2013-06-13 The County Times

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Hopes Rise For
Parks Reopening
Story Page 20
St. Marys Colleges
Debt Rating May Fall
See Page 10
Air National Guard
Comes to Budds Creek
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Teacher Charged With
Soliciting Minor
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Thursday, June 13, 2013
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Schools Superintendent Michael Martirano, center along with Board of Education
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State and U.S. Army offcials say the state
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dangerous munitions which should
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We have an over reliance on the
federal government. The public sector
cannot prepare us for the future.
- Delegate John Bohanan on
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COUNTY
NEWS
By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
The Board of County Commissioners accepted a
second allotment of money, $1.4 million, from the State
Highway Administration Tuesday to fnance the con-
struction of Phase 6 of the Three Notch Trail project.
The memorandum of understanding (MOU) the
commissioners agreed to Tuesday had the county put
up matching funds to fnish this fve-mile portion of the
trail.
Putting the ffth and sixth sections of the Three
Notch Trail together, the previously state-funded section
will stretch 11 miles from Charlotte Hall to Baggett Park
in Laurel Grove.
At their regular meeting Commissioner Dan Morris
renewed his call for an automated traffc signal warning
motorists to slow down at the divergence of Route 235
and Route 5 in Mechanicsville.
Morris said trail users would be crossing Route 5 at
the WaWa convenience store to move along the trail and
would be in danger from on coming traffc.
We asked for it and wed like to work with the state
on it, Morris said.
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Offcials Push Public
Private Partnerships
By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
Elected leaders from around the region say that
public private partnerships are the wave of the future,
even if it just means better relations between govern-
ment and business, because government cannot be the
sole means of support for the local economy.
Del. John Bohanan, speaking at a local government
exchange of ideas on how to improve community plan-
ning, said such partnerships were critical for growth.
We have an over reliance on the federal govern-
ment, Bohanan said. The public sector cannot prepare
us for the future.
Bohanan has been pushing for a University of
Maryland presence at the Southern Maryland Higher
Education Center to help make St. Marys County a
center of research and excellence for developing un-
manned air systems.
A group of investors have already purchased land
next to the nearby regional airport to start a business
park that could help serve as a research campus for just
such an effort.
Bohanan said such light industry could help bolster
the local economy and ensure the county continues to
grow in the face of a major military funding reset.
He said the county misses out on military money
because other states actually manufacture what gets
tested at Patuxent River Naval Air Station.
Having a university presence here would also
ensure the county would continue to have a vibrant
workforce.
We need to increase education opportunities for
Southern Maryland, Bohanan said. We need the uni-
versity system to be present.
Calvert County Commissioner Susan Shaw said lo-
cal government was able to improve relationships with
the Veterans Administration several years ago when
they received continual complaints about care for vet-
erans upon their return home from the War on Terror.
The relationship was rocky at frst, she said, but
when offcials here confronted VA administrators
enough they were able to get more services for veterans.
Mike Benton, a town council member with North
Beach in Calvert, said the town had its own public pri-
vate partnerships when the town council voted to relin-
quish parking requirements for businesses to start up
in the town.
It started by talking to the businesses and asking
what they could do to help them fourish, he said.
The best thing you can do is listen, Benton said.
That was a relationship that was never in the cards
before.
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The Board of County Commis-
sioners again removed plans from the
Metropolitan Commissions capital con-
struction plan to put centralized water
and sewer in the Charlotte Hall and New
Market area.
Commissioners Larry Jarboe and
Dan Morris both said that the plan,
which commissioners voted to remove
last year as well, made its way back into
the policy debate without the opportu-
nity for the public to comment on it.
Jarboe said he wanted the public to
have that chance before commissioners
made any fnal decisions.
The commissioners chamber was
flled with residents from North County
during the regular Tuesday session.
The project represents a major pol-
icy change, Jarboe said.
The Charlotte Hall and New Mar-
ket areas are slated by county planners
for considerable growth but Jarboe and
other residents in that community who
have private wells and septic systems
dont want to have to pay the fees associ-
ated with hooking up to public water and
sewer.
Some are also concerned about the
possibility of dense development that
would take away from the rural character
of the community.
Commissioner Todd Morgan said
the county should consider both the plans
for implementing the sewer and water
and the overall growth Master Plan for
Charlotte Hall at the same time.
In business things need to be done
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COUNTY
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MedStar St. Marys Hospital Among Top
10% in the Nation for
Patient Safety
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MedStar St. Marys Hospital has
achieved Healthgrades 2013 Patient Safety
Excellence Award, according to Health-
grades, the leading online resource that
helps consumers search, evaluate, compare
and connect with physicians and hospitals.
The distinction places MedStar St. Marys
within the top 10% of all hospitals for its
excellent performance in safeguarding pa-
tients from serious, potentially preventable
complications during their hospital stays.
When compared to hospitals perform-
ing in the bottom 5% for patient safety,
Healthgrades Patient Safety Excellence
Award recipients had three patient safety
indicators showing the largest difference in
observed to expected ratios. On average,
patients treated in Patient Safety Excellence
Award hospitals were also:
81% less likely to experience hip
fracture following surgery compared to
hospitals ranked in the bottom 5% in the
nation
80% less likely to experience pres-
sure sores or bed sores acquired in the hos-
pital compared to hospitals ranked in the
bottom 5% in the nation1
70% less likely to experience a cath-
eter-related bloodstream Infection acquired
in the hospital compared to hospitals ranked
in the bottom 5% in the nation1
We are honored to receive this rec-
ognition from Healthgrades, said Stephen
Michaels, MD, vice president, Medical Af-
fairs, MedStar St. Marys. Not only do
our physicians and associates make patient
safety their top priority, but we are continu-
ing to introduce technologies in our ongo-
ing commitment to improve patient safety,
Michaels added. For example, associates
now gain access to the new Pyxis 4000
system for medications through a BioID
fngerprint identifcation system. This not
only protects our associates, but is adding a
whole new layer of safety for our patients.
Healthgrades report highlights the
variation in hospital quality, both locally
and across the nation, in order to show con-
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ing hospital performance can be a matter
of life and death, said Evan Marks, EVP
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Consumers can be assured that a hospital
that has been recognized with a Health-
grades 2013 Patient Safety Excellence
Award has demonstrated an established
commitment to patient safety.
During the 2013 study period (2009-
2011), Patient Safety Excellence Award
hospitals showed better than expected per-
formance in providing safety for patients in
the Medicare population, as measured by
objective outcomes (risk-adjusted patient
safety indicator rates) across 13 of the 14
most common patient safety indicators, as
defned by the Agency for Healthcare Re-
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COUNTY
NEWS
From My Backyard
to Our Bay was frst
developed by the Baltimore
County Soil Conservation
District. From there, the
booklet was given to each
of the Soil Conservations
Districts in the Chesapeake
Bay watershed area for
customization. If the 77
million residents who live in
the watershed area of the
Chesapeake Bay read this
booklet, and took to heart
its suggestions and best
practices, the Chesapeake
Bay would see a dramatic
increase in health. Obtain
a FREE copy of the
booklet by going to the St.
Marys River Watershed
Association, smrwa.org and
downloading it. The booklet
is available from your local
library; Chicken Scratch in
Park Hall; The Greenery
in Hollywood; Good Earth
Natural Food and the St.
Marys Soil Conservation
District in Leonardtown.
Join your local watershed
association and make a
diference for Our Bay!
smrwa.org
From my Backyard to our Bay
A St. Marys County Residents Guide to Improving Our Environment and Drinking Water
From My Backyard to Our Bay
A St. Marys County Residents Guide to
Improving Our Environment and Drinking Water
are you
Bay-Wise?
are you
Bay-Wise?
Bay-Wise landscapes
minimize negative impacts
on our waterways by using
smarter lawn management
techniques and gardening
practices. The University
of Maryland Extension
Master Gardener Bay-Wise
program in St. Marys
County offers hands-on
help with managing your
landscape by providing
information, a site visit, and
landscape certifcations.
Our yardstick checklist is
easy to understand and
follow, and our team of
trained Master Gardeners
can help guide you
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Start a Movement in Your
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If you are fortunate enough to live
within 1,000 feet of tidal waters or tidal
wetlands, then you have some special
obligations. Good stewardship in this
area has a direct and immediate impact
on the Chesapeake Bay.
In 1984, the Maryland legislature
passed the Chesapeake Bay Critical
Area Act to address the impacts of
land development and human activity
on habitat and aquatic resources. As
a resident of the Critical Area you are
required to manage your lands and take
special precautions so your activities
do not degrade Bay water quality and
damage living resources. Overlay zones
establish specifc development rules for
the Critical Area based on the character
of the land when the law was passed.
The most important land area to protect
is the Critical Area buffer. Therefore
it is the area with the most stringent
regulations. The Critical Area buffer
is the land immediately along tidal
shorelines, wetlands, and streams that
serves as the transition between upland
and aquatic habitats. This buffer includes
the land area within 100 feet of mean
high water, the landward extent of tidal
wetlands, and the edge of tributary
streams. It also includes sensitive
resources like steep slopes, non-tidal
wetlands and particularly sensitive soils,
which may expand the buffer beyond
100 feet. Unauthorized disturbances
to the Critical Area and the buffer are
prohibited. Authorized disturbances
require permit approvals, which in turn
may limit impacts to the buffer.
Stop and ask! Any land- or vegetation-
disturbing activities carried out within
the Critical Area must follow specifc
provisions defned in state-adopted
Critical Area criteria and
regulations, and in the local
Critical Area program.
Restrictions apply to
activities such as clearing
or pruning trees or
brush, timber harvesting,
removing vegetation, and
increasing coverage on
the land with man-made
surfaces. Violations carry
stiff penalties (up to $10,000
per day) and a requirement
to undo and/or remediate the work.
If this sounds complicated, it can be,
but environmental planners at the St.
Marys County Department of Land Use
and Growth Management (DLUGM) can
help you determine if your property falls
within the Critical Area and can guide
you through the process. Please contact
DLUGM at 301-475-4200 ext. 1500
before taking any actions that will affect
the Critical Area, including the buffer.
More on the Critical Area next week
Call First & Ask Questions
301-475-4200, ext. 1500
St. Marys County Dept. of
Land Use and Growth Management
This is the fourth in a series of articles that Mary Ann Scott (maryann.scott58@yahoo.com) has adapted from
From My Backyard to Our Bay in the hopes of increasing awareness of the little booklet that could do so much
to help the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries. Look for the next article in next weeks County Times!
The Critical Area
Despite Rain, Crab Fest Has Large Turnout
The annual St. Marys County crab festival that
was held Saturday, June 8 at the St. Marys County
Fairgrounds began with a rainy start, but turned out
to be a great event. The festival featured its frst ever
crab picking contest, the return of crab races and the
usual car show, music and enjoyment of seafood by
locals.
Families enjoyed eating crabs at the annual event. Face painting was available at the crab fest.
Bob Schaller at the crab race demo. Todd Morgan particpates in the crab picking contest.
Photos Courtesy of the Lions Club
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On Wednesday, June 19, PAX River
will host a group of cutting edge startups
for a day of interaction with the community
in an event called, Sparking Innovation in
Southern Maryland. Startups will meet with
leaders from NAVAIR and the contractor
community, demoing their technology and
sharing their views on innovation. Among
the themes that will be explored are: what
constitutes an innovative community, how
does an organization produce greater value
with fewer resources and what work process-
es lead to greater creative output.
The event will begin with a morning
session at Smartronix. Next, startups will
tour the base, meeting with key Navy per-
sonnel. The day will conclude with a cocktail
mixer at the Blue Wind Gourmet.
The startup roster includes:
Alertus: a company founded at the Uni-
versity of Maryland that produces emergen-
cy notifcation solutions
Diagnostic anSERS: a University of
Maryland spin-out that has developed a low-
cost chemical/bio hazard sensing solution.
Hyperion Technologies: an unmanned
systems company specializing in software
design, aerodynamic research and quantita-
tive modeling.
Kitsune: a cyber-security startup pro-
viding an eponymous online updating sys-
tem to deploy updates to running systems in
real-time, maximizing uptime and minimiz-
ing security vulnerability.
MiMo Cloud: a company that designs
data compression software that has been
sponsored by the Air Force.
Remedium Technologies: a medical de-
vice startup which operates with a vision of
user-directed advancement in the standard of
care for the control of severe hemorrhage.
