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Richard Pelz, president of Circle C Oyster Ranch at St. Jerome Creek in Ridge, has a better idea for restoring the Chesapeake Bay’s oyster population.

“Maryland’s restoration efforts are going awful because they keep trying to do it the wrong way,” Pelz said.

Oysters, decimated in the Chesapeake by pollution and disease, are best grown near the water’s surface, he said, so they clear up turbidity and allow light to penetrate.

“If you put oysters in the bottom, or worse yet, in

rocks on the bottom, they’re removing oxygen, and therefore expanding the dead zone,” he said. Dead zones are areas of the bay without oxygen.

At Circle C Oyster Ranch, Pelz grows the Lineback, a breed of the native Eastern oyster he developed about 15 years ago. The company uses a system of floating oyster reefs that keep the shellfish just inches below the water’s surface rather than on the bay floor, where most of the state sanctuaries keep their oysters.

But his ideas have not caught on, and scientists and environmentalists stood by Maryland’s restoration meth-ods during a Sept. 10 update before the House Subcom-mittee on Fisheries, Oceans and Wildlife.

“Oyster restoration is complex in a large ecosystem like the Chesapeake Bay,” Peyton Robertson, director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin-

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I just told the girls it’s a young season, we just need to grow, get better and build from this.”“

By Guy LeonardStaff Writer

A three-day warrant sweep op-eration that nabbed nearly 30 sus-pects wanted on narcotics and vari-ous other charges has shaken up the local drug trade, according to the commander of the county’s vice/nar-cotics unit.

Most of the suspects arrested on drug warrants were alleged mid-to-upper level dealers, according to Lt. Daniel Alioto, and investigators are already preparing for the next round of arrests to come from these raids.

Also arrested in the raid were four St. Mary’s men who had been at the center of a long- term federal investigation.

Intelligence pickings on crimi-nal narcotics activity was also ex-ceptionally rich, Alioto said.

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An 18-year-old man sits in de-tention for allegedly trying to kill his ex-girlfriend last week, accord-

ing to investigators with the county sheriff’s office, and charging docu-ments in other cases show a pattern of alleged abuse against the same woman.

Antonio Jamear Warrick, of no fixed address, has been formally charged with first- degree attempted murder and first-degree assault after allegedly firing shots at his former girlfriend Sept. 11 as she stood out-side a Great Mills residence.

In the latest incident, charging papers state that Warrick left a mes-sage on his former girlfriend’s cell phone the night of the alleged shoot-ing beforehand, telling her that if he found her he would shoot and kill her.

Charging documents also stated that another witness on the scene had positively identified Warrick as the shooter.

Man In Custody For Shooting At Ex-Girlfriend


Investigators with the Maryland State Police are continuing their in-vestigation into the motor vehicle accident that killed 21-year-old Tra-vis Saltsman Sept. 14 as he traveled along Steer Horn Neck Road but ini-tial reports show they believe speed and driver error contributed to the cause of the accident.

Troopers responded to Steer Horn Neck Road shortly after 7a.m. the morning of the accident and found that Saltsman’s vehicle, a 2007 Toyota Scion had left the roadway and smashed into a power utility pole.

Emergency medical services personnel pronounced Saltsman, who lived nearby the scene of the ac-cident, dead on the scene.

His family remembered him as quiet and reserved but hardworking.

“He was quiet-spoken, well mannered and not out going,” said his father Glenn Saltsman, a re-tired Maryland State Trooper. “He was well liked and he’ll be deeply missed.”

Saltsman attended Westlake High School in Waldorf before mov-ing to Sacramento, California to fin-ish high school while living with his mother, Patti Hense.

She remembered a sweet son de-spite his taciturn nature.

“He was a sweet, lovable little boy,” Hense said of her son, who could be mischievous at times. “He’d have these cute little smiles

Man Killed In Hollywood Accident

Andrea ShiellStaff Writer

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St. Mary’s College of Maryland junior Shane Eyler has a gallon of milk, bottles of cranberry and apple juice, and an assortment of food products in his refrigerator. What’s missing? Beer.

Eyler is one of a growing number of stu-dents who are abandoning the stereotypical “Animal House” image of college life in favor of alcohol-free campus residences.

Substance and alcohol free environment programs, such as the St. Mary’s SAFE House where Eyler lives, are cropping up at schools all over the country. Towson University and Loyola College in Maryland are among oth-er area schools that provide such residence programs.

The St. Mary’s SAFE House requires stu-dents to sign a contract stating they will ab-stain from the use of alcohol, tobacco and ille-

gal drugs within their living environment. The participants are also prohibited from returning to their residence while intoxicated.

Despite the restrictions, participation in the St. Mary’s program increased from 24 to 36 students since last year. The school has about 2,000 students.

“We had to turn away students,” said Kelly Smolinsky, who works in the residence life de-partment at St. Mary’s. “We had more student interest this year than last.”

The increased size and number of these programs reflects a growing desire among some students to escape the second-hand ef-fects of alcohol use on campus, which often include sleep and studying disruptions and property damage.

“I’m friends with a lot of people who have had issues,” said Brian Tennyson, a sophomore at St. Mary’s, who returned to SAFE House this semester after having lived there last year. “I just decided I wanted to continue in an en-

vironment where I don’t have to worry about that.”

As part of this year’s St. Mary’s program, participants are required to host three outreach events each semester. Last year, these events included games of football and capture the flag, as well as an evening of gift-wrapping presents for charity.

“The spirit of it is that we provide an ac-tivity that is an alternative to drinking,” said Tennyson. “Essentially, it’s to show people that they don’t have to drink all the time to have fun - or they don’t have to drink at all to have fun.”

Students in the program agree this out-reach is valuable because it opens up com-munication between SAFE House participants and the general campus.

“There is a certain stigma when they first meet you,” said Eyler, referring to students who live in traditional residences on campus. Participants are sometimes viewed negatively

by their peers because of per-ceptions that students who re-frain from alcohol use are dull and prudish.

SAFE House participants, however, do not actually need to abstain from drinking entire-ly to be part of the program.

A study published in 2001 by the Harvard School of Public Health found that 32 percent of students who lived in sub-stance-free housing still drank heavily, or had at least four drinks in a row during the two weeks prior to when the study was performed. The study was based on a poll of students from 52 colleges across the United States.

“I don’t necessarily think that there’s any-thing wrong with drinking in moderation,” said 21-year-old Eyler. “It’s drinking in excess that I have a problem with.”

Regardless of a student’s habits in regard to alcohol outside of the residence, SAFE pro-grams like the one at St. Mary’s are receiving positive feedback for their ability to provide an alternative to what is often alcohol-riddled campus housing.

“All in all, I think the program works pret-ty well,” said Eyler.

St. Mary’s College Of Maryland Expands Substance-Free Housing Program


When Rev. Marguerite Morris, director of Leah’s House women’s shelter, planned to move her operations to a new site in Valley Lee, she probably did not think it would hap-pen this soon.

While she still plans to have a permanent facility built there, on what was once the Hap-pyLand Bar, she and the women and children her organization helps will have to call it home for now since the house they were using was foreclosed on several months ago.

The bank holding the mortgage has al-lowed Morris and the shelter families to stay there the past several months, Morris told The County Times, but the time has now come for them to pack their bags.

Instead of living in a spacious, single-fam-ily home with three-and-a-half bathrooms, she said, they’ll have to get used to a doublewide home that will soon be delivered to the Valley Lee site.

Morris said she will have to find a way to get five families to fit in there.

She added that despite paying the rent to the actual owners of the house, the bank had to foreclose.

“We paid our rent,” Morris said. “But they were just one of the millions nationwide who lost their homes.

“We kind of got left holding the bag.”While they will lose their more spacious

and luxurious accommodations, the costs to run Leah’s House, Morris said, will be reduced.

The doublewide home will cost about $90,000, she said, and they will be able to live on land they are already paying a mortgage on.

“It was more economical to transition to the new property,” Morris said.

Right now economics is what appears to be weighing most heavily on Morris’ mind.

The costs of running the shelter continues to run high, she said, ranging between $8,000 and $10,000 a month.

The home they must now move out of had a capacity of about eight beds, she said, but of-

ten they had to expand that to 15 or 16 during the summer months because of the demand to help the homeless.

“We need the community to remember us financially,” Morris said.

However, Morris praised the many local contractors and businesses that have helped Leah’s House, especially with readying the Valley Lee property to suit the new permanent facility she has planned.

“We’ve gotten thousands and thousands of dollars of in-kind donations from other com-panies,” Morris said.

Leah’s House depends heavily on fund raising money as well as volunteers help to keep it running. They have had to get creative in finding ways to keep the cash coming in.

One such way will be an on-line auction of a collection of some $16,000 worth in Bar-bie Dolls, some for as much as $200 to $300 a piece for their collector value.

The work remaining at the Valley Lee sight includes bringing in septic lines and con-nections for water as well as security measures such as fencing, Morris said.

She added that she has even asked the county about the possibility of extending a pub-lic bus route to the facility so women can get transportation to and from work or training.

Giving abused, battered or homeless wom-en job training and assistance is one of the core missions of Leah’s House, Morris said.

“We can’t just help them obtain the hous-ing,’ she said. “We need to help them retain the housing.”

The foreclosure of Leah’s House current operation shows how the national mortgage crisis can affect those other than the origi-nal homeowners, but real estate insiders here say that St. Mary’s County continues to stay ahead of neighboring counties when it comes to avoiding foreclosures.

“St. Mary’s seems to be holding its own in the market better than Charles and Calvert counties,” said Stuart Bowling, of the Southern Maryland Association of Realtors, although the anecdotal trend seems to be toward “short” home sales, or transactions where at least one person in the deal is losing money.

Foreclosure Forces Change At Women’s Shelter

Andrea ShiellStaff Writer

The social hall at the Hollywood Volunteer Fire De-partment was packed full of stu-dents, teachers, administrators, and college representatives on Tuesday for this year’s 14th an-nual college fair.

Officials from over 120 colleges and universities from

across the country were on hand to answer questions from stu-dents and parents concerning their schools during two sessions, one during the day, and one later that evening.

Kathleen Lyon, a com-mittee member and Executive Di-rector of Student Services for St. Mary’s County Public Schools, said that the daytime session had only been added a few years ago

in response to inquiries from par-ents and students were not able to come to the fair in the evening. Students come from area high schools to visit with college and university officials themselves.

