2015-06-04 St. Mary's County Times

Thursday, June 4, 2015 1The County Times

Thursday, June 4, 2015

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Celebrating Graduation pg. 18

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Local GOP Rallies For

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State Warns of Property Tax Reduction Offer

By Guy LeonardStaff Writer

Officials with the Department of As-sessments and Taxation (SDAT) are warning property owners of a dubious business offcer claiming to aid them in filing appeals to lower their annual bills.

“SDAT was recently made aware of a mailing to Maryland homeowners that looks like an official notice from a gov-ernment agency, the notice reads ‘Real property overassessment important in-formation for property owners,’” said Owen Charles acting director of SDAT. “The company is offering to file an ap-peal on a property owner’s behalf for a filing fee of $99.”

The state is warning recipients of the missives that they are misleading since SDAT does not charge filing fees to ap-peal a property tax bill nor is the dead-line to do so June 1, as the letter says, but December 31.

“SDAT is not a part of this question-able business practice in which there is no guarantee that an appeal will result in a property tax savings,” Charles said.

Kim Frum, spokesperson for SDAT, said the company offering this service is not doing anything outside the law, but they are also not offering to repre-sent the person for whom they file dur-ing a hearing.

“They’re not offering any guaran-tees,” Frum told The County Times. “It’s not illegal at all but they’re not of-fering anything we don’t already offer.

“If you can do something for free why wouldn’t you.”

Property owners have the right to ap-peal their property assessments, SDAT assured homeowners, and they should remember they can file an appeal when they believe that there property is not valued in accordance with the current market.

Appeals can be filed after the prop-erty owner recieves an assessment no-tice, by a petition for review, or upon purchasing property between January 1 and June 30.

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The Republican National Commit-tee’s Vice Chair Sharon Day praised lo-cal GOP grassroots members for help-ing to turn in a stunning victory for Gov. Larry Hogan last year and said they had to keep their momentum strong in the face of a Hillary Clinton presidential candidacy in the Democrat camp.

“We may be small in numbers but we are mighty in heart,” Day told county Republicans in May at the Lincoln/Rea-gan Dinner at Olde Breton Inn in Breton Bay.

Day said Republicans must be par-ticularly ardent in turning out the fe-male vote for a GOP presidential can-didate in 2016 since she expected that even conservative women would vote for Clinton, wife of former President Bill Clinton, just to help ensure that a woman was elected to the nation’s high-est office.

Day said the country could not afford a Clinton presidency that would essen-tially be an extension of the Obama Ad-ministration and said Clinton was one of the most scandal-prone candidates.

“She’s either involved in scandal, the

coverup of a scandal or in the secrecy involved in a scandal,” Day said. “This is what surrounds Hillary Clinton.

“It’s going to take more than a vil-lage to stop Hillary Clinton, it’s going to take an army.”

But Day praised the local work of GOP members who helped secure Ho-gan’s November victory; here Hogan received a broad majority of votes and St. Mary’s County was his first stop in a tour of the state when he came to cele-brate Veterans Day in Leonardtown just days after his win.

Hogan’s Secretary of Planning David Craig also attended the dinner at Breton Bay last week.

Day was also emboldened, she said, by a wide range of Republican candi-dates who have declared their candi-dacy for president.

“We have such a deep bench,” Day said.

Though Clinton has received criti-cism in national press recently for avoid-ing direct questions she is still seen by many political pundits as a leader in the Democrat party for president.

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A local aquaculture operation, Holly-wood Oyster located on the banks of Hog Neck Creek in Hollywood, is seeking to expand its oyster growing operation into new nearby waters but some are protest-ing, saying it infringes on the abilty of watermen to fish and crab freely.

Hollywood Oyster wants to start a new oyster farming operation just north of their current lease with more underwa-ter acreage in Sotterley Creek. The pro-posed lease would be 3.3 acres.

In a letter to the state’s Department of Natural Resources, Lexington Park resi-dent Edward Ruskowsky stated that wa-termen have historicallly used trot lines in the waters between Greenwell State Park and Sotterley Plantation, the wa-ters in question, and that they have been steadily pushed away from prime terri-tory due to the presence of underwater oyster cages.

“For the past several years local water-men have coexisted with the aquaculture

business by repositioning trotlines be-yond the oyster cages and barriers,” Rus-kowsky stated. “Initally watermen had ample space to trotline, but over the past two years the Hollywood Oyster Com-pany has expanded operations into Hog Neck Creek and the area between Hog Neck Creek and Sotterley Creek to the point that watermen have been unable to lay a single line.”

Caleb Marshall, production manager at the Hollywood Oyster operation, said trot lining would be restricted from the new lease but that eventually both wa-termen and the aquaculture operation would be winners.

“It’s typical,” Marshall said of such complaints. “But having oysters there brings more crabs into the creek.

“You can run a trot line five feet on the other side [of the lease property line] and there are going to be lots of crabs there.

“We have to coexist.”

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Please join us at MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital’s 28th National Cancer Survivors Day Picnic on June 7 from 1 to 3:30 p.m. on the hospital grounds.

Free and open to all cancer survivors and their families, our annual picnic is a time to socialize and enjoy a Southern-cooked lunch filled with joy, camaraderie, hope, and love as we honor cancer survivors, their families and friends.

For more information, call 301-475-6070.

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The Nuclear Regulatory Com-mission’s (NRC) report on the April 7 dual shutdown of the reactors at Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant in Lusby showed that the staff at the plant acted properly in dealing with the unplanned event.

The NRC sent a special inspection team to Calvert Cliffs shortly after the shutdown, which was caused, according to the report by an off-site surge in the electrical power grid. Problems were compounded, though, because one of the backup generators at the plant failed to stay on after it was activated.

This latest failure of the emergen-cy diesel generator (EDG), designat-ed as 2B in the report, was one of the reasons for the special inspection. Other problems noted contributed to the ncessity of the special inspection as well.

“The first criterion met was for the repetitive failure of the 2B EDG to start and load during the actual loss of power event in 2010 and 2015,” according to the report. “The sec-ond critierion met was for mulitiple failures in systems used to mitigate an actual event, as well as salt water cooling flow was lost for 12 minutes until control unit operators manu-ally started the 21 salt water pump.”

Neil Sheehan, spokesman for the

NRC, said that the problem with the backup generator came down to a faulty circuit card in the larger mechanism which was replaced and put back into service.

“The issue is how the backup systems work during a shutdown,” Sheehan said. “They still need to analyze what happened with the circuit card. We don’t know the full answer yet.

“They need to get down to the mi-cro level.”

By April 9 both of the reactors were back up and running according to a timeline included in the report.

Despite the equipment failures that exacerbated the dual reactor shutdown, the NRC said the opera-tors of the plant acted in accordance with proper procedures.

“The team concluded that, over-all, organizational and operator re-sponse to the dual unit reactor trip was appropriate and in accordance with [power plant] procedures and training,” the report stated. “The team further determined that Ex-elon staff completed appropriate interim corrective actions to address the causes fo the dual-unit trip and restored equipment in accordance with the plant’s design and applica-ble regulatory requirements.”

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16 drawings. Only 1000 tickets are sold – buy your ticket today!! (Other games and chances to win money take place during the event.) New this year, an additional $5,000 in cash prizes will be given away during the day. You MUST BE PRESENT to win any of the additional $5,000 cash prizes.

Proceeds from the event benefit children and adults with physical and mental disabilities in becoming active community members through our sports programs as well as the work place.

To purchase additional tickets (cost of $35 each, checks payable to TCLE), visit our website at www.tcle.org to purchase tickets or call 301-373-8100 for additional information.

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MedStar St. Mary’s Wound Healing Center Helps Raise Awareness

The Wound Healing Center at MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital is helping raise awareness of chronic wounds during the second annual Wound Care Awareness Week be-ing held June 1-5. The MedStar St. Mary’s Wound Center offers advanced therapies to patients suffering from chronic wounds which are often associated with diabetes, pressure sores, burns, post surgical, venous stasis and other non-healing wounds.

Chronic wounds affect an es-timated 6.7 million people in the United States and the incidence is rising, fueled by an aging popula-tion and increasing rates of dis-eases and conditions such as dia-betes, obesity and the late effects of radiation therapy. Untreated, chronic wounds can lead to di-minished quality of life and pos-sible amputation of the affected limb.

“Education of wound care helps with so many more aspects of a person’s healthcare,” said Olivia Sartain, Operations Spe-cialist for MedStar St. Mary’s Wound Healing Center. “There has to be a reason why a patient’s wounds aren’t healing.”

In an effort to uncover the cause of a patient’s chronic wound, the

Wound Healing Center’s team uses a multi-disciplinary ap-proach which employs the lat-est assessment and therapeutic methods. Each patient receives a customized wound care plan, proper medication plan and nutri-tion plan, in addition to consistent care and collaboration with their primary care physician.

“We are here to help,” said Sartain. “By sending patients to us to heal their wounds, it allows the physicians in the community to focus on their specialties. We collaborate with the physicians to keep them up to date on their patient’s status and how they are healing, and send them back when healed. We have had very positive feedback since our center opened from physicians and other health-care providers in the community.”

MedStar St. Mary’s Wound Healing Center is equipped with two state-of-the-art hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) cham-bers, which use a combination of high pressure and pure oxygen to help patients heal at a quicker rate than traditional treatments.

“Before we opened in Decem-ber of 2012, the patients in our community had to travel to D.C. or Baltimore for this therapy,” said

Sartain. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy

could mean a two-hour, Monday through Friday commitment, and the additional four hours of travel time meant the therapy was not possible for some patients.

“Having this progressive thera-py available close to home makes it more accessible and convenient for our patients,” said Sartain.

Wound Care Week is spon-sored by Healogics, the nation’s largest provider of advance wound care services. The Wound Healing Center at MedStar St. Mary’s is one of nearly 800 Healogics-managed centers in the nation.

People with wounds that have not improved with traditional methods of treatment may benefit from a visit to MedStar St. Mary’s Wound Healing Center. For more information about the Wound Healing Center, visit the hospital’s web site at MedStarStMarys.org. To schedule an appointment, call 240-434-7670.

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Local law officers and county government officials engaged in the fight against underage and binge drinking say that more and more establishments are seeking out spe-cial training to help them spot fake identification cards and more of those fakes are being turned into law enforcement but the quality of the fake IDs is becoming so good its deceiving law officers and even electronic scanners.

“Awareness has increased [among alcohol purveyors about fake IDs] and we’re hoping that as businesses catch these that the word gets out on the street that using these IDs is not worth the risk,” said Tamara Hil-debrand, head administrator for the county’s Alcohol Beverage Board. “But some police officers can’t even tell if they’re not trained.”

High school and college aged young people are giving their per-sonal information, usually from their drivers license including their soundex number, to on-line sites that advertise high quality fraudu-lent IDs usually made in China that make nearly perfect matches for drivers licenses from across the nation.

“The good fake Maryland IDs are so good right down to the barcode on the back,” Hildebrand said, add-ing that by giving their personal information out, young people were endangering their future credit prospects and their identity could even be stolen by criminals who want to go on the lam.

“They’re not even making crimi-nals work for it,” Hildebrand said. “They’re just giving it away.”

Cpl. James Stone, the county sheriff’s office alcohol enforcement coordinator, said underage and binge drinking in St.Mary’s County was a serious problem and that fake IDs of this quality made it easier for the problem to grow worse.

“It can go beyond the scope of al-cohol, it can be used to try to buy prescription pills,” Stone told The County Times, adding that not all businesses as yet were returning these IDs despite the responsible al-cohol service training (RAST) that has grow in popularity.

“You have some businesses that are doing the right thing,” Stone said. “But sometimes parents are

the problem, they act more like enablers.”

Parents often will allow young people to engage in underage drink-ing on their property and they have become adept, Stone said, at adver-tising the gathering on social media in such a way that they are low key for law enforcement to pick up on.

And when it comes to the fake ID problem, parents can be loathe to take them away from their children.

“They’ll even go to businesses that took the IDs and try to get them back for them,” Stone said.

Possessing a fraudulent ID is ille-gal and opens the owner up to con-fiscation of the ID and suspension of their driving privileges.

