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countyNearly 100 supporters and reporters showed up at the Calvert County Courthouse lawn on Wednesday for George Owings’ official announcement of his run for the governor’s office. SEE PAGE 4

New signs went up this week at the site of the Kohl’s store under con-struction on Route 235 in Lexing-ton Park. The store is scheduled to open within three months.SEE PAGE 8

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Former Commanding Officer of Naval Air Station Patux-ent River, Capt. Glen Ives (Ret.) and his wife Barbara, also a retired Navy Captain, reflect on what the future holds for NAS Pax River.

“It was easy for a long period of time. I’ve been in Congress since 1981, and for most of those

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Owings Running for GovernorBy Guy LeonardStaff Writer

George Owings, a former Calvert County state delegate and Secretary of Veterans Affairs under the Robert Ehrlich administra-tion, formally announced Wednesday he is running in the Demo-cratic primary to unseat Gov. Martin O’Malley.

Owings made his announcement at the Calvert County court-house complex and quickly took to criticizing what he called the O’Malley administration’s bent for taxation, spending and attacking business interests.

“The time to return to a day of good government is upon us,” Owings said to a crowd of about 100 supporters, and media. “The phrase often repeated ‘Government that works has turned into a veiled and empty promise.”

Owings said that tax increases implemented by O’Malley’s administration in its early days had the opposite affect on the state budget it had expected.

“It killed business,” Owings said, adding that if elected gover-nor he would institute a budget process that would focus “our eyes on necessities and not luxuries.”

“You work with business, not against business,” he said.Owings key example of this was O’Malley’s pressure on the

Public Service Commission to examine the deal between power provider Constellation Energy and Electricite de France to construct a new reactor at Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant.

Local officials in favor of the deal said that O’Malley’s insis-tence on rate concessions for BG&E customers could have scuttled the deal.

“That would have cost Southern Maryland 4,000 construction jobs,” Owings said.

Owings candidacy comes at a time when O’Malley’s popular-ity seems to have weakened; according to a recent Clarus Research Group poll only 39 percent of residents polled wanted to see him remain governor, while 48 percent wanted someone else as Mary-

land’s chief executive.“Governor O’Malley is now below 50 percent

across-the-board in the triple crown of re-election poll metrics: trial heat, generic re-elect, and job ap-proval,” said Ron Faucheux, president of Clarus Research Group in a statement of the late 2009 poll. “O’Malley faces two major problems that are drag-ging him down. First, his issue ratings are lackluster, especially on economic and fiscal matters. Second, he’s polling only 34 percent of independents against [former Gov. Robert] Ehrlich.”

Some politicos around the state have speculated that Ehrlich will once again make a run for governor in 2010.

Todd Eberly, a political science professor at St. Mary’s College of Maryland said he did not believe Owings could beat O’Malley because the incumbent had a solid base in the Democratic party establish-ment in Montgomery and Prince George’s counties as well as Baltimore City, but Owings candidacy could appeal to the more conservative elements in Southern Maryland, the Eastern Shore and in West-ern Maryland.

This could have the affect of boosting a Republican challenger like Ehrlich should he choose to run.

“O’Malley would certainly be the front runner in the primary… but in no way would I say O’Malley’s seat is safe,” Eberly said.

With Democrats nationwide suffering retirements or declines to run among its key players, Eberly said, Maryland Republicans might do well in 2010 as they did in 2004.

“If he [Owings] can run strong in those areas it can reveal weaknesses for O’Malley,” Eberly said.

Owings, 64, of Dunkirk, said that he could not promise there would be no tax increases in coming fiscal years — government had its costs, he told reporters — but there were things in the state budget

that needed to be removed to save money.One example, he said, was in duplication of services in agen-

cies like the Department of the Environment and the Department of Natural Resources.

Annapolis lobbyist and fellow Democrat Bruce Bereano came out in support of Owings’ candidacy.

“Voters need a choice, that’s what primaries are for,” Bereano said. “This current administration is all about taxing, if they come back they’re going to tax people like crazy.”

Bereano said that Owings pedigree in local and state politics made him a formidable opponent to O’Malley.

“He knows how to make government work,” Bereano said.

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Nearly 100 supporters and reporters showed up at the Calvert County Courthouse lawn on Wednesday for George Owings’ official announcement of his run for the governor’s office.


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Today’s Newsmakers In Brief

By Guy LeonardStaff Writer

In light of recent word from the state De-partment of Assessments and Taxation that property tax assessments for residential prop-erties in the northern end of the county have decreased by some 16 percent elected officials say that there are no plans in the near future to increase the tax rate to compensate for falling revenues.

“I don’t think we’ll raise any tax rates,” said Commissioner Thomas A. Mattingly (D-Leonardtown). “We’ll probably see some decrease in revenues but we can make adjust-ments in the budget.

“It wasn’t unexpected,” he said.With a five percent tax cap on primary res-

idences in the county, officials say, the amount of decrease in revenues up front might be di-minished because homeowners with a $100,000 home with a 15 percent increase in assessment would only pay on $105,000 of value.

Where it could have the most effect, they say, would be with secondary residences that are not protected by the tax rate cap.

Several years ago tax rates went up for properties in the northern, middle and southern portions of the county, sometimes as high as 60 percent, and officials are now concerned that

there will be just as precipitous a drop in valu-ation as their was an increase about four years ago.

Commissioner Daniel H. Raley (D-Great Mills) said that despite this the rate of revenue reduction for the county would take several years to be felt severely.

“They’ll have to go down 10 to 15 percent in three or four cycles to see an impact on the tax bill,” Raley said. “But there’s going to be some drop in revenue.”

Raley said local government would have to be cautious with expenditures because of the looming loss of revenues over the next several years, but right now no increases in the tax rates are being considered seriously.

“That’s off the table, nobody’s talking about that; but I’m not sure we can do constant yield either,” Raley said.

Commissioner Lawrence D. Jarboe (R-Golden Beach) said that the constant yield measure, which he has pushed for several years would keep residents’ tax bills constant despite prior increase in assessments, was critical.

“I would hope the other commissioners would listen to the public,” Jarboe said. “Some-times you have to make do with less.”

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When County Commissioner Lawrence D. Jarboe (R-Golden Beach) offered to make a per-sonal letter to Gov. Martin O’Malley a consent letter for all commissioners to support the state’s new proposed plans for more oyster sanctuaries in local waters it didn’t take long to draw strong opposition.

Commissioner President Francis Jack Rus-sell, a longtime waterman, quickly said that Jar-boe could send the letter along on his own but he shouldn’t expect his support for the governor’s plan.

One of the elements of the O’Malley plan is to put an oyster sanctuary at the headwaters of the St. Mary’s River, Russell said, and that would effectively destroy one of the last bastions of oyster harvesting open to local watermen.

“To have a sanctuary in the head of the St. Mary’s River is an example of someone not knowing what they’re talking about,” Russell said in response to Jarboe’s proposal.

After the meeting Russell said that the county’s eponymous river has exhibited natural oyster growth to some degree every year for the past 50 years and was the only waterway in the county to do so.

“There’s plenty of other space for oyster

sanctuaries,” Russell said, saying that Fort Point near Webster Field Annex in St. Inigoes would be a good spot because it had not produced oys-ters for a long period of time and would not im-pede watermen from making a living.

“It’s [putting an oyster sanctuary in the St. Mary’s River] going to screw things up because no one is going to be able to work that bottom,” Russell said. “It’s just another few nails in the coffin.”

Jarboe said that the governor’s proposal, which still has to go to public hearings and would be administered by the Department of Natural Resources, would help to seed more oysters in both the St. Mary’s and Patuxent Riv-er and help make the Chesapeake Bay a thriving estuary again.

The revival of the oyster is widely seen as one of the best ways to help clean up the bay be-cause the mollusks filter out sediments and other pollutants.

Russell said that oyster sanctuaries were not popular with watermen but they would accept them as long as they did not prove an obstacle to their already struggling harvesting operations.

“The governor’s plan can work very well but they’ve got the wrong place for these sanctu-aries,” Russell said.

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Commissioner President Slams O’Malley’s Oyster Plan

Part 2Part 2We at The County Times are recapping the top news sto-

ries of 2009 to give readers a glimpse of the most interesting and eventful news of the past year. This week we look back and give snippets from the top stories from July to December, See the sports and education sections of this newspaper for the top stories of the year in education and sports. All stories printed in The County Times can be viewed in their entirety online at www.Countytimes.net. Check out the archive for full page views of each issue of the paper.

JulyHoyer: Fun Times

in Congress Are Over - July 9

After 28 years representing Mary-land in Congress, Rep. Steny Hoyer, told the Lexington

Park Rotary Club on Monday that the

days of Congress’ reckless spending with no thought to the fu-ture are over.

“Let me say something politicians don’t like to say: It was easy for a long period of time. I’ve been in Congress since 1981, and for most of those years, we bought but didn’t pay, and every-body loved it,” Hoyer said.

For Dorsey, Politics Is In The Blood - July 9

Walter B. Dorsey, former state senator and veteran county state’s attorney, can remember when his father Philip Dorsey, who later became a Circuit Court judge, ran against Alan Coad for the state senate seat in 1934 and lost by some 500 or 600 votes. His father, unde-terred by defeat, went on to win a delegate’s seat in 1936.

It was the beginning of what some have called the

“Dorsey Machine” of local politics when his father got that sen-ate seat, a position of considerable power, he said.

“Everybody’s referred to it as the ‘Dorsey Machine,’ which implies corruption,” he said. “The only thing I can say is that my father tried to help a lot of people personally and get people jobs.”

Woman Pleads Guilty To Wal-Mart Bomb Threats – July 16A Lusby woman accused earlier this year of making eight

separate bomb threats at the CaliforniaWal-Mart Super Store where she was employed has pleaded

guilty to three of those felony counts, according to the prosecu-tor on the case.

“When she made her confession… she said she didn’t want to go to work.”

AugustNew Bingo Licenses Mean ADF Could Reopen Doors - Aug. 13Officials with the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office have

confirmed that they have approved two new bingo licenses for local charities that want to operate fundraisers at the ADF Bingo

On what programs are at risk this year when the legislature

works on the state budget

“All of it, we’re beyond certain programs at risk.”

House Minority Leader Del. Anthony O’Donnell (D-Dist. 29C)

On the possibility of raising tax rates in light of decreased

property assessments

“That’s off the table, nobody’s talking about that.”

Commissioner Daniel H. Raley (D-Great Mills)


ewsHall in Mechanicsville, which has been closed for weeks since its community foundation arm was denied a license.

“Where bingo is held is irrelevant, the law is the law,” Capt. Alioto said. “There is no more ‘Here’s your bingo license, go do whatever you want.’”

Commissioners Call Redevelopment Grant ‘Bailout’ - Aug. 13Commissioner President Francis Jack Russell said he did

not allow a proposal to accept federal grant money to buy and then demolish an old gas station on Great Mills Road to come to a vote by the Board of County Commissioners because it smacked of bailing out a private company.

“I’m a little disappointed with the county commissioners for not even bringing it to the table,” said Paul Colonna, vice presi-dent ofBesche Oil. “We didn’t rebuild there because it wasn’t [economically] feasible.”

SeptemberHoyer Faces

Angry Crowd at Town Hall – Sept. 3

Steny Hoyer, who represents Southern Mary-land, was greeted alternately with cheers and boos from some of the 1,500 people who packed the North Point High School gymnasium.

[M]any in the crowd roundly booed Hoyer’s panel members as they spoke, claiming they were wasting precious time to ask questions.

“We don’t want to hear these people!” one person shouted from the crowd.

“No one would be required to join the public plan,” Hoyer said.

New Local Winery Accepts First Batch of Grapes – Sept. 3As Rich Full-

er, president of the Southern Maryland Wine Growers Co-op, unloaded the first grapes of the season at the front entrance to the new Leon-ardtown Winery, it seemed he couldn’t hold back a smile.

“This is a big

day,” said Fuller.The new facility, a former State Highway Administration

building on Route 5 in Leonardtown, had finally been trans-formed into a functioning winery after years of working to get the project off the ground.

Hospital Merger Means More Jobs, Services – Sept. 24Leaders of St. Mary’s Hospital and Med-Star Health say

their merger, announced this week, will result in expanded ser-vices in Southern Maryland and additional job opportunities at the hospital.

“We reached out to MedStar. We initiated this process,” said Christine Wray, president and CEO of St. Mary’s Hospital. Un-like what typically comes to mind when two companies merge, there will be no layoffs or reductions in services.

OctoberIs O’Malley Jeopardizing Power Plant Expansion? -Oct. 8Many local Republicans and Democrats alike are accusing

Gov. Martin O’Malley of playing politics with the multi-billion dollar merger.

“I don’t want anything to jeopardize the expansion of the plant,” said Gary Hodge, chairman of the Tri-County Council for Southern Maryland. “I think it’s unfortunate that projects of this magnitude and complexity get entangled in bureaucratic turf wars.”

County Asks For $750,000 Back From Schools – Oct. 15The mood was somewhat somber at the Board of Education

meeting on Wednesday as members deliberated on how to return $750,000 to the county to cover shortfalls due to reductions in money coming from the state.

“In the last month we have been informed by … the County Commissioners, … of the cuts from the state … it was deter-mined that we would be responsible for $750,000 of that cut,” said Superintendent Michael Martirano.

Missing Chopticon Student Found Dead - Oct. 29A flurry of police activity surrounding the search for a

missing teenager came to a close on Tuesday afternoon when authorities found the student dead in his truck from what was believed to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

“We’re just devastated,” said Chopticon Principal Garth Bowling. “… and our concern is for our faculty, too … because quite a few of these teachers knew this student and they’re going through a hard time as well.”

NovemberDelegates Differ On County Spending – Nov. 5Southern Maryland delegates have different takes on the

deficit the state faces in 2011.Del. Anthony O’Donnell (R-Dist. 29C) says that the short-

fall is about $3 billion, while his counterpart on the other side of the aisle, Del. John Bohanan (D-Dist.29B), says it’s more like $2 billion.

“The state has overspent in my opinion, every time we get a revenue statement it seems to get worse,” said O’Donnell.

Restaurant At The End Of The Airport? - Nov. 19

Discussions are underway within the Airport Advisory Committee to bring a restaurant to the terminal at St. Mary’s County Airport.

“We have a great airport here,” Airport Advisory Commit-tee Chairman Jim Davis said. “This is a chance to make it better. This airport can be a first class facility for aircraft users in the not too distant future … We want to make this beautiful terminal we have into a more useful resource for the community.”

DecemberLeonardtown Mayor Wants Board To Look At Other Li-

brary Sites - Dec. 3Mayor J. Harry Norris has asked the St. Mary’s County

Library Board to consider other sites for the new library slated for Leonardtown since funding for the project seems to be in question.

Originally planned for construction on the Hayden Farm property on the outskirts of town on Hollywood Road, Norris has said that he wants to see the library much closer to the down-town area.

“If they’re not going to move ahead in the near future with the library then I asked that they reconsider the location,” Norris said.

Presidential Helicopter Program May Get Resurrected – Dec. 3After being cancelled last spring, the presidential helicopter

program may be on its way back, according to some comments made by the top acquisition official for the nation’s military.