For more information contact Ben Solo-
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us or 216-470-4895.
Sparking
Innovation
in Southern
Maryland
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Colleges Debt Rating May Fall
Schools Out for Summer
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By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
Moodys Investor Services, based in
New York City, announced this week that
they are considering downgrading the
top debt rating of St. Marys College of
Maryland.
The debt rating agency has not made
any decision to down grade the colleges
rating but is reviewing its fscal situation.
The college is currently in turmoil
after its President Joseph Urgo announced
last week he would be leaving his post
following a severe drop off in freshmen
student enrollment for next school year.
The shortfall means that the school
will have to cut $3.5 million from its $71
million budget.
Offcials with the college have un-
veiled those cuts, which could include
cuts in salaries and other activities.
Moodys announcement Monday
stated these were the prime reasons for
the review for downgrade and that this
was the second year in a row the col-
lege had missed its freshmen enrollment
target.
Moodys announcement also noted
other fnancial weaknesses at the college
including just $11.2 million in expend-
able resources, an unclear enrollment
strategy and high degree of dependence
on student fees and tuition.
Those two sources of revenues com-
prise 66.5 percent of the colleges oper-
ating revenue, the Moodys statement
reported.
The college also has higher tuition
prices compared to public institutions,
the report stated, though the college has
been able to secure legislation this year
that will allow for a two-year freeze on
tuition and Urgos administration an-
nounced that a wealthy donor had made
a $1 million contribution to the college.
The report showed that the college
still had the strong support of the state,
which it listed as among the beleaguered
institutions assets, as well as its plan to
cut its budget to accommodate the $3.5
million shortfall.
Moodys expects that the review will
take 90 days.
Keep Your PR from Going on Vacation
Join the Public Relations Individuals of Southern
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Karen Smith-Hupp will present best practices and lead the
discussion: Schools Out for Summer--Best Practices to
Keep Your PR from Going on Vacation. The event is $20
in advance or $25 at the door and includes the cost of the
presentation and lunch. Reserve your space by June 24 by
contacting Karen OConnor at KOconnor@csmd.edu or
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Public relations cant take a vacation. Some respon-
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focus on best practices and idea sharing.
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into a successful career where she currently serves as se-
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Date: Thursday, June 27, 2013
Time: 11:30 a.m. for registration and lunch pick-up; presen-
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Place: Hilton Garden Inn, Solomons located at 13100 Dow-
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PRISM - This organization of public relations and
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Spotlight On
Students to Take Longer Tests
with Common Core
LHJNA Celebrates its
18th High School Graduation
On Friday, May 31, Leonard Hall
Junior Naval Academy held it's 18th High
School Graduation Ceremony. The Cer-
emony was held in the William A. Mof-
fett Building at Patuxent River Naval
Air Station. There were three graduates
- Ciera Holland, Benjamin Lofin, and
Victor Marquart. The Commencement
Speaker for the ceremony, Colonel Deb-
orah J. Liddick is the Commander of Air
Force Basic Military Training (BMT) at
the 737th Training Group, Lackland Air
Force Base, Texas.
By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
At least some students in every school district,
including St. Marys County, will be taking a pilot as-
sessment test under the new common core but students
should be ready to sit much longer for those assessments
than what the state offers now.
Offcials with the local school system confrmed
that the testing for the common core could take between
eight to 10 hours in total, more than the six or seven
hours students currently sit for with the MSA and HSA.
Jeffrey Maher, director of the teaching and learning
division with county public schools, said the state has
yet to ascertain how long each block of testing will take
but the state has told local jurisdictions to budget at least
10 hours.
We have not seen the actual time markers, Maher
told The County Times. Its actually spread out over
time.
Currently students take the standardized tests over
a four-day period, Maher said. The time to take the com-
mon core assessments, also known as PARCC assess-
ments, could take as long or much more.
It could be over a couple of weeks, Maher said.
Aside from the tests students will take under the
common core they will also have a signifcant portion
of writing in the form of essays, in which they will have
to take time to read documents and analyze them before
writing their thesis, Maher said.
This is one of the key reasons why the testing takes
so much longer over all.
Trisha Post, president of the countys Council of
PTAs, said parents have already started to broach con-
cerns with her about the potentially lengthy testing; par-
ents are already sensitive about the amount of testing
there children must undergo.
But moving to the common core is the only way to
access Race to the Top funds from the Obama Admin-
istration, she said.
We dont have a choice, not really, Post said. Not
if you want any kind of federal funding.
Photos By Kalnasy Photography
Ciera Holland Victor Marquart
Benjamin Lofin
13 The County Times
Tech Kids Summer
Program Returns To
The Forrest Center
Spotlight On
Tech Center Students Build House
St. Marys County Public Schools is once again offering
a Tech Kids Summer Youth Enrichment Program for students
ages 7 - 14. The program takes place July 1-18, 2013 at the Dr.
James A. Forrest Career and Technology Center in Leonard-
town. The goal of this program is to provide fun, enriching,
hands on opportunities for students. The program will be a
Monday through Thursday, four-day program.
Program sessions run from 9:00 a.m. to 12 noon and 1:00
to 4:00 p.m. Supervision will be provided from 12 noon to
1:00 p.m. for those students enrolled in two sessions per day
or the one all-day session. Students staying all day should
bring a bag lunch.
Course descriptions and applications can be found on-
line or downloaded by visiting the St. Marys County Public
Schools website, www.smcps.org. Click on Students/Par-
ents, then click on Summer Activities, and fnally select
the Tech Kids program of your choice.
Students may choose from these programs: CSI St.
Marys, Crafts, Canvas and DIY Fun!, Lights, Camera,
Action, Human Body Fun Facts, Future Generation Fire-
fghters of America, Kids Carpentry Camp, Tech Kids
Tool Time, Comp-U-T8, National Flight Academy, and
Fun with Culinary Arts. Please note: Lights, Camera, Ac-
tion is an all day program.
Tuition for all programs is $75.00 per week for each three
hour session. In addition to the tuition, some of the programs
may also charge a materials fee.
Students will need their own transportation to and from
the Forrest Center which is located across Point Lookout Road
from the St. Marys County Fairgrounds, between Leonard-
town Middle School and Leonardtown High School.
Space is limited so please be sure to register early. If you
have any questions, call Ms. Mary Selph at 301-475-0242, ext.
127 or e-mail her at mjselph@smcps.org.
Schools Superintendent Michael Martirano, center along with Board of Education members and students
and instructors from the James A. Forrest Technical Center cut the ribbon at the second student-built house
in as many years.
St. Marys County schools staff take a look at the new house built on Aloysius Court in Leonardtown by
students attending the James A. Forrest Technical Center.
Photos By Guy Leonard
14 The County Times
George W. Carver Elementary School
Profile
Fast Facts
Principal: Annette M. Wood
Assistant Principal: Deanna Mingo
School Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 2:45 p.m.
Phone: 301-863-4076
Fax: 301-862-1217
46155 Carver School Blvd.
schools.smcps.org/ces
G.W. Carver is Tech Savy
While Remaining Energy Effcient
Tucked away off of Great Mills
Road, G.W. Carver Elementary wel-
comes over 620 students and 70 staff
members into its spacious and open
school. The faculty and staff promotes
its dedication in providing learning
and growth opportunities for all of its
students with a diverse but rigorous
curriculum.
This year, Carver celebrates its 55th
anniversary as a learning institution.
What originally started as a segregated
high school in 1958 is now the Home of
the Eagles with a rich and diverse cul-
ture. It holds 32 classes from grades
Kindergarten to 5th grade. Carver also
houses four classes for 4 year old pre-
kindergarten students, as well as two
classes for 3 year old pre-kindergarten
students. Once Carver students reach
5th grade, they will continue either
to Spring Ridge or Esperanza Middle
School and then continue on to Great
Mills High School.
Carvers current building is only
eight years old and promotes its ad-
vanced technology by having interac-
tive smart boards in every classroom,
and an IPAD cart that allows students to
stay current and competitive in this new
technology age. Carver houses solar
panels in front of the school and on the
schools roof which provides 80 percent
of the schools electricity. The school
also uses the panels to provide addition-
al instruction for the students. Carver
has been awarded the prestige of being a
certifed Green School and is currently
upgrading its green school practices
to become even more energy effcient.
Carver Elementary prides itself on
not only providing students with a well
rounded, high quality education, it also
offers after school programs that con-
tinue with Carvers enriched education
goals. After school hours, Carver holds
programs that provide a different ar-
ray of activites which includes: FLOW
mentoring program, Destination Imagi-
nation, the Tiara Troopers girls running
club, and the Royal Troopers boys run-
ning club. George Washington Carver
Elementary currently has one of the
largest and most diverse music educa-
tion programs in the state of Maryland.
Carver offers band and strings classes,
focusing on student achievement in
various ensemble and solo settings. The
school also boosts a volunteer chorus of
217 students, grades two through fve.
Students are also able to participate in
the Extended Day Music Program. The
Extended Day Music Program includes
classes in guitar, advanced vocal stud-
ies, and theater. During the day, you
may regularly fnd students completing
units on recorder, harmonica, guitar, ka-
zoo, hand bells, and most recently, steel
drums. Our students have performed
with distinction at various community
events. Carver also holds monthly night
activities throughout the school year
(Math and Reading Night, Family Fit-
ness Night, etc.) which helps parents
and guardians extend their students
education at home by learning math or
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reading tips as well as healthy living choices.
Carver has been lucky in the past few
years to begin and nurture a very success-
ful relationship with the community that sur-
rounds the school. Carver is very fortunate
to have an extreme amount of interaction
with members of the Patuxent River Naval
Air Base and other members and business-
es in the community. Members on the na-
val base and community business partners
have been instrumental in helping Carvers
in school and after school programs four-
ish throughout the years. They provide as-
sistance in reading to classes during Ameri-
can Education and Read Across America
weeks; participating in Friday P.E. days; Ca-
reer Day and the schools after school FLOW
mentoring program. They also provide assis-
tance by volunteering their time in teaching
students how to prepare to run in a 5K race,
and then runs with them during several races
throughout the year. This group of individu-
als have helped to begin and establish the
schools vegetable garden which teaches the
students how easy it is to grow vegetables at
their own homes and make healthier choices.
It is safe to say that Carver faculty and
staff work together to provide the very best
instruction and atmosphere for its students
and looks forward every day in teaching and
preparing its students for their futures ahead.
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Man Charged in
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Sexual assault
By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
A social studies teacher from Cali-
fornia who works at Esperanza Middle
School has been charged with soliciting
a minor and displaying obscene material
to a minor.
The charges were based on a Bal-
timore City warrant but resulted in the
arrest of Arturo Vicente Leon III here
in St. Marys according to on-line court
records.
According to a statement of charges
fled by a Baltimore City police detec-
tive, Leon was one of the subjects of an
Internet chat room investigation with the
detective posing as a 14-year-old girl on
line.
During most of the chats the sus-
pect directed the conversation towards
sexual content, the detective wrote.
Leon allegedly sent a picture of his
genitals to the detective posing as a girl
as well as video of him performing a sex
act, court papers stated.
The investigation ranged from July
of last year to March,
court papers stated, and
involved numerous occa-
sions with Leon asking
the posing detectives to
send him pictures of her
in a bikini, underwear
or in various states of
nakedness.
Leon allegedly asked
the posing detective all
kinds of sexually ex-
plicit questions including
whether she had had sex;
during one conversation
Leon asked the posing de-
tective about the possi-
bility of pleasing her when referencing a
certain sex act according to court papers.
Leon was arrested June 8 and re-
leased the same day, on-line court re-
cords stated after detectives had tracked
the Internet connection he used through
Yahoo and Metrocast to an address in
California.
He had talked to de-
tectives and said he had
posted the chats on line but
had never done anything of
the kind at school where he
was employed.
After detectives exe-
cuted a search and seizure
warrant on two lap top
computers they said they
had found sexually explicit
pictures he had sent over
the Internet to the under-
cover detective.
Gregory Nourse, chief
fnancial and personnel of-
fcer with the school system said Leon is
currently on paid administrative leave
pending the outcome of the school sys-
tems own investigation.
We hope to have that fnished fairly
quickly, Nourse said.
By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
Sheriffs offce in-
vestigators say that a
woman who returned to
her Holland Lane resi-
dence Sunday was sud-
denly and brutally as-
saulted by her boyfriend
who accused her of
infdelity.
