By Andrea Shiell and Chris StevensStaff Writers

Students from area high schools celebrat-ed a rite of passage last week during each of the area high school’s annual commencement ceremonies.

The mood was light and electric as the class of 2008 donned their caps and gowns and shook their tassels while friends and dignitaries crowded into their venues to celebrate their passage from high school to the world outside.

St. Mary’s Ryken High School in Leonard-town had the smallest processional, with 69 young women and 76 young men celebrating their com-mencement on Tuesday, May 27. John F. Padgett, Ph.D., a 1967 Ryken graduate who serves as a professor in the University of Chicago’s Depart-ment of Political Science, delivered the evening’s commencement address to a group of excited graduates.

“I’m mainly just glad it’s over,” said senior James Nelson, who is now bound for the Univer-sity of Ohio. “High school is hard, now I don’t have to worry.”

Fellow students reflected on the quality of their education at the school. “It helped me pre-pare for life,” said Connor O’Brian, who will be attending the University of Connecticut and ma-joring in finance this fall. He said that his time at Ryken had given him a “good, firm foundation.”

Great Mills held its 79th annual commence-ment ceremonies at the ARC Arena on the cam-pus of St. Mary’s College. The festive occasion was marked by honoring the 50th anniversary of the class of 1958, an addition to the Great Mills High School Hall of Fame (Steve Decker, class of

1981) and memorable speeches by salutatorians and valedictorians alike.

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Thursday morning at Myrtle Point Park, two men sat at one of the picnic tables engrossed in conversation, one sporting a classical guitar case plastered with stick-ers with slogans like “Save the Bay,” and “Trees are the answer.”

These two may have seemed like a couple of park regulars, but in actuality, retired Senator Bernie Fowler and songwriter and environmental activist Tom Wisner

were there on a mission. “I am extremely excited,” said Adrianne Mathis

from Chesapeake Public Charter School. “The kids have been working so hard on their Secchi dishes,” she said, explaining that the dishes were used to test water clarity, or turbidity.

Though the students had spent the previous weeks making their dishes and learning about the history and health of the Chesapeake, they enthusiastically opted for

Telltale ToesStudents and Teachers Join Bernie Fowler for Myrtle Point Wade-In

The Class With Class2008 Graduates Celebrate Commencement

Andrea ShiellStaff Writer

Campaigns by the Motor Vehi-cle Administration and community groups released some startling sta-tistics on teenage drivers in the last year, including the fact that motor vehicle crashes are their top killer.

In 2006, 12.9 percent of traffic accidents in the state of Maryland involved drivers aged 15-20, 39 per-cent of teenage male drivers were speeding when involved in fatal car accidents, and 25 percent had blood alcohol levels of 0.08 or higher.

AAA surveyed 1,000 16 and 17 year-olds, and 61 percent of them admitted to risky driving habits. Of that 61 percent, 46 percent admitted to sending text messages while be-hind the wheel, and 51 percent ad-mitted to talking on their cell phones while driving.

Martirano Launches New Teen Safe Driving Initiative

See 2008 Graduation page A-8

See Teen Driving page A-6

See Fowler Day page A-7

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Students, parents, teachers, and others joined Bernie Fowler for a wade-in at Myrtle Point Park on Thursday. In recent years, Fowler’s home-spun turbidity test has drawn hundreds to similar wade-ins across the state.

Deputies with the St. Mary’s County Police Dept. and Troopers with the Mary-land State Police take off for the 2008 Law Enforcement Torch Run to benefit the Special Olympics.

St. Mary’s Ryken Graduates

Great Mills Principle Tracey Heible

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The Maryland State Highway Administration is about to give one of the area’s most congested roadways a thorough makeover. Project plans were presented to the Board of County Commis-sioners on Tuesday addressing MD 4 (Patuxent Beach Road) from Solomons Island Road to MD 235 (Three Notch Road), the main veins for traffic f low in the area, traveled by an av-erage of 40,000 to 50,000 cars a day. Figures showed the three-mile stretch bridging Calvert and St. Mary’s county as having a very low level of

Plans Unveiled For MD 4 And Thomas Johnson Bridge

See SHA Plans for Rt. 4 page A-6

We race for bragging rights.”

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Representative Steny Hoyer visited with student council members at Mechanicsville Elementary on Monday.

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HannahFarrelltookadeepbreathandsmiledassheturnedtoviewthetablebehindher,whichwaslaidoutwithaneatdisplayof snackcakesand teapots. Shesaid shehadseenCongressmanStenyHoyerontelevisionduringadebateherfatherwaswatching,andsaidshewasexcitedtomeethim.“We’realittleschool,”sheexclaimed,“We’resurprisedheno-ticedus.”

Despitetheschool’ssize,thestudents’activitieshavedrawnalotofattention.Aftermaking“welcomehome”post-ers forPatuxentNavalAirStation troopscomingback fromdeploymentsoverseas,collecting toiletriesandothernecessi-tiesforresidentsattheCharlotteHallVeteransHome,donatingeyeglassesfortheLionsClub,andparticipatingina“RedCar-pet”welcomehomeceremonyatPatuxentRiverNavalAirSta-tion, a group of 48 third, fourth, and fifth graders got the chance tomeetwithCongressmanStenyHoyer.Otherdignitarieswerepresentforthemeeting,includingBoardofEducationmemberCathyAllen,DelegateJohnWood,andSuperintendentMichaelMartirano.

Members of the Mechanicsville Elementary School

StudentCouncilcrowdedintothemediacenterfortheirmeet-ingwiththerepresentative,wherehepraisedtheirefforts.“Iwant to thankyouguys for theworkyoudowelcomingourveterans,”hesaid.

Afterintroductions,whatfollowedwasacomprehen-sivelessononthedemocraticprocess,asthechildrenaddressedahypotheticalcouncildecisionaboutwhere tohold theiran-nual field day. Hoyer presented the students with four options: theschoolyard,GreenwellStatePark,DelegateJohnWood’shouse,orhisownhome. Studentsvotedoverwhelmingly infavor of the state park, despite 10 year-old Zach Walker’s firm

convictionthatitwouldbetoocostly. “Everyoneofusisimportant,”saidHoyeraftercon-

solingWalkerinthewakeofhislosingvote.Whenthelessonconcluded,studentspresentedHoyerwith

apictureoftheirstudentcouncil,andaclaysculptureofalight-housemadebyyoungartistRyanWagner.Hoyer,inturn,pre-sented the children with an American flag that had been flown over thewhitehouseonMemorialDay. Studentswere also

given resource books on the United States government andconstitution.

“It’s reallyexciting tohavehimhere,”saidprincipalBarbaraAbell,addingthatdespitetheexcitement,herstudentswerethemainattraction.

“Ifwedon’tgetyoungpeopleataveryyoungageex-citedaboutlearning,wewillneversucceed,”saidHoyerbeforeconcludinghistalkwiththeyoungsters.“Thesecrettooursuc-cessisbrighteducatedyoungpeoplelikeyourselves.”