“We arrange for buses from Calvert County Public Schools, St. Mary’s County Pub-lic Schools, and from St. Mary’s Ryken…we have about four bus-es per hour bringing students in,”

said Lyon as she nodded to the hall, which was brimming with students and representatives.

Lyon said that the fair serves as an op-portunity for students to see beyond the borders

of St. Mary’s County, to explore “great opportunities without leaving Southern Maryland, so they can begin to investigate all the options out there,” she said.

A small room to the side of the main floor of the fair had a few tables boasting colorful displays of booklets offering information on financial aid and scholarship opportunities. This was an area that Nesrin Gibb, a School Coun-seler from St. Mary’s County, said was more a subject of inter-est for parents, as was evidenced by the light traffic in and out of the “scholarship room.”

“The kids don’t really care about this part of it,” said Gibb, smiling. “They don’t think about it, but the parents do…we see a lot of parents who come in the evening.” Gibb said that in ad-dition to working with juniors and seniors to develop portfolios to showcase their high school

achievements, she was there Tuesday to offer resources about how to find scholarships and financial aid. “We don’t give cash,” laughed Gibb, saying that they just told students how to get cash for college.

Also there to counsel stu-dents about financial aid was Robin Willis, a pre-college advi-sor for the Southern Maryland College Access Network (CAN). “We go into public schools and we help coach juniors and seniors on the whole college admissions process,” she said, adding that she helps students prepare en-trance essays, and hone their in-terviewing skills.

“We work on scholarships till they’re blue in the face,” Willis exclaimed, adding that in addition to finding the right undergraduate programs to fit each student, part of her job was to help them find the right finan-cial aid package. “I’ve helped students who are homeless, I’ve helped students who live in their cars who had nobody at home,” she said. “This is just something I’m very passionate about.”

Willis said that scholarship and financial aid workshops are

held by the school system for those interested in finding out more about the application pro-cess, including a line-by-line ap-plication workshop for students of all ages, and adults interested in going back to school. Inter-ested parties are encouraged to visit www.smcps.org for more information.

Buses lined up outside the social hall to take the latest batch of students back to their home schools, clearing the way for the next crowd of students coming in for the next hour of the fair. As students and representatives resituated themselves, Super-intendent Michael Martirano smiled as he surveyed the ex-hibits. He admitted that he had never been to a college fair when he was in high school, which was one reason he felt that events like these were crucial to students in the county. “It’s built upon everything else we’ve talked about,” he said, explaining his emphasis on student participa-tion. “It’s a great way for more students to participate and go to college,” he said.

A Collage of CollegesHundreds Come Together for Annual College Fair

Photo by Andrea ShiellThis year’s 14th annual college fair, which was held at the Hollywood Volunteer Fire Department’s Social Hall, featured 124 colleges and universities from around the country, and thousands of students.

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On behalf of the League of Women Voters of St. Mary’s County I would like to remind our citizens of the power of voting and provide the November 4, 2008 Election Day schedule.

• Voter Registration Deadline is Tues-day, October 14, 2008

• Deadline to Mail in an Application for Absentee Ballot is Tuesday, October 28; after October 28, applications may be requested in person at the Board of Elections.

• Absentee ballots must be postmarked on or before November 4.

Registration forms may be obtained at the St. Mary’s County Board of Elections, phone 301-475-7844, ex 1610 and local public libraries.

For more information about voting and the elections visit our website at http://lwvmd.org/smc/

This is an opportunity to make your voice heard and your vote does count. The goal of the League of Women Voters is “to empower everyone to shape better communities world-wide.” Join us in our public programs through-out the year and be sure to vote on November 4th.

Janice Hummel, PresidentLeague of Women Voters of St. Mary’sCountyHollywood, Md

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I’m disappointed and saddened by the ac-tions of the so-called “Citizens for the reservation of Historic St. Mary’s City”, as well as our State Senator (Roy Dyson), whom I have supported and generally agreed with for a number of years.

I have silently observed the visceral attacks on the College and, in particular, President Mag-gie O’Brien, for almost a year. As a former em-ployee of St. Mary’s College (Director of Com-munity Relations) I have seen enough bashing from people who should be singing praises for this gem of an institution in the county, the state, and indeed, the nation.

Many of us, including me, looked with disfa-vor on the rowing center. I made my views known but accepted theoutcomebecause I respect thereasonsarticulatedbytheadministrationandtheBoard of Trustees. I saw no purpose in joining a group who allege to “preserve Historic St. Mary’s City” since the administrators of the real Historic St. Mary’s, in consultation with the State of Mary-land, and with the cooperation of St. Mary’s Col-lege have done an excellent job in preservation. One action, unpopular to many, doesn’t merit a wholesaledismissalofaninstitutionthathas,forthe past 10 years, provided outstanding outreach to the St. Mary’s County Community.

So I think the time is right to outline some of the outreach activities of the College that US News & World Report ranked #1 in the nation for traditional public liberal arts colleges. The Col-lege could just sit on its laurels and isolate them-selves from the surrounding community. Quite thecontrary!

• The annual River Concert Series, cre-ated in 1999, has provided thousands with 6 free concerts each summer (averaging 8,000 people) --Free

• The River Gazette, designed to bring cultural, literary and environmental ideas to the citizens of the region, and a calendar of events. We partnered with Historic St. Mary’s and our faculty and students produce this tabloid six times ayear--Free

• The College and the City established the Center for the Study of Democracy to provide internshipsforstudents,andofferlecturessuchas the Bradlee Lectures, bringing Tom Brokow,

Bob Woodward, and Maureen Dowd to campus – open to the public and free.

• The College and the City, with State of Maryland support, have restored St. John’s Site, the first site of Maryland’s legislature, and are preparing to create a visitor’s center so that citi-zens can understand fully the role St. Mary’s City played in assuring the nation’s democratic roots. This site, on the campus, will be free.

• During my ten years of service, the num-ber of events and programs offered to St. Mary’s citizensquadrupled–fourtimesasmanyappeal-ing programs, open to the public and mostly free.

• The Arts Alliance of SMCM, having their own program of outreach, bringing students from all over the County to the art gallery, the the-ater, and concerts. In 1995, the Arts Alliance had a membership of 250; it has now grown to over 600 – an indication that community relations is not exactly lacking.

• The Grace & John Horton Seminars evolved after my retirement, but is additional evi-dence of outreach to the community. This series came out of the program that Dr. Ingo Peterson started for Asbury Solomons called Tuesday Night with the Professors. John & Grace pro-posed an expanded program which has been ad-opted and has been expanded to the Wildewood community.

These are but a few of Maggie O’Brien’s ef-forts to bring the community to the College. Ad-mittedly, she ismy friend and Iwill alwaysbeloyal to her, but just a cursory glance above will prove that she deserves more kudos than has been evident by a minority who consider a 2-second view more important than the impressive com-mitment that she has consistently maintainedfor community relations in St. Mary’s County. I know it’s real – I was there and consistently wit-nessed her resolve.

St. Mary’s College is indeed a gem and I can’t imagine why there are those, albeit a minority, who want to diminish one of our greatest assets.

Nell HamptonScotland, Md

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It was my pleasure to visit St. Mary’s Col-lege on Sept. 5. During my visit, I had the chance to talk with students during meetings aroundthecampusandIwasimpressedbytheuniqueness of St. Mary’s and its ability to pro-vide Maryland families with access to one of the finest educations our country can offer.

As a member of the St. Mary’s Board from 1988-1999, I take pride in what St. Mary’s has accomplished. In 1992, while I was a member of the Board, the Maryland General Assem-bly officially designated St. Mary’s College as our State’s honors college, providing Mary-land families with an education that rivals any select college in the nation at an affordable price. From an opportunity to study abroad to its Center for the Study of Democracy, St. Mary’s provides a unique undergraduate expe-

rience, including one of the lowest student-to-faculty ratios and the highest graduation rates among Maryland public colleges.

I particularly want to stress St. Mary’s ef-forts at economic and racial diversity. Today,

70% of St. Mary’s students receive finan-cialaidandone-quarterofitsstudentsarethefirst in their families to go to college. Current-ly, 20% of St. Mary’s students are a member of a minority group and St. Mary’s is committed to increasing that number through strong out-reach efforts to Maryland’s urban areas.

Sincerely,

Benjamin L. CardinU.S. Senator

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The Society of St. Vincent de Paul is the world’s most distinguished “Friend of the Poor”. Frederic Ozanam founded the Society of St. Vincent de Paul in Paris, France on April 23, 1833 when he was twenty years old and a college student so that he and his schoolmates could put their faith into action through service to the poor.

This year on September 27ththeSocietyofSt. Vincent de Paul will hold its first Annual Nationwide Friends of the Poor walk. The Friends of the Poor Walk is a National fund-raising effort organized nationally and locally by the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. We will be holding our 1st walk locally in Leonard-town on September 27th. Same day registra-tion begins at 7:30 a.m. and runs until 8:45 a.m. The walk will begin at Father Andrew White School at St. Aloysius Church at 9 a.m. The course will take walkers through the streets of historic Leonardtown. We will have a post walk brunch with live music and door prizes after the walk. The Health Connections Van from St. Mary’s Hospital will be at the walk

offering blood pressure screenings throughout the morning.

The goal of the walk is to call attention totheneedsofthepoorandtoraisemoneytosupport the work of St. Vincent de Paul confer-ences and councils in addressing the needs of the poor. The money raised for the walk will stay directly in the local St. Vincent de Paul conferencesandcouncilsfordirectandimme-diate aid to the poor.

To register as a walker, to pledge support for a walker or for more information go to www.walkforthepoor.com or call 301-904-7990.

We invite the whole community to come out for this special event. Be a friend of the poor. Walk with us on September 27th. Your presence will make a difference in our community.

Sincerely,Patty BelangerVicki WenkeCo-Chairs of the walk forthepoorinLeonardtown

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I am again impressed with the health re-lated articles in your paper. In the September 11th issue I noticed several things of interest in the general area of “health.”