Joseph Reginald
Curtis II remains incar-
cerated at the countys
adult detention center
on charges of frst-and-
second-degree assault as
well as frst-degree sex offense and false
imprisonment for the alleged assault.
According to charging documents
when the woman returned home at about
7:45 a.m. June 10 Curtis began to yell at
her and assault her by pulling her onto the
ground by her hair and striking her with
his fst repeatedly.
Curtis then allegedly began to tear
the victims clothes off and sexually as-
saulted her; the victim tried to fee, po-
lice said, and had visible rug burns on her
knees.
Curtis then continued his assault by
trying to violate her with a plastic vacu-
um extension tube.
After a struggle in
which the victims knee
was injured, court papers
stated, the victim was able
to run to a bedroom; she
told police Curtis followed
her to the door and said: I
should get my gun from
the trunk.
Curtis then held the
door shut and locked the
victim in the room.
Curtis eventually en-
tered the room and pinned
her to the ground striking
her in the back, court doc-
uments alleged, and used
a box spring to restrain
her on the foor and then jumped up and
down on top of it.
Police who observed the victim after
the incident reported multiple bruises all
over the victims body as well as lacera-
tions and a swollen left eye.
During the execution of a search
warrant police found the box spring on
the foor of the master bedroom as well as
torn pair of womens underwear.
A vacuum hose was also found un-
der a blanket in the living room, police
reported.
Arturo Vicente Leon III
Joseph Reginald Curtis II
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SHERIFFS BLOTTER
The following information is compiled directly from publicly released police reports.
Assault 1st Degree, Assault 2nd Degree, Reckless
Endangerment
On June 5, Deputy R. Steinbach responded to the area
of Point Lookout Rd., and Hilton Ridge Dr., in Great Mills,
Maryland for the report of an assault. Investigation re-
vealed the defendant, Jerry Wayne Johnson, 39 of Leonard-
town, Maryland attempted to run the victims vehicle off of
the road with his vehicle after an earlier dispute between the
parties. Johnson was arrested and charged with Assault 1st
Degree, Assault 2nd Degree, and Reckless Endangerment.
Assault 2nd Degree, Destruction of Property
On June 5, deputies responded to a residence on Saint
Lo Place in Lexington Park, Maryland for a report of an
assault. Investigation revealed Deanna Elizabeth Lynn
Gearhart, 19 of Lexington Park, Maryland was involved in
a verbal dispute which escalated into a physical assault and
property damage. Gearhart struck the victim in the head
knocking off the victims glasses. Gearhart also bit the vic-
tim. Gearhart was arrested and charged with Assault 2nd
Degree and Destruction of Property. Deputy P. Bowen was
the arresting offcer.
Assault 2nd Degree
On June 6, deputies responded to a residence on Piney
Point Rd., in Callaway, Maryland for a report of a distur-
bance. Investigation revealed James Thomas Lanzi, 22
of California, Maryland was involved in a verbal dispute
which escalated into a physical assault when Lanzi cause
injury to the victims neck and knee. Lanzi was arrested
and charged with Assault 2nd Degree. Deputy J. Vezzosi
was the arresting offcer.
Assault 2nd Degree
On June 7, Deputy D. Potter responded to a residence
on Abell Drive in California, Maryland for the report of
an assault. Investigation revealed Troy Dean Lester, 47 of
California, Maryland engaged in a verbal dispute which es-
calated into a physical assault when Lester pulled the victim
from her bed, causing her to fall and injuring knee. Lester
was arrested and charged with Assault 2nd Degree.
Assault 2nd Degree
On June 7, Deputy Lance responded to a residence on
Hurry Road in Chaptico, Maryland. Investigation revealed
Megan Lee Lacey, 26 of Chaptico, Maryland was engaged
in a verbal dispute with the victim which escalated into a
physical assault when Lacey grabbed the victims arms and
pushed the victim. Lacey was arrested and charged with
Assault 2nd Degree.
Assault 2nd Degree
On April 24, Deputies responded to a parking lot on
Fire Department Lane in California, Maryland for the re-
port of an assault. Investigation revealed Christie Marie
Bean-Smith was engaged in a verbal dispute with the vic-
tim. The verbal dispute escalated into a physical assault
when Bean-Smith slapped, punched, and kicked the victim.
During the altercation a third party attempted to diffuse the
situation. Bean-Smith slapped and bit the second victim.
Deputy B. Foor arrested Bean-Smith and charged her with
two counts of Assault 2nd Degree.
Assault 2nd Degree & Destruction of Property, Dis-
orderly Conduct
On June 9, Deputies responded to a residence on Fox-
chase Drive, Lexington Park, Maryland for a reported dis-
turbance. Investigation revealed James NMN Price, 52
of Lexington Park, Maryland caused a disturbance at the
residence when he punched the front screen door causing
damage. In addition Price slammed the door on the vic-
tims hand causing injury. Price fed the residence prior
to the arrival of deputies but was located a short time later
in the cul de sac of Foxchase Drive. Price was yelling as
Deputy Wood approached. Prices yelling caused a further
disturbance. Deputy Wood instructed Price to stop yell-
ing several times however, Price failed to comply with the
Deputys instruction. Price was arrested and charged with
Destruction of Property, Disorderly Conduct, Assault 2nd
Degree, and Intoxicated: Endangered the Safety.
Assault 2nd Degree
On June 9, Cpl. B. Connelly, Deputy M. Phelan, and
Deputy Potter responded to a disturbance call at a residence
on Compass Circle in Hermanville, Maryland. Upon ar-
rival, Cpl. Connelly relayed to Deputy Phelan that he just
observed a female subject being thrown against a third foor
window to the residence and could hear her screaming.
Fearing for the victims safety deputies made entry into the
residence. Investigation revealed Michael Lee Hurry II, 32
of Hermanville, Maryland and the victim were involved
in a verbal dispute that escalated when Hurry chased the
victim to the upstairs bedroom. Hurry punched through
the bedroom door, grabbed the victim and threw her onto
the bed causing her to strike her knee on the bed frame.
Hurry placing his hands around the victims throat threw
her against the bedroom window. Hurry was arrested and
charged with Assault 2nd Degree. Deputy M. Phelan was
the arresting offcer.
Possession of a Controlled Dangerous Substance &
Warrant Service
On June 6, Deputy First Class T. Snyder arrested Me-
lissa A. Ridgell, 33 of Lusby, Maryland on a Failing to Ap-
pear, District Court warrant, original charge driving while
suspended. A search incident to the arrest lead to the dis-
covery of suspected alprazolam, oxycodone, and additional
drug paraphernalia. Ridgell was charged additionally
with four counts of possession of a controlled dangerous
substance not marijuana, three counts of possession para-
phernalia of a controlled dangerous substance.
Theft, Possession of a Controlled Dangerous Sub-
stance, Possession of Controlled Dangerous Sub-
stance Paraphernalia
On June 8, Deputies responded to Wal-Mart in
California, Maryland for the report of a shoplifter who
had left the area in a vehicle. Wal-Mart loss preven-
tion provided a description of the suspects vehicle.
Deputy D. Potter located the suspect vehicle on St. An-
drews Church Rd and identifed the driver as Amanda
Rae Bailey, 30 of Leonardtown, Maryland. Investiga-
tion revealed Bailey placed several grocery items in
Wal-Mart bags and attempted to leave the business
without paying for the items. Bailey was arrested for
theft less than $1,000. A search incident to arrest led
to the discovery of drug paraphernalia with suspected
cocaine residue. Bailey was charged additionally with
possession of a controlled dangerous substance not
marijuana, and possession of drug paraphernalia for a
controlled dangerous substance.
Possession of a Controlled Dangerous Substance,
Driving While Impaired by a Controlled Dangerous
Substance, Prescription/Remove Label
On June 8, Deputy A. Cole responded to the in-
tersection of Hatchet Thicket Road and Olen Mat-
tingly Road in Avenue, Maryland for the report of a
vehicle in the ditch. The Emergency Communications
Center relayed to responding Deputies that they had
received several traffc complaints concerning a dark
blue Chevrolet passenger car weaving in and out of
the lane. The Emergency Communications Center
further advised the suspect vehicle was involved in a
hit and run collision on River Springs Rd., in Abell,
Maryland. Deputy Cole located the suspect vehicle
in the ditch and made contact with the driver, Dawn
Chere Beckwith, 36, of Avenue, Maryland. Deputy
Cole observed sign of intoxication. Beckwith was
administered a Standardized Field Sobriety Test. As
a result Beckwith was arrested for operating a motor
vehicle while under the infuence. A consent search
of Beckwiths vehicle revealed several small blue
pills, suspected Adderall. Beckwith was not in pos-
session of a prescription for the Adderall. Beckwith
was charged additionally possession of a Controlled
Dangerous Substance Not Marijuana, Prescription/
Remove Label, and Driving While Impaired by a Con-
trolled Dangerous Substance.
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The Maryland Center for Missing and
Unidentifed Persons is reminding citizens
they can help locate missing children by con-
necting to the social media tools that provide
notifcations and photos of persons being
sought.
On average, 10,000 to 12,000 children
are reported missing in Maryland each year.
On any given day, there are 1,000 active
missing person cases in Maryland. One in
every three of these children is located be-
cause someone has seen and recognized their
photos.
In response to these statistics, the Mary-
land Center for Missing and Unidentifed
Persons, a unit of the Maryland State Police,
coordinates an offcial Facebook page and
operates a Twitter feed, both of which are de-
signed to raise public awareness and partici-
pation in the search for Marylands missing.
The Facebook page features all missing
person cases from a state, county, or munici-
pal police department, or a parent or guard-
ian, who requested the creation of a missing
person poster. Additionally, the Facebook
page features cold cases, Amber Alerts and
Silver Alerts that are issued in Maryland, as
well as information about attempted child
abductions. Valuable resources and informa-
tion on child safety can also be found within
the page. The Facebook page receives an av-
erage of 150,000 views per week.
The Twitter account is used exclu-
sively for child abductions that result in an
Amber Alert being activated. In order for
Amber Alerts to be most effective, strict cri-
teria have to be met before an alert is issued.
When an alert is issued, it usually contains
information about a suspect vehicle the ab-
ducted child may be in, which gives motor-
ists something to look for. The childs pic-
ture will also be placed on the Facebook page
as soon as it becomes available.
The dedicated staff members of the
Maryland Center for Missing and Unidenti-
fed Persons are excited about the positive
impact the use of social media is having on
the successful location of missing Maryland
children and adults. To follow the Maryland
Center for Missing and Unidentifed Persons
Facebook page, simply like the following:
http://www.facebook.com/MD.MCMUP.
The Twitter account can be followed at
https://twitter.com/mcmup_msp.
MD Center for
Missing and
Unidentifed Persons:
Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/MD.MCMUP
Twitter:
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We Will Not Give Up On Benghazi
By Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Jerry Boykin
Congress has shifted much of its focus recently to
the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative
groups, the Department of Justice's subpoenaing of 20
Associated Press phone lines and the email account of
a Fox News reporter. Because of this, Benghazi has re-
ceived little attention in recent weeks. This is surprising
since the topic was a leading story in April, when 700
retired and former Special Operations Forces (SOF) pro-
fessionals signed an open letter to members of the U.S.
House of Representatives calling for a bi-partisan com-
mission with subpoena power to investigate the terror at-
tack last September. Considering that H.R. 36, a bill that
would create such a commission, now has 154 co-spon-
sors, it's a wonder how it hasn't yet passed the House.
Why haven't we seen an inquiry convened?
The signers of the "SOF 700" letter are tired of de-
lays. The signers of this letter, circulated by the group
Special Operations Speaks (SOS), will not rest until
those responsible for the attack on the U.S. facilities in
Benghazi are held accountable.
Our passion about this issue is due to our back-
ground. As members of Special Operations units in the
Armed Services, the 700 signers dedicated their ca-
reers and often risked their lives to respond when fel-
low Americans were threatened or when their safety was
at risk. During their time serving the United States, the
signers all knew that there would be many situations dur-
ing which they would have inadequate intelligence, lim-
ited resources, and little preparation time.
During the Vietnam confict, US Air Force pilots
launched regularly in CH-53 helicopters into enemy-
held terrain to recover downed pilots. They were never
sure what they would encounter in their efforts. In 1970,
courageous members of the military launched a raid into
North Vietnam to rescue Americans who were being held
as POWs near Hanoi. The frst signature in the SOF 700
letter is that of Air Force Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Leroy Manor,
that operation's commander. Richard Nixon knew that
every American expected that the U.S. would make ev-
ery effort to bring its warriors home. The intelligence Lt.
