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Service Day For Vets

Brings In Hundreds
By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
A one-stop-shop opportunity for veterans to get access to all kinds of services
from resume help to medical screenings at the
Southern Maryland Higher Education Center
May 16 drew in about 700 people, most of
them veterans, who were looking for help, said
Lanny Lancaster, director of the Three Oaks
homeless shelter in Lexington Park.
The volunteers also registered at least 139
veterans who were either homeless or at risk of
becoming so, Lancaster said.
The heavy turnout served to help a great
many people, he said, but it took place amid
a national scandal involving the Veterans Administration and reports of veterans dying for
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lack of care due to exorbitantly long wait times

at certain VA facilities.
Eric Shinseki, the secretary of veterans
affairs, has already been grilled on the congressional level and there are questions about
his leadership continuing in the wake of the
scandal.
It was happening and there is a point
to be made about that, Lancaster said. Our
veterans are just not getting the services they
need from these huge VA centers in Baltimore
and Washington.
Lancaster said volunteers at Three Oaks
and others at county government often have to
help ensure that veterans have all their paperwork with them when they go to these centers
for services or medical treatment.
If they dont have just one piece of paper they get sent home, Lancaster said, which
leads many veterans to stop trying to get their

benefits. They just become so frustrated they
give up.
Some progress has been made locally
with the anticipation of a community-based
out patient clinic at the Charlotte Hall Veterans Home and another veterans service center
possibly set for the Lexington Park area.
Still, just getting veterans to ask for help
is difficult, said Esther Locklear with the local Disabled American Veterans (DAV)
organization.
Veterans are people who are often very
proud, Locklear said. So its hard to ask for
help.
DAV volunteers like Locklear, herself a
20-year army veteran, say that helping veterans with their paperwork is often difficult but
necessary to ensure veterans can even begin to
get their benefits.

But the wait for those benefits, monetary
or otherwise, can last a year or more, she said.
Overall the peoples biggest complaint
about the VA is the time it takes to get help,
Locklear said. Government is a bureaucracy
and that means a lot of paperwork.
It can get confusing.
Lancaster said that one VA program that
gives grant money to local shelter providers
has been hugely successful but only because
it decentralizes the authority that the VA is often loathe to give up.
The only reason it [the grant program]
exists is because of their failure to get vets off
the street, Lancaster said.
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St. Marys County Government Administrative Offices will be closed

on Monday, May 26 in observance of Memorial Day. Offices will reopen on
Tuesday, May 27.
The St. Andrews Landfill and six Convenience Centers will be closed.
The St. Marys Transit System (STS) will not operate on Monday, May 26.
All will be open for normal business the day before and day after the observed holiday.
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May 26. All will resume their normal operating schedules on Tuesday, May
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The Board of County Commissioners for St. Marys County will hold its
June Public Forum at the Second District Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squads Social Hall. The hall is located at 45245 Drayden Road in Valley
Lee, Maryland. The forum will take place on Tuesday, June 3 at 6:30 p.m.
Citizens are invited to attend the forum and address the members of the Board
of County Commissioners.
The Public Forum will be videotaped for broadcast on Sunday, June 8 at
7 p.m. on St. Marys County Government TV 95 (SMCG TV 95) on Metrocast
Cable. The forum will also be available for online viewing on the countys
website at www.stmarysmd.com. Simply click on the SMCG TV 95 icon in the
upper right of the screen. Once on the page go to the Board of County Commissioners video tab to the right of the screen and select 6/3/14 pm to view.
Anyone wishing to speak at the Public Forum will be allowed up to three
minutes to address Commissioners. Those wishing to provide more detailed
comments may do so via email or regular mail.
The Board of County Commissioners can also be reached by e-mail at
bocc@stmarysmd.com or by U.S. mail at Board of County Commissioners for
St. Marys County, P.O. Box 653, Leonardtown, Md. 20650.
Narcotics
Detectives Continue
Targeting
Pill Doctors
By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
Since the local drug war on illicit prescription opiates and now heroin began several years ago there was always a focus on
interdicting the supply.
Its been difficult to ensure that prescription medications dont make it out to the
streets or schools where they can be bought,
many times by young people but local narcotics detectives say that targeting doctors who
were readily supplying the drugs has been
effective.
Capt. Daniel Alioto, commander of the
county sheriffs office, said that officers here
working off of tips and other intelligence were
able to identify doctors operating outside of
St. Marys County who were heavily distributing pills and have them shut down using
federal law enforcement.
We take it to the DEA and use their jurisdiction, Alioto said of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. There are none in
St. Marys County theyre all in other jurisdic-
tions but theyre affecting our quality of life.

Alioto told The County Times that over
the past several years detectives working in
conjunction with the DEA have put nine out
of 12 targeted doctors out of business.
Also his detectives have conducted numerous investigations of complaints against
other doctors but have found there was no
basis for allegations against them; many of
the doctors never knew they were under law
enforcement scrutiny.
And thats the way an investigation
should be, Alioto said.
As for those who were put out of business, Alioto said that their fates were varied.
Some were indicted, some voluntarily
gave up their licenses or went out of business
as part of a plea deal, he said.
Alioto said the push to educate the community on prescription drugs and heroin is
working; residents have already placed as
many unused pills in the sheriffs office collection bin as they did for all of last year.
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By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
The countys Economic Development Commission met for the first time last
week; their mission is to study ways to diversify and strengthen the countys economy and help relieve the dependency on the U.S. Navy and the defense industry.
The job may last for years, said Robin Finnacom, the countys acting director of
the economic development department, and their schedule of study and deliberation
is an arduous one.
Comprised of 12 members the study group must come up with what will be
known as the Comprehensive Economic Development Study (CEDS), which is funded by federal dollars, and a plan of action for implementing it.
With the coming cuts in federal spending on defense, Finnacom said now is the
time to do more than speculate on economic diversification, it was time to act.
Bill Scarafia, the member representing the county Chamber of Commerce, said
that diversifying the local economy need not mean that land would have to be gobbled up to promote a stronger economy.
When it comes to economic development the important word isnt development
its economy, Scarafia said. Theres no secure future without a diverse economy.
The panel includes a wide variety of perspectives from the community including waterman Phil Langley, attorney Phil Dorsey, local farmer and former deputy
sheriff James Raley and representation from the navy as well.
The next steps for the group will be to hear analyses of the county and regions
economic standing as well as the impact of Pentagon defense cut backs.
Then they are scheduled to go on a series of listening tours around the county
where they will talk publicly with the U.S. Navy, county officials who run the countys airport, business owners at the countys industrial park, defense contractors are
manufacturers, members of the tourism and hospitality industry and farmers and
watermen who help preserve the countys rural resources.
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By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
After nearly two years in the zoning process, the case of a cell phone tower in Piney
Point is going before the countys Board of
Appeals in an attempt to get a conditional approval to begin construction.
The case has already had two public
hearings and the record for public comment
has been closed, according to Zoning Administrator Yvonne Chaillet.
The cell phone tower would be located
on a site known as the Goddard property just
off of Route 249; the parcel is just under 13
acres in size.
The applicant, Telecom Capital Group
out of Owings, wants to put up a monopolestyle 160-feet high and will support about
four service providers to provide more cell
phone coverage to the Tall Timbers and sur-
rounding areas.
The tower would stand off from Piney
Point Road 170 feet, according to Department
of Land Use and Growth Management staff
reports.
The project developer has already received all approvals from the Federal Communications Commission and the Federal Aviation Administration, Chaillet said.
The tower has also been the focus of some
concerns in the community over possible loud
noises created by the towers power generators
and negative impacts to the aesthetic quality of
the neighborhood.
The Board of Appeals hearing is set for
6:30 p.m. in the main meeting room of the
Chesapeake Building on Baldridge Street in
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To vote in the upcoming primary election, Maryland residents who are eligible
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17-year-olds who will be 18 years old or
older on or before the November 4 General
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June 3. This is also the last day for registered
voters to update their address with their local board of elections or change their party
affiliation.
St. Marys County residents with a
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Juvenile
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By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
Sheriffs deputies arrested a 15-year-old student at
Great Mills High School Monday after she allegedly used
counterfeit money to buy cell phones from other students.
Corporal Kristi Nelson, the school resource deputy at
Great Mills, found several students who were flashing bills
in the hallway; they told her they had each sold a cell phone
to a student who gave them the money, police stated.
Nelson found the student who had allegedly used the
counterfeit money and charged her with three counts of
possessing counterfeit money and three counts of theft under $1,000.
The same student was also charged with fraud in a
separate investigation that involved using a cell phone and
a credit card that belonged to her relative.
Police say they are following up on additional investigations involving the juvenile.
Between May 9 and May 10, three armed robberies occurred in the parking lot of commercial businesses, (hotels and restaurants), in the Lexington Park
and California area. During the robberies, the suspect
approached the victims, produced a handgun and demanded valuables. The suspect is described as a black
male, early to mid 30s, approximately 510- 600,
medium build, dark complexion, thin style beard, wearing a black in color jacket.
Anyone with information regarding these robberies or can identify the suspect is asked to contact
Detective Corporal Michael Boyer of the St. Marys
County Sheriffs Office, Criminal Investigations Division at 301-475-4200 x 9120 or call CRIME SOLVERS
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The Arc of Southern Maryland

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Terry Z. Long Succeeds Harriet Yaffe
Terry Z. Long was appointed as the new executive director of The Arc of Southern Maryland. Long, previously served as the chief operating officer
of the CHI Centers. The CHI centers is a community based nonprofit that provides services and independent community living for individuals with
disabilities. Long succeeds Harriet Yaffe, who retired in May after serving in the role for 16 years. The Arc is the leading advocate for children
and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities living and working in Southern Maryland. For information about The Arc services and
programs visit www.arcsomd.org.
The Arc of Southern Maryland Board of Directors

announced the appointment of Terry Z. Long as the new
executive director. Long succeed retiring executive director Harriet Yaffe.
Long, previously served as the chief operating officer
of the CHI Centers. Located in Silver Spring, Maryland,
CHI Centers is a $21 million community-based nonprofit
that provides vocational rehabilitation, pre-employment
training, and independent community living for individuals with disabilities.
A graduate of James Madison University, Long received both his Bachelor of Business Administration and
his Master of Business Administration from the university.
In between earning his two degrees, he took post baccalaureate classes at the University of Virginia, concentrating on accounting.
Previously, Long served as the COO of Community
Residence in Chantilly, Virginia. From 1991 to 2006 he
served as senior vice president/chief operation officer,
and from July through December 2006 served as interim
president/chief executive officer. Community Residences
is a community-base nonprofit organization that promotes
independent community living for individuals with disabilities and homeless populations throughout the Washington, DC metropolitan area, extending from Richmond,
Virginia to Anne Arundel County in Maryland. The organization serves over 1100 individual annually and has an
$18.5 million budget.
Long began his career in healthcare moving through
a progression of leadership roles starting as controller for
an acute care hospital in Waynesboro, Virginia, and culminating in a role as the assistant administrator/CFO of War
Memorial Hospital in the Valley Health System located in
Winchester, Virginia.
Long, a married father of three, is also active in community service. A graduate of Leadership Fairfax, Class
of 2006, hes also a mentor for the Emerging Leaders Institute, the treasure of his community association, and a
member of the Fairfax County High School PTA.
Im excited about the opportunity to work for The
Arc. As a national organization, The Arc has a positive
reputation for excellence, said Long. He is also excited
about the opportunity to work in Southern Maryland, saying, Everyone has been warm and welcoming. He added,
I like this area. I look forward to building on the legacy
of my predecessor. I want to sustain existing relationships
and create new opportunities that provide community involvement for persons with disabilities.
Jennie Parran, executive assistant, and long time Arc
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Education
Project Graduation Celebrates 30 Years
St. Marys County States Attorney Richard Fritz and the

Office of the States Attorney marked the 30th Anniversary of
the St. Marys County Project Graduation program with a ceremony of recognition at Olde Breton Inn on Tuesday, May 20.
The Project Graduation program began in St. Marys in 1984
under then States Attorney Walter B. Dorsey and his assistant
Florence Ballengee. During the past 30 years, thousands of
high school seniors have celebrated graduation with a promise
not to drink and drive and to attend the all night program sponsored by the States Attorneys Office in cooperation with the
St. Marys County Department of Aging and Human Services.
Senator Roy Dyson and States Attorney Fritz made special acknowledgement to the late Walter Dorsey and presented
his son Phil Dorsey with a State of Maryland Senate Citation
and award in Walter Dorseys memory. Also acknowledged
at the ceremony were numerous organizations and individuals who have been instrumental in making the
Project Graduation a continuing success. Since the
programs inception there have been no fatalities
of graduating seniors on graduation nights in St.
Marys County.
The Office of the States Attorney thanked
and acknowledged the St. Marys County Public
Schools, Chopticon High School, Leonardtown
High School, Great Mills High School, the Fairlead
Academy, St. Marys Ryken High School, the Kings
Christian Academy, the Patuxent River Naval Air
Station, the Department of Aging and Human Services, Dee Combs Busing, Steve Kessler Busing,
Bobby Wise Busing, Sheriff Tim Cameron and the
St. Marys County Sheriffs Department, Lt. Mike
Thompson and the Maryland State Police, Lexington Park Rescue Squad, Leonardtown Rescue
Photos by Frank Marquart
Local Scholarship
Announces
Winners
The Joseph C Ferrante Memorial Scholarship Foundation proudly

announces the 2014 scholarship recipients. The award recipients will be
recognized at the 2nd Annual Italian Festival that benefits the scholarship foundation. The event will be held on May 18, 2014, 2-6pm at the
Mechanicsville Moose Family Center. Tickets and information can be
found at www.josephferrantefoundation.org .
The winners are Jessica Alexy, Kayla Brooks, Katherine Cheney,
Peyton Colgan, Gretchen Eichelberger, Maria Lynn Estevez, Alexandra Harper, Kaitlyn Heck, Josiah Manning, Tyler Moyer, Thomas Page,
Raquel Swann, Candice Thornton, Tori White, Mary Jane Williams, Tyler Williams, Kristen Woods, and Emily Zimmerman. It was necessary
for each recipients to demonstrate a significant commitment to being of
service to their communities through civic, church, school or other community organizations.
Over 60 students from St. Marys, Charles, Calvert, Prince Georges, and Anne Arundel counties applied. Students were required to provide transcripts, references, a resume of community activities, and an
essay answering the question Why is giving my time and talent to my
church, school and/or community an important part of my life?
The applications were remarkable, says Scholarship Committee
Chair Jean Ferrante, we were overwhelmed by the quantity and quality
of applications. All of the students are so inspiring. She continues to
say, Every one of them is making a difference in their respective communities. I wish we could reward them all, and we are so proud that Joes
legacy continues to encourage future leaders of our communities and
neighborhoods.
Squad, Mechanicsville Rescue Squad, Seventh District Optimist Club, Compton Third District Optimist Club, Lexington
Park St. Maries Optimist Club, Chaptico Optimist Club, Tall
Timbers Optimist Club and all of the members of each of these
organizations who have donated their time and talent to help
with Project Graduation over these past 30 years . Also acknowledged and thanked were Florence Ballengee, John and
Sheila Simms, Gary and Debbie Cox, Cathy Conlin, Joe Dick,
Walt Biscoe, the family of the late Joe Donick, Kelsey Bush,
Hal Willard and the hundreds of other individuals who have
volunteered to help the program.
Finally special presentations were made to recognize Phil
Bailey and Charles Bucky Bellere who have volunteered and
participated with the program for the entire 30 years. Bucky
has been driving school buses to transport the graduates and
their guest to and from the program and Phil, as a member of
the Seventh District Optimist, has made all of the arrangements
for the food for each and every night.
The evening concluded with Delegate Johnny Wood presenting an Official Citation on behalf of the Maryland General
Assembly to the Office of the States Attorney in recognition of
the 30th Anniversary of Project Graduation.
Press Release Submitted by Joseph Stanalonis
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Education
St. Marys Ryken