The first item that caught my wife’s atten-tion was the article/advertisement” detailing the supercharging of one’s immune system us-ing vitamin C. Without question, the article was fact-based and well done. All I would cau-tionyourreadersaboutisthatit isimportantto have professional guidance when you do any kind of medicinal or nutritional therapies. Even vitamin C, when not used correctly can cause unwanted side effects! There are many “Integrative” Health Professionals in Southern Maryland, and I encourage your readers to seek the guidance of one of these people before embarking on any “therapies” which might af-fect one’s body.

Secondly, under “Calendar of Events” was listed a day entitled “What everyone must know about ADD & ADHD.” Again, it is ex-citing that people are being exposed to qual-ity educational information for dealing with these two afflictions of children and adults in our community. However, one of the areas to be discussed is “monitoring medication to

ensure effectiveness.” I suggest to your read-ersthatprescriptionmedicationarenotalwaysthe best way to approach these two afflictions. “Executive Function Deficits” can be treated andhelpedmostoftenwithoutpotentiallydan-gerous prescription drugs. More “natural” therapies are often helpful without negative sideeffects,butonlywithtrainedprofessionalguidance.

Ialsonoticed,andthistiesinwithallhealthrelated issues, that Section A-8 (the obituaries) listed nine deaths. Seven of these people were under 70 years old! I think this points out to people that it behooves all of us take charge of our own health as early in life as possible. But it is not too late at any age to begin tak-ing this charge. If people will seek trained and educated professional advice in the area of for instance Nutrition, they can live a longer life filled with quality time until the very end.

Thank you for keeping the public informed of both traditional and “alternative” health items. Keep up the good work.

Dr. Thomas E. BaldwinMaster of Science in Holistic NutritionTall Timbers, Md

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St. Mary’s College has done a marvelous job over the years in supporting youth and community sailing in Southern Maryland.

For the past several years, the College has invited high school sailors to practice at its wa-terfront on Friday afternoons during the spring and fall when the College varsity is travelling. This has been a great benefit to the varsity and junior varsity competitive sailors from three Southern Maryland high schools: Leonar-town, St. Mary’s Ryken, and Patuxent. This way our local sailors receive valuable instruc-tion from one of the best intercollegiate teams in the nation.

In 1999, the College rallied when the sail-ing portion of the Special Olympic World Games held in North Carolina needed a new venue because the lake near Raleigh original-ly designated had dried up. The College and many local adult and junior sailors put on what is unquestionably the best World Games sailing

event ever for Special Olympics. The World Games are held every four years; the 2007 event was in Shanghai. The 1999 event was so successful, that Special Olympics Mary-land has held its statewide sailing competition at the College every year since. About three years ago, kyacking became a popular Special Olympicsportandthishasbeenaddedtotheyearly event. These annual state games attract over 200 athletes from all over the region to the College.

We should be proud of the way the Col-lege uses its natural waterfront advantages and its talent to support our community sailing and the Special Olympics state events.

Stovy BrownSt. Leonard, MD

ProudOfTheWayItsNaturalWaterfrontIsUsed


Board of Education Voting RecordMeeting Held Sept. 10, 2008

Action Items

11.01: Mission, Goals, and Initiatives of St. Mary’s County Public Schools Five-Year Plan 2010-2014

Motion: That the Board of Education review and discuss the Mission, Goals, and Initiatives as drafted and adopt the Board goals as presented. The current FY 2009 budget and five-year budget supports the goals and initiatives as presented and amended.

Motion By: Second:Mary M Washington Salvatore L RaspaAction: UnanimousVoting Record:William M Mattingly YesCathy Allen YesGary K Kessler YesSalvatore L Raspa YesMary M Washington Yes

11.02: Attached is the proposed calendar for the development of the budget for FY 2010.At this time, we have not yet received a budget calendar from county staff, but timely initia-

tion of the budget process will enable staff to involve their various office departments and schools in all appropriate activities. This requires approval from the Board of the calendar presented so that we can proceed with timely development of the budget, including garnering input from the community. Dates in bold on the calendar are those requiring active Board participation. The remaining dates are the internal milestones that must be met in order to complete the process within the agreed-upon timeframe.

Motion: To approve the budget calendar for FY 2010 as presented.Motion By: Second:Gary K Kessler Mary M WashingtonAction: UnanimousVoting Record:William M Mattingly YesCathy Allen YesGary K Kessler YesSalvatore L Raspa YesMary M Washington Yes

11.03: Policy “BCA” Board Member Conduct/Ethics-Conflict of Interest - 2nd ReadingMotion: Staff recommends that the Board of Education approve the revisions as amended.Motion By: Second:Salvatore L Raspa Cathy Allen Action: UnanimousVoting Record:William M Mattingly YesCathy Allen YesGary K Kessler YesSalvatore L Raspa YesMary M Washington Yes

11.04: Policy “GBC” Staff Ethics - 2nd ReadingMotion: Staff recommends that the Board of Education approve this policy as presented.Motion By: Second:Gary K Kessler Salvatore L Raspa Action: UnanimousVoting Record:William M Mattingly YesCathy Allen YesGary K Kessler YesSalvatore L Raspa YesMary M Washington Yes

11.0�: Policies GCL through HF - 2nd Reading: As part of the larger effort to review all BOE policies, policies GCL through HF, as presented, were vet at the Division of Instruction meeting on June 27, 2008, and have been reviewed by the Superintendent’s Cabinet, have gone through First Reading and Public Hearing.

Motion: That the Board of Education approve the policies as presented and amended.Motion By: Second:Cathy Allen Gary K Kessler Action: UnanimousVoting Record:William M Mattingly YesCathy Allen YesGary K Kessler YesSalvatore L Raspa YesMary M Washington Yes

11.06: FY 2010 State Capital Improvements Program: The FY 2010 – FY 2015 state capital improvements program must be submitted to the Public School Construction Program (PSCP) by October 5, 2008 in accordance with state policies and procedures. Prior to submission to the PSCP, the capital improvements program must be submitted to the Board of County Com-missioners for St. Mary’s County (BOCC) for their endorsement. A letter of endorsement for the capital plan is required from the BOCC as part of the state submission process. The capital improvements program is consistent with the 2008 Educational Facilities Master Plan and the 2008 Comprehensive Maintenance Plan for Educational Facilities.

Motion: That the Board of Education approve the FY 2010 – FY 2015 state capital improve-ments program for submission to the Board of County Commissioners for St. Mary’s County and the Public School Construction Program.

Motion By: Second:Cathy Allen Gary K Kessler Action: UnanimousVoting Record:William M Mattingly YesCathy Allen YesGary K Kessler YesSalvatore L Raspa YesMary M Washington Yes

Motion: To approve and authorize Commissioner President Russell to sign the Easement with the Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative, Inc. for work associ-ated with the installation of a transformer pad for service to the new and old Navy Museums and new parking lot lighting.

Motion By: Raley Second: JarboeAction:PassedVoting Record:Francis Jack Russell YesThomas Mattingly YesDaniel Raley YesLawrence Jarboe YesKenneth Dement Yes

Dept. of Land Use and Growth Mgmt. (Sue Veith, Environmental Planner; Denis Canavan, Director) Motion: To approve and authorize Commissioner President Russell to sign the

FY2009 grant agreement with the Critical Area Commission.

Motion By:Jarboe Second: DementAction: PassedVoting Record:Francis Jack Russell YesThomas Mattingly YesDaniel Raley YesLawrence Jarboe YesKenneth Dement Yes

Motion: To sign the budget amendment related to the Critical Area Commis-sion Grant, which will reduce the grant funding by $10,000 in accordance with the grant agreement and which will increase the Countys portion by $10,000 using the Emergency Appropriation Reserve, rather than reduce position costs.

Motion By:Mattingly Second: RaleyAction: FailedVoting Record:Francis Jack Russell YesThomas Mattingly NoDaniel Raley NoLawrence Jarboe NoKenneth Dement No

Dept. of Human Services (Bennett Connelly, Director; Cynthia Brown, Div. Mgr., Community

Services) Motion: To approve the Corporation for National and Community Service

(CNCS) AmeriCorps*VISTA Project application and authorize staff to submit the application electronically through the AmeriCorps*VISTA E-Grant system; and to approve and authorize Commissioner President Russell the sign the budget amendment which will realign the budget to the actual application by decreasing County funding by $4,168 and establishing $34,164 as both a revenue and expense for the three non-county Vista positions.

Motion By:Raley Second: JarboeAction:PassedVoting Record:Francis Jack Russell YesThomas Mattingly YesDaniel Raley YesLawrence Jarboe YesKenneth Dement Yes

Dept. of Aging (Lori Jennings-Harris, Director; Jennie Page, Deputy Director; Deborah Bark-

er, Senior I&A Mgr.; and Peggy Maio, Fiscal Supervisor) Motion: To approve and authorize Commissioner President Russell to sign

the Department of Aging Notification of Grant Award (NGA), in the amount of $4,684, for the Senior Health Insurance Program (SHIP), and to sign the related budget amendment to set-up the FY09 grant project budget in accordance with the NGA.

Motion By:Dement Second: MattinglyAction:PassedVoting Record:Francis Jack Russell YesThomas Mattingly YesDaniel Raley YesLawrence Jarboe YesKenneth Dement Yes

Dept. of Recreation and Parks (Phil Rollins, Director) a. Motion: To approve and authorize Commissioner President Russell to sign

the Program Open Space Development Application and Project Agreement for Phase V of the Three Notch Trail in the amount of $101,408.

Motion By:Jarboe Second: DementAction: PassedVoting Record:Francis Jack Russell YesThomas Mattingly YesDaniel Raley YesLawrence Jarboe YesKenneth Dement Yes

b. Motion: To approve and authorize Commissioner President Russell to sign the FY09 Maryland Historic Trust Preservation Grant Agreement and related as-surances, in the total amount of $25,000, to assist with the replacement of the Piney Point Lighthouse Keepers Quarters roof and other related repairs.

Motion By:Dement Second: MattinglyAction:PassedVoting Record:Francis Jack Russell YesThomas Mattingly YesDaniel Raley YesLawrence Jarboe YesKenneth Dement Yes

Agenda Items for the St. Mary’s County AdministratorDept. of Public Works and Transportation (George Erichsen, P.E., Director)

Dept. of Economic and Community Development (Bob Schaller, Director; Cynthia DellaGatta, Economic Dev. Coordinator) Motion: To approve and authorize the Commissioner President to sign the budget

amendment in the amount of $15,000, increasing the House Keys Operation Alloca-tion and decreasing the BOCC Emergency Appropriations.

