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Police Investigate KKK Recruitment Fliers

By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
Law enforcement officials in both St.
Mary’s and Calvert counties have con-
firmed a coordinated effort to distribute
recruitment fliers apparently promoting
the Ku Klux Klan.
“It’s a cause for concern that the KKK
would be recruiting in the community,”
said Sheriff Timothy K. Cameron. “I
think it would be difficult to recruit in
this community.
“This has happened in the past; I think
it’s very likely someone not from here.”
In St. Mary’s County fliers were re-
ported to have been distributed in Leon-
ardtown, Scotland and California, ac-
cording to Jason Babcock, sheriff’s of-
fice spokesperson.
When residents discovered the fli-
ers, left at the end of their driveways in
the Academy Hills neighborhood, they
informed the sheriff’s office, Babcock
said.
“We’re not looking into it as anything
illegal,” he said. “There have been no
threats made and there have been no
threats to the community.”
In response to the fliers and their mes-
sage, members of the Unitarian Univer-
salist Fellowship of Southern Maryland,
based in Leonardtown, have organized a
candle light vigil to be held in the town
square Nov. 14 at 6p.m.
“We live in a civil society;
hate is not going to be tolerated
in St. Mary’s County.”
Commissioner Todd Morgan ad-
dressed the fliers at the weekly commis-
sioners’ business meeting.
“There’s no room in St. Mary’s
County for that,” Morgan said. “We
live in a civil society; hate is not going
to be tolerated in St. Mary’s County.”
“If you want to hate, we welcome you
to leave.”
The KKK has its roots in the post-
Civil War South as a violent insurgency
attacking black communities that had
been freed from slavery as well as pro-
moting hate against Jews and Catholics.
Calvert Sheriff Mike Evans told The
County Times that the fliers were dis-
tributed in the southern portion of the
county.
There was apparently no contact be-
tween those distributing the fliers and
the owners of the residences were they
were left, Evans said.
“We got a lookout for the vehicle in-
volved,” Evans said in a Tuesday inter-
view. “We have not found them.
“This is not illegal but it’s something
we’d look into and talk to the person do-
ing it to find out their intentions.”
Evans said there was one report of the
flier being left at a residence in the Mill
Bridge area of Lusby on Veterans Day
and another in the Oakland Hall neigh-
borhood the day prior.
The suspected vehicle is described
only as a maroon pickup truck, Evans
said.
The fliers were left inside plastic bag-
gies, with bird seed inside one, in appar-
ent attempt to weigh down the package
for easier throwing.
The flier does not mention the Ku
Klux Klan, but rather the Kool Kids
Klub, with a drawing of a hooded klans-
man next to the headline “The Kool
Kids Klub Wants You.”
The flier goes on to talk about “White
Patriot Christian American Family
Tired of Watching [their] Country Being
Sucked Down The Drain” and “Black
Lives Matter Group They Are Thugs,”
A copy of the flier was sent to The
County Times from Evans via a posting
on Facebook.
The person posting on Facebook said
the maroon truck had Virginia license
plates.
Another portion of the flier had pic-
tures comparing black people to a
chimpanzee.
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Hoyer: “Serial Gerrymanderer”

Court cites statement in opinion
By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
In striking down the state’s 2011 redis-
tricting map last week, a U.S. District Court
panel of judges not only demanded that the
6th Congressional District be redrawn but
also noted that Hoyer called himself a serial
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of the 6th District, which spanned Northern
Maryland from east to west, was a deliber-
ate ploy to dilute the solidly Republican dis-
trict by removing 66,000 Republican voters
from the district and replacing them with
about 24,000 Democrat ones.
In essence, leadership Democrats includ-
ing then governor Martin O’Malley and
Hoyer had a map drawn that took the north-
eastern corner of the district and shifted it
down into Montgomery County and a por-
tion of Frederick County.
The majority opinion of the court stated:
“The State specifically intended to dimin-
ish the value of those targeted citizens’
votes by removing a substantial number of
them from the Sixth District and replacing
them with Democratic voters for the pur-
pose of denying, as a practical matter, the Congressman Steny Hoyer
targeted voters the opportunity to elect the said, to wait until the 2020 census neces-
candidate of their choice.” sitated a redrawing, but by then the next
The opinion names Hoyer, who lives in election would be over.
St. Mary’s County, as taking the lead on “If they appeal, it hardly looks good,”
redrawing the congressional districts seven said Eberly. “That doesn’t mean they won’t
years ago outside of the public sphere of the do it.
process. “They hired a firm to draw a map before
“To carry out the process, Governor any hearing took place. That’s damning.”
O’Malley appointed the Governor’s Redis- The invalidation of the map by the fed-
tricting Advisory Committee as the public eral court could give Gov. Larry Hogan
face of his effort, directing it to hold public added leverage for support of legislation
hearings and recommend a redistricting that would make the redistricting process
plan,” the ruling reads. “But at the same non-partisan.
time, he ‘asked Congressman [Steny] Hoy- “We are moving towards a point in time
er, as the dean of the [U.S.] House delega- where gerrymandering will end,” Eberly
tion,’ to ‘lead the effort . . . to inform the said. “The only questions for [Maryland]
[Advisory Committee] about congressio- Democrats is whether they will go kicking
nal redistricting’ and ‘come up with a map and screaming or if they will stand up and
that a majority of the congressional delega-

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To do this, Hoyer, and other members
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The opinion noted that Hoyer had referred
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Todd Eberly, professor of political sci-
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said state Democrats could either redraw
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judicial panel or chose to appeal it through
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Hoyer offered a statement on redistrict-
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ought to pass legislation that requires all
states to establish nonpartisan or biparti-
san redistricting commissions. That’s why
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Redistricting Reform Act of 2017 and Rep.
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dependence in Redistricting Act. I am com-
mitted to bringing a government reform
bill that includes such reform to the Floor in
the opening weeks of the next Congress.”
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is one of the as well as the other

lantic Coastal states.
It has operated since
At- taxpayer money

ects, both oyster

and federal grants.
The report pointed
out a pair of proj-
Governor Hogan Annou
Kirwan Commission nces $18.6 Mil. for
Education Initiatives Recommendations,

best methods for

1958 and controls preservation projects,
the
licensing of commercial that cost the commission $400,000.
Career and Technical
Programs, Teacher Educational Grants,
and recreational fishers This took a heavy
Scholarships, and Before and After
School Safety FundingSchool
toll
and anglers alike. sions operating funds on the commis-
The appreciate, according they did not fully Governor Larry
commission to the audit.
is based in Colonial According to the
report the commis- Hogan today an- academic program offered before
and
Beach, Va. sion diverted revenues
from all oyster nounced $18.6 mil- after the school day, or in summer
lion in new educa- a school with a high concentratio for

advertising my
The audit found licenses, surcharges
that inspection taxes n of
the commission increas- identification tags to these projects. and tion funding to go students in kindergarten through
The audit chided living in poverty eighth
ingly cannot operate the commission for toward a series and at risk of falling
of
without spending
out
expending so much
on one portion initiatives, includ- behind academic requirements,
along
its reserve accounts of fisheries preservation at the expense of ing recommenda with $500,000 for
the recruitment, train-
and -
it does little to regulate all else. of Photo courtesy of tions from Mary- ing, and ongoing development of
new
its own spending. “While the preservation
of the oyster
Office of Governor land’s Commission teachers.

events – it is also the

“During fiscal 2017, population is important, concentrating Hogan’s website.
on Innovation and An additional $4.9
million will be
the commission all funding efforts Excellence in Edu- used by the Interagency
used in this area without Commission
$80,000 in cash restrict- gard for other areas of responsibility re- cation, known as
the Kirwan Commis- School Construction (IAC) to conductOn
ed for future projects the need for funds for ongoing and sion. While the Commission statewide facilities a
Potomac River Fisheries
trative operations adminis- its final findings will present assessment.
Commission to cover operating and The governor also
ex- ability to remain could result in the in- at the end of 2018, recommendations ditional $1.8 authorized an
By Guy Leonard penses when there
was the audit stated. a viable going concern,” this funding reflects million in the current ad-
no operating preliminary recommenda cal year fis-
Staff Writer tions made through for need-based scholarships

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in tenuous financial cash avail- Concurrently, the audit earlier this year.
condition, a report able,” the report stated. the Maryland
from state’s Office
of Legislative Audits “As mission had problems found the com- “Every child in Maryland Commission (MHEC). Higher Education
The Potomac River states. the commission had of June 30, 2017, counting for all recording and ac- deserves ac-
sion, which is chargedFisheries Commis- The commission coordinates not
reserve for these funds. reimbursed the tion; it did not
of its financial transac- cess to a world-class
education, regard- In addition to the
funding for the
with the preserva- have accounting personnel less of what neighborhoo Kirwan
tion and oversight
of the fishery shared regulations between the Maryland fisheries “At the end with adequate to grow up in,” said d they happen released recommendations, Hogan also
by both Maryland
and Virginia, is still partment of Natural Resources De- commission’s of fiscal year 2017, the ing standards knowledge of account- Governor Hogan. $40 million in school
and the totaled deficit for restricted to do so, according “That’s why our administratio funding that had safety
Virginia Marine Resources approximately $145,000, funds report. to the n has pro- legislature been restricted
vided record funding in the budget. This by the

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MetCom Rate Plan Sees Declining Revenues

By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer

The rate payment structure the Metropolitan Commission (MetCom) instituted

four years ago has actually led to lower revenues from customers, the latest report
shows.
Before 2014, MetCom had a uniform water bill for all of its customers but that
changed to charge each customer based on their level of consumption; that meant
increases in costs for most customers.
This led these customers to conserve water and sewerage capacity consumption,
said Kyle Stevens, with the consulting firm of Stantec which helped institute the
2014 rate structure.
“Revenues have come in lower than expected,” Stevens said.
MetCom statistics show that water revenues increased to about $5 million in 2015
just after the new rate schedule went into place but plunged in 2016 to about $4.6
million.
The number recovered slightly last year to about $4.8 million.
The decline in revenues also corresponds with a sharp decline in the number
of new customers MetCom has brought in, or hooked up, to its water and sewer
services.
The number reached a high in 2014 with 357 equivalent dwellings units (EDU) MetCom Headquarters in California
allocated, MetCom figures showed but that dropped off to just 58 in 2015, 53 in 2016
before jumping back to 103 EDU last year. bined with fewer customers willing to hook up to the utility for services.
But that number dropped back to 81 for fiscal 2018. MetCom has worked in recent years to rein in its budgets while trying to keep
The revenues for sewer service declined in a similar fashion; MetCom estimated rate increases stable but declining revenues meant that rates would continue to rise
it lost $600,000 worth in sewer revenues due to its wastewater charges being capped anyway.
at 10,000 gallons per month. MetCom figures show its annual expenses have risen from 2014 at $12 million to
MetCom Board Member Mike Thompson said this amounted to larger commer- about $13.5 million.
cial users of the wastewater service being subsidized by smaller users. “We’ve got to grow our customer base,” said MetCom Board Chair John Carey.
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Town Continues Bonds for Ryken Construction

In other news the town approved fund-
ing for a new traffic study for the inter-
section of Route 5 at the Clark’s Rest
community.
Town Administrator Laschelle McKay
explained that a connector road would
soon be completed linking Clark’s Rest
to the Leonard’s Grant community on
Hollywood Road.
More traffic could be expected to move
from Leonard’s Grant through Clark’s
Town Council members are hoping for a traffic signal on Route 5 at Clark’s Rest. Rest with the construction of the new
library and senior center over the next
By Guy Leonard into the fall have slowed the progress of several years, she said, and a traffic light
Staff Writer the project. at the Route 5/Clark’s Rest intersection
The school negotiated with the pur- made sense.
The Leonardtown Town Council de- chaser of the bond, Old Line Bank, to
The State Highway Administration
(SHA) has signaled they would consider
a traffic signal there if a study showed it
was needful.
McKay said a traffic signal there was
important since that section of Route 5
is already undergoing a widening down
to the entrance of MedStar St. Mary’s
Hospital.
“There could be more traffic com-
ing through that intersection,” McKay
said. “So the hope is that a new signal is
warranted.”
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Opportunity Zone Geared To

cided to continue acting as a conduit for extend the dead
$19 million-worth of construction bonds line for the first principal payment on
for St. Mary’s Ryken High School. the bond.