The helicopter program was one of the most touted of proj-ects to come to Patuxent River Naval Air Station but several jobs were lost when the program was scrubbed.

“We can’t let that happen this time. We need to shape the requirements so the program becomes doable,” said Ashton B. Carter, assistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technol-ogy and Logistics.

2009 Year In Review Continued


The Board of County Commissioners officially closed out a state grant of $182,000 that would have been used to fund a small crisis facility for tri-county youth in need of shelter, but state cuts had doomed the facility to close back in September.

Bennett Connelly, director of the county’s Department of Human Services that helped administer the shelter in Calvert County, said that given the dire fiscal situation at the state level, the chances of getting the three-year-old plan a new life were poor.

“I wish I could say yes but given the fiscal picture in Maryland you can’t predict when that’s going to happen,” Connelly said.

The program was a cooperative venture between the three Southern Maryland counties that allowed young people who were in crisis that did not have security issues to have a safe place to stay.

When it was started in 2006, Connelly said, it was the only crisis facility of its type in the region; before that young people had to be transferred by referral to a facility in Fred-

erick or Baltimore.Young people will have to go to one of those facilities

again, Connelly said.“It worked well, we served over 100 kids,” he said. “They

were closer to their families and to their home schools.“We could resolve those problems and get them home

quicker.”This is just one of the cuts that have impeded the work

at the relatively new human services department; overall the department has lost $2 million in grant money from the state since July, Connelly said, which is the greatest source of funding.

And the financial outlook is only growing worse, he said.

“What we’ve experienced this year may be better than what we’ll see next year,” Connelly said.

Commissioners lamented the loss of the facility project.

“This one really hurts, this is a shame,” Commissioner Daniel H. Raley said. “They needed help and this helped them.”

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With Grants Closed Out, Youth Shelter Hopes Fade Away

Cpl. Wayne Milam, right, looks over a plaque given to him by the St. Mary’s Board of County Commissioners celebrating his retirement from the sheriff’s office. Sheriff Timothy K. Cameron, middle, said that Milam was a valuable deputy.“He’s had a distinguished career,” Cameron said. “He’s trained a lot of people, trained a lot of supervisors.”Capt. Michael Merican stands at left.

Milam Retires


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Editorial:This will be a year to remember. It will

probably take us about six months to actually begin to feel the impact of the new tax struc-tures that have been or are in the process of being put in place. We people don’t really pay much attention to our government until we actually feel their hands in our pockets, grab-bing our wallets. That feeling will be soon to arrive.

There is one ray of ‘sunshine’. That ray can be defined as the 2010 election season. WE have a chance to elect some conservatives who will immediately take charge in Washing-ton and rescind some of the confiscatory taxes and laws and programs that our socialist dicta-tors have passed.

One politician we can hopefully get rid of Steny Hoyer who pushed so hard for the Obama Care bill that will tax us until 2014 before it goes into effect. Another will be Mikulski – she wants the health care bill, too. Who can we replace them with? Let’s find conservatives out there somewhere who have the intestinal fortitude to stand up and do what’s right – get us out of this mess.

I really don’t believe many people grasp how artfully the new taxes will steal our mon-ey. Everything form over-the-counter-drugs, Medicare cuts, higher income taxes, and higher taxes on investments, to the screaming inflation rates that’s just around the corner is going to make us punch drunk trying to find

a way to survive. It doesn’t take an economic guru to look at what’s happening. Just open your eyes. If we ran our households the way the elected socialist are running our country we’d be bankrupt in a few months- unless we, like our government, had our money machine in the basement where we could print our dol-lars. But even that would only work for a little while.

If people would just stop and look at what’s happening in places like Venezuela and North Korea, then imagine those happenings occurring in the country, it is sobering. Never happen here, you say? Think again. All it takes is a couple late night votes and it hap-pens. Nationalization like in Venezuela? Al-ready happened – regardless of what the polls say. Devaluing our money? It’s in process as we speak. Print enough money and the dollar loses its value. So devalue it.

LET’S WAKE UP, PEOPLE! We have one chance to get the socialist out of Washing-ton. If we pass up that chance in November 2010, we won’t be able to change anything in 2012. If that happens, I fear our new national motto will change from “In God We Trust” to “Workers Of The World, Unite.” Our glori-ous Starts and Stripes will add a hammer and sickle. Is that what we want?

James HilbertMechanicsville, Md

2010 Will Be a Year to Remember

Motorists in most of the country face se-vere weather conditions for at least part of the winter. The thought of a breakdown, an en-gine not starting or otherwise being stranded is stressful as it is, but those things happening in freezing winter weather add another level of threat. An investment of an hour or so to have your vehicle checked is all it takes to have peace of mind and help avoid the cost and stress of a breakdown during harsh weather.

Battery - Very cold temperatures will re-duce a vehicle’s battery power so it’s important to keep the connections clean, tight and corro-sion-free. Unfortunately, batteries don’t always give warning signs before they fail completely. If your vehicle’s battery is more than three years old, it’s wise to replace it.

Antifreeze - The typically recommended mixture of antifreeze (coolant) and water in-side most vehicles’ radiator is 50:50. When

properly mixed, antifreeze provides excellent anti-boil, anti-freeze and anticorrosive proper-ties. Coolant should be flushed and refilled at least every two years in most vehicles. As a reminder, don’t make the mistake of adding 100 percent antifreeze.

Oil - Change to low-viscosity oil, as it will flow more easily between moving parts when cold. Drivers in sub-zero driving temperatures should drop their oil weight from 10-W30 to 5-W30 as thickened oil can make it hard to start the car.

To make sure your car is ready for the road this winter, visit the Car Care Council’s Web site at www.carcare.org and check out the popular digital Car Care Guide.

Rich White, Executive DirectorCar Care Council

Winterize Your Vehicle and Have One Less Worry

Many Americans with so called “clunk-ers” have considered the purchase of a new car, but the cost in today’s economic climate may be prohibitive. The Engine Repower Council suggests that keeping your current vehicle run-ning efficiently is a sensible alternative that can save big money in the long run.

Edmonds.com reports that the average car loan payment is $479 per month over a four-year period. For the cost of an average down payment on a new car or truck, you can re-power your vehicle’s worn out engine with a remanufactured/rebuilt engine. Considering that nearly $23,000 can be saved by skipping car loan payments for the life of a four-year loan, installing a remanufactured/rebuilt en-gine is clearly a very sound and cost effective investment.

With repowering, a vehicle’s engine or an identical one from another like-vehicle, is com-pletely disassembled, cleaned, machined and

remanufactured/rebuilt. Unlike used or junk yard engines with an unknown performance and maintenance history, remanufactured/rebuilt engines are dependable, reliable and backed by excellent warranty programs.

In addition to its financial benefits, re-manufactured/rebuilt engines also save the tre-mendous amount of energy used in processing discarded engines and vehicles. It also saves an incredible amount of raw materials that would have been used in building a new engine.

To learn more about the benefits of install-ing a remanufactured/rebuilt engine, visit the Engine Repower Council’s Website at www.enginerepower.org.

Dave Wooldridge, Chairman Engine Repower Council

Keeping Your Clunker Can Save Your Wallet

By Marta Hummel Mossburg The Washington Examiner

What $2 billion deficit? The pre-filed bills before the Maryland legislature show pet causes, narrow interests and bigger spending will dominate debate when legislators convene on Jan. 13 for the 2010 session.

For example, Sen. Robert Garagiola, D-Montgomery County, wants Marylanders to spend $40,000 to build a tai chi court at Cabin John Park. The exercise may promote "serenity through gentle movements," as described by the pre-eminent Mayo Clinic. But can't proponents pay for it themselves?

Sen. Edward Kasemeyer, a Democrat representing Baltimore and Howard counties, wants taxpayers to go into debt for $250,000 to help the Columbia Association Inc. improve Symphony Woods Park. For those not in the know, the Columbia Association is a private organization in How-ard funded by homeowners on the property it oversees and by fees from nonresidents who use its facilities.

Del. Aisha Braveboy, D-Prince George's County, wants $250,000 to improve the Walker Mill Day Care Center. That's great for Walker Mill's employees and parents whose children attend the school, but not for everyone else who receives no subsidies for child care.

I wonder if these legislators made a personal donation to fund the causes for which they so lavishly pledge taxpayer dollars. More importantly, these proposals make a joke of House Speaker Michael Busch's statement that the state government is all "bone and gristle."

The bond bills are small expenses compared to other proposals, however. With expanded Medicaid rolls eating up an ever larger percentage of the budget, Sen. Joan

Carter Conway, D-Baltimore City, wants to force insurers to expand in vitro fertilization coverage. Can Conway explain how a procedure that can only be described as nonessential and that costs more than $10,000 per cycle (many couples need more than one), when offered to women of child-bearing age in Maryland, will help to contain costs and provide greater access to basic medical services? Maryland already has one of the highest number of health care mandates in the country, making insurance more expensive.

Del. Michael Smigiel, R-Caroline, Cecil, Kent and Queen Anne's counties, and Del. Saqib Ali, D-Montgomery County, should be praised for proposing separate pieces of legislation to expand transparency in the state. And Smigiel deserves special recognition for legislation to make it harder for the state to condemn private property to hand it over to well-connected developers.

But what's missing is serious legislation, like amending state employee pensions to make them more affordable to taxpayers, to align tax receipts with expenditures. In a Department of Legisla-tive Services report, Michael Rubenstein wrote, "The decline in the system's funded status from 78.6 to 65.0 percent, and projections that the funding ratio will continue to approach 50.0 percent in coming years, are just the latest signs that the state will face a significant fiscal challenge to pay for retiree costs in the years ahead."

And that's not even counting health care for state retirees. Taxpayers should not be fooled if legislators manage to balance the budget this election year. A failure to make substantive cuts to the state budget in 2010 only means higher taxes in 2011 and beyond.

Examiner Columnist Marta Mossburg is a senior fellow with the Maryland Public Policy In-stitute and lives in Baltimore. [email protected]

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From 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Jan. 23, appraisers for jewelry, furniture, glassware, pottery, artwork, music boxes, dolls and coins will be available at the St. Clement’s Island Museum to evaluate your antiques and collectibles.

A fee for dolls, coins and jewelry will be $5 for the first two items and $10 per additional item. Fees for fine arts items are $5 per item with a two-item limit.

Space is limited and items will be viewed on

a first come, first serve basis. Appraisals are verbal evaluations and not certified appraisals for insur-ance purposes.

Certified appraisals would be available by appointment at a later date. There will also be a free soup tasting sponsored by the Chincoteague Seafood Company.

For more information, contact the St. Clem-ent’s Island Museum by 301-769-2222 or visit www.stmarysmd.com/recreate/museums

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By Bryan JaffeContributing Writer

The newest “big box” department store in the county is on course to open in less than three months, and will anchor the one of the counties’ newest shopping strips in Lexington Park.

Kohl’s, one of the nation’s leading de-partment store chains, is expected to open its doors in late March to do business, and will be followed by a Rite Aid drug store as well as several smaller shops in the new Lexing-ton Village shopping.

“We have about 25,000 – 30,000 square feet of shop tenants coming in,” said Craig Cohen, project manager for CGR Devel-opment, the company responsible for the new center. “They vary from nail places to restaurants to convenience stores.”

Cohen was unable to go into detail about the specific vendors who are looking into the new space due to ongoing negotia-tions and requests by the vendors for privacy until agreements are reached.

We are in the process of leas-ing out another 40,000 square feet of which we are looking at letters of intent and negotiating leases now,” Cohen added. He said the entire shopping center is about 180,000 sq. ft., with Kohl’s being the single largest component of it at just under 90,000 sq. ft.

With the opening date for Kohl’s coming close, the company is looking for people to fill positions such as Area Supervisor, Customer Service Area Supervisor, Department Sales Supervisor, Operations Area Supervisor and other sales specialists. Information on avail-able positions and how to apply is available on the Kohl’s careers Web site, http://www.kohlscareers.com/aboutkohls/newstores/

store/?storeID=305.Cohen said that Rite Aid will begin con-

struction in the first quarter of 2010, and will be located at the corner of Buck Hewitt Rd. and Route 235, which is directly across from an ex-isting CVS Pharmacy.

The development spans 25 acres in total, with 18 currently devoted to the new shopping center, and sits on what used to be the National Mobil Home Park. The trailer park consisted

of 94 lots, and a controversy erupted when the residents were first told in 2007 that they would have to find new land for their mobile homes and relocate.

According to Cohen, the acreage that is not used for this shopping center is approved for “mixed use,” meaning it could be used for more retail outlets, office space or even resi-dential purposes.

“We have a preliminary site approval for a 110,000 – 120,000 square foot office building adjacent to the shopping center,” Cohen said. “I am not saying that we are building one, but as a matter of public record, we do have site plan approval.”

St. Mary’s Newest ‘Big Box’ Store Opening Soon

New signs went up this week at the site of the Kohl’s store under construction on Route 235 in Lexington Park. The store is scheduled to open within three months.

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The F/A-18 and EA-18G program office Finnish Inte-grated Product Team (IPT) visited Finland in September to participate in the roll out of the Finnish Air Force’s one-of-a kind twin-seat F/A-18 D aircraft.

Also known as the “Frankenplane,” the modified F/A-18D HN-468 Hornet, con-verted from a single-seat F/A-18C aircraft, was unveiled to representatives from the Finn-ish government, U.S. govern-ment and industry partners responsible for building the aircraft.

The roll-out of the air-craft occurred in September 2009.

The idea of building the modified aircraft came about after two Finnish F/A-18 aircraft col-lided during a flight exercise in November 2001. While one aircraft crashed and the pilot ejected safely, the other Hornet was able to land with one engine. However, that aircraft’s front fuselage

was damaged beyond repair. After a long search, a compatible front fuselage from a twin-seat F/A-18 B model aircraft was found in Canada and was built with the remaining F/A-18 aircraft that was salvageable.

“Like all the projects, this needed a vision. In this case, the vision was transferred to the great end product, the F-18 D-model aircraft from the combination of F-18 B/C/D-model design and parts,” Petri Korhonen, former Finnish Air Force

HN-468 “Frankenplane” project manager said in a press release. “The dedication of the project partners was outstanding and exceeded all our expectations.”

The primary partners of the project were the Finnish Air Force, the U.S. Navy, the Finnish government’s partner Patria, the Boeing Com-pany and Canadian Forces.

“The real magic came into this project via direct labor of individual people from all of the partners. These people worked hard for this vision and showed their professional skills and dedication right from the beginning of this project. These people created something special and showed that anything is possible in our F-18 community when there is a will present,” Kor-honen said.

The Finnish Air Force will now use the modified aircraft for training.

The “Frankenplane” roll out followed a visit by Finnish Air Force officials to NAVAIR. Dur-ing the visit, Finnish Air Force Maj. Gen. Jarmo (Charles) Lindberg presented a plaque of appre-ciation embedded with a pair of Finnish pilot’s wings to NAVAIR’s Finland IPT team.

“The Hornet is the main tool of the Finnish Air Force. We are extremely grateful for the co-operation of NAVAIR, PMA265 and the Finland IPT team,” Lindberg said.