According to the state’s 2013 Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 63 percent of high school age students surveyed in St. Mary’s said they had at least one alcoholic drink on one or more days during their life; almost 20 percent in high school said they had taken their first drink before the age of 13.

About the same percentage re-ported having five or more drinks within a month of being asked the question, the latest survey results showed.

In the same survey nearly 27 per-cent of middle school students who responded said they had taken at least one drink in their lives; about 13 percent said they had taken a drink before the age of 11.

Martin Johnson, a 25 year vet-eran with the Howard County Po-lice Department and a specialist in fraudulent IDs, said he has trained law officers in St. Mary’s and all across Maryland about the growing threat.

He said young people hardly ever perceive the threat to their future that fraudulent IDs present, simply for the want of alcohol.

“Nothing keeps that ID from be-ing sold again, again and again,” Johnson, who also consults for the Department of Homeland Security, said, “A lot of young people just don’t think that way.

“These web sites are a bonanza for the criminal underworld.”

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County prosecutors have charged a Scotland 18-year-old with arson and several other counts after he allegedly burned down his family’s home May 12 following a fight with relatives. Dallas Terry, who was 17 when he allegedly committed the crime, has since been committed to the county’s adult deten-tion center but his attorney has already filed a motion to have him moved to a juvenile facility.

State Fire Marshal’s investigators say that the fire was set just before 5 p.m. when Terry poured an acclerant in a large pool inside the home and ignited it. Preceeding this Terry was alleged to have had an altercation with his father in which Terry is accused of threatening his father with a knife. When his older brother attempted to intervene the fa-ther fled the home and the older brother eventually followed.

The older brother’s girlfriend was still in the home when Terry began to set the fire, investigators said, and he told her he was going to burn the house down.

Terry later told his older brother and his girlfriend that he knelt down in the fire and suffered burns to his arms and legs.

Terry has since been charged with first degree arson, first-and-second-degree assault, reckless endangerment, first-and-second-degree malicious burn-ing and making a threat of arson.

The family’s home in Scotland was completely destroyed and the family displaced.

Immediately following the blaze Ter-ry was charged and held as a juvenile but prosecutors waived his status and charged him as an adult owing to the se-verity of his alleged crimes.

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Dear Special Olympics Volunteers and Supporters,

Please accept our warmest thanks for your support of Special Olympics St. Mary’s County. As you know, our organization relies on the generosity of people like you to sus-tain our athletic programs. We are a unique program because unlike most other organized community sports, we offer our resources to the community for free. This makes fundrais-ing essential to keep us up and running.

Cash Bash is one of our largest fundrais-ers each year. We are in need of your help in buying a ticket(s) and/or selling tickets for this event. This year’s Cash Bash is Saturday, June 20th from noon until 5 p.m. at the Hollywood Firehouse Carnival Yard. We’ll have big tents set up to protect us from either sun or rain.

Each $35 ticket could be worth $5,000 or more! With “Powerball” style drawings - each digit in the winning number is drawn separately – you have multiple chances to win. And with 16 CASH drawings through-out the day and a grand prize drawing of $5,000, your $35 ticket could be worth a lot! For these drawings, you can win even if you are not at the event. We’ll call you if you win one of the drawings!

And new in 2015 is an additional $5,000 in door prizes for those who attend the event. So along with the great food, beer and soda plus other games of chance throughout the day, winners will take home $5,000 in door prizes.

With the proceeds we receive from the Cash Bash, we are able to provide our athletes with safe and appropriate equipment, trans-

portation to competitions, team uniforms and much more. If an athlete participated in simi-lar recreation sports in the community, fees would be upwards of $75 per sport. Think of your Cash Bash ticket as an equivalent of pay-ing a participation fee for an athlete or a dona-tion, but with much better perks!

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he Revolutionary War turned the United States into a country, but the Civil war is what truly made

the U.S. a nation, said president of the Friends of Point Lookout, Bob Cricken-berger. To commemorate the men of the war, Point Lookout is hosting its annual Blue & Gray Days event this month. The event will honor the men who lived at Point Lookout during the Civil War, and is meant to educate the public about the part of war we don’t hear about: life in a prisoner of war camp.

“We’re doing a commemoration for those that were here, both blue [Union] and gray [Confederacy]. It’s kind of hard to believe, of course, today it’s a beau-tiful park, but back then it was pretty much wide open. There were probably almost 30,000 people here at one time, between the prison pen and the hospi-

tal down at the point and all the logis-tical support that was here. Everywhere was camps. A lot of folks don’t realize that it was a big place. There’s probably 60 to 80 yards of Point Lookout gone from the war period here [Camp of Sec-ond New Hampshire], but on the base side, there’s probably about 200 yards gone. That’s how much erosion has taken effect,” Crickenberger said.

From Point Lookout, the border of Virginia is clearly visible. Initially, this close proximity to enemy territory seems odd, but upon further inspection, the camp proves to be ideally placed.

“You can see Virginia from here, and that’s very unique for a prisoner of war camp, because this is a northern pris-oner of war camp in Southern Mary-land. These bottom three counties—Charles, St. Mary’s and Calvert—were very pro-Confederacy, and now here’s a Union States prisoner of war camp, and there you have the Confederacy right

there. It’s kind of an in-your-face type thing, but it was an ideal location for a prison camp. Before the war, there’s a recreational area. It’s a beautiful place, beaches and everything like that, and the very rich and well to do in Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, people like Cyrus McCormick, all of them had cot-tages down here. Now, when the Civil War breaks out, a lot of these folks aren’t coming down here anymore, and so the landowner’s like, ‘Hey man, I’m losing money.” So he goes the federal govern-ment saying, ‘I’m going to offer you my land.” So, they build a state of the art hospital. Then of course, after the Battle of Gettysburg, what do you do with so many prisoners? The primary prisoner of war camps here on the east coast were Delaware, Fort Delaware, Fort McHen-ry in Baltimore, the old capital prison in Washington, and now you’ve got a new force of prisoners, what do you do with them? Well, a peninsula is a natu-

ral place for a prisoner of war camp. In late July of ’63, they establish a prisoner of war camp, and it’s a war camp until late June of 1865, with the release of the last prisoners. Even though there would be, at one time, over 22,000 prisoners jammed in a camp, there would actually be over 52,000 that would pass through the gate of Camp Hoffman, the prisoner of war camp in just two years. That’s a lot of people,” Crickenberger said.

Generally known as Point Lookout, official documents recognize the POW camp as Camp Hoffman.

“Everybody refers to it as Point Look-out. Officially, it’s called Camp Hoff-man in the records, but all through his-tory, whenever you read any reference to

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Thursday, June 4, 2015 13The County Timesit, it’s called Point Lookout. Not so much the hospital, not so much anything else, but when you say ‘Point Lookout,’ the first thing you think of is ‘prison camp,’” Crickenberger said. “The prisoner of war camp was named Camp Hoffman after William Hoffman, who was a colonel. He was the Commissary General of Pris-oners of War. He was actually a colonel in the regular army. When the war broke out, he was in the Texas, and the station at which he was posted was surrendered to the Confederacy, so he became a pris-oner of war until he was exchanged. Once he was exchanged, he was made Commissary General. He would actually be in charge of Point Lookout as well as many other prisoner of war camps.”

This year, the Blue & Gray Days event will celebrate the 150th anniversary of the release of Point Lookout’s last pris-oners of war.

“The war’s over in April 1865. This is June 1865. A lot of folks figure, well, the war’s over, so why are you still here? Understand, we don’t have CNN, we don’t have Fox and some guy riding a horse through here twirling his hat in the air and yelling, ‘Oh, the war’s over!’ is not exactly official word that the war is over. Plus, I’ve got about 3,000 pris-oners of war here, imprisoned, that are my enemy. Even though the war is over, they’re still my enemy, and according to the instructions from Washington, D.C., I have to put them through an official ceremony. They have to take the oath of allegiance, they have to remove anything they have that says ‘Confederate States’ or has any reference to it before they can leave here, because technically, they’re enemies of the state. Those who refuse to take the oath of allegiance, Congress has instructed officials here that if they re-fuse to take the oath of allegiance, you are to arrest them and send them to the federal penitentiary, which is located today in Fort McNair in Washington. Most guys said, ‘Hey, I’ll take the oath of allegiance because I want to go home.’ Everybody, blue and gray wanted to go home by that time,” Crickenberger said.

The desire to go home was largely mo-tivated by poor living conditions within the camp.

“We’re here June, July, August, it’s hot, but we have air conditioning, we have fast food. They didn’t have that. They didn’t have anything like that

to even compare it to. Back then, uni-forms were 100 percent wool for both blue and gray, that’s how they lived, that’s what they tolerated. They put up with mosquitoes, heat, humidity, depri-vation, but that’s what they were used to. They lived in tents, here in the fort, the guys lived in buildings, but here in the prison compound, there were no build-ings. There were tents and what was known as ‘shebangs,’ which was what we call today, ‘hobo huts,’ you know, wood, throw some canvas over the top for a roof, that kind of thing. They froze to death. No one ever actually starved to death, but they froze to death. Disease ran rampant— dysentery, diarrhea, small pox. Even though there would be over 4,000 Confederates that died here, 4,000 Union soldiers died here also. However, it was considered a state of the art hos-pital because of what was allowed there and what was conducted…The hospital was called Hammond hospital after Wil-liam A. Hammond, who was a Surgeon General in the United States Army. It’s a wagon wheel-like configuration because it took advantage of all the changing weather here,” Crickenberg said.

Despite these harsh conditions, sol-diers within the camp shared unique re-lationships, following a social hierarchy according to ranks of the soldiers, Crick-enberger said. In addition, the soldiers shared a sort of fellowship as a result of shared battles.

“Initially, the first Union guards came from Gettysburg. The first prisoners who came here were from Gettysburg. There’s that brotherhood of combat: ‘Even though you’re from Mississippi and I’m from Pennsylvania, we have drunken the same water, we have eaten the same dirt and we have fought the same battles.’ Later on in 1864, when a lot of the vet-eran Union troops were transferred from here to continue on with General Grant’s Overland Campaigns in Virginia, then they brought in a lot of troops that had never been here before. A lot of troops had never experienced the combat and deprivation of the battle field,” he said.

“Life at Point Lookout was not pleas-ant, there’s no doubt about that. His-torians, especially partisan historians, still argue about how bad POW prisons actually were. It was definitely a tough life,” said Ross Kimmel, co-author of “I Am Busy Drawing Pictures.” The book,

filled with drawings by Civil War POW John Omenhausser, is filled with draw-ings of life at Point Lookout. Currently, it is one of the most credible sources of knowledge regarding life in a prisoner of war camp. Most of the drawings are

rather humorous, according to Kimmel. “Once a prisoner got to a place like

Point Lookout, he could live by his wits, which is what Omenhausser did. He drew pictures, and sold them,” he said. In addition to wit, some soldiers had friends in the North who were able to supply them with outside goods. Prison-ers without these resources had a much harder time than in the camp than those who did.

Blue & Gray Days will take place Sat-urday, June 13, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday, June 14, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Crickenberger said. Saturday, at 7 p.m., Kimmel and co-author Mike Mu-sick will give a presentation regarding the John Omenhausser collections, and their book “I Am Busy Drawing Pic-tures” will be available for purchase at a cost of $45 per book.

Blue & Gray Days is meant to com-memorate the men who served in the Civil War and the prisoners who spent time at Point Lookout, as all of the men were American, despite their associa-tions with the Union or Confederacy. If it weren’t for these men, we’d be living in a very different nation than the one we know today.

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Kay Ann Parker, 73

Kay Ann Parker, 73, of Great Mills, Md., formerly of Gloucester, Va., died Wednesday, May 27 at MedStar Washington Hos-pital Center in Washington, D.C.

She was born on March 31, 1942 in Detroit, Mich. to the late Ed-ward D. Jessop and Mary C. Kay.