Revitalize Lexington Park

The town council agreed to act as a
conduit applicant for the school last year
to take advantage of federal economic
development funds that ordinarily would
not be accessible by a private entity.
Though Leonardtown used its status as
a municipality to apply for the bonds, it is
not liable to pay any of the debt that was
incurred by the school.
The Xaverian Brothers school has em-
barked on a program to build a new ath-
letic center on its campus but continuous
heavy rains throughout the summer and
“It really doesn’t affect the town at all,”
said Lindsay Raeder, the acting bond
counsel for Leonardtown. “The conduit
debt does not put any burden on you.”
Mary Joy Hurlburt, the president and
CEO of St. Mary’s Ryken High School,
said weather forecasts did not look favor-
able for construction in the short term but
work would continue.
“Four sides are up and hopefully the
roof will be on by Christmas time,” Hurl-
burt said.
By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
A new federal program designed to
allow investors with a capital gain, an
increase in the value of property they
own, for example, to take that return
and invest in communities in need of
revitalization could be a potent tool,
the county’s top economic develop-
ment official said.
The county has been designated
by the federal government to have
one opportunity zone, also known
as an o-zone, said Chris Kaselemis,
the county’s director of economic
development.
“It’s a federally designated area
throughout the nation where you can
get a tax break if you have a capital
gain,” Kaselemis said. “The result of
the program is to get people to invest
and improve the area.”
The county has looked for strate-
gies and methods to revitalize the
downtown area of Lexington Park
lyst for change.
Investors, either individuals with
a capital gain or companies holding
the same, could reinvest that money
into either businesses or construction
projects in Lexington Park; those in-
vesting for five years can get a tax
break of 10 percent while those who
invest for seven years can get an ad-
ditional five percent tax break.
The program offers options from
tax deferments on payments to com-
plete tax exemption.
There are a total of 149 such new
zones around Maryland, Kaselemis
said; St. Mary’s County only received
one due to the predominance of high
incomes locally.
Developers were not the only ones
who could take advantage of the pro-
gram, Kaselemis said, as single in-
vestors could buy a stake in a local
small business to get the tax benefit.
“A lot of people have a capital gain
and are looking for something to do,”
Kaselemis said. “It could be pretty

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HOLLYWOOD, MD An online resource now available for parents
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2018 Are Your Kids Safe While Play-
ing Youth Sports? There is a new tool
10:00 A.M. TO 3:00 P.M. to help you find out. An informational
campaign educating parents on the im-
FREE ADMISSION & FREE PARKING portance of youth coach verification has
launched. New signs have been installed
REFRESHMENTS WILL BE AVAILABLE in 6 parks encouraging parents to con-
FOR SALE BY THE LADIES AUXILIARY firm the eligibility of their child’s coach.
The signs include the statement “Is
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HOLLYWOOD VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT and QR code. The code allows parents
For More Information Contact: Craftshow@hvfd7.com to research the qualified coaches list
from a mobile device.
Donations of non-perishable food items for All youth sports league coaches and
St. Mary’s Helping Hands Food Pantry will be accepted. league representatives must pass a back-
ground check, complete concussion
transformative.”
guyleonard@countytimes.net
awareness training and adhere to a code
of conduct in order to coach in
St. Mary’s County. They are then
placed on the qualified coaches list
available for viewing.
“We are excited about this new option
which helps ensure all athletes are being
coached by qualified volunteers,” said
Arthur Shepherd, Recreation and Parks
Director
To view the current list of qualified
coaches go to: www.stmarysmd.com/
recreate/communitystandards
Additional signs are scheduled to be
placed by Fall 2019.
St. Mary’s County PIO
Thursday, November 15, 2018
Elderly Pedestrian Struck, Killed
On November 13, 2018, at 11:22 a.m.
patrol units from the St. Mary’s County
Sheriff’s Office responded to the 22000
block of Chancellors Run Road in the
area of Clipper Drive in Great Mills,
for the reported motor vehicle collision
involving pedestrians. Deputies arrived
on scene and found a single vehicle had
struck two pedestrians. The pedestrians
were transported to area trauma centers,
and one pedestrian was pronounced de-
ceased at the medical facility. The St.
Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Colli-
sion Reconstruction Unit was contacted,
and continued the investigation.
Preliminary investigation determined
a 2003 Dodge Dakota, operated by Hugo
Neme Camelo, age 31 of Hollywood,
was traveling north on Chancellors Run
Road towards Three Notch Road, when
Camelo struck two pedestrians. The
pedestrians have been identified as Luz
Aldave Frias, age 85, and Leandro Ba-
naag Frias, age 87, both of Great Mills.
Luz Frias and Leandro Frias were cross-
ing the northbound lanes of Chancellors
Run Road, when they were struck by
the Dodge truck. Luz Frias was trans-
St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Blotter
WANTED: Trevis Lemar Butler
The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Of-
fice is seeking the whereabouts of Trevis
Lemar Butler, age 37 of Mechanicsville.
Butler has active warrants for his arrest
for several felonies to include the charges
of First Degree Rape and First Degree
Assault. Butler is a black male, 5’8” in
height, weighs 170 pounds, and has black
hair and brown eyes.
Anyone with information regarding the
whereabouts of Trevis Lemar Butler, is
asked to contact Detective Skyler LeFave
at (301) 475-4200 extension *1983 or by
email at Skyler.Lefave@stmarysmd.com.
For information requiring immediate ac-
tion to apprehend Butler, please contact
Emergency Communications at (301) 475-
8008 or 911. Citizens may remain anony-
mous and contact Crime Solvers at (301)
475-3333, or text a tip to “TIP239” plus
their message to “CRIMES” (274637).
Through the Crime Solvers Program tip-
sters are eligible for an award of up to
$1,000 for information about a crime in
St. Mary’s County that leads to an arrest
or indictment. The U.S. Marshals Service
is also offering a reward of up to $800 for
information leading to the apprehension
of Butler.
For official news and information, fol-
low the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office
on Twitter @firstsheriff.
On View Arrests:
Violation of Protective Or-
der- On October 28, 2018,
Cpl. Handy responded to the
23800 block of McIntosh
Road, in Hollywood, for the
Olson
reported protective order
violation. Investigation de-
termined Christopher Michael Olson, age
The County Times Cops & Courts 7
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ported by ambulance to Prince George’s
Trauma Center and Leandro Frias was Open House
flown by helicopter to Washington Hos-
pital Center where he succumbed to his
injuries. The operator of the vehicle re-
ported no incapacitating injury. At this
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anonymous and contact Crime Solvers at
(301) 475-3333, or text a tip to “TIP239”
plus their message to “CRIMES”
(274637). Through the Crime Solv-
ers Program tipsters are eligible for an
award of up to $1,000 for information
about a crime in St. Mary’s County that
leads to an arrest or indictment.
For official news and information, fol-
low the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Of-
fice on Twitter @firstsheriff.
St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office PIO
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8 The County Times Thursday, November 15, 2018

Veteran’s Day Parade

Capt. Jason Hammond, Pax River NAS commander, marched in the parade with Local car clubs also took part in the parade of thousands.
sailors under his command.

Local officials and families of county residents Residents lined the streets of Leonardtown on Sheriff’s Office Motor Bike Patrol puts on a show
lost in the nation’s wars were honored with by Veterans Day to honor those who served. for the crowd.
laying wreaths at Leonardtown’s war memorial.

The Maryland State Police Color Guard. The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Color World War II reenactors honored the Greatest
Guard. Generation at the parade.
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 10 In Our Community The County Times Thursday, November 15, 2018

2018 Annual Fall Craft Show Holiday Farm Guide Released

to Be Held in Hollywood
The Annual Fall Craft Show sponsored
by the Ladies Auxiliary of the Hollywood
Volunteer Fire Department will be held at
the Hollywood Firehouse on Sunday, No-
vember 18th. The firehouse is located at
24801 Three Notch Road in Hollywood,
MD. The Craft Show is open to shoppers
and browsers from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM
and there is no admission fee. All avail-
able Vendor spaces are full. Applications
are no longer being received for the wait-
ing list.
There are many returning vendors
again this year and several new vendors
who are participating in the Craft Show.
The Vendors’ merchandise will feature
handmade crafts, jewelry, clothing, art,
Fall and Christmas decorations, pictures,
cupcakes, wood carvings, decorative
lights, floral arrangements, wreaths, or-
naments, various Christmas items, deco-
rative and repurposed dishes, crocheted
and knitted items, ceramics, quilts, blan-
kets, jerky, jelly, animal bandanas and
accessories, hair bands and bows, dips,
doll clothes, and so much more.
The Ladies Auxiliary will have lunch
items for sale during the Craft Show
that will include, hamburgers, hotdogs,
homemade beef barbecue sandwiches,
homemade soup, and stuffed ham sand-
wiches. Stuffed ham will be available
for purchase by the pound too. A dining
area will be available for shoppers to sit
and relax while eating their lunch.
There will also be a bake sale with
homemade goodies like cakes, pies,
cookies, candy, and brownies that will
be available for purchase from the Ladies
Auxiliary.
A box will be available to collect do-
nations of non-perishable food items for
the less fortunate in our community.
Items collected will be given to the St.
Mary’s Helping Hands Food Pantry for
distribution.
A local credit union has committed to
providing their mobile ATM van on site
to assist customers with their needs.
The Craft Show is sponsored by the
Ladies Auxiliary to the Hollywood Vol-
unteer Fire Department. All proceeds
from the Craft Show will benefit the Hol-
lywood Volunteer Fire Department to
assist them in continuing to provide Fire
protection to the community.
For further information about the Fall
Craft Show, please visit the Hollywood
Volunteer Fire Department’s website at
Craftshow@hvfd7.com.
Press Release
This year, celebrate the season ‘South-
ern Maryland Style’;  find unique gifts,
festive foods and drinks, plus holiday
entertainment for the whole family from
Southern Maryland’s family farms.
The Holiday Farm Guide booklet,
published annually by the Southern
Maryland Agricultural Development
Commission (SMADC), connects con-
sumers with  regional farms, as well as
wineries and distilleries, aquaculture
and seafood producers, restaurants and
stores that offer a wide variety of prod-
ucts grown and produced right here in
Southern Maryland, just in time for
the holidays (and through the winter
months).
This year’s guide  showcases over 80
farms and agriculture-related business-
es  in Anne Arundel, Calvert, Charles,
Prince George’s and St. Mary’s coun-
the Guides”  page at  SMADC.com.
ties. Listings  feature  ‘choose and cut’ Starting early November, free copies
Christmas trees, quality meats (and tur-
of the printed guide will be available in
keys), award-winning wines and spirits, limited quantities at participating farms,
freshly harvested oysters and seafood,
Southern Maryland public libraries and
farm-made cheese, baked goods, jams some regional welcome centers.  For
and pickles, unique woven accessories
more information, and to find a full
and clothing, plus farm tours and tast- list of pick-up sites, visit “What’s New/
ings and many more authentic Southern
News and Announcements” at SMADC.
Maryland ‘festive finds’ for holiday en- com. 
tertainment and gift-giving.  
Find the “Holiday Farm Guide”
Press Release from SMADC
now, to view or download, on the “Get

Thanks to the following individuals,

businesses and organizations for supporting
the 2018 Resident Fall Festival at
Cedar Lane Senior Living Community.
Friends of Cedar Lane
Bernie’s Beauty Salon
Christine Senese
A&M Glass Company
Home Elements
Leonardtown Ace Hardware
Wine & Design
The Commissioners of Leonardtown
Please join us in welcoming The College of Southern Maryland
our newest employee, Sandy
St. Mary’s Adult Medical Daycare
Capps! She writes auto,
Outback Steakhouse
homes, boats, & umbrella’s
(personal insurance). Kevin’s Corner Café
The Good Earth Natural Foods Store
All our hard-working volunteers

We appreciate your support!