Finland’s air force has 63 Hornets in its fleet, including 56 single-seat “C” models and seven “D” dual-seat models.

“It is especially gratifying for the Finland F/A-18 team that General Lindberg came here to visit us and present us with the plaque as a thank-you for all the good work the team has done,” said Bill McDonald, F/A-18 Finland program manager. General Lindberg has been a joy to work with. We look forward to working with his team for continued success in the future,”

“Looking back on where we started to where we are now, we had a very good Hornet. But it’s going to be a lot better,” Lindberg said.

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The Finnish Air Force’s “Frankenplane” makes its debut in Halli, Jamsa, Finland.

The NAVAIR Communications Security Management Team will host the annual NAVAIR Crypto Conference at the Patuxent River Base Theater Jan. 26-28.

The conference will present the latest updates on Communications Security topics such as crypto modernization, legacy crypto support, Electronic Key Management System (EKMS), Key Management Infrastructure (KMI), validation process for COMSEC requirements and COMSEC training to program managers and/or their designated representatives. The conference is open to all NAVAIR program offices, COMSEC users, and Fleet COMSEC operators.

Security clearances are required to attend. Information on registration, submission of se-curity clearances, agenda, and other pertinent information is available on the PMA 209 website: http://www.navair.navy.mil/PMA209/conference/comsec.asp.

Registration for this event will close on Jan. 22.

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Bill McDonald, F/A-18 Finland program manager for NAVAIR’s F/A-18 and EA-18G program office, accepts a plaque of appreciation on behalf of his Finland team from Jarmo Lindberg, commanding general of the Finnish Air Force.


Lillian Cowan, 100

Lillian Ma-rie Kidd Cowan, 100 of Leonard-town, MD, died Tuesday, Decem-ber 22, 2009 at St. Mary’s Nurs-ing Center after receiving the last rites of Holy

Mother Church.Born September 19, 1909 in Bis-

marck, MO, she was the only child of Birt Thomas and Mary Magdalene O’Loughlin Kidd. She lived the ma-jority of her life in her beloved St. Louis, MO.

Working from a young woman in sales and as a buyer for the sta-tionary department, she retired from Stix, Baer and Fuller Department Store, St. Louis, MO.

Lillian was a devout catholic and parishioner of Our Lady’s Catho-lic Church, Medleys Neck, MD. She was educated solely by the Ursuline nuns in Missouri; she was a talented pianist and artist.

As a great supporter of Fr. Flana-gan’s Boys Home, she was an Honor-ary Citizen of Boys Town Nebraska. She was a life long member of the Daughter’s of Isabella, St. Louis of France Circle #170. She belonged to the Christian Ladies Sodality at St. Aloysius Gonzaga Parish, St. Louis, MO. While living in Leonardtown she had been an active member of the St. Mary’s County Chapter of the American Red Cross. Having been married to the late Roland Leo “Red” Cowan, she leaves her only child Elizabeth Lynn “Bee” Fenwick and her husband Dr. John Francis Fenwick. She is survived by two grandchildren, Dr. Lynn Mary Fen-wick (Timothy Gerard Buhler) and John Kidd Fenwick, (Susan Cecelia Fenwick), also survived by four trea-sured great-grandchildren; Kristin Michelle and Erin Lynn Buhler and Ryan Kidd and Andrew Fenwick, three special cousins survive; Theda Will, Hentschel and Walter Neil Kidd of St. Louis, MO, and Ben Kidd Smith of Corpus Christi, TX, she was the aunt of Thomas Cowan of Highland, NY, Mary Means of Mason, OH and Marjorie Ouelette of Walpole, MS.

Always a “Lady” Lillian pos-sessed great beauty within as well as without. She spent a lifetime giving generously of her time and tireless energy to her family, many friends and acquaintances. She was a gentle, humble, quiet, compassionate, loving woman who shall be remembered for her twinkling blue eyes, wonderful smile and infectious laughter.

Family will receive friends on Saturday, January 9, 2010 from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. in Our Lady’s Catho-lic Church, Leonardtown, MD a Me-morial Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m. in the church with Father John Mattingly officiating. Inurnment will be at a later date in St. John the Apostle Catholic Church Cemetery, Bismarck, MO in the foothills of the Ozark Mountains.

In lieu of flowers contribu-tions may be made to Hospice of St. Mary’s, Inc., P.O. Box 625, Leonard-

town, MD 20650Arrangements provided by the

Brinsfield Funeral Home, P.A., Leon-ardtown, MD

Clayton Cullison, Sr., 66

Clayton Ed-ward “Eddie” Cullison, Sr., 66, of Valley Lee, MD died Decem-ber 16, 2009 at his residence from complications of congestive heart failure.

Born Febru-ary 19, 1943 in Valley Lee, MD, he was the youngest child of the late Paul Edward Cullison and Mary Magdalene (Wood) Cullison.

Mr. Cullison attended Little Flower School and St. Michael’s School before starting his own busi-ness. He was a self-employed exca-vating contractor for over 46 years and had recently turned the business over to his son. He loved his chosen profession and many people will re-member his smiling face. He dearly loved his family, especially working with his son. He also loved his farm and raising crops and cows for plea-sure, certainly not for profit. He was a long time member of the St. Mary’s County Farm Bureau, having once served on the Board of Directors.

Mr. Cullison is survived by his wife of thirty-eight years, Barbara Henderson Cullison, his son, Clay-ton Edward “Eddie” Cullison, Jr. and wife Theresa Anne, two granddaugh-ters, Gracie Anne and Lily Elizabeth. He is also survived by his brother Joseph Richard “Dickie” Cullison and wife Regina of St. George Island, MD, sisters, June C. Diesel of Balti-more, MD and Mary Virginia Woods of Fairfax Station, VA , many nieces and nephews, great nieces and neph-ews and great-great nieces.

A Memorial Service will be held on Saturday, January 9, 2010 at 1 p.m. at the Take It Easy Ranch, 45285 Take It Easy Ranch Rd., Callaway, MD.

Memorial contributions may be made to your favorite charity or ser-vice organization.

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

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

Michelle Frankenberg, 39

Michelle Marie Frankenberg, 39 of Great Mills, MD, went to be with the Lord, December 31, 2009.

Born August 18, 1970 in Platts-burgh, NY, she is survived by her son Andrew Jock, mother and step-father Cindy and Eugene Trudeau, adopted father Gilbert Jock and her natural father Kenneth Besaw, siblings; Jody Collins, (Cody), and Cory Jock, (Do-nyl) nieces and nephews; Christo-pher Collins, Cody Jock, Brad, Cort-ney, Emily and Jacob.

Michelle was an accountant for McKay’s Food Store. She was a lay speaker for the Bethesda United

Methodist Church. Michelle was in-volved and loved all the children at her church. She worked extensively with the homeless; she touched many people’s hearts and will be missed by all who knew her.

Family will receive friends for Michelle’s Life Celebration on Thurs-day, January 7, 2010 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Brinsfield Funeral Home, P.A., Leonardtown, MD, where prayers will be recited at 7 p.m. by Reverend Keith White. A Memorial Service will be conducted on Friday, January 8, 2010 at 11 a.m. in Bethes-da United Methodist Church, Valley Lee, MD with Reverend Irving Bev-erly officiating. Interment will be private.

In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to Three Oaks Homeless Shelter, P.O. Box 776, Lexington Park, MD 20653.

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

Arrangements provided by the Brinsfield Funeral Home, P.A., Leon-ardtown, MD 20650

Reginald Hunt, 58

Mr. Regi-nald “Reggie” D. Hunt, 58, of Leon-ardtown, MD, the son of the late William I. and Vera E. (Ross) Hunt was born in Baltimore, MD on April 20, 1951. He entered into

eternal life on December 31, 2009 at his residence.

Reggie was educated in the Bal-timore City Public School System. He was employed for many years with Western Electric and Lenox Corporation. For the last four years, he was employed by Cedar Lane As-sisted Living facility where he was a dedicated worker.

On December 31, 2002, he was united in holy matrimony to Bertha M. Young. This union was blessed with seven years of happy and loving times. Reggie, affectionately called Rennin, Jeggie, and Old Man, was a loving husband, son, father, grandfa-ther, uncle and brother. He was dedi-cated to his family and was always there when needed.

He leaves to cherish his memory his loving and devoted wife, Bertha, three daughters, Jacqueline, Sher-onda, and Kimberly, one son, James, three sisters, Dorthea, Darlene and Victoria, three brothers, Bryant, Du-prae and Nakia, fourteen grandchil-dren, three great-grandchildren, one aunt, Catherine Scott, mother-in-law, Theresa S. Young, five sisters-in-law, two brothers-in-law, and a host of nieces, nephews, and special and loyal friends.

He was preceded in death by his parents and daughter, Lisa Gray.

Family will receive friends for Reggie’s Life Celebration on Sunday, January 10, 2010 from 11 a.m. until 12 p.m. in the Brinsfield Funeral Home, 22955 Hollywood Road, Leonard-town, MD 20650. A Funeral Ser-vice will be conducted at 12 p.m. in

the funeral home chapel. Interment will be private.

Serving as pallbearers will be Samuel Eggleston, Nobal Campbell, Pat Scriber, Victor Thomas, Kevin Goldring and Jason.

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


Robert Ludke, 56

Robert Alan “Bob” Ludke, 56, of California, MD passed away suddenly on De-cember 31, 2009 at St. Mary’s Hospital. Born July 19, 1953 in Washington, DC, he was the son of

the late Richard Myton Ludke and Sibyl Areta Ludke of Ocala, FL. He is also survived by his brother Rich-ard Ludke, Sr. of Milton, FL and his sister Kathryn (Ludke) McCollum of California, MD as well as numerous nieces, nephews, great nieces and great nephews. Bob’s career spanned over 20 years with Security Engi-neering Inc. in Dorsey, MD where he was an operations manager. All ser-vices are private. Condolences may be left to the family at www.mgfh.com. Arrangements provided by the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home, P.A.

Doris McLaren, 85

Doris Vir-ginia McLaren, 85 met her Lord and Savior sur-rounded by fam-ily and friends December 31, 2009 at her resi-dence in Lexing-ton Park, MD.

Born May 7, 1924 in Washing-ton, DC, she was the daughter of the late Roland Samuel Kent, Sr. and Pauline Frances Headley Kent.

She graduated from Eastern High School in Washington, DC with intentions of becoming a nurse. She worked at Sibley Hospital before she began her Civil Service Career at the Treasury Department. In February 1944, she met her late husband, Wil-liam T. McLaren, a sailor at Patuxent (Pax) River, MD while ice-skating at Uline Arena. They were married September 28, 1944. She transferred to the Supply Department at Patuxent River, where she worked for several years. She had three children, the late William T. McLaren, Jr., Marleen McLaren McDaniel (Jack) of Byron, GA and the late Sheila Joy Katzberg (Robert).

Doris loved working with chil-dren and also worked at the Daycare Center near the Flat Tops then at the Lexington Park Library where she be-came a librarian, specializing in chil-dren’s books. She loved entertaining children. She was honored in 2006

as one of the top 10 Sunday School Teachers in the United States. She taught the 4-year-old class at the Lex-ington Park Baptist Church for over 53 years, retiring just a few years ago. She was always involved in church. She volunteered her services when-ever there was a need or she simply knew she would enjoy working at the church or in the community.

She loved her church families and had many wonderful friends in St. Mary’s County. She never in her life met a stranger. She was an ac-tive member of the Red Hat Society, NARFE, Office on Aging, TOPS/KOPS and volunteered at the yearly Health Fair and many other organiza-tions. She and her late husband loved traveling to visit family in the United States as well as abroad, going to the Scottish Games, The Oyster Festival and many other county functions. She was the woman behind the man who became a lifetime member of Bay District Volunteer Fire Depart-ment, who helped build the Rod and Gun Club at Pax and a lifetime mem-ber of the Lexington Park Volunteer Rescue Squad.

She was the matriarch of the Kent family and was adored and will be terribly missed by all her fam-ily and all who knew her. She spent many hours keeping close contact with her brother and sisters and sis-ters-in law as well as their children and friends. She was like a mother and grandmother figure to a sister and nieces. She loved her sunroom, the home of pictures and gifts from family and friends. She enjoyed sharing her many picture albums, videotapes and telling visitors about the items in the sunroom. It was her favorite room as she was surrounded by so many memories.

Doris loved being in her back yard, watching the birds and wonder-ing where she would find the room to plant new flowers. She had plants from her husband’s mother’s home in Buffalo, NY, the country in Vir-ginia, neighbors, and many friends. Her fellow gardener, Joe Gough, also made sure her yard was always groomed while taking the time to visit her. She took joy in sharing her plants with anyone and loved to hear if they survived. If the plants did not transplant well, she had no problem taking the time to figure out if they were planted as she instructed.

In addition to her daughter, she is survived by her adored siblings, brother, Roland Samuel Kent, Jr. of Ashtabula, OH, her sisters Rose Lee Randall (Jene) of Suffolk, VA, Phyl-lis Irene Watkins of Charleston SC, and Sandra Louise Huett of Lusby, MD. Sisters-in-law, Pat McLaren of Salamanca, NY, Louise Davis of Richmond, VA, and Doris Gerber of Buffalo, NY. Daughter-in-law, Cheryl McLaren of Ashtabula, OH. Grandchildren, Kara Lynn Jones (Bryan) of Lexington Park, MD, Wil-liam Thomas McLaren (Bridgette) of Newberry, FL, Michael Kent McLar-en (Colleen) of Fredericksburg, VA and Robert (Robbie) Lee Katzberg of California, MD, and Scott, Melissa, and Shaun McDaniel of Byron, GA. Great grandchildren, Jon Thomas Mattingly, Charlize Joy McLaren,


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Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of St. Mary’s, P.O. Box 625, Leonardtown, MD 20650, Bay District Volunteer Fire Depart-ment, P.O. Box 1440, California, MD 20619 or Lexington Park Volunteer Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 339, Lexing-ton Park, MD 20653

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


Juliane Moss, 56

Juliane Mary Moss, 56 of Cali-fornia, MD, died December 28, 2009 at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, DC. She was born on June 1, 1953, in Detroit, MI. The family received friends on Monday, January 4, 2009 in the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home, Leonard-town, MD, where a funeral service followed with Pastor Tim Gross from Leonardtown Church of the Nazarene will be officiating. Inter-ment will be private. Arrangements provided by the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home, P.A.

William Norris, 71

William Max Norris, 71, of Col-tons Point, MD died December 27, 2009 at his residence.

Born June 13, 1938 in Wades-boro, NC, he was the son of the late William Archie Norris and Wincy Ann (Parsons) Norris.

Mr. Norris was a dedicated hus-band and father who was well known for his generosity. He was a very accomplished musician and was pas-sionate about music. He loved being active in his church and could always make people laugh.

Mr. Norris is survived by his wife, Joan Marie (Watson) Norris, daughter, Kathleen Maria Norris of Coltons Point, MD, and sisters, Beth Reynolds and Ramona G. Campbell of Troy, NC. In addition to his par-ents, he was preceded in death by a son, Stephen W. Norris.

Services will be private.