Motion By: Mattingly Second: JarboeAction:Voting Record:Francis Jack Russell YesThomas Mattingly YesDaniel Raley YesLawrence Jarboe YesKenneth Dement Yes

SectionA-� The County Times Thursday,September18,2008

AndreaShiellStaffWriter

Last Wednesday, state capital improve-mentsbudgetswereapprovedbytheBoardofEducation,allottingmorethan$70millionstatedollarsfornewschoolconstructionandrenova-tionsoverthenextsixyears,aswellasover$50millionfromcountygovernment.

Fournewelementaryschoolsareplannedforthecounty,asenrollmentisexpectedtogoupbyasmuchas2,600to2,700studentswithinthenexttenyears.

“We’regoingtogrow,Ithink,withpeoplemoving here,” said Superintendent MichaelMartirano,explainingthatelementaryschoolswouldsee thebiggest increase inenrollment.Hevowedthattheschoolsystemwillworktokeepclasssizesaslowaspossibledespitetheexpected influx.

“We’ve kept our class sizes low,” Marti-ranosaid,“andwhatwe’vedoneisavoidcom-bination classes.”Martirano saidhehas seenovercrowded school systems have more thanonegrade levelperclassroom tosavemoneyon staffing expenses, with instructional losses comingasaresult.HesaidhewantstoavoidsuchasituationinSt.Mary’sCounty.

EvergreenElementary,whichisstillunderconstruction, is expected to cost $22 milliontocomplete.Budgetestimatesput thecostoftheother elementary schools at a little above

that figure, and construction expenses are ex-pectedtoriseovertime.MartiranoandChiefOperating Officer Brad Clements said that the schoolsystemisactingnowtogetthebuildingprojectsunderway,andthefourthelementaryschoolcouldbecompletedinnineyears.

Martiranosaidthenewschoolswouldhelpalleviatethecrowdingofthemobileunitsbeingusedonmostcampuses,freeingthemtobeusedasannexesbyotherschoolsinthecounty.

Oneofthemostexpensiverenovationswillbea$17millionprojectatLeonardtownMiddleSchoolthatcouldhavestudentsusingthetrail-erannexbehindBenjaminBannekerElemen-tarySchoolforayearandahalf.Someofthosestudentshavealreadyspentclosetotwoyearsoftheirelementaryeducationinthesametrail-erswhileLeonardtownElementarySchoolwasrefurbished.ThenewCIPbudgetoutlinesthestartofthatprojectin2010.

“As longaswe’reagrowingcommunity,weneedtohave300overcapacitytogetanewschool,”Clementssaidexplainingthecounty’suse of trailers. “Wehave to house those stu-dentssomewhere.”

ClementswasreferringtoaMarylandDe-partmentofEducationprocedureinwhichmon-eytofundanewschoolisonlymadeavailableif the overcapacity in existing schools wouldfill one-half of the new school’s capacity.

Current projections have the majority ofgrowthaffectingLeonardtownMiddleSchool

SMCPSToOpenFourNewElementarySchoolsBy2017

andsmirks.”Their son loved cars, computers, motor-

cyclesandvideogames,hisparentssaid.Afterhighschoolgraduation,TravisSalts-

manmovedontoserviceintheU.S.Navy,hisfathersaid,andbecamearadarandsonartech-nician specializing in identifying friendly orunfriendlyvessels.

TravisSaltsmanservedonboardafrigateonpatrolintheMediterraneanSeaandoffthecoastofAfrica.

After serving in theU.S.Navyhe camehomeandworkedforJediCommunicationsinHollywoodinstallingsatellitedishequipment.

Hisfathersaidthatheandhissonwouldoftenworktogetheronsolvingtechnicalprob-lemson the job, talkingback and forthoverthephone.

Hissonhadambitionsofgoingontocol-legeandlearningtobuildcomputersandsetupnetworks,hisfathertoldTheCountyTimes.

“Hetookprideinhiswork,”Hensesaidofherson.“Hewasahardworker.”

Glenn Saltsman remembered how hewould takehissonto thescenesof localve-hiclecrasheswhenservedonthestatepolicecrashinvestigationteamsohecouldshowhissonwhatcouldhappeninseriousaccidents.

“Hewouldgowithmeonsimilarcrashes[liketheonekilledSaltsman]whenIwasonthejob,”GlennSaltsmansaid.

The family has yet to make funeralarrangements.

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sortmentofclassrooms.Over the years, this building on Great

MillsRoadhasbeenmanythingstotheschool

system, including the first site of Great Mills HighSchool,GreatMillsElementarySchool,the George Washington Carver ElementarySchool annex, and White Oak SecondarySchool.ThisyearthebuildinghasopenedasFairlead Academy, a specialized program forninthgrade students. “It’s a completelynewprogram,” explained Principal Zimmerman,“wesimplyneededabuilding,andthisbuild-ingiswhatwegot.”

“It has been fantastic,” said Zimmermanaboutthenewschoolyear,whichthreeweeksagosawtheopeningofthisnewacademyforfirst-time freshman that had been accepted into theprogram.Shescowledslightlyassheex-plainedtheterm“atrisk,”sayingshepreferredtonotrefertoherstudentsintermsthatcouldconfuse themwith studentswithdisciplinaryproblems.

“Our students have not failed,” she ex-plained,addingthattheyhadsimplyscoredacertainnumberofpointsontheirstateassess-ments,atwhichpointtheprogramwasofferedtohelpthemtransition.“Iftheyfallwithinarangeofscores,itwoulddemonstrategapsinknowledge,” Zimmerman explained, addingthatstudentswereselectedtocometoFairleadbased on academics, not behavior problems.“Therearen’tmajorbehaviorproblemshere,”shesaid.

FairleadAcademy is thenewestprograminthecountytargetingninthgraderswhomayhave fallen behind in their studies, who aretermed “at risk” for struggling academicallyoncetheygetintohighschool.

“Iworkedatahighschoolbeforecominghere,”saidZimmerman,“andfreshmanyearisalwaysthehardest.Italwayshasbeenanditalwayswillbe,”shesaid,addingthatstatis-ticshaveshownthatstudentswhohavetroublesucceedingintheirfreshmanyearhaveamuchhigherriskofdroppingoutofschoollateron.

ZimmermansaidthatherhopewouldbetoexpandFairlead’sexistingprogramtoincludemore students. “We should be helpingmorethan60students,”shesaid.

Zimmermansaidthatoneofherprimarygoalsforherstudentswastogettheminvolvedwith extracurricular activities at their homeschools,which they stayenrolledat through-

out their tenure atFairlead, and return to fortheir sophomoreyear. “A lotofour studentshavenever been involvedwith extra curricu-laractivities,”sheexplained,addingthatthreeweeksintotheschoolyear,morethan50per-centofherstudentshadsigneduptoparticipateinatleastoneextracurricularactivity,andsheispushingfor100percentparticipationbytheendofthesemester.

Zimmermansaidalsothatshewouldliketoseeenrollmentexpandinthecomingyears,butonlyifstaffexpansionscankeepupwitha rising student population. “We don’t wantto lose our focus,” she said, adding that partofFairlead’suniquenessisits1to10teacher-studentratio,whichallowsforagreatdealofone-on-oneinstruction.

“I personally would like to see a ninthgradeacademyfor theentirecounty,becauseit is such a critical year for students,” saidZimmerman.

SuperintendentMichaelMartiranoseemstoagreewithZimmerman,andhasbeentout-ing Fairlead Academy as the first of many steps towardanexpandedsystemofsecondarytran-sitionalprogramsforstudents.

“We’re trying to really move in a muchdifferent direction than the more traditionalhighschoolmodel,”Martiranoexplained,add-ingthatmoreninthgradeacademiesmightbeopeningupinSt.Mary’sCounty,butthatca-pacityconsultingwouldbeinorderbeforeanymoreplansweresetinstone.“We’regoingtoflesh out some of this with some consulting,” hesaid.

“Youhave toprovideofferings thatmeettheneedsofthestudents,”Martiranosaid,cit-ing success stories such as the TechConnectprograms at the James A Forrest Career andTechnologyCenter,ChesapeakePublicCharterSchool,andtheSTEMAcademy,addingquiteemphatically that, “one size does not fit all.”

FairleadContinued from page A-�

andLeonardtownHighSchool,whoseenroll-mentstatisticsshowthemalreadyovercapac-ity.Currentbudgetplansdonotallowfortheconstructionofanewhighschooluntil2017,and the earliest current projections show theconstructionofanewmiddle schoolwillnottakeplaceuntil2013.

Martiranosaidtheschoolsystemhasbeenresearchingconstructionsitesforthenewele-mentaryschools,butinthemeantime,heplanstohireaconsultanttoconductaplanningfea-sibilitystudytodeterminethebestwaystoad-

dresstheovercrowdingproblemuntilthenewschoolsarecompleted.

Somealternativescouldbefreshmanacad-emies,ortransitionschoolsthatwouldincludemiddleschoolclasses.

Thecapitalimprovementsplanwillgotothe county commissioners for signatures be-foreheadingtothestateboardofpublicworks.Inthemeantime,Martiranoisoptimistic.

“It’s an ongoing fluid process that we’ve been very aggressive about approaching,” hesaid.

ByGuyLeonardStaffWriter

The county’s economy isstill robust enough to weatherthe national economic down-turn,countycommissionerssay,largely in part to the presenceoftheU.S.Navy,butlocalbusi-nesses are looking to them foroptionstodiversifythecounty’seconomicportfolio.

Thecommissionerssaidthatthecounty’seconomy ispoisedto take advantage of marketsoncetheybegintheirresurgenceattheirannualStateoftheCoun-tyaddressattheJ.T.Daughertycenter.

“It’simportanttoprotectthe

naval base we have here,” saidCommissionerPresidentFrancisJack Russell. “There are manyother communities around thenation clamoring for what wehave.

“Weneednottobeinapan-ic,butweneednot tobe lulledintoafalsesenseofsecurity.”

Russell andother commis-sionerssaidthecounty’slandusepoliciesensuredthattherewouldbe a growth in school seats,whichinturnwouldensurede-velopmentcouldcontinuehere.

At thesametimethecom-missionerssaidtheyhavetakenstepstoensurethatdevelopmentdoesnotencroachontheopera-tionsofthePatuxentRiverNaval

AirStationandchokeoffexpan-sionoftheirtestingfacilities.