Kay was an antique dealer for over 30 years. She enjoyed going to yard sales, flea markets and antique shops looking for spe-cial finds. She had an extensive collection of vintage hats and perfume bottles. She enjoyed gardening and especially loved growing beautiful roses. She also loved her pet Chihuahua, “Daisy May.” However, her greatest love was spending time with her family. Kay is survived by her children, Kay Elizabeth Shores (Bruce) of Glouces-ter, VA, Jennifer Carol Underwood (Mi-chael) of Gloucester, VA, and Ann Marie Longworth (Gregory) of Great Mills, MD; her step-children, Gordon Lynn Williams (Linda) and Norris Jennings Williams (Sue), both of Gloucester, VA; her siblings, Nancy Olin, Dianne Gardner, Barbara Poppe, DuWayne Jessop and David Jessop; 15 grandchildren, 9 great-grandchildren. In addition to her parents she is also preced-ed in death by her husband, Lloyd Parker.

All services will be private. Condolences may be made to www.brinsfieldfuneral.com Arrangements by the Brinsfield Fu-neral Home, P.A.

Varina Craig McGowan, 92

Varina Craig McGowan, 92, of Holly-wood, Md., died Thursday, May 28 at St. Mary’s Rehabilitation and Nursing Center.

Varina was born in Avonmore, PA on Oct. 25, 1922 to the late Jennings Bryan Craig and Anna Elizabeth Hill.

She is survived by her children, Harry E. McGowan of College Park, Md.; G. Thom-as McGowan of Laurel, Md.; Craig B. Reed and A. Jean Furtado both of Hollywood, Md.; 6 grandchildren and 6 great-grand-children. In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by her husband, Harry E. McGowan and her sister, Marijane Cook.

All services will be private. Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of St. Mary’s, P.O. Box 625, Leonardtown MD 20650 or Hollywood Volunteer Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 79,

Hollywood MD 20636. Condolences to the family may be made at www.brinsfield-funeral.com

Arrangements by the Brinsfield Funeral Home, P.A.

Robert Bruce “Bob” Gill, 71

Robert Bruce “Bob” Gill of Mechanicsville, Md., died Monday, May 25, at his home

He was born on February 8, 1944, in New Jersey to the late Thomas Gill and Doro-thy Koeppen. On July 24, 1962, Bob enlisted in the United States Ma-rine Corps and proudly served his country until his honorable discharge in July 1968. He earned the Pistol Marksman Badge, Ri-fle Marksman Badge, Good Conduct Med-al, National Defense and Service Medal, and Vietnam Service Medal. On February 8, 1980, he married his beloved wife, Janice Lee Gill in Upper Marlboro, Md. Together they celebrated over 35 wonderful years of marriage. He was employed by Brinks and Murray’ Steaks as commercial truck driv-

ing with over 46 years of dedicated service. He enjoyed working on cars, playing cards, vacationing in Ocean City, where he loved to jet ski, parasail and sit and listen to the waves. He cheered on the Baltimore Ra-vens and liked to watch Kyle Bush in the NASCAR races. He also enjoyed listening to country music, watching television, and playing with his dog, Patches. His greatest love was spending time with his family, especially his grandchildren. In addition to his beloved wife, Bob is also survived by his son, Marc Gill (Christina Johnson) of Hollywood, Md.; his siblings, Thomas Gill (Rosario) of Newark, NJ and Carol Adamo of Point Pleasant, NJ; his grandchildren, Alyssa Varnell-Gill, Shianne Gill, Marc “Ryan” Gill, Jr., Aleeah Storm Gill, Jaden Herbert, and Jasmine Herbert; his mother-in-law, Audrey Jean Pruitt, his former daughter-in-law, Crystal Varnell Gill (Tom Aylor) and many nieces, nephews and cous-ins. Family received friends for Bob’s Life Celebration on Sunday, May 31, from 1 to 4 p.m., with a prayer service celebrated by Reverend Joe Orlando at 3 p.m., at Brins-field Funeral Home, P.A., 22955 Hollywood Road, Leonardtown, Md. 20650. Inter-ment will follow at a later date at Maryland Veteran’s Cemetery in Cheltenham, Md. Memorial Contributions may be made to the American Lung Association, 211 East Lombard Street, Suite 260, Baltimore, MD 21202. Serving as Honorary Pallbearers will be Alyssa Varnell-Gill, Shianne Gill, Marc “Ryan” Gill, Aleeah Gill, Jasmine Herbert, and Jaden Herbert. Condolences to the family may be made at www.brins-fieldfuneral.com.

Frances V. Biscoe, 82

Frances V. Biscoe, 82 of Lexington Park, Md., passed away at the Washington Hos-

pital Center on May 20. Interment will be private.

Robert C. (Bob) Combs, 72

Robert C. (Bob) Combs, 72 of Leonardtown, Md. died on June 1 at his home in Leonardtown, Md. Born in Leonardtown on De-cember 23, 1942 he was the oldest of seven children born to Frank A. and Doro-thy Schott Combs. Upon graduation from Ryken High School in 1960 he joined the United States Air Force serving in Bitburg, Germany from 1960-1963. Following his honorable discharge he returned to Leonar-dtown where he worked for ten years with his father in the Frank A. Combs Insurance Agency. Later he went on to form B & J Nursery with his brother John Combs and then later formed Robert Combs Builder and the Newtowne Construction Compa-ny becoming known to many as “Builder Bob”.

Known for his love of sports, he ex-celled in softball and skiing but when it came to golf however, it was always “wait til next year”. Bob was an avid gardener and landscapist and his flower gardens were a thing of beauty. Active in his com-munity Bob was a past President of the St. Mary’s County Jaycees, served as Presi-dent of the St. Francis Xavier, Newtowne Parish Council, was director of Park and Recreations in the days when it was a vol-unteer position, long-time player with the Hobos softball team, member of the Leon-ardtown Volunteer Fire Dept, on the St. Mary’s Ryken High School Board of Di-rectors and Plant Committee, and an usher with St. Aloysius Church.

On June 5, 1965 he married Judy Rus-

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sell of Claire, IA at St. Aloysius Church in Leonardtown. Their 50th wedding anniversary was to be this June. An ac-tive member of St. Aloysius Church, his pastor Rev. David Beaubien was with him through his last illness.

Bob is survived by his wife Judy and six children: Robert C. Jr. of Lusby, Md., Christopher C. (Jean) of Leonardtown, MD, T. Emmett (Jennifer) of Charleston, SC, Benjamin J. (Elena) of Sparks, NV, Michelle Radez (Tyler) of Avenue, Md, and Kevin R. (Kristi) of Leonardtown, Md. and fourteen grandchildren.

The family will receive friends on June 8 from 9 – 10 a.m. in the Mattingley-Gar-diner Funeral Home Leonardtown, Md. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 Am in St. Aloysius Catholic Church Leonardtown, Md. with Father David Beaubien officiating. Interment will fol-low in the church cemetery.

Contributions may be made to the Rob-ert C. Combs Memorial Scholarship at St. Mary’s Ryken High School 22600 Camp Calvert Road Leonardtown, Md. 20650.

Arrangements provided by the Matting-ley-Gardiner Funeral Home, P.A. Leonar-dtown, Md.

John Wesley Howell, Jr., 61

John Wesley Howell, Jr., 61, of Abell, Md passed away on May 29 at his resi-dence. Born on September 18, 1953 in La Plata, MD, he was the son of the late Freida Mae Largen Howell, and John Wesley Howell, Sr. John is survived by his siblings: Ron-nie Howell of Colton’s Point, Md, Joseph Howell of Compton, Md, David Howell of Ridge, Md., Benjamin Howell of Colonial Beach, Va., Sharon Morgan of Mechanics-ville, Md. Mary McDermott of Lusby, Md. Lilly Grabis, and Deborah Wood both of Charlotte Hall, Md. John is also survived by many nieces, nephew, great nephews and great nieces. He graduated from Chapticon High School in 1971, and was a lifelong resident of St. Mary’s County, Md. John worked as a Building Service Asst Manager for St. Mary’s County Pub-lic Schools. John liked tinkering with old tractors and lawn mowers. He was a col-lector of antiques and loved going to yard sales.

The family will receive friends on Tuesday, June 2 from 5 – 8 p.m in the Mattingley-Gardiner Home Leonard-town, Md. A Funeral Service will be held on Wednesday, June 3 at 10 a.m. in the Funeral Home Chapel with Bishop Dan-iel Jones officiating. Interment will fol-low in Charles Memorial Gardens Leon-ardtown, Md. Pallbearers will be: David Howell, Jimmie Morgan, Jason Wood, Jerry Howell, Eddie Jones, and Michael Howell. Contributions may be made to the Seventh Dist. Vol. Fire Department P.O. Box 206 Avenue, Md. 20609, and Seventh Dist. Vol. Rescue Squad P.O. Box 7 Avenue, Md. 20609.

Ruth Ann Gatton, 70

Ruth Ann Gatton, 70, of Hollywood, Md. formerly from Sudlersville, Md, passed away on May 30 at her home.

Born on August 1, 1944 in Galena, Md, she was the daughter of Evelyn Roe of Sudlersville, Md, and the late Walter Roe. Ruth was the loving wife of the late Steve A. Gatton, Sr, who she married on April 25, 1970 in Worton, Md, and whom preceded her in death on October 4, 2013. Ruth is survived by her children: Steve Gatton Jr. (Chrissy) of Hollywood, Md, Dale Gatton (Becky) of Lusby, Md, and 3 grandchildren: Alex Gatton, Jocelyn Gatton, and Devon Gatton. Siblings: Nancy Lister of Church Hill, Md, and Walter Roe, Jr. of Sudlersville, Md. She was preceded in death by her brother Robert Roe of Sudlersville, MD. Ruth graduated from Maryland School for the Deaf in 1963, and moved from Kent County, Md to St. Mary’s County, Md in April 1970. She was a wife, mother, and homemaker. Ruth enjoyed playing cards, spending time with family, walking the farm, and picking hopps with Jeff.

The family will receive friends on Thursday, June 4 from 10 – 11:00 a.m. in the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home Leonardtown, Md, with a Funeral Ser-vice at 11 a.m. in the Funeral Home Cha-pel with Rev. Glenn Strickler officiating. Interment will follow in Joy Chapel Cem-etery Hollywood, Md. Pallbearers will be: Steve Gatton, Jr., Dale Gatton, Steve Gat-ton, III (Alex), Jocelyn Gatton, Vic Demko, and Jeff Venendaal. Honorary Pallbearers will be Devin Gatton. Contributions can be made to Hospice of St. Mary’s P.O. Box 625 Leonardtown, Md 20650.

Florence Parker, 73

Florence Parker, 73, of Gays Mills, formerly of Pleasant Hill, NC went to her home in heaven Sunday, May 24 at Ver-non Memorial Hospital in Viroqua.

She was born April 26, 1942 at St. Mary’s Hospital in Leon-ardtown, Md. The daughter of Walter & Dorothy ( )Saunders of Chapitco, Md. She was united to Vernon Harold Parker Aug. 5,1968, he preceded her in death July 20,2002. She graduated from Richmond Professional Institute May 1964. Later in life she went on to get her nursing degree as an RN. She retired in 2003 from Odom Correctional Institute of Jackson, NC. Her passion was fam-ily and making quilts for family espe-cially grandchildren, great and great great granchildren. She enjoyed reading, church and her cat “mango”.

She is survived by her children: Only Daughter Vera (Donald) Stus-sy Soldiers Grove,WI; Alan (Susan) Parker, Holyrood,KS; Bruce(Teresa) Parker,Pleasant Hill, NC; Ray Parker, Willcox, AZ; Victor (Carol) Kelly, Fort Meade,FL; 11 Granchildren;14 great children; 1 great grandchild

Brother Walter “Bo” (Susanne) Saun-ders Takoma, Md; Alot of Nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; two sons: Walter & Daniel Parker; Grandson, Brent Ewing; Great grandson, Jeffery; Sister, Eliza-beth (McWilliams) Berenson; brothers: Fredrick J , Charles R , Thomas G Mc

Williams.Family gathering will be held at a later

date. She will be buried in Pleasant Hill, NC by her husband and son Walter at a later date.

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The Vosseteig Funeral Home of Gays Mills is serving the family. Harry V. Pilk-erton Jr. “Bubba”

Harry V. Pilkerton Jr. “Bub-ba” 60

Harry V. Pilkerton Jr. “Bubba” 60 of Avenue, Md. passed away Sunday May 31, at his residence. He was born Feb. 14, 1955 in Leonardtown, Md., to the late Harry V. Pilker-ton Sr. & Mary Margeret (Quade) Pilkerton. Harry was raised in Avenue, MD in St. Mary’s county and attended St. Marys county public school. He was enrolled at the Technical Center where he flourished in auto mechanics.