Gen. Manor and his team used was so inadequate that
when they arrived at the prison, the POWs were not even
there. But that did not discourage them from trying. It
was the right thing to do. No one focused on what was
lacking, only on the moral imperative to try.
In spite of his discomfort with using the military,
Jimmy Carter ordered a rescue effort for 52 Americans
being held in the U.S. Embassy in Tehran in April of
1980. The mission was fraught with challenges and was
very risky from the start, but the men on that mission
never hesitated in their attempt to rescue those American
hostages. Again, it was just the right thing to do.
George H.W. Bush directed that the frst mission dur-
ing Operation Just Cause in Panama in 1989 was to res-
cue an American citizen named Kurt Muse. Although the
larger mission was to restore democracy, capture Manuel
Noriega and protect Americans living in Panama, Presi-
dent Bush placed the highest value on the rescue of a man
whose liberty had been taken from him and whose life
was in danger. Like Presidents Nixon and Carter, Presi-
dent Bush protected that long-standing American ethos
that - simply stated - the U.S. never leaves anyone be-
hind, and the U.S. always runs to the guns when one of
our own is threatened.
That ethos was disregarded in Benghazi, and there
has not yet been a full accounting as to why. The 700
signers will not rest until the details of this event have
been determined. Our interest is not to bring down this
administration. Nor is it to ruin then-Secretary of State
Hillary Clinton's political future. It is all about providing
information to the families of the four Americans who
died in Benghazi representing and protecting U.S. inter-
ests abroad. It is about sending a strong message to every
American that, should they ever face danger abroad in
the future, the American military will come to their aid.
It's the right thing to do. Our government must stop mak-
ing excuses and simply do it.
Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Jerry Boykin served in the U.S. Army
for 36 years, as an original Delta Force member, the
commander of the Army's Green Berets and of the Spe-
cial Warfare Center and School, and as Deputy Under-
secretary of Defense for Intelligence. He is the executive
vice president of the Family Research Council. He was a
driving force behind the SOF 700 letter.
By Robert Goldberg
Advances in cancer treatment are saving lives and cut-
ting health-care costs. But because many health-insurance
plans havent caught up with the times, nearly half of all can-
cer patients are forced to choose between the treatment that
could save their lives -- or one thats paid for.
John Rykert had been battling advanced basal-cell car-
cinoma for two decades by cutting out the tumors as they
appeared. In 2009, after 20 surgeries lasting 10 hours each,
Rykerts doctor said that the cancer had spread so far that
the only option left would be to carve out half his face. But
then Rykert was given Erivedge, then an experimental drug,
which shut down the genetic mutation causing his skin cancer
to spread.
Erivedge shrank Rykerts tumors almost immediately
and shut down the skin cancer. He suffered some hair loss and
muscle cramps, but four years later he is alive.
Such stories are increasingly common. As scientists fnd
the shut-off switch for specifc cancer-causing genes, they can
make pills that go after cancer cells and block the specifc bio-
logical mechanisms that produce them.
These pills are not only less toxic than conventional IV
chemotherapy, theyve turned once-incurable cancers such a
myeloma, breast cancer and even pancreatic cancer into man-
ageable diseases.
But insurance coverage hasnt kept up with medical in-
novation. Instead, most insurers follow Medicares 40-year-
old approach -- which covers IV treatments generously, cap-
ping out-of-pocket costs at about $3,000, but charges the pa-
tient up to 50 percent for oral cancer drugs, even when theyre
the only treatment that will work.
And targeted cancer pills such as Gleevec, Tykerb (for
breast cancer) and Revlimid can cost tens of thousands of dol-
lars a year. Ironically, thats not much more expensive than
many IV cancer treatments; the coverage cap isnt even about
saving money.
Hence, when Robert Adlers multiple myeloma returned
after his IV chemotherapy, his doctor recommended the pill
Revlimid. While his insurer had paid all but a few hundred
dollars of his previous treatment, it saddled him with out-of-
pocket costs of $42,000 because Revlimid counts as a phar-
macy beneft.
Again, nearly half of all cancer patients are in plans that
force them to choose between a treatment thats paid for and
one that could save their lives.
Sadly, several studies show, 25 percent of patients dont
even fll their initial prescriptions for cancer pills when the co-
pays exceed $500. Even more will stop or interrupt treatment.
Neither Medicare or private health insurers are closing
the gap between coverage and innovation. Instead, a survey of
plans conducted by the Zitter Group found that insurers rec-
ognize that oral therapy cost-sharing requirements actively
encourage patients to use infusible products.
This is akin to paying for an iron lung machine but not
a polio vaccine.
To address this innovation gap, Rep. Brian Higgins (D-
Buffalo) has introduced the Cancer Drug Coverage Parity
Act, which would require health plans to equalize co-pays for
all forms of cancer care.
Again, these pills have meant huge progress in the war
against cancer. Since targeted cancer therapies were intro-
duced in 1993, the number of cancer survivors has more than
doubled from about 6.8 million to 14 million today. That
translates into 43 million added years of life -- which Colum-
bia University economist Frank Lichtenberg says added $4.2
trillion to our economy.
These new treatments are also saving money by reduc-
ing the need for hospitalization. If the number of cancer pa-
tients hospitalized had remained constant since 1993, wed
have spent $1.3 trillion more on cancer care. Meanwhile, the
amount we spend on cancer medications (old and new) has
remained 5 percent of total US health-care spending.
Being able to decode our genome to treat cancer is just
the start of a total transformation of medicine -- but most
health-care reforms impede such progress. The Cancer Par-
ity Act aligns how we pay for health care with the future of
medicine.
Robert Goldberg is vice president of the Center for Med-
icine in the Public Interest.
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Army: State Will Sweep
for Munitions at Newtowne Neck
STORY
By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
It has been more than a year since
state offcials closed the Newtowne Neck
State Park in Compton after beach comb-
ers continued to fnd munitions from
World War II washing up on its shores.
In that time, access has been barred
to the park that cost taxpayers more than
$56 million when the state purchased
land owned by the Society of Jesus (Jesu-
its) back in 2009 in St. Marys and Cecil
counties.
That may all be about to change.
The total land area purchased was
nearly 4,500 acres between the two
shores.
Since the parks closure in the winter
of 2012 the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers
has taken over investigating the 790-acre
waterfront site, which cost $14 million
alone, according to state fgures.
Offcials with that organization say
that they have nearly fnished their inves-
tigation into the munitions found at the
park and the news is good and bad.
First, their research shows that back
in World War II electronic components
for proximity fuses used in anti-aircraft
shells were tested there, but there were no
actual explosives used.
This means that the site is out of the
running for federal clean up funds.
It was a military site but the opera-
tions were not hazardous in nature, said
Julie Kaiser, engineer in charge of the
park research project. Theres nothing to
clean up that the military left.
Kaiser said that some of the 57 mm
shells found last year were inert projec-
tiles used to test electronic components,
while other dangerous munitions found
there must have come from some other
source.
Engineering corps offcials say they
do not know what that source is.
Clem Gaines, spokesman for the
army corps, said his agency had briefed
the state on their fndings just last week
and that the state plans a physical sweep
of the shoreline there for other explosives.
Josh Davidsburg, spokesman for the
states Department of Natural Resources
(DNR), confrmed that DNR along with
members of the fre marshals offce
would perform the sweep in the near
future.
Were continuing to work with
the Army Corp as they fnalize their re-
search, Davidsburg said. We hope to
have the park open later this summer.
Last year state fre marshal person-
nel and U.S. Army explosive ordnance
disposal specialists (EOD) came to New-
towne Neck several times after ordnance
continued to wash up on shore.
The ordinance was detonated in
place after more than two-dozen shells
were found, often by residents who were
just walking along the beach.
Since then at least one other piece of
ordnance, found in Hollywood far from
the Newtowne Neck shores, has been tak-
en there to be detonated safely.
Lynn Delahay, a local activist who
has been advocating for minimal devel-
opment of the park land, said such uses
only degrade the mission of the park, to
preserve the natural history of the area.
Thats what it feels like to me,
Delahay told The County Times. I dont
understand why they chose Newtowne
Neck as a detonation destination.
Why dont they take it down to the
[Patuxent River NAS] base?
Delahay and a few others in Comp-
ton have pushed for a Master Plan for the
park to ensure that the public has enough
opportunity to give opinions on how it
should be developed.
Back in 2011 Sen. Ben Cardins of-
fce announced that $800,000 had been
set aside to develop the park, which
sparked concern that such development
would disturb the quiet, even isolated feel
of Newtowne Neck which residents like
Delahay wish to preserve.
Though shes grown tired of con-
tinued vague answers from offcials as
to when the park will reopen and the oc-
casional detonation of explosives there,
Delahay said she actually appreciates the
recent closing.
It has acted as a de facto measure of
keeping the park as undisturbed as pos-
sible, at least for now.
Im glad its still closed, Delahay
said. We dont have to deal with the peo-
ple, the traffc and the trash.
Last year the Board of County Com-
missioners echoed residents concerns by
asking the state to halt all plans for de-
velopment there until a Master Plan was
available.
Commissioner Dan Morris was
pleased to hear the park would likely
open but he had lingering questions about
the munitions that had washed up there.
Im glad to hear itll be open, hope-
fully by the end of the summer but if the
Army didnt leave explosives there, who
did? Morris asked.
He also said he hopes the state will
leave the park only minimally developed
since it has a long history as one of the
frst Catholic churches in America.
I hope it remains a passive park,
Morris said. Its a beautiful historic spot,
its a national treasure.
Photos By Guy Leonard
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Marine Corps Aviation
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MILITARY NEWS
The Air National Guard will feature
their new Air National Guard Mobile Ex-
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p.m. in Mechanicsville. The hands-on,
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a fast-paced journey through life in the
Air Guard by letting them participate in
simulated challenges that replicate the
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and women during basic military train-
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Through simulation, attendees will learn
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while maintaining a fulflling civilian life,
by serving one weekend a month and two
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local communities.
The Air National Guard is a reserve
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They serve a dual role, supporting both
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The Air National Guard Mobile Expe-
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Additionally, participants will learn
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be featured on site and will be available at a
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Air Guardsmen serve on a variety
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As part of the 150-year commemora-
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Southern Maryland President Bradley Gott-
fried has partnered with several reenactors
in attempts to recreate this signifcant battle.
Dr. Gottfried has published several
books in relation to the Civil War. His latest,
The Maps of Gettysburg: The Gettysburg
Campaign, June 3 to July 13, 1863, was es-
sential in preparation for the reenactment,
as it highlighted the routes taken in the
original war.
In a CSM press release earlier this
month, Gottfried said I had a strong in-
terest in the war but I just didnt get it, I
couldnt visualize what happened there.
During the presentation, Gottfried hopes to
get a true visual representation of the sol-
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their sacrifces.
In his research on the Civil War, Gott-
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Between studying what other researchers
have said on the matter, talking to the men
that were actually there and having a true
visual of the topography itself, he is able
to weave it all together. He believes that
through his work, the writings and the reen-
actment he is honoring those that served all
those years ago.
Gottfried was honored that his work
was used as a tool in the reenactment. His
books were used as textbooks and base
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which people can see where this regiment
started, where it engaged the enemy and
what happened, Gottfried said. The reen-
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took place in a short period of time in a way
that makes sense.
The battle reenactment is taking place
two miles from the Gettysburg National
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uaries as submitted by funeral homes and
readers. We run them in the order we receive
them. Any submissions that come to news@
countytimes.net after noon on Tuesdays may
run in the following weeks edition.
Annie Stoltzfus Swarey, 76
Annie Stoltzfus Swarey, 76, of Me-
chanicsville, Md. passed away on May
31 in Mechanicsville. Born on March 3,
1937 in Bird In Hand, Penn., she was the
daughter of the late Barbara and Samuel
R. Stoltzfus. Annie is survived by her
loving husband Levi Israel Swarey, Sr.