Tom Jarboe, chairman ofthe board for the St. Mary’sCountyChamberofCommerce,whichhostedtheevent,saidthatthecounty’shopesforcontinuedprosperity hinged on the basestayinghere,but that theyneedtoexploreotheralternativesifitshouldleave.

Jarboe said that the ques-tionsonthemindsofbusinesseswere“righton.”

“Theconcerniswithwhat-evernew[presidential]adminis-trationwillcomeinwillbehowthat will affect defense expen-ditures,” Jarboe said. “There’sreally no other huge employer

here.”Commissioner Thomas

Mattingly(D-Leonardtown)saidthatwhile thebase remains thekeyeconomicenginehere,em-ploying22,000peopleandcom-prising 80 percent of the localeconomy,therehavebeenothersuccesses.

The sprouting up of cardealerships on Route 235 andcottage industries in Leonar-dtown showed, that there wassmallbusinessgrowthaswell.

“It’s not all just the base,”Mattingly told the assembledbusinessowners.

But Jarboe said that theonlyotherlargegrowthindustrythatcouldofferanalternativeto

thebasewastheneedformoremedical personnel like nursesanddoctors.

Barringthat,hesaid,keep-ingthebaseherewasthecoun-ty’s only option to maintainingthestandardoflivinghere.

“We need to be smart…weneed topayattention to theNavy,” Jarboe said. “Tourismwon’tcarryus.”

During his remarks, Rus-selldidsaythatgiventhecurrentprojectionsforrevenueshortfallsfromthestate,thecommission-erswouldnotbelookingtociti-zenstoraisemorerevenue.

“Thisboardisnotinamodeto raise taxes tobringonmoreprograms,”Russellsaid.

But eventually, Jarboesaid,withcostsrisingthatmaychange.

“I appreciate that they’renot keen to raise taxes,” Jar-

boe said. “But, unfortunately,eventuallytaxeswillhavetogoup just to maintain what they[countygovernment]have.”

Commissioner Daniel Ral-ey(D-GreatMills)saidthatthecountywillalsohave todecidewhich construction projects,chiefly roads, should be brought toaswiftconclusionandwhichshouldbecuttosavemoney.

Expansion of FDR Boule-vardshouldstayinthecounty’sbuilding schedule, he said, butprojects like Pegg Road mayhavetogo.

“Maybe Pegg Road needstobestoppedwhereitis,”Raleysaid.

Commissioners:CountyEconomyStillSound

Photo by Andrea ShiellFairlead Academy boasts the smallest class sizes in the county, with a 1 to 10 teacher student ratio.


Joseph Maurice “Shorty” Carroll, 52

Joseph Maurice “Shorty” Carroll, 52, of Mechanicsville died Sept. 12 in Washington Hospi-tal Center in Washington, D.C.

“Shorty” was born May 15, 1956 in St. Mary’s Hospital to Gene M. Car-roll, Sr. of Lexington Park and the late Frances L. (Fenwick) Carroll.

Educated in the St. Mary’s County Public School System, Joe par-ticipated in various team sports. After high school, Joe met and married the love of his life, Pamela Scriber. They were mar-ried 28 years and from this union, their daughter Monique was born.

Later in life, Joe be-came a licensed dump truck driver and heavy equipment operator for Portzen Brothers Paving Company. He was also employed by Gardner Equipment Company. Joe later established his own seal-coating business from which he became recog-nized around the com-munity and gained many friends.

Joe was an active member of Living Hope Church in Lexington Park. In this fellowship, Joe sang in the choir, served as an usher, drove the church van and enjoyed attend-ing Bible Study. His favor-ite pastime was working on automobiles and there was no piece of equipment that “Shorty” could not operate.

He is survived by his wife, Pamela Carroll of Mechanicsville; daugh-ters: Taikeisha Jenkins of Hollywood, Md., La Toya Monique Carroll of Mechanicsville, De-nise Gibson and Tranesia Scriber, both of Lexing-ton Park; father Gene M. Carroll, Sr., mother and father in-law Rosa and Joseph Scriber; brothers and sisters: Joyce Carroll, of Waldorf, Md., Brenda (Ray) Barnes, of Lexing-ton Park, Wayne (Patricia) Carroll of Clinton, Md., Sylvia Rothwell, of Lex-ington Park, Gene Jr. (Au-drey) Carroll of Waldorf, Md., James (Vera) Carroll of Upper Marlboro, Md., Michael Carroll of Lex-ington Park, and Patrick Carroll, Sr. (LaVonne) of Port Tobacco, Md.

Joseph leaves behind eight grandchildren, 10 nieces and nephews, and a host of other family and friends. Joe was preceded in death by his mother, Frances L. Carroll.

Family will receive friends Sept. 19 from 9 – 11 a.m. in Living Hope Church, Lexington Park. A Funeral Service will be conducted at 11 a.m. by Pastor Jason Staten. Inter-ment will follow in Charles Memorial Gardens, Leon-ardtown, MD.

Serving as pallbear-ers will be Wayne Carroll, Gene Carroll, Jr., James Carroll, Michael Carroll, Patrick Carroll and An-drew Rothwell.

Condolences to the family may be made at www.br insf ieldfuneral.com.

Arrangements provid-

ed by Brinsfield Funeral Home, P.A., Leonardtown.

Jane Clarke Downer, 66

Jane Clarke Downer, 66, a financial analyst for the Department of the Navy, died of lung cancer Aug. 18 in her home in Great Mills.

Born Jan. 10, 1942 in New Bedford, Mass., she was the daughter of the late Richard Clarke Shaw and Elizabeth (Robbins) Shaw.

She graduated from New Bedford High School in 1959. In 1980, she went to work supporting the Department of the Navy in its foreign Military Sales Program. In 1991, she be-came a civilian employee of the Department of the Navy. Her last assignment was the Naval Air Systems Command Headquarters, as Deputy for policy, train-ing and financial manage-ment in the International Programs Department.

In 1994, Mrs. Downer earned a Bachelor of Sci-ence Degree in Manage-ment, with High Honors, from National Louise Uni-versity. She cared deeply for her children and 10 grandchildren. She had a lifelong love for cats.

She is survived by her husband, Stephen H. Downer, of Fredericks-burg, Va.; three children, Susan L. Grigg of Marl-ton, N.J., S. Page Downer of Fredericksburg, Va., and Amy E. Hall of San Diego, Calif.; and nine grandchildren.

Mrs. Downer was pre-ceded in death by a grand-son, Michael E. Bair, who passed away in 2003.

There will be a Memo-rial Service Sept. 20 in the Brinsfield Funeral Home, Leonardtown. The family will receive friends from 10:30 – 11 a.m. with a ser-vice to follow at 11 a.m. in the Brinsfield Funeral Home Chapel.

Contributions may be made to any no-kill ani-mal shelter, such as Best Friends Animal Society, 5001 Angel Canyon Road, Kanab, Utah 84741; to your local Hospice; or to a local volunteer rescue squad.

Condolences to the family may be made at www.br insf ieldfuneral.com.

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

Mary Margaret Bar-rick Goldsborough, 92

Mary Margaret Bar-rick Goldsborough, 92, of Mechanicsville died Sept. 14 in St. Mary’s Nursing

Center. Born July 4, 1916 in

Washington, D.C. she was the daughter of the late Charles Ray and Marga-ret Howder Barrick.

She was preceded in death by her husbands Ennis VanWart, Marshall Huntington and George Goldsborough.

She is survived by her children William “Billy” VanWart of Lex-ington Park and Paul VanWart of Mechanics-ville; 12 grandchildren, 15 great grandchildren and five great-great grandchildren.

She was also preced-ed in death by her chil-dren Margaret “TeeTee” Smith, Thomas “Tommy” VanWart, Laura Comeau and Joseph VanWart; siblings Joseph Barrick, Charles Barrick and Jane Mayhew.

Mary moved to St. Mary’s County in 1950 from Washington, D.C., where she worked as a nurse’s aid.

The family received friends Sept. 17 from 5 – 8 p.m. in the Matting-ley-Gardiner Funeral Home, with Prayers said at 7 p.m. A Funeral Ser-vice will be held Sept. 18 at 10 a.m. in the Mat-tingley-Gardiner Funeral Home Chapel with Dea-con Bill Nickerson of-ficiating. Interment will follow in Charles Me-morial Gardens. Pall-bearers will be Michael Smith, Sean Smith, San-dra Schwarz, Richard Mayhew, Ed Comeau and Rick Goldsmith.

Arrangements pro-vided by the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home, P.A.

Douglas V. Johnson, �5

Douglas V. Johnson, of Aberdeen, died Sept. 11 in Elkton at the age of 75.

Born in Gainesboro, Tenn. he was the son of the late Virgil and Lu-cille (Henson) Johnson.

He served in the US Army during the Korean War and retired after 21 years.

Mr. Johnson is sur-vived by his wife of 53 years Brigitte B. Johnson of Aberdeen, a son Ralf Johnson of Hollywood, Md., four grandchildren, one great grandson, and five sisters.

Funeral Services for Mr. Johnson and his son

Raymond, who passed Aug. 17, will be held Sept. 27 at 11:45 a.m. at Hartford Memorial Gar-dens. Friends may send condolences to www.tar-ringcargo.com.

Daisy Evangeline Pegg, 84

Daisy Evangeline Pegg, 84, of Lexington Park died Sept. 14 in her residence.

Born Feb. 6, 1924 in Hollywood, Md. she was the daughter of the late Briscoe and Daisy Jones Thompson.

She is survived by her children Fay Pegg and her husband Tony Dias of Reva, Va., Thomas Pegg of Lexington Park and Melanie Pegg and her husband Steve Jop-lin of Middlebrook, Va., her grandchildren Trina Brown and her husband Daniel, April Pegg-Jop-lin and Colby Pegg-Jop-lin as well as her great-grandchildren Justen and Kailen Brown. She is also survived by her brother John B. Thomp-son of Hollywood, Md. and her sisters Naomi Fowler of Wheelersburg, Ohio and Juanita Modlin of California.

She was preceded in death by her brothers; Roscoe, Latelle, Jones, and Lamen Thompson and her sisters; Isabel Nielsen, Ruth Joy and Mavis Sweeney.

