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racial lineage but realized he should not be procession.
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cked by local law police force.
EDUCATION “Right now, we are working 19 with the
iverse mix of races, sheriff and the state’s attorney and review-
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Staff Writer Vaccines were still slow in com-
The county’s chief health offi- ing to other high risk groups,
cer said vaccinations of front-line though.
health workers, first responders Sharon Murphy, director of the
and the most vulnerable elderly Charlotte Hall Veterans Home,
populations in long-term care fa- where there is an active outbreak,
cilities were receiving their first said vaccines were not set to arrive
doses of the COVID-19 vaccine until Jan. 13. JADE PLANTS PILEA SNAKE PLANTS SUCCULENTS
this week. “We have so many residents and
There were 319 vaccinations per- staff that they [the Maryland De- It’s All for the Birds
formed at the clinic at the Holly- partment of Health] is still com-
wood Volunteer Fire Department ing up with a plan for us,” Murphy
Dec. 29, said Dr. Meena Brewster, said.
health department director, which The first phase of vaccinations
was in addition to the 430 already has been divided into three distinct
vaccinated in St. Mary’s in the few parts, Brewster said with phase
days prior. 1A going for perhaps another two
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their website, Brewster said, but represents about 6,000 people here,
the data could be delayed by as she said, as well as educators, child
much as a day. care workers and farm workers, ac-
This meant that actual vaccina- cording to recommendations made
tion numbers could be higher. by the U.S. Centers for Disease
“We anticipate by the end of the Control.
week we’ll be well past 1,000,” The state was still receiving rec-
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SMECO Reduces
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For the second time this year, than it was five years ago. “This is
Southern Maryland Electric Co- the second rate reduction this year
operative (SMECO) received ap- for our residential members,” Cox
proval for a decrease in the power said. “The summer energy rates that
supply rates that most members pay went into effect in May had been
for their electric service. SMECO reduced by 11 percent.” She added,
submitted a filing to the Maryland “In addition to our rate reduction,
Public Service Commission to re- most of our residential members
duce its base energy charges for had very low energy bills recently
residential members as of Decem- because of the mild weather, and
ber 1, 2020. lower bills are always good news.”
“This rate reduction will benefit SMECO’s Standard Offer Ser-
many of our members who have vice (SOS) rate is made up of the
been adversely affected by the eco- energy charge and the Power Cost
Served up in your
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Sonja Cox, SMECO president and residential energy charges for sum-
CEO. “Our winter rates will be 6.56 mer will be reduced from 6.21 cents
cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh), and per kWh to 6.11 cents per kWh.
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imately 12:16 a.m. deputies from tion Center and charged with the
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were seated in a vehicle, when an- ed at the St. Mary’s County Deten-
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hicle. One victim was struck in the
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By Guy Leonard the silence that it does when you’re on the February there was, at the time, no vaccine and no
Staff Writer side of the road fighting for your life wait- In February, as the national political immunity.
In the first few months of 2020 the nov- ing for your backup to arrive,” Smith told scene shifted more towards restricting “We don’t need to panic,” said Steve
el coronavirus had yet to officially hit the commissioners. “Every time we lose a gun rights, local, grass roots organizers Walker, director of the Department of
shores of the United States and St. Mary’s deputy to Charles County, Calvert Coun- here pressed local leaders to declare St. Emergency Services after consulting with
residents were busy getting on with a new ty… that minute gets longer and longer.” Mary’s a 2nd Amendment sanctuary as a health specialists Feb. 28. “There’s no
year they hoped would be better than the “That minute lasts a lifetime.” bulwark against further assaults on gun need to walk around with face masks on
last one. The commissioners would later approve ownership. all day.”
Little did we know. greater pay for deputies in March. “I think it’s important, after watching Much would change in the coming
January Legislators were still pondering how to what’s going on in Annapolis, that we take weeks and months; in March local of-
Here, things seemed normal in January pay for the Kirwan Commission recom- that initiative,” O’Connor said at the Feb. ficials still held out hope that St. Mary’s
and economically the county’s fortunes mendations, which called for $4 billion 11 business meeting of the Commission- could avoid an outbreak.
seemed to be healthy with residential and in new spending on K-12 education state- ers of St. Mary’s County. Initially, health officials had warned
commercial property assessments rising. wide in a massive bid to improving learn- Local gun rights advocates have been that only health workers or those exhib-
It was a bit of a surprise to officials. ing opportunities. speaking privately for months about en- iting flu like symptoms should wear face
“Be ready,” Commissioner President The legislation’s fate would be broadly couraging local elected leaders to make masks, but county residents had already
James “Randy” Guy said Jan. 7 to other questioned as the year went on due to CO- the move, which would mirror the more begun to quickly buy up stocks of them.
local elected leaders. “My property as- VID-19 shutdowns slashing revenues. than 90 counties in Virginia that have al- “Not only are we out of them, we can’t
sessment went up 8.8 percent. Immediate impacts were offset by tax ready done so. even order new ones,” a local pharmacy
“It may be a good revenue source for us windfalls. Where gun rights once appeared secure worker said in late February of the run on
but, that’s a big increase.” But by 2023, the forward funding will in Virginia, which had been strongly Re- facemasks.
Revenues would worry all elected lead- run out and both counties and the state publican for the last generation, a shift in Once facemasks at pharmacies ran out,
ers just months later when the state was will have to begin paying the additional power towards the Democrats there in the buyers turned to hardware stores.
nearly completely shut down, including $3 billion to make Kirwan recommenda- state government had emboldened Gov. “We’re out of most of them,” said a sales
many businesses and thousands put out of tions a reality. Ralph Northam to back a bevy of gun con- associate at a Leonardtown hardware
work. “That’s when the bill comes due,” Del. trol laws, including an assault weapons store. “They are backordered until April.”