Junior Wins First Place
in John Carroll Society
Essay Contest
Alanna Daley, a junior at St.
Marys Ryken High School, won first
place in the John Carroll Societys
Margaret Mary Missar High School
Essay Contest. She received a $2,000
scholarship at the Societys 28th Annual Dinner held in late April.
In their essays, students were
asked to address the theme of noble
and heroic leadership in the Catholic Church. Alanna, of California,
Maryland, wrote about St. Maximilian Kolbe, a Franciscan monk who
lived in Poland during World War II.
After receiving a vision of Mary, the
Mother of God, St. Maximilian established the Militia Im-maculata - the
Army of Mary - and traveled to India
and Japan to establish Christian communities. He was eventu-ally imprisoned at Auschwitz, where he died of
starvation.
St. Maximilian used the media
available at the time newspapers and
radio - to spread a positive message,
said Alanna. He was able to convey
his message to millions of readers and
listeners while putting himself at risk
for ar-rest. Today, the ability to reach
a million people seems almost minuscule when certain YouTube posts have
a mil-lion views in just a few hours
I believe that todays youth, myself
included, need to use their skill with
technol-ogy to bring awareness to social and political issues that lead people away from the Church rather than
toward itteenagers should emulate
St. Maximilian and employ social media to promote positive messages.
At St. Marys Ryken, Alanna is
a member of the Pep and Spirit and
dance clubs. She was encouraged to
enter the contest by Mrs. Joan Ste-
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The John Carroll Society, founded in 1951, is named after the first
Catholic bishop in the United States
and is dedicated to the service of the
Archbishop of Washington.
St. Marys Ryken is a Catholic,
coeducational, college preparatory
school community operated under
the Xaverian Brothers sponsorship
dedicated to academic excellence
and individualized student growth.
Students come from many different
counties across the region including Anne Arundel, Calvert, Charles,
King George, Prince Georges and St.
Marys counties.
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County Public Schools Class
Of 2014 High School
Commencement Ceremonies
St. Marys County Public Schools (SMCPS) is pleased to announce that the
Class of 2014 commencement ceremonies will be available for online viewing
via live streaming through our school system website at http://www.smcps.org/
graduation.
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Letters to the
Editor
A Teachers View
The Real Three-Ring Circus
In the April 10 edition of The County Times, our

"BULLYING" BOCC (Board of County Clowns) member, Todd Morgan was quoted as saying, "Every year there
is a climatic event right before the public hearingstay
tuned for the next round of the three-ring circus." Well, as
the months have advanced, the School Board and Superintendent have aggressively taken responsibility for their
budgeting problems left behind from their former Chief Financial Officer and they have made great progress in remedying their issues. However, during this time, the main
acts of the real three-ring circus have emerged with members of our community and elected officials who wanted
to politicize the entire event for personal gain. In "RING
NUMBER 1", we find BOCC (Board of County Clowns)
member: Cindy Jones. Cindy, who has a publicly documented history of emotional concerns and notably known
for throwing her own child under the bus for misinterpreting her emotional breakdown in 2011 and then blaming her
meltdown on the teachers, can be seen in ring number one
where she will be irresponsibly throwing out terms such as
"malfeasance and mismanagement" before the facts were
even known. The good news here is that she will be gone
soon from the political landscape in St. Mary's County as
she is not running again for the BOCC (Clowns) and there
is no way that she will ever get elected to the State Senate seat. Good luck making it through the primaries. Bye,
bye Cindy! We are finished with her, her Tea Party antics,
her irresponsible misrepresentation of information and her
unstable ways. In "RING NUMBER 3" we find a newly
emerging character, David Ryan, onto the St. Mary's
County "brain trust" scene. David Ryan as you recall has
been writing letters and disparaging the School Board, the
Superintendent and the teachers. I know people who know
David Ryan and they tell me that he is an angry old man
who lives alone and watches Fox News all day long. He
seems to be angry at the world and this is evidenced in his
non-coherent written ramblings that are poorly composed
and reflective of writings a high school drop out. (Sorry,
David Ryan, I am a former English teacher and your written abilities are given a grade of an F for syntax, mechanics, grammar and overall composition). David Ryan, you
need help managing your anger, please get it. David Ryan
can be seen in Ring Number 3 as he does in public meetings and spewing angry venom from his tiny, marginalized, evil, angry mouth. Watch out as you walk by David
Ryan's ring, as the venom might hit you because no one
knows who might rattle his cage next. It wasn't too long ago
that he was on a roll about "Yogi the Lawnmower Guy!"
Last but not least we are drawn to RING NUMBER 2the
CENTER RING. Here we find Board of County Clowns
member: Todd Morgan. This is the main attraction of the
three-ring circus. To quote the former Governor of Texas,
Ann Richards, when she said "Poor George, he can't help
it, he was born with a silver foot in his mouth." Well that
about sums it up for this Clown of the BOCC. Every time
Morgan opens his mouth he puts his foot in it. He claims
to be independently wealthy so I guess the silver piece fits
too. I guess this is why he sends his kids to Ryken High
instead of public schools. (Hey Morgan, why aren't public
schools good enough for your kids? Actions speak louder
than words!) Morgan will be seen in the Center Ring juggling all his many vices and demons. We will get a up close
look at his highly developed bullying skills where he will
use his 6 foot 5 inch frame to intimidate and bully as he not
knowingly grabs his crotch, moves spastically around the
center ring, spews curse words from his mouth and bullies
you with his poison while wearing his elephant embroidered pants. At the close of his performance, maybe we
can see who actually drives him home after his long night
of cursing, intimidating and bullying! Hmm, only the
"Shadow" knows how he has been getting home after his
raucous nights. He is an angry man who needs counseling.
So, step right up ladies and gentlemen to get your tickets
to the St. Mary's County Show of Shows that will have
these three clowns demonstrating their vile and disgusting
behaviors that do NOT represent the values and the civil
minded people of St. Mary's County. A little further digging into the lives of the three misguided souls reveals that
none of them were born and raised in St. Mary's County.
They have imported their evil and vile ways into our community and we must not tolerate it. So, my advice to our
community is this 1. We can only hope and pray that David
Ryan gets help for the internal demons he is fighting. We
ask him to stop polluting the pages of our newspapers with
his crude and Neanderthal letters that are poorly written.
NO one cares what a NO body like him has to say. Get a
journal; write your thoughts there and maybe your writing skills will improve. Remember, what you write for the
public to read is an actual reflection of you as a person and
we do not like the person that we see. 2. Do not vote for
Cindy Jones for anything ever again. Send her back to her
Mary Kay cosmetic business. How did she get elected in
the first place? 3. Send letters the BOCC (Board of County
Clowns) denouncing the conduct of Todd Morgan for his
bullying tactics that he displayed to the School Board, the
Superintendent and others. (Has he ever apologized to the
School Board or the Superintendent?) His style and tactics
do not represent the values of our people. Finally, let's begin a write-in campaign to advance a person of high character and integrity to unseat Morgan from his position that
he so thinks is not threatened by anyone because no one
ran against him. We ask the St. Mary's County Democratic
Club to do their job and advance a write in campaign to
unseat him. The three clowns cited in this three-ring circus
do not represent the values of who we are as the people of
St. Mary's County. These three circus clowns have embarrassed us and they all need to simply go away. Great leaders work to find solutions and build community, not tear it
down. None of them have extorted ways to help the School
Board solve the problems and they continue to disrupt our
community. Quite frankly, we are sick of it. Morgan, when
you said, "stay tuned to the next round of the three ring circus," little did we know that you were talking about yourself as the center ring act.
Sick of Imported Circus Clowns Infiltrating the Good
and Decent People of St. Mary's County.
Mr. John Gorlitz
Hollywood, Md.
Any teacher will tell you that the littlest things make
the biggest difference for their students. If you ask a
teacher how he or she comes to figure these things out,
this teacher may tell you that it takes experience over time,
patience, and learning what has worked with previous students. (Some teachers will tell you that they figure these
things out during introductions at Open House, before the
start of the school year!) Nowadays, parents and guardians of students request and expect this level of attention,
observation, and dedication for their children; and its not
a wild or unreasonable request. Every child deserves and
has the right to the opportunity to learn as much as he or
she can in a school year; and teachers are the core part of
whether or not this happens.
During my first year teaching, after a failed lesson,
a colleague of mine said, It takes a long time to grow a
good teacher. Be patient, go easy on yourself, and learn.
This has stuck with me over the years, and I hope it sticks
with you. We may be able to attract wonderfully educated
new teachers to our county, but its important to know how
many stay. New teachers today do not have the luxury of
what I had, which was time and space to make mistakes
and learn. New teachers today have to jump right into a
smorgasbord of accountability, data analysis, strict curriculum standards, numerous tests and assessments, dwindling disciplinary support, and constantly providing justification for why they do what they do. No longer do teachers have time to grow and enjoy the path to becoming
an experienced teacher. New teachers are now evaluated
harshly right from the start from all angles, and its overwhelming to say the least. Imagine a first date where he or
she judged you right from the first second you sat down to
dinner would you want to go out again?
And through every cycle of budget woes, teachers are
berated and judged while their salaries and benefits are
called excessive. Everyone seems to know what its like to
do the job because everyone has sat in a classroom at one
time or another. Again this year, regardless of the budget
solution, our teachers will maintain their pride, balance
their checkbooks, and excitedly come back to school in the
fall. What we love most about teachers is also what hurts
them the most. Teachers will accept whatever the final
budget provides to them and still continue to do their jobs,
be attentive to their students, and go above-and-beyond
their job description before, during, and after the duty day.
Our community doesnt have to worry (with or without a
comfy budget) that the job wont get done.
Another wise colleague of mine recently said, Until teachers stop lining up for jobs, the current situation
will continue. And, I think she is correct. Until we lose
all of our good teachers or do not have any left at all, the
impact that our teachers really have on our school system
and community wont be seen or truly valued. I, for one,
hope that our community, county commissioners, and
school board recognize that they cant grow an outstanding school system without exceptional teachers, and if
anything needs to be cut or reorganized, direct impacts
on these professionals should be the last things to go. We
cant run a school system without teachers, and Im perplexed as to why we keep talking, acting, and funding as
if we can.
Alison Sayers
Ridge, Md.
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A Letter to the BOCC
I have been an English teacher

for 4 years in St. Mary's County. I was
born in Leonardtown, I grew up here,
went through the school system here,
my family and life is here. It was part
of my life's dream to give back to the
community that helped to raise me. I
am faced with the heart-breaking reality that I am beginning to be unable to
financially afford to do my part in my
community.
Hard work and challenges appeal to me and drew me to the profession of teaching. Helping people and
making a difference made me stay
in the teaching profession. You, the
Board of County Commissioners,
are helping to create circumstances
that are driving me out of St. Mary's
County, my home.
Rent is a heavy burden. Car
payments and student loans add to it.
Normal everyday necessities like groceries become something I can hardly
afford. I spend my time in the aisles
at Wal-Mart price-checking. Do you
do that?
Those are things I need. How
about the money I spend on school
supplies for my classroom? It's a bit
ridiculous to think that I am paid to
teach, but I don't have enough supplies, so in order for me to teach I have
to spend my teaching money on supplies I need to do my job and earn my
keep. It is even more maddening when
we are one of the richest counties in
all of America, yet you choose to have
the lowest amount spent on education
in this county. 24th out of 24 coun-
ties... and you want us to be the best

school system around. How do you
hope to accomplish that goal when I
cannot even be supplied with a working stapler?
I am actively applying to counties outside of St. Mary's. I am leaving
my hometown, the community I desperately want to be a part of, because I
cannot afford to make a living I think
I deserve. As a college graduate with
her Masters, I deserve to eat nutritional food instead of the cheapest food,
to have a functioning car, to be able
to pay my student loans and afford a
place to live. I should have the supplies I need to do my job, because I'll
be damned if I accept giving up more
school necessities so that I am forced
to do less for my students.
I currently refuse to pass up that
stapler on the Wal-Mart shelf because
my students deserve to staple their papers together. If that means I have to
eat ramen again tonight, so be it. But
how much longer can this go on? I am
asked to be the best teacher I can be
with the unrealistic expectation that I
am able to do that while I am worried
about my own personal livelihood.
The circumstances are against
us teachers. Within your power, as
part of the Board of County Commissioners, is the solution to our current
budget problem. I hope you see us as
a worthy cause. It is, after all, just the
future of humanity that I work with
each and every day.
Ashley Bailer
California, Md.
Letters to the
Editor
What are the
Commissioners Doing?
I became a teacher 10 years ago. It is my second career. A career I chose because I felt that I could
make an impact on our community. I had spent 22
years in the business world & wanted to do something
that I could feel good about when I went home at
night. When I accepted the job as a teacher I signed a
contract. A contract that is an enforceable document.
I agreed to do my job to the best of my ability & in
return a would be paid a certain amount of money. In
the contract it outlined pay increases if I did what was
expected. It also outlined what would happen if I did
not do my job. I have held up my end of the bargain
but the BOCC has not held up your end.

I have had to take on extra duties in order to keep
up with the increased cost of living. Which by the
way pay about $4/ hour (coaching, mentoring) This
is in addition to the increased workload that teachers
are expected to do each year.
Mr. Morgan you have said that you don't want
"teachers to take it in the shorts" but talk is cheap.
What are you and the other commissioners doing to
back up your words?
Bill Snively
Hollywood, Md.
The Real Reason for

This Budget Crisis
When the St. Mary's County Public Schools
Superintendent revealed a shortfall of millions of
dollars in this year's budget, a variety of reasons/
excuses were given. Finally, the County Commissioners were blamed for not giving the schools
enough money to begin with. Dr. Martirano and
the school board members don't seem to understand that there has to be a balance when it comes
to funding the schools because they are not the
only county service that has to be funded and it
is arrogant to act as if they are. There are a lot of
people in our community who are barely getting
by and the last thing they need is higher taxes.
The real reason for this budget crisis is a serious lack of leadership on the part of the Superintendent and the elected Board of Education. There
really is no acceptable excuse for disregarding the
recommendation of the insurance provider and deliberately underfunding health costs. Dr. Martirano and the school board members failed to be good
stewards of the taxpayers' dollars. They broke our
trust. And sadly, the price for these mistakes will
be paid by the children, the employees and yes, the
taxpayers - you and me.
Frances I. Toole
Mechanicsville, Md.
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Letters to the
Editor
Lets Join to Support

Better Local Government
Sadly, I must say that I regard Steven Sloans recent

open letter to David Ryan to be unfortunate, at best and
highly detrimental to the improvement of local government
operations, at worst.
Nothing I have read which has appeared publicly over
Mr. Ryans signature has in any way demeaned or cast aspersions on all the good, hard-working members of local government. However, Mr. Ryan, and a multitude of others of
late, certainly have had some harsh words for (in no particular order) the high-handed operation of MetCom; a particularly disastrous business decision made within the school
system which contributed to a six million dollar end-of-year
budget shortfall; and some serious allegations regarding the
competency of both the Board of Education and the County
Commissionersthough of the last one named, I think the
Commissioners have little to no culpability on the school
budget issue since they have no input at the front end of the
budgeting process nor do they have any real ability to either
identify or to correct spending issues prior to their reaching
crisis proportions. But not to let them off the hook entirely,
Im sure they have a few problems of their own.
I know nothing of Mr. Sloans background. Perhaps he
has always lived here and regards these kinds of oopsies
as both par for the course and just the way business is conducted in St. Marys County. And perhaps Mr. Ryans experiences with local government have been just the opposite.
Speaking as someone whose ancestors did not arrive
on the Ark and Dove, thus marking me as a new comer, I
have observed our water and sewer provider hiding behind

the thinnest veil of legality when they charge non-customers
as though they were; when I see contracting irregularities;
when government officials do not respond (or provide halfbaked responses) to legitimate inquiries from their constituencies; when I read of top law enforcement officials being
slapped with an eye-watering judgment for interfering with
freedom of the press, etc., etc. (By the way, I wonder if Mr.
Sloan knows of or was around for the indictment of one of
our local papers for, among other things, being a public nuisance? He might find that a truly interesting piece of local
history, what caused it, and who was behind it, and, guess
what: it wasnt that long ago. From there he might want to
proceed to the still unsolved case of a Leonardtown woman
who was murdered in her home. Fascinating.)
If Mr. Sloan chooses to characterize Mr. Ryans letters
as being destructive rather than constructive, that is his right.
But Im sort of thinking that if Mr. Sloan sat down with Mr.
Ryan over a cup of coffee and they talked this whole thing
out, it would be Mr. Sloan who would conclude that for renovations to take place, you sometimes have to engage in a
little demolition work to get back to a solid foundation.
Happiness would be to see a single letter from them,
jointly crafted and signed, supporting better local government and what it takes to get us there.
John Walters
Leonardtown, Md.
In Response to Mr. Sloan