A lifelong resident of St. Mary’s County, Dai-sy attended Great Mills High School. She was a librarian at the Lexing-ton Park Library for 25 years, retiring in 1986. She belonged to the Po-tomac River Association and enjoyed researching her family genealogy.

The family received friends Sept. 17 from 5 – 8 p.m. in the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home, where Prayers were said at 7 p.m. A Funeral Ser-vice will be held Sept. 18 at 11 a.m. in the Hol-lywood Church of the Nazarene with Rev. Vern Haskell officiating. In-terment will follow in the Church Cemetery.

Arrangements pro-vided by the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home, P.A.

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Alice Mildred Brown, 99

Alice Mildred Brown, 99 of Leonardtown died Aug. 16 in her home.

Born Nov. 9, 1908 in Baltimore, Md., she was the daughter of the late James and Lilly Mae Jackson Rebham.

She was a member of St. George’s Episcopal Church, Valley Lee, and Order of the Eastern Star, Chapter 107, Ju-lia Halla, Hollywood.

Mrs. Brown is survived by two sons, Lloyd E. (Jerry) Brown, Jr. of Leonardtown and Willard Bruce Brown of Terra Alta, W. Va. She is also survived by six grand-children, Julie Brown-Rund, Jeff Brown, Nancy Deal, Wendy Jarda, Judy Graybill and Pheobe Brown, and eight great-grandchildren Clay and Will Rund, Kristen and Josh Brown, Shawn and Bruce Deal, Audrey and Samantha Jarda.

She was predeceased by a daughter Betty Ruth Brown and a brother John B. Fenwick.

Relatives and friends at-tended Mrs. Brown’s Life Celebration in the Brinsfield Funeral Home, Leonardtown Wednesday, Aug. 20 from 5 – 8 p.m. with prayers recited at 7 p.m. A funeral service will be held Thursday, Aug. 21 at 11 a.m. in St. George’s Epis-copal Church, Valley Lee. Reverend Greg Syler, pastor of the church, will officiate. Interment will follow in the church cemetery.

Memorial Contributions may be made to The Mis-sions Endowment Fund or Cemetery and Grounds Fund, c/o St. George’s Episcopal Church, P.O. Box 30, Valley Lee, MD 20692.

Condolences to the fam-ily may be made at www.brinsfieldfuneral.com.


Francis Joseph Brown, Sr., 66

Francis Joseph Brown, Sr., 66, passed away in his home in Indian Trail, N.C. Aug. 12.

Mr. Brown was born July 1, 1942 in Leonardtown, son of the late Mary Edna Brown Norris.

Mr. Brown is survived by his wife Jacqueline Mer-cer Brown; a son Francis J. Brown, Jr. and his wife Shelia of Stanfield, N.C.; a daughter Jennifer Lynn Brown of Indi-an Trail, N.C. and two grand-daughters Christianna Page and Allyson Grace Brown.

The family received friends Sunday, Aug. 17 from 2 – 5 p.m. in the Matting-ley-Gardiner Funeral Home, where Prayers were said at 3 p.m. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated Mon-day, Aug. 18 at 9:30 a.m. in St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church with Fr. John Mat-tingly officiating. Interment followed in Charles Memo-rial Gardens.

Arrangements provided by the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home, P.A.

Luis Antonia Castillo, 70

Luis Antonia Castillo, 70, of Leonardtown died Aug. 16 in St. Mary’s Nursing Center, Leonardtown.

Born Sept. 20, 1937 in Puerto Rico, he was the son of the late Luis Antonia and Elsa Monserrate Morales Castillo.

Luis is survived by three sisters, M. Elaine Ohler of Millsboro, Del., Evelyn Cas-tillo of Chestertown, Md. and Elsie Collins of Las Vegas, Nev. He is also survived by several nieces and nephews.

Family received friends Wednesday, Aug. 20 from 11 a.m. – noon in the Brinsfield Funeral Home, Leonardtown, with prayers recited at noon. Deacon George L’Heureux officiated. Graveside service followed at 2 p.m. at Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suitland, Md.

Memorial Contributions may be made to the St. Mary’s Nursing Center Foundation, Inc.,

21585 Peabody Street, Leonardtown, MD 20650.



Lloyd Raymond Harris, 97

Lloyd Raymond Har-ris, 97, died peacefully Aug. 12 in the St. Mary’s Nursing Center.

Mr. Harris was a longtime resident of St. Mary’s County. He was born in Gallatin, Mo. June 13, 1911 to the late How-ard May Harris and Frankie Lee Jackson. He married his beloved wife of 59 years, Mary Catherine “Sis” Nelson at the Washington Cathedral in Washington D.C. Sept. 2, 1939. She preceded him in death in 1998. He was also preceded in death in 1998 by his beloved sister Margaret Harris.

Mr. Harris served in the United States Army as an As-sistant Chaplain. Following his army service he was em-ployed in Washington, D.C. by the Federal Government for many years before retir-ing. He then worked in the tax department for the State of Maryland and retired in 1971. During his retirement, he and his wife enjoyed trav-eling throughout the United States.

He enjoyed playing cards, dancing and buying new cars. Ray loved life and most of all he enjoyed helping others while expecting nothing in return. He was devoted in the care of his wife and sister un-til their death.

The family received friends in the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home, P.A., Leonardtown, Friday, Aug. 15 from 9 – 10 a.m. with a funer-al service that followed at 10 a.m. officiated by Rev. Keith Schukraft. Interment followed at Charles Memorial Gardens in Leonardtown. Pallbearers were Frank Nelson, Donnie Bowles, Fred Nelson, Harry Nelson, Jr., Michael Russell and Roy Copsey.

Contributions may be made to American Heart Association, 415 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21201-4101.


Valorie Anne Henry, 48

Valorie Anne Henry, 48, of Mechanicsville, formerly of Grandview, Mo., died Aug. 17, in Lexington Park.

Born Oct. 31, 1959 in Lincoln, Neb. she was the daughter of James Ray Dick-inson of Mouldrow, Okla. and Hortense Anne Campbell Crawford of Grandview, Mo. She was the loving wife of Earl Allan Henry, whom she married July 16, 1986 in War-rensburg, Mo.

She is survived by her son Earl Ian Henry.

Mrs. Henry gradu-ated from Grandview High School’s Class of 1977. She moved to St. Mary’s County in October 1988 from Wal-dorf, Md.

The family will receive friends Saturday, Aug. 23 from 10 – 11 a.m. in Patux-ent River Assembly of God Church, California, where a Funeral Service will be held at 11 a.m. with Pastor Lanny Clark officiating. Interment will be held Wednesday, Aug. 27 at 10 a.m. in Maryland Veteran’s Cemetery, Chelten-ham, Md.

Contributions may be made to Hospice if St. Mary’s, P.O. Box 625, Leonardtown, MD 20650.


Karen A. McEntyre, 51

Karen A. McEntyre, 51 of Lexington Park, formerly of Plano, Texas, died Aug. 13 in Washington Hospital Center.

Born Feb. 24, 1957 in Sweetwater, Texas she was the daughter of Carold and Mary Aleese Benson of Pla-no, Texas.

She is also survived by her children Jeremy Porter of Snyder, Texas, Jonathan Porter of Plano, Texas, Angie Porter, Sheila Horton and Ma-rissa Horton, all of Lexington Park as well as her brother Victor Benson of Plano, Texas and three grandchildren.

Karen was employed as a registered nurse.

All services are private. Arrangements provided

by the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home, P.A.

Timothy Brian McGrath, 50

Timothy Brian McGrath, 50, of Lexington Park died Aug. 11 in St. Mary’s Hospi-tal, Leonardtown.

Born June 14, 1958 in Freeport, Ill., he was the son of Patricia (Chambers) Mc-Grath of Mesa, Ariz. and the late Charles McGrath.

Timothy attended La-salle-Peru High School in La-salle, Ill. where he graduated in 1976. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1976 until 1999. After his service in the Navy, Timothy was employed by a Government Contractor and worked at the Patuxent River Naval Air Station. He was an Elks Lodge member and a past member of the Lexing-ton Park Volunteer Rescue

Squad. In addition to his mother,

Timothy is survived by his wife Debra Kay (Houtz) Mc-Grath, his son, Sean Patrick McGrath of Lexington Park, his sister, Karen McGrath of Mesa, Ariz. and his brother, Michael McGrath of Ill.

A memorial service will be held Saturday, Aug. 23 at 10 a.m. at the Bay District Volunteer Fire Department, Lexington Park.



Patrick Connor Miller 2

Patrick Connor Mill-er 2, of Avenue died Aug. 12 in St. Mary’s Hospital, Leonardtown.

Connor was born Oct. 11, 2005 in Anne Arundel Medi-cal Center, Annapolis, Md., the son of James L. Miller and Krystal Kaldenbach of Avenue.

He is survived by two sis-ters, Lillian and Kayla Miller, a brother Kyle Miller, his pa-ternal grandparents James L. and Darlene Oliver Miller of Chaptico, maternal grandpar-ents, Eugene Kaldenbach of Harrimon, Tenn., and Debra Adams Kaldenbach of Win-chester, Ky.; great-grandpar-ents Francis and Audrey Oli-ver of Chaptico and

G reat-g rand mother s Mary Lou Adams of Waldorf, Md. and Shirley Miller of Newburg, Md.

The family received friends for Connor’s Life Celebration Sunday, Aug. 17 from 3 – 4 p.m. in the Brins-field Funeral Home, Leonard-town, with a funeral service at 4 p.m. Interment was private.



Mary Aleathea Redmond, 84

Mary Aleathea Redmond, 84, of Leonardtown died Aug. 16 in St. Mary’s Hospital.

Born April 18, 1924 in Mechanicsville she was the daughter of Clarence Leo Ev-ans and Gertrude M. (Pilker-ton) Evans.

Aleathea graduated from Margaret Brent High School in 1941. She worked from 1961 to 1971 as a secretary/re-ceptionist for St. Mary’s Col-lege. She enjoyed cooking, croqueting, playing cards, gardening, and sewing; often making clothing for her and her daughter.