In a harbinger of things to come that Matt Morgan (R-Dist. 29A) said, who ban that includes a prohibition on owning Rather than facemasks, said county
year, County Health Officer Dr. Meena questioned whether Kirwan’s recommen- high capacity ammunition magazines. health officer Dr. Meena Brewster, the
Brewster warned county residents of an dations, with their high price tag, was the The rapid shift in power in Richmond U.S. Center for Disease Control advises
impending difficult flu season. answer to improving education. ignited the Second Amendment sanctuary using standard infection avoidance prac-
“It’s never too late to get the flu shot,” “Is Kirwan really the fix for educa- movement just as quickly. tices such as washing hands and avoiding
Brewster said. “It’s still a pretty tough tion?” Morgan asked. “Maryland’s per In the Maryland General Assembly, a the ill.
season; it’s projecting to be similar to last pupil funding is already $3,600 over the new bill threatened to tighten restrictions “Most often, spread of respiratory vi-
season which was one of the worst flu sea- national average.” on so-called assault weapons even further, ruses from person-to-person happens
sons in decades.” The family of Jaelynn Willey, a Great imposing strict costs for their registration among close contacts,” said Brewster.
Commissioners also wrangled over pay Mills High School student shot dead in if the new law is passed. “CDC recommends everyday preventive
increases to certain department heads at school in March 2018 by a male student Many such weapons were banned from actions to prevent the spread of respira-
the beginning of the year, especially since, she had had a relationship with, sued the further sale in 2013 the legislature. tory viruses, such as avoiding people who
in 2019, commissioners had failed to give county school system for negligence, al- John Mountjoy, a local gun rights advo- are sick, avoiding touching your eyes or
pay parity for St. Mary’s sheriff’s deputies leging they knew their daughter was in cate, said he and others started the sanctu- nose, washing your hands, and covering
to match their counterparts in Calvert and danger but did not take action to stop her ary movement after the dramatic changes your cough or sneeze with a tissue.
Charles counties. killing. in Virginia; the climate in Annapolis to- “Facemasks should be used by people
“Our department heads make six fig- “Prior to this subject incident… Great wards their point of view had also chilled with symptoms such as fever, cough, run-
ures, some of these adjustments are Mills High School knew that Austin Rol- further. ny nose, or sneezing, to help prevent the
close to $10,000,” Commissioner John lins… was likely to commit an act of “We’re being blatantly ignored,” Mount- spread of the disease to others.”
O’Connor said Jan. 16. “The decision was deadly violence against Jaelynn Willey,” joy said. “The current incumbents… they By March 23 Gov. Larry Hogan began
made last year not to do this. the lawsuit reads. “In fact, less than 24 will not listen to us.” a spate of closures, including schools and
“When you say you don’t have enough hours before the subject incident, a threat Within weeks the commissioners would what he called non-essential businesses,
information to make a decision [on depu- of mass violence at the school had been approve the measure, with the support of that would last for months until the pan-
ties’ pay] and we start passing out pay made. both State’s Attorney Richard Fritz and demic would begin to abate in Maryland,
increases, retroactively I might add, it “Moreover, one month before this in- Sheriff Timothy K. Cameron. leading to cautious re-openings in late
kind of sends the wrong message through cident, another threat of mass violence at March summer.
county government.” the school had been made.” By the early spring, officials and resi- The closures of so many businesses,
Deputy Jason Smith stood at the po- The family has since expanded the suit dents began to fear the spread of COV- many of them restaurants and bars and
dium in silence at that evening’s public to include the county sheriff’s office and ID-19 as it breached its origins in Wuhan, other places of amusement among large
forum before the commissioenrs for one even the school resource officer who re- China and marched across the globe. crowds, put many out of work immediately.
minute to drive home the point of needed sponded in seconds to the shooting; the In St. Mary’s, health officials began “We are not issuing a shelter in place
raises to keep deputies from leaving the county school system has denied culpabil- to prepare a response to COVID-19 as order or forcing people to stay home,”
agency. ity in the incident. they still tried to separate fact from fic- Hogan said in late March. “We are telling
“That minute goes by much faster in tion about the deadly disease for which Marylanders to follow all of the directives
The County Times Feature 17
we’ve issued and to obey state law… un- tective gear, Bricker said, but they still on-line. “That’s the expectation… that ing treated unfairly under the recovery
less you have an essential reason to leave try to give as much emotional support as we’ll be one-to-one forever.” plan as large retailers had largely been
your house then you should stay in your possible. Here in St. Mary’s political life contin- exempt from the closure order as they had
homes.” “Even if it’s just to hold their hand,” ued as Leonardtown held its regular town been deemed essential, though they did
The governor said the state had to fight Bricker said. council and mayoral elections, although have to limit customers in their stores and
the pandemic as well as severe strain on The nurses and doctors have to support social distancing and sanitation rules encourage social distancing.
the economy. each other as well, she said. were in full effect for those coming into “I will tell you, if they show up [law
“We’re facing a huge battle against “We try to talk about our feelings,” the town hall to vote. enforcement,] we could all be cited, we’re
potential tremendous economic harm,” Bricker said. “We get a lot of support from Mayor Dan Burris and Town Coun- more than 10 people,” Hewitt said. “On
Hogan said. “Both of these battles will the community, that helps keep us going. cil Member Jay Mattingly both won re- the other hand, there’s civil disobedience.”
take all of us at the federal, state and local She praised the continual donation of election to town government after ballots Hewitt would continue to question the
levels and the private sector rising up and medical supplies and protective gear from were tallied from the May 5 elections; treatment of small businesses versus large
working together.” private citizens. Nick Colvin, a planner at the county’s De- retailers throughout the year.