In response to Mr. Sloans letter in your May 15th edition, I accept full responsibility for bringing some issues concerning the Board of Education and the Superintendent of
Schools and his senior staff to the attention of the public. I am
also sympathetic to how disturbing it can be when a viewpoint
held sacred is shown to be inconsistent with the facts. Mr.
Sloans interest in my spiritual wellbeing is appreciated and if
he is truly vested with province over applying the Ten Commandments to others I would appreciate him praying for me.
I can assure him he does not need to fret over my volunteer
activity since I have a long record of being an active volunteer
for numerous worthwhile causes.
David A. Ryan
Hollywood, Md.
Teachers Are Not the Enemy

If not now, when? Reasons to not honor commitments to
teachers can always be found, or should I say fabricated. It is a
matter of will and priorities. What I hear beneath all the numbers and statistics being circulated is propaganda- a means for
continuing what is tantamount to deep-seated anti-school sentiment. Words to the contrary ring hollow. It is at its root a lack
of will AND commitment. Instead of, how will we insure fair
compensation for our teachers; the plan appears to be how far
will they bend and bow before they break? Teacher salaries
are stagnant because the commissioners and BOE consistently
regard us in the lowest possible esteem despite what one reads
in the press during teacher appreciation week-words, just
words. Teachers cannot pay rising costs of living with words.
If not teachers, then who? What other public employee
is expected to subsist on politicians praise and speeches about
our effectiveness, sacrifice and devotion while costs soar and
compensation levels move in reverse or remain the same.
Moreover, there are ever increasing demands on teachers. The
Common Core curriculum is generating profound workload
issues. The number of tests administered increases each year,
teacher evaluation systems become more complex, class sizes
are said to increase, and new parameters for managing students who disrupt instruction is further threatening the precious time remaining for the delivery of quality instruction.
The culture we are navigating feels increasingly anti-teacher
thus anti-student. Other county employees are reportedly
slated to receive a 1% increase in wages. 1% will surely not

enable these employees to keep pace with costs of inflation,
but it is 1% more than your childrens, your futures, teachers
are worth.
If not you, then who? It is our commissioners and BOE
were put in place to advance and protect our community
members, but by pushing our teachers to the brink, and in
increasing cases, out of the profession, we risk the future of
young people in this competitive world market. The present
budgetary approach to our educational system is not sustainable. With teacher pressures and morale at its present levels,
we cannot expect to maintain our high rankings. These last
5 years, we know our country, our state, our neighbors have
been struggling-our resistance to the devaluation of our profession was therefore muted. Time has shown, however, that
our dedication and patience has come to be used against us.
Teachers are not the enemy, nor are we scapegoats and work
mules. We are highly credentialed professionals charged with
educating our youth under often difficult circumstances. We
ask that we be re-prioritized to a position of respect with regard to our compensation, and the necessary will be exerted
by our elected officials to empower and elevate our teachers.
Tracy Lane
SMCPS teacher
Lexington Park, Md.
What Kind
of Individual
Do We Have
Representing Our
Legal Morality?
After reading comments that States Attorney Richard Fritz made on his Facebook page regarding the conviction in his most recently tried murder case I have serious questions about the type of person we have elected to
this office.
Mr. Fritz remarked on his Facebook page that he
intends to ask for the maximum sentence for the defendant then proceeded to boastfully list monsters recently
removed from society who have all been convicted as
a result of Fritzs work. In response to a congratulatory
comment from someone, Fritz further remarked about the
most recent conviction I would think Bubba is waiting.
Dont get me wrong, I am thankful that these individuals were prosecuted and will face justice for the
crimes they committed. That is only fair. However, where
I find a problem is with having a boastful official make a
flippant comment about what may become of the welfare
of these people while they are incarcerated. While I have
the utmost sympathy for the loss and hardship suffered as
a result of the decisions made by these clearly misguided
human beings, it is inappropriate for Fritz, a public official, to make comments such as these.
Prison incarceration was originally meant to be a
punishment that individuals must endure if they are convicted of breaking the law. However, with some prison
systems having libraries, schooling and internet available
the focus has shifted from that of punishment to rehabilitation. There is a known issue of rape within prison environment. In fact, a 2011-12 study by the U.S. Department
of Justice found that 4% of state and federal prison inmates and 3.2% of jail inmates were victimized sexually.
That means over 96,000 people were sexually attacked.
While some may just laugh at the comment Fritz
made, I have to wonder whether or not this type of behavior is indicative of what type of person he is at his
core. Certainly, Fritzs past behaviors have highlighted
this very point. Who could forget the guilty plea to a rape
charge in 1964, when Fritz and several others admitted to
having carnal knowledge of a young girl. In 1998 when
Fritz was running his first election campaign for the office of States Attorney, the St. Marys Today ran a story
on election day about the 1964 rape. Along with then
Sheriff Voorhaar, Fritz attempted to conceal the story
from voters by removing all copies of the papers from
their point of sale. Fritz was charged for the latter action
as well and went to settlement, he says, purely for how
much attorneys fees are going to have to be paid, according to his quote in a article from The Washington
Post in April 2005.
Anyone who gets as far as being an elected attorney
working for the government should have a basic ability to
distinguish right from wrong. Largely, Richard Fritz has
done that with his convictions on the unabashedly clear
court cases he has prosecuted. We should not and would
not accept another outcome other than the conviction of
the murderers he has brought to justice. On a more personal scale we should seriously examine the evidence that
has slipped through the cracks, despite Fritzs best efforts,
that would tell us what kind of individual we have representing our legal morality.
Brandon Russell
Leonardtown, Md.
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NO MATTER WHO YOU ASK, OUR COVE POINT PROJECT

IS A GREAT SOLUTION FOR SOUTHERN MARYLAND.
Going forward, we will promote fuel-switching from coal to gas for electricity production
and encourage the development of a global market for gas.
President Barack Obama
The export of LNG can help
drive additional U.S. natural gas

production and support hundreds
of thousands of additional U.S. jobs
in engineering, manufacturing,
construction, and operation of the
export infrastructure.
David Mallino, Jr.,
Laborers International
Union of North America
All of this underscores that
President Obama can serve U.S.

strategic and economic interests
by immediately approving every
request to build a liquefied
natural gas export terminal.
The Wall Street Journal
LNG exports will foster U.S. job
creation, new tax revenues, and

stronger international alliances.
At issue is the freedom to export.
Several years from now a portion of a
gas or electric bill being paid by a

customer in Japan or Europe could
find its way into the paycheck of a
worker right here in the United States.
Bipartisan letter to
U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu,
cosigned by 21 members of Congress
Restricting international trade in fossil
fuels is not an effective policy to reduce

global greenhouse gas emissions or to
advance domestic economic interests,
and we recommend against any
such restrictions.
Bipartisan Policy Center
The Energy Department was right to
approve Cove Point, and it would be right

to okay other projects like it in the future.
The Washington Post
John Murphy,
Vice President for International Affairs,
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Dominions proposal to add export capability to its Cove Point LNG Terminal has received strong support nationwide from
respected business leadersand both sides of the political aisle. Thats because it will bring 3,000 construction jobs, 75 highpaying permanent positions, and tens of millions of dollars in new annual revenue for Southern Maryland. As Dominion continues
a 40-year commitment to Calvert County and the Chesapeake Bay, we look forward to keeping the conversation going.
To learn more visit dom.com/covepoint
@Dom_CovePoint
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Feature Story
OMalley
Intercedes
for Wind
Turbines
Flight,
Radar Tests
May Be In
Jeopardy
By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
Gov. Martin OMalleys veto of a bill that would
have halted a major wind turbine project off Somerset Countys shore to protect radar testing operations
at Patuxent River Naval Air Station could be a serious
blow to local economic prosperity, elected officials fear,
but they also say that the projects success is far from a
certainty.
Del. John Bohanan, one of the key drivers behind
the moratorium, said the math between the two projects
22,000 jobs at Pax River at $7.5 billion a year for the
state each year compared to about 12 jobs post construction for the turbines at just $1 million a year for 30 years
in revenue was no contest.
While he questioned the governors economic sense
in making the veto decision, Bohanan said the regulatory hurdles the wind turbine project must jump could
be enough to stall if not kill it outright.
Deregulated in parts of the state like Western Maryland earlier this century, wind turbines were re-regulated by state law in 2012 that forces them to go through
the approval process of the Public Service Commission,
which regulates major energy projects in Maryland.
Whats more, the regulations governing that process have not been promulgated yet, Bohanan said.
They have not pulled the first permit for this project, Bohanan said. They have many, many months
ahead of them.
The states been dragging their feet in this regard,
and for our purpose thats good.
Bohanan said the lengthy process ahead for the
project plus the regulatory hurdles may cause it to fold
even before it becomes a reality.
Thats a strong possibility, Bohanan said.
Because of the strong bipartisan support the moratorium received in this years legislative session in An-
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napolis, Del. Anthony ODonnell, who helped marshal

GOP support for the measure, called for a special session
to overturn OMalleys veto.
The national security work at Patuxent River Naval
Air Station is not to be trifled with for Gov. OMalleys
national ambitions, ODonnell said.
He added that the special session could be called by
Speaker Michael Busch and Senate President Thomas V.
Mike Miller.
Bohanan said in speaking with the two men that the
possibility of such a session exists.
The GOP insider said that during the 2014 session
law makers considered the fact that Somerset County,
much like other counties on the Eastern Shore, has
among the highest unemployment rates in the state and
is in desperate need of economic development but the
scuttling of air operations at Pax River could not be
allowed.
Somerset and the Eastern Shore also benefit economically from the air operations testing on Wallops
Island, which would be negatively impacted if the operations at Patuxent River were stymied by the turbine
project, ODonnell said.
We considered it very carefully, he said of the
economic ramifications. You dont give up one to get
the other; its a balancing of interests.
The purpose of the moratorium was not to shut
down the turbine project but delay it so Massachusetts
Institute of Technology (MIT) scientists could finish a
study that would say whether the air operations on the
Western Shore could co-exist with the turbines to the
east.
Also, the moratorium would have reduced the size
of the wind turbines so that the closer they were to the
base the shorter they would be; they also would not have
been allowed to get as high as the 600-foot limit proposed by the project.
If we get the MIT study back we may be able to
come up with unique solutions, ODonnell said.

Todd Eberly, political science professor at St. Marys
College of Maryland, said the veto was a political calculation to establish OMalleys green energy bona fides
for his anticipated run for president in 2016.
OMalley is looking to his political future this
was 100 percent driven by his future plans, Eberly said.
While the veto may make OMalley more appealing
on the national political stage, it could make things much
more difficult for counties who have come to rely on the
military for their livelihood during an upcoming base
realignment and closure (BRAC) round.
Key to BRAC considerations are public facilities
like transportation, schools and public safety as well as
the communitys willingness to help accommodate the
militarys mission.
Its a signal to the navy that the states intentions
are shifting, Eberly said. It makes BRAC more difficult in the future.
County Commissioner Todd Morgan slammed the
governors veto and his using climate change as the reason for it.
For him to sit there and use climate change as the
reason then why put any more money into the Port of
Baltimore, Morgan said, citing a study that showed Pax
River contributed more to the states economy than the
port did.
The counties have to continue lobbying for this
program, Morgan said. And the navy has to step up.
Morgan voiced his disappointment that while quietly navy officials have said the turbines would harm radar
and air operations testing at Pax River they have decided
to stay out of the public debate.
The crickets are chirping loud and clear at the Pentagon, Morgan said.
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Time for Next Steps, Leadership

Successful leadership influences hearts and minds,
and what better way to influence than to behave to our
friends as we would hope our friends would behave to us?
A bill passed by the legislature to impose a 16 month
moratorium on wind turbines in Somerset County, Maryland was vetoed last week by Governor OMalley, allowing
the wind turbine project to move forward. While the project
could create some economic benefit for Somerset, it could
just as likely be more harmful to Marylands economy by
encroaching upon the mission at Patuxent River Naval Air
Station.
The issue of the day, wind turbines with their unintended consequences, is part of a story that has been over
300 years in the making.
From the early days of colonial Maryland all the way
up until 1942, two Maryland counties (settlements) were
like identical twin sisters. Somerset County and St. Marys
County, both with a beautiful countryside with nearly the
same land mass, nearly the same amount of waterfront, and
sharing the same waters.
Both growing population at nearly the same immeasurable slow rate reaching the high point of some 20,000
residents and holding from the 1800s through 1942. Both
counties relying upon two industries to sustain their economy; agriculture and seafood. Both with matching income
levels, and matching distances from major urban jobs and
resources.
Prior to 1942, Somerset County was the poorest, most
uneducated county in the state of Maryland with one exception, St. Marys County. In 1942 a naval base located
in St. Marys and over the next 70 years St. Marys became
one of the richest, most educated counties in Maryland all
the while its sister county, Somerset, fell to dead last and
remains there today. Not much has changed in Somerset;
everything has changed in St. Marys.
In 2004, while I was serving as a commissioner for
the Chesapeake Bay Critical Areas Commission, Wal-Mart
announced its intentions to build a distribution facility in

Somerset County, a project which would fall under the purview and approval processes of the Critical Areas Commission. At the time I was also serving as President of the St.
Marys County Commissioners.
The new Wal-Mart distribution facility would bring as
many as 800 much needed new jobs paying wages above
average for Somerset County. As Commissioner President
I recognized right away this type of economic development
would be good for Somerset and not encroach upon the mission at our naval base. The people of Somerset needed this
and St. Marys needed to help.
I took a personal interest in seeing that the plans were
ushered through the Critical Areas Commission with practical mitigation approved and the process kept on track for
approval. The Critical Areas Commission did its job, the
plan was approved.
Unfortunately, while we were approving the facility,
the state legislature passed the Anti-Wal-Mart Bill. Although we were able to get Governor Ehrlich to veto the
bill, the legislature overrode the veto, with legislators from
Southern Maryland voting for the override. As a result, the
Wal-Mart distribution facility was never built.
Now 10 years later, knowing wind turbines could be
an encroachment to PAX Naval Base, our legislators again
find themselves battling our poor, betrayed sister on the
eastern shore, and again our only answer seems to protect
our riches even if our sister remains poor.
The wind turbine project needs to be stopped, to do
that we need leadership which can appeal to the hearts and
minds of Marylanders with a path forward.
Next Steps:
1) Adoption of a Maryland state anti-encroachment
policy protecting the militarys mission at all installations
across the state.
Military Mission Encroachment is a real national is-
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sue. My fathers board of county

commissioners in 1975 was one
of the first jurisdictions in the US
to codify an anti-encroachment
policy in its local land use plan.
Maryland should require all local jurisdictions to evaluate
encroachment threats to all our military installations and
require local land use law to mitigate those threats.
2) Marylands renewable energy policy should be
amended to allow aggressive development of alternative
energy sources so long as such does not encroach upon the
mission of any US military installation.
3) A team of Federal, State, and local leaders from
Washington, Annapolis, the Eastern Shore and Southern
Maryland should convene an economic summit in Somerset County committing federal, state and local assistance to
improving the economy of Somerset County and the eastern shore of Maryland. Maybe the Wal-Mart distribution
facility could be put back on the table.
4) Appeal to the hearts and minds of the good people
in Somerset County and neighboring counties that economic development is possible without giving up their astonishing view shed or blighting their beautiful shoreline with
monstrous wind turbines, the mountains of Western Maryland should serve as an example. That the natural habitat of
Bald Eagles and other native wildlife as well as migratory
birds would not need to be sacrificed. It will take a sincere
commitment with a clear vision which the folks in Somerset
can willingly follow.
Protecting jobs at PAX Naval Base requires state
leadership that looks beyond our own interests and assures all Marylanders interests are protected.
Thomas F. McKay, former County Commissioner