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Herearesomemoretipsthatcanaddup to real savings over time:

Takeadvantageofsummer’sbounty!Freshfruitsandvegetableswillbehittingthe stores’ shelves. These are often onsalebecausetheyareonlyavailableforashorttimeduringtheirseason.

Don’t buy more fresh fruit or veg-etablesthanyourfamilycaneat,though.Be creative and include fresh fruit insmoothiesforaquickbreakfastorcutupincereal.Diceupfreshvegetablesonahomemadepizzaortosstheminasalad.

Ifaneighbororco-workerbringsinvegetablesfromtheirgarden,planonus-ing those items right away.Hopon theinternetandlookforhealthy,easyrecipesforzucchiniandsquash.

Trytodoallofyourshoppinginonetrip, andonly once aweek, if possible.You’ll save money on gas, plus you won’t be tempted tobuy things that aren’t onyourlist.

Learntocomparepricesatthegro-cerystorebyusingtheunitpricingstick-erontheshelf.Comparethecost(oftengiven per ounce or per pound) and seewhichischeaper.

Cutbackoneatingout.Mealsmadeahomeareusuallyhealthierandcheaper.Makemealtimeaspecialfamilytimeathome.

Bring lunch from home to work.Eatingoutatlunchtime,evenjusttwiceaweek,canaddupto$10-12;that’saround$100 over the summer months alone!You can pack a lunch much cheaper than that.

Try not to buy foods from the delipartofthestore;theseareusuallymuchmore expensive than packages of meatandcheese.

Some stores have marked-downbreadandmeatsavailable for sale.Buythemifyoucanusethembeforetheex-pirationdateorifyouhaveroominyourfreezertostorethem.

Plan snacks into your work day,too. Why feed a dollar bill into an office

vendingmachinewhenyoucouldbringyourowncanneddrinksorbagofpret-zelsfromhome?

Whenyouplanyourshoppingtrips,planseparatetripsforgroceriesandnon-fooditemsliketoothpasteandtoiletpa-per. Grocery stores are not usually thecheapestplacetobuyshampoo,andyoudon’tusually runoutofnon-food itemsarequicklyasyouneedtore-stockyourfoodpantry.So,planatriponceamonth,to your favorite discount store—butwatch those sale flyers and take advan-tageofanyreallygoodsaleswhenit’sonsomethingyouneed!

Decidehowmuchyoucanspendonfoodandsetthatmoneyaside.Spendonlythatmuch.Don’tusethatmoneyforany-thingelse,though;yourfamilyneedstoeat!Takeasmallcalculatoralongtothestoretokeeptrackofhowmuchyou’vealreadyputinyourcart.

Ifmoneyforfoodisreallytight,ap-plyforFoodStampsatthelocalDepart-mentofSocialServicesineitherLexing-tonParkorLeonardtown.Nooneinthiscountry should be hungry. Rememberthe Food Stamp Program motto: Food StampsMakeAmericaStronger!

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Representative Steny Hoyer presented class president Hannah Far-rell with an American flag at Mechanicsville Elementary School on Monday.

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2nd Place - St. Johns Church and School

2007-2008 Recipients

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3rd Place - St. Mary’s Bryantown

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DearEditor:

Last Fall, thirteen young lives were lost inCharles, St. Mary’s and Calvert Counties as a result of motor vehicle crashes. Unfortunately, serious teen driver crashes in Southern Maryland continue tooccur more often than in other regions of the state. There are numerous reasons for this statistic. Young peoplefromruralareasdrivemoreoftenthanotherteens that live in more urban regions. They have lim-itedaccesstopublictransportation,andmanyoftheirparentshavelongcommutes,whichoftenmakethemunavailabletodrivetheteentopart-timeemploymentor after-school activities.

Our teens are simply drivingmore often, andtheyareonruralroadwaysthatdonotforgiveinex-perienceor inattentionbehindthewheel,andoftentravel with other motorists that are poor role models.

Traffic safety advocates throughout Southern Maryland are piloting an innovative, technology-based traffic safety program that will increase parental awareness of difficulties their teens may experience while behind the wheel. This program, the “South-ernMarylandDriveCamProgram”wasdevelopedasa Maryland State Highway Administration’s High-way Safety Office grant-funded research pilot project thatisbeingsponsoredbytheTri-CountyCouncilofSouthern Maryland.

TheDriveCamprogramisanin-carmonitoringsystem, which captures 10 to 20 second video clips. Videoclips are capturedonlyduringeventswherechangesing-forcesoccur,suchasextremebraking,cornering, or acceleration. These clips are being madeavailabletoparentsandtheirteensenrolledintheprogrambyDriveCamreviewers,whoalsoaddincomments and coaching tips. This program motivates teenstoimprovetheirskillsordecisionmakingbe-hind the wheel, by decreasing their “events” – which

has an added benefit – it increases their privacy when the number of recorded “events” decreases. Parents are also notified when their teen has handled an event inapositivemanner,suchaswhentheyarecutoffintraffic and have to respond quickly.

The “DriveCam for Families” program will be distributed to 300 families with teen drivers. The program will be fully evaluated by the University of Maryland’s National Study Center (NSC) for Trauma and EMS. The NSC will determine if the DriveCam program reduces crash riskwhen parents have thetoolstodetermineiftheirteenisreadyforindepen-dent driving or driving with passengers.

The Southern Maryland DriveCam programwill be FREE for participants in the pilot program. Itisanticipatedthatthecamerainstallationswillbe-gininaboutsixweeks,andthatthecameraswillbein teens’ vehicles throughout the coming 2009-2010 school year. The program will include a one-year ser-vicecontractandfreecamerainstallationbyexpertsat convenient locations in the region.

Ifthepilotprogramissuccessful,itisanticipatedthat it could be expanded to other regions. Parents of teendriverswhoareinterestedintheprogramshouldcontact the CTSP Coordinator in their county formore information on how to enroll their teen. The contacts are Ms. Rebecca Martin - Charles County, 301-932-3056, Ms. Debbie Jennings – Calvert Coun-ty, 410-535-2200 and Ms. Jacqueline Beckman – St. Mary’s County, 301-475-4200 ext. 1850.