The governor would order the use of “And the food, the food is endless,” partment of Land Use and Growth Man- But COVID-19 wasn’t the only problem
state “rainy day” funds in the hundreds of Bricker said. “And we try to find humor agement, won his bid to get a seat on the to sweep the land.
millions throughout the pandemic to help when we can.” council as its newest member. June
support closed businesses and prevent job If there is anything good to come from The election took place under special By June, as the summer temperatures
loss. the COVID-19 pandemic, Bricker believes conditions due to the COVID-19 pan- rose, so did frustration and anger nation-
But Hogan’s orders were hard to take the nurses and doctors have found it. demic with town staff sanitizing voting wide over alleged police brutality, focused
for many local businesses. “Morale is very high in the ICU,” she stations each time they were used inside by the asphyxiation death of George Floyd
Jeff Lewis, the owner and operator of said. “I think we’re in a good place; this the town hall and the number of voters al- at the hands of Minneapolis police.
The Front Porch restaurant on Washing- crisis has brought us closer together.” lowed in at a time was kept to four. It led to rioting, protests, looting and
ton Street in Leonardtown, said he’d had May Considering the fears about the novel urban destruction all across the country.
to rethink his entire business model just By May, as the pandemic dragged on coronavirus, the election brought out vot- Here in St. Mary’s, where even protes-
to try and keep his business operational. and health metrics began to stabilize, ers, McKay said. tors of police brutality said it was not a
“I make money on parties and I can’t Dr. Karen Salmon, state school superin- “It was a good turnout for what was go- problem here, the community was spared
book any right now,” Lewis told The tendent announced that she was closing ing on,” McKay said. “There was a steady rioting.
County Times. “March is really where I schools for the rest of the 2019 to 2020 stream of people all day, it never really But protests were common, drawing
start to make money. school year. stopped.” thousands of people to several events.
“I feel like I’m back to square one when It was another blow to efforts across the By the middle of spring businesses con- A June 5 protest in Leonardtown was
I took over here seven years ago.” state to return to some sort of normalcy. tinued to chafe under the governor’s re- massive but peaceful.
With only two phone lines, he’s had The St. Mary’s public school system strictions on businesses reopening, partic- The approximately 1,500 demonstra-
to adapt to taking carryout and delivery had to switch to on-line learning and ularly restaurants who said carryout and tors, according to sheriff’s office esti-
orders through e-mail, Lewis said, which would continue to use that platform even delivery orders weren’t enough to keep mates rallied at 7 p.m. and marched down
meant that customers used to 15-minute as they were able to bring some students their operations going. Hollywood Road towards the intersection
waits for food would have to wait longer. back in staggered cohorts during the early Seabreeze Restaurant believed they with Route 5 in a massive procession, ne-
“It’s been an insane week of adaptation,” fall, but the Thanksgiving surge in the could at least reopen outdoor dining to cessitating traffic routes being blocked by
Lewis said. “I can’t employ as many peo- virus forced children back into virtual customers but were shutdown by local au- local law enforcement.
ple since I don’t have as much business.” settings. thorities as the state was only in Phase 1 of The gathering was a diverse mix of rac-
Loans available from the state, which The pandemic had one positive aspect: Hogan’s recovery plan. es, creeds and ages.
the governor eventually ordered had to It forced the school system to find ways to At a forum of restaurant and bar owners Despite warnings from the health de-
be forgiven, and from the federal govern- finally get a dedicated electronic device to held at Seabreeze Restaurant the evening partment about exposure to coronavirus,
ment proved difficult to come by despite every student. of May 19, they still wanted to find a way there was virtually no social distancing
hopes to the contrary. “We have 9,000 machines ready for dis- to open sooner rather than later. during the rally or the march.
April tribution,” said Superintendent Dr. J. Scott Del. Matt Morgan (R-Dist.29A) and Weston Kilgore, 17, said rallying and
As residents here began to get infected Smith in mid-August “And we have 8,000 County Commissioner Mike Hewitt marching for a good cause was worth the
by April, all eyes turned to the doctors more coming in. spoke to them to encourage them to put risk.
and nurses at MedStar St. Mary’s to take “If they don’t have access to a com- pressure on the governor’s office and on “I think injustice and police brutality
care of the sick. puter, they’re being provided a laptop,” his COVID-19 task force to amend the have gone on too long,” Kilgore told The
Susan Bricker, an intensive care nurse Smith said, noting that parents were given first phase of the plan to give restaurants County Times. “Everyone was there for
at MedStar, said the stress of caring for a survey to fill out describing their child’s more latitude beyond providing for carry- the same reason.
such sick people was intense. needs for connectivity. out and delivery. “Everyone decided this was more im-
“When they come to us, they are short This week, school staff were busy dis- Owners said back in May they could portant to speak up against all the bad
of breath and anxious,” Bricker said. tributing laptops to middle school stu- not continue much longer things that are going on rather than stay
“They are looking to us desperately for dents, Smith said, and by the week of Dec. “We’ve heard about maybe being able to safe from coronavirus.”
help. 1 all students should have a school-issued reopen by Sept. 1,” said Betty Ann Quade, But he disagreed with some of his
“There’s anxiety in the staff as well, but laptop from which to work. co-owner of Seabreeze at the meeting of friends that all police were bad.
the level of care doesn’t change.” “This is one-to-one,” Smith said of the about 30 people. “We can’t wait until Sep- “I have a hard time agreeing with that,”
Talking to patients, trying to reassure much sought-after goal of getting every tember, went won’t make it to September.” Kilgore said. “There are a lot of cops out
them, is difficult when wearing full pro- student connected to the school system Hewitt said small businesses were be- there, it’s impossible for all cops to be
18 Feature The County Times Thursday, December 31, 2020
bad.” Mary’s took the brunt of the storm for October As of Nov. 3 the elections board had re-
President of the St. Mary’s County Maryland, suffering tremendous flooding As the autumn progressed upheaval ceived 13,150 absentee ballots with more
branch of the NAACP William “BJ” Hall and bridges washed away still awaiting ei- found its way into the State’s Attorney’s on the way, Adkins said.
said coming out to the protest was not only ther replacement or repair. Office, with the Deputy State’s Attorney There are 73,851 registered voters in
a matter of supporting the Black Lives On Aug. 4 the storm hit. and daughter of Gov. Larry Hogan Jaymi St. Mary’s County and with all the bal-
Matter movement but also acknowledging Two tornadoes were confirmed to have Sterling, having resigned on Sept. 30 alleg- lots combined voter turnout came to 79.4
racial inequality within St. Mary’s county. touched down in St. Mary’s as well, one in ing financial and personnel irregularities. percent.