Annie is also survived by her children;
Samuel, Sallie, Reuben, Barbara, Jo-
seph Swarey, and Levi Swarey, Jr., Ada
Stoltzfus, Anna, and Amanda Hertzler,
all of Mechanicsville. Elizabeth Hertz-
ler, Katie Stoltzfus, and Israel Swarey all
of New York, 79 grandchildren, and 20
great grandchildren. Annie is also sur-
vived by her siblings; Sarah Hertzler, Jo-
seph, and Amos Stoltzfus all of Mechan-
icsville and Katie Swarey of Charlotte
Hall, Md. Annie is preceded in death
by 2 grandchildren, 1 great grandchild,
and sibling Reuben Stoltzfus. A Funeral
Service was held on Monday, June 3, at
Mrs. Swareys residence. Interment fol-
lowed in Hertzler Cemetery, Mechanic-
sville, Md. Arrangements provided by
the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home,
P.A., Leonardtown, Md.
Robert (Bob) Lewis
Anderson, 67
Robert (Bob) Lewis Anderson,
67, of Hollywood, Md., passed away
on June 9 in Washington, DC. Born
on Mary 10, 1946, he was the son of
the late Clyde M. and Christina A.
Sagendorf Anderson. Robert is sur-
vived by his siblings; Barbara Rottet
of Dover, N.H., and William Ander-
son of Tifton, Ga. Robert Graduated
from Hillsborgh High School in 1963,
and Purdue University in 1969 with a
Bachelors of Science degree. Robert
severed in the Unites States Navy as
a pilot for 20 years earning the Good
Conduct Medal and National Defense
Service Medal beginning in 1966 and
retiring in 1986. After retirement, he
worked as a boat mechanic.
The family will receive friends on
Thursday, June 13 from 1 p.m. 2 p.m.
in the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral
Home, Leonardtown, Md. A funeral
service will follow at 2 p.m. Inter-
ment will be held on Tuesday, June 18
at 10 a.m. in the Maryland Veterans
Cemetery, Cheltenham, Md. Pallbear-
ers will be Matthew Menard, Tommy
Chedester, Phillip B. Long, David
Kalil, Greg Stacklelczyk, and Lewis
Rochester.
Linda Louise Moore, 58
Linda Louise
Moore, 58, of Leonar-
dtown, Md. formerly
of Nashville, Tenn.
passed away in Cal-
laway, Md. on June
7. Born on October
3, 1954, she was the
daughter of the late
Arthur and Doris Elaine McCormick.
Linda is survived by her brother John
W. Moats of Sunderland, Md. She grad-
uated from Suitland High School, and
worked as a clerk for the Tennessee gov-
ernment. Linda moved from Nashville,
Tenn. to Leonardtown, Md. on March
24. Linda enjoyed the Oak Ridge Boys,
and The Goldens bands, and her pets.
The family will receive friends on
Friday, June 14, 2013 from 5 p.m. 8
p.m. with prayers recited at 7 p.m. in the
Mattingely-Gardiner Funeral Home,
Leonardtown, Md. A funeral service
will be held on Saturday, June 15 at 10
a.m. in the Mattingley-Gardiner Fu-
neral Home, Leonardtown, Md. with
Deacon Bill Nickerson offciating. In-
terment will be private. Contributions
may be made to Hospice House of St.
Marys P.O. Box 625 Leonardtown,
Md. 20650, and/or St. Marys Animal
Welfare League P.O. Box 1232 Leonar-
dtown, Md. 20650
James Edward Jim Ed
Lacey, 75
James Edward
Jim Ed Lacey, 75, of
Chaptico, Md. passed
away on June 6 in
Leonardtown, Md.
Born on March 3,
1938 in Oakley, Md.,
he was the son of the
late George Albert
and Ann Gertrude Quade Lacey. He
is survived by his children; James Mi-
chael Lacey of Avenue, Victoria Louise
Tina Nelson (Joe) of Clements, Kath-
erine Ann Cameron (Michael) of Con-
roe, Texas, James Allen Lacey (Kim),
and Patricia Diane Lacey both from
Chaptico, fve grandchildren; Blake and
Brittany Cameron, Hailey Twigg, and
JoeJoe and Nikki Nelson; three great-
grandchildren; Trace, Lucas, and Ella
Nelson. The mothers of his children;
Agnes Hayden and Charlotte Lacey. He
is also survived by his siblings; Mary
Helen Seymour, John Stephen Lacey
(Louise), and Francis Desales Lacey
(Barbara) all of Avenue. Sister in law
Loraine Lacey of Bushwood and Barba-
ra Lacey of Avenue and brother in law
Ross Huseman of Abell. James was pre-
ceded in death by his siblings; Gertrude
Lorraine Hall (John), Eleanor Cath-
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HELEN S. ANTHONY
9/11/1912 to 8/22/2012
A Prayer Service will be recited on
Tuesday, June 18, 2013 at 3p.m. at Immaculate
Heart of Mary Catholic Church, Lexington Park, MD.
A Memorial Mass will be celebrated by Reverend
Morkunas on Wednesday, June 19, 2013 at 11a.m.
Interment will follow in the church cemetery.
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erine Russell (Lloyd), and Elizabeth
Irene Huseman, Joseph Francis Lacey
(Mildred), George Elbert Lacey (Phyl-
lis), Thomas Leland Lacey, William
McGuire Lacey, and Robert Vincent
Lacey. James was a lifelong resident of
St. Marys County. James worked as a
farmer and back hoe operator for Nick
Downs Construction, and Earnshaw
Brothers. In his lifetime, he enjoyed the
company of family and friends, playing
cards, dancing, washing and waxing his
cars and helping his son Allen strip to-
bacco. In later years he spent his time
spoiling his grandchildren; watching
TV, especially westerns and Bonanza
and handing out candy to all of the resi-
dent at the St. Marys Nursing Center,
where he made many, many friends
with the residents and staff.
The family received friends on
Monday, June 10 from 5 to 8 p.m. with
prayers recited at 7 p.m. in the Matting-
ley-Gardiner Funeral Home, Leonard-
town, Md. A Mass of Christian Burial
was celebrated on Tuesday, June 11 at 10
a.m. in Sacred Heart Catholic Church in
Bushwood with Father Francis Early of-
fciating. Interment will follow in the
church cemetery. Pallbearers will be
Blake Cameron, Stevie Lacey, Char-
lie Lacey, Jay Helwig, Mike Wathen,
and Luther Wolfe. Contributions may
be made to the Seventh District Vol.
Rescue Squad P.O. Box 7 Avenue, Md.
20609.
Helen Seichepine Anthony, 99
Helen Seichepine
Anthony, 99, of Sum-
merfeld, Fla. for-
merly of California,
Md. died on August
22, 2012 at Hospice
House of Summer-
feld surrounded by
her loving daughters.
Born September 11, 1912 in Leav-
enworth, Kan., she was the daughter of
the late Edward Seichepine and Mary
Seichepine.
Helen moved to Lexington Park in
1947, residing in the well-known Flat
Tops housing community until her fam-
ily moved to Woodlawn Drive in Town
Creek in 1955. She also lived in Green-
view Knolls in Great Mills following
her husbands death and eight years in
the Wildewood Retirement Community
in California before moving to Florida
in 2010 to be near her daughters. She
worked at the Indian Head base for a
short time before moving to St. Marys
County in 1947. She started working
at the Test Pilot School, NAS Patuxent
River in 1948 as their administrative
offcer. While there, Helen made many
lifelong friends, including some of the
original astronauts. She retired from
that position in 1973. After retiring from
the NAS Patuxent River, she worked for
James Dobry at the Greenview Knolls
Construction Company, then to fnally
retire from Maryland Bank and Trust,
California Branch, at the age of 88. She
always enjoyed her life in St. Marys
County. For many years she was in-
volved in the many activities at the St.
Marys County Commission on Aging.
She even volunteered there for a few
years. Helen enjoyed her card games,
her favorite being pitch. While living in
the Wildewood Retirement Community,
she made many friends and participated
in their many activities and lived her
life to the fullest.
Helen was a member of the Immac-
ulate Heart of Mary Catholic Church for
70 years and one of the original mem-
bers of the Catholic Daughters of Amer-
ica. She missed all her lifelong friends
here in St. Marys County when she left
for Florida and always considered St.
Marys County as her real home.
Helen is survived by her three de-
voted daughters, Marlene A. Hardman
(David) of Fla, Charlaine J. Johnson
(Murphy) of Fla. and Delores C. Collum
(Terry) of Hollywood, Md. She is also
survived by seven grandchildren and
nine great-grandchildren. She was pre-
deceased by her loving husband Ray-
mond Anthony, as well as two siblings,
Florence Kelly and Marie Hauber.
A prayer service will be held on
Tuesday, June 18 at 3 p.m. at the Immac-
ulate Heart of Mary Catholic Church,
22375 Three Notch Road, Lexington
Park, Md. 20653. A memorial service
will be celebrated by Reverend Morku-
nas on Wednesday, June 19 at 11 a.m. at
the Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic
Church. A graveside service will follow
the memorial service at the Immacu-
late Heart of Mary Catholic Church
cemetery.
Condolences to the family may be
made at www.brinsfeldfuneral.com
Arrangements by the Brinsfeld Fu-
neral Home, P.A., Leonardtown, MD.
Mary Cecelia Bond, 92
Mary Cecelia
Bond, 92 of Lexing-
ton Park, Md. passed
away on June 2 at
St. Marys Hospital,
Leonardtown, Md.
Mary was born May
19, 1921 in Mechan-
icsville and was the
youngest child of the late James Spears
and Florene Holt.
Mary attended schools in St.
Marys County. Mary was a homemaker
and loved taking care of her family and
friends, alike. She loved to cook, es-
pecially on holidays, and loved to play
pitch.
She was preceded in death by her
husband, John Henry Bond; her life-
long companion, Raymond Joseph
Somerville; her children, John Bond,
Agnes Jackson, James Bond, Berneice
Bond and Francis Thomas.
Mary leaves to cherish her memo-
ries four daughters, Ann Chase Jenkins,
of Lexington Park, Catherine Briscoe,
of Lexington Park, Jackie Rhone, of
Portsmouth, Va. and Linda Wooden,
of Lexington Park; fve sons, Joseph
Thomas, of Charles County, Arthur
Thomas (Bill), of Lexington Park, Ken-
ny Thomas, of N.C., Rodney Thomas, of
Lexington Park and Raymond Thomas,
Jr., of N.J.; 14 grandchildren, 42 great
grandchildren, and three great-great
grandchildren; two sons-in-law, James
Rhone and John Jenkins; two daugh-
ters-in-law, Jackie Thomas and Juletia
Thomas and a host of nieces, nephews
and cousins. Mary was dearly loved and
cherished.
Family united with friends on Fri-
day, June 7 for visitation at a Mass of
Christian Burial at 12 noon at Immacu-
late Heart of Mary Church, 22375 Three
Notch Road, Lexington Park, Md. Inter-
ment followed at the church cemetery.
26 The County Times
Sp rts
Big Buck Bracket
Racing at MIR
this Weekend
The Buck Wild
Expo is Back with
Swamp People Stars
By Ronald N. Guy Jr.
Contributing Writer
The Bal-
timore Orioles
and Washing-
ton Nationals
started the 2013
season with big
plans. On the
heels of last sea-
sons surprising
playoff berths
and a fall that was a complete drag
(both teams exited the playoffs ear-
ly), our local squads met this spring
with unfnished business and high
expectations.
For the Orioles, the American
Leagues 2012 wild card team, a di-
vision title was a legitimate and pro-
gressive goal. Meanwhile, the Nats,
winners of a Major League best 98
games last season, had loftier am-
bitions. Stephen Strasburg would
(fnally) pitch without restriction.
Third baseman Ryan Zimmerman
had his troublesome right shoulder
patched up in the offseason. De-
nard Span, acquired from Minne-
sota, would provide a much needed
centerfelder and leadoff batter. And
Bryce Harper, 2012s rookie phenom,
offered endless promise. It added
up to an assumed playoff berth and
World-Series-or-bust mission state-
ment. Dreams and reality are rarely
natural bedfellows; and, roughly 60
games into a season that wasnt sup-
posed to end until Halloween, the
Nats are struggling to remain .500,
much less contend.
Conversely, Charm Citys Birds
have been as advertised and are in
the A.L. East mix. More than that
though, they have juice, a spirit about
them, while the Nats, well, barely
have a pulse. This obvious emo-
tional disparity was apparent when
the Os and Nats squared off recently
in back-to-back, beltway series. The
695ers won 3 of the 4 games from
the 495ers, but it was the frst game
at Camden Yards where the clubs
divergent paths surfaced. The Nats
were stoked to a 6-2 lead after fve
innings. Undaunted, the Os stormed
back, scored 6 runs in the 7th and
won 9-6. Theres no chance (at the
moment anyway) that the fatlining
Nationals would have had the forti-
tude to mount such a comeback. Its
like the Nats dugout is flled with
dudes, not ball players. Let me ex-
plain (I think).