Sincerely,Southern Maryland Community Traffic Safety

ProgramCoordinatorsJackie Beckman, St. Mary’s County RebeccaMartin,CharlesCountyDebbie Jennings, Calvert County

DearEditor, Mr. Collins Bailey is a Candidate for US Congress for Maryland’s 5th Congressional districtandhewillberunningagainsttheHonorable Congressman Steny Hoyer. Mr. Bailey, I believe, is a gentleman with moral character and integrity. Now a days it is far and few between to have these qualities in a politician. We need to stand up and support these type of candidates. We need to educate ourselves about the issues and where the candidates stand on them. We can’t always depend on others to give us unbiasedinformationabouttheissuesandcandidates. We need to take a more of an ac-tiveroletomeetthecandidatesandseewherethey stand on the issues for ourselves. We need to stop passing the buck. We need to

prayandberesponsibletovoteonelectionday so all of our are voices can heard. If we don’t take an active role and don’t vote, thenwhatgivesustherighttocomplainandcriticizeaboutourformofgovernmentandour elected officials? The right to vote is a privilege. Don’t take it for granted. Vote on Tuesday, November 4th, 2008. A lot can be learned from the candidates’ official web sites, which are listed below. Find out for yourself. Go to: http://www.hoyer.house.gov/for Congressman Hoyer. Go to: http://bailey-foruscongress.com/ for Collins Bailey. Laura A. Howell Legislative Chairperson, RWSMComptonMd

SeekingParentsofTeenDriversforFreeDriveCamProgramResearchProject

To The Editor:Whether you call it a resume or a curriculum

vitae,inessencethissheetofpaperore-maileddocument represents the first line of contact be-tween a recruiter and yourself. As a result, you wanttomakesurethisdocumentrepresentsyouin the best light.

Thereareplentyofguidesavailabletohelpyou craft the perfect resume. Therefore, you have everyopportunityatyourdisposaltoensureyourresume is well received.

As a crash course in Resumes 101, consider theseguidelines:

TypesofResumes

Resumescanbearrangedindifferentwaystohighlightyour talents, educationandexperi-encewhiledownplayinganypossibleshortcom-ings. Here are the main organizational types.

Chronological

What is it? This popular and common resume formatlistsinformationinreversechronologicalorder (from most to least recent).

Advantages: A format that many employers prefer and expect. Straightforward style is easy to scan. Shows how you have worked toward your career goals. Good for when you’ve been in a field for a long time (no gaps in employment) and want a higher position in that area. Highlights po-sitions, promotions and companies.

Disadvantages: Shows gaps between jobs, in your education, or a lack of work experience. Easytodetermineageifyourresumegoesbackfar enough.

Functional

What is it? Emphasizes what you did and your experience, not when you did it. Job expe-riences are grouped beneath skill areas (such as management or customer service).

Advantages: Showcases the work experience that is most important to your career. Dates of employmentcanbeeliminated,minimizingem-ployment gaps. This format highlights skills, not titles. Good for first-time job seekers, those re-en-tering the workforce or those changing careers. Detractsfromlackofexperienceandcanpreventthe chance of age discrimination.

Disadvantages: Employers may not expectthis style, looking for chronological instead. Can beobviousthatyouarehidingemploymentgaps,andemployersmaythinkyouaretryingtocoverup something.

Combination

What is it? Combines a chronological and functional resume. Lists experience by skill and then employment in chronological order.

Advantages: Can highlight volunteer or in-ternship experiences. Good if you have a varied employment history or are changing careers.

Disadvantages:Canbe repetitive if similarfunctions or skills are used in different positions. May be long.

TipsforSuccess

Once you’ve decided on the resume style that is fitting for your job search, consider these pointers:

1. Do a self-assessment on a sheet of paper, jotting down the jobs you’ve held, the particulars ofeachpositionandwhatstrengthsyouwanttofocus on. Having this information handy will let you create your resume in an organized fashion.

2. Contact information should include your full name, avoiding any nicknames. List your permanent address and telephone number. Re-cordaneutralgreetingonyouransweringma-chine in preparation of fielding messages from recruiters. Don’t put your mobile phone number on the resume so that recruiters don’t catch you “on the go” or at an opportunity that is not ideal for selling yourself.

Also include an e-mail address, provided it sounds professional (CrazyLady1212@blank-mail.com may turn off recruiters). Create a free e-mailaccountwithaprofes-sionalnameifyoudon’t want to change your primary account. You can also include your Web site URL if the site pertainstoyourcareergoalsorshowcasesaworkportfolio.

3. Including an objective can be a good way to highlight to an employer the type of job you’re seeking.

4. List your education first if you are right out of school. Those with a good deal of work experi-ence can list education at the end of the resume.

5. Use brief statements full of action words to describe the work you’ve done at each position. If youpreferachronologicalstyleresume,includethefollowing:

*Titleofposition* Name of organization* Location of work (town, state)*Datesofemployment*Describe yourwork responsibilitieswith

emphasis on specific skills and achievements.6. List other information you feel is pertinent,

such as educational honors, military achieve-ments, awards won, exams or extracurricularcoursework completed or any certification you may have. Keep it brief, as you can certainly ex-pound on your skills during an interview.

7. Solicit people you trust to serve as per-sonal and professional references. Do not include thisinformationwiththeresumeunlessitisspe-cifically asked for in a job advertisement. Other-wise, simply state, “References furnished upon request,” at the bottom of your resume.

8. Run spell check and have another per-son proofread your resume to ensure that it isgrammaticallycorrectandfreeoftypographicalerrors.

9. Keep the look of your resume as simple aspossible,avoidingunusualfonts,papercolors,and shades of ink. It should be crisp and clean, andeasilyscannedbyarecruiterinamannerofminutes.

10. Modify your resume as it pertains to each job you are seeking.

HowDoesYourResumeMeasureUp?

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because I have moved into the 21st century and have wireless internet access. Don’t ask me about setting it up or buying the modem or any of that stuff because I don’t know anything about it. That’s what friends are for, give and take, helping out, being there for you when you’re feeling stupid. I can bake, my computer savvy guy friends can’t, so it all works out. I ask for assistance and I make a cake or a batch of cookies and we’re all happy.

So I’m sitting here with my laptop on my lap typ-ing away. I have my feet up and I’m pretty relaxed. I like it. I’m one of those people who generally goes kicking and screaming into the next century and new technology is not something I consider easy or friendly. But it’s get-ting easier all the time, isn’t it? As we progress forward, it’s getting easier for us old-timers. I mean, when I was in high school, Typing I and

Typing II were actual classes. I’m talking typewriters, here, kiddies, actual IBM Selectric typewriters. They came out with a model that had a cor-rection key, oooooh, that was the bomb. That made life eas-ier. My old typing classes still help me because I know how to format letters and things and I learned how to type without looking at the key-board and using all of my fin-gers. They have keyboarding classes now, the new Typing class, I guess. You can type faster on a computer than on a typewriter which is cool. It’s funny to watch some of the guys at work who never learned how to type properly, knowing the keyboard and all that, typing with a couple of fingers. Some of them are ac-tually kind of fast but it’s still funny to watch.

I don’t care for laptop keyboards, they’re too flat and harder to type on, in my opinion. I also don’t care for

the little flat mouse pad thing, whatever you call it, on a lap-top. But hey, if you want to play with your computer on your lap, that’s what you have to put up with! I was doing some online ordering earlier. I have always enjoyed poring through catalogs and now I can pore through online cata-logs. It’s almost too easy, if you know what I mean. You have to watch yourself, a few clicks and you can order what you want quite easily. I made sure I had my water, my credit card and my phone before I plopped down on the sofa. Once I plant myself, I don’t want to have to get back up for anything. I’m lazy that way. I have my TV remote within reach. This is just too easy! If I could get the butler to bring me dinner, I’d really have it made…….