“There’s so many different things we Ridge and the other in Piney Point. State’s Attorney Richard Fritz and Ster- Though lines were long at the seven
need to address here,” said Hall. “We The Ridge tornado had peak winds of ling, as well as another employee who polling places around the county, the pro-
need to understand that so many Afri- about 80 miles per hour, according to the had resigned snapped back and forth cess had no major problems, said Adkins.
can Americans are facing housing issues, National Weather Service, and touched over working conditions there and Fritz The question over who won the presi-
healthcare access issues, education issues down for one minute between 6:27 a.m. responding that he had demoted Sterling dential race Donald Trump or Joe Biden
like the technology gap we were impacted and 6:28 a.m. that Tuesday. It had a path because she had overstepped her author- would go on for weeks but county resi-
by once (the coronavirus) hit and every- just under a mile and was 75 yards in ity in dealing with a dispute between two dents would still begin preparing for
one had to go to remote learning. There width. employees, one of them the employee who Thankgiving celebrations, which would
are tons of ways we are impacted by ra- The Piney Point tornado hit from had also resigned. bring about another surge in COVID-19
cial inequality and I just want to make 6:30a.m to 6:43a.m. along a 7.3-mile path The county investigated the allega- cases across the state, but there was hope
sure that we all have the same access to and was 100 yards wide with 100 mile per tions and took no action against Fritz or on the horizon.
opportunity.” hour peak winds. his office, though it came to light that he December
July That tornado travelled to the outskirts and several of his staff members went to As 2020 was coming to a close health
In July the Town of Leonardtown pur- of Leonardtown where it eventually sub- Ocean City for in-house training during officials, and nearly everyone else, were
sued the idea of buying a paddle boat to sided, county officials said. the summer of the pandemic even after eagerly awaiting the arrival of the first
boost tourism and the profile of the town “The major damage was to the road- two state-wide conferences for which he vaccine shipments, about 150,000 doses
and enthusiasm ran high among certain ways,” Emergency Services Director had already scheduled hotel space were provided by pharmaceutical giants Pfizer
officials and business owners but that Steve Walker said. “It was a lot more wa- cancelled. and Moderna, whose development was
would drain away eventually and the town ter than we anticipated.” It cost more than $11,000 to send seven boosted by the Trump administration’s
would pass in a split vote to purchase the The storm would have been much staff members, including Fritz, to Ocean Operation Warp Speed and $2 billion in
vessel, at 111-feet long and named The worse, he said, had the winds been higher City for what the county’s chief law en- government funded research.
Black Eyed Susan. for a longer period. forcement officer called “in-house train- Doctors viewed the rapidly developed
After nearly three-quarters of a centu- “We didn’t have long sustained gusts,” ing.” Each year the Maryland State Bar vaccines as a technological breakthrough
ry the caretakers and operators of the St. Walker said. “We thought we’d get quite a Association and the Maryland State’s At- using what is known as messenger RNA.
Mary’s County Fair sadly announced they lot more wind damage.” torney’s Association hold conferences and The vaccine uses a fat molecule, Brews-
had to cancel the event this year. September both were set to take place in Ocean City ter said, to act as a kind of “Trojan Horse”
“After months of monitoring the CO- By the fall, many began to grow wor- between the dates of June 9 and June 17. to introduce a messenger RNA (mRNA)
VID requirements for physical distancing, ried about the shape the presidential elec- Both events were cancelled in April due to the body that “teaches” the body’s cells
the limitations on the number of people in tion would take still others were confused to concerns over COVID-19. to produce the virus’ spike protein, which
a social gathering, and most important- about where and how to vote since many When asked if he had considered can- triggers the immune response.
ly, the significant risks to the safety and familiar polling places had been consoli- celling the trip to the Eastern Shore Fritz “So, then that body learns how to rec-
health of our community, we determined it dated and yet thousands more planned to said: “Why?” ognize and eventually how to fight that
would be best to cancel this year’s County vote by mail-in ballots. He defended his decision, saying that at special protein,” Brewster said. “So when
Fair,” the statement from the fair’s board Del. Brian Crosby argued that having the time the courthouse was closed due to the real coronavirus is introduced to the
of directors said. “This decision was very just one early voting site at the Hollywood COVID-19 and that the time was advan- body… the body already knows how to
difficult to make. fire house was voter suppression. tageous to engage in training of his staff, fight that protein and starts responding to
“A huge percentage of our volunteers “According to the most recent census attorneys and investigators. the virus.
are in the at-risk category,” Chairman of data, 35 percent of registered voters in St. “It [the money] would’ve been expend- “We are viewing this as a medical
the Fair Board John Richards said. “It just Mary’s County reside in District 29B,” ed if the two conferences had been held,” breakthrough in technology; it has the po-
didn’t make sense to do it. Crosby wrote in his missive dated Sept. Fritz said, declining to go into specific de- tential to be some of the safest vaccines
“It would have jeopardized the safety of 13. “The district is also home to the high- tails about the kind of training offered at we have available.”
too many people.” est concentration of both low-income vot- the meeting. Vaccine clinics began Christmas week,
Mike Alderson, president of the 7th Dis- ers and voters of color in the county.” “We were training, that should be suf- first for front-line workers and those pub-
trict Optimist Club, had announced June The Hollywood fire house, Crosby said, ficient,” Fritz said. “I think it’s sufficient lic officials who volunteered to be “vac-
30 that the organization had cancelled was nine miles away from the most dense- to say we were training in the law. cine champions,” with mass vaccinations
the Blessing of the Fleet, which has taken ly populated section of his district. “The money was all authorized, we taking place Christmas weekend and into
place every year for more than 50 years in “For many voters, this distance may not went there for training and that’s what we the following week at Hollywood Volun-
Colton’s Point to commemorate the once- seem insurmountable, but for the poor, the did.” teer Fire Department for hundreds of first
great fishing fleets of Southern Maryland. elderly, and those otherwise dependent on November responders.