In the movie The Big Lebowski,
the lead character, The Dude, is
a former hippie whose relaxed ap-
proach to life is starkly contrasted
and constantly threatened by an ar-
ray of uptight co-stars. The Dude is
a pacifst soul unconcerned with ac-
quiring stuff or achieving status. He
is immune to the negative opinions
of others - those whose minds have
closed around more conventional,
not necessarily more effective, roads
to happiness and believes all as-
pects of life to be interconnected
within an evolving fow. According
to The Dude, the key to surviving
lifes comically insane journey is not
getting wrapped up in its twists and
turns, its nuances and innuendo and
simply abiding, or taking it easy,
within any circumstance. An avid
bowler, his more common metaphor
is that life is full of strikes and gut-
ters; the key is to manage both the
best you can and seek to exist, as fre-
quently as life permits, between the
extremes.
Its sound advicefor life. The
Nats, however, have apparently and
inappropriately applied a Dude-
ist Zen to competitive athletics. As
theyve stumbled to an atrocious re-
cord and faded in the N.L. East, the
teams message has been consistent:
relax, be patient, its early. Theyve
averted panic by leaning on the
lengthy 162-game schedule and cit-
ing their numerous injuries. In spite
of being one of MLBs most disap-
pointing teams, there have been no
outbursts, tossed bats, players-only
meetings, fnger-pointing, heated
dugout exchanges or brawls. The
Dude would be quite impressed.
Heres the thing, though: the
seasons near its mid-point. The
Nats are, as of this writing, 7.5 games
back. It might not be time to panic,
but it is time to get angry, to trash the
dugout and sling a Gatorade jug. If
this group of fne young men has any
nerve, any edge, its time to show it.
Its admirable to calmly deal with
adversityfor a while. Competitive
sports, though, sometimes require
embracing your inner madman, get-
ting overly emotional and just de-
ciding enough is enough. Maybe it
cures a team-wide funk/gets you out
of the gutter maybe it doesnt; but
right now a little emotional spillage
seems a better prescription than pas-
sively and contently following the
seasons breeze. I think even The
Dude would understand.
Send comments to rguyjoon@ya-
hoo.com
BlEaChERS
A View From The
Dude, Its Time To Get Upset!
On Friday, June 14, MIR will host a Test & Tune. This event is open to all Streetcars,
racecars, street bikes, drag bikes, and junior dragsters. This will be a full night of time runs,
grudge racing, and testing with no gambler eliminations. The test & tune will be from 6:30pm
to 11:30pm. Admission is just $10 to watch or $20 to race.
On Saturday and Sunday, June 15 to 16, its the Top E.T. $5k Triple Header. This will be an
1/8 mile event featuring three separate $5,000 to win races for Top ET with two on Saturday and
one on Sunday. Our full Speed Unlimited ET series with Mod ET, Motorcycle, and Jr. Dragster
will also be run on Saturday and Sunday. Gates will open on Saturday at 9 a.m. with eliminations
starting at 12:30 p.m. On Sunday gates will open at 9am with eliminations starting at 11:30 a.m.
Spectator and crew $15 per day.
For more detailed information on these events call the 24-Hour Dragline Hotline at 301-884-
RACE or visit us at www.mirdrag.com
Now in its seventh year, the Expo re-
turns to the Charles County Fairgrounds in
La Plata, Md., from August 23-25, prom-
ising a fun-flled weekend for the entire
family.
Come out on Saturday to meet Liz Cav-
alier and her daughter Jess, stars of History
Channels hit show Swamp People, from
10am-4pm. And Sunday cant be missed
as more Swamp People invade the Expo.
King of the Swamp Troy Landry and son
Jacob will sign autographs and take pictures
from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Outdoorsmen should plan to arrive
early and stay late to visit all of the more
than 100 exhibi- tors selling the latest hunt-
ing and fshing gear. Throughout the week-
end, take in retriever dog demonstrations or
enjoy the amazing sharpshooting talents of
Team Benellis Tim Bradley as he puts on a
show of skill you wont soon forget.
For those who want to get in on the fun,
theres a 3D archery tournament, as well as
a duck and goose calling competition. And
bring your best whitetail wallhanger to be
scored in the offcial Maryland Trophy Deer
Contest.
There will also be plenty of activities
for the kids, including a free youth archery
clinic, where theyll learn tips and tactics
from members of the Maryland Bowhunters
Society.
Admission is $10 a day or a three-day
pass for $20. Children 12 and under are free.
Tickets are also available online for a dis-
counted rate.
Visit www.buckwildexpo.com for full
details on all events and to get your dis-
counted tickets
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Community
AFS Intercultural Programs/USA
Farewell Dinner Enjoyed by All
Several families gathered in Leon-
ardtown on June 7 for a special end of the
school year celebration. The evening was a
commemoration of a 10 month adventure
for the three foreign exchange students and
the families who welcomed them into their
homes. Alessandro from Italy, Bernadette
from New Zealand, and Saya from Japan
arrived in August 2012 and became exten-
sions of the Allen, Musick and Stepp fami-
lies. They each hope to slip in a few ad-
ditional trips and experiences in these last
few weeks, before returning to their natural
homes on June 25.
The students have explored St. Marys
County and beyond. Collectively, they have
traveled to Hawaii, New Mexico, New York
City, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washing-
ton DC. While their lives were turned up-
side down, the experience expanded their
perspectives and will play a key role in
shaping their views into adulthood.
These unique connections extend the
adventurous experiences which AFS In-
tercultural Programs has fostered for more
than 60 years. The AFS organization links
students, host families and a broad network
of volunteers with the core goal of broad-
ening intercultural understanding. Hosting
and exchange opportunities are offered for
periods of two semesters, one semester and
several weeks during summer. Interested
students and host families go through a
thorough application process which helps
everyone understand the scope of the com-
mitment and the depth of the valuable op-
portunity. AFS provides host families and
exchange students unique insight to our
rich, global community.
Call Jennifer Cochran at 301-475-
1759 for details. Visit www.afsusa.org for
detailed information on hosting and study
abroad experiences.
The Scott Verbic Memorial Golf
Tournament, originally scheduled for June
7, has been rescheduled for July 12, 2013.
The tournament, held at the Wicomico
Shores Golf Course, is in its 18th year and
is held in remembrance of Scott Verbic
who was a Recreation Advisory Board
Member, Volunteer Coach, and advocate
for youth in the community.
Proceeds from the event go to the
Recreation & Parks Scholarship Fund,
which provides recreational opportunities
for youth in St. Marys County. The Schol-
arship Fund awards qualifed individuals
a 50% discount on recreation program
registration. This year marks a signif-
cant milestone, with combined proceeds
from the annual event projected to surpass
$100,000.
Space still remains for team entries
as well as opportunities for hole sponsor-
ships or door prize donations. In addition
to supporting a good cause, event sponsor-
ship is also a great way for businesses to
promote themselves. Team registrations
and sponsorships are available for pur-
chase online at www.stmarysmd.com/rec-
reate. Click on Online Registration and
choose Special Events.
Additional support of the scholarship
program can be provided by becoming a
donor of the G.O.L.F Program Giving
Opportunities to Local Families. The
program provides sponsorship opportuni-
ties for individuals and families to contrib-
ute to the Recreation & Parks Scholarship
Fund. For just $25, you or your family
can have your name included on a plaque
which recognizes your contribution to
help local families participate in recreation
programs. The plaque will be on perma-
nent display at Recreation & Parks main
offce in Leonardtown.
For additional information about the
Scott Verbic Tournament, please contact
Kyle Kebaugh at 301-475-4200 ext. 1803
or kyle.kebaugh@stmarysmd.com.
Verbic Golf Tournament
Rescheduled to July 12
Donation And Sponsorship
Opportunities Remain Available
28 The County Times
Community
CSM Faculty, Student Receive Honors
from Maryland Nursing Association
At the College of Southern Maryland
Nursing Recognition ceremony May 16,
CSM Health Sciences Division Chair Dr.
Laura Polk referenced the 2013 spring class
quote by author Maya Angelou, saying,
People will forget what you said. People
will forget what you did, but people will
never forget how you made them feel. Polk
understands well the emotional impact of
ones actions having recently been named
nurse of the year by the Maryland Nurses
Association (MNA) District 9 for her pro-
fessionalism, performance and excellence
in nursing. Also receiving recognition from
the MNA District 9were Nursing Professor
Rose Miller, Assistant Professor and Clini-
cal Simulation Coordinator Linda Good-
man and nursing graduate Travis Roberts.
MNA District 9 Nurse of the Year Award
Recipient Dr. Laura Polk
The Nurse of the Year Award is
among the most prestigious awards given
and we are very proud of the public recog-
nition given to Laura Polk for the incredible
work she does to advance the nursing pro-
fession in Southern Maryland, said CSM
Vice President of Academic Affairs Dr. Sue
Subocz. Her dedication to the nursing pro-
gram here at CSM makes a major difference
in our region by allowing opportunities for
students to advance in a rigorous yet sup-
portive environment.
Polk has co-authored or managed
grants of more than $2 million that provide
essential resources to promote nursing edu-
cation in Southern Maryland.
As a leader within the nursing commu-
nity, Polk serves as a nursing program site
visitor for the National League for Nursing
Accrediting Commission (NLNAC) and is
a peer reviewer for the International Journal
of Nursing Terminologies and Classifca-
tion. Polk is an active member of several
professional nursing and/or nurse leader or-
ganizations, and as an academic leader, she
works on 11 CSM committees.
As a leader in the Southern Maryland
community, Polk serves as a judge for the
biomedical science program grant presenta-
tions at La Plata High School, is an advisory
council member for biomedical sciences
programs in Charles and Calvert counties
and serves on the Partnership for a Healthi-
er Charles County.
Lauras commitment to stay up-to-
date with advances in learning/instructional
strategies and trends in education helps her
as an instructor and provides a clear exam-
ple of how she serves as a role model. Shes
a leader and advocate within the state nurs-
ing community and in our Southern Mary-
land community. Lauras optimistic and
cheerful attitude carries across non-nursing
activities, too, such as her volunteer work
with Girls Scouts of America, Destination
Imagination, Safe Nights, Angel Watch and
food pantries, said CSM Nursing Reten-
tion Coordinator Liz Benson.
Polk received her bachelors degree in
nursing from Georgetown University, and
her masters in nursing and doctor of nurs-
ing degrees from The Catholic University
of America.
Polk told those gathered for the Nurs-
ing Recognition Event that many years ago
she had a very young patient with a brain
tumor who found comfort from rubbing
her hands on Polks stockings. It may have
been one of the strangest nursing interven-
tions Ive ever done. [Jessica] couldnt focus
on words or other high-tech interventions,
but what she never forgot was how I made
her feelsafe, comforted and loved by the
simple act of wearing stockings when I
took care of her, said Polk. This is not a
job where you get to go in for your eight- or
12-hour shift for the day and then dismiss
everything and clock out. Its not a uniform
that you can choose to put on or take off. It
is not just what you do, it is who you are.
You have become nurses. So, I challenge
you to think very creatively in your prac-
tice; dont just use ordinary nursing inter-
ventions. People are going to forget what
you said. They are going to forget what you
did, but they are not going to forget how you
made them feel. You will never fnd wear-
ing stockings as the correct answer on an
NCLEX (National Council Licensure Ex-
amination) exam, but there I was using it for
Jessica because it was the right thing to do.
Grace E. Brown Nurse Educator Award
Recipient Rose Miller
The Grace E. Brown Nurse Educator
Award was presented to CSM Nursing Pro-
fessor Rose Miller, MSN, MPA for her 28
years as a nurse educator.
With more than 34 years of experi-
ence as a registered nurse, Rose is strongly
focused on the success of her nursing stu-
dents, said Polk.
Miller earned Certifed Nurse Educa-
tor status in 2009 and holds multiple cer-
tifcations as a leader in the specialty area
of academic quality assurance in Quality
Matters (QM), including Quality Matters
Professional and Continuing Education,
Quality Matters Publisher Reviewer, Qual-
ity Matters Master Reviewer and Quality
Matters Peer Reviewer.