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Remember your high school crush?Do you recall the first time you saw him,

the way his hair curled, the carefree way his jacket sleeves were pushed up, the way his eyes crinkled when he smiled? For months, you secretly wrote his name with “Mrs.” in front of it.

He might not have known you. Maybe he didn’t even know you existed, but you can’t forget him: your first crush.

Natalie will always remember the sum-mer of 1966 and the young man who walked up the road to the farmhouse. She was just fifteen, and in the new novel “After River” by Donna Milner, life was never the same again.

Thirty-five years after she left home, Nat-alie Ward is called back. Her mother, Nettie, is dying and she’s asking for Natalie. Vern, Natalie’s husband, offers to go with her to the farm nestled in the mountains of Canada, but Natalie tells him to stay. He lets her go without him, hoping she returns.

On the trip home, Natalie remembers. She loved the farm once upon a time. She loved the fields, the smell of hay, and making a milk run with her father. Working the garden was a favorite chore because she loved listening to her mother’s gentle voice.

The family was close then; brothers Carl and Morgan were never far apart, always teas-ing and laughing. Boyer, Natalie’s favorite sib-

ling, taught her games and shared his love of words. It was a rare evening when there wasn’t an extra body at the Ward table, because Net-tie’s cooking was well-known.

And then there was River.In need of a farm hand, Nettie ignored

her husband’s wishes and hired an Ameri-can draft dodger. On that summer day as he walked up the road, Natalie remembers how the young man looked golden in the sunlight, guitar slung over his shoulder, hair in a pony-tail, wearing a hippie’s India-woven shirt.

His real name was Richard, but they called him River. And he charmed everyone with his aquablue eyes and gentle ways. It wasn’t long before Natalie fell in love with him. She wondered what his skin would feel like against hers, yet she sometimes couldn’t bear to be his presence. Life was divided in “before River” and “after River”.

Then, on the night of the storm, every-thing changed.

Hm. Well.It’s going to be a darn shame if this book

isn’t turned into a Meryl Streep movie or something like that.

“After River” is a beautiful, beautiful novel with a story that keeps you guessing and gasping. Author Donna Milner’s style re-minded me of Earl Hamner’s writing; it’s so quiet, so reflectively pained and yet so joyous that you want to read “just another chapter”. Before you know it, you’ve stayed up two hours past bedtime. Yes, this book is that hard

to let go of, and I can’t rec-ommend it enough.

If you crave a book with waves of emotion, well-deep sentiment, and floods of beauty, you won’t regret finding this one. For you, “After River” is oceans of enjoyment.

“After River” by Donna Milnerc.2008, HarperCollins $24.95 / $29.95 Canada 320 pages

By Bob Schaller

Start getting used to the number 375. Next year Mary-land marks its 375th birthday. It was in 1634 when more than a hundred English settlers landed on a safe harbor in the Potomac River they named “St. Clem-ent’s Island.” Every March 25 we celebrate Maryland Day at Colton’s Point that looks out at the historical first landing site. Did you know that St. Clement’s

Island (later called Blackistone Island) is only about one-tenth the size it was 375 years ago? In fact, the first island the set-tlers encountered was “Heron’s Island” but it was passed by to anchor at the nearby and larger St. Clement’s Island. Interest-ingly, like Cedar Point on the Bay or Michener’s fictional “Devon Island” at the mouth of the Choptank River, there is no more Heron’s Island; only a sand bar that’s barely visible at

low tide.While this might seem a

small historical reference, there are countless examples like this throughout St. Mary’s County. We are very blessed to be part of Maryland’s Mother County surrounded by rich history and heritage. We have a tremen-dous story to tell to both visi-tors and to life-long residents who just may not be aware of what’s around us. Did you also know that the historic Blackis-

“Mary’s Land” Celebrates 375 Years in 2009tone Lighthouse that stood on the island for more than a cen-tury - but was destroyed by fire in 1956 - has been completely reconstructed and will be open to the public within a matter of weeks? What a tremendous new local attraction! Again, this just scratches the surface of our lo-cal tourist attractions. To learn more visit tour.stmarysmd.com

So the idea with Mary-land’s 375th is to help promote awareness about St. Mary’s County and all it has to offer. On Wednesday morning, June 4 our Tourism Division is host-ing a mini-conference to dis-cuss the Celebrate 375 program. In partnership with Historic St. Mary’s City and Maryland Life magazine, the conference will also include a premier showing of a new tourism video com-mercial and campaign. The Southern Maryland Travel and Tourism Committee will an-nounce the St. Mary’s County Hospitality Person of the Year and a specialist from the Mary-land Office of Tourism Devel-opment will present tips for at-tracting group tours. We plan a commemorative visitor guide, weekend packages, a Discover St. Mary’s Card, a hospitality service awards program, and a

Celebrate 375 website.What can you do? Help us

spread the word about the cam-paign. You may be aware that this year (2008) Leonardtown (formerly Seymour Town) is celebrating its 300th birthday while Charles County marks its 350th birthday. That huge pink birthday cake in Hughesville is an example of raising local awareness. While large birth-

day cakes may not be part of our 375th campaign, we would appreciate your feedback and suggestions on marketing and promotional strategies. We strongly encourage your in-volvement and participation in Maryland’s 375th. Remember that it all started right here. It continues every day almost four centuries later with a pop-ulation of 100,000 people and growing. Discover St. Mary’s County; you’d be pleasantly surprised.

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Inthespot,Raysaysnothingofjihad,butholdsanicedcoffeewhilestandinginfrontoftrees with pink blossoms. Critics complainedthat the scarfwrappedaroundher looked likea kaffiyeh, the traditional Arab headdress, and somewouldarguethatsuchscarveshavecometosymbolizeMuslimextremismandterrorism.

The kaffiyeh, conservative commentator MichelleMalkinwroteinacolumnpostedon-line lastFriday, “has come to symbolizemur-derousPalestinianjihad.PopularizedbyYasserArafatandaregularadornmentofMuslimter-roristsappearinginbeheadingandhostage-tak-ingvideos,theapparelhasbeenmainstreamedbyboth ignorant (andnot-so-ignorant) fashiondesigners,celebrities,andleft-wingicons.”

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Lastweek,policeinTokyofounda58-year-oldwomanhidinginthetopcompartmentofaman’sclosetandarrestedherfortrespassing.

Investigationsrevealedthatthewomanhadbeen living in the small closet for ayear, andwas caught by new security cameras that themanhadhadinstalledafterbecomingpuzzledbyfooddisappearingfromhiskitchenoverthepastseveralmonths.Thewomanhadmovedamattressintotheclosetspaceandhadeventak-enshowersduringthedaywhenthemanwasatwork.Thewomantoldpoliceshehadnoplaceto live and first sneaked into the man’s house aboutayearagowhenheleftitunlocked.Policeareinvestigatinghowshemanagedtoletherselfinandoutofthehouse,andwhetherornotshetookanythingbesidesfood.