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

Doris Shreve, 79

Doris Eliz-abeth Ayers Shreve, 79, of St. Inigoes, MD, and formerly of Hyattsville, MD, died on Wednes-day, December 30, 2009 at her home in the care of her lov-

ing family following a courageous battle with cancer.

Born July 10, 1930 in Wash-ington, DC she was the daugh-ter of the late Douglas Ayers and Elizabeth O’Brien Ayers. She was preceded in death by her husband of 47 years Andrew David Shreve and their son Michael Andrew Shreve. She is survived by her children Teresa (Billy) Eldridge of Manassas, VA, Sharon Freeman of St. Inigoes, MD, Andrew David, Jr. ( Patti) Shreve of Chester, MD, Dennis (Judy) Shreve of Glenn Dale, MD and Deborah (Tommy) Fairfax of St. Inigoes, MD, a sister, Elizabeth A. Orndorff of Elkridge, MD, a brother Patrick T. Rogers of Hyattsville, MD. She is also survived by 12 grandchildren, in-cluding Jamie Freeman Carignan whom she nurtured from birth, 17 great-grandchildren, including Aubrey Carignan her sunshine.

Doris devoted her life raising her family and was retired from the Center for Life Enrichment in Hollywood, Maryland where she helped serve the disabled commu-nity for 20 years. She was also a member of St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Ridge, MD. She en-joyed playing cards, eating crabs, working crossword puzzles and going to Ocean City, MD with her family.

Family and friends were re-ceived for Doris’s Life Celebration on Saturday, January 2, 2010 in St. Michael’s Catholic Church, 16566 Three Notch Road, Ridge, MD where a funeral mass was offered Reverend Lee Fangmyer, pastor of the church was the celebrant.

In lieu of flowers, memo-rial contributions may be made to The Hospice House, c/o Hos-pice of St. Mary’s, P.O. Box 625, Leonardtown, MD 20650 or the Ridge Volunteer Fire Department, P.O. Box 520, Ridge, MD 20680 or Ridge Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 456, Ridge, MD 20680.

Condolences may be made to the family at www.brinsfieldfu-neral.com

Arrangements provided by the Brinsfield Funeral Home, P.A., Leonardtown, MD 20650

Joseph Trossbach, Sr., 71

Joseph Bernard J.B. “Sonny” Trossbach, Sr., 71 of Dameron, MD passed away on December 30, 2009 at St. Mary’s Hospital.

Born June 20, 1938 in Dam-

eron, MD he was the son of the late Bernard E. and Nettie L. Trossbach.

Mr. Trossbach was a life long St. Mary’s County resident and a life member of St. Michael’s Cath-olic Church. Sonny was a mem-ber of the St. Mary’s County Farm Bureau and Knights of Columbus #2065, St. Michael’s Council.

Sonny is survived by his wife Rita C. Trossbach of Dameron, MD, sons; Joseph “Sonny, Jr.” (Nikki)Trossbach, of Dameron, MD and Thomas “Tom” (Abby) Trossbach of Dameron, MD also survived by his grandchildren; Tessie, J.C., Mary and Travis Trossbach.

Family received friends on Sunday, January 3, 2010 in St. Mi-chael’s Catholic Church, where a Mass was celebrated on Monday, January 4, 2010 with Father Lee Fangmeyer officiating. Interment followed in the church cemetery.

Pallbearers were; J.C. Tross-bach, Tom “Charlie” Bradburn, Ricky Long, Chuck Marmor, J.D. Biscoe and John Kovich.

Memorial contributions may be made to St. Michael’s School Fund, P.O. Box 429, Ridge, MD 20680 and/or Ridge Volunteer Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 456, Ridge, MD 20680

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

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

Jennie Welch, 87

J e n n i e Elamore Dean Welch, 87 of Mechanicsville, MD passed away on Janu-ary 1, 2010 at her residence.

Born April 7, 1922 in Scot-land, MD she

was the daughter of the late Nel-son and Edith Ridgell Dean.

Mrs. Welch was a lifetime resident of St. Mary’s County, she was a homemaker.

Jennie enjoyed flowers, birds, singing and reading.

In addition to her parents Jennie was preceded in death by her husband Rodolph “Rody” V. Welch son Paul Welch, and broth-ers; Nelson, John, Joe and James Dean.

She is survived by her chil-dren; Mary Ann Stine (Raymond), of Mechanicsville, MD,

Linda Hanson (David), of Mechanicsville, MD, Edith Da-vis (Eddie), of Ridge, MD, John Welch (Loretta), of Mechanics-ville, MD, Genevieve Thompson

(Tommy), of Mechanicsville, MD, Arleen Oliver (Henry), Mechan-icsville, MD, Gary Welch (Vern), of California, MD, Joan Smythers (Dick) of Hollywood, MD and Joyce Oliver (Mike), of Mechan-icsville, MD. siblings; Mary Mer-cure, Cecelia Clark, and Frank Dean all of Scotland, MD, also survived by 24 grandchildren, 33 great-grandchildren and 1 great-great- grandchild.

Family received friends for Jennie’s Life Celebration on Monday, January 4, 2010. in the Brinsfield Funeral Home, P.A., Leonardtown, MD, where prayers were recited. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on Tues-day, January 5, 2010. in Our Lady of the Wayside Catholic Church, Chaptico, MD with Father William Gurnee officiating. Interment will follow in Queen of Peace Cem-etery, Helen, MD.

Pallbearers will be; Tom Stine, Dave Hanson, Jr., Adam Oliver, Curtis Thompson, Robert Oliver, Daniel Oliver and Jason Welch.

Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice House of St. Mary’s, P.O. Box 625, Leonard-town, MD 20650

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

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


BriefsFight Broken Up At Local Bar

On December 27, 2009, Deputy Matthew Rogers responded to the Dew Drop Inn in Hollywood for a reported disturbance. While on the scene Rogers observed a fight between two persons in the doorway area of the business. The alleged aggressor was identified as Daniel Caleb Young, 33, of Mechanicsville. Young was arrested, charged with disturbance of the public peace and released to the custody of the St. Mary’s County Detention Center pending an appearance before the District Court Commissioner.

Woman Arrested For Alleged AssaultOn December 30, 2009, Deputy Matthew Rogers responded to a residence in Hollywood, Mary-

land for an assault. Upon arrival, he learned Alewtina A. Musarro, 50, became involved in an argu-ment with family members. During the argument, the male victim tried to intercede between the two arguing parties. Mussaro subsequently allegedly struck the victim in the neck with a wine glass caus-ing injury. Mussaro was arrested, charged with assault and released to the custody of the St. Mary’s County Detention Center pending an appearance before the District Court Commissioner.

Man Charged With Smashing Window At Homeless ShelterOn December 31, 2009, Cpl John Kirkner responded to the Three Oaks homeless shelter in

Lexington Park for a dispute. James Calvin Morgan, 45, of Lexington Park was outside the facility and had been denied access due to his alleged intoxicated state. Kirkner directed Morgan to leave the property at the request of the building management and complied. Morgan subsequently returned about an hour later and allegedly smashed out a front door window using a plastic children’s chair causing $300 in damage. Morgan was located hiding under a trailer in the parking lot of the Three Oaks Center and was arrested. Morgan was charged with property destruction and released to the custody of the St. Mary’s County Detention Center pending an appearance before the District Court Commissioner.

Man Arrested For Refusing To Leave Mechanicsville BarOn December 31, 2009, Cpl Kevin Somerville responded to Big Dogs Paradise in Mechanics-

ville for a person refusing to leave the establishment. Upon arrival, Cpl Somerville learned Edmond P Ferguson Jr., 58, of Mechanicsville had been asked to leave the business by management because of his reported poor behavior but had refused. Somerville repeated the management’s request for Ferguson to leave several times and after the suspect’s alleged multiple refusals placed him under arrest for trespass. Ferguson was released to the custody of the St. Mary’s County Detention Center pending an appearance before the District Court Commissioner.

Man Charged With Domestic AssaultDeputy Mattew Rogers responded to a residence in Leonardtown for an assault. Upon arrival,

Rogers learned John Melvin Mattingly, 53, of Leonardtown became involved in an argument with his girlfriend, the reported victim. During the argument, Mattingly allegedly struck the victim in the head with his fist causing injury. John M Mattingly was arrested, charged with assault and released to the custody of the St. Mary’s County Detention Center pending an appearance before the District Court Commissioner.

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Scott Davis, the man tried unsuccess-fully for attempted murder in the shooting of a former Marine after a bar fight in Great Mills last year, took a plea Monday to two 18-month terms in the local detention center and two years of supervised probation on his release.

Davis, 29, of California pleaded to one count of first-degree assault and one count of second-degree assault Monday resulting from the Nov. 10, 2008 shooting.

Assistant State’s Attorney James Tanav-age said that since the last jury came to an impasse on Davis’ guilt — there were ques-tions that Davis could have been defending himself against larger assailants — the plea was a compromise both sides agreed on.

“I think it’s a fair compromise based on the facts of the case,” Tanavage told The County Times. “We have many versions of what happened… and its difficult to pin down what version is correct.

“Alcohol certainly had an affect on both sides of the case, I would surmise.”

The incident started when the victim Jason McGrath, and several friends began to fight with Scott Davis and his acquaintances at Donovan’s Pub on Route 235; McGrath tes-tified during the first trial that he believed that Davis and his friends had made pro-Muslim

statements while McGrath and Marine Corps c o m p a t r i o t s were celebrating that service’s birthday.

A fight soon ensued and spilled out into the parking lot, according to court testimony, with Davis and friends even-tually making there way to a nearby liquor store to take care of wounds they suffered.

McGrath and friends wandered to the same location and when they recognized Da-vis, they started to charge the vehicle Davis and another person were in.

Davis then pulled out a small-caliber pis-tol and shot McGrath in the upper chest near the shoulder.

In the first trial the prosecution argued that Davis and his friends could have left the entire area much sooner and avoided a con-frontation; the defense argued that Davis was defending himself from aggressors who would not stop pressing the fight.

David Densford, Davis’ attorney, de-clined to comment on the outcome of the plea.

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A fire that broke out near a wood stove in this house on Pin Cushion Road in Clements demolished the interior on Jan. 4. Firefighters from Leonardtown, Mechanics-

ville, Seventh District and Hollywood responded shortly after 9 a.m. The family that lives there, reportedly two

adults and a child, were not at the house during the blaze, but the wood stove was left burning. The

American Red Cross was called to assist the family and the Maryland State Fire Marshal’s Office is

investigating.

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Top Education Stories of 2009 (Part 2 of 2)Middle Schools Set to Improve on AYP (July 30, 2009)

The Maryland State Board of Education reported that three St. Mary’s County middle schools failed to make AYP (Adequate Yearly Progress) this year.

At Spring Ridge Middle School, 38.9 percent of African American students, 40.2 percent receiving free or reduced-price meals and 55.4 percent of stu-

dents in special education programs failed proficien-cy tests in reading. On the math test, 50.9 percent of special education students fell short.

50 percent of Special Education students at Margaret Brent Middle School failed to meet state standards for reading, and 50.6 percent tested below proficient in mathematics.

Leonardtown Middle School students in special education programs tested below the state standard for reading proficiency as well, with 41.3 percent failing to meet state goals.

This data ref lected subgroup shortfalls in stu-dent performance based on the state’s Annual Mea-surable Objectives.

Evergreen Highlighted as Schools Open (Aug. 27, 2009)

Superintendent Michael Martirano joined Board of Education Chair Bill Mattingly, Chief Operating Officer Brad Clements and County Commissioner President Francis Jack Russell for a whirlwind meet-and-greet tour of Leonardtown Middle School, Leon-ardtown High School and Evergreen Elementary School, the first new school to be built in the county since 1981, and the first LEED certified green school to be built in St. Mary’s.

The highlight of the Superintendent’s tour came later in the morning as his group arrived at Ever-green Elementary to find parents and students lined up in front of the school waiting to get inside.

Clements said that the school system would use Evergreen’s design as a model for the elementary school that will be built on the Hayden property near Leonardtown in 2013.

SMCPS to Look Into Upgrading Athletic Facilities (Oct. 1, 2009)

At the St. Mary’s County Board of Education meeting on Tuesday, Dr. Andrew Roper, director of physical education and athletics for St. Mary’s Coun-ty Public Schools, presented a plan to the board that would take a very thorough look at improving ath-letic facilities at each of the county’s high schools,

with synthetic grass fields topping the upgrade list. SMCPS will assemble a committee that will be

charged with the task of thoroughly studying the condition of the current athletic facilities at the high schools and deciding which facilities need the most repair, with a final report due next May.

County Asks for $750,000 Back (Oct. 15, 2009)

The Board of Education was informed that be-cause of state cuts the school system would be re-sponsible for returning $750,000 to the county to help balance the budget for 2010.

Schools Superintendent Michael Martirano said, “This is something of an anomaly right now, some-thing we’ve never dealt with … where we have been told mid- year – not even mid-year – that we are re-sponsible, in essence, for returning money to our funding source,” he said, presenting the Board with options on how to pull the money without harming existing programs.

The Board ultimately decided to use money from the school system’s general fund balance, which to-taled about $13 million, and compensate with adjust-ments to the school’s operating budget in FY 2011.

“This way it has no disruption of operations and we’ll continue with business as usual,” said Martirano.

Community Mourns Lost Student (Nov. 12, 2009)

Jordan Scott Paganelli, a senior at Leonardtown High School, enjoyed a moment of triumph before losing his battle with cancer when he was awarded an honorary diploma by Superintendent Michael

Martirano and Leonardtown Principal David O’Neill at his home on Nov. 5, in the presence of friends and family who gathered to celebrate the occasion.

“He fought a very courageous fight, and his struggle and this fight has very much defined our community in the past several weeks,” said Marti-rano in a statement. “It is never easy when we hear about the loss of any individual in our community. It is most difficult when we learn about the loss of life with one of our young people, because we think of our young people as our future and our hope and our light.”

Paganelli passed away at his home on Nov. 9, five days before his 18th birthday.

Anne Fogel, a special educa-tion teacher at Spring Ridge Mid-dle School, had been named the Sam Kirk Educator of the Year by the Learning Disabilities Associa-tion of America.

Fogel was selected in the fall of 2009 to represent the State of Maryland for this national award

by the Learning Disabilities As-sociation of Maryland. The Sam Kirk Educator of the Year award is given annually to an educator who has made outstanding con-tributions to the education of per-

sons with learning disabilities. It is named in honor of the late Dr. Samuel A. Kirk, psychologist, educator, scholar, humanitarian, and pioneer in the field of learning disabilities.

“Anne Fogel is very deserv-ing of this award and I am so proud of her,” Michael J. Martirano, su-

perintendent of schools said in a press release.. “She is caring, compas-sionate, dedicated, and hard working on be-half of each one of her students.”

Fogel joined St. Mary’s County Public Schools in 1976 as a teacher at Great Mills High School. Shortly thereafter, she became part of the team that opened what was re-ferred to as the “new” Leonardtown High School. Her career then led her to Town Creek Elementary School, fol-lowed by her current assignment at Spring Ridge Middle School where she has taught for the past eight years. Colleagues credit Fogel for having a “plethora of knowledge” and experi-ence teaching at many levels, including college level courses. Currently,

she serves as the vice president of the Learning Disabilities Associa-tion of St. Mary’s County, an or-ganization she joined in 1987, and also served as the chapter’s librar-ian and secretary since that time.