Every element of a caring, competent
instructor is evident in Professor Millers
classroom, lab and clinical teaching. She
comfortably networks with faculty mem-
bers and staff in our division and in oth-
ers. She is an outstanding role model and
nurse educator using unique and innovative
teaching techniques. Her willingness to use
every new technology tool at her disposal
and to identify student needs provides op-
portunities for students to develop the skills
and critical thinking necessary for success,
said Polk.
Miller received her associates degree
in nursing from George C. Wallace State
Community College, her bachelors degree
in nursing from Troy State University, her
Master of Public Affairs (MPA) degree
from Auburn University and her Master of
Nursing (MSN) degree from the University
of Alabama.
Grace E. Brown Scholarship Award
for Advanced Practice Recipient Linda
Goodman
The Grace E. Brown Scholarship
Award (Advanced Practice) was presented
to CSM Assistant Professor and Clinical
Simulation Coordinator Linda Goodman to
provide assistance as she pursues comple-
tion of her MSN.
Linda freely admits that furthering
her education was not her idea or initial
direction but that working alongside the
faculty at CSM energized her to return to
school, said Polk.
Each semester, Goodman mentors a
clinical group in the nursing home setting
in addition to managing the clinical simu-
lation program. Long-term care is her frst
passion and she fnds teaching frst semester
nursing students in the nursing home set-
ting exciting and rewarding, she said.
Goodman, past legislative liaison for
District 9 to MNA, is active with numer-
ous advisory boards in Southern Mary-
land including North Point and La Plata
high schools. She has presented at the In-
ternational Nursing Association for Clini-
cal Simulation in Nursing and at the An-
nual Caregivers Conference in Southern
Maryland.
Goodman earned her bachelors de-
gree in nursing from the University of
Phoenix and is pursuing her MSN at Ste-
venson University.
Nursing Student of the Year Travis
Roberts
The MNA District 9 Nursing Student
of the Year Award was given to Travis
Roberts, of La Plata, a winter 2013 nursing
graduate and a military veteran. The award
is presented to an outstanding student of
nursing graduating from the MNA District
Nurses Association 9 area. Roberts was
nominated based on his academic achieve-
ment, clinical practice, and community and
school involvement.
Travis is a strong clinician and his
high overall GPA, specifcally in nursing
courses, demonstrates his clear understand-
ing of the theory essential to making good
clinical judgments. He demonstrates the
valuable characteristics of caring and com-
passion in his delivery of care, said Nurs-
ing Professor Lynn Kennedy who added
that his quiet, professional demeanor pro-
vides an excellent example for his peers.
Travis is a model student and demonstrates
his commitment to learning by taking re-
sponsibility for his own learning needs and
assisting others by sharing his study tech-
niques with his colleagues. He was always
willing to lend a hand with anything that
needed to be done on the clinical foor. The
consistent high level of performance Travis
set for himself led his clinical group to be
the best they could be, Kennedy said.
Roberts is a member of Phi Theta
Kappa Honors Society and was a found-
ing member of CSMs National Society of
Leadership and Success. He organized a
coat drive at CSM that collected more than
100 coats for local charities. He managed
his participation in these organizations
while he was a full-time nursing student
and working 25 to 30 hours a week.
With his award he received member-
ship to the American Nurses Association
and MNA.
For more on CSMs Nursing Recog-
nition Event, visit http://www.csmd.edu/
news/archive/2013/fa55bfde51bf716125d-
d2043813c12d46c6b8ec4.html.
The Maryland Nurse's Association District 9 presented the Nurse of the Year Award to Health Sciences
Division Chair Dr. Laura Polk, left, the Grace E. Brown Scholarship Award for Advanced Practice to CSM
Assistant Professor and Clinical Simulation Coordinator Linda Goodman, center, and the Grace E. Brown
Nurse Educator Award to Nursing Professor Rose Miller. The awardees received recognition during CSM
Nursing Recognition Event May 16 in La Plata.
29 The County Times
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St. Leonard, MD 20685 410-586-1161 chesapeakeauctionhouse.com
General Estate Auctions
Fri. June 14
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The Cove/D.F.Z.: a safe, fun & sober place to be for youth
ages 12-17 with concerns related to drugs or alcohol. Free
activities & peer support for guests. Join us for mural
painting June 24-28th! Open Monday-Friday 12-7 p.m. &
Sundays 1-4 p.m. at 44871 St. Andrews Church Road.
Beacon of Hope: a free center offering social &
learning options and peer support for adults in a fun & sober
atmosphere. Open Fridays & weekends in Millison Plaza,
Lexington Park, at 21800 N. Shangri La, 2 doors down
from Well Pet Clinic. Look for us at Juneteenth event!
Community
International Young Eagles Day
Free Flights for Youth
Public Invited to Flag Day Event on June 14
2013 SMILE Livestock Show
Highlights Youth in Agriculture
The annual Southern Maryland Invitational Live-
stock Expo for Southern Maryland youth will take
place on June 21 through June 23 at the St. Marys
County Fairgrounds in Leonardtown, Maryland. The
three day event includes ftting and showing and mar-
ket and breeding competitions for domestic livestock
species of beef and dairy cows, pigs, sheep, goats, rab-
bits and guinea pigs.
The SMILE livestock show is open to youth com-
petitors from around the region and offers a unique mix
of competition and camaraderie for youth in agricul-
ture and provides an important opportunity for them to
socialize and compete with others who share the same
interest in farming and raising animals.
The SMILE organizers place great importance
in nurturing excellence in showmanship and commu-
nication; while most participants are awarded ribbons
and cash prizes, the SMILE show emphasis is on re-
fning skills and cultivating good sportsmanship both
inside and outside the show ring. SMILE judges take
extra time to offer advice and share their expertise one
on one with the young participants in a relaxed and
friendly atmosphere. Additionally, games, workshops
and group activities encourage teamwork and build
self-confdence.
The fairground, barns and show rings will be open
to the general public throughout the weekend to visit
the animals and watch the SMILE activities and com-
petitions. There is no charge for general admission. To
see the full show schedule visit the SMILE website at:
www.SMILE-INC.org.
With the summer season about to get underway, the
St. Marys County Department of Recreation and Parks has
made changes regarding two of its summer camp programs.
The TREK Wildewood Summer Camp to will be relocated
to the Hollywood Recreation Center while the PLAY Camp
has been cancelled. The decisions were made due to a lack
of participation.
Recreation and Parks two 6 week camps, TREK Wil-
dewood and TREK Hollywood, will now be held at the Hol-
lywood Recreation Center. The two camps will still operate
as separate camps. TREK Wildewood for ages 5 to 8 and
TREK Hollywood for ages 9 to 12. The hours for both camps
will be 6:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. at a cost of $150 per week. The fee
includes two feld trips each week.
Registration for both camps is open and can be com-
pleted online at www.stmarysmd.com/recreate, in person at
the Recreation & Parks offce in Leonardtown or by mail to
P.O. Box 653 Leonardtown, MD 20650.
For more information call 301-475-4200 ext. 1800 or
1801.
Recreation and
Parks Announce
Changes to
Summer Camp
Programs
One camp is canceled,
another relocated
Now Re-Scheduled to June 15th
The Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) will
provide airplane rides for young people (ages 8 to 17) at
the St. Marys County Regional Airport on Saturday,
June 15. The fights will take place between 9 a.m. and
1 p.m. The fights, originally scheduled for June 8 and
postponed due to bad weather, are free, safe and fown by
FAA licensed and experienced volunteer pilots. Registra-
tions for the fights are frst come, frst served and must
be completed by 9 a.m., at the Captain Walter F. Duke
Terminal Building. The fights will again be subject to
weather conditions.
The EAA Aviation Foundations Young Eagles
program has introduced young people to the world of
fight since its founding on July 31, 1992. The program
recorded one million Young Eagles fown by December
17, 2003, the 100th anniversary of the Wright brothers
frst powered fight. The volunteer Young Eagles effort
has now reached over 1.7 million youth in 90 countries.
The EAA is a growing and diverse organization
of members with a wide range of aviation interests and
backgrounds. The organization was originally founded in
1953 by a group of individuals in Milwaukee, Wisconsin,
who were interested in building their own airplanes.
The program is sponsored by the Experimental
Aircraft Association (EAA) Chapter 478 based in St.
Marys County and is supported by the Commissioners
of St. Marys County, the Department of Public Works
& Transportation, and the Airport Advisory Committee.
For more information about Chapter 478 and the
Young Eagles rally, please visit www.478.eaachapter.org.
The Board of County Commissioners for St. Marys
County and the Leonardtown Commissioners will co-
sponsor Flag Day 2013 festivities on Friday, June 14, on
the Governmental Center Lawn in Leonardtown. In the
event of inclement weather, the ceremony will be held in
the Leonard Hall Recreation Center, adjacent to the Gov-
ernmental Center.
The annual event begins at 6 p.m. with musical en-
tertainment. The ceremony starts at 6:45 p.m. As part of
this years ceremony St. Marys County will offcially
raise the POW-MIA fag on the county fagpole. There
will be a Pause for the Pledge of Allegiance at 7 p.m.
The Seventh District Optimist Club will provide re-
freshments. Free hand-held American Flags will be dis-
tributed to everyone in attendance and members of the
Disabled American Veterans Auxiliary St. Marys Unit
26 will provide brochures on proper fag etiquette.
For more information, contact the Public Informa-
tion Offce at 301-475-4200 x1342.
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Laura Joyce
Contributing Writer

The Return of the Cicadas sounds like the title
of a horror fick, but what stays with me is how their
music has served as bookends, a song that marked both
the earliest years and the drawing to a close of my time
as a mother to young children.
Im sentimental and missing it already, but I also
havent forgotten: those early years could be hard.
When the boys were little it was often physically ex-
hausting; in recent years it has been more the emotion-
al challenges that have thrown me at times. But, these
years have also been gratifying and simple: there is
something so uncomplicated about mothering the very
young. More than anything it is about responding to a
steady stream of physical needshunger, cold, hurt
while laying down layer upon layer of the deep founda-
tion of love that allows a connection to and compassion
for others to thrive. You do that for 17 years, like the
Cicadas that came to drop off their babies, and then
in the blink of an eye those babies are all grown up,
and making background noise instead of the insistent
Mommy! Mommy! Mommy! of the past.
My youngest, Benji, graduated from Leonard-
town last week, and turned 18 two days later. At the
graduation ceremony, I searched for him in the sea of
blue caps and gowns. When I fnally found him in the
crowd, he was like each of our kids that night: blending
in and standing out and slipping away. Now hes off
at the beach, enjoying the freedom: from schoolwork,
from the days that started at 7 a.m., from supervision.
As if to prove the last point, he texted me a picture last
night with that lovely smileand an earring. Its pos-
sible I may have spoiled his fun by calmly texting back,
An earring! I love it! You have to take your fun where
you can fnd it when youve got teenagers.
Im missing him already, getting a taste of what
life will be like when he leaves for WVU in August. In
the short two days between graduation and the beach
trip, there was no time for missing him, though: he got
hit hard by a bug and was as sick as hes ever been, with
a fever of nearly 104, a raw throat, muscle aches, all the
misery of a bad fu. On the worst night, I was up every
hour checking his temperature, cajoling him to drink
water, holding a cold compress on his head. Sometime
around dawn I decided I could safely sleep, but my eyes
had barely closed when my cell phone started ringing.
It was Benji, calling from across the hall (do your kids
do that? What on earth did we do as kids: send the Pony
Express for our parents?). In any case, the message was
clear: he wanted his mom.
After sleeping all day and night, he was suddenly
awake and chatty, and as I sat there rubbing his ach-
ing head, we talked about everything and nothing. It
reminded me of when he was a toddler and Id put him
to bed after the bath and the stories and the talk. Id
think he was fading (I was, for sure) but when Id care-
fully try to extricate myself, hed grab my hand and
start chattering away again. Back then, I couldnt bring
myself to leave; it turns out I still cant. In those days,
Id tell myself that the late nights and the belief that
mommy could keep the night away would be over far
too soon, and its true: they were. I was secretly glad
to have another chance at one of those long nights
though I wished he wasnt sickwhere just once more
I was the only person he wanted.
As I sat there with Ben, the sun began to come up,
and our talk slowed as he turned drowsy again. With
our voices stilled, I could hear the Cicadas humming
in our backyard. Theyll stay a little longer, and then
theyll go, and it will be quiet once more, after all the
music.