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PoliceinBerlinsayayoungman’screativemarriageproposaltriggeredreportsofunidenti-fied flying objects from worried Germans.

Bavarian police say several people calledlateWednesdayevening toalert themtowhatthey thought were UFOs and unusual lightsdriftingacrosstheskyabovethesleepytownofPlattling.

Aftersendingapolicepatroltoinvestigate,officials were disappointed to discover that a 29 year-old man who had just proposed to his 27 year-oldgirlfriendhadsentup50paperlanternsthatglowedinthedark,asaromanticgesture.Sheapparentlysaidyes. Other statistics showed that teen drivers

in St. Mary’s County were the largest groupbearing responsibility for traffic accidents. St. Mary’sCountyboastsoneofthehighestnum-bersof teens involved inaccidentsdue toag-gressive,inattentiveorimpaireddriving,plac-ingthemamongtheworstdrivers inthestateofMaryland.

Safety coordinator Michael Wyant citedthelackofpublictransportationasacontribut-ingfactor,sayingthatthelackoftransportationalternativeshasledtomoreteendriversontheroadherethaninotherneighboringcounties.

“Ithinkthere’sawidevarietyofreasons,”said Superintendent Michael Martirano, ex-plaining that “windy rural roads” contributetoalotofaccidentsinthearea,ensnaringbothteensandmoreexperienceddrivers.“It’sadif-ferentkindofdrivinghere.”

Inresponsetothesestatistics,andtherashof teen traffic deaths in Calvert, Charles, and St.Mary’scountiesthispastyear,theBoardofEducationisimplementinganew,moreaggres-siveprogramtohelpcurtailirresponsibledriv-inghabitsamongstthecounty’steenagers.

Martirano’s new five-point plan will first requireallstudentsrequestingaparkingpermittoviewaschool-basedpresentationaddressinghighriskbehaviorssuchasunderagedrinking,speeding,andcellphoneusagewhiledriving.Studentswillalsobeencouragedtoregistertheirvehicle with the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’sOffice “S.T.O.P.P.E.D.” program, which stands forStudentsTellingOurParentsandPromotingEducated Drivers. The program notifies parents

when their children receive traffic violations, at whichpointtheywilltakewhateveractiontheydeemnecessarytostopthebehavior.Second-ary studentswill also be required to attend aone-hourassemblytodiscussyoungdrivertraf-fic fatalities, and the Board of Education plans to reinforce thisplanwithmediareleasesandpublicserviceannouncements.

School officials will apply other measures, suchassuspendingstudentparkingpermitsforthose who receive traffic tickets, and installing asmanyas300DriveCamcamerasinstudents’cars.Thesecameraswillactivateanytimethecar suddenly brakes or jerks, so that parentsandteenagerscanreviewsafedrivingpracticesasneeded.Agranthasbeenacquired for theDriveCam program, and is expected to startlaterthissummerandbefreeofcharge.

When asked about the possibility of dis-playing wrecked cars outside the area’s highschoolsyear-roundtoreinforcetheideaofsafedriving,Martiranosaidhewouldsupportsuchaprogramifitwerestrategicallyapplied.

“Ifyouputitthereanditstaysthereallthetime,they’lltuneitout,”heexplained,addingthat he would favor displaying wreckage atcertaintimesduringtheschoolyear,likedur-ing prom season or the holidays, when traffic accidentsaremorecommon.“Placing it therestrategicallyandmixing itupwouldprobablyhaveagreatimpact.”

Martirano seems most interest-ed in broader education campaigns.“Ijustcan’tsayenoughabouttheimportanceofcommunityinvolvementwiththeseprograms,”he said, explaining that the measures beingtakenarenotmeanttobepunitive,butratherconstructive.“Weneedtotakeaveryaggres-sivestanceonthis…ourchildren’slivesareatstake.”

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service(LOS),earningeachareaanFforfailingintersectionswithlonglightdelaysandhighlevelsofcongestion.

“Ifthiswasareportcard,we’dallbehangingourheadsandsulking,”said Michael Perrotta, project man-agerforDMJMHarris. The ex-isting MD 4 corridor consists of atwo-lane roadway with 10-foot wideshouldersfromMD235totheThomasJohnsonBridge,whichconsistsoftwo12-footwidelaneswithscanttwo-footwide shoulders. This area saw a to-tal of 123 crashes between 2003 and2005,56causinginjuries,and66caus-ing property damage. Figures showthat these crashes were significantlygreaterthanthestatewideaverageforsimilarroadways.

So far, several design alterna-tivesarebeingconsidered.Inexpen-sive improvements include removingtheoff-rampleadingfromnorthboundMD 4 leading to Solomons Island,closingthenorthernentrancetoSouthPatuxent Beach Road, providing Teeintersections along the corridor, orconverting the existing shoulder to atravel lane between MD 235 and theThomasJohnsonBridge.

More aggressive plans includeanewbridge thatwouldbebuiltpar-allel to the existing Thomas JohnsonBridge,consistingoftwo12-footwidetravel lanes, a four-foot wide insideshoulder,a10-footwideoutsideshoul-der,anda10-footwidebicycle/pedes-trianpathseparatedbyaconcretebar-rier. A more aggressive alternativewouldbeafour-lanebridgetoreplacethe existing Thomas Johnson Bridge,whichwouldbedemolished,orafour-lanebridgefromtheNavalRecreationCenterinCalvertCountytothetermi-nus of Patuxent Boulevard in MyrtlePointinSt.Mary’sCounty.

With any of these alternativedesigns, MD 4 would be widened toa four-lanedividedhighway,with theexisting roadways converted to carry

traffic heading north. Turning laneswouldmost likelybe added to all in-tersectionsalongtheroadway,andop-tionsarebeing included for theaddi-tionofabicyclelaneonthesouthsideoftheroad.

Awholehostofoptionsaccompa-ny theseplans, includingmoving leftturning traffic at the intersection ofMD 4 and MD 235 to the left to al-lowforcontinuousf low,constructinga single-lane f lyover for traffic turn-ingleftfromsouthboundMD4,apar-tialcloverleafinterchange,orasinglepointurbaninterchange,thedetailsofwhich were discussed brief ly at themeeting.

The SHA in conjunction with theFederalHighwayAdministrationwillbeworking tohave theplanningpro-cess completed by 2010, with an ex-pected construction completion dateof 2020, budgets permitting. Per-rotta explained that the goal for eachof thesedesignswas toraise thefail-inggradeoftheseroadwaystoaCorbetter.“A’sandB’sarereallyhardtocome by,” he said when asked aboutprojected improvements in the levelsofservice,“butby2030,levelCwouldbeprettygood.”