22680 Cedar Lane Court • Leonardtown, MD 20650
301-475-8966 • www.cedar-lane.org
Thursday, November 15, 2018 The County Times In Our Community 11

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good condition); Vintage/Antique Furniture; Cast Iron Items;
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12 In Our Community The County Times Thursday, November 15, 2018

Maryland’s Most Popular Hunting

Season Runs Through Dec. 8
The Maryland Department of Natu-
ral Resources announces that the two-
week firearm hunting season for sika and
white-tailed deer opens Nov. 24 and runs
through Dec. 8.
“The two-week firearms season re-
mains our most popular hunting op-
portunity in the state,” Wildlife and
Heritage Service Director Paul Peditto
said. “More than one-third of the har-
vest occurs during this two-week sea-
son, which helps manage the state’s deer
population.”
Sunday deer hunting is available in all
but three counties and remains a critical
component to deer population manage-
ment and recreational opportunities for
all resident and visiting hunters.
Hunters are encouraged to consult the
2018-2019 Maryland Guide to Hunting &
Trapping for recent changes to bag limits,
regulations and registration procedures.
During firearms season, Maryland
requires deer hunters and their compan-
ions to wear daylight fluorescent orange
or daylight fluorescent pink in one of the
following manners: a cap of solid fluo-
rescent daylight orange or pink; a vest or
jacket containing back and front panels
of at least 250 square inches of fluores-
cent daylight orange or pink; or an outer
garment of camouflage daylight fluores-
cent orange or pink worn above the waist
and containing at least 50 percent day-
light fluorescent color.
Photo by Steve Edwards
Hunters should carefully inspect all
tree-stands and always wear a full-body
safety harness while climbing in or out
and while in the stand. The department
strongly recommends using a sliding
knot, commonly known as a prussic
knot, attached to a line that is secured
above the stand that allows the hunter to
be safely tethered to the tree as soon as
they leave the ground.
Maryland hunters are encouraged
to donate any extra deer they may har-
vest to Farmers and Hunters Feeding
the Hungry. New this year, hunters may
claim a tax credit of up to $50 for each
legally harvested deer that is processed
and donated to a nonprofit food sharing
program. The maximum credit in any
one tax year is $200 per hunter. The ap-
proved form to claim this credit is avail-
able online.
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Foot Care Important Part of Good Diabetes Care

November is National Diabetes Awareness Month
and the Wound Care Center at MedStar St. Mary’s
Hospital would like to remind patients living with dia-
betes how important it is to take care of themselves
from head to toe.
“Approximately a quarter of individuals living with
diabetes will develop a foot ulcer,” said Lisa Nelson,
RN, MHA CWCN, clinical program director of Med-
Star St. Mary’s Wound Healing Center. “Up to 24 per-
cent of people with foot ulcers will end up having an
amputation which can greatly affect their quality of
life and increase their risk of death.”
An estimated 30.3 million people in the United
States (9.4 percent of the population) have diabetes;
including 7.2 million who are unaware they are living
with the disease. The percentage of adults with diabe-
tes increases with age, reaching a high of 25.2 percent
among those aged 65 years or older. In addition to age,
risk factors for diabetes include diet, activity level,
obesity and heredity. High blood sugar levels, poor cir-
culation, immune systems issues, nerve damage and
infection may contribute to a diabetic foot ulcer.
“American’s diabetic population is expected to
MedStar wound center personnel encourage healthy habits for diabetic wound treatment.
nearly double in the next decade,” Nelson said. “It is
important people understand the risks and know the • Comprehensive foot examinations each time you socks)
facts associated with diabetic foot ulcers because early visit your healthcare provider (at least four times • Take steps to improve circulation such as eating
intervention and help prevent limb loss.” a year) healthier and exercising on a regular basis
The MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital Wound Care Cen- • Daily self-inspections of the feet, or have a fam- Visit MedStarStMarys.org/WoundCare for more in-
ter recommends the following to help prevent diabetic ily member perform the inspection formation 240-434-7670.
foot ulcers: • Regular care of the feet including cleaning toe-
• Stop smoking immediately nails and taking care of corns and calluses MedStar St. Mary’s Press Release
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LSM Class Experiences Economic & Workforce Development in Southern Maryland

The program was sponsored by the Calvert County
Department of Economic Development  and held at
Sabre Systems, Inc. in Lexington Park.  Ruthy Davis
LSM ‘14, director of regional workforce and busi-
ness development for Tri-County Council of Southern
Maryland was the advocate for the session and planned
the day’s events.
The day opened with a welcome to Sabre Systems
by Jamie Norris, vice president, National Defense Sec-
tor for Sabre. This was followed by a panel discussion
on economic development current hot topics with the
economic development office representatives from
Calvert, Charles, and St. Mary’s counties (Kelly Rob-
ertson-Slagle LSM’10, Marcia Keeth LSM’18, Chris
Kaselemis).
The class then explored the topic of diversifying the
local economy with presentations by Matt Scassero,
director of the University of Maryland Unmanned Air-
craft Systems Test Site, and Matt Parker, senior agent
associate for University of Maryland Extension Ag-
riculture and Natural Resources. This discussion in-
cluded the development of civilian and commercial un-
manned aviation systems in the region and the growth
of oyster aquaculture in the area.
The morning concluded with Ellen Flowers-Fields workforce development. This session was followed by tuition-based program and is designed and dedicated
LSM’09, regional director, southern region for the a tour of the JobSource American Job Center in Lex- to educate and inspire a diverse group of current and
Small Business Development Center (SBDC).  Flow- ington Park by Davis and the JobSource Mobile Career emerging leaders to create collaborations and part-
ers-Fields offered examples of supporting business de- Center, led by Hans Welch, mobile career center coor- nerships to impact the community needs of Calvert,
velopment and growth through entrepreneurial com- dinator for the Tri-County Council. Charles, and St. Mary’s counties and incorporates a
munities through the SBDC.  At the conclusion of the program day, the class ad- cross-section of the region to include diversity of geo-
In the afternoon, Ruthy Davis and Rodney Giles, journed to Pax River Ale House in Lexington Park for graphic location, profession, ethnicity and gender.
special programs coordinator for the Tri-County an after-hours social where they talked through the
Council of Southern Maryland shared efforts by the events of the day and met up with LSM grads. Press Release from LSM
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2019 Woman of the Year and Tomorrow’s Woman

Award Nominations Now Being Accepted
The St. Mary’s County Commission
for Women is in search of extraordinary
and inspiring women in the community.
Nominations for Woman of the Year and
Tomorrow’s Woman are now being ac-
cepted. The awards recognize women
who have made significant contributions
to the local region through their volunteer
service. Nominees will be recognized at
the Women’s History Month Banquet on
Thursday, March 14, 2019, at the South-
ern Maryland Higher Education Center.
The Woman of the Year award recipi-
ent is someone who displays leadership,
commitment and provides outstanding
volunteer service to individuals or non-
profit organizations in the community.
Previous nominees have included vol-
unteers from local churches, libraries,
senior activity centers, hospitals, animal
shelters, the NAACP and volunteer res-
cue squads.
Tomorrow’s Woman celebrates young
women who already are making a differ-
ence in St. Mary’s County. The award re-
cipient is a current high school student, in
grades 9 - 12, who has made an impact in
the community through voluntary advo-
cacy, leadership, or service. We encour-
age individuals, families, charities, edu-
cators, civic, community and religious
organizations to recognize the work of
the next generation by nominating a de-
serving candidate.
To be eligible, nominations in both
on the local community through volun- a great way to honor her hard work and
categories must recognize women who
teer work. Completed nominations forms effort in front of her family, friends, and
currently reside in St. Mary’s County
must be submitted by Friday, February 1, community. Please share this invitation
and who have made a positive impact
2019. and help recognize the talented women
Nomination forms are available at here in St. Mary’s County.
https://www.stmarysmd.com/boards/ A The St. Mary’s County Commission
nomination form can also be requested for Women is a volunteer-run committee
by emailing commissionforwomen@ appointed by the Commissioners of St.
stmarysmd.com or by calling 301-475- Mary’s County. Their mission is to cel-
4200, ext. *1680. The Commission re- ebrate and support the county’s women
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Kaselemis Building T
By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
Before leaving his position as director of economic
development for Tucson, Ariz. in 2015 Chris Kasele-
mis said he was careful about where he would go to
continue his career in public service.
“I told my wife I wanted a place where people want
to be,” Kaselemis told The County Times.
He found his place here in St. Mary’s, not only as
a place where people are happy and proud to live but
as a place looking to make a strong local economy
even better.
He came to St. Mary’s at a time when pieces of the
economic puzzle were coming together; the local air-
port expansion was speeding up, there was a push to
diversify the economy while taking advantage of the
Navy’s presence and the county had become a center
of excellence for unmanned and autonomous systems.
The expansion of the Southern Maryland Higher
Education Center and the subsequent takeover by the
Chris Kaselemis, county economic development director looks over a waterborne rescue drone at the UAS Test Site with its director Matt Scassero.
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University System of Maryland was on the horizon
and the commissioner board saw the importance of
not relying too heavily on defense spending after a
bout with sequestration.
Just last year the county’s first business incuba-
tor opened at the airport, designed to give support to
start up businesses.
Kaselemis doesn’t take credit for these events but
he says he’s more than willing to take advantage of
them to grow the local economy.
He’s doing it by pinning the unique growth
here to St. Mary’s County; one that bridges heri-
tage and history with high-tech advancement.
“We’re creating a brand that people are starting to
recognize,” Kaselemis said. “Things have happened
that are deliberate and at the same time organic.
“Our job is to continue that momentum and carry it
over the finish line.”
Kaselemis remembered from his time in Tucson
that public officials could balk at giving tax incen-
tives to companies looking to relocate there or busi-
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nesses who wanted to help revitalize down town areas
as simply a giveaway.
Here in St. Mary’s the county has a pro-business
policy that Kaselemis said sets it up for success.
“Economic development is a little bit of steak and
a little bit of sizzle,” Kaselemis said. “Companies are
looking for a pro-business environment.
“Many places don’t have that message.”
But Kaselemis’ job is not predicated on strict au-
thority over what developments or businesses come to
St. Mary’s, he relies on a softer approach.
“We’re facilitators,” said Kaselemis.
That includes helping businesses wanting to relo-
cate here find a new site, advocating for tax and other
business incentives and matching the assets the coun-
ty has to the right new businesses.
His office of just eight people, aside from looking
for new businesses to attract here, helps them work
through the zoning process with the Department of
Land Use and Growth Management and water and
sewer service with the Metropolitan Commission.
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The St. Mary’s Brand
“It can make a difference,” Kaselemis said. “It’s
nice to have a liaison with the county government.”
Outgoing County Commissioner Tom Jarboe
praised Kaselemis as understanding that St. Mary’s
needed to look to similar communities, such as
Huntsville, Alabama, for ideas on how to leverage the
military economy to civilian prosperity.
When he arrived in St. Mary’s, Jarboe said com-
missioners took Kaselemis on a trip to Huntsville,
only to find out Kaselemis has already been there
while working for Tucson.
“He introduced me to people,” Jarboe said. “He un-
derstands the different economic models out there.
“He understood that we didn’t need more of the
same, we needed something new. I’ve been very hap-
py with his performance.”
Kaselemis said the county’s adoption of a strategic
plan focusing on an innovation-driven economy is
now one of its key assets in attracting companies and
start-ups that want to take advantage of the nascent
technological advancements that have always been
An artist’s rendering of the planned Third Building at the Southern Maryland Higher Education Center.the planned Third Building at the Southern Maryland Higher Education Center.
Kaselemis and Scassero examine a tracking system for aerial drones.
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a part of naval aviation and the defense industry in
general.
The plan calls for the county to focus on growing
advanced manufacturing facilities, unmanned and
autonomous systems as well as repair and modifica-
tion facilities for aircraft.
The Pax Aero initiative at the county airport has
already begun this endeavor.
But the plan also puts a focus on growing and em-
phasizing the county’s rural character through agri-
culture and aquaculture as well as its natural beauty
for tourism.
Having the plan set the county on a course of eco-
nomic diversity it had never trodden before; it now
has a vision for change.
“We’re much more focused on what we need to do,”
Kaselemis said. “The vision is growing these indus-
tries, attracting these young workers… and support
what’s going on at the base.”
No matter how much the county can diversify its
own economy, he said, it can never forget its roots
Kaselemis next to a jet housed in a hangar behind the county’s first business incubator.
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with Patuxent River Naval Air Station.
The technology transfer office on base is operating
more than before, he said, in licensing non-classified
technology for use in the civilian market.
“We’re not dumb,” Kaselemis said. “Pax River
[NAS] is our bread and butter.
“We have a lot of smart people here who are highly
educated.”
For Kaselemis, the key now for St. Mary’s is to
capitalize on her successes, to continue to grow and
diversify its business base and make it a center for
excellence both for technology and higher education.
“Our job is to get the word out about what we have
to offer,” Kaselemis said. “I don’t believe in a steady
economy.
“You’re either growing your economy or you’re los-
ing it.”
guyleonard@countytimes.net
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Schools Continue Playground Improvements