President, candidate for Maryland House of Delegates
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Navy
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Dennis Plautz
Dave Van Asdlen
Tom Pantke
More Than a Lifetime

With the Navy Comes to a Close
Some people are drawn to the noble calling to serve their
country in the military, and some continue this calling long after
retirement. Three employees from the F/A-18 and EA-18G program, PMA-265, fit into this category.
With over 138 cumulative years of service to the Navy and
Marine Corps among them, Dennis Plautz, Tom Pantke, and David Van Asdlen have worked tirelessly to serve their country and
the warfighter.
When you have three individuals of this caliber retire in the
same year, your program feels it, said Paul Fisher, PMA-265 Deputy Program Manager for Advanced Systems. They have brought
so much experience, expertise and enthusiasm to our program, and
each of them will be hard to replace. But I wish all of them the very
best in their retirement; they deserve it.
The co-lead for Advanced Systems, Patrick DAurora, adds:
They are the type of individuals that will always figure out a way
to get things done, and you cant teach that. All are just amazing
to work with.
Dennis Plautz
Navy service: 23 years
CSS support: 19 years
Dennis Plautz quickly did the math in December 1969 when
the first draft lottery for the Vietnam War was held and realized
that upon his graduation from the
University of Michigan in 1970, he would lose his college
deferment.
His number was drawn right in the middle so there was a
good chance hed be drafted, and there was a good chance he
wouldnt be drafted. I figured if I had to go, I wanted to optimize
the experience, Plautz said.
While working in the kitchen of his fraternity house, a
brother who was going into Marine aviation encouraged Plautz to
consider the same field; he took the advice and entered the Naval
Aviation Officer Candidate program prior to graduation.
Plautz was designated a Naval Flight Officer (NFO) and flew
in the F-4 Phantom from April 1972 through January 1978 before
transitioning to the F-14 Tomcat which he flew until 1983.
I really enjoyed the ready room environment, said Plautz.
I was in a fraternity in college and it was almost like an extension of the fraternity life. It was just a great group of people
from all different backgrounds but
focused on a mutual goal.
Plautz retired from active duty service in 1994, after 23 years
but because of the people he encountered in this type of work, he
decided to stay the course and continue working for the Navy
in some way.
I was just about to retire from my last duty station at COMOPTEVFOR after 17 years at various duty stations in the Norfolk/Virginia Beach [Virginia] area, when I was offered a position
with NAVAIR [then in Crystal City, Virginia]. I had managed to
stay out of Washington, D.C., my entire military career, I thought
why not?
Plautz has not regretted his decision. In his almost 20 years
working for Wyle, he has continued to do exciting work and travel

to many appealing places but, most of all, he enjoys the people he
works with. Its the main reason Ive stayed with one company
since military retirement.
Reflecting on whats next for him, Plautz pauses, I never
feel like Im 66 years old until I look in the mirror! I have no specific retirement plans. I suppose Ill travel and eventually move to
Florida.
Tom Pantke
Marine Corps service: 24 years
Perhaps it was a book Tom Pantke read in the third grade
which highlighted the U.S. Marine Corps mission or the summer
cruise with the U.S. Navy after his freshman year in college that
lead him
down the Marine Corps path. Either way, Pantke was determined to be a Marine upon graduating from the Illinois Institute
of Technology as a commissioned officer.
Upon his commissioning as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S.
Marine Corps, Pantke attended various Marine Corps and Navy
schools and was designated a Naval Flight Officer (NFO) in the
A-6 Intruder attack aircraft. His tours include Marine All Weather
Attack Squadrons [(VMFA-(AW)] 224, 533, 121 and combat
missions operating out of DaNang, Republic of Vietnam, with
VMFA(AW) 225.
Pantke recounts fond memories of his time in the military,
especially noting the camaraderie. It just doesnt get any better
than squadron time, said Pantke. Even in Vietnam, we did things
to let off steam.
Each squadron had party flight suits, made out of cotton in
squadron colors with all the squadron insignia. We would go to the
Officers Club and sit at designated tables and sing squadron songs
trying to shout down the other squadrons. It was all in good fun,
Pantke remembers.
Pantkes final tour on active duty was at the Naval Air Systems Command, serving as the Assistant Program Manager,
Logistics, for the Navy and Marine Corps A-6 aircraft program
(PMA-234) for four years before retiring as a Lieutenant Colonel
in July 1988.
Upon retirement, Pantke decided to keep working for the
warfighter.
I liked NAVAIR and after four years was beginning to understand it. I believed in NAVAIRs mission, and it was a chance to
stay close to aircraft and around aviators, Pantke said. My new
position as a contractor gave me the means to continue doing this
but in a different uniform.
Pantke has been supporting the F/A-18 & EA-18G program
(PMA-265) as a Wyle (then Veda) employee since 1988.
On May 16, Tom Pantke will retire after more than 49 years
of service to the Navy and Marine Corps. Upon retirement he
plans to spend time with family.
Dave Van Asdlen

Navy service: 22 years
While growing up in the shadows of Memorial Stadium,
home of the Baltimore Orioles, David Van Asdlen never imagined
his lifes work would be about the military.
However, while attending the University of Maryland at College Park as an accounting major, Van Asdlen realized that joining
the military was probably in his future, like it or not, because
of the Vietnam War.
As a result, he proactively joined the Aviation Reserve Officer Candidate (AVROC) program January 1966 which allowed
him to start training after his junior year but return his senior year
to finish school prior to beginning his tour. Upon graduation, Van
Asdlen completed his final six weeks of schooling and was commissioned as an Ensign in the U.S. Navy.
Van Asdlen was assigned to the Ghost Riders of Fighter
Squadron (VF) 142 out of Miramar, California, where he was a
Radar
Intercept Officer (RIO) in the F-4 Phantom. While with the
Ghost Riders, he completed two cruises of nine months each,
which was standard at that time.
Like most who served in the military, Van Asdlens favorite
memory is about camaraderie with his squadron mates and friendships that withstand the test of time. Without hesitation, Van Asdlen states Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) in Monterey, California, as his favorite duty station because of the good golfing.
He did manage to earn a Masters degree in Operations Research
between golf games!
In his last active duty assignment, Van Asdlen was working
for the Center for Naval Analysis, doing classified work which parlayed into the work he continued upon his retirement from active
duty June 1988, after nearly 22 years.
Working as a contractor (Wyle) for the last 25 years has
been extremely gratifying. Our work has impact, and thats important to me, Van Asdlen said.
Reflecting on how the Navy has changed over the years, Van
Asdlen notes that the computers and avionics systems are much
more challenging today.
Looking at the cockpit displays, you realize everything the
aviators have to absorb, Van Asdlen said. I give these guys all
the credit in the world. Of course these are kids that have grown up
with computers and know how to multi-task.
Van Asdlen alludes to future technologies which will make
displays easier to understand. My work has had significant inputs
into fleet readiness; the work that Ive done and the customers Ive
supported - it is very fulfilling.
Upon retirement, Van Asdlen plans to work on his golf game
and learn to play a musical instrument while attacking his honey
do list and becoming more involved in community service and
volunteerism.
Press Release By Julie Lemmon, F/A-18 and EA-18G Program Office, PMA-265, Communications Support
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Obituaries
Marvin Grey Eaton, Sr., 73
Marvin Grey Eaton,
Sr., 73 of Hollywood, Md.,
departed this life and transitioned into everlasting
life on Friday, May 9. Marvin was born on November
26, 1940 in Mecklenburg
County, Va. to the late John
M. Eaton and Mary Jane Eaton. He was educated in the Oxford County, North Carolina
school system.
Marvin was married for 52 years to
the late Minerva Gertrude Eaton. He was
a good father, brother, uncle, grandfather,
great grandfather and friend. Marvin often welcomed his home to those who had
need. Marvin retired with over twenty years
of service from Trailways Bus Station in
Washington, D.C.
He had a love for Classic cars, going
to the race track and playing cards. Playing
softball with his family and traveling with
his wife and family was his most favored
past times.
Marvin dedicated his life to Christ several years ago and rededication on April 30.
Marvin is preceded in death by his parents, the late John M. Eaton and Mary (Terry) Eaton; three sisters, Virginia and Mable
Eaton and Florence Thomas; four brothers,
John Eaton, Whalenton Eaton, Herbert Eaton and William Eaton.
He leaves to cherish his memory his
children: Tisa Harris (Curtis), Jacqueline
Jackson, Kimberly Diggs (Artie) and Marvin Eaton, Jr. (Chirleen); Ruth Reed (who
was raised as his sister); seven grandchildren, Faletra Anderson, Danitra Garcia
(Giovanni), Nicole Thomas, DaiJanae
Wade, Carl Jackson, Jeremiah Reed and
Eboni Jackson; great-grandson, Mathias
and a host of nieces, nephews, relatives and
friends.
Family united with relatives and
friends on Monday, May 19 for visitation at
10 a.m. until service at 11 a.m. at From the
Heart Ministries Church, 4949 Allentown
Road, Suitland, Md. Interment was on Tuesday, May 20 at 10 a.m. at Old St. Aloysius
Church Cemetery, Cemetery Road, Leonardtown, Md.
Arrangements by Briscoe-Tonic Funeral Home, Mechanicsville, Md.
Mildred Anne Wood, 94

Mildred Anne Wood
(Mom-Moms), 94, of Mechanicsville, Md. passed
away on May 13 in Leonardtown, Md. Born on August
17, 1919 in Trent Hall, Md.,
she was the loving daughter of the late Lillian Hill
Pilkerton and Zachariah Pilkerton of Trent
Hall, Md. Mildred was the loving wife of the
late Sidney M. Wood, Sr., whom she married in Immaculate Conception Catholic
Church Mechanicsville, Md. in 1937, and
he preceded her in death in Leonardtown,
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sons Alfred E. Wood, Sidney M. Wood,
Jr., and Joseph W. Wood all of Mechanicsville, Md., 11 grandchildren, 25 great grandchildren, and 6 great great grandchildren.
She is preceded in death by her siblings;
Henry Pilkerton, and Gladys Baltimore,
both of Baltimore, Md., Bernard Pilkerton
of Washington, D.C., Martin Pilkerton,
Theodora Grinder, Margaret Wood, Lillian
Hill, Pauline Nagle, Ignatius Pilkerton, and
Edna Thompson all of Mechanicsville, Md.,
Martha Pribble of Norfolk, Va., and Roudolf Pilkerton of Leonardtown, Md. Mildred graduated from Margaret Brent high
school in 1934 and University of Maryland
in 1969 with a Bachelors of Arts. She was a
lifelong resident of St. Marys County, Md.
and worked as a cosmetology instructor for
Charles and Calvert County Public Schools,
retiring after 22 years in 1984.
The family received friends on Friday,
May 16 from 5 to 8 p.m. with prayers recited
at 7 p.m. in the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral
Home Leonardtown, Md. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on Saturday, May
17 at 10 a.m. in Immaculate Conception
Catholic Church Mechanicsville, Md. with
Father Michael Tietjen officiating. Interment will follow in Queen of Peace Catholic
Cemetery Helen, Md. Pallbearers: Robert
Wood, Montgomery Wood, Preston Wood,
David Wood, Daniel Wood and Nathaniel
Wood.
Roy Anthony Ashton, Sr., 57

Roy Anthony Ashton,
Sr., 57 of Great Mills, Md.,
departed this life on May 14.
Roy Ashton, a native of St.
Marys County was born in
Leonardtown Md. on July
13, 1956 to the late Catherine Dyson- Ashton and
Thomas Wallace Ashton.
Roy attended Chopticon High School and
University Of Maryland where he studied
photography. Roy also served our country
honorably as a Marine Also known as a
JAR HEAD.
While serving our country, he met the
beautiful Wanda Holton (Stoogie to most).
After 2 years of dating, they decided to go
to the St. Marys Court House where they
married on May 14, 1981. These two were
truly the real Bonnie and Clyde of their time.
Not perfect in the eyes of many, but perfect
for each other in so many ways. Roy was

truly loved by his four children - Roy, Jr.,
of Fort Hood, Texas, Shamekcia (Deigo), of
Lexington Park, Md., Ashley, of Lexington
Park, Md. and Rochell of Miami, Fla. He
was blessed to have six grandchildren who
adored him.
Roy was an all-around man with many
different hobbies from fishing, racing cars
and definitely entertaining others. He was
a very well-known and loving man with a
heart of platinum. He knew everyone or at
least it seemed like it. Although you may
have only spent one hour with him, he was
sure to leave an impression on you. If you
knew him you were aware that he was a
fighter; he fought cancer for years. Roy was
truly the life of the party and would have it
no other way. And Lord when that man got
on the dance floor, there was no getting him
off. Roy was sure to keep a smile on your
face from the rude insults to the tough love
that he had no problem giving out (but that
was only if he liked you). Although, you never knew what he would say, you were sure to
hear a few of his favorite sayings hold the
phone, you dont hear me tho, give me
some baby love and the most favorite you
got a new shirt and you dont know how to
act. Roy was a very giving person whether
it was his last or not; it was available to you
for the price of a small insult. He faithfully
enjoyed going to the farmers market early
Saturday mornings with the girls. You could
always expect a random pop up; just to
speak throughout the Oakville community.
Roy was truly a family man to all of his
family and friends near and far. He loved to
hear that it was something going on out of
town; he was definitely going to attend. A
great listener and teacher; he was to many.
From cooking lessons to akeeya, to the
burning rubber in the street in his M.I.B race
car. Roy had an influence on many lives. He
always had friends and family at his house;
whether it was because Stoogie was babysitting or just because you knew that it would
be something good for dinner.
Rest easy daddy; not a day will go by
that you will not be thought of. You may be
gone but I promise, you will never be forgotten. Wipe your tears and celebrate with
good music, food and people; that is the way
that Roy would have wanted things to be on
his day.
Roy was preceded in death by his parents, Catherine and Thomas Ashton, Sr.
He leaves to cherish his memory his four
children, Roy, Jr., Shamekcia, Ashley and
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Rochell; four brothers, Rodney (Agnes), of
Waldorf, Md., Jerome (Vandana), of Rockville, Md., Bernard (Irene), of Houston,
Texas and three sisters, Angela (Stanley), of
Mechanicsville, Md., Clarissa (Cornelius),
of California, Md., and Delores (James), of
Mechanicsville Md.
Family united with relatives and
friends on Wednesday, May 21 for visitation at 9 a.m. until Mass of Christian Burial
at 10 a.m. at St. Josephs Catholic Church,
29119 Point Lookout Road, Morganza, Md.
Interment to follow at Cheltenham Veterans
Cemetery, 11301 Crain Highway, Cheltenham, Md.
Martin Leonard Leopold, 66

