants and now wineries to choose from.

Two years ago we had the most wonder-ful Valentine’s dinner at Fitzie’s Restaurant off Joe Hazel Road in Leonardtown – great crab cakes. There are lots of locally owned restau-rants to support. If you haven’t been to Morris Point Restaurant yet in Abell then you are in for a treat. Debbie and Chris will take good care of you and serve you delicious food. Quades Store in Bushwood is not just a store but serves some of the best home cooked food, and you probably already know about their famous crab cakes. Just in Leonardtown alone, we are fortu-nate enough to have so many great restaurants: The Leonardtown Grille; just thinking about the Ethan burger makes me hungry, The Front Porch; not only the food but some great cock-tails are available, of course Café Des Artistes with Chef Loic serving amazing creations con-sistently and offering Valentine’s specials all week, The Tea Room with elegant luncheon teas and substantial sandwiches, The Pub; lots of great appetizers, wings, and subs, Kevin Thompson’s Seafood Café and his crab cakes, Salsa’s, Cerro Grande, Oga’s, Happy Dragon... How lucky can we be?

One of my favorite comfort foods is Fiesta Steak at Tequila Grill in Charlotte Hall, or St. Mary’s Landing’s fried chicken. I should prob-ably eat some breakfast so I quit thinking of food, and these are just a few from the upper end of the county. I haven’t even tried food yet at The Melting Pot, The Lounge at Bollywood, or Thai Inter to name a few on my to do list.

A few weeks ago a reader wrote to tell me that I might want to try Laurel Grove Sta-tion Restaurant on Rt. 235 near our home in Mechanicsville (Thanks, Helen). So, one cold and rainy mid-week night we headed on over. I thought they were basically a sub shop, but in August they came under new management, and now serve elegant white tablecloth, candlelit dinners at reasonable prices in the old Southern Maryland Railroad stop. What a surprise when we walked in to find gleaming wood floors, beautiful, cozy tables, a tasty chef-prepared meal, and a very nice wine selection. They just had a Brazilian wine dinner last week. What a lovely meal with attentive service. Laurel Grove Station is offering a new twist on Val-entine’s Day dinner with limousine service of-fered to and from your home for $38.00 a per-son. What a neat idea.

Wherever you end up this evening or over the weekend, I hope you take time to enjoy all the varieties of local flavor St. Mary’s has to offer, and share some love.

To each new day’s adventure,Shelby

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Aimless Mind

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Linda RenoContributing Writer

We would like to believe we would be proud of all of our ancestors, but they were human beings and often made mis-takes--sometimes big ones. One of these was James Williams (1796-1844), my fourth great-grandfather.

James Williams and Elizabeth Spalding were married about April 23, 1817. By 1829 Williams was running a dry goods store and had begun acquiring property in and around Mechanicsville. By 1835 things had begun to come apart. There are records of at least five judgments against Williams by various creditors between 1835 and 1838.

Now, apparently, the heavy drinking began and along with it, the wife beating. The first charge occurred on May 27, 1839 followed by another on December 15, 1839 and again on July 11, 1840. Bond was posted in each case, but it does not appear any real action was taken. Perhaps Elizabeth dropped the cases with the hope or promise things would get better, not realizing that too often the violence only escalates.

On July 14, 1843 a Coroner’s inquest was ordered on the body of Elizabeth Williams at her home. Her eight-year-old son, Robert testified that “his parents went to Mr. Scott’s to-gether and his mother came home and left his father there. When his father came home, he tried to break down the door before he or his mother could get up to open the door. Rob-

ert opened another door and let his father in. His father grabbed his mother by her hair and dragged her out the door and beat her with a heavy thick board on the back and head.

Then he beat her with two tobacco sticks and then with a large rail. When he stopped beating her with a rail, she appeared to be dead and then he stamped her on the breast and head. He grabbed hold of her feet and dragged her into the house; stamped her again; and then got a chunk of fire and kindled it upon her breast. Then he laid her out and laid down by her.”

The July 24, 1843 issue of the Baltimore Sun reported: “A Wife Murdered by Her Husband. On the night of the 13th, we learn from the Leonardtown Herald, a horrid murder was committed in the vicinity of Charlotte Hall by a man named James Williams, upon his wife. After the murder had been committed, the fiend in human shape deliberately removed his victim into the yard fronting the house, where the deed was perpetrated and fled from the neighborhood. He has not been arrested. His son, an interesting boy of eight years old who saw his mother expire under blows inflicted by the in-human husband, seated himself close by the remains of his murdered parent, which he continued to watch over during the remains of that gloomy night, and did not leave that spot until neighbors had assembled the following morning. Wil-liams is an intemperate man, and we have no doubt that this caused him to commit the foul and diabolical act.”

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Here in Leonardtown is a fully furnished restaurant

waiting for the right concept.

Restaurant/Bar/Night Club for Rent

“Sell” Phone: 240-577-1496

Office: 301 863 2400 xt. 229

FuLL ACRe oF LANd iN HoLLywood with 3 B.R.

2 BATH TRAiLeR.

iNCLudeS A SHed ANd

A deCK oFF THe BACK.

.8 Of an acRe with 3 B.R.,

2 BATH HoMe FeATuRiNG A wood SToVe deCK, New

SidiNG ANd RooF.

$134,900

$199,975

owner will consider holding financing for the trailer.

2013-02-14 The County Times

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