Greenview Knolls Project Approved
By Dick Myers
Editor

St. Mary’s County Public Schools’ plan to Improve

the playgrounds at all elementary schools is continu-
ing, with Greenview Knolls the next school on the list.
At the school board’s Nov.14 meeting, a contract was
approved to begin that work.
The $105,071.56 contract was awarded to Play-
ground Specialists, Inc. of Frederick, MD, a company
that has completed other playground restorations for
the county. The county piggybacked onto a contract
already in existence with the Houston-Galveston Area
Council. That is a common practice with the school
system instead of going out for individual bids on each
project.
According to Larry Hartwick, the school system’s
head of Design & Construction, Greenview Knolls
will be the 12th elementary school playground proj-
ect, with only Leonardtown, Green Holly and George
Washington Carver remaining to be done. Construc-
tion at Greenview Knolls is expected to begin shortly
and be completed by February, weather permitting.
The Greenview Knolls project involves purchas-
ing new Playworld equipment that has been installed
at other schools. Hartwick said the school system had playgrounds at the school, all of the current surfaces The money for the bid awarded by the school board
found it advantageous to use standardized equipment will be repaved with material made of compacted comes out of an account for “play yard improvements”
to help with maintenance. He said the equipment has wood chips. Hartwick said it would take about a month that had a balance of $304,350. Hartwick said addi-
proven to be very durable. In the past year, Playworld for the new surfaces to settle and after that they would tional monies would be put into next year’s budget to
equipment has been used at Piney Point, Benjamin be hard enough to be Americans with Disabilities Act complete the elementary school projects.
Banneker and Lexington Park elementary schools. (ADA) compatible. Most of the equipment will also be
In addition to the playground equipment in three ADA accessible. dickmyers@countytimes.net

CSM Students Tackle Real-World Cyber Threats

College of Southern Maryland (CSM) students re-
cently participated in the launch of Cyber Fast Track
Maryland, a new program established to help close a
widening gap of job openings in the cybersecurity field.
The free, one-day event was tailored for Maryland com-
munity college students to give them a chance to show
off their skills and meet with cybersecurity experts
from Cisco, IBM, GEICO, Vanguard and Fannie Mae,
to name a few.
Cybersecurity Ventures in its Cybersecurity Jobs Re-
port for 2018-2021 predicted 3.5 million cybersecurity
job openings by 2021. The company recently published
an article by Brian Fonseca, of the Jack D. Gordon In-
stitute for Public Policy at Florida International Univer-
sity’s Steven J. Green School of International and Public
From left, CSM students Jeremy Foster, Netsanet “Netsy” Deribe, Aljan Tablizo, CSM Instructor Wendy Hayes, students Gage
Affairs, who called upon educational institutions, in- Beavan, Cody Hight, Samala “Sam” Howard, Jeremy Plum, Myea Kelly, William “Preston” Fouch and Usaamah “Sammy” Al-
dustry and government to collaborate in addressing the Farooq recently participated in the launch of Cyber Fast Track Maryland, a new program established to help close a widening
“challenging skills gap that has caused a global shortage gap of job openings in the cybersecurity field.
of professionals.”
“For far too long the skills gap — or the mismatch be- tests and threats faced by cybersecurity practitioners in Cyber Fast Track is a SANS Institute program en-
tween the skills employers are looking for and the skills the field while professionals stood nearby ready to assist abled by funding from the Maryland Department of La-
potential employees have — has dominated conversa- and answer questions. There were individual and team bor Licensing and Regulation (DLLR) EARN Program.
tions between higher education and industry,” Fonseca challenges rewarded with prizes throughout the day. Montgomery College and 13 Maryland employers are
wrote. “One thing is clear: To fill this need, our higher Students representing CSM at the Cyber Fast Track helping to make the program successful.
educational institutions, industry and government agen- Maryland event were Aljan Tablizo, Myea Kelly, Jeremy CSM is a Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber
cies must work together. If what we are doing is not Foster, Samala Howard, Netsanet Deribe, Jeremy Plum, Defense. This program has been designated as a Center
working for our students — or the good of society — it’s Gage Beavan, Usaamah Al-Farooq, Cody Hight and of Academic Excellence for two-year schools (CAE-2Y)
time to rethink education and how we prepare students.” William “Preston” Fouch. by the National Security Agency (NSA) and the Depart-
That is where Cyber Fast Track Maryland comes in. “Cybersecurity professionals are in great demand,” ment of Homeland Security (DHS).  For information
During the event held at the Germantown Campus of confirmed CSM Business, Technology, and Public Ser- about the CyberHawks, email DaphneP@cmsd.edu. For
Montgomery College, students from all over the state vice Division Chair Bernice Brezina. “Programs like information about CSM’s cybersecurity program, vis-
engaged in online games filled with hours of real-world the Cyber Fast Track Maryland help us attract and sup- it http://www.csmd.edu/programs-courses/cyber-center.
cybersecurity challenges. As students worked through port those students who have voiced interest in this ex-
the levels, they tackled realistic examples of security citing field.” Press Release from CSM
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Solomons Christmas Walk Back for 34th Year Newtowne

Holiday festivities will begin with a stroll through Payers Present
the luminaria lit streets during the annual Solomons
Christmas Walk on Friday, December 7, and Satur- Holiday Comedy
day, December 8, from 6 – 9 p.m. In addition to all of
the activities on the island, enjoy Annmarie Garden ‘Christmas Belles’
in Lights and the ever-popular lighted boat parade in The Newtowne Players will pres-
Solomons. The Calvert Marine Museum is offering ent the Jones Hope Wooten comedy
its own holiday delights for visitors of all ages – and “Christmas Belles” from November 30
admission is FREE! to December 16. Performances will be
On both Friday and Saturday evening at the Calvert Thursday-Saturday at 8 p.m., with Sun-
Marine Museum, enjoy local musical entertainment: day matinees at 3:30 p.m.
The play will be presented at the
Friday, December 7 Solomons Christmas Walk Santa with children. The Solomons Christmas Three Notch Theatre, 21744 South Cor-
6 – 7 p.m. COSMIC Flute Choir Walk is fun for all ages!
al Drive, Lexington Park, MD 20653.
7 – 8 p.m. Patuxent Voices Tickets are $15 for adults; $12 for se-
8 – 9 p.m. Calvert and Patuxent High School Chamber Orchestras niors, students and military; and $10 for
children age 12 and under. Thursdays
Saturday, December 8 only, all seats are $10. All tickets may
6 – 7 p.m. Bruce Rider & Friends be purchased online at www.newtowne-
7 – 8 p.m. Patuxent High School Carolers players.org, or by calling 301-737-5447.
8 – 9 p.m. Sax Appeal  “Christmas Belles” tells of Christmas-
time in the small town of Fayro, Texas.
Santa and “Squeak” the museum otter, will visit and spread holiday cheer. Children can create a holiday craft to take The church Christmas program spins hi-
home. Enjoy punch and cookies on Friday and Santa’s Coffee House on Saturday featuring complimentary coffee, hot co- lariously out of control in this Southern
coa, and holiday cookies. farce about squabbling sisters, family
Shop locally in the Museum Store for high-quality gifts that will please everyone on your holiday list. Many items are secrets, a surly Santa, a vengeful sheep
made in America. Museum members receive 20% off all weekend. The store will be open both nights from 6 – 9 p.m. and is and a reluctant Elvis impersonator.
stocked with a unique collection of clothing, hostess gifts, hundreds of regional books, unique holiday cards, custom mugs, Their hilarious holiday journey through
Carvel Hall crab knives, beautiful jewelry, gourmet snacks, ornaments galore, and plenty of stocking stuffers. a misadventure-filled Christmas Eve is
To learn more about the Solomons Christmas Walk, visit the website at:  http://solomonsmaryland.com/solomons-christ- guaranteed to bring joy to your world!
mas-walk.html. ​
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22 Sports
Digging Deeper
Life is fast, faster than ever. We
are connected…constantly. Atten-
tion spans are shrinking. Patience
is thin. Information better be con-
densed into a headline, a hyperlink,
a slideshow or a brief video, other-
wise…don’t bother.
I’ve lost half my readers already.
Superficial facts produce superfi-
cial and often inadequate knowledge.
We are aware, but are we informed?
What are we missing? A lot…
Hunter S. Thompson, one of my fa-
vorite writers, is best known for pop-
ularizing Gonzo journalism. He is
famous for embedding himself with-
in the Hell’s Angels (and the resulting
novel), coining the phrase “fear and
loathing” and embracing the nation’s
drug culture – both personally and
in his writing. In perhaps his most
well-known book (and movie), Fear
and Loathing in Las Vegas, Thomp-
son took readers on a dizzying ride
into the Nevada desert in search of
the American dream. It was a wild
collection of drug-induced hallu-
cinations and debauchery that left
the line between fantasy and reality
indistinguishable.
At the end, it leaves the reader
wondering what exactly they just
read. Could it be real? What kind
of mind creates such actual and liter-
ary mayhem? Much of Thompson’s
writing followed a similar script.
The raw brilliance is obvious, but the
sheer madness is what immediately
sticks.
That is both Thompson’s gift and
his curse. His wildly entertaining
work is marked by quick, intense in-
troductions (suggestion: read…or re-
read…the opening to Hell’s Angels) -
irresistible hooks – and relentless un-
folding chaos. It is all so outrageous
that it feels surreal – screeds penned
by a semi-sane/semi-mad genius lost
between fact and fiction. Thompson
is so good at wreaking havoc with
words that is easy to dismiss him as a
purveyor of the absurd.
But to accept Thompson as just
that is to dismiss half his story. As
Timothy Denevi passionately argues
in his recent book Freak Kingdom,
Thompson’s political writing, start-
ing after John F. Kennedy’s assassi-
nation and continuing into the Nixon
administration is arguably his best
and certainly his most historically
important work. Thompson’s cover-
age of the 1968 and 1972 presidential
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The Tackle Box
Fishing Report
campaigns and biting criticism of
Nixon, in particular, is as relevant to-
day as it was when it first flew from
his typewriter.
It is an odd connection, but like
Thompson, the most substantive as-
pects of sports often get crowded out
by seductive statistics, flashy plays,
tweets and clickbait. The evidence is
extensive, but for the sake of brevity,
I’ll limit it to a quarterback, an NFL
owner, a few professional teams and
an NHL raffle.
The quarterback: Drew Brees.
Yes, he’s a Hall of Famer and among
the best of his generation. Under-
sold? Indeed. Brees is the New Or-
leans Saints and, in the end, he will Michele Chelednik with a 30 inch striper that took a Diawa SP Minnow lure at Cedar Point Rip
have meant as much to The Big Easy this week.
as Louis Armstrong (well, almost).
Brees is 39 years old. His time on the
field is short. Player-city marriages
like this are rare. Enjoy it. Appreci-
ate it.
The owner: Paul Allen, the for-
mer Seattle Seahawks owner, passed
away last month. He is best known
as Microsoft co-founder and savior of
the Seahawks franchise in the Pacific
Northwest. But his legacy will be
this: he arranged for the proceeds of
the sale of the franchise – estimated
at over $2B - to go completely to his
charity, The Paul G. Allen Family
Foundation.
The Teams: Given recent and on-
going events in their communities,
do you think the professional teams
in California and Pittsburgh are play-
ing for more wins on the field? As
an example, Rams offensive line-
man Andrew Whitworth donated last
week’s game check to the victims of
the Thousand Oaks shooting. A happy party returns with stripers from a day fishing with Capt. Greg Buckner.
The Raffle: The Capitals hold
50/50 raffles at home games – a ho- By Ken and Linda Lamb schools of rockfish on Monday this
hum promotion…until it wasn’t. In Contributing Writers week.   His party caught plenty in the
a recent game against the hated Pen- 22 to 28 inch range on bucktails fished
guins, the winning Caps fan donated There were two stripers caught troll- below the smaller breakers on the sur-
the haul - $19k – to the Tree of Life ing in the bay near Smith Point on Satur- face.   There are still stripers on struc-
Synagogue in Squirrel Hill, PA. day.  These fish were 39 and 38 inches, ture in the shallower water.
The Message: Dig a little deeper. and are the largest I have heard of this Trollers are doing well in the Patux-
Read beyond the headlines. Pierce fall season.   This is the location where ent and Potomac on the oyster bars.  The
through the force-fed stuff (which is we would expect sea-run stripers in the small umbrellas rigged with smaller
often designed to distract and pro- 40 to 50 inch range.  The fish may have lures are hot.   Look for the ones made
voke). Wrestle conventional wisdom. come in from the Atlantic, but could by Doug’s Lures, June Bug, or Hard
Find substance…or at least a quar- have been the out-sized version of our Head Custom Baits.   There were some
terback, a billionaire owner, a couple domestic stock.  There were no sea lice fish caught in the mouth of the Patuxent
of teams or an unknown fan that, on the fish which is a sign of ocean fish. by lure casters and bait fishermen from
through their character, compassion Breaking fish are east of buoy 72 the shore, but the fish are now trending
and decency, make you smile. stretching out north and south for to deeper water.  
miles.   Capt.  Brady Bounds ‘on the Crappie, bass, and pickerel are all ac-
Send comments to RonaldGuyJr@gmail.com “Miss Lena” counted six separate flocks tive in St. Mary’s Lake. 
of gulls indicating that many distinct
Thursday, November 15, 2018 The County Times
PROTECT YOUR
BENEFICIARIES AGAINST
In Our Community
INSURANCE COMPANIES
Many people purchase life insurance to provide cash to their loved ones
when they die. They pay premiums for years on these policies and fully
expect that their beneficiaries will receive the payouts on these policies
promptly. In a shocking report, “Sixty Minutes” highlighted the actions
of major insurance companies (all the names we know) in delaying or not
paying death benefits to beneficiaries. After all, the longer the insurance
company takes to pay out death benefits, the more money they make from
investing the cash.
How can this happen? Easily. If you have designated a beneficiary
for your life insurance policy and have not told that beneficiary they will
receive a death benefit payout when you die, insurance companies take the
position that they are under no obligation to go looking for your benefi-
ciary. The beneficiary must contact the insurance company with a copy
of your death certificate to obtain the payout. So, not telling a beneficiary
that they are a beneficiary and that, to obtain a payout, they must take ac-
tion to advise the insurance company of your death, defeats the purpose of
having life insurance. What should you do to protect your beneficiaries?
Step 1: GET a copy of your beneficiary designation from your life in-
surance company. While you are doing that, take a look at whom you
have designated as a beneficiary and make sure it’s what you want. It is
easy to change a beneficiary. Every insurance company will send you a
change of beneficiary form but you have to ask for it.
Step 2: TELL your beneficiary that they are the designated beneficiary
for your life insurance policy. Give them the name of the life insurance
company, their address, and a copy of the beneficiary designation.
Step 3: ADVISE the Beneficiary that, upon your death, they must send
a written request to the insurance company for the death benefit, includ-
ing a copy of your death certificate, along with a copy of the beneficiary
designation and proof (through a picture ID) that they are the beneficiary
you have named. Send this by certified mail, return receipt requested so
you have proof you have advised the company.
Step 4: If the insurance company does not respond promptly to the ben-
eficiary’s written request for death benefits, seek the advice of an attorney.
In the vast majority of cases, there is no excuse for unreasonable delays in
paying death benefits.
It gets worse. In a whole life insurance policy, the customer builds up
a cash value to the policy. This is like a savings account. Consumers can
borrow money from their policies and beneficiaries get the death payouts
and built up savings in a policy when the insured person dies. Here is the
problem. The insurance company can deduct the cost of the premiums
for these whole life policies from the savings account in the policy. When
someone dies, if the insurance company is not notified (or claims they are
not notified), the insurance company can use all the savings in the policy
to continue to pay premiums even though the insured has died. The entire
value of the policy can be depleted to zero if the insurance company is not
formally notified of the insured’s death. Again, the only way to avoid this
is to advise the insurance company in writing (by certified mail, return
receipt requested) that the insured has died and death benefits are claimed
by a beneficiary.
Beneficiary designations are important and change over time. Keep
your beneficiary designations up to date. So many people forget the
names of those they have designated as beneficiaries—from parents, now
deceased, to ex-spouses. Once you have updated the names of your ben-
eficiaries, tell your beneficiaries that they have been named by you to
receive death benefits and tell them what they need to do to collect those
benefits. Finally, put all your beneficiary forms with instructions for your
beneficiaries in a safe place with your will, trust and other important doc-
uments. Don’t have a will, trust, power of attorney or living will? Get
these critical documents to protect yourself and your loved ones.
Join me for a discussion about estate planning. Call 301-855-2246 to
set up an appointment for a free consultation. Looking forward to meet-
ing you.
Striegel & Baddour is a law firm focused on Estate and Business Plan-
ning located in NorthBeach with appointment locations in Hollywood
and Annapolis. Nothing in the following article represents legal advice.
Readers are urged to consult their legal counsel.
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“A Little ‘bout this,
a little ‘bout that”
My Husband says I’ve been a bit on edge lately, well actually the
word he used begins with a B and ends with a Y. I want to tell him that
if he would just quit doing aggravating things I would be fine. Sounds
like typical marriage stuff to me. Do you think it is something that
will go away? I seem to be complaining about cars on the road and
TV, and things like, “Why don’t they do this instead on the news, or
why don’t they do such and such? Why am I getting so aggravated?
Though I think I know why, we’ve talked about this before it’s the big
“M” word I suppose. When does this end?
Also, My husband was talking about how when he gets on social
media that he gets tired of seeing how everybody gets along so well
and so happy and then you find out a month or so later they’re getting a
divorce and you wonder what happened. I told my husband he doesn’t
have to worry about that with me since everything gets put right out
there and written about. if I’m aggravated with you or if you’re ag-
gravated with me everyone knows it, poor man. Like my mother and
I were, we argue it out until the bitter end and then it’s over and for-
gotten about. Then we get ready to go on to the next argument or
aggravation.
Now onto happy things. Our 17th wedding anniversary is this Satur-
day, and as we have for the last 6 years, we will spend it at The Tides
Inn in Irvington, Virginia. There is a wonderful, mostly indoor wine
festival called Taste by the Bay That we love. They take such good
care of you there. Every night There are S’mores by this huge fire pit,
and fresh-baked cookies with milk inside in the fireplace room. It is so
relaxing after the last few crazy months. Everyone else goes on their
vacations in the summer, but when you are married to a pool man, you
go in the fall or winter. Luckily fall is my favorite time of year.
And I was a little worried about this fall season at first because the
leaves were looking lifeless and dropping fast, but then all of a sud-
den we finally got to see some beautiful, golden leaf colors. I would
hate to miss the autumn blaze of color. The house is partially deco-
rated, but tonight I want to have it looking like we are living in the
middle of a fall-toned forest. The candles will be out and all the fall
pillows. I’d love to see photos of how you have decorated. I noticed a
few Christmas trees up in bay windows already too. I am not ready
for Christmas.
Another bright side of this time of year are oysters! Last night, we
found out a very important, tasty fact: Leftover, previously steamed
oysters which have been refrigerated can indeed be quick-fried and
are delicious. My husband fried them perfectly, and with his special
cocktail sauce it was quite a treat when I got home from work. I think
I might need to work everyday like when I had the shop since he is
such a great cook.
In fact, with Thanksgiving upon us, we both will be cooking and
baking a lot. As it is with blended families, we will have two Thanks-
givings; my family in Virginia and one here with my husband’s side.
Of course, there are family specialties we each have to make. I love
having two big turkey dinners. I do feel grateful for that and so many
other things in my life. I believe I just wrote myself into a better at-
titude. I hope my husband can find another, better word to describe me
now that starts in B and ends in Y. How about a “beautifully” imper-
fect woman? I like that.
To each new day’s adventure, Shelby
Please send your comments or ideas to:
shelbys.wanderings@yahoo.com or find me on facebook
24 Letters to the Editor The County Times Thursday, November 15, 2018