Martin Leonard Leopold, 66, of Lexington Park,
Md., died on May 16 at his
residence in Lexington Park,
Md.
Martin was born on
July 15, 1947, in Manhattan, N.Y., to the late William
Leopold and Lillian Semel Leopold.
Martin graduated from Fairleigh Dickinson University. He enjoyed 28 wonderful
years of marriage with his late wife, Eunice
Zippermann Leopold, before her passing in
2000. He was employed as an electrical
engineer at Webster Field since 1969. His
career included working on various projects covering everything from detection
of submarines to landing systems on aircraft carriers. He enjoyed bowling, playing cards, going to shows and is in the
St. Marys County Softball Hall of Fame.
However, his greatest love was spending
time with his children and grandchildren.
He is a member of Beth Israel Synagogue
in Lexington Park, Md.
Martin is survived by his children,
Susan Elaine Dudley (Christopher) of
Huntingtown, Md., Steven Richard Leopold (Grace), of Scotland, Md. and Judith
Lynn Link (Jeremy) of Plainfield, IL; and
his grandchildren, Sarah Dudley, Nathan

Dudley, Emily Dudley, Eli Leopold, William Leopold, Alyssa Link, and Ryan
Link. In addition to his parents, he is also
preceded in death by his beloved wife
Eunice.
A Committal Service was held Monday, May 19 at 10 a.m. at Evergreen Memorial Gardens, 22020 Chancellors Run
Road, Great Mills, Md. 20634.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may
be made in the honor of Martin Leopold
to the American Cancer Society, 1041
Route 3 North, Building A, Gambrills,
Md. 21054; or to Beit Chaverim, P.O. Box
1867, Prince Frederick, Md. 20678; or to a
charity of your choice.
Arrangements by the Brinsfield Funeral Home, P.A., Leonardtown, Md.
Condolences to the family may be
made at www.brinsfieldfuneral.com
Ronal Dean Thompson, 75

Ronal Dean Thompson, 75, of Hollywood,
Md., died on May 16 at his
residence in Hollywood,
Md. after a long battle with
cancer. His wife Brenda
was by his side, caring for
him until the end.
Ronal was born on November 26,
1938, in Hollywood, Md., to the late
Roscoe Thompson and Margaret Dean
Thompson of Hollywood, Md.
He attended Leonardtown High
School in Leonardtown, Md. He served in
the United States Army as a Private, 1st
Class on Okinawa Island, Japan. He had
a deep and commanding voice which led
him at a young age into radio broadcasting. He served as a radio personality in
many states and on Armed Forces Radio.
He later became a Toll Sergeant for the
Maryland Department of Transportation
where in retired in 2002.
Ronal is survived by his wife, Brenda
Thompson; treasured mother Margaret
Thompson of Hollywood, Md.; daugh-
ter, Kimberly Diane Kiley of Frederick,

Md.; son, Ronal Thompson, Jr. of Hollywood, Md.; two grandchildren, Nicole
Marie Kiley and Kevin Matthew Kiley,
both of Frederick, Md. He also leaves behind two much-loved nieces, Janayth and
Christina, numerous other relatives and
devoted and loyal friends. He is preceded
in death by his father and brother, Robert
Thompson.
Family will receive friends on Friday, May 23, 2014 from 6 to 8 p.m. with
a memorial service at 7:30 p.m. officiated by Rev. Sheldon Reese at Brinsfield
Funeral Home, P.A., 22955 Hollywood
Road, Leonardtown, Md. 20650. Interment will be private.
Memorial Contributions may be
made to Hospice of St. Marys, P.O. Box
625, Leonardtown, Md. 20650 or Meals
on Wheels, C/O St. Marys County Department of Aging, P.O. Box 655, Leonardtown, Md. 20650.
Arrangements by the Brinsfield Funeral Home, P.A., Leonardtown, Md.
Condolences to the family may be
made at www.brinsfieldfuneral.com
Delilah Ann Taylor, 62

Delilah Ann Taylor,
62 of Lexington Park, Md.,
went home to be with the
Lord on May 14. She was
born on April 12, 1952 in
Leonardtown, Md. from
the union of Heartic Lee
Taylor and the late Linna
Mae Taylor. She attended and graduated
from St. Marys County schools.
Delilah worked as a Housekeeping Assistant with Holiday Inn. She was
known as D, and always the life of the
party. Delilah was truly down to earth;
you never had to guess what she was
thinking or ask what she liked.
She enjoyed hanging out with
friends, playing cards, and eating soul
food. Fried chicken was her favorite food
and Popeyes was her favorite place!
Delilah was preceded in death by

her mother, Linna Mae Taylor; brothers,
Heartic Taylor, Jr. and Ollie Taylor and
sister, Doris Stephens.
She leaves to cherish her memory
her father, Heartic Taylor, Sr. and a host
of nieces, nephews and other relatives and
friends.
Family will unite with relatives and
friends on Friday, May 23 for visitation
at 10 a.m. until service at 11 a.m. at First
Missionary Baptist Church, 46370 Pegg
Lane, Lexington Park, Md. Interment
will be private. Reverend Roderick McClanahan will be officiating.
Alice Marie Solosky, 91

Alice Marie Solosky, 91, of Solomons, Md. passed away at her home on
May 17. Born on March 23, 1923, she was
the loving daughter of the late Renata Grube and Arthur Grube. Alice was the loving wife of the late Stanley Solosky whom
she married in Lakewood, Ohio. Alice is
survived by her children: Arthur Kuehne
of California, Md., Adrienne Howard of
Lakewood, Ohio, 4 grandchildren, 6 great
grandchildren, and sister Kathleen Evans
of Reading, Pa. She is preceded in death
by her siblings: Marilyn Miller, and Dale
Grube. Alice graduated from Lakewood
High School in 1941 and moved from
West Chester, Pa. to St. Marys County,
Md. in 2005. She was a homemaker and
was past president of the American Federation of Womens Club and enjoyed flower
arranging.
A Graveside Service was held on
Wednesday, May 21 at 12 p.m. in Philadelphia Memorial Park Frazer, Pa. Pallbearers: Art Kuehne, Jesse Howard,
Worth Howard, III, Worth Howard, II,
and Nick Hemdal.
Arrangements provided by the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home Leonardtown, Md.
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Maryland Clay Dirt
Raley Works Hard for Second Hobby Stock Checker
By Doug Watson
Contributing Writer
Five races into the 2014 season at Marylands Potomac speedway there had yet to
be a repeat winner in the tracks ultra-competitive Hobby Stock class, Until last Friday
night. With the odds stacked against him, Jonathon Raley drove from his 12th starting
spot to take the race lead from one-time division winner Jamie Sutphin on the 12th-lap,
and would go on to collect his second win of the season aboard his family-owned no.92.
Potomacs Hobby Stock class has emerged as one of the tracks premiere support classes
with its trademark side by side racing, solid car counts and down to the wire finishes.
Raley was more than excited to become the first to repeat in, what has become, such a
tough class. I knew we had a good car, but as far back as we were starting tonight, I
had no idea wed be able to pull off the win here tonight. Raley stated that hard work
in the teams shop and from a few friends was the key to his winning drive. We had the
motor out of this car today. Raley stated. We were having problems with the oil pump
so we took the motor out and got it repaired and I even called Scotty Nelson (Potomac
Street Stock driver) to leave work early to come help us get this thing ready. If it werent
for all those people helping out, we wouldnt be here right now. Becoming the first to
repeat in the Hobby Stock class was a tall order, but well worth all the hard work put
forth by Raleys team. In my opinion, this is the toughest class at Potomac this season.
Raley bottom-lined. Theres at least 6 or 8 cars on any given night that can win, and to
be able to start where we did, and win, is a pretty good feeling. I just hope we can keep
it going. Jonathon Raley (2), Jerry Deason (point leader), Jamie Sutphin, Billy Crouse
and Ed Pope Jr. have all scored wins in the class this season.
Weekend NotesLate Model point leader Dale Hollidge suffered a flat right-rear tire on his Rocket
no.0 mid-way through the 35-lap Late Model main forcing him to pit for fresh rubber.
Hollidge would then come from the rear of the field to collect seventh-place feature
money...2012 track champion Kenny Moreland was swept-up in the aborted first-attempt to start the Late Model feature that collected half the field. Morelands Rocket
no.24 was severely wounded and would not return to competition...Delawares Amanda
Whaley made her first Potomac LM start of the season. Whaley drew the pole for the
feature, but would spin going into turn-one as the field went green. With the damage to
her Rocket no.44W just cosmetic, she was able to re-join the field and she would rally to
take a solid sixth in the divisions 35-lap main...Limited Late Model regular Tyler Emory
raced with the Late Models on Friday and would score a 9th in the feature after starting
11th with his BRC race cars no.46...Mike Latham was well on his way to win number
four in the Street Stocks until mechanical woes sidelined his no.78. Defending track
champion Darren Alvey would score the win, his third of 2014, over another depleted
field of just seven cars that saw just three finish the event...Virginia Motor Speedway
regular Wesley Givens was at the controls of Sam Archers no.36 Hobby Stock fro
Fridays action. Givens got banged around a bit during the divisions feature, but would
salvage the night with a sixth-place finish, even though the car was missing most of its
front-end sheet-metal...After finishing second in Fridays Late Model feature, Gregg
Satterlee towed his Rocket no.22 to Virginia Motor Speedway for Saturdays USA 100.
The Rochester Mills Pa ace would win one of the 25-lap qualifying events and then
take his second runner-up performance of the weekend to race winner Chris Ferguson.
Twenty-Seven Late Models took part in the show...Friday Potomac Late Model winner
Jason Covert would steer his Cameron/Mann owned Rocket no.72 to an 8th place finish
at VMS on Saturday...JT Spence would post a pair of top-fives during the weekend as he
was third Friday at Potomac and would take second to race winner Keith Jackson Saturday at Winchester aboard his Rocket no.91...Dover Pa.s Gene Knaub was a surprise
entrant for Fridays program at Bedford (PA) speedway and the bigger surprise was the
car he was driving. Knaub was behind the wheel of the Barry Klinedinst owned Rocket
no.43A which also carried a Superior Homes decal on its quarter panels from Knaubs
358 LM car owner Donnie Broderick. Knaub would finish 10th in the divisions 25-lap
event as 2010 track champion Jeff Rine scored his third Bedford Late Model win in a
row after a near photo finish with runner-up Chad Hollenbeck. Bedford drew 19 Late
Models during the tracks fourth show of the 2014 season.
Covert Collects Potomac

Second in Friday Slugfest
Pilkerton Repeats in RUSH Late Model Main
By Doug Watson
Contributing Writer
York Haven Pa.s Jason Covert drove to his second feature win of the season in last
Friday nights 35-lap Late Model main event at Potomac speedway. The win for Covert,
worth $2500, was his second-career win at the venerable Southern Maryland oval.
Delaware racer Amanda Whaley and Covert shared the front-row for the start of
the event. As the field raced into turn one, Whaley spun, balling-up the field behind her.
The second attempt at a start found Greg Satterlee as the new pole sitter with Covert on
the outside. When the green was displayed Covert zipped into the race lead as the pack
raced off turn two. Covert would eventually lead all 35-laps, but it was no easy trip to
the checkers. As Covert lead, Greg Satterlee and JT Spence hounded Covert the entire
distance, trading slide-jobs and banking off the chushion, before they would finish in
that order. Man that was intense. Covert stated during his post-race interview. It took
us so long to get our first down here, and now to have two, I just hope we can keep this
going. Covert had nothing but praise for eventual runner-up Greg Satterlee. Hes going to be one of the best. Covert stated. That guy can race and win all over the country
and to race that hard with him and beat him, I couldnt be more proud of this team than I
an right now. Stevie Long recovered from the opening lap skirmish to take fourth with
Glenn Elliott completing the top-five. Heats for the season-high 16 cars on hand went to
Stevie Long and JT Spence.
Jeff Pilkerton scored his second win of the season in the 20-lap RUSH Crate Late
Model feature. Pilkerton, who started second, lead all but one lap to post his 48th career
Potomac feature win. The guys on the crew have been working real hard on this car
and the results are showing. Said Pilkerton. I hope we can get to 50 wins down here,
that would be pretty neat. Darren Henderson came home second, John Imler was third,
Reese Masiello took fourth with Cody Dawson rounding out the top-five. Heats went to
Pilkerton and Dawson.
Jonathon Raley became the first repeat winner with his second win of 2014 in
the 15-lap Hobby Stock main. Raley, who started 12th, methodically worked his way
through the field to take the race lead from Jamie Sutphin on lap-twelve and would lead
the final three-laps to post his 11th career Potomac feature win. Sutphin held on for
second, Ryan Clement was third, point leader Jerry Deason was fourth with John Burch
filling the front-five. Heats went to Sutphin and Ed Pope Jr.
Defending track champion Darren Alvey collected his third win of the season in
the 16-lap Street Stock feature. Alvey inherited the lead when race leader and threetime winner Mike Latham pitted while leading. Alvey would then lead the distance to
score his 11th career Potomac feature win. Chuck Bowie was second, Dale Reamy third,
Latham was credited with fourth and Johnny Oliver would take fifth.
In the nightcap 15-lap U-Car feature Corey Swaim became the divisions fifth different winner, in five races, with his first-career win at Potomac. Swaim started on the
pole and would lead every lap to score the break-through win. Mike Latham was second,
Megan Mann was third, Cori French took fourth with Jeremy Pilkerton completing the
top-five.
Late Model feature finish
1. Jason Covert 2. Gregg Satterlee 3. JT Spence 4. Stevie Long 5. Glenn Elliott 6.
Amanda Whaley 7. Dale Hollidge 8. Ross Robinson 9. Tyler Emory 10. Deane Guy 11. Rich
Marks 12. Scott Adams 13. Matt Tarbox 14. Ben Bowie 15. Dominic DeFino 16. Kenny
Moreland
RUSH Crate Late Model feature finish
1. Jeff Pilkerton 2. Darren Henderson 3. John Imler 4. Reese Masiello 5. Cody Dawson
6. Ben Bowie 7. Tracey Graves 8. Timmy Booth 9. Kevin Palmer 10. Brian Lederhouse 11.
Sam Archer 12. Sonny Hatzell
Hobby Stock feature finish
1. Jonathon Raley 2. Jamie Sutphin 3. Ryan Clement 4. Jerry Deason 5. John Burch 6.
Wesley Givens 7. Ed Pope Jr. 8. Billy Crouse 9. Matt Stewart 10. Korey Downs 11. Kenny
Sutphin 12. Max Martin 13. Will Nelson
Street Stock feature finish
1. Darren Alvey 2. Chuck Bowie 3. Dale Reamy 4. Mike Latham 5. Johnny Oliver 6.
Mike Raleigh 7. Troy Kassiris
U-Car feature finish
1. Corey Swaim 2. Mikey Latham 3. Megan Mann 4. Cori French 5. Jeremy Pilkerton
6. Sam Raley 7. Erica Bailey 8. DJ Powell 9. Amgel Mudd 10. Savannah Windsor
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GXW Wrestling Invades

Leonardtown
GXW Wrestling came to the Leonard Hall Recreation Center on May 17.
Midnight Madness,
Outlaws and
Grudge at MIR
This Friday night, May 23, Maryland
International Raceway (MIR) will host the
Speed Unlimited Midnight Madness series.
The Midnight Madness series is a great place
to check out street legal drag racing, hang out
with your friends, enjoy great food, meet new
people, and cruise the pits. You can even enter
your own streetcar or street bike into the event
for time runs, grudge runs, or trophy racing.
The event will feature X275, Pro Street, Super
Street, Hollyrock Customs Diesel Shootout
and Motorcycle. Its safe, fun, affordable, and
legal. Gates will open at 6:30 p.m. and first
round eliminations will start at 10 p.m. for all
classes. General Admission for adults is $10,
and kids 11 & under are free. Race Entry Fee
is only $20.
On Saturday, May 24, MIR will host the
first ever No Prep race with the MD Street
Outlaws. The event will feature the following
four classes: MD Street Outlaws, MD Real
Street, Any State Street Outlaws, and Any
State Real Street. Who will make it on the Top
10 list for Street Outlaws? Who will make it
on the Top 32 list for Real Street? Gates open
at 2pm and there will be open time runs from
2 p.m. to 4 p.m.. The Real Street road course
will be at 7pm and eliminations will start at
7:30 p.m. Admission is $20 and kids 6-11 are
just $5.
On Sunday, May 25, MIR will host the