He was married to Marie K. (Lyon) Pilk-erton of Avenue, Md., on Feb. 27, 1976 at the court house in Leonardtown, Md. They later renewed their vows at Holy Angles Church in Avenue, Md., on April 27, 2002. Harry and Marie were life long residents of

Avenue, MD in St. Mary’s county. Harry enjoyed spending time with his

family and friends. He loved listening to music, watching TV, cook outs, talking on the phone, and working on older cars.

Harry was employed at Triangle Garage in Avenue, Md., for 32 years. He worked with his father, and later took over the busi-ness until his health declined. In addition to his parents, Harry was predeceased by his brother Daryl A. Pilkerton and his sis-ter Vivian Pilkerton and Rachel (Pilkerton) Quade.

He is survived by his Beloved wife Ma-rie K (Lyon) Pilkerton, his children Joseph Bubba Pilkerton and Cynthis A. (Pilkerton) Baird. His grandchildren Jazzmyn Theresa Pilkerton, Joseph William Lloyd Pilkerton, Julianna Ivy Susan Pilkerton, & Alexandra Mary Jayne Pilkerton. His sisters June M. Darympie, and husband Ronnie. Mary A. Graves, Kitty Hunnington, and husband Tucker, Phyliss Gray and husband David and sister in law Esther Pilkerton. He also has many wonderful nieces and nephews.

Family will unite with friends at Briscoe-Tonic Funeral Home 38576 Brett Way Me-chanicsville, MD 20659 on Saturday June 6 for visitation at 3 p.m. until time of memo-rial service at 4 p.m. Condolences can be sent to the Funeral home donation can be mailed to Marie Pilkerton PO Box 27 Av-enue, Md., 20609

Interment will be private.

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Bryantown Post Office

BushwoodBushwood Post Office

Captain Sam’s Murphy’s Town & County Store

CaliforniaSears

ProFitness Gym Mei’s Hair CareDB McMillians

Dr. Khun’s Lennys Subway

Wawa 235 Starbucks Chic Fil A

Giant KMART

Cracker BarrellDunkin Donuts

LaquintaABC LiquorCedar Point

Maximum Gym Shoppers

California Post Office Hewitts Service Center

Jerry’s BistroTwist Wine & Spirits

Lexington Village LiquorsVictory Woods

CallawayFoodlion

A & W MobilThe Corner

Charlotte HallSt. Mary’s County Welcome Center

Charlotte Hall Veterans HomeEasy Wash

Pizza HotlineCharlotte Hall Post OfficeCharlotte Hall Bus Stop

Fred’s LiquorsExxon Golden Beach

Dunkin Dounuts April Pool & Spa

Wawa Charlotte HallLedos

McKays Charlotte Hall 7-11 Charlotte Hall South side

ClementsClements Post Office

Abell’s DinnerABC Gas Station

ChapticoChaptico Post Office

Village LiquorsChaptico Market

Colton’s PointColton’s Point Post Office

ComptonCompton Post Office

DameronDameron Post OfficeCaroll’s Equipment

DraydenDrayden Post Office

Great MillsCVS

County LiquorsFoodlion

Chesapeake Shores Nursing HomeQuik Shop

SheetzGreat Mills Post Office

Brass Rail

HollywoodGattonsMckay’s

St. Johns PharmacyDean Lumber

Toots BarEarly Bird

Higher Education CenterBurchmart Hollywood

Hollywood Yoga and FitnessHollywood Post Office

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HughesvilleHughesville Post Office

LeonardtownGovernmental Center Bus Stop

Senior CenterSt Mary’s HospitalBoard Of Ed Office

St Mary’s Nursing Center Ledo’s

Leonardtown GrillExxon

Subway Centre Liquors

RiteAid Leonardtown McKay’s

Bernies SalonTrue Value

SunocoBurchmart

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Town Cleaners Newtown Village Community

Cedar Lane Apartments Leonardtown Library

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Lexington Park Adult CommShell Station Pegg Road

Fairfield InnHome 2 Suites

IHOP Comfort Inn

Donut ConnectionLinda’s Café

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Coles TravelLexington Park Library

Family DollarSt. Mary’s Lighting

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LovevilleThird Base

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MechanicsvilleThompson’s Seafood

Wawa MechanicsvilleSt. Mary’s Landing

Mechanicsville Post OfficeBurchmart Mechanicsville

Berts

New MarketSMC Library

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OakvilleRidgell’s Service CenterBrandywine Auto Parts

BoatmansKorner Karryout

Park HallCooks

Piney PointPiney Point Market

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RidgeRidge Market

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Buzz’sBay Market Store

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St. Mary’s CitySt. Mary’s City Post Office

Tall TimbersDent Store

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Valley LeeValley Lee Post Office

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By Sarah MillerStaff Writer

Southern Maryland Sailing Asso-ciation (SMSA) is offering a series of camps designed to get young sailors of all experience levels out on the water.

The camp is held in the water be-hind the SMSA clubhouse, accord-ing to Senior Program Chair Daniel Ahearn.

Campers are divided into two groups, beginners and experienced sailors, Ahearn said.

“Sailing is a wonderful sport,” he said, adding that students learn to work in a team while on a boat and to be self-reliant when sailing alone.

According to the SMSA website, “our goal is to facilitate the devel-opment of the fundamental and advanced skills of sailing, while fostering an environment that im-parts the love of sailing and the water. Our curriculum is designed to build each sailor’s skill set in an incremental development method. This will result in skilled and con-fident sailors who learn to work to-gether, care for equipment and the Bay, and build lasting friendships.

At the end of our program, sailors emerge with an enhanced sense of self-reliance, knowledge of

seamanship, appreciation of teamwork, and good foundation in sailing and boating.”Camps are $300, Ahearn said. The cost in-

cludes a junior membership to the club and all the privalages that come with it, including per-mission to sign club owned boats out

Camps will run weekly from June 22 to Aug. 14. Spaces are filling up quickly. For more infor-mation, visit www.smsa.com.

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St. Mary’s County Public Schools is once again of-fering a Tech Kids Summer Youth Enrichment Program for students, ages 8 - 14. The program takes place July 13-16 at the Dr. James A. Forrest Career and Technol-ogy Center in Leonardtown. The goal of this program is to provide fun, enriching, hands on opportunities for students. The program will be a Monday through Thurs-day, four-day program.

Program sessions run from 9 a.m. to noon, 1 to 4 p.m. or 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Supervision will be provided from noon to 1 p.m. for those students enrolled in two sessions per day or the all-day sessions. Students staying all day should bring a bag lunch.

Course descriptions and applications can be found online or downloaded by visiting the St. Mary’s Coun-ty Public Schools website, www.smcps.org. Click on “Summer Activities” on the left side of the webpage and

then select the Tech Kids program of your choice.

Students may choose from these programs: “Tech Kids Tool Time,” “Arts and Crafts,” “Engineering for Kids,” “Bits, Bytes and Game Designs!,” “I’ll Stop The World…,” “Inspired to Soar,” “Auto Refinishing,” and “Culinary Crew.” The registration deadline is Fri-day, June 5.

Tuition is $60 for the three-hour session and $85 for the all day sessions. Stu-dents will need their own transportation to and from the Forrest Center, which is located across Point Lookout Road from the St. Mary’s County Fairgrounds, be-tween Leonardtown Middle School and Leonardtown High School.

Space is limited so please be sure to register early. If you have any questions, call Ms. Mary Selph at 301-475-0242, ext. 28131 or e-mail her at [email protected].

Tech Kids Summer Program Returns To The Forrest Center

Thursday, June 4, 2015The County Times18 Education

Jenna Koser celebrated her graduation from Leonardtown High School on May 28.

Photos courtesy of Tricia Wood

Great Mills High School seniors celebrated their graduation on May 29.

Chris Hopkins graduates from Leonardtown High School.

Photos courtesy of Kristen Marie Hopkins

Photos courtesy of Ceandra B. Scott

Chopticon High School class of 2015 graduates Skylar Andrews & Brianna Inscoe.

Photo courtesy of Jill A. Andrews

Thursday, June 4, 2015 19The County Times In Our Community

By Joe OrlandoOwner of Fenwick StreetUsed Books & Music

Arianna Pray is a 23-year-old self published author who gradu-ated from St. Mary’s College of Maryland only last year. Already she has published four of her works, with another two to follow in the upcoming months. Writing under the pen name Vesta Clark, her first novel dealt with Arthurian legend, engaging with the tale of Sir Ga-reth and intended to progress into a fully-fledged retelling of the tales of Camelot. She composed much of this novel while studying at Oxford University’s Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies.

Her methods of composition draw heavily on her skills from her history degree, especially a meticu-lous sensibility directed at research and accuracy, even of the fantasti-cal elements of her works.

The Megarid is only the first in a series which takes place in her grit-ty take on the world of Mythology

as seen through the eyes of Bronze Age Greeks. This is the world into which Megara, the ill-fated first wife of Herakles has been born. She lives in the margins of the infa-mous family of Oedipus and Anti-gone, and when she falls prey to the political schemes of that family, she returns from Hades with magic and a vengeance.

A frequent criticism of mytho-logical adaptations is how little attention is paid to the storyline of the original legends. Not so with these books! Arianna has been to Greece twice, speaks the language, and in earning her history degree she made it her mission to pore over all the primary sources she could, a habit which has only redoubled af-ter her graduation.

Having written The Megarid as her senior project at St. Mary’s, Arianna has already gone on to fin-ish the next four books in the series, of which she has published two. You can join Arianna and Megara at Fenwick St. Used Books and Mu-sic on June 5 from 5-7 p.m.

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You can meet them at the Petco in California on Satur-day and Sunday from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. this week-end as well as other babies and grown kitties too. They will be there every weekend until they find homes. These boys are super adorable and very loving. They live with kids and have had lots of hu-man contact. They cost $125

and are only 8 weeks old.They are neutered, combo

tested for aids and feline leu-kemia and have a microchip.

They have been de-wormed and have had their first distemper vaccine. Fe-ral Cat Rescue will provide their 12 week and 16 week distemper booster vaccines. You can visit www.feralca-trescuemd.org to see other

cats and to download anap-plication. Please email ap-plication to [email protected].

If you are seeing cats in your yard then please as-sume they are not spayed or neutered and contact us to borrow a trap and at this time we have free spay/neu-ter grants.

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Thursday, June 4, 2015The County Times20 In Our Community

The Leadership Southern Maryland (LSM) Board of Directors announced today that they presented the Heritage Award during LSM’s sev-enth class graduation ceremony on May 1, at the Swan Point Yacht and Country Club in Issue, Md. The Heritage Award is LSM’s most prestigious award bestowed annually and, on a rotating basis for Leadership, Service and Mentoring, recog-nizes individuals, businesses and service orga-nizations for distinguished achievements within the Southern Maryland region. The 2015 Heritage Award focused on Leadership and recognized the following hospital leaders in Southern Maryland:

• Noel Cervino, chief executive officer and president, Univ. of Md. Charles Regional Medi-cal Center

• Christine R. Wray, chief executive officer and president, MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital and Med-

Star Southern Maryland Hospital Center• James J. Xinis, former chief executive officer

and president, Calvert Health SystemsLeadership Southern Maryland is a nine-month

tuition-based program specially designed to de-velop leaders from the Southern Maryland area for regional collaboration. The LSM program is dedicated to building a cadre of informed region-al leaders, prepared to address common issues and bring long-term benefit to their neighbors and communities and incorporates a cross-section of the region to include diversity of geographic loca-tion, profession, ethnicity and gender.

For application information, please contact Helen Wernecke, executive director, Leadership Southern Maryland, 240-725-5469 via email [email protected] or visit www.lsmlead.org.

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LIBRARY ITEMSPolaris Update to Cause Limited Services on June 8

The St. Mary’s County Library will be updating the Polaris Integrated Library System on Monday, June 8. Due to the update, the library account systems will be down for the day. Customers will not be able to access their accounts online. In-branch services will also be limited to only checking out items in the branch with a physical library card. All other account services such as checking account status, holds, etc. will not be available on June 8. All library account services are expected to be available again on June 9.