Fogel Wins Sam Kirk Educator of Year

St. Mary’s County Pub-lic Schools has been awarded a competitive, three year grant of $251,956 by the Department of Justice Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention for strategic enhancements to the Fu-ture Leaders of the World (FLOW) Mentoring program. FLOW Men-toring was one in thirteen orga-nizations across the country to receive funding under this national initiative.

FLOW Mentoring will use this grant to support expansion of, and programmatic enhancements to, its middle school group mentor-ing programs, which are currently running in all four SMCPS middle schools. The funds will also be

used to start group mentoring pro-grams in each public high school in the county.

This strategic enhancement is a partnership between FLOW Mentoring and Tri-County Youth Services, Boys and Girls Clubs of Southern Maryland, St. Mary’s County Business, Education and Community Alliance, Saint Mary’s County College Access Program, St. Mary’s College of Maryland, St. Mary’s County Department of Juvenile Services, and Big Broth-ers Big Sisters. For more informa-tion, please contact Sarah Tyson, program manager, at 301-475-5511 x.145, or visit www.smcps.org/mentor.

SMCPS Receives $251,956 For FLOW Mentoring

Anne Fogel, a special education teacher at Spring Ridge Middle School, was surprised with balloons, flowers and a visit from Superintendent Michael Martirano and Board of Education Chairman Bill Mattingly to announce her selection as the national Sam Kirk Educator of the Year.

Jordan Scott Paganelli (right)


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Glen Ives, retired navy captain and former commander of Patuxent River Naval Air Station, says that his last assignment may be the force be-hind St. Mary’s County’s still vibrant economy despite the national recession but its also a great connector of people and communities.

“It’s not just about the economy,” said Ives, who lives with his wife Barbara in California, “The people who live here and work on the base they’ve got relatives who are in the armed servic-es. On the Fourth of July you can see it.”

Barbara, also a retired Navy captain, said that the base and the navy and contractor work forces act like a glue to the overall community.

“It brings together those who are new to the area and those who’ve been here forever,” she said. “And it brings in new people with new ideas.”

But the same things that have made the base so prosperous, growth of programs and employ-ment, are the same things that made Ives’ com-mand there a challenge from day to day.

Finding enough space for all the programs and activities there was always a challenge, Ives said, and growth outside the base was always on his mind because it could interfere with flight op-erations if it was too close to runways.

“The one thing we couldn’t afford to do was take our eye of the ball,” Ives told The County Times.

Ives said that the cooperation between the county and the base on growth, particularly the agreement they struck up during his command to consult on any encroachment issues has helped cement the lifeline between the two.

Ives said that the relationship must continue if the county is to depend on the base for virtually 80 percent of the local economy.

“If you don’t [support the growth] the mission will go elsewhere,” Ives said.

That’s not the only challenge a base com-mander has at Pax River, he said.

With so many people working on the base and spread out over such a large area, providing security is always a challenge.

“That’s the thing you were concerned about as base commander, it’s always a challenge to have enough security folks,” Ives said, adding that the loss of the Marine Corp security detach-ment at the base to overseas commitments didn’t help matters.

“You have 22,000 people and a lot of property there, so from day to day you’re going to have se-curity issues,” Ives said, adding that an additional 300,000 people visit the base every year.

Keeping the base up to environmental stan-dards was also one of many tasks Ives dealt with, he said, especially along the shoreline.

Ives said that during his command the navy spent $35 million ensuring that erosion didn’t take its toll on the shoreline.

In recent years the navy has done more to

connect with the community outside the gate, he said, especially in the form of STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) pro-grams for public school students.

Individual service men and women who had to leave the base to serve in either Iraq or Af-ghanistan often left families behind who needed support, so Barbara helped set up a pilot program to offer them help in coping, including funding activities for them to enjoy.

Local businesses and private donations came in easily, she said, further cementing the connec-tion with the base and its mission.

“Other bases were trying to copy what we were doing,” she said. “We had over 300 families in the program.

“The base attracts a community oriented group of people. There’s a camaraderie here, ev-eryone cares about each other.”

Ives said that the base’s future for the next 15 to 20 years is likely solid, with continued growth and expansion of its mission of testing the navy’s new aircraft. But beyond that time frame, he said, the community needs to use its resources wisely to prepare for any fundamental change in the ar-ea’s economy.

“We’re smart enough to recognize things can change,” Ives said. “We have about a generation… but my concern is what comes after that, because they navy’s going to change.”

With projects like the Joint Strike Fighter coming to Pax River, which some defense pundits have claimed could be the last manned fighter for the entire U.S. military inventory, the fundamen-tal mission of the base may change or go away altogether.

“Who knows?” Ives said. “Why put all your eggs in one basket.”

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Newsmakers A Celebration of Tom WisnerA live concert and CD release celebrating

Tom Wisner’s life and work: “Follow on the Water: A Celebration of the Bay’s Life in Story and Song” will be held at the Calvert Marine Museum on Friday, Jan. 29.

Wisner has dedicated his life to chroni-cling the rich traditions of our regional water-ways. He will be joined on stage by local mu-sicians and long-time friends and associates, Frank Schwartz, Teresa Whitaker, Mac Walter, and John Cronin, singer/songwriters and pow-erful performers.

“This new production, Follow on the Wa-ter, is an ensemble of stories ‘to hear, to tell, to sing’,” says Wisner from his home in Calvert County. “They have been collected and crafted over years of interviews and through hearty friendships, culled from the energy of the earth and burnished by the Chesapeake sun. They are

the songs and stories of the sailing oystermen,” he says, “the sun-tanned, quiet breed of water-men whose lives are bound in the regional tra-ditions to follow on the water.”

Frank Schwartz grew up in Baltimore, Maryland, and is the oldest of three sons of deaf parents. Having been a musician for most of his life, that journey continued when he mar-ried singer, songwriter, and storyteller Teresa Whitaker. They performed at the Smithsonian Folk Life Festival in Washington, DC, as part of a special honoring of the 25th anniversary of Tom Wisner’s Chesapeake Born album, along with friend and acoustic guitarist Mac Walter. Schwartz has two recordings: Things Have A Way Of Working Out and Below The Radar.

Three-time WAMMIE winner Mac Wal-ter is a versatile and dynamic master of the guitar. In the 1960s, Mac developed his unique fingerstyle approach to playing folk, rock, blues, jazz, and country. Mac and his cousin, John Cronin, began playing together as teen-agers and developed their unique style over the past 35 years. The acoustic fingerstyle and harmonies they project together is amazing. Cronin, who lives in British Columbia, spent seven years working in the hugely popular Ian Tyson Band touring Canada and the USA. Tom Wisner, describes John’s playing as “the heart of the guitar.” Mac Walter and John Cronin have produced two CDs entitled Cousins and Second Cousins.

Battling lung cancer for the last year, Tom Wisner has long been heralded as the “Bard of the Bay.” His vast repertoire of bay-oriented songs has been featured on national TV and forms a part of the Smithsonian Folkways Collection. Tom Wisner is the recipient of the 2003 John Denver award of the World Folk

Music Association. He also received a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2007 from the Chesa-peake Music Institute.

Since the 1960s, Tom Wisner has pio-neered the use of original songs and stories to heighten awareness of the national treasure known as the Chesapeake Bay. With Dr. Sara Ebenreck of St. Mary’s College he co-founded the project CHESTORY: The Center for the Story of Chesapeake Life and Culture, de-signed to encourage artists of many disciplines to heighten awareness of Chesapeake Bay ecol-ogy and culture.

This musical tribute to our Chesapeake waters, watermen, and artists will also signal the release of Tom Wisner’s final recording, which will be available for sale that evening. Tickets are $20 in advance or $25 at the door and may be purchased at www.calvertmarine-museum.com. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.; concert begins at 7:30 p.m. Seating is limited and ad-vance purchase is recommended.

For additional information and to purchase tickets, visit the website at www.calvertmarine-museum.com or call 410-326-2042. Cash bar with beer, wine, and soda will be available.

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A live concert and CD release celebrating Tom Wisner’s life and work is being held at the Calvert Marine Museum on Friday, Jan. 29.

The County TimesThursday, January 7, 201019

The elegance of pearls and the shimmer of crys-tal provide today’s bride with perfect jewelry options for any look from mod to Victorian. “Pearls have long been the jewelry of choice for brides,” says Jill Maier, Vice President of Design for CAROLEE. “Since pearls and brides comprise a large part of our business, we are constantly updating our designs to satisfy the tastes of today’s brides and bridal parties. White crystal, alone or with pearls, adds sparkle that makes a bride look even more luminous.”

The trend in bridal gowns is toward strapless and bare shoulder styles, creating the perfect can-

vas for a statement necklace and earrings. Multi-strand and Y-necklace silhouettes in pearl and crystal are a popular choice. These necklace designs can be paired with simple button or drop earrings.

“Some brides choose to make a statement with dra-matic chandelier earrings alone,” Ms. Maier adds. “We have enhanced our selection of statement earrings with many ornate and high-drama styles with lots of move-ment and sparkle. In this scenario adding a statement bracelet is a good choice.”

While bridesmaids’ jewelry should be different from the bride’s, it should harmonize in color and ma-terials. If the bride is wearing pearls, her bridesmaids’ pearls might be bigger or layered. For crystal styles the attendants’ jewelry might be bolder to complement the simple lines of their dresses.

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Home Furnishing Tips to ConsiderFurnishing a new home or

apartment is something to en-joy. Oftentimes involving a few fun trips to the furniture store to try out a new couch or armchair, buying new home furniture is one way to tailor a home or apart-ment in your personal image.

When choosing home furnish-ings, many people simply want the most comfortable or most visually appealing piece they can find. How-ever, there are other things to con-sider as well.

• Personal opinion. Regardless of what’s in style, those about to pur-cahse new home furnishings need to go with the styles they like the most. More often than not, personal opi n ion w i l l

evolve as you go around to different stores and see just what’s available. Newspapers and home furnishing magazines can be a great way to ed-ucate yourself on the different styles to choose from. Once you’ve settled on a style, that should take prece-dence over price or other factors such as the latest trend. Furniture is a longterm investment that’s going to be around for a while, so make sure you purchase the furniture you like best.

• Personal budget. The furni-ture you choose will also reflect how much you have to spend. Personal budget, however, does not neces-sarily have to dictate what you buy.

Styles come at a variety of prices, with the materials

used determining the price.

• Usage. How furniture will be used is also something to consider before signing on the dotted line. For example, a single woman or bach-elor can afford to buy more upscale furniture because they’re less likely to have young children jumping up and down or spilling grape juice on the sofa. Parents, on the other hand, often look for something that’s stain-resistant and can handle the wear and tear of the kids and the family pet.

• Needs. Needs also play a big role when choosing furniture. Apart-ment dwellers don’t necessarily need as much furniture as someone in a home. While an apartment might be big, it’s important to remember that your next apartment might not be as big, so overdoing it with furni-ture could leave you holding the bag down the road.

Personal style and preference aren’t the only things that dictate certain wedding day decisions. In fact, a host of style guidelines exist to help brides and grooms make the right choices on their big day. For example, while a man might have a specific tuxedo style in mind for his wedding day, something such as the time of the ceremony can dictate which styles are appropriate. A morning ceremony, for instance, typically calls for a cutaway, or morning coat, with the ushers in match-ing strollers. For early afternoon ceremonies, however, it’s typical for men in the wedding party to wear tuxedos without tails. Grooms who really want to wear tails should only do so for ceremonies that begin after 4 p.m., as tails are considered too formal for ceremonies beginning earlier in the day. When wearing tails, a white vest and bow tie, but no cumberbund, is the traditional style. When planning a wedding, it’s best to keep in mind that tradition as well as personal style should dictatecertain decisions. To learn of any additional norms and traditions, consult a wedding planner.


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Jan 13, 10 a.m., is the deadline for making reservations for the St. Mary’s County Chap-ter 969, National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association (NARFE) luncheon/meeting. The luncheon/meeting will be held at Olde Breton Inn in Leonardtown, Friday, January 15. The cost of the luncheon buffet is $14.50. The social hour begins at 11:00 a.m. and lunch is at noon.

Presentations will be made at the Janu-

ary meeting to Dorothy Flynn, Alzheimer’s Association & Kathy Franzen, Hospice of St. Mary’s.

Reservations for lunch are required -- call Judy Loflin, 301-872-0064. Members will be charged for the cost of lunch if res-ervations are not kept or cancelled by the deadline.

If you are interested in only attending the meeting, it begins at 12:45 p.m.

Elliot Lawrence of the Mechanicsville Optimist Club presented Catherine DiCristofaro, Children’s Librarian at Charlotte Hall, a check to purchase LEGOs for the upcoming LEGO program to be held at Charlotte Hall. The program will be January 11 at 6 p.m. Children 6-12 can register.

NARFE, Chapter 969 Luncheon

On December 23, the Rope N Wranglers 4-H Club donated more than 150 coats to the Three Oaks Center in Lexington Park that were collected during their Annual Coat Drive. Pictured are club members Mary Trossbach, Travis Trossbach, Tyelr Ledman, Shelby Sasscer, JC Trossbach, & Charlie Sasscer.

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Thursday, January 7• So. Md. Mobile Compassion CenterSt. Paul’s Lutheran Church (Me-chanicsville) – 10 a.m.

Provides food, clothing and spiritual care to people in need. Ba-sic need items are provided free of charge to those seeking assistance. Nominal donations for items are re-quested from visitors who can afford it. For additional information call 301-884-5184.

• Wing NightVFW Post 2632 (California) – 5 p.m.

• Am. Legion Post 221 MeetingAL Post 221 (Avenue) – 8 p.m.

Open to all active duty person-nel or veterans. Call 301-884-4071 or go to http://www.alpost221.webs.com/ for more information.

Friday, January 8• So. Md. Mobile Compassion CenterSt. Paul’s Lutheran Church (Me-chanicsville) – 10 a.m.

• Fry NightVFW Post 2632 (California) – 5:30 p.m.

• Special Olympics Deep Stack No Limit TourneyCenter for Life Enrichment (Holly-wood) – 7 p.m.

Saturday, January 9• All You Can Eat Breakfast8 to 11 a.m. Valley Lee Fire House Valley Lee, MD

$8.00 Adults, $4.00 Children ages 5-12, Children under 5 - FREE

Sponsored (and prepared) by the 2nd District Fire Dept. & Rescue Squad Auxiliary.

• Winter Scrapbook DayFather Andrew White School (Leonardtown) – 9:30 a.m.

Day includes lunch, dessert, and drinks plus door prizes & seat favor. Scrapbooking vendors will be available on site with products to purchase to help you get start-ed. Here’s your chance to learn to scrapbook or to have a day away to work on your albums. Cost is $30 in advance or $40 at the door. Con-tact Kim Norris at 301-475-0147 or [email protected] to re-serve your seat.

• So. Md. Mobile Compassion CenterSt. Paul’s Lutheran Church (Me-chanicsville) – 10 a.m.

• Legendary Ladies of SongGreat Mills High School – 7 p.m.