6th annual Custom Ts DC Doorslammer Nationals! The event will feature the Homeboy
Shootout, Quarter Mile Brother Top Sportsman, a Gamblers Race, Grudge Racing and
a Test & Tune. In addition to the great racing
there will also be a custom car show. Gates
will open at 9 a.m. and spectators are $20
each. For more info on this event visit www.
customtsracing.com
For more detailed information on these
events call the 24-Hour Dragline Hotline at
301-884-RACE or visit us at www.mirdrag.
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PET OF THE WEEK Hospital to Hold Celebratory
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I was rescued from the kill
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living in my foster
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If you have questions, please call Diane at 301-481-0171
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Picnic for National

Cancer Survivors Day
MedStar St. Marys Hospital will celebrate National Cancer Survivors Day in honor of cancer
survivors, their families and friends with a free catered picnic open to the public from 1 to 4 p.m.
on Sunday, June 1 on the hospital grounds.
The event will feature lunch, entertainment and inspirational speakers, which will include Dr.
Dorota Krajewski, specialist in diabetes, metabolism and endocrinology; Christine Wray, president, MedStar St. Marys; MaryLou Watson, vice president, nursing; Joan Popielski, director of
Cancer Care and Infusion Services; and Cathy Fenwick, patient navigator, Cancer Care and Infusion Services.
"Many patients tell us they dont attend the picnic because they are receiving treatments
and are therefore patients, not survivors, Popielski said. We want to ensure our patients know
everyone is a survivor. The National Cancer Survivors Day Foundation considers a person to be a
'survivor' from the moment of diagnosis throughout the remainder of life, and so do we. I sincerely
hope that all our survivors and their loved ones who are able to attend the picnic, do.
MedStar St. Marys offers several programs for cancer patients, their family members and
friends. The Cancer Support Group is a free group facilitated by associates from the hospitals
Cancer Care and Infusion Services and Case Management departments. Support group meetings
are held the first and third Wednesday of each month at 7 p.m. in the conference room on the second
floor of the hospitals Outpatient Pavilion.
For information on the National Cancer Survivors Day picnic or to register for programs for
cancer patients, call 301-475-6070.
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Christine and Frank Allen will discuss various aspects of sustainable
farming including gardening, composting, raising and butchering free range
chickens, making soap, spinning, weaving and more at the Lexington Park
branch on May 29 at 6:30 p.m. The Dinner, a documentary featuring the
Allen Heirloom Homestead, will be shown.
Summer programs begin June 2
Starting June 2 babies through teens can sign up and participate in the
librarys Summer Reading programs and earn prizes by completing fun reading activities. Every child who signs up receives a voucher for a Southern
Maryland Blue Crabs game. Those who complete their game sheet will receive a free book and be entered in a grand prize drawing.
Summer story times begin June 3 and run through July 31. Days and
times are posted on the librarys website. Other summer programs planned
include STEM, Minecraft club, teen writing contest, movies and craft activities and are also posted on the website.
Summer t-shirts go on sale May 19.
Drop-in chess classes conducted at Leonardtown
The Maryland Education Chess Association is conducting weekly classes covering chess basics and fundamentals for second graders and older at
the Leonardtown branch every Monday from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. through
August.
Mobile Career Center visit set
The Southern Maryland JobSource Mobile Career Center will be at Lexington Park branch on May 28 from 9 a.m. to 1p.m. to assist job seekers and
to register them with the Maryland Workforce Exchange.
Workshops on grant seeking being offered
Lexington Park branch will offer a webinar on the Introduction to Corporate Giving on June 17 at 2 p.m. The free webinar will discuss corporate
support for nonprofits and the effective utilization of the Foundation Centers
resources on corporate giving. Registration is required.
Library staff and staff from College of Southern Maryland Nonprofit
Institute will present an overview of researching grant opportunities and the
grant writing process at a free workshop at Lexington Park branch on June 19
at 10 a.m. Registration is required.
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In Our
Community
Superheroes
Rally Against Cancer
Sign up today
greenwing
Youth Event
hosted by St. Marys County Ducks Unlimited
WHEN JUNE 7
8:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
(check in from 8-8:45 a.m.)
WHERE Sanners Lake Sportmans Club, Lexington Park
$20 per child - children must be accompanied by adult
Admission price includes: activities, lunch, t-shirt and Greenwing

membership for children under 17 years of age
Superheroes of Southern Maryland presented their 2nd Annual Rally Against Cancer
Event on Sunday, May 18 at the Mechanicsville Carnival Grounds.
Go to
www.stmarysdu.com
or call Billy Price at 301-994-0187 to register by May 24!
APARTMENTS
NOW
AVAILABLE
Lexington Park
Active Adult
Community
21895 Pegg Road Lexington Park, MD 20653
YARD SALE
The Cove/D.F.Z.: a safe, fun & sober place to be for youth ages 12-17
Saturday, May 31st

8 a.m. - 12 p.m.
with concerns related to drugs or alcohol. Free activities & peer support for
guests located at 44871 St. Andrews Church Rd. in California.
Healthy Cooking Made Simple, trips to work out

at the gym, help finding a summer job & more!
Joins us at Beacon for All Kinds of Recovery
meetings, anyone in any form of recovery welcome!
Beacon of Hope: a free center offering peer support for all adults
interested in recovery, at 21800 N. Shangri La, Millison Plaza, Lexington Park.
OPENINGS ARE LIMITED SO CALL

TODAY FOR YOUR PERSONAL TOUR
(240) 725-0111
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St. Marys Department of Aging

Programs and Activities
Maryland Access Point Presentation
at Loffler Senior Activity Center
The Aging and Disability Resource Center/

Maryland Access Point (ADRC/MAP) is your
link to health and support services. Monika
Williams, the new ADRC/MAP Coordinator for St. Marys County, will be at the Loffler Senior Activity Center on Thursday, May
29 at 10 a.m. to tell you more about it. Find
out what services are available to seniors and
people with disabilities and how the program
works. To sign up or for more information call
301-737-5670, ext. 1658.
Celebrating Aging in America: A

Photo Gallery in Honor of the 50th
Anniversary of the Older Americans Act
May is Older Americans Month and this year

the Garvey Senior Activity Center is celebrating by hosting a photography exhibit. We are
looking for photos which depict positive aging
(i.e., with energy, vitality, creativity and compassion). Individuals and groups can submit
photos showcasing older adults ages 50 and
above engaged in activism, arts, caregiving,
health promotion, work and volunteerism, mutigenerational and multicultural activities, and
other inspiring pursuits. Photos can either be
submitted in hard copy form, printed on 8x10
photo paper or in electronic form on a disk or
SENIOR LIVING
emailed to Brandy.Tulley@stmarysmd.com.
The deadline for submission is Friday, May 23.
Please include a short description of the photo
including names of people, location and approximate date.
Photos will be on display at a luncheon on
Thursday, May 29. Lunch will consist of Grape
Juice, Chicken Cordon Bleu, Mashed Potatoes,
Gravy, Snow Peas and Carrots, Garden Salad
with Dressing, Red Velvet Cake, Milk/Coffee/
Tea. Advance reservations for lunch are required. The cost is a donation for those 60 and
over, $6 for others. To sign up for lunch or to
learn more, call 301-475-4200, ext. 1050.
Dr. Glaser to speak at the Loffler Senior Activity Center
On Thursday, Jun. 5 at 10 a.m., Dr. Glaser from

Chesapeake and Washington Heart Care will
talk about warning signs of heart disease and
will touch upon the role blood pressure plays
as well as exercises you can do to help keep
heart disease at bay. This informative session
will take place at Loffler Senior Activity Center. Sign up for this presentation by calling 301737-5670, ext. 1658
New card game coming to the Loffler Senior Activity Center

Hand-Foot, a card game similar to Canasta,
will be played on Thursdays from 2-4 p.m. at
the Loffler Senior Activity Center beginning

Thursday, Jun. 5. If youve never heard of it
but are intrigued, come by and let us show you
how to play. For more information contact
Brenda at 301-737-5670, ext. 1658.
Share Your Calligraphy Skills at

Loffler Senior Activity Center
If you have a talent for Calligraphy and are interested in teaching this art form to others, we
have a few people who are interested in learning it. Call Shellie at 301-737-5670, ext. 1655
for more information.
Dr. Glaser to Speak at the Loffler

Senior Activity Center
On Thursday, Jun. 5 at 10 a.m., Dr. Glaser from
Chesapeake and Washington Heart Care will
talk about warning signs of heart disease and
will touch upon the role blood pressure plays
as well as exercises you can do to help keep
heart disease at bay. This informative session
will take place at Loffler Senior Activity Center. Sign up for this presentation by calling 301737-5670, ext. 1658
AARP Smart Driver Course
As a result of evidence-based research findings, the AARP has adjusted its Smart Driver
curriculum in 2014 to include a focus on areas where older drivers could benefit from
additional training, including: roundabouts,

pavement markings, stop-sign compliance,
red-light running, and safety issues such as
speeding, seatbelt and turn-signal use. This
class will be offered at the Garvey Senior Activity Center on Tuesday, Jun. 10 from 10 a.m.
3 p.m. The cost is $15 for AARP members,
$20 for nonmembers, payable to AARP. Members must show their membership card to get
the member rate. Advance sign up is required.
Call 301-475-4200, ext. 1050.
Big Band and Showstoppers
Terry Marsh is back by popular demand at the

Garvey Senior Activity Center on Thursday,
Jun. 12 at 12 noon. Mrs. Marsh has been singing and performing for over 20 years She loves
to sing the great standards of the Big Band
era and Broadway, as well as the classy jazzy
blues of Ella Fitzgerald and Lena Horne, with a
little of Patsy Clines blue country mixed in as
well. Prior to the performance a special meal
of Quiche Lorraine, Dinner Roll, Field Green
Salad with Raspberry Vinegar Dressing, Carrots, Fresh Strawberries with Pound Cake Topping, Milk/Coffee/Tea will be served. Advance
reservations for lunch are required. The cost of
lunch is a donation for those 60 and over, $6 for
others. To sign up for lunch or to learn more,
call 301-475-4200, ext. 1050.
Loffler Senior Activity Center 301-737-5670, ext. 1652; Garvey Senior Activity Center, 301-475-4200, ext. 1050
Northern Senior Activity Center, 301-475-4002, ext. 1001
Visit the Department of Agings website at www.stmarysmd.com/aging for the most up-to date information.
A Journey Through Time

The Payne, Knott
and Johnson Families
The
Chronicle
By Linda Reno
Contributing Writer
Eleanor Payne, daughter of Thomas
Payne, Jr. and his second wife, Sarah Ellen Long, was born in 1876. On August
6, 1894 she married Luke William Knott
(born 1849, son of Henry Knott and Julia
Ann Thompson and widower of Lucretia Elizabeth Perry by whom had 7 children). Eleanor and Luke had two children (Gladys Madeline Knott, 1895-1977 and Eunice Agatha Payne Knott,
1895-1995) before he died in 1897.
On December 28, 1903 Eleanor married second,
George Webster Johnson. She was married both times at St.
Josephs Catholic Church in Morganza.
George Webster Johnson, son of George Edward Johnson and Johanna Long, was born in 1880. He died November 6, 1920 and by 1930 Eleanor and most of the children
had moved to Washington, D.C. She died January 20, 1965
in Arlington, Virginia and her remains were brought home
to St. Marys County and buried at St. Josephs.
Eleanor T. Johnson died January 20 at her residence,
2620 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, Va. Mother of Mrs. Gladys
Raley [nee Knott] and Mrs. Eleanor Hochman, both of
Arlington, VA, Mrs. Eunice Long [neeKnott] and Mrs.
Elsie Allgood of St. Marys Co., MD, Mrs. Virginia Williams of Gloucester, VA and Thomas Johnson of Charles
County. Also survived by 10 grandchildren and 26 great-
grandchildren. (Washington
Post, January 21, 1965).
Pictured here is Eleanor (Payne) Johnson and her children by George Webster Johnson, taken some time between
1907-1910.
Left to right: Thomas George
Johnson, 1913-2002; Joseph Adrian
Johnson, 1905-1919*; Eleanor (Payne)
Johnson, 1876-1965; Mary Elsie Johnson, 1906-2005; Agnes Christina Johnson, 1909-2005 or Catherine Virginia
Johnson, 1911-1938; and the baby in
Eleanors lap was Francis Xavier Johnson, 1915-1938.
*Adrian Johnson died at the
home of his parents near Morganza
on Tuesday, the 16th instant, aged
15 years. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Webster Johnson. He was an altar boy
at St. Josephs Church for a number
of years until the ravages of disease
overtook him. Buried in St. Josephs
Cemetery on Thursday. (The Enterprise, 9/20/1919).
Many thanks to Faye (Buckler)
Johnson for sharing this lovely picture
of the Johnson family.
On a separate subject--because so
much of the information in last weeks
article was derived from an article on the net entitled Slavery in the North by Douglas Harper, I should have specifically cited him as the source but failed to do so. My apologies to all but specifically to Mr. Harper.
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Announcin
Issued Marriage Applications for March 2014

March 4, 2014
March 10, 2014
March 18, 2014
Tara Lynne Tomasello 28

White Plains, Md
Michael David Gollem 29
White Plains, Md
Bree Darlene Ridgell 31

Mechanicsville, Md
Thomas Gerald Burandt 31
Mechanicsville, Md
Jeffrey Wayne Bowles, Jr., 27

Lusby, Md
Courtney Marie Rocco 25
Lusby, Md
March 5, 2014
March 12, 2014
March 19, 2014
Crystal Mara Goad 23

Lexington Park, Md
Andrew John Svecz 4th 23
Lexington Park, Md
Angela Lynn Newton 24

Mechanicsville, Md
Kraig Arthur Folger 23
Mechanicsville, Md
Bryant Alfonso Whitmyer 35

Kinsale, Va
Michelle Rene Johnson 45
Kinsale, Va
Gerald Francis Burch, Sr., 66

Charlotte Hall, Md
Brenda Ann Redman 64
Charlotte Hall, Md
Christian Robin Kendall 27

Newburg, Md
Breton Jonathan Hales 29
Newburg, Md
March 19, 2014
Chun-Ni Hsu 26 H
ollywood, Md
Shuohan Wan 29
Hollywood, Md
Tsianina Leanne Lancaster 31

Lusby, Md
Jose Angel Henriquez Sosa 20
Lusby, Md
March 6, 2014
William Joseph Kwedar, III 32
Lusby, Md
Jessica Mary Rosengrant 30
Lusby, Md
Heather Leigh Smith 28
Leonardtown, Md
John Henry Corrigan 30
Leonardtown, Md
Sabrina Ashley Ramirez 24
Great Mills, Md
Matthew William Edward LavanderKnott 21
Great Mills, Md
Britten Rutriquize Rush 29
Lexington Park, Md
Jennifer Marie Chase 37
Lexington Park, Md
March 7, 2014
Christina Marie Schermerhorn 29
Great Mills, Md
Felix Luis Figueruelo 31
Great Mills, Md
Steven Michael Curtis, Sr., 27
Great Mills, Md
Katrina Marquez Corput-Post 34
Great Mills, Md
March 13, 2014

Kevin Gregory Carroll 35
Arlington, Va
Gillian Dunseth Burns 27
Arlington, Va
Kyle Ryan Smootz 25
Port Republic, Md
Megan Kathleen Poppey 26
Port Republic, Md
Karlie Marie Trudell 32
Falls Church, Va
Bayron Anibal Estrada 25
Falls Church, Va
Frederick Theodore St. Germain 35
Lexington Park, Md
Candace Marie McKay 33
Lexington Park, Md
March 14, 2014

Nichols Scott Brown 35
College Park, Md
Amanda Carrie Osterfield 36
Bowie, Md
Dawn Allison Cole 50
Mechanicsville, Md
Robert Spencer Rock 50
California, Md
Irene Marie Santiago 38