Perrotta explained that thesewerepreliminaryplans,andthatpub-liccommentwasneededtodeterminethe best course of action. “We wantto be as straightforward as possible,”hesaid,addingthatpublicworkshopswould be held later this month, giv-ing residents a chance to have ques-tionsabout theprojectanswered,andtogivetheirfeedbackontheproposeddesigns.

The public workshop for CalvertCounty will be held at Dowell Ele-mentarySchoolonJune16that5pm,andSt.Mary’sCountywillhavetheirworkshop on June 17that5pmatTownCreekElementarySchool.

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John Gow (Jack) Evans, Jr., 86

John Gow (Jack) Evans, Jr., 86, passed away peaceful-ly Friday, Dec. 7, 2007 at the Ohio State University Medi-cal Center in Columbus, Ohio following a brief illness.

Jack was born Oct. 16, 1921 in Cambridge, Md. to Sarah Davis Evans and John Gow Evans.

Jack graduated from Vir-ginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in 1942 with a bachelor’s in Mechani-cal Engineering. He immedi-ately entered the U.S. Army. He served with the US Army Corps of Engineers in North Africa and Italy. He was Hon-orably Discharged in 1946. He returned to Virginia Tech and obtained his Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering.

Following graduation, he moved to Toledo, Ohio to be-gin work with the Toledo Edi-son Company as an engineer. During a 37-year career, he served as plant superintendent at the ACME and Bayshore Stations and was the super-intendent at the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station during construction and when it be-came operational in 1977. He retired in 1983 as Assistant to the Vice President-Nuclear.

Upon his retirement, Jack and his wife Sammy moved to California, Md., where Jack was an avid sailor, and served on numerous commu-nity organizations including the Leonardtown, Maryland Rotary Club, the California, Maryland Chamber of Com-merce and the Virginia Tech Alumni Association.

One of his passions was working to raise college scholarship money for de-serving students in southern Maryland. His other life long passion was sailing. He con-tinued to race on the Chesa-peake Bay with friends each week until he was well into his eighties.

He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Sammy June (Pratt) Evans; son, John G. (Lisa) Evans III; two grand-sons Nathan Evans and Colin Evans (Columbus, Ohio); and brother, William R. (Marie Anne) Evans of New York, N.Y.

A gathering of friends and family will be held from 2 – 4 p.m. Saturday, June 7 in the Brinsfield Funeral Home, Leonardtown.

Interment will be at Christ Episcopal Church Cemetery in Cambridge, Md. Monday, June 9 at 10:00 a.m.

The family requests that expressions of sympathy be in the form of memorial con-tributions be made in Jack’s name to the Virginia Tech General Scholarship Endow-ment (checks payable to:

Virginia Tech Foundation, University Development, 902 Price’s Fork Road, Blacks-burg, Virginia 24061.

Harvey Hiram Freeman, 85

H a r -vey Hiram F r e e m a n , 85, of Char-lotte Hall, formerly of Bushwood, died May 25 in the Cal-vert Memorial Hospital.

Born Jan. 28, 1923, he was the son of the late Charlie Freeman and Hattie Thornton Freeman.

Harvey is survived by a son, Olvin Freeman of Lex-ington Park and a sister, Juan-ita Green of Bushwood. He was preceded in death by his wife, Erma Walker Freeman.

Family received friends Monday, June 2 from 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. in the Brinsfield Funeral Home, 22955 Hol-lywood Road, Leonardtown, MD. A funeral service was conducted at 11:30 a.m. with Pastor Jonathan Allan offici-ating. Interment followed in the Maryland Veterans Cem-etery, Cheltenham, Md.

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

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

Harry B. “Capt. Harry” Huseman, Sr., 83

H a r r y B. “Capt. H a r r y ” Hu s e m a n , Sr., 83, of California, and former-ly of Abell, died May 29 in his residence.

Born Oct. 24, 1924 in Abell he was the son of the late Charles William and Mary Alice Huseman. He was the loving husband of Marga-ret Virginia Huseman, whom he married July 10, 1949 in Holy Angels Church, and who preceded him in death Jan. 17, 1995.

He is survived by his chil-dren Karen Hamilton and her husband Rodger of California, and Harry B. Huseman, Jr. and his wife Sharon of Sarasota, Fla.; three grandchildren Kira Yahraus and her husband Ryan Yahraus of Sarasota, Fla., Jo-seph “JR” Lephew of Balti-more, and Jonathan Huseman of Sarasota, Fla.; two great grandchildren Hayden and McKenna Yahraus of Sara-sota, Fla.; brothers William “Billy” Huseman and his wife Ann of Hollywood, Charles

Ross Huseman of Abell; sis-ter Elizabeth Downs and her husband James “Buddy” of Abell. Harry is also survived by many friends too numer-ous to list.

A special “Thanks” to Candy Carroll and Agnes Baker and especially the an-gels at Hospice – Cathy, Sally, Cindy and everyone there. They are “Truly the angels on this earth”.

He was a lifelong water-man and St. Mary’s County resident, where he attended Holy Angels School and then served in the U.S. Army from 1943 – 1946 during WWII, the Philippine Invasion and sailed on the “Ghost Fleet.” Harry grew up on the water and with his father learned to work the water. He returned after the war and made his living on the water. He built his workboat the “Wild Rose” and worked the waters on the Potomac River, Patuxent Riv-er as well as the Chesapeake Bay. Capt. Harry continued to work the river and the bay with his boat “Karen Bee.”

For 70 years Capt. Harry was a true “Waterman” work-ing out in the heat, rain, snow and ice. Capt. Harry was a mentor to many watermen – only giving advice when asked. When his daughter was young she remembered every night the watermen would call to see what Capt. Harry was going to do the next day. “No One” would leave the creek until Capt. Harry left. Capt. Harry has been featured in many Maryland and Wash-ington, D.C. newspapers and the Calvert Marine Museum. He was the judge at the St. Mary’s County Oyster Festi-val from (the very first one) 1966 – 2007. He was honored as 2007 Waterman of the Year given by the Optimist Club of the Seventh District. Capt. Harry and his son “HB” shared their knowledge with school children and with the University of Maryland stu-dents that came to the house and down to his boat.

Being a “Waterman” is almost a lost profession. Capt Harry had two great loves – his family and the water. Capt Harry was a member of the Waterman’s Tongers Committee and Waterman’s Association.

The family received friends Tuesday, June 3 from 5 – 8 p.m. in the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home, with Prayers being said at 7 p.m. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated Wednesday, June 4 at 10 a.m. in St. John’s Catho-lic Church, Hollywood, with Fr. Raymond Schmidt officiat-ing. Interment followed in the Church Cemetery. Pallbearers were Jackie Bowen, Robert T. Brown, Tucker Brown, Butch Cornelius, Tommy Crowder

and Al Huseman. Honorary Pallbearers were Joey Stone and Joey Watts.