Sue Matthews and a sextet of musicians from Wings Produc-tions will be performing the music of three legendary ladies of song; Rosemary Clooney, Doris Day and Peggy Lee. Last of the five concerts for the season in the Leonardtown Rotary Performing Arts Series. For more information please call 301-

475-6999 or go to www.leonard-townrotary.org.

• Pax River Rugby FundraiserDB McMillan’s (California) – 7 p.m.

A $5 dollar wrist-band will get you drink specials all night. There will also be raffles which will include gift cards/certificates and a rugby jersey valued at $80. Newcomers and people interested in joining are welcome. For more information, go to www.paxriverrugby.com.

• Texas Hold’Em Tournament – Saturday Night SpecialPark Bingo Hall (California) – 7 p.m.

• Owl ProwlMyrtle Point Park (California) – 8 p.m.

Meet outside the gate to the park at 8 p.m. Dress warm and bring a flashlight. Children must be ac-companied by an adult. For more information call: Bob Boxwell: 410-394-1300 or Dudley Lindsley: 301-373-2551, email: [email protected].

Sunday, January 10• All-You-Can Eat BreakfastThe Hollywood Volunteer Rescue Squad Auxiliary is sponsoring and All-You-Can Eat breakfast from 7:30 to 11 a.m. at the Rescue Squad building on Route 235 in Holly-wood, The menu will be: Sausage Gravy and Biscuits, Sausage Links, Bacon, Scrambled Eggs, Fried Pota-toes, Pancakes, Escalloped Apples, assorted juices, coffee, tea and hot chocolate. The cost will be adults $8; children ages 5-12 years $4 and children under age of 5 are free.

• Celtic Concert SeriesSt. Mary’s Ryken High School (Leonardtown) – 7:30 p.m.

Montreal based Québécois group, Genticorum, after a standing ovation performance last year, returns to Leonardtown. Workshops from 2pm - 4pm will in-clude: Yann Falquet, guitar accompani-ment and alternate tuning; Alexandre de Grosbois-Ga-rand, flute/penny-whistle; and Pascal Gemme, fiddle and feet. Admission $25. Order tickets online at http://cssm.org.

Monday, January 11

• Small Business RoundtableLenny’s Restaurant (California) – 8:30 a.m.

Agenda will include developing the Buy Local, Buy St. Mary’s cam-paign and a review of the tabulated

survey results from November meeting listing specific challenges facing local businesses. Coffee and light refreshments will be served. For additional information, contact Hans Welch, Manager, Business Development, DECD, at 301-475-4200 x1407 or email [email protected].

• No Limit Texas Hold’Em “Bounty” TournamentSt. Mary’s County Elks Lodge (California) – 7 p.m.

Tuesday, January 12• 4-H Volunteer Training21580 Peabody St. (Leonardtown) – 5 p.m.

University of Maryland Exten-sion Youth Development Volunteer Training. You must have this train-ing in order to work with our youth in the county. 4-H includes sewing, robotics, engineering, flying, cook-ing, theater, science, math as well as small animals for pets and com-panions and livestock. Registration required. Call 301 475-4478.

• Special Olympics No Limit Hold’Em TourneyBennett Building, 24930 Old Three Notch Rd (Hollywood) – 7 p.m.

Wednesday, January 13• Special Olympics No Limit Hold’Em TourneyBennett Building, 24930 Old Three Notch Rd (Hollywood) – 7 p.m.

• We need Members!! The regular monthly meeting of the Hollywood Volunteer Rescue Squad Auxiliary will be held at 7 p.m. at the Rescue Squad building on Route 235 in Hollywood. Any-one wishing to become a member of the Auxiliary is encouraged to attend. For more information, call 240-298-7956.

• Children can build LEGO creations Space is still available at the LEGOs program at Charlotte Hall on

Jan. 11. Children, ages 6-12 years old, will have the opportunity to build LEGO creations from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Those attending should not bring their own LEGOs. This free program is being sponsored by the Me-chanicsville Optimist Club. Registration is required.

• Story times resume the week of January 11

Daytime storytimes for babies, toddlers and preschoolers will resume the week of January 11. A new Wiggle-giggle storytime will be offered on Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m. at Charlotte Hall. Children attending Lexington Park’s toddler story times from Jan. 11 through Jan. 25 are asked to bring a teddy bear with them to story time. A complete listing of story times and themes can be found on the Kids page at www.stmalib.org.

• Options to pay college expenses to be discussed

Tim Wolfe, Director of Financial Aid at St. Mary’s College, along with a local high school career counselor, will discuss the options avail-able to help pay college expenses. The FAFSA form will be discussed. Leonardtown will host the free program on Jan. 20, Lexington Park on Jan. 27, and Charlotte Hall Feb. 3. All three programs begin at 7 p.m. No registration is required.

• Friends of the Library annual brunch scheduled

The public is invited to the Friends of the Library (FOL) annual brunch. It will be held on Jan. 23 at St. George’s Episcopal Church in Valley Lee and will begin with a breakfast buffet at 11 a.m. Guest speaker Ben Click, St. Mary’s College English Professor and Director of the Twain Lecture Series, will discuss “Mark Twain’s Advice: A River is Well Worth Reading and the Importance of Cigars, Whiskey and Swearing”. Reserva-tions are due by Jan. 15. Call 301-737-2456 for more information.

• Leonardtown Library hosts Home School Science Fair

The Home School Science Fair will be held at the Leonardtown Li-brary on Jan. 19. The public can view the students’ projects from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Students interested in participating should visit the library’s home school page from the Kid’s page at www.stmalib.org for an applica-tion and more details.

• Family fun planned

Families can enjoy an afternoon of gaming or a free movie on Jan. 25. Gaming fun will begin at 1:30 p.m. at Charlotte Hall. Leonardtown will show a 2009 PG movie at 2 p.m. This animated adventure follows a scientist who tries to solve world hunger only to see food fall from the sky in abundance. Snacks will be provided at each event.

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meet me you will fall in LOVE. I’m a very good puppy and I get along great with other dogs and small children. I’m very smart

and learn new things very quickly. Could you be that perfect person to give me my furever home? I’m up to date on age ap-propriate vaccinations, neutered, crate trained, house trained

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Today’s ‘retirement’ is not the same as your parent’s retirement. Fewer and fewer employees are covered by an employer pension and the longevity of Social Security is in doubt. With life expectancies on the rise, tomorrow’s retirees will spend significantly more time in retirement and will rely more on their personal savings. Learn how to plan for a secure and successful retirement and avoid common retirement planning mistakes by understanding your sources of retirement income.

The free Retirement and Investments Workshop topics will cover the allocation of investments in your retirement plans, understanding spousal benefits and the differences between IRA, Roth IRA and 401k, Required Minimum Distribution, and guidance on determining how much income a retiree can withdraw from savings. The Retirement and Investments Workshop is being presented in partnership with the Southern Maryland Agricultural Development Commission and Wealth Management Part-ners, an independent financial planning firm located in Waldorf. No com-pany products will be offered or recommended. The workshop is intended solely as a way for farming families and residents of Southern Maryland to become more informed about their retirement planning options.

The workshop is free to the public and will take place on Wednesday, Jan. 20 at 6 p.m. in the SMECO Auditorium located at 15035 Burnt Store Road in Hughesville. Registration is requested. For more information and to RSVP please contact SMADC staff at (301) 274-1922. In case of can-cellation due to inclement weather call (301) 274-1922 and enter 29 to hear a recording. For more information on related programs visit the SMADC website: www.somarylandsogood.com.

Retirement Planning and Investments Workshop


By Linda RenoContribut-ing Writer

William Stone was named the first Protes-tant Gover-nor of Mary-land in 1648. G o v e r n o r Stone invited

the Puritans, then living in Virginia, to take sanctuary in Maryland and about 300 settled along the Severn River. In 1652, the Puritans and William Claiborne joined forces, forcing Governor Stone to resign and took control of Maryland.

On March 25, 1655, at the Battle of the Severn [the first naval battle on American soil], Governor Stone with a force of 130 Maryland-ers unsuccessfully attempted to regain control of the colony. Several Marylanders, despite the promised “quarter” in return for surrender, were executed.

On April 15, 1655 Verlinda (Graves) Stone wrote to Lord Baltimore:

“I am sorry at present for to let your Hon-our understand of our sad condition in your Province. So it is, that my Husband, with the rest of your Councell went about a month ago with a party of men up to Anne-Arundell Coun-ty, to bring those factious people to obedience under your Government…Sunday the 25th of March they did ingage with the people of Anne-Arundell, and lost the field, and not above five of our men escaped; which I did conceive ran away before the fight was ended; the rest all taken, some killed and wounded; my Husband hath received a wound in his shoulder, but I heare it is upon the mending.

My Husband, I am confident, did not think that they would have engaged, but it did prove too true to all our great damages; They as I heare, being better provided then my Husband did expect…

Captaine Heman was one of their Coun-cell of War, and by his consent would have had all the Prisoners hanged; but after Quar-ter given, they tried all your Councellors by a Councell of War, and Sentence was passed upon my Husband to be shot to death, but [he] was after saved by the Enemies own Soldiers, and so the rest of the Councellors were saved by the Petitions of the Women, with some other friends which they found there; only Master William Eltonhead was shot to death, whose death I much lament, being shot in cold blood; and also Lieutenant William Lewis, with one Mr Leggat and a German, which did live with Mr. Eltonhead, which by all Relations that ever I did heare of, the like barbarous act was never done amongst Christians.

They have Sequestred my Husband’s Es-tate, only they say they will allow a mainte-nance for me and my Children, which I do be-lieve will be but small. They keep my Husband, with the rest of the Councell, and all other Of-ficers, still Prisoners…They will not so much as suffer him to write a Letter unto me, but they will have the perusal of what he writes….

And they give out words, that they have won the Country by the sword, and by it they will keep the same, let my Lord Protector send in what Writing he pleaseth. The Gunners Mate of Hemans, since his coming down from Anne-Arundell to Patuxent, hath boasted that he shot the first man that was shot of our Party…

Hemans the Master of the Golden Lion is a very Knave, and that will be made plainly for to appear to your Lordship for he hath abused my Husband most grossly.”

Maryland was restored to Lord Baltimore in 1656 through appeal to Oliver Cromwell.

A Journey Through TimeA Journey Through TimeThe Chronicle

Men Who Fought Together in World War II Reunited

(AP) – More than a half century af-ter they marched across Europe together, two World War II veterans were reunited recently in a Baltimore County rehabilita-tion facility.

Nathan Garrett and Kernie Thomp-son kept in touch after they both settled in Baltimore after the war, but they hadn’t seen each other in decades. They recog-nized each other immediately last month in the physical therapy room of Manor Care in Catonsville. The two old friends shared a room while they were both at the facility.

“We went through a whole lot in Eu-rope,” said Thompson, 84. “Garrett was a good soldier and a good friend.”

They served in the Army’s 599 Ord-nance Ammunition Company, an African-American unit responsible for getting bul-lets and shells to the front lines, including during the D-Day invasion in Normandy, France, in June 1944.

For about three years, they lived in tents in Belgium, Germany, France, the Netherlands and other countries. There were close calls, like the time German soldiers shot up a latrine just after Thomp-son had walked out. There were disturb-ing sights, such as animals blown apart by

land mines.“Those are things you never forget,”

said Garrett, 90.“It was a frightening experience,” add-

ed Thompson, who is known as Tommy. “But the Lord brought us through.”

Both men were discharged in 1946. Thompson, a Baltimore native, returned to the city. Garrett was born in rural South Carolina, but ended up joining relatives in Baltimore. He worked at Bethlehem Steel, as did Thompson for a time.

Garrett worked as a laborer at the steel mill until 1981. Thompson had left the plant in 1957, but the two occasionally bumped into each other.

Still, before the chance meeting at Manor Care, it had been decades since they last saw each other, the men estimated.

In late December, Garrett began inpa-tient physical therapy for his chronic joint pain at Manor Care. In one of the rooms, he spotted a familiar face. Thompson was there to recover from recent knee surgery.

“When Mr. Garrett saw his long-lost friend, it was like a 90-year-old man just turned into a child,” said Daniel Carper, another Manor Care patient who saw the reunion. “The whole place just stopped and watched them.”


FactunPinocchio is Italian for “pine head.”

By Shelby OppermannContributing Writer

Boy, I really don’t want to take the rest of the Christmas decorations down. I’ve found that the more surfaces I cover with Christmas villages, greenery and berries, are less surfaces I have to dust. I keep putting the decorations out a little earlier each year. I’m hoping my husband won’t notice for a few years, but by the time we look like Christmas in Easter, he might know something is different. This is why there is Christmas in July. Another woman, at some point, figured out this trick as well.

In fact we received a second series of a new Christmas village from two of our grandchildren. I was thinking of keeping them in the boxes, and then last Saturday decided no, I wanted them up too. Well, you can probably imagine that didn’t go over too good. My husband said, ”Why do you want to put out more stuff, when we are going to be taking all of it down this weekend?” I replied that we were still waiting to celebrate Christ-mas again on the 9th with our other two grandchildren. He said we could celebrate without all this “stuff”. Then said, “Don’t you remember in ”How the Grinch stole Christmas” that even after he stole all the Who’s whopaloopas and roast beast, that the Whos still celebrated just as before?” Wow, it was hard to ar-gue with his scientific logic. But, the vil-lage went up.

The Twelve (extra) Days of Christ-mas are not enough time for me. That’s when I have the time and energy to do all my Christmas projects…and then it’s too late. I always think this is the year I will

start painting my Christmas ornaments early; start shopping earlier, and decorate earlier and better. I almost look forward to the Twelve Days of Christmas more; everyone is relaxed, and you still have plenty of parties to attend. You can give presents to everyone you couldn’t get together with before or on Christmas. And, It’s

a perfectly legal time frame with which to get your Christmas cards out. Oh yes, Christmas cards, how many days do I have left? Uh, oh, only until January the 6th. I never should have started that family newsletter 20+ years ago. I haven’t sent cards out in three years. I hope my family and friends know I love and appreciate them very much, in spite of this lapse. Maybe we can add a 13th and 14th day of Christmas.

Of course, being the curios pup that I am, I began to wonder where the Twelve Days of Christmas idea began. I had looked it up 8 or 9 years ago, only to find out what night was Twelfth Night. It is actually the eve before the twelfth day. I thought it would be fun to have a Twelfth Night party. Never had it, so I forgot about it again, until now. In religious terms, it is a time including several feast days leading up to the baptism of Jesus, and the visit of the three Magi that proclaim Jesus is Lord: Epiphany. This is said to be “the beginning of the procla-mation of the Gospel”. Some people have their homes blessed with Holy Water on the twelfth day. Then, Aha!! Upon researching a little fur-ther, I found that taking down Christmas deco-rations before the twelfth day was thought to bring bad luck upon your home for the rest of the year. Apparently tree fairies were brought in with the greenery, and would be fine for a few cold winter weeks, but, if left inside past the twelfth night they would create mischief. I don’t know how this figures in with an artifi-cial tree, but I’m not willing to risk a bunch of crazed tree-fairies wreaking havoc inside my house. Now, I know the reason for every thing that goes wrong for us each year. I didn’t know it was so simple: just leave your Christmas stuff up until the proper day. I guess we can’t leave everything up until the 9th now, or the Grinch, the Whos of Whoville, and the tree-fairies will spend another crazy year with us. I think we will drive them crazy first.