Thanks from Bluegrass for Hospice

To the Editor: tion, Dugan, McKissick, & Longmore, Jahn Corpo- couldn’t do it without you two).  Another thank you
  ration, Indian Bridge Kennels & Suites, Anne and goes out to Dave Robinson for getting folks safely
On Saturday October 27, Bluegrass for Hos- Ernie Bell, W. M. Davis, and Community Bank of to and from their cars.  Thanks to another impor-
pice-2018 took place once again.  It was held at the the Chesapeake, along with Dean Lumber Co. A & tant group, the volunteers: Marsha Anderson, Kayla
Flat Iron Farm in Great Mills, MD.  In spite of the G Electric, Southern Maryland Women’s Healthcare, Armer, Jim Bailey, Cindy Beakes, Sydna Buckmas-
early morning rain, the later of the day turned out a Taylor Gas Company, Parrans Flooring Center, C & ter, Alex Castro, Chesapeake Wholesale, Ikia Chris-
fun crowd of about 400.  We made $27,873.85 for the C Plumbing & Septic, J. F. Taylor, Donna’s Tax Ser- tian, Charlene Cusic, Nathan Fenwick, Terri Fergu-
Hospice of St. Mary’s, Hospice House.  vice, Patuxent Dental, Metro Restaurant & Janitorial son, Pam Ferris, Suzanne Henderson, Christine Hill,
Bluegrass for Hospice is an event that I am pas- Supplies, State Farm Insurance-Phil Riehl-Agent, Debbie Johnson, Lynn’s Catering, McCormick Spice
sionate about.  I started it 10 years ago to honor my Stephen D. Mattingly Insurance, Cedar Point Fed- Company, Tammy McGinnis, Debbie Morgan, Elis-
Grandfathers, William Armsworthy & Bubba Cops- eral Credit Union, Clarke Consulting, Kieyos, St. sa Norris, Woody Norris, John Potts, Patty Raley,
ey, who passed away in 2007, just two days apart.  Mary’s Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Vidsec Vince & Pat Roche, Jody at Sheetz in Great Mills,
Since that time, I have lost many love ones who were Systems, Charles C. Reel M.D., Dyson Building Jack Tippett, Ed Vogt of the Eastern Shore Bluegrass
under Hospice Care with most recently my Grand- Center, Dorsey Law Firm, Phocus Video Commu- Assoc., Frannie & Judy Woodburn.  Thanks to Jesse
mothers, Evelyn Armsworthy and last year Connie nications, Sabre Systems, Franzen Realtors, and Bell & Kerry of the Printing Press for their dedication to
Copsey.  Boys Bus Service.  Thanks to the LaQuinta Inn’s & me and this event ever since the beginning. 
A lot of work goes into this event each year.  There Suites for being our official “Bluegrass” hotel, and And finally, a big thanks to Bubby Knott and Mick-
are many volunteers, business’s, and bands that help.  thanks to the County Times newspapers. ey for providing the Flat Iron Farm and to my wife,
Some of these people have been dedicated since the I’d like to thank each of the local bands who donat- Michelle Armsworthy for all her hard work, dedica-
1st event.  ed their performance.  Without them, there wouldn’t tion, and continued support!!!  If I forgot someone,
Thank you…., most importantly, the sponsors: be an event.  Thanks to Bubby Abell & Spoon Creek, I apologize.  It could have been just one small favor
Karen & John Garner, Century 21 New Millenni- California Ramblers, David Norris & the Dixie or something that you did for the event months ago,
um-Jan Barnes-Agent, McGrew Equipment Com- Ramblers, 15 Strings, Recycled Bluegrass, and my but please know that your help and commitment was
pany,  John Felicitas & Christine Wray, Associated band, Eastern Tradition. Thanks to Troy Jones for greatly appreciated.  Non-perishable food items were
Insurances Centers, Bob Taylor Engineering, Eagle providing sound. collected for the Helping Hands Food Pantry and on
Systems, FGS, Danny Miedzinski & Son Excavat- Thanks for your generosity, the many businesses their behalf, I’d like to say thank you for your gener-
ing, St. Mary’s County Arts Council, ABC Liquors and to the Amish-Mennonite Community in St. osity in giving.    
& Lounge, Chief’s Neighborhood Bar, Stanley & Mary’s County who donated the silent auction and Thank you for supporting live Bluegrass music!
Joanie Williams, Aloft Solutions, Quality Built door prize items.  A special ‘thank you’ goes out to
Homes, Guy Distributing Co, John R. Bean Con- my Dad, Johnny Armsworthy who spent countless Jay Armsworthy
struction & Home Improvement N’ Stuff, Luke M. hours and miles getting these items and Tina Wil- Bluegrass for Hospice
Morgan, DDS & Associates, Hancock Refrigera- liams who pours her heart into this task as well (I Event Promoter/Coordinator

Has it Really Come to This?