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

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

James Varnley Payne, �6

J a m e s V a r n l e y Payne, 76, of California, died May 24 in Frank-lin Square H o s p i t a l , Baltimore.

B o r n Sept. 26, 1931 in Washing-ton, D.C. he was the son of the late John Colman and Hattie Trammell Payne and stepson of Hilda G. Farmer.

Mr. Payne is survived by a sister; Edna Dean of La Plata, Md., a half sister Mary A. Payne of Bowie, Md., half brothers John C. Payne, Jr., Riverdale, Md., Fred F. Payne of Mechanicsville, Robert Payne of Bowie, and Ronald Payne and a friend Allan Ze-mann of Baltimore.

He was preceded in death by four sisters, Mary F. Mess-ineo, Anne P. Hockett, Jannie L. Jones and Violet M. Bes-sette, four brothers, Fred T. Payne, John H. Payne, Joseph C. Payne and Charles Payne.

Friends were received Thursday, May 29 from 5 – 8 p.m. in the Brinsfield Funeral Home, 22955 Hollywood Road, Leonardtown. A fu-neral service was held Friday, May 30 at 11 a.m. with Pastor Mark Garrett of the Lexing-ton Park Baptist Church offi-ciating. Interment followed in the National Memorial Park Cemetery, Laurel.

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

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

Susan Ann Pforr, 66

S u -san Ann Pforr, 66, of Califor-nia died in St. Mary’s Ho s p i t a l , L e o n a r d -town, Mon-day, May 26.

Born Nov. 20, 1941 in Sioux Falls, S.D., she was the daughter of the late Nathan and Ruth Johnson Hagar.

She is survived by her husband, Richard R. Pforr; two sons Matthew Richard Pforr of Manassas, Va. and

Stephen Paul Pforr of Win-chester, Va.; two brothers Curtis Haggar of Ouray, Colo. and Ronald Hagger of Phoe-nix, Ariz. Also surviving are four grandchildren.

Susan was an avid golfer and a member of the Breton Bay Golf Club, Leonard-town. She also liked boating, bowling and visiting with her friends.

Relatives and friends turned out for Susan’s Life Celebration at the Brinsfield Funeral Home, 22955 Hol-lywood Road, Leonardtown, MD Saturday, May 31 from 10 – 11 a.m. A memorial service was conducted at 11 a.m. with Reverend Joseph H. Dobson, Jr., pastor of St. John’s United Episcopal Church, Mechanic-sville, officiating.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Sclero-derma Foundation, Inc., 12 Kent Way, Suite 101, Byfield, MA 01922.

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

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

Martha Maxine Ballard Rou, 85

Mar tha Maxine Bal-lard Rou, 85 of Mobile, Ala. died May 22 in Taylor Farm A s s i s t e d L i v i n g , Bushwood. Born Jan. 19, 1923 in Mooreville, Miss., she was the daughter of the late David S. and Allie May Mor-gan Ballard. She was the lov-ing wife of the late Charles M. Rou, whom she married May 5, 1946 in Tupelo, Miss. and who preceded her in death Oct. 14, 2006.

She is survived by her daughters Sandra Weber and her husband John of Lynn Haven, Fla. and Joyce Malone and her husband Rusty of Lex-ington Park. She is also sur-vived by her brother Gus Bal-lard and his wife Annette of Tupelo, Miss., along with nu-merous nieces and nephews. She is also survived by her grandchildren to whom she was known as “Mimi”: Renee Malone of Silver Spring, Md., Michael Malone of Lexington Park, Hadley Pridgen and her husband Brian and Christian Weber all of Lynn Haven, Fla. She was preceded in death by her grandson Chad Malone and her siblings: Preston Bal-lard, Annie Laurie Bishop, Freda Marion, David Ballard and Betty Waters.

Martha was a homemaker who served as a secretary and

treasurer for her late husband’s business, C.M. Rou Services, Inc. She was a lifetime mem-ber of the Women of the Church, Central Presbyterian Church, Mobile, Ala.; and she started the New Mobilians Welcome Wagon in August of 1971 in Mobile. She traveled extensively throughout the U.S. and Canada with her late husband.

A graveside service will be held Saturday, May 31 at 11 a.m. at Pine Crest Cemetery, Mobile, Ala.

Pallbearers will be Rusty Malone, John Weber, Michael Malone, Christian Weber and Brian Pridgen. Honorary pall-bearers will be Gus Ballard and Bill Rawson.

Memorials may be made to Taylor Farm Assisted Liv-ing, Inc., P.O. Box 26, Bush-wood, Maryland 20618 and or Hospice of St. Mary’s, P.O. Box 625, Leonardtown, Mary-land 20650.

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

Cheryl Anne Wisor, 32

C he r yl Anne Wisor, 32, of Scot-land, died June 1 in University of Maryland H o s p i t a l , Balt imore, Md.

Cheryl is survived by her devoted husband, Robert Lee Williams, Sr., her two chil-dren, Cheyenne Marie and Robert Lee, Jr., mother, Lisa Nevius, father, Marl Wisor, three brothers, Christopher A. Wisor of Front Royal, Va., Gregory T. Wisor of Crofton, Md., and Andrew C. Wisor of Clearfield, and grandmother, Jeanella Williford.

Relatives and friends at-tended Cheryl’s Life Celebra-tion Wednesday, June 4 from 5 – 8 p.m. in St. Michael’s Catholic Church, 16566 Three Notch Road, Ridge, MD 20680. Prayers were recited at 7 p.m. A Mass of Chris-tian Burial will be celebrated Thursday, June 5 at 11 a.m. in St. Michael’s Catholic Church. Reverend Monsignor Maurice O’Connell will be the cel-ebrant. Interment will follow in the church cemetery.

Memorial contributions may be made to Autism Soci-ety of America, 7910 Wood-mont Avenue, Suite 300, Bethesda, MD 20814.

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

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

Obituaries

softer science on Thursday as Fowler shared a simpler way of determining the health of the bay and its tributaries.

“We have left the world of common sense,” said Fowler as young students joined him and Wisner at his picnic table. “We’re beginning to rely more and more on science and computers…it has no con-nection to these waters.”

Since the first wade-in devised by Fowler in 1988, when he teamed with retired Hollywood Elementary School teacher Betty Brady and Tom Wisner to

perform a simple sight test to de-termine water clarity, Fowler’s method of grading the waters has caught the attention of thousands. “Fowler Day” is now recognized as an annual chance for residents

to measure cleanup efforts by simply wad-ing in and looking at their feet, the idea be-ing to wade into the water until the toes or feet disappear.

Deeper, of course, is better.In 1988 Fowler said he joined a crowd

of only 20 to 25 people for the first wade-in at Broom’s Island, and was only able to wade into the water 8 to 10 inches deep before seeing his toes disappear. Now the event draws hundreds on the second Sun-day of each June, and he says that the wa-ter clarity has improved, but not enough.