She is preceded in death by husband James Franklin

Redmond, whom she mar-ried March 4, 1945 at the Im-maculate Conception Catholic Church in Mechanicville. She is survived by her beloved chil-dren Gayle A. Hancock and her husband William of Fair-fax, Va., and James “Frank” Redmond and his wife Wanda of Fredericksburg, Va. She is also survived by three grand-children, Jeffery A. Hancock and his wife Jennifer of Fair-fax, Va., Mark D. Redmond and his wife Tanya of Fred-ericksburg, Va., Jason P. Red-mond of Fredericksburg; and four great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her sister Agnes Rice.

Family received friends Wednesday, Aug. 20 from 9:30 – 10:30 a.m. in the Brinsfield Funeral Home, P.A., Leonar-dtown. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated 11 a.m., Wednesday, Aug. 20 at St. Aloysius Catholic Church, Leonardtown, with Rev. John Dakes officiating. Interment followed in Charles Memorial Gardens, Leonardtown.

Serving, as pallbearers were Mark Redmond, Jason Redmond, Jeffery Hancock, Bill Hancock, Lawrence Pilk-erton, and Arthur Pilkerton. Honorary pallbearer was Earl Dean.

Memorial contribution can be made to the Ridge Volunteer Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 456, Ridge, MD 20680.



Louis Marshall “Junior” Thompson, Jr., 84

Louis Marshall “Junior” Thompson, Jr., 84, of Avenue died Aug. 4 in his residence.

He was born July 20, 1924 in Dynard to the late Louis Marshall and Catherine Elea-nor Harris Thompson Sr.

He was the loving hus-band of Rose Lee Thompson whom he married July 26, 1942 in Sacred Heart Church, Bushwood. He is also sur-vived by his children, Mar-garet Taylor and her husband George of Hollywood, Buddy Thompson and his wife Deb-bie of Avenue, Benny Thomp-son and his wife Mary of

Morganza, Donnie Thompson and his wife Debbie of Me-chanicsville and Rose Mary George and her husband John of Avenue; 16 grandchildren, 44 great-grandchildren, two step-grandchildren and his sisters Mary Ozella Lacey of Abell, Gertrude Osborne of King George, Va. and Susan Vallandingham of Bushwood.

He was preceded in death by one great-grandchild and his sisters Catherine Hall and Louise Bryant.

A lifelong resident of St. Mary’s County, Junior was a self-employed waterman. While enlisted in the U.S. Army from Oct. 19, 1944 to Nov. 19, 1945, he served as a rifleman, a light machine gunner and a cook.

He belonged to the Knights of Columbus and en-joyed playing cards and being with his family and his two special buddies Maynard and Ringo.

The family received friends in the Mattingley-Gar-diner Funeral Home Thursday, Aug. 7 from 5 – 8 p.m. with prayers being said at 7 p.m. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated Friday, Aug. 8 at 9:30 a.m. in Holy Angels Cath-olic Church, Avenue, with Fr. William Gurnee officiating. Interment followed in Sacred Heart Cemetery, Bushwood. Pallbearers were Johnny George, Jereme George, Tina Fay Ferguson, Dave Hodg-es, Matthew Thompson and Donnie Thompson. Honorary pallbearers were his grand-children, nieces and nephews.

Contributions may be made to Holy Angels Sacred Heart School, 21335 Colton’s Point Road, Avenue, MD 20609, Seventh District Vol-unteer Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 7, Avenue, MD 20609 and/or Hospice of St. Mary’s, P.O. Box 625, Leonardtown, MD 20650.


Evelyn Tillotson Woods, 86

Evelyn Tillotson Woods, 86, of California died Aug. 14 in St. Mary’s Nursing Center, Leonardtown.

Born Dec. 18, 1921 in LeMoyne, Pa., she was the daughter of the late George C. Tillotson and Eva (Dowhow-er) Tillotson. Evelyn was an avid Pittsburgh Steelers fan.

Evelyn is survived by her daughters, Christine W. Moore of Chesapeake Beach, Md. and Deborah J. Standish of California, four grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.

All services are private. Condolences to the fam-

ily may be made at www.brinsfieldfuneral.com.


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The St. Mary’s Board of County Commissioners voted Tuesday to sign a grant agreement with the state commission that oversees land use in the county that affects the Chesapeake Bay.

But the request for the county to use its own emer-gency funds to pay for planners to monitor development and other projects in and around the county shoreline raised the ire of some of the commissioners.

The Critical Areas Commission is a state body that closely regulates and monitors major projects that could affect the health of tributaries feeding into the Chesapeake Bay, but it can also regulate smaller proj-ects, such as home improvement chores.

Commissioner Daniel H. Raley (D-Great Mills) was angered by the fact that the state had reduced the county’s allocation in the grant to pay for the plan-ners down to $26,000 and asked them to make up the difference.

“It’s an unfunded state mandate [to keep up with regulations],” Raley said. “We used to get $36,000 and now they cut it by $10,000 and we’re supposed to bite the bullet.”

Raley said that despite the county’s efforts to work with the Critical Areas Commission, the commission was not meeting the county halfway.

Raley relayed a story of a local homeowner who had tree stumps in his yard for 12 years and wanted them removed but could not find a contractor willing to the do the job for fear of running afoul of the critical area laws.

“If a contractor does the work and they’re found at fault they could lose their license under the regulations,” Raley said. “They’re terrified of the regulations.”

Raley and Commissioner Thomas Mattingly (D-Leonardtown) shared the sentiment that the Critical Ar-eas Commission remained inflexible in allowing some leeway with the environmental protection regulations because, despite the county’s willingness to abide by the laws, other jurisdictions were not so compliant.

“I just have a difficult time with the Critical Area Commission,” Mattingly told The County Times. “They make it so difficult to for people to do anything on their property.”

While commissioners voted to approve the grant, they voted against using emergency funding revenues to make up the lost $10,000 by a 4-to-1 vote.

Commissioner President Francis Jack Russell, who is a county representative on the commission, was the only supporting vote for that measure.

Russell said that the tenor of the commission, which was founded in the early 1980’s, has changed to be more accommodating of individual jurisdictions’ concerns.

“I respect these fellows opinion, but we’re try-ing to change relationships,” Russell said. “It’s the only avenue we’ve got… we can’t go knocking heads together.”

Commissioner Lawrence D. Jarboe (R-Golden Beach) doubted the efficacy of the commissions charge at all.

“The critical area legislation has not cleaned up the rivers, it’s worse today than it was back then,” Jarboe said. “It’s the sewage treatment plants around Baltimore and up north that are hurting the rivers, the Patuxent River particularly.”

Vote Sparks Debate Over Relationship With State Environmental Commission

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istration’s Chesapeake Bay office, said in his hearing testimony. “Increasing the size and number of sanctuaries is appropriate.”

The Eastern oyster has been declining in the bay since the mid-1980s because of past overharvesting, declining water quality and the appearance of MSX and Dermo, two para-sitic diseases.

The Maryland Department of Natural Re-sources operates 24 oyster sanctuaries in the bay, ranging in size from 5 acres to more than 5,000 acres. Yet the waterway’s number of Eastern oysters is 1 percent of what it was just 50 years ago, according to the department.

Pelz has another contrarian view: The size limit imposed on watermen is contributing to the oyster’s decline. Oysters smaller than three inches when harvested must be returned to the water.

“Oysters are funny critters -- they change sex when they reach maturity,” Pelz said. At a growth rate of roughly an inch per year, the smaller oysters are all males, then after a year

or so they become females, he said.“So what . . . they’re putting back

in the beds are male (and) diseased. If you do that to any population -- take out the best every time -- it’s going to go downhill.”

Though Pelz said he is having no trouble making a living harvesting the Lineback oys-ter, which grows faster than some others, other Maryland watermen say they are struggling.

Mike Hamilton, once a successful bay wa-terman with his own seafood wholesale busi-ness, several years ago abandoned fishing and oyster harvesting in favor of general contract work.

“There was not enough money in it,” said Hamilton, owner of M. Hamilton & Sons. “I still buy seafood every now and then, I still sell it but . . . I very seldom go out and get it myself. I got kids in college. I need a certain amount of money.”

Pelz said he has long believed the state’s methods of oyster-restoration were doomed to failure but has not held out hope that the Line-back would become widely grown.

“It’s embarrassing (for the state),” he said. “I’m not a scientist. I’m just a farmer.”

OysterProblemContinued from page A-�

“This weekend made a large impact on the drug trade in the county,” Alioto told The CountyTimes.“Wegotmore[intelligence] than we thought we would.”

Tyron Anthony Butler, 29, of Lexington Park; Laray Anthony Maddox, 26, of Cal-laway; Joseph Aloysius Mad-dox, 41 of Great Mills and James Robert Shade, 31 of Lexington Park were arrested last week as part of the war-rant sweep and could face up to life imprisonment for alleg-edly conspiring to distribute cocaine, according to infor-mation from the office of U.S. Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein.

Along with the conspir-acy charge, the men face up to 40 years in prison for the possession of cocaine with the intent to distribute it.

The 16-count indictment released by federal authori-ties alleges that for about four years, between 2004 and 2008, the suspects conspired to dis-tribute five or more kilograms of cocaine and 50 grams or more of crack cocaine in both Leonardtown and Lexington Park.

“This is another example of a home grown case… that out detectives worked up here,” Alioto said, adding that relationships with the Drug Enforcement Agency and oth-er federal authorities helped take the case to a higher level. “Thisisnotgoingtobeaonehit wonder.

“They’re [the four sus-

pects] not new to us.”Federal authorities allege

that the four men made sales of the narcotics to agents in undercover buys, and were under surveillance during the investigation.

The operation to nab all the suspects began Sept. 11 and ran through Sept. 13, with agencies from as far north as the capitol region coming down to assist.

Alioto said that eight of the 14 warrant services were executed at once and “for that you need help from your friends.”

Law officers from Cal-vert, Charles, Prince George’s and Montgomery counties as-sisted St. Mary’s investigators as well as DEA agents, Alioto said.

“Fourteen warrants in three days is a lot of work,” he said.

Also arrested in the oper-ation were George Sewell, 40, and Kevin Jerome Chase, 38, both of Lexington Park, for al-legedly selling crack cocaine to an undercover officer.

Narcotics detectives also arrested Robert Henry Short III after searching two prop-erties that were allegedly connected to him; the search yielded $6,000 in cocaine and other paraphernalia, police re-portsstate.

In all, detectives seized about $7,500 in cocaine, $3,800 in marijuana, $18,000 in cash, two firearms and eight vehicles.