To the Editor
I was an Election Judge at Evergreen Elementary
School during this month’s general election. It’s al-
ways great to see young, first-time voters joining us
in this great exercise. I applaud all the young people
who came out!
We had a young lady, first-time voter, come to the
check-in line looking a bit concerned. She asked us if
it was always like this “ having to walk through the
groups of people yelling and screaming at each other
in the parking lot.” What? We asked her to explain,
and she said that there were groups of people in the
tents yelling and calling each other ugly names out
in the parking lot. Campaign volunteers for oppos-
ing groups were actually shouting profanities at each
other!
We were quite busy at that particular moment; we
apologized to her and asked her not to let this deter
her in the future. Later, when there was finally a slow
period in the gym, one of the other Election Judges
walked out there and sure enough, they were still at
it. The Judge had to get their attention and tell them
to knock it off, they were annoying and offending the
public who just wanted to cast their votes! Has it re-
ally come to this in St. Mary’s County, too?
I’m writing to ask all local politicians running for
office to PLEASE provide instruction to your volun-
teers on how to behave in public. Apparently, they are
unaware that hollering and swearing at your oppo-
nents does NOTHING to forward your cause. Rather,
it will truly turn voters away from choosing you. To
all campaign volunteers: it would behoove you to be-
have in a positive and professional manner! Election
Judges don’t need to act as your parents, too.
Respectfully,
Sue Lyddon Hayes
Leonardtown, MD
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Patuxent River
Naval Air Station Ne w s
Navy Reservists Boost Aircraft Readiness
Tapping into the expertise of the Naval Reserve is
one way Fleet Readiness Centers are improving avia-
tion readiness. A seven-member team of Reserve Sail-
ors recently proved its mettle, increasing throughput at
Fleet Readiness Center Northwest (FRCNW) by more
than 10 percent over a recent two-week period.
“We were able to insert the Reservists into our cur-
rent schedule,” said Tommy Moore, FRCNW Depot
Team Lead. “They were extremely eager and effective
with the tasks assigned to them for aircraft Planned
Maintenance Inspection (PMI) intake. This allowed
my team to move artisans to other projects, complete
additional work and accelerate the return of aircraft
back the fleet.”
The Sailors are part of the Naval Air Systems Com-
mand (NAVAIR) Reserve Program FRC Reserve unit
and were supporting a readiness initiative called Induc-
tion to Return-to-Fly, or I2Fly. I2Fly takes advantage
of the Reserve’s surge capacity and its maintainers’
experience in the areas of aviation machining, aviation
structural mechanics, aviation structural mechanics–
safety equipment and aviation electronics to support
planned maintenance activities and increase the speed
of aircraft repair throughput. As a result, FRCs have
improved turnaround times as well as minimized im-
pact to the flight line.
At FRCNW, the Reservists provided maintenance Petty Officer David Lupercio, an aviation structural mechanic, removes sealant from a EA-18 Growler wing panel. Lupercio is
support from August 27 until September 8, cleaning a Naval Reserve Sailor supporting Fleet Readiness Center Northwest as part of his two weeks of annual training to increase
aircraft surfaces and removing ailerons, aircraft panels aviation readiness. (U.S. Navy photo/released)
and sealants.
NW on October 28 and will provide assistance until “Every item an FRC Reserve Sailor can help us re-
“During this time, with the assistance of the Reserv-
November 17. pair and return to the Fleet makes us more capable of
ists, we completed nine in-service repairs and three
FRC Mid-Atlantic (FRCMA) has also benefited performing our mission,” said Fleet Readiness Centers
modifications while staying on or ahead of schedule for
from Reserve support in the past year. commander, Rear Adm. Michael Zarkowski. “Some-
the completion of the PMI events,” Moore said. “By my
Two FRC Reserve Sailors provided more than 25 times it’s that one-more-item that determines if a
calculations, we had an increase throughput of depot-
working days to FRCMA Site Norfolk, Virginia, re- weapon system is mission capable.”
level maintenance by 11 percent which would not have
sulting in the increased availability of more than 1,000 During fiscal year 2018, FRC-Reserve Sailors ex-
been possible without the additional maintainers.”
articles of gear for the fleet and helped process in ex- ecuted more than 2,600 man-days of direct opera-
Capt. Shawn Denihan, commander, FRC Reserve,
cess of 350 work orders. At FRCMA Site Oceana, Vir- tional support to COMFRC, NAVAIR, and other Fleet
said the Reserve Sailors come ready to work.
ginia, one Reserve Sailor completed the breakdown, customers.
“They have the skills and experience and are eager
inspection and build-up of 110 MH-53, MH-60, E-2
to get to work,” he said.
Hawkeye/C-2 Greyhound and V-22 Osprey tire and COMFRC Public Affairs
Another team of nine Reservists reported to FRC-
wheel assemblies, and the list of successes goes on.

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Lila Doris Martin
Doris was born to Frances E. White, Sr.
and Mary Sing White on December 29,
1932. She also stayed with her grandpar-
ents Charles White Sr. and Ella King White
as a young girl and they always took her to
church.
After graduating from Flandreau High
School, Flandreau South Dakota, Doris left
to go to nursing school in Nebraska. After
a few months she decided to join the U. S.
Navy. Doris joined the Navy and met her
future husband, Max Martin in boot camp
at Naval Station Bainbridge.
Doris was a Yeoman in the Navy (clerical
work) during the Korean War and received
the National Defense Service Medal. When
she got out of the Navy she was a home-
maker and raised two children, Rob and
Janet. She worked at Jean’s Sportswear and
later became a substitute teacher at Ban-
neker Elementary School. She is survived
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by her son Rob (Laura) and two grandchil-
dren, Christina Mix (John) of Urbana, MD
and Jessica Ott (Kelly) of Nashville, Tenn.
Her daughter Janet, preceded her in death
in 1999 due to breast cancer.
As a Navy wife of 65 years, Doris always
took care of her household as her husband
Max, traveled the world protecting our
country. He served on the battleship USS
Mississippi, and flew P2s to Malta, North
Africa, Turkey, Rota Spain, Naples Italy,
Signally, Sicily. They moved to NAOTS
Chincoteague, VA, then went to Norfolk,
VA and finally NAS PAX River, in south-
ern MD where they retired. Max went to
Vietnam in 1967 and once again Doris took
care of the family until he returned. She
lived in Sisseton, South Dakota, Hedges-
ville, West VA and St Mary’s county until
her death.
Doris enjoyed driving to the beach and
wrote poetry as she listened to the waves
crashing on the shore and smelt the salt
water. She wrote poetry until Rheumatoid
Arthritis crippled her hands which kept her
from doing that.
Doris was a long-time member of Faith
Tabernacle Church, Baltimore, MD. She
listened to Reverend R.G. Hardy on the ra-
dio and would ride the bus several hours to
Baltimore, from southern MD, by herself.
Eventually, Doris was able to attend the
Faith Tabernacle church regularly when her
son got his driver’s license and could drive
her there. Until her last days, Doris read her
Bible every night.
Doris was always proud that she served
in the military protecting our country. She
was a Charter Member of the Women in
Military Service for America (Women’s
Memorial) Arlington, Va.
Arrangements provided by the Matting-
ley-Gardiner Funeral Home, P.A. Leonar-
dtown, MD.
Brenda Lee Bassford
Mrs. Brenda Lee Bassford died peace-
fully surrounded by her closest family and
friends on November 5th 2018 at the age of
58.
Brenda is survived by her two daughters,
Annie Bassford and Ruby Bassford, as well
as her step-son Charlie Bassford and her
three grandchildren, Katie Bassford, Chel-
sea Bassford and Liam Bassford. She is also
survived by her two brothers, Edward and
Steven O’Neil. She is preceded in death by
her husband Charles Carroll “Charlie B”
Bassford, her sister Pamela, and her par-
ents Beverly and Roderick “Stubs” O’Neil.
Brenda was born on February 13th, 1960
in St. Inigoes, MD to Beverly and Roder-
ick O’Neil. She graduated from Frostburg
University with an undergraduate degree
in Elementary Education and a Master’s
in Curriculum Planning from Western
Maryland.
She was married to her husband, Charlie
B, for over 30 happy years. Her children
remember her as an incredibly loving, pa-
tient, kind, and giving mother who encour-
aged all of their endeavors.
Not only was she remembered this way
to her close family and friends, but also she
was remembered as an outgoing and dedi-
cated community member. Brenda was ac-
complished as an amazing educator for 30
years, loved and taught by many, at Ridge
Elementary and Hurlock Elementary. She
was honored by the American Legion as
Teacher of the Year, recognized for her
dedication and passion for changing the
lives of her students.
Additionally, Brenda was an active
member of the American Legion, Post 255,
and Trinity Episcopal Church in St. Mary’s
City. She loved to travel and spend her
free time at the beach. She loved choco-
late ice-cream, would start a conversation
with anyone who happened to walk by and
is remembered for her beautiful smile and
long hair.
In lieu of flowers, please send donations
thank her various doctors and caregivers
for their love and care for her. May she find
peace in eternal life.
Condolences to the family may be made
at www.brinsfieldfuneral.com.
Arrangements by the Brinsfield Funeral
Home, P.A.
John Jackson Raley Jr.,
John Jackson Raley Jr., 72, of Valley Lee,
MD passed away Thursday, November 1,
2018 at his home surrounded by his loving
family.
He was born on March 27, 1946 in Leon-
ardtown, MD to the late John Jackson
Raley, Sr. and Eva Elizabeth “Sally” Bur-
roughs Raley.
John was a lifelong resident of St. Mary’s
County. On February 27, 1968 he was draft-
ed in the United States Army and proudly
served his country in the Vietnam War
until his honorable discharge on October
4, 1969. During his service he earned the
National Defense Medal, Vietnam Service
Medal, Vietnam Campaign Medal, Merito-
rious Unit Commendation Medal, and the
Army Commendation Medal. John was a
1974 graduate of St. Mary’s College and
was proud that his children are alumni as
well. In his early years, jobs included work-
ing on his grandparent’s tobacco farm,
construction with his father, as a janitor for
B & B Maintenance, as a Jr. Firemen for
the Mechanicsville Volunteer Fire Depart-
ment, and for the USDA Soil Conservation
Service. From 1977 to 2005, John was a
dedicated employee of the State of Mary-
land, Department of Social Services, even-
tually advancing to the position of Program
Manager-Welfare Reform and developed a
model of data collection for the state.
On May 5, 1979 John married his wife,
Denise Golden Raley, and they celebrated
over 39 wonderful years of marriage in their
unique A-Frame house by the Potomac Riv-
er. In retirement, he and his wife enjoyed
traveling to America’s National Parks,
with his favorite area being the Southwest.
They traveled to Italy where they learned
wood fired pizza making, which they con-
tinued to practice at home. John’s love and
knowledge of history inspired trips to Eng-
land, Scotland, Normandy (FR), Portugal,
Spain, Netherlands, and Germany. He also
enjoyed family trips to Niagara Falls, the
Caribbean, Northern California, and Alas-
ka. His hobbies through the years included