Mechanicsville, Md
Brian James Anderson 36
Mechanicsville, Md
March 24, 2014

Samantha Rae Craig 25
Pensacola, Fl
Bray David Dunaway 24
Pensacola, Fl
March 25, 2014

Toni Michele Foster 55
Leonardtown, Md
Robert Dale Arnold 61
Leonardtown, Md
Ashley Eileen Lyle 24

Mechanicsville, Md
William Weston Beisel 25
St. Leonard, Md
March 20, 2014

Bethany Marie Klobnoc 35
St. Inigoes, Md
Timothy Leonard Withers 43
Lexington Park, Md
March 26, 2014

Hunter Robert Moore 48
Mechanicsville, Md
Maria Angelica Pazzegarra 40
Mechanicsville, Md
March 28, 2014
Jennifer Lynn Scribner 38

Mechanicsville, Md
Adam Michael Myers 35
Mechanicsville, Md
James Sean Ducker 45

Mechanicsville, Md
Patricia Danielle Barber 34
Mechanicsville, Md
March 21, 2014
Thomas Vincent Cardinale, Jr., 29

New York, Ny
Devon Elsie Litherland 26
New York, Ny
Jessica Leigh Wells 33

Clements, Md
David Ivory Purser 41
Bryans Road, Md
Allison Kaye Blair 21
Virginia Beach, Va
Alyssa Taryn Lee Linkiewicz 23
Virginia Beach, Va
David Lee Norris 30
California, Md
Katharine Marie Cecil 27
Waldorf, Md
Jordan Marie Beck 28

Silver Spring, Md
Samuel Simuzoshya 26
Beckley, Wv
Russell Maurice Murray, Jr., 31
Valley Lee, Md
Jessica Lynn Barnes 31
Valley Lee, Md
March 31, 2014
Rachel Lynn Talladay 40

Lexington Park, Md
John Willis Schleusener 47
Lexington Park, Md
Jacob Allen Barrett 33

Burnside, Ky
Frank Jeff Turner 31
Burnside, Ky
Shepard Wiley Stephenson 30

Henrico, Va
Hallie Randolph Boisseau 31
Henrico, Va
George Thomas Tzomides 24

Towson, Md
Sarah Antonieta Anderson 24
Chesapeake Beach, Md
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May, Month Long
Friday, May 23
North End Gallery - May 2014 - T to Tea

41652 Fenwick St, Leonardtown
With thoughts of spring around the corner, and summer following in her footsteps,
the North End Gallery will be offering an
Afternoon Tea at the Gallery in May. Together with the May show T to Tea , where
the gallery artists will look at artworks that
focus on all things that begin with the letter
T the Gallery will present an actual Afternoon Tea as well. The Afternoon Tea will
take place on Sunday, May 4 at 3 p.m. in the
Gallery on Fenwick Street in Leonardtown.
In addition to tea and light refreshments a
brief tea related program will be presented.
Reservations are required as there will be a
limited number of seats. The tickets are Fifteen dollars a person and will be available at
the gallery in advance. The May show, T
to Tea will run from April 30 until June 1.
The first Friday reception will be on May 2
from 5 until 8 p.m. The Gallery is located at
41652 Fenwick Street in Leonardtown. They
may be reached at 301-475-3130 and the web
address is www.northendgallery.org <http://
www.northendgallery.org> .
Open Mic!
37497 Zach Fowler Road, Chaptico 7 p.m.
The Southern Maryland Traditional
Music and Dance HomeSpun CoffeeHouse
will sponsor an Open Mic at the Christ
Church Parish Hall, 37497 Zach Fowler
Road, Chaptico, Md. on Friday, May 23.
This is a great event with many varieties
of music and lots of friendship, so if you
havent been to an SMTMD event before,
this is a great time to start! The doors open
at 7 p.m., and the music starts at 7:30 p.m.
The admission fee for this event is only $7,
and performers are admitted free. Light refreshments will be provided (donations are
suggested). For additional information, or
to sign up to perform, please contact John
Garner at garner@wildblue.net or call John
at 301-904-4987. Visit www.smtmd.org for
directions and more information.
Opal Fine Art Gallery - May 2014 - Renewal and Transformation

41625 Park Ave., Leonardtown
Renewal and Transformation, a series
of photographs by artist Andy Plautz will be
on exhibit at Opal Fine Art Gallery in Leonardtown, Md. Please join us for an opening
reception on First Friday, May 2 from 5 to
8 p.m. The exhibit runs through May 31. In
addition to our gallery exhibit, Opal Fine Art
will showcase a special visitor: a painted carousel creature on loan to us by the Southern
Maryland Carousel Group. Opal Fine Art
Gallery is open Thursday through Saturday
from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., and First Fridays
from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, email mjanerowe@hughes.net or call
301-994-9499.
Thursday, May 22
The Patuxent Partnership Annual Dinner
St. Marys City, Md. 5:30 p.m.
The Patuxent Partnership Annual Dinner will take place at the Historic St. Marys
City State House Lawn. TPP Members only.
Special Guest Speaker will be Rear Admiral Michael Nasty Manazir. An individual
ticket costs $75 and a table of 10 costs $700.
Reception will begin at 5:30 p.m., and Dinner will start at 6:30 p.m. Advanced registration is required by Monday, May 12. If
purchasing a Table of 10, please register
and email guest names to Cynthia Deppe
<mailto:cynthia.deppe@paxpartnership.
org> by Thursday, May 15.
Eat Wings. Raise Funds.
46370 Lexington Village Way, Lexington
Park 5 p.m. to closing
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Greater
Chesapeake is holding a monthly fundraiser
at Buffalo Wild Wings (46370 Lexington
Village Way, Lexington Park, MD 20653)
on every fourth Thursday of the month from
5pm-closing. Everyone is invited to gather
for dinner or a snack. On this day, 10% of all
food purchases will be donated to Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Greater Chesapeake.
Proceeds will benefit children and youth in
St. Marys, Charles and Calvert Counties.
FREE Lifesense Parenting Classes

4341 Northview Drive, Bowie 12:30 p.m.
The LifeSense Program provides free
classes with accurate information, a supportive enviroment, and encouraging advice. LifeSense also allows pregnant women
to earn a baby layette of starter items for the
baby by taking any three of our free classes.
Register online at www.lifesenseclasses.
org or call 410-295-3839. Classes are FREE
but registration is required. The Pregnancy
Clinic offers free services including pregnancy testing; 3D/4D ultrasounds for pregnancy viability; STI/HIV testing and education; medical, legal, housing, counseling,
adoption, and community resource referrals;
parenting support and material assistance;
post-abortion counseling; and educational
programs.
Saturday, May 24
Pork Loin and Beef Sandwich Sale
21690 Colton Point Road, Avenue 11 a.m.
to 4 p.m.
American Legion Post 221 is sponsoring a pork loin and beef sandwich sale. Pork
loin, sliced roast beef, and BBQ beef sandwiches will be sold on both Saturday and
Sunday, May 24th & 25th, at American Legion Post 221 @ 21690 Coltons Point Rd (Rt.
242), in Avenue, Md. The event will be from
11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and sandwiches will
cost $6 each. Call 301-884-4071 for further
information.
Chesapeake Beach Stars and Stripes
Festival
Chesapeake Beach 10 a.m.
Opening Ceremony with Guest Speaker Professor Wayne Karlin from Southern
Maryland College. Music by US Naval
Academy Brass Quintet. Nam Knights Mini
Rolling Thunder down 260 to 5th Street to
Chesapeake Avenue and up 260 to American Legion Post 206. Vietnam Slide Show
Presentation with Vietnam Veteran Mr. Phil
Pfanschmidt all at beginning at 1:30 p.m.
Armed Forces Radio Show @ NBVFD 7
PM - $15 per person Tickets available at the
Chesapeake Beach Town Hall.
Downtown Tunes Series
Leonardtown Square, Leonardtown 6 to 9
p.m.
The eighth season of live music returns
to the Leonardtown Square this summer
when the Downtown Tunes series opens
on Saturday, May 24. These free concerts

are held on the 4th Saturday of the month,
May through August, from 6 to 9 p.m. This
years lineup includes Gretchen Richies Jazz
Cabaret with Higher Standards, the Sara
Gray Trio, HydraFX and Deer Park Avenue.
Concert-goers are invited to bring chairs or
blankets to sit on, and visit local restaurants
and businesses before the show.
The series is organized and hosted by
the Leonardtown Business Association.
Rain dates will be the next day, Sunday, for
all shows. For more information about the
event, please contact series producer James
LePore at jrlepore@gmail.com or visit www.
leonardtown.somd.com.
Sunday, May 25
Pork Loin and Beef Sandwich Sale
21690 Colton Point Road, Avenue 11 a.m.
to 4 p.m.
American Legion Post 221 is sponsoring a pork loin and beef sandwich sale.
Pork loin, sliced roast beef, and BBQ beef
sandwiches will be sold on both Saturday
and Sunday, May 24th & 25th, at American
Legion Post 221 @ 21690 Coltons Point Rd
(Rt. 242), in Avenue, Md. The event will be
from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and sandwiches will
cost $6 each. Call (301) 884-4071 for further
information.
Modern Homesteading: Pest and Weed
Management
3400 Bryan Point Road, Accokeek 2 to 5:30
p.m.
By combining robust instruction with
service projects, the Modern Homesteading Workshop series teaches participants the
skills and practices that can contribute to a
more sustainable, self-reliant lifestyle. Reconnect with your community and share the
lost arts that (not that long ago) used to be a
part of everyday life: food foraging, kitchen
gardening, composting, bear wrestling (just
kidding), canning and preserving, fermentation, seed saving, and season extension. Each
workshop will begin with a one-hour skills
workshop, including walking tours of the
farm site, and conclude with hands-on work
on the farm that makes a valuable contribution to a healthy, locally grown food source
for residents of Prince Georges County.
Participants should wear suitable
clothes and shoes for working outdoors, hiking trails, and getting dirty; bring a water
bottle and snack! Each workshop will take
place once a month, on Sundays throughout
the season from 2 to 5:30 p.m. (unless otherwise noted). Participation is free; registration
is required.
L. A. Stewart Book Signing
41655 Fenwick St, Leonardtown 12 to 2
p.m.
Fenwick Street Used Book & Music
welcomes author L. A. Stewart who will be
signing copies of Snows Rest- A Maryland
Mystery from 12 to 2 p.m. on Sunday, May
25. We hope to see you there!
Monday, May 26
Family Fun Run
12112 Double Tree Lane, Lusby - 8 a.m.
Chesapeake Ranch Estates (CRE)
First Annual Family Fun Run will be held
on Monday, May 26 and will be a 5K Run/
Walk. Walkers are welcome. Profits will be
donated to the Orphaned Wildlife Rescue

Center. Early registration is due by May 12
at $20 and late registration is $25. Kids 12
and under are free. T-shirts guaranteed for
all early registrants and medals for multiple
age categories. CRE is located on the bay in
southern Calvert County in Lusby. The race
and sign in/registration will be at the community airpark at 12112 Double Tree Lane,
Lusby, Md. Sign in on Sunday, May 25 from
6 to 8 p.m. or the day of the race from 7 to
7:30 a.m. The race starts at 8 a.m.
Register at Active.com under http://
w w w.active.com /lusby-md /r u n ning /
races/family-fun-run-2014?int=72-3-A1.
You can also obtain the registration form
from P.O.A.C.R.E.s Facebook page.
Make the check or money order payable to
P.O.A.C.R.E. and mail both to Marty Greenbaum, Race Director, PO BOX 837, Solomons, Md. 20688. If you have questions, call
Marty at 410-326-2891.
Veterans Memorial Day Ceremony
Chesapeake Beach 10 a.m.
Conducted by the American Legion
Stallings-Williams Post 206, Charles E.
Choux, Commander, the ceremony will
commence at 10 a.m. at Veterans Park in
Chesapeake Beach, and the Nam Knights
will dedicate the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Following this ceremony and the one at
1 p.m. in Prince Frederick, the Commander
will hold an Open House at the Post on Rt.
260 in Chesapeake Beach. All are welcome.
Call 301-855-6466 for more information.
Tuesday, May 27
Free LifeSense Parenting Classes
4341 Northview Drive Bowie 7 to 8 p.m.
The LifeSense Program provides free
classes with accurate information, a supportive enviroment, and encouraging advice. LifeSense also allows pregnant women
to earn a baby layette of starter items for the
baby by taking any three of our free classes.
Register online at www.lifesenseclasses.
org or call 410-295-3839. Classes are FREE
but registration is required. The Pregnancy
Clinic offers free services including pregnancy testing; 3D/4D ultrasounds for pregnancy viability; STI/HIV testing and education; medical, legal, housing, counseling,
adoption, and community resource referrals;
parenting support and material assistance;
post-abortion counseling; and educational
programs.
Chef Clarisses Special Seafood Dinner
American Legion Post 206, Route 260, Chesapeake Beach 5:30 to 7 p.m.
A seafood dinner at Chesapeake Beach
will be hosted by the American Legion Stallings-Williams Post 206 Auxiliary from 5:30
to 7:00 p.m. This is a meal you wont soon
forget. Come to the lower level dining room.
Cost is $10 including salad, sides and beverage. The Post is on Route 260 in Chesapeake
Beach and questions may be directed to 301855-6466. Public warmly invited. www.ALpost206.org
Wednesday, May 28
Song Circle/Jam Session
13920 H. G. Trueman Road, Solomons 7
to 8:30 p.m.
7-12 singer-musicians trade songs, taking turns in choosing and leading a group of
musicians. Its a sing-along with space for
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learning from each other and trying new

things. A range of playing abilities and experience can be expected. Public is welcome to
participate or just observe. Calvert Library
Southern Branch, 13920 H. G. Trueman
Road, Solomons, 410-326-5289. calvert.lib.
md.us.
Free Line Dance Lessons!
15100 Burnt Store Road, Hughesville 7 to
7:30 p.m.
The Boot Scooters of Southern Maryland offer free beginner Line Dance Lessons every Wednesday night from 7 to 7:30
p.m. at Hotel Charles located at 15100 Burnt
Store Rd in Hughesville, Md. (near the corner of Routes 231 and Leonardtown Road).
Guests may stay and watch, or even participate in, the more advanced practice session
that follows the beginner lessons. Anyone
interested in obtaining more information
about these lessons can contact us through
the Boot Scooters of Southern Maryland
website at: http://www.bootscootersofsomd.
blogspot.com/
Thursday, May 29
Waterside Series Rascal Flatts Concert
14200 Solomons Island Road, Solomons
7:30 p.m.
Country music superstars Rascal Flatts
will open the newly renovated PNC Waterside Pavilion at the Calvert Marine Museum
on Thursday, May 29! Rascal Flatts has had
14 #1 hits, received over 40 awards in the
past 10 years, and is one of the hottest selling acts currently on tour in any genre. And
now YOU have a chance to see them live!
Tickets for the show went on sale to
members of the Calvert Marine Museum on
Tuesday, March 25 and to the general public
on Tuesday, April 1. If you are not already
a member and would like to sign up to have
a shot at the best seats in the house, visit
our website at calvertmarinemuseum.com/
membership/ or call 410-326-2042, ext. 16.
Resume Writing Workshop
200 Duke Street, Suite 1400, Prince Frederick 1 p.m.
Do you need help writing a resume for
todays job market? The Calvert One Stop
Career Center is offering a free resume
writing & critique workshop on Thursday, May 29. This workshop is for anyone
registered with the Maryland Workforce
Exchange and is designed to assist the job
seeker with understanding the purpose and
design of a resume. After this workshop you
will have a basic understanding for creating a resume. For more info and to register
please visit www.mwejobs.maryland.gov
Friday, May 30
On Pins and Needles
850 Costley Way, Prince Frederick 1 to
4 p.m.
Bring your quilting, needlework, knitting, crocheting, or other project for an
afternoon of conversation and shared creativity on Friday, May 30 from 1 to 4 p.m.
Calvert Library Prince Frederick, 850 Costley Way, 410-535-0291 or 301-855-1862.
calvert.lib.md.us.
Golf Tournament
2425 Roarty Road, Dunkirk 8 a.m.
Come to the Twin Shields Golf Course
on Friday, May 30 for a golf tournament.
Registration begins at 7 a.m. and the shotgun start is at 8 a.m. Best Ball is $85 per
golfer. The cost includes the cart, green fees,
beer (on the course only), sodas and lunch.
Lunch and awards will follow completion of
play at Deale Elks Lodge. Contact Ginger
Johnson at suzetteyjohnson@yahoo.com or
240-216-0915 for registration forms.
Saturday, May 31
Karsyns 5th Karnival
750 Cove Point Road Lusby 10 a.m. to 1:30
p.m.
We invite the Southern Maryland community to join us for food, games, crafts,
pony rides, and many other family-friendly
events. Karsyns Karnival will be held at
Cove Point Park in Lusby, Md. from 10 a.m.
to 1:30 p.m. There will be a $2 admission fee
per guest. Individuals with Down syndrome
are free! By hosting Karsyns Karnival each
year, KS2 4DS, Inc. raises the communitys
awareness about the unlimited potential that
individuals with Down syndrome possess.
Check out our website for additional information (www.karsynskarnival.com).
Taco Night
St. Francis Xavier Church Hall, Newtown
Neck Road, Leonardtown 5 to 7 p.m.
There will be a Taco Night to benefit
our seminarian Jonathon Powell sponsored
by Knights of Columbus St. Francis Xavier
Council #10957 at St. Francis Xavier Church
Hall on Saturday, May 31 from 5 to 7 p.m.
The menu consists of hard and soft tacos,
nachos, refried beans, coffee, tea, and soda.