Introduction to Finding GrantsThe Lexington Park branch will host Introduction to Finding Grants from 10:30

a.m. to 12 p.m. on Monday, June 15. Participants will discover what funders are looking for in nonprofits seeking grants, how to find potential funders and the 10 most important things you need to know about finding grants. Registration is required. Please call 202-331-1400 to register.

Intermediate ExcelLeonardtown branch will host an Intermediate Excel 2010 class on Wednesday,

June 17 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Participants will learn intermediate formulas, work with rows, columns, and worksheets. Basic Excel skills required. Adult com-puter classes are limited to ages 16 and up and registration is required at www.stmalib.org.

Stuffed Animal SleepoverCharlotte Hall branch will hold a Stuffed Animal Sleepover for all ages on Thurs-

day, June 18 at 6 p.m. Bring your stuffed friends for a special evening storytime and let them stay behind for a sleepover. Pick them up the next day & watch a zany slide show of their overnight adventures!

Shhh. .. I’ve Got A SecretGrowingSTEMs will present Shhh…I’ve Got A Secret (Cryptography) for ages

8 to 12 years on Friday, June 19 from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Leonardtown branch. Participants will learn how to create and crack secret codes and cel-ebrate the work of early programmers and code breakers like Grace Hopper and Alan Turing. Registration is required and will open two weeks before the program on www.stmalib.org.

Minecraft ManiaCharlotte Hall branch will host two Minecraft Mania programs on Monday, June

22. Minecraft Mania for ages 6 to 9 years will be from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m., and Minecraft Mania for ages 10 years and older will be held from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Players will share strategies with other Minecrafters, explore new terrain, gather raw materials and create amazing structures. Registration is required for both programs and will open two weeks before the program on www.stmalib.org.

By Laura JoyceContributing Writer

Grab a rubber ducky and a group of your closest friends: this Saturday, June 6th, the waterways just off of Stoney’s at Clark’s Landing will be filled with prime porcelain and fabulous fiberglass at the second An-nual Rubber Ducky Invitational Bathtub Races!

The event runs from noon until 6 p.m. and is part beach party, part Nascar—make that Nastub—and all fun. The event is be-ing held to benefit the Southern Maryland Center for Family Advocacy, a nonprofit organization that has provided legal and support services at no charge to victims of domestic violence in St. Mary’s, Calvert and Charles Counties for 36 years.

The bathtub races are a decades-old tra-dition that returned to Southern Maryland last summer, after a hiatus of almost 30 years. Judging by the response to the 1st Annual Rubber Ducky Invitational, which had over 500 spectators in attendance, bath-tub racers were more than ready to get back in the water.

The sport began in the 1950’s in British Columbia, and rapidly spread in popularity,

with the first U.S. events being held shortly after the Canadian races took off. South-ern Maryland’s bathtub races were popular spectator events in the 70’s and 80’s, and a few of the early tubbers, as the racing teams are known, eagerly joined back up when the Center for Family Advocacy announced plans last year to revive the competition. This year, new tubbers are joining in the fun, as well.

The Center has twice last year’s number of tubs registered to compete on June 6th. Each souped-up tub has one primary spon-sor, which allows the tub to be raced in as many heats as the boat is qualified for, based on engine size and other design features. In addition to the primary $400 sponsors, the bathtub boats can gather as many $100 boat sponsors as they wish; all proceeds support the Center’s work.

The three speed categories for tubbers are 8hp, 15hp and 25 hp. In the largest engine category, tubs can be seen racing through the waves at speeds of up to 50—and even 60—miles per hour. Boats have a ‘kill switch’ that cuts power to the engine if the boat’s captain goes overboard; the switch-off cord is loosely tethered to the tubber’s wrist. Rescue boats are on hand should any

tubbers find themselves in the water rather than on the water. In addition to the races in each engine category, there will be a women’s race, a youth (over 14) race, and other competitive categories depending on entry types. Medals will be awarded to first, second and third place winners in each race.

Tubbers say that building the boats ac-cording to race specifications is equal in fun to racing the boats in events. Builders men-tion the camaraderie, the spirit of competi-tion that goes into the design and building, and the pride that comes with taking a bath-tub and turning it into a fast-moving vehicle that doesn’t sink in the drink.

On top of team spirit and competitive drive, tubbers mention the fun that comes with guarding their design features care-fully before the races, in the hope that they will surprise their competition with adapta-tions that increase both the speed and the seaworthiness of each vessel.

Before last year’s race, Ray Long—a lo-cal tubber who has been racing bathtubs for years—said, “Until the boat is in the water, you’re never 100 percent sure you’ll be able to keep it afloat.”

In addition to being creative engineers, it seems that tubbers are also philosophical types; Long noted that, “If it sinks, we’ll just tow it in and fix it up and try again.” No boats sank in the 2014 races, and event organizers and tubbers alike are hoping for equally successful races in 2015.

The non-mechanical side of bathtub rac-ing is part of the appeal, as well. One of this year’s tubs sports a dangerous-looking set of shark teeth—curved upward in a smile—that its designers painted on the front. Other tub designs are still being held under lock and key, and won’t be rolled out until race day.

The daylong event features the bathtub boat races throughout the afternoon. Be-fore, during and after heats, spectators will have the opportunity to see the boats up close and talk to tubbers about their design and racing strategies.

Meanwhile, a DJ will be playing beach music, and the newly-renovated Stoney’s at Clark’s Landing will have a cash bar and special beach menu, offering many of their signature favorites. Other activities, includ-ing a round-robin push-up contest, are also on the day’s schedule. Admission is just $5 per person for spectators, although group and corporate sponsorships are still avail-able, with guaranteed seating in the new ‘beach’ area just above the docks, provid-ing an excellent view of the races. Regular admission can be purchased at the event. For more information on group and cor-porate sponsorships, call Deb at the Center for Family Advocacy at 301-373-4141. Ad-ditional event information is also available online, at www.smcfa.net.

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Cove Signs is a year-old business based out of St. Leonard, Md., whose products include customized signs for local busi-nesses and individuals.

Cristi Collins, owner of Cove Signs, enjoys creating unique vinyl graphics, wood signs, farm signs, banners, magnet-ics and more for customers with a need in the area. Upon expressing an interest, Collins meets with customers to create a design at an affordable price. Both parties keep constant communication throughout the process to ensure the product is com-pleted as desired. Collins provides full service to her customers, which includes installation and removal of boat names if needed.

Cove Signs is different from similar businesses in the area as it offers a per-sonal aspect. Collins is the only employee of the business and she brings personal ability and experience to the table. “I take a lot of pride in my work,” said Collins.

Pricing for products is based on three aspects: the customer’s budget, materials and labor. All pricing is based on the spe-cific design itself and Collins provides the base price after discussing each product. However, the base price for magnetics runs somewhere between 30 to 40 dollars and boat lettering runs 100 to 300 dollars. Vehicle lettering starts at $50 per side and coroplast starts at $20 single side (18x24),

according to Cove Signs’ website.Collins has lived in Southern Mary-

land for the past ten years alongside her husband and two sons. Collins made the decision to start her own business af-ter working for a sign business in Anne Arundel County for 21 years, which she began working at in 1994. Cove Signs opened last summer, and for the last two months business has been good, accord-ing to Collins. With her knowledge in fine art, portraiture and a degree in graphic design, creating signs provides enjoyment for Collins.

“I really enjoy doing signs. I didn’t think I would because I was a portrait artist to start,” said Collins. “I studied ex-tensively when I was younger, but graphic design is my degree. It came naturally to be in signs and design. It came together really well.”

Collins was inspired by her love of fine art and her ability to use specific com-puter programs to create designs. Aside from the signs, Collins enjoys painting portraits whenever she can.

One of Collins’ most recent designs features a boat graphic. The owner of the boat Sea Squirrel reached out through Facebook expressing a desire for a graph-ic. After communicating back and forth, Collins designed a cartoon squirrel sur-rounded by nuts holding a beer and fish-ing rod. In addition, Collins also designed the boats name to match the boat brand. “ [The design was] very creative and there’s

nobody else out there that has it,” said Collins.

Most of the design process is complet-ed in the basement of Collins’ residence. However, many of the big pieces, wood-cutting and airbrushing is done in a barn owned by Collins. Large trucks are able to fit in the barn, making it easy to com-plete big projects.

To advertise, Collins utilizes Face-book as well as a website. Yet, hitting the road and introducing herself has proved most effective. “My business really re-lies heavily on word of mouth and name recognition,” said Collins. “I’ve got to get out there and be face-to-face with

customers!” Alongside those tactics, Col-lins has recently joined the Chamber of Commerce.

In the future, Collins hopes to involve her two boys in the business by teaching them the trade as they grow in age. In ad-dition, Collins desires to see more of her signs around the area as her business con-tinues to grow.

For more information, contact Cristi Collins by phone 410-271-3493, email [email protected], Facebook www.facebook.com/cristicovesigns or visit her website www.cove-signs.com.

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This Friday night, June 5, MDIR will host the Speed Unlimited Mid-night Madness Series! The Midnight Madness series is a great place to check out street legal drag racing, hang out with your friends, enjoy great food, meet new people, and cruise the pits. You can even enter your own streetcar or street bike into the event for time runs, grudge runs, or trophy racing. The event will feature Pro Street, Super Street, Hollyrock Customs Diesel Shootout, Motorcycle, and the X275 class. It’s safe, fun, affordable, and legal. Gates will open at 6 p.m., racing starts at 6:30 p.m., and eliminations start at 10 p.m. General Admission for adults is $10, and kids 11 & under are free. Racer entry fee is just $20.

On Saturday, June 6, MDIR will host the Speed Unlimited ET Series! The event will feature Top E.T. 3K, Mod E.T., Motorcycle, Jr. Dragster, Test & Tune, and a Pit Bike Chal-

lenge. The Summit Super Series and Rick’s Jewelers Ring For the Queen programs are also in effect. Gates will open at 1 p.m., Time runs for all classes start at 2 p.m., Junior Drag-ster eliminations start at 4 p.m., and Top E.T., Mod E.T., and Motorcycle eliminations start at 6 p.m. Test & Tune cars may also participate for $30 and you get 4 runs. Admission is just $15, and kids 11 & under are free. Top E.T. entry fee is $85, Mod E.T. entry fee is $45, Motorcycle en-try fee is $35, and Junior Dragster entry fee is $25.

On Sunday, June 7, MDIR will host the IREV Spring Import Revo-lution featuring: All Import Drag Racing, a Custom Car Show, Bikini Contest, Burnout Contest, Vendor Midway, Beautiful Women, and Great Food! Heads-Up classes, In-dex Classes, Bracket Classes, and Fun Runs will all be run. The IREV event’s main attraction is the Custom

Car Show drawing tuners and exot-ics from all over the DMV area with classes for every type of car! Tons of trophies and special awards are given out at every event! In addition to the Drag Racing and Custom Car Show the IREV event features the very popular $1,200 Bikini Contest and a Vendor Midway. So don’t miss all the action this Sunday. Gates will open at 9 a.m., Car Show registra-tion starts at 10 a.m., and Drag Rac-ing begins at 10 a.m. Entry fee for Heads-up classes is $50. Entry fee for Index and E.T. classes is $40. You can even enter your own street car in the “Fun Runs” class for just $25 and race your street legal car. Car Show entry fee is $30. Admission is $20 for adults and just $5 for Kids 6-11.

For more information on these events call 301-884-RACE, visit us at www.RaceMDIR.com or connect with us on Facebook, Twitter and In-stagram @RaceMDIR.

The Men's lacrosse team is having a team meeting for all in-terested recruits and returning players on Tuesday, June 16th, at 4:00 p.m. The meet-ing will take place on the La Plata campus in the PE Building (120B, classroom in the gym).

Following the meet-ing, the first open field workout will take place. Players must bring all of their own

protective equipment, flat shoes and cleats, and a practice pinnie. Open field workouts will be on the La Plata campus on the field behind the PE build-ing. Open fields will take place the follow-ing dates through out the summer:

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Art in the Park: ARTcadeFlag Ponds Nature Park (1525 Flag Pond Parkway, Lusby) – opening re-ception, June 6 7 to 9 p.m.; open Fri-days, Saturdays and Sundays from noon to 3 pm until June 28.