To each new day’s adventure, Shelby

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“On the Eighth Day of Christmas…”

By Terri SchlichenmeyerContributing Writer

One look in the mirror confirmed it: yep, you looked as bad as you felt.

Cold, flu, or just some nasty bug? Didn’t matter. You croaked in sick to work, then hunkered down on the sofa beneath a warm blanket, with some daytime TV to sleep by. Could there possibly be a better place to recuperate?

Did you ever wonder – once you felt better, of course - what goes on behind the scenes of those TV programs? In the new mystery “The Morning Show Murders” by Al Roker and Dick Lochte, Chef Billy Blessing works hard backstage on Wake Up America! but the chef’s goose is about to be cooked.

Billy Blessing has his plate full. Folks across the country rec-ognize him for his cook-ing segments on World Broadcasting Compa-ny’s Wake Up America! There’s a reality show in the works, and elite New Yorkers know Chef Billy by the signature dishes he serves in his restaurant.

But Chef Billy hasn’t always been successful. His past is riddled with minor crimes and shady characters; so much so that it’s easy for the cops to make Billy the num-ber one suspect when Rudy Gallagher, the network’s head man and Billy’s nemesis, is found poisoned.

It didn’t help mat-ters that the tainted food came from Billy’s bistro.

But there are plenty of people who have reason to want Rudy dead. Gretchen, Rudy’s supposed-fiancée, doesn’t seem too mournful that her in-tended was killed. There are a lot of women who have been cozying up to Rudy – a new one every few days – and any one of them could be the murder-er. And then there was that time Rudy was in a bar in Kabul, where he nar-rowly missed being in the middle of a bloodbath…

When it becomes obvious that detectives don’t believe he’s innocent, Chef Billy goes in search of clues but soon wishes he hadn’t stirred the situ-ation. Rudy Gallagher – and the other dead men that follow – was in plenty

of hot water, and the evidence points to a mysterious international killer who calls himself “Felix the Cat”.

And Felix is about to pounce on Chef Billy.

Doesn’t it sometimes seem like every TV celebrity fancies him- or herself as an author? Guess what? Al Roker really is.

“The Morning Show Murders” is a pretty decent whodunit with some nice plot twists and a few characters that are so unredeemable that you al-

most can’t wait to see them dead. I also thought it refreshing that Billy Bless-ing is a chef who happens to be on TV and just wants himself exonerated. Authors Al Roker and Dick Lochte didn’t make him out to be some part-time meddlesome detective wanna-be, and I liked that.

My sole complaint about this book was the ripped-from-the-headlines tiresome Middle Eastern tie. Lately, it seems like every mystery / action novel contains one and – hello! – it’s getting stale.

Still, if you’re hungry for a reason to stay up late, reading on the sofa, this book will do the trick. “The Morning Show Murders” is delicious fun.

Book Review“The Morning Show Murders”

by Al Roker and Dick Lochtec.2009, Delacorte Press $26.00 / $32.00 Canada 312 pages


Thursday, January 7K • David NorrisDB McMillan’s (California) – 6 p.m.

Friday, January 8• David NorrisDB McMillan’s (California) – 6 p.m.

• Dave & KevinRuddy Duck Brewery (Solomons) – 7 p.m.

• Line Dancing / Solid Gold EntertainmentHotel Charles (Hughesville) – 7:30 p.m.

• Comedy Night – Brian Lee, Ro-berta J and Greg ActuallyFat Boys Country Store (Leonard-town) – 8 p.m.

• Mike Mead Blue Dog Saloon (Port Tobacco) – 8 p.m.

• Almost KingsHula’s Bungalow (California) – 9 p.m.

• BoneDrift Away Bar & Grill (Cobb Is-land) – 9 p.m.

• Evil CecilApehanger’s (Bel Alton) – 9 p.m.

• Karaoke NightClub 911 (Mechanicsville) – 9 p.m.

K • Nuttin’ Fancy BandScott’s II (Welcome) – 9:30 p.m.

• Roadhouse BandMartini’s Lounge (White Plains) – 9 p.m.

Saturday, January 9• Dave & KevinCatamaran’s (Solomons) – 6 p.m.

• DJ BlackyLexington Lounge (Lexington Park) – 7 p.m.

• Bent NickelAnderson’s Bar (Avenue) – 8 p.m.

• No TraceBlue Dog Saloon (Port Tobacco) – 8 p.m.*

• Blackout BrigadeHotel Charles – front bar (Hughes-ville) – 9 p.m.

• Captain WoodyApehanger’s (Bel Alton) – 9 p.m.

K • The CrazeBig Dogs Paradise (Mechanicsville) – 9 p.m.

• Four of a KindCryer’s Back Road Inn (Leonard-town) – 9 p.m.

• HY JinxHotel Charles – party room (Hughes-ville) – 9 p.m.

• Karaoke with DJ Tommy T and DJ TApplebee’s (California) – 9 p.m.

K • No Green JellyBeenzHula’s Bungalow (California) – 9 p.m.

K • Roadhouse BandMartini’s Lounge (White Plains) – 9 p.m.

• QuagmireScott’s II (Welcome) – 9:30 p.m.

Wednesday, January 13• Captain John DB McMillan’s (California) – 6 p.m.*

• Wolfs MusicBeach Cove (Chesapeake Beach) – 8 p.m.

*Call to confirm

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‘Avatar,’ ‘Trek,’ 8 Others Score Nominations

Going OnFor family and community events, see our calendar in the community section on page 21.

(AP) – Science-fiction scored big with the Producers Guild of America, with “Avatar,” “Star Trek” and “District 9” taking three of the 10 nominations Tuesday for the group’s top film honors.

The group representing Hollywood producers also handed best-picture nominations to the animated blockbuster “Up,” the World War II hit “Inglourious Basterds” and the critical favor-ites “The Hurt Locker,” “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ By Sapphire,” “Up in the Air,” “An Education” and “Invictus.”

The Producers Guild followed the lead of the Academy Awards and doubled its best-picture field to 10 nominees this season.

“Up” also is nominated for best animated film, along with “9,” “Coraline,” “Fantastic Mr. Fox” and “The Princess and the Frog.”

The guild picks typically are a good forecast for the even-tual best-picture lineup at the Oscars, whose nominations come out Feb. 2.

If Oscar choices run the same way, the show will gain the mass appeal organizers had sought to bring to Hollywood’s big-gest party. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences doubled the best-picture field last summer, hoping to bring a broader range of films into the awards fold, including the sort of blockbuster fare the Oscars often have lacked in recent years.

“The Dark Knight,” 2008’s biggest hit, earned a best-pic-ture nomination a year ago from the Producers Guild but was overlooked for the top Oscar category. Its omission was cited as a factor in the decision to expand the best-picture field, Oscar organizers saying they felt there were more than five films de-serving nominations.

TV ratings for the Oscar show, on a general decline over the last few decades, usually climb in years when huge hits are in the running. The Oscars had their biggest audience ever when “Titanic,” the modern box-office king with $1.8 billion worldwide, dominated the ceremony 12 years ago.

“Avatar” is “Titanic” director James Cameron’s first nar-rative film since then. The sci-fi epic has topped $350 million domestically and shot past the $1 billion mark worldwide, and it appears headed to the No. 2 spot in the record books globally, behind “Titanic.”

The Producers Guild lineup includes four other big hits _ “Up” and “Star Trek,” both $200 million smashes, and “Dis-trict 9” and “Inglourious Basterds,” which topped $100 million each.

The other nominees present a mix of star power and criti-cal raves.

The recession-era comic drama “Up in the Air” has been an adult-audience favorite with plenty of box-office potential left and the celebrity appeal of star George Clooney.

The Iraq War drama “The Hurt Locker” has dominated key honors from critics groups and did solid independent-cinema business. The teen dramas “Precious” and “An Education” and the South Africa tale “Invictus,” directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon, also have been strong arthouse earners featuring some of the year’s most ac-claimed performances.

Other Producers Guild nominees:• Documentary: “Burma VJ,” “The Cove,” “Sergio,”

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1/8-13/09Fri., Jan. 8

Boys’ BasketballGreat Mills at Huntingtown,

7 p.m.St. Mary’s Ryken at

Archbishop Carroll, 7:30 p.m.

Girls’ BasketballHuntingtown at Great Mills,

6:30 p.m.Archbishop Carroll at St.

Mary’s Ryken, 7 p.m.

Ice HockeySt. Mary’s Ryken vs. La Plata at Capital Clubhouse, 5 p.m.

Leonardtown at Bowie, 7 p.m.

SwimmingLeonardtown at

Lackey, 7:30 p.m.

WrestlingSt. Mary’s Ryken at Northern

Tournament

Sat., Jan. 9

Boys’ BasketballArchbishop Curley at

St. Mary’s Ryken, 6 p.m.

Mon., Jan. 11

Boys’ BasketballChopticon at

Glen Burnie, 6:45 p.m.Calvert at Great Mills, 7 p.m.

Girls’ BasketballGreat Mills at Calvert, 6:30 p.m.

Tues., Jan. 12

Boys’ BasketballSt. Mary’s Ryken at DeMatha,

7:30 p.m.

Girls’ BasketballElizabeth Seton at St. Mary’s

Ryken, 7:30 p.m.

Ice HockeySt. Mary’s Ryken vs. Bowie at Tucker Road Ice Rink, 5 p.m.

WrestlingThomas Stone at Chopticon,

7 p.m.Great Mills at Northern, 7

p.m.Lackey at Leonardtown, 7

p.m.

Wed., Jan. 13

Boys’ BasketballChopticon at Lackey, 7 p.m.Great Mills at La Plata, 7 p.m.Leonardtown at North Point,

7 p.m.

Girls’ BasketballLackey at Chopticon, 6:30 p.m.

La Plata at Great Mills, 6:30 p.m.

North Point at Leonardtown, 6:30 p.m.

SwimmingCalvert at Great Mills, 5 p.m.

Wed., Dec. 30, 2009

Boys’ Basketball

Snowball ClassicSt. Mary’s Ryken 62, South-

ern Garrett 40

Southern Maryland Holiday Tournament

Consolation GameChopticon 58, Walter John-

son 45

Championship GameLeonardtown 57,

Great Mills 52

Girls’ Basketball

Southern Maryland Holiday Tournament

Consolation GameChopticon 44, La Plata 40

Championship GameGreat Mills 38,

Leonardtown 29

Sat., Jan. 2

Boys’ BasketballSt. Mary’s Ryken 63,

St. Albans 52

By DAVID GINSBURGAP Sports Writer

OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) – The Baltimore Ravens didn’t have the luxury of coasting into the postseason, a circumstance they hope will work to their advantage Sunday against the New England Patriots.

On a day in which several playoff-bound teams rested their starters during meaningless games, the Ravens were locked in a win-or-else mode Sunday against the Oakland Raiders. And, because Baltimore (9-7) was not assured a victory until the clos-ing minutes, coach John Harbaugh never did get a chance to pull his regulars.

That might be a good thing.A year ago, the Ravens won their final regular-season game

to gain entry as a wild-card team. They then hammered Miami on the road and upset top-seeded Tennessee before losing to Pittsburgh in the AFC title game.

Can the same formula work to Baltimore’s benefit a second time?

“I think that will kind of all shake out,” Harbaugh said Monday. “There’s something to be said for coasting in, because obviously you’ve earned the right to do that. There’s an advan-tage to that, and there’s an advantage to fighting your way in. If you look at the history of who’s won the championship, it’s come from both places, right?”

Historically, the Ravens have fared better when forced to extend themselves to the very end of the regular season. They won their only Super Bowl after finishing the 2000 season as a wild-card team. They also won a game as a wild-card team in 2001. But, after winning the AFC North in 2003 and 2006,

Baltimore failed to win even once in the postseason.So, in a way, the Ravens are exactly where they want to be.“We’re in the same position as last year, where we had to

win the last couple of games,” running back Willis McGahee said. “Once we get in there, we know we can do damage. And now we’re in there.”

McGahee scored three touchdowns, and the Ravens began their own version of the playoffs with a 21-13 win over the sur-prisingly spirited Raiders.

“It was a tough situation,” Harbaugh said. “Making the playoffs is tough. Going across country in a game where obvi-ously so much is at stake for one team and not for the other, it’s a little different stakes. I thought our guys handled the pressure really well and got the job done.”

Baltimore reached the postseason because of its ability to beat teams with losing records. The Ravens went 6-0 against clubs that finished below .500, and they also defeated Denver, which closed at 8-8.

There will be no more of those patsies on the schedule, and Baltimore went 1-6 against teams that made it to the postseason. New England, in contrast, was 2-3 in those games (including a 27-21 win over Baltimore on Oct. 4).

Advantage, Patriots?“That gives them an edge going into this game, I guess,”

Harbaugh said. “But every week stands on its own. That’s the beauty of it.”

Although this game is a rematch of Week 4, Harbaugh guessed the earlier meeting will probably have no bearing on this one.

“It was a long time ago,” he said. “We’ve changed, they’ve changed. There are different players out there for both teams.”

Redskins Meet With Shanahan After Firing Zorn

Ravens Already in Playoff Mode as Postseason Opens

By JOSEPH WHITEAP Sports Writer

ASHBURN, Va. (AP) – The Washington Redskins moved quickly in their pursuit of Mike Shanahan on Mon-day, flying in the former Denver Broncos coach on the same day the team fired Jim Zorn.

Shanahan and wife Peggy landed at Dulles International Airport near Redskins Park in mid-afternoon and were driv-en away in a limousine to meet with owner Dan Snyder and general manager Bruce Allen. Snyder planned for Shanahan to stay overnight at the owner’s house in Maryland, and a for-mal hiring announcement could come as early as Tuesday.

Shanahan’s arrival was the highlight of a long, eventful day as the Redskins sought a new direction after a 4-12 sea-son. The first move came in the pre-dawn hours, when Zorn was dismissed during a meeting in his office with Allen after the team’s cross-country flight following a 23-20 loss to the San Diego Chargers on Sunday.

“It’s real clear that we’re going to be aggressive,” Allen said. “What we’re looking for in a head coach is somebody who can lead these men that we had in our locker room this year to levels they’ve haven’t played through before.”

Shanahan won two Super Bowls in 14 seasons with the Broncos. He was fired a year ago after Denver missed the playoffs for the third straight season.

Shanahan would be expected to bring his son, Hous-ton Texans offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan, with him to Washington. While the Redskins weren’t making any announcements about a hiring, Texans coach Gary Kubiak spoke as if a Shanahan tandem in D.C. was virtually a fore-gone conclusion.

“Obviously it looks like Mike’s coming right back in the business here real quick, and I know it’s something he’s al-

ways wanted, to work with his son,” Kubiak said. “I’d be the same way.”

Zorn went 12-20 over two seasons and lost 18 of his last 24 games after a 6-2 start in 2008. The Redskins struggled early this season despite a weak schedule and finished with their worst record since 1994.

“The status quo has to end,” Allen said. “We have to change the way we’ve been doing some business. ... Last place two years in a row is not Redskins football.”