(301)-475-8500 to Trinity Episcopal Church for all of their

support. The family would also like to
boating, fishing, camping, skiing, scuba
diving, caving, and playing sports. “John-
Thursday, November 15, 2018
ny” won many dance contests and was a
professional on the air guitar. He faithfully
went to the Chesapeake Bay Blues Festival
held at Sandy Point State Park every year.
John was a season ticket holder for the
Washington Redskins from 1999 to 2013.
He was an avid baseball fan, first for the
Washington Senators, and then the Wash-
ington Nationals.
John’s family was his greatest joy! He
especially loved the time he spent with his
children and grandchildren. Affectionately
known by his grandchildren as “Grand-
dad and D-Dad,” he liked to play with
them on the beach, read them books with
dramatic expression, and go boating and
fishing. With an animated style, John was
always the best storyteller to friends and
family. He was also known by his friends
and neighbors as the “Mayor” because he
helped them look after their summer homes
and was up on the latest news of the neigh-
borhood since he befriended everyone. He
was also called the “Pied Piper” because he
was a kid at heart and children gravitated to
him. John was an unforgettable character
who you could call on and count on. He was
a jack of all trades and quite the handy man.
He enjoyed doing his own home renova-
tions, car maintenance, wood cutting, and
lawn care. He supported the local commu-
nity as a member of the American Legion
and as a volunteer with St. Mary’s Caring
Soup Kitchen, United Way, and Big Broth-
ers/Big Sisters. He served for several years
on the Board of Directors for Big Brothers/
Big Sisters and earned the Volunteer of the
Year award at the Soup Kitchen in 2015.
In addition to his beloved wife Denise, he
is also survived by his son John Ryan Ral-
ey (Lisa) of Edgewater, MD and daughter
Sarah Golden Raley-Dale (Mark) of Valley
Lee, MD; his siblings: Esther Redman of
Annapolis; MD, Charles Raley of Mechan-
icsville, MD; Betsy Norris of Towson, MD;
Ray Raley (Kathie) of Mechanicsville,
MD, Mollie Raley Hall (Steve) of Dover,
DE; and Jackie King (Steve) of Catonsville,
MD; his grandchildren: Jordan and Kendal
Raley, and Zara and Alora Dale; his close
family friend, Colin McHugh; his godson,
Joshua Brown; as well as many nieces,
nephews, cousins, extended family and
friends.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contri-
butions may be made to Hospice of St.
Mary’s, P.O. Box 625, Leonardtown, MD
20650; St. Mary’s Caring, 20850 Langley
Rd, Lexington Park, MD 20653; and, Big
Brothers and Big Sisters, 30065 Business
Center Dr. #2, Charlotte Hall, MD 20622.
Condolences to the family may be made
at www.brinsfieldfuneral.com.
Arrangements by the Brinsfield Funeral
Home, P.A.
Leonard Edward Copsey, Sr
Leonard Edward Copsey, Sr. 98 of Me-
chanicsville, MD passed away on Novem-
ber 7, 2018.
Leonard was born on December 26,
1919 in Horselanding, MD. He was the son
of the late Freeman Copsey, Sr. and Lilly
Copsey (Burch).
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Leonard is preceded in death by his wife
of 76 years Josephine Ann Marie Copsey
(Quade), his daughter Margaret (Peggy)
Alvey, and granddaughter Marlene Saldaña
(Wood). Leonard is survived by his chil-
dren Hilda (Tillie) Wood) (Marvin), Pearl
Buckler (Ronald, Sr.), Leonard (Lonnie)
Copsey, Jr. (Elaine), Violet (Sissie) Buckler
(David Sr.), Frances (PeeWee) Gray (Ralph
Sr.), Emma (Punkin) Bowles (Jerry) all
of Mechanicsville, MD. Leonard has 15
grandchildren, 28 great grandchildren and
6 great great grandchildren.
Leonard was the last of his generation,
he is preceded in death by his brothers
Al Copsey, Frank Copsey, and Freeman
Copsey.
Leonard was a lifelong resident of St.
Mary’s County, MD. Leonard lived a ful-
filling life born on the riverbanks of the
Patuxent River down on the shore. As an
eight year old child, Leonard came down
with rheumatic fever, all of his classmates
who came down with it died, but he sur-
vived and it caused his heart to go “boomp
stop boomp stop” all his life. Leonard will
tell you he was raised by his grandfather
Ned Copsey growing up on the farm as a
boy working with his grandfather raising
tobacco and loading up there crop by boat
and taking it up to Baltimore. As a young
teen, Leonard met the love of his life at a
school dance, whom he spent his life with
and his passion for Bootlegging. Leon-
ard loved bootlegging whiskey. Setting
up stills in the riverbanks he lived on, the
farm he was raised on and few other places
around the county.
While Leonard was bootlegging to make
a living, he also farmed and the river was
his home crabbing and oystering. Leonard
was drafted by the Navy around the 1940’s,
but the “boomp boomp stop boomp boomp
stop” in his heart the Navy considered a
burden and took Leonard as a cook on a
boat. The boat never left port because as
he would tell you “they dropped that bomb
over there and they sent us all home.”
Back at home in 1953, Leonard along
with his wife Josephine Built and opened
the first crab house in St. Mary’s County
“The Drift Inn Crab House. Leonard on
crabs and Josephine in the kitchen, another
business they loved to do hand and hand as
they raised their children. In 1955, Leon-
ard and Josephine opened up the Patuxent
River Oyster Company. Leonard loved the
businesses, he enjoyed socializing with his
customers and making sure he took care of
the business.
When not working Leonard loved his
view from his porch, the smell of bootleg
whiskey that came to be enjoyment and
not work and admiring the fish hawk he
so proudly called his own. Leonard along
with his wife spent there off time in Port
Charlotte, Florida. Together Leonard and
Josephine loved to travel and in his words
“there’s a lot of miles on these old feet.”
Leonard leaves a legacy behind that
he instilled in all his children. Leonard’s
daughter Punkin along with her husband
Jerry, now run the Drift Inn, his daughter
Sissie along with her husband David is
Sandgates Inn, and his son Lonnie along
with his wife Elaine is Capt. Leonard’s.
Peewee along with her husband Ralph, re-
tired from Leonard Copsey’s Seafood Mar-
ket. Grandson David Buckler, Jr, and wife
Debbie at Foxy Fish. Leonard passed away
peacefully at his home.
Arrangements provided by the Matting-
ley-Gardiner Funeral Home, P.A. Leonar-
dtown, MD.
Mary Frances
Courtney-Hudson
Mary Frances Courtney-Hudson, 77, of
Lexington Park, Maryland passed away
November 11, 2018. She was born Octo-
ber 2, 1941. Her parents were Elsie Frances
Berry and Joseph Edward Berry, and her
biological father was Francis Briscoe.
Mary was also affectionately known by
most as Mary Frances.
Mary was educated within the St. Mary’s
County school system, which also included
Cardinal Gibbons.
Mary was joined in Holy Matrimony to
Samuel (Sam) Arthur Hudson on March
4th, 1971. Since Sam was in the Navy
CHESELDINE
Clemmie Marguerite
D.O.D. 11-04-11 D.O.D. 11-18-11
Gone are the faces we loved so dear
Silent are the voices we loved to hear.
Your presence we miss
Your memory we treasure
Loving you always
Forgetting you never.
Your loving family
Obituaries 27
and stationed at Patuxent River, Maryland,
their married life began in Lexington Park,
Maryland. They also lived in Jacksonville,
Florida, but later moved back to Lexington
Park, Maryland. A while after Sam retired
they moved back to Sam’s home in Cleve-
land, Ohio, where they spent most of their
married life. Deciding as she got older,
Mary wanted to be home near her fam-
ily, she moved back to Lexington Park,
Maryland.
Mary loved spending time with her fami-
ly. Especially dear to her were her children,
grandchildren and great grandchildren
whom she referred to as her pook-a-poo.
She cherished all of her brothers and sisters
whom she helped guide. Mary enjoyed
and looked forward to family gatherings
at Christmas, Thanksgiving, Easter and
every celebrated special occasion. When
she was younger, Mary enjoyed gathering
all of her grandchildren, some nieces and
nephews for the summers in Cleveland,
Ohio. She enjoyed gardening and taking
special care of her yard. She loved decorat-
ing at home. Mary didn’t bake so much but
she loved her sister Jackie’s bread pudding
and her brother Michael’s brownies. As she
got older, Mary took comfort in reading her
bible.
Mary leaves behind her husband of 47 1/2
years Samuel Arthur Hudson; two daugh-
ters Renee D. Brooker (Jerry) of Cleveland,
Ohio and Juanita B. Commodore (Curtis) of
Lexington Park, Maryland; five grandchil-
dren, Rick Smith (Laci), LaToya Sewell,
Andrew Sewell, DeAnthony Young and
Monchele Young; 12 great grandchildren
and one great, great grandchild, all of Lex-
ington Park, Maryland. Also remaining
are her siblings, Joseph Berry, Jr. (Pam) of
La Plata, Maryland, Agnes James (Steve),
Dinnette Briscoe (Michael), Linda Berry,
Michael Berry and Wayne Berry (Lisa) all
of Lexington Park, Maryland, One Aunt
Sarah Ann Butler of Oakville, Maryland.
In addition to her parents she was also
preceded in death by her daughter Betty
Ann Smith, her brother, Herbert Lee
Courtney and her sister Jane T, Harrell.
Mary also leaves to mourn her memory a
host of nieces, nephews and cousins.
Billy
D.O.D. 11-22-03
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Community
UPCOMING
Calendar
Madrigal Dinners
Historic St. Mary’s City invites you to
the long standing tradition of the Madri-
gal Dinners. Fine dining, beautiful music,
firelight and wassail at the beautifully dec-
orated State House in St. Mary’s City. $90/
Friends of Historic St. Mary’s City. $95/
non-members. The dates are December 7,
8, 14, and 15 starting at 6 p.m.Reservations
are required. Call or email Mary 240-895-
4991, MaryB@digshistory.org or Porzia
240-895-4960, PorziaP@digshistory.org
for reservations.
Wed. – Sun., Nov. 15 -18
Happy Birthday, Wanda June
St. Mary’s College, Bruce Davis The-
ater, Montgomery Hall
Nov. 15-17 at 8:00 and Nov. 18 at 2:00
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.’s black comedy set in
the late 1960s America. $4, teachers, stu-
dents, senior citizens, and Arts Alliance
members; $6, general admission. Reser-
vations: email   boxoffice@smcm.edu  or
call 240-895-4243.
Thursday, November 15
Widow/Widower Group
Lexington Park United Methodist
Church, 21760 Great Mills Road
6:00 - 8:00 PM
Come for support, comfort and practi-
cal advice from others who have been
where you are! Or come to give support
and comfort to those who are new to this
grief journey.
Grocery Auction
Mother Catherine Academy, 38833
Chaptico Road, Mechanicsville
6:00 - 9:00 PM
Groceries arrive from distribution cen-
ters throughout the area. Expect anything
that could be found in a grocery store.
Items offered in small lots and/or large
lots. There will be some great deals! Be
sure to bring your cooler(s)!
They “Went Native”
Historic St. Mary’s City, Visitor Center
Auditorium, 18751 Hogaboom Lane
7:00 - 8:00 PM
Lecture: They “Went Na-
tive:” Refugees and Runaways
Among the Indians, 1580s-1630s
Free and open to the public. 240-895-
4990, info@HSMCdigshistory.org, www.
HSMCdigshistory.org
N. Scott Momaday
St. Mary’s College of Maryland,
Daugherty-Palmer Commons
8:00 - 9:30 PM
Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, Native
American scholar and poet, Momaday has
been hailed as “the dean of American In-
dian writers.” Free and open to the public.
 