Opens June 6. More than 40 art-ists from across the region are show-ing their work in Nature’s ARTcade, an art exhibition at Flag Ponds Na-ture Park. This year, the Arts Council of Calvert County is sponsoring an award to honor the best submission by a Calvert artist. Details at: www.calvertparks.org/ARTcade.htm.

Thursday, June 4

10th Annual Patuxent Defense Fo-rum: “Religion in Civil Society: The Impact of Religious Movements on International Relations”St. Mary’s College of Maryland (18952 E Fishers Rd, St Mary’s City) – 8:15 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Guest Speakers:Chris Seiple, Ph.D., President, In-

stitute for Global Engagement, for-mer U.S. Marine Infantry Officer

Dinner Speaker ~ Henry Miller, Ph.D., Maryland Heritage Scholar

Panel I: Faith-Based Groups and Religious Tensions Around the World

Chair: Ajay Singh Chaudhary, Founding Director of the Brooklyn Institute for Social Research and Core Lecturer at the Columbia Uni-versity PANEL II: Challenges Facing the United States in the Face of Reli-gious Activism

Chair: Maryann Cusimano Love, Ph.D., The Catholic University of America PANEL III: International Re-sponses to Religious Conflicts

Chair: J. Mark Brinkmoeller, Direc-tor, Office of Faith-Based and Com-munity Initiatives, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

Habitat & Plant SurveyFlag Ponds Nature Park (1525 Flag Pond Parkway, Lusby) – 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Ages 16 years to Adult Throughout the spring and sum-

mer, we’ll revisit the plot locations from a 1990 vegetation study to assess changes in the plant com-munities at Flag Ponds. This in-formation will also be used to de-velop the M.A.P.S. habitat structure assessment.

Democrat of the Year DinnerOlde Breton Inn (21890 Society Hill Rd, Leonardtown)

The Democrats will honor Sen. Roy Dyson for his lifelong service to the community, state, and nation; Del. John Bohanan; several other award winners; and 2015 Democrat of the Year Karl Pence, long-time educa-tor and party activist, Tickets remain available by contacting Wanda Twigg at [email protected]. Con-gressman Hoyer will offer remarks. The evening will be emceed by Del. Ernie Bell

Friday, June 5

LSM’s 3rd Annual Golf TournamentSwan Point Yacht Country Club (11550 Swan Point Blvd, Issue) – Reg-istration/Breakfast at 7:30 a.m., Shot-gun start at 9 a.m.

Come out and enjoy a day of golf with LSM alumni and lead-ers from all over the region. Play-ers will be from: BB, BCF Solutions, Booz|Allen|Hamilton, Cintas, Com-munity Bank of Chesapeake and many more!

Registration includes breakfast, 18 holes of golf, refreshments during the duration of the tournament, a ca-tered lunch by Elements Eatery Mix-ology, a dinner following the tourna-ment, along with raffles and awards.

The tournament includes a put-ting contest, longest drives, closest to the pin and prizes for 1st through 3rd place. One raffle will include a set of golf clubs donated by First Com-mand Financial Services, Inc.

All proceeds from the tournament will be used for operational and pro-gramming expenses for the Leader-ship Southern Maryland executive program. LSM is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.

For more information please send an email to [email protected] or contact the LSM office at 240-725-5469.

Photo Scavenger HuntYellow Door Art Studios (22795 Washington St, Leonardtown) – 5 to 8 p.m.

The First Friday Committee of the Leonardtown Business Association is hosting a Photo Scavenger Hunt for youth ages 19 and under as part of their June First Friday activities!

Register and receive clues at Yel-low Door Art Studios, take a selfie at each location and be entered into a drawing for two half-day kayak or paddle board rentals.

Pond Scum will be providing lively, traditional Celtic dance music in the Square.

For more information and other First Friday specials, visit www.leon-ardtownfirstfridays.com.

Saturday, June 6

Dr. Deacon Ritterbush, “Dr. Beachcomb,” Gallery Talk: “All About Sea GlassAnnmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center (13480 Dowell Rd, Lusby) – 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The talk is being held in conjunc-tion with Annmarie’s annual Sea Glass & Beach Crafts Maker’s Mar-ket which will take place the same day. Dr. Ritterbush will explore the rich tradition of beachcombing, in-cluding successful beachcomb strategies, sea glass identification and genres, and site identification techniques. She invites the public to bring along items they have found on the beach for identification and dis-cussion. Dr. Ritterbush will also be selling her award-winning book, A Beachcomber’s Odyssey: Treasures

from a Collected Past. To learn more about the program

and the Sea Glass & Beach Crafts Maker’s Market, call 410-326-4640 or visit www.annmariegarden.org.

Ritterbush is the founder and co-ordinator of the annual International Beachcombing Conference (IBC). She believes beachcombing encour-ages coastal stewardship, and leads people to better emotional, spiritual and physical health, while also pro-viding a fun portal into ocean sci-ence and human settlement history. Dr. Ritterbush is a native of Annapo-lis MD, but now resides on Hawaii’s Big Island. She has travelled and lectured worldwide but still regards Chesapeake Bay as a top beach-comb area because of its interesting geologic composition and long hu-man settlement history.

Night Time Stand Up PaddleFlag Ponds Nature Park (1525 Flag Ponds Parkway, Lusby) – 7:30 to 10 p.m.

Come explore the bay off Flag Ponds Nature Park with lighted stand up paddle boards. Partici-pants must be at least 18 years of age and must have prior experience stand up paddle boarding. To try out a stand up paddle board check out Patuxent Adventure Center in Solomons or Sup2u Rentals at Kings Landing Park. Advanced registration is required; registration deadline is May 26.

Cost $75 for BCNES members; $85 for non-members

For more information, call 410-535-5327, email [email protected], or visit calvertparks.org/calendar.html.

Young Eagles RallySt. Mary’s County Regional Airport (44174 Airport Rd, Hollywood) – 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Sponsored by the Experimental Aircraft Association, Local Chapter 478

Kids ages 8-17 years old will be flown for free by skilled pilots in a va-riety of small aircraft types.

Registration takes place during the event. Several gifts will be presented to participants to further their avia-tion interests.

For more information, contact Joe Spelz, Young Eagles Coordinator by email [email protected] or phone 301-872-4129.

American Legion Home Yard SaleAmerican Legion Home (Point Look-out Rd, Ridge) — 7:30 to 11 a.m.

The American Legion Auxiliary will sponsor an outdoor yard sale to ben-efit veterans, children and youth pro-grams. Tables are available for $10. For additional information, contact Nancy at 204-577-4253 or email [email protected].

7th Annual Blue State Bash by Young Democrats of Maryland3801 24th Ave, Temple Hills — 3 to 5 p.m.

Join the Young Democrats of Maryland (YDM) for their largest an-

nual fundraiser this year. The event serves as a regular gathering of key political and party officials as well as young rising leaders. The event will be held at the home of Former Sec-retary of Aging Gloria Lawlah. Funds raised for the event will be put to-ward the 2015/2016 YDM Program-ming Agenda. To purchase a ticket, visit young-democrats-of-maryland.ticketleap.com/2015-blue-state-bash/. For more information, contact [email protected].

Rocker RaffleDyson Building Center, located on Route 5, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The Lexington Park Volunteer Res-cue Squad will be showing and of-fering tickets for sale for the Rocker Raffle:

June 6 and 20.

Sunday, June 7

Bluegrass Down By the RiverLeonardtown Wharf (State Hwy 326, Leonardtown) — 4 - 6 p.m.

Free concert sponsored by Leon-ardtown Church of the Nazarene and Bluegrass Gospel Express. Bring your lawn chair or blanket! For more infor-mation call Jerry at 240-925-5613, Pastor Paul at 240-561-5925, or visit www.bluegrassgospelexpress.com.

Breakfast at the Fleet ReserveFleet Reserve Association (21707 Three Notch Road, Lexington Park) – 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Fleet Reserve Association (FRA) breakfast is open to the public every first and third Sunday of the month!

Menu includes your choice of: eggs or eggbeaters, bacon, ham, sausage or spam; hash browns, grits, toast, pancakes; juice and coffee all for $7 per person. SOS, sausage gravy or chipped beef gravy, and a biscuit are also available for a small additional cost.

This helps to support the Fleet Re-serve Association in their community efforts with Scouts, ACTS, and other charities,

Contact Fleet Reserve Association for more information at 301-863-8291.

Kathryn Kosto Gallery Talk: “Poetry, Collage & the Cosmos: Approaches to Mixed Media”Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center (13480 Dowell Rd, Lusby) – 1 to 2 p.m.

Kathryn Kosto, a new work artist, whose work is included in the cur-rent Annmarie gallery show, “Cosmos: imagining the universe,” will discuss how poetry has a unique relationship to collage, as a product of rich and deliberate collection and selection. Inspired by the cosmological vision of poets such as Robert Frost and Em-ily Dickinson, as well as materials from the Farmers’ Almanacs, Kosto will share her approach to art, which in-tegrates words, textiles, and findings, and demonstrate collage techniques. Registration not required; admission is free to the gallery talk.

To learn more about the program and the Cosmos exhibit, call 410-326-


Vigil Mass: 4:30 pm SaturdaySunday: 8:00 amWeekday (M-F): 7:30 amConfessions: 3-4 pm Saturday

St. Cecilia Church47950 Mattapany Rd, PO Box 429

St. Mary’s City, MD 20686 301-862-4600

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Rev. Sheldon Reese, PastorSunday Worship 8:30 and 11:00 a.m.Sunday School for all ages 9:45 a.m.All of our services are traditional.

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We invite you to experience the change…the transformation with us. Just bring your heart and God will supply the rest.

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Here at Bible Temple, we believe that in this life it is important to have strong and

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Address: 29050 New Market Village Road, Mechanicsville, MD 20659

Website: www.bibletemplechurch.orgPhone number: 301-374-9110

Leadership: Pastor Joseph and First Lady Marilyn Young

Sunday School for all ages: 9:00AMSunday Morning Worship: 9:45AM

Bible Study: Wednesdays at 7:30PM

Through these relationships, we develop the characteristics of love, understanding and forgiveness; the true heart of Christ.

“ Endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace” (Ephesians 4:3).

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30th Annual Children’s Day on the FarmJefferson Patterson Park & Museum (10515 Mackall Rd, St. Leonard)— 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Celebrate Southern Maryland’s rich rural history with a day of fun for the whole family! On Sunday, June 7, 2015, from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m., Jefferson Pat-terson Park Museum (JPPM) will wel-come back Children’s Day on the Farm with a mix of classic favorites and new attractions. The event is free and offers a wide range of hands-on activities and demonstrations centered on Southern Maryland rural traditions.

For more information about Chil-dren’s Day on the Farm, call 410-586-8501 or email [email protected]. Children’s Day on the Farm will be held rain or shine.

Monday, June 8

Pax River Quilters Guild Meeting Good Samaritan Lutheran Church (20850 Langley Rd, Lexington Park) – 6:30 p.m.

The meeting features our Annual Silent Auction. Guild members purge their fabric stash, tools, books, etc. for this fabulous sale! Bargains galore! Also, there will be a potluck dinner.

Bring your favorite dish to share. There is a $5.00 fee for non-mem-

bers. New members and guests welcome.

Pax River Quilters Guild is a 501(c)(3) organization and is open to the public. Visit www.paxriverquiltguild.com or

the groups Facebook page for more information.

Tuesday, June 9

Family & Friends SMART MeetingBeacon of Hope Recovery & Well-ness Center (21770 FDR Blvd., Lex-ington Park) – 5 to 6:30 p.m.

Family & Friends SMART (Self Management & Recovery Training) Recovery: a support group offering a science based approach to helping family and friends who are affected by the substance abuse, alcohol abuse, drug abuse or other addic-tions of a loved one. Meetings are free and open to the public.

Call 301-997-1300 x 804, 301-751-7258 or e-mail [email protected] for more information.

Wednesday, June 10

Memoirs & Creative Writing WorkshopCalvert Library Prince Fredrick (850 Costley Way, Prince Frederick) – 2 to 3:30 p.m.

Join author and editor Elisavietta Ritchie as she encourages the art of creative memoir writing. Bring 12 double-spaced copies of your piece of memoir, 500-800 words, to work on and share with the group.