“When we can get chest deep, we’ll be there,” he said.

Also in 1988, Fowler introduced a bill to regulate waste water treatment plant output, which he claims bears the bulk of responsibility for the sad state of the river today. “Everything we do is in the name of economic development,” he said, noting that in 1963, three million gallons of waste were being dumped into the bay, com-pared with more than 60 million gallons today.

Though participants were able to wade this year to a depth of anywhere from 48 to 50 inches (adults waded in to their hips), Fowler claims there is still much work to do. He expressed concern about the declining productivity of the river.

“It used to be that

one person could catch 10 sugar barrels of crabs a day…it’s all gone now because of people moving in…as we’ve grown and people have moved in, that’s changed the way we interact with the river…now you can’t stop growth, but we need to grow smarter.”

Fowler said he wants to enforce stricter mandates on wastewater treatment plants, emphasizing that public awareness would be the key to any and all progress.

“If God can create the heaven and the earth in seven days…then surely he’d be able to plant a bug in O’Malley and others in charge,” he said, adding that Maryland citizens need to put more pressure on gov-ernment to aid cleanup efforts. He looks forward to a large turnout at this year’s Broom’s Island Wade-In, which will be Sunday, June 8th.

Thursday’s wade-in touched on po-litical themes, but some focused instead on the spiritual side of this environmen-tal lesson, as the children dried their feet and reflected. Tom Wisner was not able to get his own feet wet this year, but he strummed his guitar and explained that he had participated in wade-ins every year, starting in the 1960s with Piscataway In-dian leader Turkey Tayac.

“Turkey said you’ve got to wade in the river every year and realign your soul with the system,” Wisner said. “It replen-ishes your being.”

Still, even Wisner took a moment to dwell on the political side of the ritual.

“Once we get the crowds that want to see the river cleaned up, it will happen,” he said. “It won’t just be one voice calling out from the wilderness.”

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Photo by Andrea ShiellSenator Bernie Fowler and songwriter Tom Wisner spoke to students from Chesapeake Public Charter School at their wade-in at Myrtle Point Park on Thursday.

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Great Mills, where he askedwhytherewasreservedseat-ing.Heandhisgrandmotherweretoldthatthoseseatswerereservedforthefamiliesofthevaledictorianandthesalutato-rian. Hubbard promised hisgrandmother then and therethatshewouldhaveareservedseatforhisgraduation.

The co-salutatorian, Da-vid Rodriguez, chose humortoframehisspeech.Insteadoftalkingaboutallthethingshewassupposedtolearnduringhis high school days, he randown a list of things he didlearn,whichhadthecrowdofalmost400institches.

The next two nightsmarked the commencementexercisesforthetwoyoungerhighschoolsinthecounty.

The bleachers at Chop-

ticon’s Braves Stadium werepacked full of teachers andfamilymembersonThursdaynight,allunitingtocelebrateaclassthathaddedicatedmuchof their fouryears to serviceduringtheschool’s43rdannualcommencement.

“I didn’t ask for themoon…I just wanted you toget involved,” Principal JoeNorthremarked.Andthestu-dents did not disappoint, hesaid,addingthattheirachieve-ments at Chopticon had farexceededhisexpectations.

Following this theme ofservice was the proliferationof public servants, includ-ing members of the Boardof Education, the Board ofCounty Commissioners,and Maryland General As-semblymen John Wood, An-thony O’Donnel, and JohnBohanan.

When SuperintendentMichael Martirano took thestage for his remarks, he al-luded to a bet that had beenmade between students overwhowouldspeaklonger,theirprincipal or their superinten-dent. Martirano laughed ashe began, saying, “I didn’trealize that Iwouldhave the

addedpressureofbeingtimedtonight.”

This theme of speak-ers outdoing one another re-peateditselfthenextnightatLeonardtown High School’s29th annual commencementceremony,aseachofthethreevaledictorians strived to out-do the others onstage duringtheirspeeches.

Enya’s album “A DayWithoutRain”hadplayedaspeople filtered into the gymna-siumatSt.Mary’sCollegefortheceremony,butoncepeoplehad taken their seatsand thespeakers had started theiraddresses, laughter echoedfrom the walls as the play-fulseniorsbattedbeachballsacrosstheirrows,aprankthatwouldresurfaceseveraltimesthatnight.

Student Council Presi-dentMeeraKiranMehtatoldastoryofalittlefrogclimbingtothetopofatalltoweraftermanyofhislargercohortshadfailedtodoso,explainingthatthefrogwasdeaf,whichhadaidedhiminhisachievementbecausehecouldnotheartheothers saying it couldn’t bedone.

“We are leavingLeonar-dtownbetterthanweenteredit,”shesaid.

Valedictorian ThomasJoseph Russell opted forcomedy as he told how hehad researched how to writehis valedictory address onWikipedia,andhadcomeupwithacombinationofstrongopenings.

“Ihad adream that fourscoreandsevenyearsagoMr.Gorbachev tore down thatwall!” he exclaimed, addingcolorfulquotesfromDouglasAdamsandStarWars.

“I’mnotgoingtotellyouthat you’re all individualswhen you’re all sitting herefortheexactsamereason,andwearingtheexactsamething,”saidvaledictorianKeanAlanZimmerman, as the crowdlaughedandapplauded.

Superintendent MichaelMartirano noted at each cer-emony his favorite quotesfromthestudentshehadspo-kenwith,saying“theclassof2008 is an unstoppable ma-chine,” and he cited a clas-sicRodStewarttuneinclos-ing his remarks, imploringthe graduates of Great MillsHighSchooltostay“ForeverYoung.”

“Themostclichédsayingisthathighschoolisthegreat-est time of our lives,” saidThomas Russell, explainingthatthemembersoftheclassof2008hadmanymoreyearsaheadofthemtoenjoyastheyenteredthe“blackpitofdoomcalledadulthood.”

Still, none seemed morehopefulatthecloseofthepro-ceedings than the graduatesthemselves.Astheycollectedtheircapsand the restof therenegadebeachballsfromthefloor where they had remi-nisced about their achieve-ments, the words of one oftheirclassmates,VictoriaMi-chelle Milkovich, resonatedwithallwhohadattended.

“Weareready,”shesaid,“and the world is ready forus.”

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Photo by Andrea Shiell

Photo by Andrea Shiell

Photo by Andrea Shiell

Photo by Chris Stevens

Photo by Chris Stevens

Students from Chopticon High School celebrated their 43rd annual commencement on Thursday.

Graduates place their caps over their hearts for the national anthem at Friday’s ceremony.

LHS students toss their caps at the close of their graduation ceremony on Friday.

The Junior ROTC presents the colors as the class of 2008 and spectators stand in silence at St. Mary’s College last Wednesday evening.

The Great Mills High School Class of 2008 listens to principal Tracey Heibel’s opening remarks dur-ing last Wednesday night’s commencement ceremony at the ARC Arena on the campus of St. Mary’s College.