The event is also the largest fundraising public transportation, polling place inac- Election Day came and went, but voter COVID-19 had made its mark on St.
time for the local Optimists, as they pro- cessibility could be a major reason why turnout was strong and steady the entire Mary’s though, as 3,509 people had tested
vide scholarships and activities for county many voters are unlikely to cast a ballot day as it had been for the early voting days positive for the disease over nine months,
youth. this year,” Crosby continued. “The lack leading up to it. with active outbreaks at Charlotte Hall
“It’s due to the requirements from the of easy access to voting for such popula- Wendy Adkins, the local director of the Veterans Home, Chesapeake Shores and
Maryland Department of Health and the tions – especially with the new and con- Board of Elections, said voter turnout was St. Mary’s Nursing Center.
Department of Agriculture regarding out- fusing electoral process – is blatant voter strong at about 60 percent between early The disease would claim a total of 80
door festivals,” in the time of COVID-19, suppression.” voting, Election Day, and mail-in ballots. county residents, regardless of the juris-
Alderson said. St. Mary’s was required by law to have The most current number of county res- diction where they died, as of Dec. 29.
August just one early voting station and it would idents who voted is 44,851, Adkins said, guyleonard@countytimes.net
After a year of disease, protests and be well used including in the General but she expected that number to increase
fear, nature struck again, this time in Election in November. as more absentee ballots are mailed in and
the form of Tropical Storm Isaias and St. canvassed.
Thursday, December 31, 2020 The County Times Education 19
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
Break, and so many of our students food. In addition, the CSM Founda-
are still struggling. This pandemic tion supported the effort through
has been so hard, on so many.” funding from its “Help a Hawk”
Forbes Magazine contributing writ- emergency fund.
er Afdhel Aziz recently reported that “It is an honor to partner with
one in three college students experi- CSM,” said Michael Rogalski. “It is With best wishes to our
ences food insecurity. “According to
a survey of 43,000 college students at
our goal at LifePoint to be a church
not just in the community, but FOR
customers for a great
66 schools, 36 percent of students on the community. We are thankful holiday season and a
U.S. college campuses are considered for the opportunity to make an im-
“food insecure,” meaning they do not pact together with CSM.” healthy year ahead.
get enough to eat,” he wrote. “Espe- “We heard about the food program
cially in the age of COVID, where at CSM from one of our members,
many students from underprivileged [CSM Human Resources Generalist]
backgrounds can’t work the college Nikki Bradburn,” shared First Bap-
jobs they need to qualify for SNAP tist Church of Waldorf Pastor Randy
benefits, this problem is greatly Stacks, whose three sons have at-
exacerbated.” tended CSM. “I always challenge our
In his story, Aziz interviewed church to look for ways to connect
Founder and CEO of Swipe Out and serve others. Not only within the
Hunger Rachel Sumekh who chal- walls of our church, but everywhere
lenged readers who may be skeptical
of national statistics.
we go.”
Maryland Sen. Arthur Ellis and
enjoy responsibly
“The reality is that every day, thir- his wife Rosalind joined the College
ty million American children rely on of Southern Maryland (CSM) Stu-
their schools for their breakfast and
lunch,” Sumekh said. “Our Kinder-
dent Life team to help distribute 725
pounds of food in one day at the sixth Guy Distributing Co. Inc
garten-12th grade system knows this Mobile Hawk Feeder event held at the
and thus we have the National School
Breakfast and Lunch program. If we
La Plata Campus Nov. 19.
“[This is] A harsh truth but neces-
Leonardtown, MD
truly want to create pathways out of sary response to action,” the senator
poverty, we need these meals to con- later tweeted. “The holiday season is SERVING ST. MARY’S
tinue through to our community col-
leges and four- year schools.”
an especially difficult time for many,
let alone college students. We appre-
COUNTY FOR OVER 75 YEARS
Since 2017, CSM has offered food ciate CSM’s efforts to provide this
provided through Hawk Feeders at kind of relief.”
each of CSM’s four campuses. Hawk Press Release from CSM
Prayer Celebration
MONDAY, JANUARY 18
SPONSORED BY:
St. Mary’s College of Maryland,
St. Mary’s County Branch NAACP The
7025, St. Mary’s County Human Relations
Commission, St. Mary’s County Public
Schools, the College of Southern Maryland,
and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.© ®, Nu
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NDING”
This spring 2021, St. Mary’s Col- careers related to special education,
lege will begin offering a special such as counseling, school psychol-
education minor in the educational ogy, and speech/language pathol-
G studies program. With the special
education minor, students will be
ogy, but do not necessarily plan to
teach in K-12 settings. Commonly
Writing - Math - Study Skills eligible to apply to the SMCM Mas-
ter of Arts in Teaching program
paired majors include history, psy-
chology, and sociology.
Vocabulary - Phonics with certification in elementary/
middle school special education
Students completing the 10-month
MAT program, which runs July-
(grades 1-8). May, receive a degree that is recog-
Geometry - Trigonometry According to Katherine Koch, as-
sociate professor/associate director
nized in all 50 states. In addition to
the special education certification,
us - Calculus - Earth Science of teacher education, “Students will
gain a solid foundation in special
MAT certifications are offered in
elementary with early childhood,
education theory and practice with elementary (grades 1-6); secondary
hemistry - Physics a special education minor. Our stu- (in history, English, math, social
dents work closely with local K-12 studies, biology, chemistry, physics,
schools to gain hands-on, practical theater: grades 7-12); and PreK-12
EP experience.” (art or music) or a foreign language
The minor in special education (French, Spanish, or Chinese).