The cost is free will donations.
Sunday, June 1
Southern Maryland Audubon Society
Annual Meeting
11000 Thrift Road, Clinton 1 p.m.
The Southern Maryland Audubon Society will hold its annual meeting on Sunday, June 1st, at the Clearwater Nature Center starting with a pot luck lunch at 1 p.m.
This will be followed by a business meeting,
presentation of the Conservationist of the
Year Award, and a bird walk. For information, call Mike Callahan, 240-765-5192.
Leonardtown Criterium
Leonardtown Square, Leonardtown 8 a.m.
Join Pax Velo for amateur and professional MABRA sanctioned bicycle races
on the streets of Leonardtown. The Leonardtown Crit offers plenty of excitement for
spectators and racers alike. What is a Criterium? A Criterium, or crit for short, is
a race held on a short closed-circuit course.
The Leonardtown Crit course is ideal in
length and configuration. The racers ride
laps around the course. A crit emphasizes
acceleration and bike handling. It is ideal
for spectators and can be very exciting to
watch. This year, the Leonardtown Crit
will again be the Criterium championship
for the Mid-Atlantic Bicycle Racing Association. MABRA is the regional group responsible for bike racing in DC, Maryland,
Virginia, and Delaware. The course runs

right through the square of the county seat
for St. Marys County. Its a wonderful setting and very spectator friendly. Restaurants
right on the street will be open and serving
food so you can watch the racing throughout the day. For the racers, they get a great
3-turn course. The start/finish line is right in
the middle of the square. From there, they
proceed towards the water and down a slight
hill into what is affectionately termed The
Turn. Its a 120-degree turn that abruptly
transitions from down to a slight uphill right
in the apex of the turn. The big ring climb
then opens into a broad straight away past
the Leonardtown Fire Department. Two
90-degree turns then bring the course back
towards the start/finish line. Leonardtown
has a wonderful square complete with a
sound system that will be providing music
and race announcing thought the day.
3rd Annual Car and Motorcycle Show
Charlotte Hall 9 a.m.
Come out and support a GREAT cause!
All proceeds to benefit the American Cancer
Society! The 3rd Annual Car and Motorcycle Show will take place on Sunday, June 1
at the Parking Lot next to Pizza Hotline in
Charlotte Hall. Pre-Registration costs $15,
and registration the day of the show costs
$20. There will be a 3 dollar admissions fee
for spectators. The event starts at 9 a.m. and
awards will be given at 2:30 p.m. The rain
date is Sunday, June 29.
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HUGHESVILLE BAPTIST CHURCH
Sundays - 10 AM 41695 Fenwick

Street Unit 3 Leonardtown, MD
20650 301/475-9337
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BAHAI FAITH
God is One, Man is One,
and All Religions are One
Discussions 3rd Wed. 7-8

Lex Pk Library, Longfellow Rm
301-884-8764 or www.bahai.org
A member of the Southern Baptist Convention

8505 Leonardtown Road, Hughesville, MD 20637
301-884-8645 or 301-274-3627
Transitional Pastor Dr. Ron Blankenship
Associate Pastor Kevin Cullins
Sunday Morning Worship

Sunday School (all ages)
Sunday Evening Worship & Bible Study
Wednesday Discipleship Classes
(Adults, youth & Children)
10:30am
9:15 am
6:00 pm
7:00 pm
CATHOLIC CHURCH
St. Cecilia Church
47950 Mattapany Rd, PO Box 429

St. Marys City, MD 20686 301-862-4600
Vigil Mass:
4:30 pm Saturday
Sunday:
8:00 am
Weekday (M-F):
7:30 am
Confessions:
3-4 pm Saturday
www.stceciliaparish.com
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CATHOLIC
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Victory Baptist Church
29855 Eldorado Farm rd
CharlottE hall, md 20659
301-884-8503
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Entertainment
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Eighth Season of Downtown Tunes

Begins May 24 in Leonardtown
The eighth season of live music returns to

downtown Leonardtown this summer when the
Downtown Tunes series opens in the Square on
Saturday, May 24, with a varied music program
featuring Gretchen Richies Jazz Cabaret with
Higher Standards. The series will also feature
evenings devoted to country, rock and roll, and
acoustic music throughout the summer. All concerts are on the fourth Saturday of the month and
all are free. Shows begin at 6 pm and will run
about three hours.
Jazz with Gretchen Richie is said to be exactly life size. Gretchen Richie has had a very
versatile singing career, performing rock and roll
in her early years and musical theater before settling into Jazz. She formed her group with her
husband, Randy Richie, in 1987 and has performed all over the country where people have
been inspired by her music. Higher Standards is a
sophisticated Jazz band from southern Maryland.
The band is inspired by Herbie Hancock, Soulive,
Amy Winehouse and many more. They deliver
a funky upbeat musical atmosphere to southern
Maryland. The bands three members are Alex
Bizzarro, Frank Smith and Ambus Hunter. Combined, the two groups are sure to give the performance of a lifetime!
Downtown Tunes will continue on June 28
with local country sensation the Sara Gray Trio.
Sara is a passionate singer who has been dedicated
to performing since she was 3 years old and writes
songs that demonstrate a range and emotion beyond her years. She works as a Registered Nurse
for Childrens National Medical Center and loves
to inspire people to shine and find their happiness
through her music, both covers and original songs.
Sara has opened for Miranda Lambert, Toby Keith, the

Zac Brown Band, and Kellie Pickler.
July 26 will bring Hydrafx, who are ready to rock
the Square. Band members Greg Barrick, Jon Kinkade,
Anthony Damron and Andrew Dulaney perform a perfect mixture of cover and original music, often spending
their time creating a unique blend of reggae-rock, which
has developed a large local following.
The series winds up on August 23 with the acoustic
sounds of award-winning duo Deer Park Avenue. Sisters Sarah and Stephanie Snyder are the winners of Hard
Rock Rising, Washington D.C., a battle of the bands
hosted by one of the worlds most popular music websites, ReverbNation. Often called power-pop, alternative with an old school rock vibe that theyve loved since
they were kids, these vibrant young ladies have toured
both coasts in the US, as well as Germany and France,
and are known for their enthusiasm on stage and their
outstanding performance.
All shows are free but concert-goers are invited to
bring chairs or blankets to sit on. Downtown restaurants
will be open before and during the shows, and businesses like Fenwick Street Used Books and Music and The
Good Earth Natural Foods Company will be open until
6:00 p.m. to allow for browsing and buying before the
concerts start.
The series is organized and hosted by the Leonardtown Business Association and sponsored by Quality
Built Homes, Winegardner Auto, MedStar St. Marys
Hospital and Guy Distributing. Rain dates will be the
next day, Sunday, for all shows.
For more information about the event, please contact series producer James LePore at jrlepore@gmail.
com or visit www.leonardtown.somd.com.
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George Dunn
Ruddy Duck Brewery (13200 Dowell
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Karaoke
Bowie Applebees (4100 NW Crain
Highway, Bowie) 9 p.m.
Friday, May 23
Joe Parsons
Road, Dowell) 7:30 p.m.
Damion Wolfe
Ruddy Duck Seafood and Alehouse
(16810 Piney Point Road, Piney
Point) 7:30 p.m.
Karaoke with DJ Tommy T and
Friends
DB McMillans (23415 Three Notch
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Road, Dowell) 8 p.m.
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Point) 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Monday, May 26
Tuesday, May 27
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Toots Bar (23971 Mervell Dean
Road, Hollywood) 11 a.m.
Wednesday, May 28
Team Trivia
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Road, Hollywood) 7 p.m.
Thursday, May 29
Karaoke
Bowie Applebees (4100 NW Crain
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Three Amigos
Point) 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 31
Karaoke
California Applebees (43480 Miramar Way, California) 9 p.m.
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Wanderings
of an
Aimless
Min
Rattling
Around and About
By Shelby Oppermann
Contributing Writer
Youll have to excuse me this week I have that dreaded

disease; after Strawberry Festival brain. It may have been
caused after many years of wearing my Strawberry Queen tiara too tight. The festival was great and who could have asked
for a more beautiful day and nicer people. Thank you to all
Wanderings column readers who came out as well. Though
my brain could also be frazzled due to the inchworm (Geometer Moth) invasion in Country Lakes which actually has been
better since the cooler weather. But up until last week this was
the reality: Things are bad when you start running around your
yard thrashing wildly in the air with a rake; you know youve
lost it then. I find consolation in watching the young neighbor
boy across the street doing the same thing. Occasionally I see
others in the neighborhood wielding rakes thrashing at trees.
I did stop beating the air for a little bit, when I noticed
movement out of the corner of my eye by one of our ancient
trees; especially when a head started moving back & forth.
Yes, it was a snake coiled at the base of the tree. I stopped
raking the air and ran inside to get my phone to take pictures,
get a weapon, and make Tidbit stay inside. No, I didnt get the
phone/camera for a facebook post, but so I could find out what
all those markings were on the snakes back. The markings
were lines of diamonds, so I had convinced myself that it was a
Diamond-backed Rattler that had hitchhiked a ride on a car or
truck from somewhere out West. Meanwhile, my friend across
the street was telling me that she couldnt find their cat while
I was telling her I was taking candid shots of a marked snake.
Pauseuh ohwhere is the cat? Then she really got upset
about the snake. Though it was hard since she was laughing
at me because I was snapping pictures with my left hand, and
holding spray bathroom cleaner in my right hand and ready
to use it if need be. After I chased it for a while, I went back
inside to compare its markings to those I found on a snakes of
Maryland site. Oops. The poor scared snake was most likely
an Eastern Brown snake or Garter snake or a hybrid of the two.
The site stated that the Brown snake was gentle and could easily be picked up. Well, I guess Ill just go back outside and try
it. HA! Not in this life time. I still think it was a Rattler that
lost its rattle.
I guess a snake is worse than inchworms, but at this
point, I am really not sure. In fact, our yard and driveway are
almost completely covered in inchworm poop. Our cars are
covered, everything. We keep getting the car washed over
and over. Two Saturdays ago, I was out and about when I saw
that the Girl Scouts were washing cars at the Farmers Market
in Charlotte Hall, so I pulled in. I was embarrassed about the
inchworm poop, but the girls and parents gamely stepped in
to make my car sparkling clean for a donation to their troop. I
was a Girl Scout at one time how could I say no? The Scouts
told me to walk around for a bit while they washed my car
so my feet led me over to Cool Beanz, the coffee shop in
the Charlotte Hall shopping center near the Post Office. I must
have woke up and smelled the coffee (Bad pun).What a lovely,
cozy little shop, and what moist, delicious apple cake. I have
had their great coffee before. I bet they are crazy busy when
the commuters pull up in the morning. It was nice to see local
art represented, like Carol Davis photography and paintings
by students from the College of Southern Maryland. I love it
when businesses support local artists and groups. They were
so friendly and told me about some of what they offered. I love
that they only charge $25/hour for space rental for showers and
meetings. Hmmmm..ideas, ideas. How about a meeting of
homeowners against inchworms?
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Keeping Your Youth

By Debra Meszaros CSN
www.MXSportsNutrition.com
Isolates
are
processed and
have had nutritional cofactors like many healthy fats removed. Isolates do not have the potential that concentrates
have in supporting your immune system. Avoid cheap
whey protein products and always purchase a non-denatured, cold-processed version. Heat destroys L-cysteine,
the amino acid that prevents muscle weakness. You also
want to look for grass-fed cow whey because grass-fed will
have immune supporting nutrients and higher amounts of
conjugated linoleic acid. Your protein powder should also
be free of artificial ingredients, and only sweetened with
stevia or Lo han.
Why whey protein is not just for athletes.
Dont be fooled by the fact that athletes have been utilizing protein powder for decades, its even more important
to non-athletes. Those who may be over the age of 65 can
benefit greatly by using whey protein powder. It can help
strengthen bones as well as muscle. With a compromised
digestive system you will get far more benefit from whey
protein than you would solid forms of protein like meats.
Non-denatured whey protein is in a form that is much
easier for the body to handle. If you are dairy sensitive,
meaning casein sensitive, this form of whey protein does
not contain casein.
So make a protein shake or add protein powder to your
favorite recipes and help keep a little more of your youth.
Do you need help in managing your

weight?
Would you like to boost your immune system while strengthening aging
muscles?
Theres a simple way to keep your
muscles strong as you age and it isnt
exercise.
Are you fed up with hearing that losing muscle tone
and your body becoming flabby is normal for your age?
In actuality its not normal, just accepted by saying its
normal!
Most of us would love to maintain a youthful appearance, so flabby muscles become unsightly. It is actually the
loss of muscle mass and strength that creates the flabby appearance. But not only does it look bad but it also means the
loss of strength sets you up to be more prone to injury due
to a lack of strength. Then before long you begin to loose
mobility and then simple activities become cumbersome.
Exercise is a good way to keep fit and help maintain
muscle, but it is actually what you feed your muscles, that
will make the difference.
So whats the best food for your muscles? Protein!
Protein and quality fats are the two top food groups
that matter most as we age. With protein being the building
block for all your hormones, enzymes, muscle, bones, and
skin, it is critical that you have adequate intake and assimilation of protein. Unfortunately with age comes the inability to break down food very well and poor digestion means
the body has a hard time utilizing nutrients from your food.
So whats the best way to get more protein?
The highest quality protein you can eat is whey protein;
it contains all of the essential amino acids needed for your
body. Choosing the correct form of whey is very important.
Whey protein powders are not all created equal, there are
very important differences. First you want your whey protein powder to be only from concentrate, not from isolate.
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permission.
DISCLAIMER: When you read through the diet and lifestyle information, you must know
that everything within it is forinformational purposes only and is not intended as a substitute for
advice from your physician or other health care professional. I am making no attempt to prescribe
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health problem or for prescription of any medication or other treatment. The products and the claims
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or other available sources of information. I do not make any guarantees or promises with regard to
results. I may discuss substances that have not been subject to double blind clinical studies or FDA
approval or regulation. You assume the responsibility for the decision to take any natural remedy.
You and only you are responsible if you choose to do anything with the information you have
read. You do so at your own risk.I encourage you to make your own health decisions based upon your
research and in partnership with a qualified health care professional.
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