Three of the vehicles seized in the raids were a Mercedes Benz, BMW 740i, and a tow truck.

BustContinued from page A-�

The turmoil between Warrick and his victim seems to have started as ear-ly as May, when he was charged with second-degree assault against her.

In that case, Warrick was charged with punching his ex-girlfriend in the face twice after getting into a dispute with her over their relationship over the past year as well as something she was viewing on the Internet, charging documents state.

The victim sustained cuts to her upper and lower lips and a contusion over her left eye, charging documents state.

Warrick fled the scene of the al-leged incident before police arrived, court papers reveal.

Four days later on May 16, War-rick was again charged by police, this time for allegedly kicking in his ex-girlfriend’s door at her residence.

Charging documents stated that the victim found Warrick sleeping in their son’s bedroom that morning and afterwards got in an argument with Warrick. After Warrick left, she locked the door.

Charging documents alleged that Warrick kicked the door and broke the frame when he returned, apparently enraged, but later left the residence.

Police were again called to relieve trouble between Warrick and his ex-girlfriend on June 9 with a domestic violence call.

According to charging documents, police had been to the scene for an earlier report of domestic violence but left.

Once gone, Warrick allegedly came back and confronted the victim in the parking lot. When he began yell-ing at her, she tried to get in the car and leave, charging documents state.

But Warrick allegedly reached into the open passenger side window, grabbed a partially frozen bottle of wa-ter and threw it at his ex-girlfriend strik-ing her on the right side of her face.

Warrick then fled the scene, charg-ing documents state.

Warrick also has a second-degree assault case from 2007 for which he pleaded guilty and received a two-year-and-half year suspended sentence.

Court records show that he has been charged with violation of his probation.

Warrick also faces several drug possession charges.

If convicted of the latest charges against him, Warrick could face life imprisonment for the shooting, as well as 25 years for the first-degree assault charge.

WarrickContinued from page A-�

In Remembrance of 9-11In Remembrance of 9-11

Tyron Butler

Joseph Maddox

Laray Maddox

James Shade

Antonio Warrick

ByJessicaGrooverCapitalNewsService

Maryland’s African-American children are five times more likely to be in foster care than Caucasian chil-dren, according to a recent study of 2006 and 2007 data by Advocates for Children and Youth (ACY), a group that promotes the safety and health of children throughout the state.

The Maryland group conducted the study in the middle of August and presented the results to Gov. Martin O’Malley during a meeting earlier this month about its Maryland Can Do Better for Children campaign, which promotes solutions for child welfare, education, health, juvenile justice, eco-nomic security and racial equality.

Advocates for Children and Youth is requesting that O’Malley issue an executive order to state agencies like the Department of Human Resources requiring them to address racial dis-parities in child welfare in Maryland.

“The governor was very engaged and asked a lot of questions,” said Mat-thew Joseph, executive director for Advocates for Children and Youth. “He said he needed time to talk to the cabinet secretaries.”

Using data from the Annie E. Casey Foundation, the group found that three-fourths of the children in out-of-home placement are African-Ameri-cans, even though African-American

children account for only one-third of the state’s children.

Maryland’s gap is more than 50 percent higher than the national racial gap.

“We’re removing more children for neglect than abuse,” said Ameejill C. Whitlock, child welfare direc-tor for Advocates for Children and Youth. “Most of the money is geared toward child removal than family preservation.”

The group believes state money can be used more efficiently if prob-lems are addressed early in the home before the court system gets involved.

“If it’s something like a substance abuse issue, we need to address these things up front instead of waiting until it’s a crisis,” Whitlock said.

Advocates for Children and Youth is recommending that legislation and budgets for state agencies be amended to reflect these practices.

Nancy C. Lineman, director of communications for the Department of Human Resources, said the state sup-ports addressing family issues before removing children from their homes, but that such practices may not solve everything.

“ACY is saying that, in order to address racial disparity, you need to do a and b,” Lineman said. “We know that we are doing a and b because it’s good social work practice, but we do not know it to be true that those things

will fix the problems.”In an August statement respond-

ing to the report, Department of Hu-man Resources Secretary Brenda Donald said the state does not use race as a factor in cases of abused and ne-glected children. Her department is seeking solutions for the existing racial disparities, she said.

While Advocates for Children and Youth has received support from state departments and many state leg-islators have endorsed the Maryland Can Do Better for Children campaign, Joseph said that efforts are more effi-cient when they become gubernatorial priorities.

The group made the case to the governor that solutions like these are cost-neutral and might even save the statesomemoney.

“By not having kids in foster or group homes, the state saves money,” Joseph said. “If you make an invest-ment, within that fiscal cycle, you’d save money.”

Shaun Adamec, deputy press sec-retary for O’Malley, said the governor had a productive meeting with Advo-cates for Children and Youth.

“The agencies and cabinet sec-retaries will continue to work with stakeholders like ACY to further these efforts,” Adamec said.

Maryland’sAfrican-AmericanChildrenFiveTimesAsLikelyToBeInFosterCare

The County Times Staff PhotoFloating oyster reefs keep the shellfish just inches below the water’s surface rather than on the bay floor, where most of the state sanctuaries keep their oysters.

Crowds gathered at Leonardtown High School and Great Mills High School on Thursday evening to take part in “11 Laps to Remember,” an an-nual walk to commemorate the lives lost during the 9/11 tragedy. Students, parents, and dignitaries walked both tracks to show their support. “It really hit me hard when I was putting together the lists of people who died,” explained Ryan Gravelle, a teacher who had helped plan this year’s event. He pointed at a pages of names that lined the track at Great Mills High School. “I got choked up doing that.”“We’ve had a lot of amazing crowds tonight,” remarked Superintendent Michael Martirano as he exited the track at Leonardtown High School. “This is such an important event. It’s important that we remember.”

Crowds gathered at Leonardtown High School and Great Mills High School on Thursday evening to take part in “11 Laps to Remember,” an an-nual walk to commemorate the lives lost during the 9/11 tragedy. Students, parents, and dignitaries walked both tracks to show their support. “It really hit me hard when I was putting together the lists of people who died,” explained Ryan Gravelle, a teacher who had helped plan this year’s event. He pointed at a pages of names that lined the track at Great Mills High School. “I got choked up doing that.”“We’ve had a lot of amazing crowds tonight,” remarked Superintendent Michael Martirano as he exited the track at Leonardtown High School. “This is such an important event. It’s important that we remember.”


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After playing music for over 20 years, John finally found two guys that shared his passion for country music; Jack Bannis-ter (Bass) and Dwayne Taylor (Drums). Their straight-ahead, good-time country music has become a staple in the DC, MD, and VA music scene and the trio has performed with Kenny Chesney, Brooks-n-Dunn, Ras-cal Flatts, and Toby Keith, just to name a few. And this past May, John and his band were the first unsigned band to ever play WMZQ Fest.

John’s 2 CD’s, “My Country” and “My Country II”, have been very well received.

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Lunch will be available af-ter the performance at the Gar-vey Senior Activity Center for $5.00 per person for those under the age of 50 and by donation for those 60 and above. Lunch is limited to the first 70 reserva-tions; reservations are required and can be made at the time of ticket purchase.

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Southern Maryland Country Music Festival

Southern Marylands Very First Country Music Festival will be held at the Regency Furniture Sta-dium in Waldorf on Saturday, Sep-tember 20. The show will feature Gary Allan, Super Secret Mystery Performer with recent top ten hits, Shooter Jennings, SwampDaWamp and Southern Maryland’s own John Lusky Band. Tickets are on sale at www.somdbluecrabs.com and www.wmzq.com. Gates open at 2:00p.m. with fireworks following the last show. A portion of the proceeds will go to the Susan G. Komen Founda-tion for breast cancer research.

St. Mary’s County Fairgrounds, Leonardtown, Route 5. Thurs. 3 - 9 PM, Fri. and Sat. 9 AM - 9 PM, Sun. 9 AM - 6 PM. A celebration of St. Mary’s ru-ral life and heritage. Home a r t s , livestock, garden, 4-H exhibits, contests, Ent e r t a i n ment and local foods. Admission. HC. 301-475-8434. w w w. s o m d .com/smcfair

St. Mary’s County Fair

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Schoolsacrossthecountryareslowlyturn-ing green. Encouraged by rising utility billsandapublicdesire toengageineco-friendlypracticesinthecommunity,moreschoolsarebeing retrofitted with green features, while othersarebeingbuiltgreenfromscratch.

Itwasonlyafewyearsbackthatthegreenmovement really tookoff.But even ashom-eowners participated in curbside recyclingand businesses stemmed industry emissions,schoolswererelativelyofftheradar.That’sallchanging today. While green practices maycostalittlemoreupfront,schoolsarelearningthatinthelongruntheycansavemoneyandtakeastepintherightdirectionfortheenvi-ronment.Schoolsuseanumberofresources,sothere’sabigopportunityforsavingsbycut-tingdown.

InJune2008,theU.S.HouseofRepresen-tatives sent a bill to Congress requiring anynew schools being built with federal moneytoincorporatesomegreenelements.DistrictsinNewJersey,HawaiiandFloridaalreadyre-quirethatschoolsmakeeffortstoreduceandrecycle, aswell as look forotherways tobeeco-friendly. Ohio has taken the lead in the

U.S. green school movement. That state al-ready has 100 certified “green” schools and several hundred more are up for certification.

The eco-friendly changes schools aremaking run the gamut. You can find waterless urinals,solarpanels,designelementsthatplayoffofnaturallight,recycledelementsinschoolplaygrounds,andtheplantingofgardens.

Infact,plantinggardensisonesimplestepanyschooldistrictcantakeasaninitialgreeneffort. Choose plants that are found locallyandwillbetoleranttoschoolhouseconditions,such as high traffic and perhaps infrequent wa-tering.Studentscanalsocreateacompostpile,reducing theamountof foodwaste thatgoesto landfills.

Paperusageandwasteisanotherfactoratmostschools.Teacherscanencouragetheuseof dry-erase boards in lieu of notebooks forworkingoutassignments.Or,workcanbesub-mittedvia theInternet to reduce therelianceonpaperevenfurther.Manyteachersnowpostlessonplansandotherimportantinformationon personal Web sites, further limiting theamountofpaperbeingdistributedthroughtheclassroom.

SpurredbyRisingCostsSchoolsTurnGreen

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