/NMSQT - ACT - Advanced includes six courses that offer a ba-
sic foundation in the field of special
The special education minor and
new MAT special education certifi-
(AP) - State Tests - HSPT - education. These courses are also cation were approved by St. Mary’s
required for the MAT program with College in 2019, and recently ap-
certification in special education, proved by the Maryland Higher Ed-
starting with the July 2021 cohort. ucation Commission and Maryland
This minor is recommended for stu- State Department of Education.
dents who are interested in pursuing Press Release from SMCM.
Placement (AP) are registered trademarks of the College Board. PSAT/NMSQT is a registered trademark of the College Board and the
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Patuxent River
Naval Air Station
In Remembrance
The County Times runs complimentary obituaries as submitted by funeral homes
and readers. We run them in the order we receive them. Any submissions that come to
guyleonard@countytimes.net after noon on Mondays may run in the following week’s edition.
Henry Stephen Shupe Henry was a member of the Lex- and Mason Shupe and step grandchil- colo, Francesca Louise Giampiccolo,
ington Park United Methodist Church dren Tiera Baxter (Shante), Melissa Christina Marie Lynn and Lisa Victo-
where he attended services regularly Young, Nanami Toyoda, great grand- ria Abell. At last, Louis and Carmina
and served on the choir. He served as a children Jordan and Justin Michener are together once again and dancing in
volunteer at the Church of the Ascen- and step great grandchildren Cadyn each other’s arms.
sion Episcopal Church for HOPE for and Caylani Baxter and former wives Louis was a veteran of the United
fifteen years. He loved to read his Bi- Barbara Fallin (Tommy) and Joan States Navy from December 14, 1953
ble, go to church, watch the 700 Club Marshall. to September 11, 1955 and served his
Ministries, watching the Washington Burial services were provided by country as a Shipboard Electronics
Redskins football games, spend time Brinsfield Funeral Home, Leonard- Technician. Lou enjoyed spending
with family and playing his guitar and town, MD. social time with friends and fam-
keyboard. He was a supporter of the The Family wishes to express our ily, sharing experiences and stories
Trinity Broadcast Network and faith- sincere appreciation for all the acts of of his accomplished career as a Civil
fully sent in a donate each month. kindness during this time of grieving. Servant. He was an outgoing person-
Henry was preceded in death by his ality, loved a witty joke and would
parents, Dorothy Eileen and Wallace Louis Giampiccolo easily find common ground with ev-
Clifford Shupe, siblings, Blaine Clif- eryone he met. Lou was best known
Henry Stephen Shupe, 80 of Lex- ford Shupe, Leroy Thomas Shupe, for his love of his wife, family and
ington Park, MD went to be with his Dorothy Eileen Shupe, his son Earl his passion for Naval Aviation and
Lord and Savior on Friday, December R. Shupe and stepson, Wilbur Clifton technology. The many sacrifices Lou
18, 2020 in Leonardtown, MD. Moats. made during his NAVAIR career as a
Henry attended Catholic school his Henry leaves to cherish his memory Program Manager will always be re-
early years and later earned his GED. his wife of 32 years Iva M. Shupe, membered, valued, appreciated by his
During his early years, he worked his children Henry W. Shupe (Rose), grateful family.
at the Sunny South grocery store James C. Shupe (Sandy), Edward W. Louis was preceded in death by
in which his parents owned. Later, Shupe, Stephen L. Shupe (Tina), Mark his loving and devoted wife Carmina
Henry was employed as a meat cut- T. Shupe, Jennifer A. Shupe, Williams (Min) who died on April 11, 1990, his
ter/butcher at the A&P grocery store P. Shupe (Renee), stepchildren Steph- father, Carmelo Giampiccolo, and his
and in the evenings, he attended ICS anie M. Moats, LaShawn T. Toyoda mother, Jennie Giampiccolo. He is
Home Study Training and received (Shingo), grandchildren Shelly A. survived by his loving children, Car-
his certificate in TV Technology and Michener, Elizabeth Shupe, Kevin mine Giampiccolo (wife Sara), Fran-
Repair. He then went on to purchase Shupe, Garrett Shupe, Katie, Henry cesca Giampiccolo, Christina Lynn
Earl’s TV and became self-employed and Avery Shupe, Dylan, Brett and On December 23, 2020, Louis Gi- (husband Michael), Lisa Abell and
as a television and VCR technician. Carson Shupe, Kaylee Shupe, Logan ampiccolo (Lou), loving husband and two grandchildren Vincent and Samu-
father of 4 children and 2 grandchil- el Abell who will all miss him dearly.
Brinsfield
dren joined the angels at the age of 88. A private service with immediate
Louis was born on June 25, 1932 in family will be held. In lieu of f lowers,
the Bronx, New York. In his youth, he contributions may be made to Hospice
fought in the Amateur Golden Gloves of St. Mary’s County, P.O. Box 625,
Boxing Competition and ran on his Leonardtown, MD 20650.
high school track team. On a particu-
lar evening Lou met his wife Carmina Rose Marie Abell
Our Family
Life Celebration Homes &
In Remembrance
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and readers. We run them in the order we receive them. Any submissions that come to
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in the pursuit of the ideal crabbing James Harvey Hilbert over fifty-three (53) wonderful years Larry married his beautiful bride,
spot. Later in life she enjoyed lis- of marriage. Jim lost the love of his Linda Christine (Teresi) Price on
tening to music, attending luncheons life in July, 2008. He has spent these February 23, 1984. Together they cel-
with the Red Hat ladies, and visiting past years, talking about and miss- ebrated over thirty-six (36) years of
the Loff ler Senior Citizen Center with ing her. His children are taking sol- marriage. Their love combined two
her friends where she played cards, ace in the fact that they’ve reunited in families making life a little crazy but
Samba and Canasta. She loved life and heaven. fun.