For more information, call 410-535-0291 or 301-855-1862.

Thursday, June 11

Learn about “Civil and Commer-cial Unmanned Autonomous Sys-tems; Creating Opportunities” in

Southern Maryland Lexington Park Library (21677 F.D.R. Blvd, Lexington Park) — 12:15 to 1:30 p.m.

Register today to attend a brown bag briefing to learn about unmanned autonomous systems in Southern Maryland and the opportunities they present. The event will be held in Lex-ington Park Library meeting rooms A and B.

Co-sponsored with St. Mary’s County Chamber of Commerce Mr. Matt Scassero, Director, University of Maryland Unmanned Aircraft Sys-tems Test Site; Associate Director for Maryland, Mid-Atlantic Aviation Partnership.

Advanced registration is required. For more information and to register, visit paxpartnership.org.

Friday, June 12

Mindful RecoveryBeacon of Hope Recovery & Well-ness Center (21770 FDR Blvd., Lex-ington Park) – 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.

All Kinds of Recovery (AKoR) Meditation: a peer group discus-sion and reflection focused on a reading appropriate for any adult practicing any form of recovery re-lated to any form of addiction, men-tal health challenges or traumatic experiences.

Meetings are free and open to the public.

Call 301-997-1300 x 804, 301-751-7258 or e-mail [email protected] for more information.

Contra DanceChrist Episcopal Church Parish Hall (37497 Zach Fowler Rd, Chaptico) — doors open at 7 p.m.

Southern Maryland Traditional Music and Dance (SMTMD) is spon-soring a Contra Dance featuring caller Elgin Perry. Doors open at 7 p.m. and the dancing begins at 7:30 p.m. Contra is a traditional Ameri-can style of social dance and is a lot of fun (plus great exercise) for the whole family! If you’ve ever danced a Virginia Reel or been to a Square Dance, you have a good idea how much fun it can be. If you haven’t, it’s about time you tried it! Begin-ners are encouraged to arrive at 7 p.m. to get some instruction in the various dances. Admission is $10 for non-SMTMD members; $6 for members (band members are free). No special clothing is required! You need to be comfortable, to move freely. There will be an ice cream social following the dance. For more information visit www.smtmd.org.

Leonardtown Business Associa-tion Annual MeetingYellow Door Art Studios (22795 Washington St, Leonardtown) — 8:15 a.m.

In addition to the normal Infor-mational Agenda, please plan to attend to hear our Annual Financial Report for our fiscal year and to Nominate and Elect our Officers for 2015-2016.


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Celebrate Southern Mary-land’s rich rural history with a day of fun for the whole family! On Sunday, June 7, from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m., Jef-ferson Patterson Park & Mu-seum (JPPM) will welcome back Children’s Day on the Farm with a mix of classic favorites and new attractions. The event is free and offers a wide range of hands-on ac-tivities and demonstrations centered on Southern Mary-land rural traditions.

Children’s Day on the Farm will feature opportuni-ties for visitors to learn about and try their hand at many traditional rural skills, such as corn shelling and weav-ing. Animal lovers will en-joy multiple petting zoos set up by local farms, which will include chickens, goats, dogs, horses, and more. Oxen cart rides, pony rides and sack races will round out this day of barnyard fun!

Contact: Sherwana Knox 410-586-8512. Antique tractors, cars, trucks,

and farm machinery will be on display throughout the day. Pedal tractors and small engines will complement the an-tique equipment.

Musical performances by artists such as Ray Ow-ens, Jay Armsworthy, and Eastern Tradition will take place throughout the day. Live children’s entertain-ment will include the Blue Sky Puppet Theater, story-telling with Horn’s Punch and Judy Show, magic with Ken the Magician, and the award-winning Old Mac-Donald Farm Heritage Show.

For more information about Children’s Day on the Farm, contact us at 410-586-8501 or [email protected]. Children’s Day on the Farm will be held rain or shine.

Jefferson Patterson Park & Museum, a state museum of archaeol-ogy and home to the Maryland Archaeo-logical Conservation Laboratory, is a pro-gram of the Maryland Historical Trust, a division of the Maryland Department of Planning. It is located on 560 scenic acres along the Patuxent River and the St. Leonard Creek in St. Leonard, Calvert County, Maryland.

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Going OnIn Entertainment

The Calvert 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]. Please submit calendar listings by 12 p.m.

on the Tuesday prior to our Thursday publication.

Celebrate the 30th Anniversary of Children’s

Day on the Farm at Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum

Thursday, June 4The PiranhasLeonardtown Pub (22785 Washington St, Leonardtown) – 8 p.m. to 12 a.m.

Friday, June 5

Gary Rue and Jeff FariasThe Rex (22695 Washington St., Leonardtown) – 6 to 9 p.m.

Renegade Thunder Band (Coun-try Night)Anthony’s Bar and Grill (10371 Southern Maryland Blvd, Dunkirk) – 9 p.m.

Saturday, June 6

Gary Rue and Jeff FariasPatuxent Pub and Grill (258 Town Square Dr., Lusby) – 5 to 8 p.m

KaraokeApplebee’s (45480 Miramar, Califor-nia) – 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.

Redwine Jazz Trio: Traditional Instrumental JazzWestlawn Inn (9200 Chesapeake Ave, North Beach) – 7:30 to 10 p.m.

Sunday, June 7

6th Year Anniversary PartyRuddy Duck (13200 Dowell Rd, Dow-ell) – 4 to 5 p.m.

30th and Final North Beach House and Garden TourWestlawn Inn (9200 Chesapeake Ave, North Beach) – 1 to 5 p.m.

Monday, June 8

Pizza & Pint NightRuddy Duck (13200 Dowell Rd, Dow-ell) – 4 to 7 p.m.

Team TriviaRuddy Duck (13200 Dowell Rd, Dow-ell) – 7 p.m

Tuesday, June 9

Taco TuesdayRuddy Duck (13200 Dowell Rd, Dow-ell) – 4 p.m.

Wednesday, June 10 Open Mic NightRuddy Duck (13200 Dowell Rd, Dow-ell) – 7 p.m.

Thursday, June 11

Thursday Jazz JamEaglewood Sports Lounge (105 Crain Hwy, Upper Marlboro) – 8 to 11 p.m.

Friday, June 12

Shegogue, Previti, and Hart: Rhythm and BluesWestlawn Inn (9200 Chesapeake Ave, North Beach) – 7:30 to 10 p.m.

The JohanssensRuddy Duck (13200 Dowell Rd, Dow-ell) – 8 p.m.

Saturday, June 13

Not So Modern Jazz Quartet: Music of the 20s, 30s, and 40sWestlawn Inn (9200 Chesapeake Ave, North Beach) – 7:30 to 10 p.m.

Sunday, June 14

Try Reiki! Beacon of Hope Recovery & Well-ness Center (21770 FDR Blvd., Lexington Park) – 1 to 3 p.m.

Monday, June 15

Pizza & Pint NightRuddy Duck (13200 Dowell Rd, Dow-ell) – 4 to 7 p.m.

Team TriviaRuddy Duck (13200 Dowell Rd, Dow-ell) – 7 p.m.


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

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Bay-Wise?Bay-Wise landscapes minimize negative impacts on our waterways by using smarter lawn management techniques and gardening practices. The University of Maryland Extension Master Gardener Bay-Wise program in St. Mary’s County offers hands-on help with managing your landscape by providing information, a site visit, and landscape certifications. Our yardstick checklist is easy to understand and follow, and our team of trained Master Gardeners can help guide you through it while offering suggestions to improve both the appearance and sustainability of your landscape.

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The Chesapeake Bayis threatened

What’s threatening the Bay?Nitrogen. Phosphorus. Sediment. These are the major factors responsible for the decline of water quality in the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries. Nitrogen and phosphorus are nutrients. They serve as essential food for living things, but too much can be lethal to the Bay. Too many nutrients spawn the growth of algae that can be toxic to marine life, pets, and humans. When those algae die, they remove life-giving oxygen from the water and create “dead zones” where fish, oysters, clams, and crabs can’t live because they can’t breathe.Sediment is soil that washes into the Bay when it rains. It clouds the water and prevents underwater grasses from growing. These grasses produce oxygen and provide a place for young fish and crabs to develop and thrive.

So who’s responsible?Every one of us. Every drop of water

that falls on St. Mary’s County will make its way to the Bay or one of its tributaries. Along the way it will pick up and carry with it the things that we put on the ground.

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maintain an environmentally-friendly lawn, and manage stormwater runoff, wells, and septic systems – all in ways that will reduce the flow of nutrients and sediment into the Bay.

Restoring the Chesapeake BayThe Chesapeake Bay is a national treasure that desperately needs our help. Experts agree that there is only one way to restore the Chesapeake Bay, and that’s “one river at a time.” But the problems don’t start in the rivers; they start on the land surrounding the rivers – their watersheds. You live in a watershed. We all do. The way we treat the land in our watersheds affects the health of our streams, our rivers, and ultimately the Chesapeake Bay.

What is a Watershed?A watershed is all the land area that drains to a given body of water. Topography (the elevation and the contour of the land) determines where and how fast stormwater runoff will flow and eventually drain to a surface water body such as a stream, creek, or river. Every resident of St. Mary’s County lives in a watershed that drains to the Chesapeake Bay or one of its tributaries.This is the first in a series of articles that Mary Ann Scott ([email protected]) has adapted from From

My Backyard to Our Bay in the hopes of increasing awareness of the little booklet that could do so much to help the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries. Look for the next article in next week’s County Times!

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St. Mary’s Department of AgingPrograms and Activities

Loffler Senior Activity Center 301-737-5670, ext. 1658 • Garvey Senior Activity Center, 301-475-4200, ext. 1050 • Northern Senior Activity Center, 301-475-4002, ext. 13101

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

The Greenwell Twins and Rev. Francis Ignatius Neale

Myrtle Beach TripWe have approximately five seats

remaining for this trip. The trip is Oct. 6-9, 2015. Cost is $835 per per-son (based on double occupancy; $920 for single). Travel by luxury motor coach bus to the Dayton House Resort, conveniently located on 24th Ave, to spend three nights in an oceanfront room with your own balcony. Highlights of this trip include: three full breakfasts, three full course dinners (including the famous seafood buffet at The Gi-ant Crab), two full-length shows (Legends in Concert and Hot Jersey Nights), a day trip to Charleston, S.C. for a tour of the historic district as well as leisure time for shopping or just hanging out at the beach or pool. This trip is limited to twenty people. Optional emergency trip cancellation insurance is available. For more information about this trip call Shellie at 301-737-5670, ext. 1655 or e-mail Sheila.graziano@st-

marysmd.com.

Drawing 101During the month of June, Art

with Jamie classes will focus on the basics of drawing at the Loffler Se-nior Activity Center. These classes will take place on Tuesdays, June 9-30 from 10 a.m. to noon. Think you can’t draw a straight line and therefore cannot draw at all? Think again. And while you’re at it, learn to draw a straight line. Classes are $75 plus a $5 supply fee. Sign up by call-ing 301-737-5670, ext. 1658 or stop by the reception desk at Loffler.

Learn about vein diseaseThe Center for Vein Restoration

will be discussing the signs, symp-toms, and risk factors of vein disease as well as treatment options at the Northern Senior Activity Center on Wed. June 10 at 11 a.m. Following the discussion there will be a dem-onstration of the lower leg vein por-table ultra sound machine. To sign

up for this free presentation please call 301-475-4002, opt. 1/ext. 3101.

Meet Mike the PT at NorthernPhysical Therapist Mike O’Brien,

will be give a free presentation at the Northern Senior Activity Cen-ter on Thurs. June 11 at 10:45 a.m. The topic of the discussion will be proper shoes and the use of orthot-ics for pain reduction and improved function. Space is limited. For more information or to sign up to attend please call 301-475-4002 opt. 1/ext. 3101.

Diabetes and Healthy EatingDuring this presentation at the

Garvey Senior Activity Center on Tuesday, June 9 from 9:30 – 10:30 a.m., the relationship between blood glucose and food, nutrients that make up food, how food affects blood glu-cose, meal planning and engaging a support network with your health-care team will be discussed. The presentation will be conducted by

MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital Health Connections. Sign up in advance for this presentation by calling 301-475-4200, ext. 1050.