The County Times
Friday, November 16
To submit your event listing to go in our Community Calendar, please email timescalendar@countytimes.net
2nd Annual Car Show
Leonardtown Middle School front park-
ing lot
11:00 AM - 1:30 PM
It also serves as a student reward for
demonstrating positive behaviors at school.
Participation is free; donations accepted.
Register: 301-475-0230, exten-
sion 45135. Leave message.
Auction
Immaculate Conception Church Hall,
28297 Old Village Ave., Mechanicsville
6:00 PM (preview 4:00)
Live Auction. Silent Auction. Bake ta-
ble, raffles
food table, basket table. Quilts, furni-
ture, antiques, gift sets, dinners, gift cards,
sports memorabilia, collectibles, Afghans,
and more. Food and drinks available. Visa
and M/C accepted. Rectory 301-884-3123.
Bad Art Night: Holiday Edition
Annmarie Sculpture Garden, Dowell
Rd., Solomons
6:00 – 9:00 PM
A unique adult evening yo get in the
Holiday Spirit and create “memorable”
bad holiday ornaments. Prizes for the
“baddest.”  Holiday music, tacky party
food, cash bar. $5, must be 21+. 410-326-
4640. annmariegarden.org
Honey Dewdrops
Calvert Marine Museum, Solomons
7:00 - 9:00 PM
The Maritime Performance Series pres-
ents Laura Wortman and Kagey Parrish
known for tight harmonies and instrumen-
tal accompaniment. $15 online, $20 door.
www.bit.ly//MaritimeConcerts.OPS!
Saturday, November 17
Thanksgiving 5k, Prediction 5k, &
Fun Walk
Visitor’s Center Historic St. Mary’s City
9:00 - 11:00 AM
Pre-register via active.com or email cat-
floy@gmail.com for more info or mail in
application. Race day registration starts
at 7:30. Race starts at 9:00. Door prizes,
chances to win a turkey, and plenty of
baked goodies. Proceeds benefit Special
Olympics St. Mary’s County.
Christmas Craft Fair
Lower Notley Hall Farm, 36290 Notley
Manor Lane, Chaptico
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
  Featuring local crafters/artisans. Self-
ies with Santa, Blacksmithing demon-
strations, cookie decorating for the kids
and more. Stuffed ham sandwiches, hot
chocolate, coffee and hot dogs. Benefit
All Saints Episcopal Church in Avenue.
Info: www.facebook.com/
events/261415757840864
Southern MD Decorative Painters
Immaculate Conception Church
Social Hall, 28297 Old Village Rd.,
Mechanicsville
9:30 AM - 3:30 PM
Thursday, November 15, 2018
with the listing details by 12 p.m. on the Monday prior to our Thursday publication.
Business meeting at 10:00 will be this event. Several vendors signed up.
followed by painting a TBD project.
Guests are welcome and should con- Quarter Auction Benefit
tact us for supply info if you’d like to 5 South Event Center, 21030 Point
paint.  www.smdpaint.org/Calendar.html.  Lookout Road, Callaway
Garnett Joy @ 301-884-2835 or email 11:30 AM - 3:30 PM
smdp.LearnToPaint@gmail.com. Thank Join the Fun Bunch & Friendz Quar-
you ter Frenzy Team & Sugar Faces Se-
nior Dog Rescue as they host their 9th
Olde Fashion Christmas Bazaar annual Player Appreciation Quarter
St. Francis Xavier Parish, Compton Frenzy & Holiday Potluck Luncheon:
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM Paddles $3 each, 2/$5 or 3/$7. Bring a side
Features homemade arts and crafts, dish or dessert to share. Info or reserva-
raffle for a  basket of cheer, raffle for a tions: 410-474-2958 or 240-416-4224.
hand stitched quilt and a bake sale.  Café
style lunch offered which includes Stuffed Turkey Shoot
Ham and Chicken Salad sandwiches, and Mechanicsville Moose Lodge
more.   All are welcome! 240-925-9739. 1:00 - 5:00 PM
sbreck0310@yahoo.com Sign up at 12 noon. First round goes off
at 1:00. Shoot for money and prizes. Jim-
The Great American Songbook  my Suite, 240-417-5767.
College of Southern Maryland, Leonar-
dtown Campus, Bldg A, Room 206, 22950 Bluegrass Concert
Hollywood Road, Leonardtown American Legion Post 238, Hughesvile
3:00 PM 2:00 – 5:00 PM
CSM Benny C. Morgan Series: Jazz The Sons of the American Legion
One performs American favorites. Free. along with Jay Armsworthy hold their
301-934-7828. www.csmd.edu/communi- first concert of the season. Doors open at
ty/the-arts/music/benny-c-morgan-series/ noon. $20/person.  Food available for sale.
index. 301-737-3004. 
www.americanlegionbluegrass.com
Sip ‘n Paint
California VFW Post 2632, 23282 Three Concert—To Far-Away Lands
Notch Road Our Lady Star of the Sea Parish
7:00 PM Church, 225 Alexander St, Solomons
$30/person includes  painting sup- 4:00 - 5:00 PM
plies.  Door prizes, finger food.  Do Journey with the SMYOC Youth Or-
not need to be a Veteran to attend. Tick- chestra and Preparatory Strings Orchestra
ets/registration available: VFW Post 2632 to far-away magical lands! Free concert;
Canteen, 301-862-3247 or online at  sip- donations appreciated!
pidydoodah.com  or  contacting Gaylene
Wade at gaylenewade@yahoo.com.   Monday, November 19
St. Mary’s County Democratic Club
Swing and Ballroom Dance
Little Flower School, Route 5, Great
Meeting
Lexington Park Volunteer Rescue
Mills
Squad
7:00 - 11:00 PM
7:00 - 8:00 PM
Beginner dance lesson 7:00-8:00. Danc-
Discuss current events, hear from guest
ing to music of all kinds from 8-11 pm. No
speakers, and find out how to get involved.
experience required! Singles welcome!
Bring a snack to share. $10/person. Spon-
sored by the Knights of Columbus of Holy Tuesday, November 20
Face Church. Email somdballroom@ Public Hearing of Rural Legacy Area
gmail.com or call 240-577-0153. Follow Charlotte Hall Library
us on Facebook at  www.facebook.com/ 6:00 PM
SoMdBallroom/. The Patuxent Tidewater Land Trust is
seeking input from landowners in the pro-
Sunday, November 18 posed Huntersville Rural Legacy expan-
sion area. Contact PTLT at 410-533-0042
Fall Craft Fair
or Andrew@patuxent-tidewater.org  or
Hollywood VFD Social Hall, 24802
Patuxent-tidewater.org.
Three Notch Road, Hollywood.
10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Craft vendors from MD and VA. Thursday, November 22
Wide variety of handmade items. Re- Thanksgiving Day
freshments.   Stuffed ham available for
sale.  Bake table and raffle. ATM machine Thanksgiving Family Dinner
available. Sponsored by the Ladies Auxil-  Church of the Ascension, 21641 Great
iary of the Hollywood VFD. Leone Gatton Mills Road, Lexington
at www.hvfd7.com  12:00 - 3:00 PM
All are welcome to a family Thanksgiv-
Craft Fair/Flea Market/Bazaar ing dinner, at no cost. For more informa-
Hobby Loby Parking Lot, 45315 Alton tion call the church office at 301-863-8551.
Lane, California
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Girl Scout Troop 6058 is sponsoring
Thursday, November 15, 2018 The County Times Calendars 29

St. Mary’s Department of Aging

Loffler Senior Activity Center 301-475-4200, ext. 1658
Garvey Senior Activity Center, 301-475-4200, ext. 1050

Programs and Activities

Northern Senior Activity Center, 301-475-4002, ext. 3101
Visit www.stmarysmd.com/aging for the most up-to date information
Brought to you by the Commissioners of St. Mary’s County: James R. Guy, President; Michael L. Hewitt; Tom Jarboe; Todd B. Morgan; John E. O’Connor; and the Department of Aging & Human Services

Coffee with the Sheriff
The Triad/SALT Council invites you
to have Coffee with the Sheriff on Fri-
day, Nov. 30, at 9 a.m. at the Garvey Se-
nior Activity Center! Are you interested
in learning about the St. Mary’s County
Sheriff’s Office? Do you want to know
more about issues that affect you? This
is an opportunity to ask Sheriff Timothy
Cameron directly! Contact Sarah Miller
at sarah.miller@stmarysmd.com or 301-
475-4200, ext. 71073, to RSVP.
Pre-Diabetes &
Managing Diabetes
Registered Dietician Donna Taggert
will be at the Northern Senior Activ-
ity Center on Monday, Nov. 19, from 11
a.m.-12 p.m. to discuss methods that help
with managing Diabetes and pre-Diabe-
tes through diet. The class is free but
space is limited. To sign up in advance,
please visit the signup table or call 301-
475-4200, ext. 73103.
Advance Directives
The Maryland Department of Health
has partnered with Deep Launchings to
increase awareness about Advance Di-
rectives and the important role this docu-
ment serves in assuring a person’s medi-
cal wishes are carried out. Masada John-
son will give a presentation concerning
Advance Directives and share why com-
pleting an Advance Directive is such
an important step in planning for the
future. The presentation will be located
at the Garvey Senior Activity Center on
Wednesday, Nov. 20, at 1 p.m. Light re-
freshments will be provided. Sign up by
calling 301-475-4200, ext. 71050.
Native American Folktales
Be regaled by Longman Joseph Norris
at the Northern Senior Activity Center
on Tuesday, Nov. 20, from 10:30-11:30
a.m. as he shares Native American folk-
tales from across the country. Longman
began telling stories around the camp-
fires of Indian gatherings and picked up
many traditional and modern tales dur-
ing those experiences, some stories are
even of local origin. He will also pres-
ent original songs based on these stories.
Space is limited; sign up in advance is
required. To sign up in advance for this
free presentation, please visit our sign
up table. For more information call 301-
475-4200, ext. 73103.
Nutrition Counseling &
Education (Nutrition as a Tool
for Diabetes or Pre-Diabetes)
Join Dietitian Donna Taggert for an
informative presentation and discussion
at the Garvey Senior Activity Center on
Monday, Nov. 26, at 1 p.m. If you are
diabetic or have pre-diabetes, your nutri-
tional choices can certainly impact your
health. Learn how to better manage this
chronic condition through healthful nu-
trition choices. That same day she will
be providing nutritional counseling by
appointment only and FREE of charge.
Call Donna Taggert, RD, CDE to sched-
ule: 240-528-6539.
Christmas Lunchtime
Music and Sing-a-long
Enjoy a lovely meal of roast pork,
mashed potatoes, gravy, green beans,
cinnamon spiced applesauce, cranberry
juice and milk. Diane Trautman will
play holiday tunes on piano during lunch
at the Garvey Senior Activity Center on
Wednesday, Dec. 5, at 12 p.m. Following
the meal, Kathy Creswell will lead a hol-
iday sing-a-long with Diane on piano and
Tommy Chedester on bass. You won’t
want to miss this lively holiday celebra-
tion. Sign up in advance by calling 301-
475-4200, ext. 71050. Note: Walk-ins, for
lunch or the performance, will not be ac-
commodated. Reservations are required.
Gift Donations Needed for
Christmas Gift Bingo
Every year at the Loffler Senior Activ-
ity Center we offer a special day of Bin-
go in which Christmas shopping items
are the prizes. We will have a full house
of 50 players and are looking for dona-
tions of gifts for our prize table. Dona-
tions should be new items, not shopworn
or expired foodstuffs, but items that are
suitable for gift-giving. They should
not be gift-wrapped. Donations can be
dropped off at the Loffler Senior Activ-
ity Center Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-4:30
p.m. now through Dec. 17. Thank you for
thinking of us. If you have questions call
301-475-4200, ext. 71658.
Enhance Fitness at Senior
Activity Centers
EnhanceFitness is a fitness program
designed for the 50+ population that
has been shown to improve endurance,
strength, balance and flexibility. Recog-
nized by the CDC as an evidence-based
program, Enhance Fitness uses low im-
pact exercises led by certified instructors
in a relaxed atmosphere that is as fun as
it is beneficial. Each participant moves
at a pace that’s comfortable for him/her.
The class meets three times a week for an
hour each time. It is available at all three
Senior Activity Centers in St. Mary’s
County at the following times: Garvey-
(Leonardtown) Mondays, Wednesdays,
and Fridays at 10:45 a.m.; Loffler (Great
Mills) –Mondays and Fridays at 2 p.m.;
Wednesdays at 1 p.m.; Northern (Char-
lotte Hall) Tuesdays and Thursdays at
9 a.m., Saturdays at 9:30 a.m. Your first
time trying it is free. If you want to con-
tinue, purchase a fitness card at any of
the senior activity centers for $30, good
for 10 punches (redeemable at all of the
senior activity centers.) Call any of the
centers if you have questions at 301-475-
4200, ext. 71650 (Garvey), 71658 (Loff-
ler), 73101 (Northern).

Library Closed to Observe Thanksgiving
All three locations of the St. Mary’s County Library
will be closing at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, November 21
and will remain closed on Thursday, November 22
and Friday, November 23. All three locations will be
open for regular business hours on Saturday, Novem-
ber 24.
Completing the FAFSA Form
Leonardtown Library will hold two sessions of
Completing the FAFSA Form on Thursday, Novem-
ber 29. The first session will be from 5 – 6 p.m., and
the second from 6 – 7 p.m. Please register for the ses-
sion you wish to attend. Filling out the Free Appli-
cation for Federal Student Aid form is the first step
toward getting federal aid for college, career school,
or graduate school. Completing and submitting the
form is free and quick, and gives you access to the
largest source of financial aid to help pay for college
or career school. If you don’t fill out the form you
could be missing out on a lot of financial aid. A rep-
resentative from College of Southern Maryland will
be on hand for two one hour sessions to help you with
the completion of your FAFSA form.
Beginners Crochet Class
Charlotte Hall Library will hold a Beginners Cro-
chet class on Thursday, November 29 from 5:30 –
7:30 p.m. Get hooked! Learn the basics of Crochet!
No experience necessary. A limited amount of cro-
chet hooks and yarn will be provided. Ages 12 and
up. Registration required.
Chillax at the Lex: Cookie Decorating
Lexington Park Library will hold a special Chillax
at the Lex: Cookie Decorating on Thursday, Novem-
ber 29 from 3:30 – 5 p.m. Art work you can eat! Come
in for cookie decorating. Open for kids ages 8 to 13.
Hang out, bring your friends! Walk ins Welcome.
Teen Advisory and Planning Society
Leonardtown Library will hold a Teen Advisory
and Planning Society meeting on Monday, Novem-
ber 26 from 5 – 6:30 p.m. Have a say in what hap-
pens at your library. Meet with other teens, and take a
leadership role in planning exciting library programs.
Snacks and service hours provided. Walk-ins wel-
come. Ages 13-18.
Library Closed
All three locations of the St. Mary’s County Li-
brary will be closed on Friday, December 7 for staff
development. All three locations will be open for reg-
ular business hours on Saturday, December 8.
NaNoWriMo Thank Goodness
It’s Over (TGIO) Celebration
featuring Yvonne J. Medley
Lexington Park Library will hold a NaNoWriMo
celebration “Thank Goodness It’s Over!” featuring
Yvonne Medley on Saturday, December 1. Whether
or not you reached 50K this November, the fact that
you’re here, that you wrote any amount of words at
all, that you made the commitment to take the first
steps on your creative journey, is huge - and we are
so, so proud of you. Join us for cake and a chance
to get together and celebrate your accomplishments.
Yvonne J.Medley, founder of The Life Journeys Writ-
ers Guild, Inc., will be joining us to present the final
workshop in the Life Journeys Writing Series: Tips to
Drive Your Story to the Finish Line! Bring your lap-
top, notebook or flash drive. Light refreshments will
be provided. Register on www.stmalib.org.
30 The County Times Thursday, November 15, 2018

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