looked forward to everyday. Jim was a man of multifaceted tal- He proudly joined the United States
Dolores is survived by her children: ents, he enjoyed writing and weaving Air Force in 1971 serving his country
William Lewis of Park Hall, MD; Ann elaborate tales. He fed his imagina- honorably. He was a proud Ameri-
Sturgell of Camarillo, CA; Mariah tion also with books. He was always can and took great pride in his coun-
Reid of Newburg, MD; Mark Lewis ready to play a game of pool or shuff le try. Upon his release he worked as a
(Sheryl) of Palm Coast, FL; and Sara a deck of cards knowing luck and skill Plumbing and Housing Inspector for
Lewis (Bob Adcock) of Mechanics- were on his side. He was a golfer and the Federal Government. He was a
ville; eight grandchildren: Bill Lewis, bowler. He loved to spend time with dedicated employee and enjoyed his
Rob Lewis, Britney King, Matthew his friends on the greens or at the position up until his retirement in
Cody, Sam Clements, DeAnna Clem- bowling alley. 2010.
ents, Brandon Lewis and Bryan Reid; He was a fan of target shooting with An avid outdoorsman, Larry found
and six grandchildren. In addition to James Harvey Hilbert, 87, of Me- an eagle eye. Above all Jim, loved great peace in God’s glorious canopy
her parents, she is preceded in death chanicsville, MD passed away peace- his family. His children, grandchil- of blue skies and nature. He spent
by her husband of 48 years, William fully on December 19, 2020 at his dren and great-grandchildren brought many mornings sitting in a blind or
S. Lewis, Jr. and her brother, Matthew home surrounded by his loving fam- him great joy. We could spend hours stand listening to the animals wake
Parks. ily. Jim was one of four (4) children watching the kids play on the f loor from their slumber in the hopes of
Due to the COVID Pandemic and born to his late parents, Harry Hilbert and listen to their laughter as they bringing home a trophy. When the
the difficulty of travel at this time, a and Evelyn (Hiskey) Hilbert in Em- played silly games. seasons changed and the weather
memorial service celebrating her life, maus, PA. A great man has left his earthly warmed, Larry enjoyed a day on the
will be held at a later date. Jim was a proud member of the home, but has been reunited in God’s water either crabbing or sitting with
Condolences to the family may be United States Air Force. His pride for glorious heaven during the most joy- a fishing pole waiting for the fish to
made at www.brinsfieldfuneral.com. his country served him well his enlist- ous time of the year. His legacy will bite. He instilled his love for being
Arrangements have been made at ment. He was honorably discharged in be of strength, kindness and human- outdoors with his children and then
Brinsfield Funeral Home & Crema- 1972. ity. If you knew him you were blessed grandchildren. He took pride in being
tory, P.A., Leonardtown, MD. He married his beloved wife, An- and hold your memories close until able to teach his grandchildren how
toinetta Hilbert in 1955, together they you meet again. to shoot a gun. He loved camping and
started a family of their own and spent Jim is survived by his three (3) sons, sitting beside a campfire reminiscing
Andrea “Andy” Hilbert of Mechanic- and making memories.
sville, MD, and Clint Hilbert of Me- Larry and Linda traveled together
bane, NC; three (3) grandchildren and and made lasting memories with their
two (2) great-grandchildren and one adventures. Family meant everything
sister, Dorothy Frassetto of FL and to him and his greatest moments in
brother, Joseph Hilbert of Schnecks- life were spent surrounded by his
ville, PA. He was preceded in death by loved ones. He was a grill master and
his parents, wife and son, Antonio Hil- enjoyed summer cookouts with the
bert and sister, Mary Ann Bradshaw. kids running around and driving him
To Place A Memorial, Condolences to the family may be
made at www.brinsfieldfuneral.com.
crazy.
Whether you knew him as Larry,
Arrangements by the Brinsfield Fu- Price, Dad, or Pop you knew a won-
301-373-4125
Larry is survived by his wife, Linda
Price Christine Price of Mechanicsville,
MD; children, Joshua Franklin Price
of Leonardtown, MD, Heather Jane
or send an email to Lambert, of Belmont, NC, Amy Eliza-
beth Maier of Gastonia, NC, Rebecca
Marie Price of Gastonia, NC, Regina
info@somdpublishing.net Lynn Buckler and Kristine Renee Fer-
rall of Mechanicsville, MD; seventeen
(17) grandchildren and five (5) great-
grandchildren. He is also survived by
his brother, Michael Price of Colum-
bus, OH. He was preceded in death by
his parents, Richard Price and Audrey
Price, brother, Stephen Earl Price and
son, John Michael Reinburg.
In lieu of f lowers, the family would
Larry “Price” Franklin Price, 72,
request donations be made in Larry’s
of Mechanicsville, MD, passed away
name to the American Cancer Soci-
peacefully on Thursday, December 17,
ety, https://www.cancer.org/involved/
2020 at MedStar Georgetown Univer-
donate/memorial-giving.html.
sity Hospital, Washington, DC.
Condolences to the family may be
He was born on October 5, 1948,
made at www.brinsfieldfuneral.com
in Covington, KY, to Richard Price
Arrangements by the Brinsfield Fu-
and Audrey (Richardson) Price. He
neral Home & Crematory, P.A., Char-
was one of three (3) boys in his loving
lotte Hall, MD.
family.