Crafting Your Own GreetingCards

It’s never too early to start mak-ing Christmas cards and gift tags. Technique taught in this class can be used to make all sorts of cards for general occasions. This class is offered at the Garvey Senior Activ-ity Center on Wednesdays, June 10 – 24 from 1 – 3 p.m. Bring some of your favorite cards that we might use to create new ones. Buttons, small pieces of ribbon, gift tags, wrapping paper or other embellishments can also be used to create unique cards so feel free to bring them along. We will have some supplies available for use. There is no fee for this work-shop. Advance sign up is required; call 301-475-4200, ext. 1050.

By Linda RenoContributing Writer

In earlier times children were some-times indentured to others for a period of time to learn a trade. Sometimes these children were very young—as young as four years old. When you begin looking at the reasons why, it often becomes ap-parent that it was a matter of necessity. Many of those indentured came from very poor families--the father had died, single mothers with illegitimate children who could not support them, etc.

In the case of Benedict Greenwell, I’m not exactly sure of the reason un-less it was from poverty and the prob-ability that this wife (Charlotte Thorp) had died shortly before, but on July 25, 1812 Benedict Greenwell bound his twin

sons, Wilfred Greenwell and Cornelius Greenwell “who will be 10 on Decem-ber 29 next” to Rev. Francis Neale* to learn such art or trade Rev. Neale thinks most advantageous for them. They are to dwell in Maryland or elsewhere in the U.S. as Rev. Neale shall from time to time think best. They are to serve until they arrive at the age of 21.

Rev. Neale took the boys to George-town. Cornelius was free by December 30, 1823 when he signed a receipt to Rev. Neale “for clothes and other articles as my freedom dues through the hands of Peter Campbell.” To date, I have not found out what happened to Wilfred.

Cornelius Greenwell did not return to St. Mary’s County and on April 9, 1830 he married Eliza G. Southard in Alexan-dria, Virginia. They had five daughters.

At the time of the 1850 census, Corne-lius was listed as a shoemaker. He died in Alexandria on June 13, 1853.

*Reverend Francis Ignatius Neale (1756-1837) was the son of William Neale (1710-1763) and Ann Brooke (ca1713-1785, both of whom were born in St. Mary’s County but after their mar-riage moved to Charles County. The Neales had seven sons, six of whom studied to become priests. Two died be-fore they could be ordained.

“Francis Ignatius Neale studied at the Academy at Liege, was ordained there and returned to America on November 12, 1789. He had wanted to come into the Society of Jesus in 1773, but because of the Suppression he had to wait 33 years until October 10, 1806, when he entered the first novitiate of the Society in the

United States at Georgetown. He was named novice master even though only a novice himself. Francis Ignatius pro-nounced his First Vows in the Society in 1808 and made his Final Profession in 1816 at Holy Trinity Church, George-town. He was the founder and pastor of Holy Trinity Church; built and orga-nized St. Mary’s Church in Alexandria, the first Catholic parish in Virginia; and was vice president and president of Georgetown College. After years of strenuous apostolic work in Washing-ton, D.C., Francis Ignatius returned to Charles County as superior at St. Thom-as Manor in Port Tobacco, where he performed with zeal his duties as a rural pastor—often driving great distances in his big yellow carriage on sick calls.”


Wanderingsof an A Great ConvenienceBy Shelby OppermanContributing Writer

I suppose I don’t get out quite as much now that I am not work-ing. But, it seems like there is one constant in my week though; a trip to the convenience center. I mix it up a little bit by going to the Clements Convenience Center one week, and the Char-lotte Hall Convenience Center the next week. I see, and hear, the waste disposal trucks come through our neighborhood on a constant basis, especially early Saturday mornings. I know that I asked my husband early on why we didn’t have trash service, but he likes us taking the trash our-selves to the convenience cen-ters. If I feel like traveling and really living large, I go to the St. Andrew’s center. Of course, it does save money too. And I must admit, it is a big thrill for Tidbit. The way her nose sniffs the air when she has her head out of the car or truck’s window you would think she has caught the aroma of a T-bone steak on the grill. Tidbit’s ears flap in the breeze and she looks so happy on trash days. I must confess that I do not say to Tidbit, “Wanna go to the convenience center?” I say, “Wanna go to the dump?” I am sure this phrase is politically in-correct, just like the word, “trash man”, was replaced with “waste disposal person” sometime after the ‘70’s.

One aspect of trash day that I do miss is seeing Mr. Chuck Cobbs at the Clements location. I knew I was always going to get a big hug and good conversation. We still correspond by email since his retirement and I get to keep up with what is happening in he and his wife’s life. That is the beauty of living in a slightly more rural area; there is time to chat with everyone you encoun-ter on a daily or weekly basis. And that is something I truly enjoy. All the men who work at the convenience centers are won-derful, and help if they see it’s needed. I think Mr. Cobbs and I got talking when my husband had broken his ankle quite a number of years ago. That is when I really started doing more of the “dump

runs”. I probably shouldn’t have, but I went through our big shed and got rid of lots of things that were convenience center mate-rial. I loaded the pickup truck to nearly overflowing. What was my husband going to do? He didn’t know. Mr. Cobbs helped me with all that stuff, and I was forever grateful.

The same goes for the Char-lotte Hall Convenience Center. Whoever is there at the time is always helpful or always waves. Charlotte Hall is also the place you want to go if you need a lift of your spirits. Who would ever think that you would go to the dump to get lifted up? In the last month, I have noticed a few ad-ditions that have really made me smile. They take recycling to a whole new level. You might have seen the Christmas trees and greenery which line the fences, or the little garden area as you drive in. The oyster shell recy-cling area almost looks like it is a shrine. I didn’t even know the centers took oyster shells until recently. Last week, is when I noticed that some of the concrete parking barriers were fluorescent orange (they may have been that way for a while and I never no-ticed). But what made me really smile was the silver garland that had been glued or taped on top of the barriers. I love going there, because you never know what you are going to see each time. One area, I believe it is the battery area, near the recycling crushers looks almost like it is covered in Tiki skirting. One day, I am go-ing to walk around there a little more. Someone, or more than one person, evidently enjoys their job there, and it makes what would normally be a mundane task into a great addition to your day. Need a bright spot in your day? If you have your trash “picked up” nor-mally, take a break from that one day and go to the convenience center to get a “pick up”.

To each new day’s adventure, Shelby

Please send your comments or ideas to: [email protected] or find me on face-book: Shelby Oppermann

Aimless Mind By Terri SchlichenmeyerContributing Writer

The town you grew up near hasn’t changed in umpteen years.

Oh, sure, there are new roads, and new houses dot the outskirts. The grocery store your Mom pre-ferred is now owned by someone else. But there’s still a church on Main, still an everybody-knows-who-you-are watering hole, and kids still do things on Saturday nights that you once did. But in the new novel “The Jesus Cow” by Michael Perry, there’s change coming to Swivel, Wisconsin, and it’s not necessarily good.

When Harley Jackson stepped into the barn that Christmas Eve and saw that his Holstein, Tina Turner, had given birth, he knew right off that the calf was trouble.

It was a bull calf with an outline of Jesus, plain as day, right on its side, and Billy Tripp, Harley’s best friend, said that it could make Harley rich. But no, Harley really just wanted to live his life with “low overhead.” He decided to hide the calf until he could figure out what to do.

Carolyn Sawchuck saw the light in Harley’s barn, and she hoped he wouldn’t spot her sitting where she was. For the past five Christmas Eves, she’d climbed forty feet to the top of Swivel’s his-toric water tower to check on a little project she’d been creating. If Harley and Billy couldn’t see her, then nobody could and her secret was safe.

By 3 a.m. Christmas Day, Klute Sorensen was awake and fuming about the idiots in Swivel, es-pecially Harley Jackson. Because Harley was

holding on to the last pathetic fifteen acres of what was once his family’s farm, Klute’s planned sub-division was a failure. Frustrated that he couldn’t manipulate Harley like he could many of Swivel’s other residents, Klute vowed to get that land any way he could.

As the old year gave way to the new, Harley still couldn’t decide what to do with that calf. He couldn’t even bring himself to tell his new girl-friend about the Savior on the calf’s hide – until the calf escaped and Dixie the mail carrier spotted it. Almost within minutes, County Road M was filled with believers and cars.

And Harley knew trouble had only just begun… When I first received “The Jesus Cow,” the title

gave me pause: it seemed quite profane, maybe flippantly so, but I dove in anyhow. Ultimately, I needn’t have worried: author Michael Perry’s got this one.

As it turns out, the “cow” in the title really isn’t around much in this delightful book filled with (mostly) goodhearted characters, but he does serve as a nice catalyst for what happens. Indeed, though he’s really barely mentioned directly (and certainly not irreverently), the cow runs this gently humor-ous, sweetly folksy - but sharply allegoric - story of greed, faith, friendship, and small-town life. I loved it.

Readers of Perry’s nonfiction books will want to know that this is perfect Perry-as-usual, only in novel form. If you’re a fan, in fact, you’ll eat this up. If you’re not a fan yet, well, “The Jesus Cow” will change that.

Book ReviewThe Jesus Cow: A Novel by Michael Perryc.2015, Harper

$25.99 / $31.99 Canada • 287 pages

The 4th of July is fast approaching and revel-ers across the nation are preparing to toast their independence with family and friends. For many Americans, backyard barbecues are synonymous with the Fourth of July, a day that, in the United States of America, commemorates the adoption of the Declaration of Independence by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776.

Precious few Americans can say they have not been present at a 4th of July barbecue or witnessed a fireworks display honoring America’s official declaration of independence from Great Britain. Hosting a July 4th barbecue for the first time may have some hosts anxious about throwing a sum-mer soirée to remember, but fun is sure to be had if hosts remember to include the following backyard barbecue essentials this Independence Day.

FoodNo Fourth of July barbecue is complete without

food, so hosts should be sure to stock up on popu-lar barbecue fare like hot dogs and hamburgers. Though such foods likely won’t be mistaken for gourmet fare anytime soon, Fourth of July revel-ers often embrace the tradition of grilling up some hot dogs and hamburgers even if they tend to avoid such foods throughout the rest of the year. Hosts should not feel pressured to provide gourmet fare on July 4th, but it is a thoughtful gesture to ask guests in advance if they have any food allergies or need to avoid certain foods for other reasons.

BeveragesIt goes without saying that guests will need re-

freshing beverages at parties held in early July, but be sure to stock up on a variety of beverages so

guests are not forced to consume drinks they don’t want. Be sure to have plenty of water available to guests, and provide sodas, iced tea and lemonade as well. Offer alcoholic beverages to adult guests, but don’t go overboard stocking up on alcohol, as that might encourage guests to overindulge.

GamesBackyard barbecues are most fun when guests

are entertained, so plan to have some games avail-able for guests of all ages. Encourage guests to bring a change of clothes or swimsuits if games will involve water or something that might soil their clothing. If you have a pool, purchase some pool games so swimmers can do more than just wade in the water or take a few laps. Plan a Wif-fle® ball game for kids and dig some horseshoe pits or buy a ring toss set so adults can engage in some friendly competition as well.

SafetyThough no one wants to think of a 4th of July

celebration taking a turn for the worst, hosts must prepare for emergencies. Restock the first-aid kit if necessary and keep a constant eye on guests, especially children, to ensure everyone is hav-ing a safe and happy time. Program a list of local taxi companies into your phone so you can easily call for transportation should any guests have too much to drink during the festivities. Hosts should abstain from alcohol so they can serve as desig-nated driver should the need arise at the end of the night.

Backyard barbecues are a staple of July 4th, and there’s no reason your summer soirée can’t be one to remember for years to come.

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Participating businesses will be setting up outside their respective establishments and offering special sales and deals only found during the Sidewalk Sale!

Come explore the shops and restaurants of beautiful and charming downtown Leonardtown!

Businesses will also be sharing information regarding their services and upcoming special events.

Cleaners Bakery COMICS BOOKSPET STOREFLOWERS

Art Shop GIFTS

SidewalkSALESATURDAY, JUNE 6th • 11:00 A.M.

For more information, please contact Big Larry at 301-475-1860

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