Zorn’s replacement will be Washington’s seventh coach since Snyder bought the team in 1999. The Redskins are 82-99 on his watch, missing the playoffs in eight of 11 seasons.

Zorn’s dismissal had been expected for months. The front office stripped him of his play-calling duties in late Oc-tober, and Snyder interviewed assistant coach Jerry Gray for the job weeks ago, according to the Fritz Pollard Alliance, which monitors minority hiring in the NFL.

Neither Snyder nor Zorn was made available to reporters.

It didn’t help that the front office didn’t give Zorn a solid roster. The offense line was aging and lacked quality depth. Jason Campbell was undermined by attempts to acquire oth-er quarterbacks. Former first-round picks Carlos Rogers and LaRon Landry have been disappointments. Running back Clinton Portis looked worn down by years of wear and tear. Injuries to several key players compounded the problems, and 12 players finished the season on injured reserve.

The new coach, Snyder and Allen therefore have a mon-umental rebuilding task ahead of them. The Redskins will have the No. 4 overall pick in the draft, but the Redskins need more than one college stud to right the ship.

“Maybe some of our greatest improvements,” Allen said, “is our players who are already on our roster playing better.”


Second-year head coach Chris Hasbrouck announced the team captains for the 2010 campaign Monday afternoon as well as this sea-son’s St. Mary’s College of Maryland men’s lacrosse schedule. This year’s captains will be returning All-America selection, senior Ryan Alexander (Laurel, Md./Pallotti); senior Ryder Henry (Washington, D.C./St. John’s College); and junior Bobby Cooke (Ellicott City, Md./Mt. Hebron).

Hasbrouck said, “These are three outstanding young men who epitomize what the St. Mary’s lacrosse pro-gram is about - com-mitment, effort, and intensity. All three have a great work ethic and have devel-oped into excellent leaders.”

A 6-0, 205-lb midfielder, Alexander returns for his final season as a three-time first team All-Capital Athletic Conference selection and 2009 All-America honorable mention. He has been an offensive threat for the Seahawks all three years, gaining 2007 CAC Co-Rookie of

the Year honors after lead-ing the team with 37 goals and 10 assists. Last season, Alexander finished third in scoring with 32 points (21g, 11a) and could become the program’s first-ever four-time All-CAC selection as he was named a preseason second team All-America pick in Inside Lacrosse Face-Off Yearbook 2010.

Henry, a 6-3, 200-lb long-stick midfielder, is coming off a dominating season in which he gar-nered first team All-CAC honors after leading the Seahawks with 18 caused turnovers and finishing third with 39 groundballs.

Cooke, a 5-11, 195-lb midfielder, is a workhorse in the middle of the field and brings a wealth of talent and experience as a two-year starter. He was fifth in scoring with eight goals and 12 points a year ago while scooping up 23 loose balls.

“I have no doubt they will do a great job of leading us through an extremely demand-

ing schedule as we look to continue to build on the successes of last season in our pur-suit of an NCAA tournament berth,” added Hasbrouck.

In Hasbrouck’s first season, the Se-ahawks finished with an 8-7 overall record and second in the CAC standings, earning Hasbrouck 2009 CAC Coach of the Year hon-ors. “I feel that our schedule will go a long way to helping us achieve our goal of com-peting for the CAC championship and secur-ing an NCAA bid,” commented Hasbrouck.

“Our conference has become extremely competitive and demanding so it was im-portant to play as difficult a non-confer-ence schedule as possible. These are all great opponents and we are looking forward to the beginning of the season,” explained Hasbrouck.

The path to the conference champion-ship looks bright as the Seahawks return eight of last year’s top 10 scorers as well as eight of 10 starters. This group of returners helped the program registered its first win over Salisbury University in 32 years last season, earning them the second seed in the CAC playoffs and a first-round bye.

St. Mary’s College junior guard Alex Franz (Catonsville, Md./Cardinals) was selected by both the Capital Athletic Con-ference and PrestoSports/Pride of Mary-land as the player of the week for the week ending January 3 after Franz garnered MVP honors at The Car Coop/Weenie Miller Holiday Hoops and helped No. 25 St. Mary’s College of Maryland men’s basketball to a four-game win streak.

Franz shares CAC Player of the Week honors with York (Pa.) College sophomore forward Paul Kouvaris who earned MVP honors at the Hampton Inn Coaches vs. Cancer Classic hosted by York.

The Seahawks (10-2) notched a pair of wins at the Puerto Rico Division III Classic in San Juan, defeating Susque-hanna University (72-66) and Universi-dad Metropolitana (71-51), before captur-ing The Car Coop/Weenie Miller Holiday Hoops with victories over Averett Univer-sity (69-64) and host Hampden-Sydney College (70-69).

In Puerto Rico, Franz contributed 12 points, eight rebounds, seven assists, and five steals against Susquehanna and then followed up that performance by adding nine points versus Metropolitana.

Franz averaged 18.5 points, 8.0 re-bounds, 7.0 assists and 6.0 steals as the Seahawks captured team honors at The Car Coop/Weenie Miller Holiday Hoops hosted by Hampden-Sydney. Franz reaped MVP laurels as he registered a double-double with season-highs of 21 points and 10 rebounds and added seven assists and seven steals before draining the game-winning three-point field goal in the final 12 seconds in the one-point win over the hosts in the title contest.

Franz started tournament action with 16 points and game-highs of seven assists and five steals while pulling down a team-best six caroms in the team’s come-from-behind win over Averett.

Franz is currently ranked 14th in Di-vision III in assists per game with a 5.8 av-erage while ranking 15th with 3.8 steals

per game.

Seahawks’ Franz Wins

Two Top Player Honors

Captains, Schedule Announced for Seahawks Men’s Lacrosse

Ryan Alexander

Ryder Henry

Bobby Cooke

Alex Franz


By Chris StevensStaff Writer

MORGANZA – In helping keep the Chopti-con wrestling team unbeaten this season, senior Stephen Cannon achieved an individual mile-stone Tuesday night.

With his pin of Great Mills’ Will Anderson in the 160-pound match, Cannon registered his 100th career win as the host Braves swept a tri-meet with Huntingtown (41-31) and Great Mills (78-6).

“It feels awesome, I’ve been waiting a long time, and a lot of good wrestlers reach that mile-stone,” he said. “I’m just thankful for God’s help all these years.”

“He hasn’t lost a match this year, you can count on him and his brothers for 18 points every match,” Braves head coach Dane Kramer.

The Braves jumped out to an early 32-7 lead over Huntingtown, but the Hurricanes registered three straight pins to pull within seven points. In the 142 pound match, junior Taylor Koncen stopped the bleeding with a decision to give the Braves three much-needed points and the victory.

“Coach told me that was a big match, that gave us an advantage,” Koncen said. “[Hun-tingtown] had a pin right before that match and the guys were a little down. We had to get them hyped up.” Koncen’s decision paved the way for the 41-31 win, and the Braves collected eight pins in their second match of the evening against the Hornets, who are building slowly but surely un-der first year head coach Ben Gill.

“The guys are still scrapping, like I told them, Chopticon is a different animal with the depth and experience they possess,” Gill said.

“If we can keep guys healthy and together along with some new kids, in a couple of years, we’ll be back in business.”

Business was good for Great Mills junior Kevin Norris, who registered pins in both of his 147-pound matches on the evening, using an un-usual move to help him earn victory.

“I used the head lever and the hammer lock, which is part of the same series,” Norris explains. “We’ve got to win. It’s embarrassing to lose by that much, so you’ve got to come out and wrestle hard.”

For Norris, one of the younger guys, he believes that the Hornets will see the results of their hard work in time. “We just have to im-prove for the most part,” he says. “We have a lot of new guys and we’ll be better next year.”

For Chopticon, their goal is clear: The Class 3A dual meet champion-ships, and with a strong brotherhood amongst the wrestlers, Taylor Koncen believes they can reach that goal.

“We’re more united this year,” he says. “I con-sider everyone on this team as brothers. It’s not just a team, it’s family.”

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Cannon Picks up 100th Win as Braves Sweep Tri-Meet

Robert Newton of Chopticon split his 287-pound matches as the Braves remained unbeaten by sweeping Huntingtown and Great Mills in a tri-meet Tuesday night.

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Chopticon’s Cody Reiter was victorious in both of his 105-pound bouts on the evening.

Photo By Frank Marquart

Will Anderson of Great Mills keeps a hold of a Huntingtown wrestler.


The Year in Sports –

JulySoftball highlighted the month of America’s indepen-

dence, as varying age levels strived for success, reaching tour-nament championships. The St. Mary’s All-Stars 12 and Un-der team won the Maryland State Championship and earned

the right to play in the Eastern Region Tournament in Albany, NY.

On the high school level, St. Mary’s All-American, made up of some of the County’s top play-ers, gave Waldorf all they could handle before los-ing a 5-4 decision in extra innings in the regional cha mpion sh ip game on July 14 in Brandywine.

Another ma-jor story was the ongoing saga of Youth Football with the central

players being Pigskin, the Pax River Raiders and the new-ly-formed Southern Maryland Youth Football League. With several leagues and very little direction, the South-ern Maryland Coaches Association was formed, hoping that high school coaches from the area would provide stability and instruction for these programs.

With the first half of the year out of the way, the summer brought us plenty of softball, stock car racing and Southern Maryland Blue Crabs success. Once summer was over, fall sports took center stage at the high schools, highlighted by a very improved football team, a state champion runner, and one high school rallying around one very special young man.

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SeptemberThe high school

sports season got back into full swing and it kicked off with a surprising victory. It may not have been the pretti-est of wins, but after 20 straight losses, the Great Mills football team could celebrate a win. The Hornets’ 6-0 victory over Thomas Stone on September 4 was the Hornets’ first win in two full sea-sons, an emotional experience that only served to motivate the team further.

Also in football, the St. Mary’s Ryken football team found a tempo-rary home while waiting for its brand-new stadium to finish construction. The Knights rolled to a 40-0 victory over Mt. Zion Baptist Academy on September 11 at Lancaster Park, pick-ing up their first win of the season and

their first as a home team.The Leonardtown field hockey team

got of a quick start in Southern Maryland Athletic Conference play, blanking Great Mills 3-0 to move to 4-0 in SMAC play to start the season.

Closing out the month, St. Mary’s County Public Schools director of Physi-cal Education and Athletics Andrew Roper announced a study would be tak-ing place to research the need and cost of turf fields at the three public high schools in the county.

AugustThe month kicked off the annual

Lawnmower Races at Bowles’ Farms in Clements, with local racer Jason Brown winning two races during the weekend. The weekend also saw 9-time USLMRA National Champion Bobby Cleveland, also known the Engine Answer Man, visit the track to answer questions and display his famous Monster Mower, the mean machine that help him set the land speed record (81.725 MPH) in 2006.

The high school kids re-turned to the practice fields during the month, with St. Mary’s Ryken starting a week ahead of the county’s public schools, who started pre-sea-son practice August 15. Opti-mism was at an all-time high for several teams in different sports who believed they could compete for state and WCAC championships.

Also, Budds Creek hosted the Lucas Oil Pro AMA Moto-cross Championship Series at the end of the month, with Davi Milsaps, Christophe Pourcel, Chad Reed and Brett Metcalfe claiming victories in the 250 and 450-cc moto events. Local riders, including Eric McKay,

Kenny Day, Robert Kraft, Stephen Stella and Randall Everett also made appearances at the track, attempting to qualify for the motos over the course of the weekend.

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The State Champion St. Mary’s All-StarsSt. Mary’s All-American pitcher Tiffany Kennedy

SMYFL player Jordan McGee

National Lawnmower Racing Champ Bobby Cleveland

Chopticon strength coach Joe Ballenger

Eric McKay

Leonardtown’s Hayley Ross

St. Mary’s Ryken quarterback Chris Rixey

Great Mills quarterback Brian Jenner


Sp rtsJuly to December

For the January through June 2009 Year in Review, Check Out Last Week’s Issue!

OctoberThe Southern Maryland Blue Crabs concluded

their second season by making their first appearance in the Atlantic League Championship series, falling to the Somerset Patriots three games to one. One year after missing the playoffs by one game, the Blue Crabs won both halves of the Liberty Division, finishing with a 79-61 record overall.

The Chopticon field hockey team also had a successful start to the 2009 season, winning their first six games on their way to an 8-4 record and the top seed in the 3A South Region play-offs. However, the season ended in heartbreak as Northern, the eventual region champion, edged the Braves 4-3 in double overtime of the quar-terfinal match. Leonardtown, top-seed in the 4A East region, also was upset in the quarterfinals and Annapo-lis defeated them 4-0.

The Leonardtown girls’ soccer team won their second con-secutive SMAC title, clinching the championship with a 5-1 vic-tory at North Point on October 20.

W i c o m i c o Shores hosted the Southern Mary-land Athletic Conference golf tournament, with all three county schools finish-ing in the top five. North Point was the runaway winner of the tournament.

In women’s softball, there was a new champion crowned as South-ern Insulation defeated defending champion Just Us three games to one to claim the County title.

Finally, Leonar-dtown’s Jessica Gass won the SMAC girls’ individual cross coun-try race, while the Raider boys and girls earned the team titles.

July to DecemberThe Southern Maryland Blue Crabs concluded

their second season by making their first appearance in the Atlantic League Championship series, falling to the Somerset Patriots three games to one. One year after missing the playoffs by one game, the Blue Crabs won both halves of the Liberty Division, finishing with

The Chopticon field hockey team also had a successful start to the 2009 season, winning

NovemberThe Leonardtown

boys’ soccer team con-cluded a fall season ded-icated to Leonardtown student Jordan Pagan-elli by advancing to the 4A East Regional finals, losing to Broadneck 1-0. All of the Raider teams banded behind Pagan-elli, who lost his battle with cancer on Novem-ber 9, wearing “Team JP” t-shirts into battle and dedicating their ef-forts to them, making the entire community

p r o u d of the s c h o o l and its students.

Chopticon also had a reason to be proud as se-nior Tyler Ostrowski won the Class 3A cross country championship on November 14.

DecemberCapping the year was the

80-pound Mechanicsville White Braves of the first-year SMYFL go-ing to Baltimore to take the Maryland State Youth Football Division Four championship, capping a perfect 14-0 season in which they outscored their opponents 385-7.

Also, the County Times handed out its first male and female athlete of the year awards, going to Chopti-con’s Tyler Ostrowski and Leonard-town graduate Brittany Culpepper for their achievements on the state level and Cross Country and Swimming respectively.




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Chopticon’s Sarah Jenkins

Leonardtown forward Teresa Paz

Chopticon’s Tyler Hall

St. Mary’s County Women’s Softball Champ Southern Insulation

Leonardtown’s Jessica Gass

Leonardtown’s Shawn Medinski

Jordan Paganelli’s football jersey

3A Cross Country Champion Tyler Ostrowski of Chopticon

Mechanicsville White Braves, state champions

THURSDAY January 7, 2010


County Has No Plans to Raise Property Taxes Story Page 5

Youth Shelter Plan Fizzles

Story Page 6

A Celebration of Tom Wisner ‘s Endeavors

Pinning Down Another Win

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The County Times -- January 7, 2010

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