Thursday, December 31, 2020 The County Times Contributing Writers 29
Time for
NEW YEAR, NEW PROJECTS
New Year’s
Ah, sweet 2021, at last I’ve found
thee, and how I have longed for you
Financial
Resolutions
to arrive. Woops, I need to stop read-
ing cozy mysteries with an operatic
theme. The basis for my sentence
came from the operetta, Naughty
Marietta, by Victor Herbert and
a song in the operetta called “Ah,
sweet mystery of life” (which many Many of us probably felt that 2020 duction? No one knows – and even if
of you will remember from Young lasted a very long time. But now it happens, there’s probably nothing
Frankenstein), interestingly also that 2021 is upon us, we can make a you can do about it. Instead of wor-
known as The Dream Melody – a fresh start – and one way to do that rying about things you can’t control,
perfect way to describe 2020, since is to make some New Year’s resolu- focus on those you can. When it
most of us wish it were a bad dream. tions. Of course, you can make these comes to your 401(k) or similar em-
I hope everyone had the best room. It has not been changed in resolutions for all parts of your life ployer-sponsored retirement plan,
Christmas they could possibly have. 25-30 years. My husband and I have – physical, emotional, intellectual – put in as much as you can afford this
It was nice to receive, and give, so only been married for 19 years, so but have you ever considered some year, and if your salary goes up, in-
many locally sourced presents. Gift you can see it is time. We were go- finan- cial resolutions? crease your contribution.
givers really tried to help our local ing to start it in 2005, after we re- Here are a few such resolutions to Recognize your ability to build
businesses this year. On our neigh- carpeted the main floor, bought consider: savings.
borhood Facebook page, lots of us living room furniture, and painted. Don’t overreact to events. During the pandemic, the per-
created, sold, and purchased hand- Things changed course that Novem- When the coronavirus pandemic sonal savings rate shot up, hitting
crafted gifts from each other. It was ber when my husband had a massive hit in mid-February, the financial a record of 33% in April, accord-
a wonderful thing to see everything heart attack and thankfully came markets took a big hit. Many peo- ing to the U.S. Bureau of Economy
from Hot Cocoa bombs, edible through as the fighter he is. After ple, convinced that we were in for Analysis. It fell over the next sever-
painted cookie kits, to crafts, and to that, it always seemed some other a prolonged slump, decided to take al months, but still re-mained about
those selling Mary Kay to Scentsy room needed fixing first, or there a “time out” and headed to the in- twice as high as the rate of the past
being purchased. I made most of my was a recession, or other health is- vestment sidelines. But it didn’t few years. Of course, much of this
Christmas money from hand paint- sues to contend with. But he says, take long for the markets to rally, surge in Americans’ proclivity to
ing my “Have a Crabby Christmas” this year is it, completely redoing rewarding those patient investors save money was due to our lack of
and “Oyster waiting for present” the bedroom is his winter project. who stayed the course. Nothing is options for spending it, as the coro-
ornaments. Of course, there was My husband is in the patching and a certainty in the investment world, navirus caused either complete or
also a lot of online buying this year painting phase now, and after that but the events of 2020 followed a partial shutdowns in physical retail
with people not wanting to go out in it should move quickly to new vinyl familiar historical pattern: major establishments, as well as dining
crowds very much. wood flooring (if I can ever decide crisis followed by market drop fol- and entertainment venues. But if
January is the time when we start which one I want) and the new bed- lowed by strong recovery. The les- you did manage to boost your own
to see the question being asked on room set (which, thankfully we both son for investors? Don’t overreact to per-sonal savings when your spend-
morning news shows, Facebook, agreed on a few years ago). today’s news – because tomorrow ing was constrained, is it possible
and in magazines about your goals As to other goals, like eating may look quite different. to remain a good saver when restric-
for the New Year. I wonder if it will healthy, I think I have hit upon the Be prepared. tions are lifted? Probably. And the
be the same mix of losing weight, perfect food: Grandma’s Pizza from At the beginning of 2020, nobody greater your savings, the greater
and controlling clutter, finances, Old Line Restaurant and Pub in was anticipating a worldwide pan- your financial freedoms – includ-
etc. or will this year’s goals be about Charlotte Hall. I mean, I love the demic and its terrible consequences, ing the freedom to invest and free-
spending more in-person time with name, since there is nothing better in both to individuals’ health and to dom from excessive debt. When we
loved ones once the pandemic has the world than being called Grand- their eco-nomic well-being. None of reach a post-pandemic world, see if
ceased it’s destruction. I see more ma, and Grandma’s pizza is covered us can foretell the future, either, but you can continue saving more than
tightly held hugs in the future and in Extra virgin olive oil, pesto, ba- we can be prepared, and one way to you did in previous years– and use
a continuance, I hope, of family to- sil and fresh mozzarella and you do so is by building an emergency your savings wisely.
getherness activities that were be- can add sliced tomato and chicken fund. Ideally, such a fund should be These aren’t the only financial
gun during the pandemic. We can if you really want to go wild. There kept in liquid, low-risk vehicles and resolu- tions you can make – but fol-
only hope. you have it, the perfect food along contain at least six months’ worth of lowing them may help you develop
My husband and I are used to to- with a nice local place with friendly living expenses. habits that could benefit you in 2021
getherness. Swimming pool season people – throw in a Kentucky Mule Focus on moves you can control. and beyond.
is normally completely done in No- and I am in Heaven. In fact, I think a In response to pandemic-related This article was written by Ed-
vember (lots of people keep their Grandma’s Pizza and a Mule may be economic pressures, some employ- ward Jones for use by your local
pools open as long as possible) and the perfect way to start 2021, along ers cut their match-ing contributions Edward Jones Financial Advisor.
doesn’t re-start until April. Sooooo, with a toast for health, prosperity, to 401(k) plans in 2020. Will some Edward Jones, Member SIPC
we have lots of togetherness through and hopefully back to normalcy at future event cause another such re-
the winter. This is why it is important some point in this New Year. I wish
that we both have lots of projects in that for you, and all of us. Here’s a David McDonough
the house and in our respective man hello from Mindy and also to a hap-
garage and she shed. Sometimes we py 2021! Financial Advisor at Edward Jones.
work together on projects which is To each new year’s adventure, Office located at 41680 Miss Bessie Dr Suite 302
especially nice, and this year we Shelby
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picked up a ton of wood pallets. ideas to: shelbys.wanderings@ya- 301 997 1707
This year’s project is our bed- hoo.com or find me on Facebook
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