I love hearing from you; feel free to contact me at
thewordtech@md.metrocast.net if you have comments
or questions about the column.
Life Cycles
Total Body Strength
How do you feel about your body
changing in looks and ability? Things not
only appear different than before but how
much you can do or cannot do greatly im-
pacts your lifestyle and well-being. Ameri-
can author Betty Freidan once shared,
Aging is not lost youth but a new stage
of opportunity and strength. Your inner
self and capabilities can be cultured in our
ftness class designed to strengthen your
body and image. A certifed instructor
guides you through a workout adapted to
your pace and needs. Through resistance
training and a touch of cardio exercise,
improvements are made to body and core
strength, balance, fexibility and bone den-
sity. Be proud of how you see yourself--full
of choices and energy. You deserve to look
and feel the best you can be. Classes meet
on Mondays & Thursdays at 3:30 p.m., at
the Northern Senior Activity Center. First
trial class is free and subsequent classes
are $3 a session with a $30 ftness card.
Healthy Eating
How well are you doing? On Thurs-
day, June 20, at 1 p.m., the Diabetes Sup-
port Group will meet at the Northern Se-
nior Activity Center. The facilitator, Tina
Leap, from MedStar St. Marys Hospital
Health Connections will give an overview
on diabetes and how your diet affects how
you are feeling. Planning meals, schedul-
ing routine meal times and how to improve
your lifestyle are concerns that will be dis-
cussed with a question and answer session
to follow. The support group meets quarter-
ly so look for the next date to be advertised.
To sign up, call 301-475-4002, ext. 1001 or
stop by the front desk at Northern.
Asian Culture Presentation
On Monday, June 24, from 9:30 -
11:00 a.m., a presentation on Asian Culture
will be held at the Northern Senior Activity
Center. Ms. Bobbie Ridley will talk about
Asian culture, show slides, conduct Origa-
mi demonstrations and take questions. Egg
rolls and puff pastries will be served as a
sample food of that culture. Call 301-475-
4002, ext. 1001 or stop by the front desk to
sign-up by noon, Thursday, June 20.
Breakfast Caf
On Tuesday, June 18, at 9 a.m., french
toast, bacon, home fries and fruit will be
served at the Northern Senior Activity Cen-
ter. Let us do the cooking and cleanup in
the morning while you enjoy a great start
to your day and good conversation with
others. Breakfast is homemade and served
with complimentary beverages. Come
meet Ginger, our new Food Service Tech-
nician, who will be cooking breakfast just
for you! Cost is only $2 per person and sign
up and payment is due by noon the day be-
fore. Please call 301-475-4002, ext. 1001
with any questions.
Pantry Bingo
Win items at the Garvey Senior Activ-
ity Center on Monday, June 17 to restock
your pantry. Bingo begins at 10:00 a.m.
and runs until approximately 11:30 a.m.
The cost to play is $1.00 per card for up to
three cards. Lunch is available afterwards.
To make lunch reservations, call 301-475-
4200, ext. 1050.
Cards for Troops
On Tuesday, June 18 at 1:30 p.m. at
the Garvey Senior Activity Center seniors
are invited to help make homemade greet-
ing cards for troops stationed abroad to
send home to their family and friends. All
handmade cards will be donated to Cards
for Soldiers, a nonproft organization that
provides homemade greeting cards to ser-
vice members to send home to family while
away from home. To sign up to help cut,
stamp and assemble cards, call 301-475-
4200, ext. 1050. No previous experience
needed.
Press Flowers for Framing
Bring some of your favorite fresh-
picked fowers and greenery to Loffer Se-
nior Activity Center and press them inside
heavy books. Return the following week
for the unveiling of your pressed treasures,
and arrange some of them into a piece of
artwork for framing. The fun starts Friday,
June 21, 10:30 a.m. and resumes the follow-
ing Friday (June 28 10:30 a.m.). The cost
of this project is $4 to cover the cost of the
frame. Bring fowers (freshly pickednote:
roses are too thick though you can press
rose petals if you wish), and a heavy, thick
book. To sign up for this class, call 301-737-
5670, ext. 1658 by Wednesday, June 19 or
stop by the reception desk at Loffer.
Core and Abs Class on Wednesdays
Do you want to strengthen your
core muscles which may help with lower
back pain and maintain posture and bal-
ance? Dave Scheible teaches this class on
Wednesdays at 2 p.m. at Loffer Senior Ac-
tivity Center. You can try it out for free and
if you like it you can continue coming using
a ftness card. (Fitness cards are $30 and
are good for 10 ftness classes of any type
at any of the St. Marys County Senior Ac-
tivity Centers). For more information call
301-737-5670, ext. 1658.
Limitations No More
At Loffer Senior Activity Center we
have a practitioner of Emotional Freedom
Technique, an energy-based self-help tech-
nique that has had dramatic results with
issues such as pain, fears, stress, weight
gain, allergies and so much more. Richele
McLeod is a registered nurse who contin-
ues to study this healing art that is based on
the tenets of acupuncture but uses tapping
that you do yourself. She will show you
how to practice this method on your own
for continued improvement. Frequently a
person can fnd relief after only one session.
Other issues may require more, but it is
something you can continue to do for your-
self. Richeles sessions are gentle and are
appropriate for anyone. An initial session
will last 1 hours, subsequent sessions, (if
needed) will be 1 hour. The initial session
includes a 30 minute introductory period.
If, after that time, you are not already hav-
ing some relief, you may discontinue the
session and will be charged nothing. To
continue for the next hour is $45. During
the month of June, Richele will be at Loff-
ler Senior Activity Center June 11 and 25
from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. She accepts walk-
ins when space is available but appoint-
ments take priority. You can schedule a
session with her by calling 240-925-4309.
For more information call 301-737-5670
ext. 1658
SENIOR LIVING
St. Marys Department of Aging
Programs and Activities
Lofer Senior Activity Center 301-737-5670, ext. 1652; Garvey Senior Activity Center, 301-475-4200, ext. 1050
Northern Senior Activity Center, 301-475-4002, ext. 1001
Visit the Department of Agings website at www.stmarysmd.com/aging for the most up-to date information.
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June All Month Long
ZUMBA Class PSA
Mechanicsville Vol. Fire Department
Social Hall, 7 p.m.
The Mechanicsville Vol. Fire De-
partment Ladies Auxiliary is Spon-
soring ZUMBA Fitness Classes every
Tuesday and Thursday Nights. Classes
are $6 each with Punch Cards avail-
able for $30. Beginning June 11, 2013
we will have ZUMBA TONING from
6 to 6:45 p.m. Classes are $5 each with
punch cards are available for $25.
Camp Green Lake
St. Marys Public Library, Lexington
Park, 2 to 4 p.m.
To help maintain their reading
skills, kids ages 10 and older can par-
ticipate in Camp Green Lake, a book
group that will meet every Wednesday
at Lexington Park branch starting June
19 and ending August 14. This book
discussion of Louis Sachars book,
Holes, has an interactive twist as the
kids will listen to and read along with a
librarian, chat about the story, and then
participate in activities and crafts.
Friday, June 14
St. Michaels School Silent Auction
and Yard Sale
St. Michaels Catholic School, 16560
Three Notch Road, Ridge, Md., Yard
Sale 7 a.m. - 5 p.m., Silent Auction, 5
- 8 p.m.
On both Friday and Saturday,
the huge yard sale starts at 7 a.m. Get
there early for the best selections and
also purchase a tasty chicken breakfast
sandwich and coffee. There are trea-
sures for everyone. Throughout the day,
you can register and preview the live
auction items. You may also purchase
Cash Bash and $5,000 Big Bucks tick-
ets. A $250 winner will be announced
during the evening silent auction, then
the big $5,000 Big Bucks winner will
be announced Saturday during the live
auction.
At 5 p.m. Friday, the popular si-
lent auction returns with rounds of
items set up in the classrooms for silent
bidding. The cash bar also opens at 5
pm. The Ridge Knights of Columbus
are once again hosting their delicious
chicken dinner for sale. Take-out din-
ners will also be sold, but your St. Mi-
chaels School friends hope you will
stay to enjoy an evening of fun bidding
and community spirit. For more infor-
mation about the auction visit: www.
sms-auction.org
LBA Quarterly Seminar
CSM Leonardtown Campus, Building
C, Room 214
The College of Southern Maryland
will be hosting the event and will focus
on using social media to promote your
business. We will touch base on Face-
book and integration with your web
and e-marketing strategies, as well as
utilizing LinkedIns premier member-
ship features. This is a great workshop
for fnancial advisors, tax consultants,
retailers, and non-proft organizations.
Saturday, June 15
St. Michaels School Live Auction
and Yard Sale
St. Michaels Catholic School, 16560
Three Notch Road, Ridge, Maryland,
Yard Sale 7 a.m. - 5 p.m., Live Auction,
9 a.m. until all items are auctioned
The huge yard sale with some-
thing for everyone begins at 7 a.m. Get
there early for the best selections and
also purchase a tasty chicken break-
fast sandwich and coffee. You will
want to buy a $50 ticket for the $5,000
Big Bucks raffe. The winner will be
announced during the live auction.
Cash Bash tickets will also be on sale
throughout the day.
At 9 a.m., Auctioneer A.J. Bussler
will begin an enthusiastic live auction of
300 items - furniture, pool table, sports
equipment, antiques, lawn equipment,
handmade treasures, cherished col-
lectibles and much more. Bidding will
continue until all items are gone.
At 11 a.m., the cash bar will open
and the Ridge Volunteer Rescue
Squad will sell lunch items, so bid-
ders can keep up their strength.
Come to St. Michaels School
Saturday, June 15 where you could
be the winning bidder of something
wonderful! More information about
the auction can be viewed on www.
sms-auction.org
4th Annual Gala in the Gardens:
Le Bon Bayou
Sotterley Plantation, 44300 Sotterley
Lane, Hollywood, 6 p.m.
Rapidly becoming a much an-
ticipated and well attended cultural
event, the Sotterley Plantation An-
nual Gala in the Garden is also an
important fundraiser that allows us
to continue our mission to preserve,
research and interpret Sotterley
Plantations diverse cultures and en-
vironments and to serve as a public
education resource. Through spon-
sorship, our local businesses provide
so much of the support we need to
maintain this beautiful National His-
toric Landmark. Join us this year as
we uncover the mysteries of Le Bon
Bayou. The evening will be flled
with zydeco music, Cajun delights,
fabulous auction items, and sojourn-
ers searching for treasures at our live
and silent auctions! We offer various
levels and types of sponsorship op-
portunities that include recognition
in the auction brochure as well as
your logo prominently displayed dur-
ing the event. To participate in pre-
serving our heritage while enjoying a
delightful evening with old and new
friends, please call Kimberly Moz-
ingo for sponsorship opportunities at
301-373-2280. Tickets remain at $100
per person and may be purchased on-
line at www.sotterley.org
Community Yard Sale
Corner of Pegg Rd and Watt Dr, 8 a.m.
to 1 p.m.
The community is near Gate 1 of
Pax River base. There are approximate-
ly 40 households available to partici-
pate in this event. Furniture, electron-
ics, collectables, and other goods will
be offered. There will also be a lemon-
ade stand hosted by some of the neigh-
borhood children. They will be offering
lemonade in a reusable color-changing
cup for $1.
The 38th Annual Tobacco Trail An-
tique & Classic Car Show
Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts
Center (13480 Dowell Road, Solomons)
10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Registration is still open to all ve-
hicles 1986 and older. For additional in-
formation, contact Darcy Erion on 301-
932-5872. Forms are available at www.
annmariegarden.org.
Sunday, June 16
Fathers Day Evening Cruise
14200 Solomons Island Rd, Solomons,
5 p.m.
What Dad wouldnt feel special
with this treat? Heavy hors doeuvres
served. Tickets are sold on a frst-come,
frst-served basis. For more information
or to purchase tickets, please contact
Melissa McCormick at 410-326-2042,
ext. 41, or mccormmj@co.cal.md.us or
visit www.calvertmarinemuseum.com.
Monday, June 17
Dyslexia Support Network of South-
ern Maryland
2341 Kingston Creek Rd, 7 p.m.
1 in 5 people have dyslexia. If you
have a student or child who struggles
to read and write, join us to learn more
about dyslexia and how to support peo-
ple with dyslexia. Our world is based
on reading and writing -- if your child
struggles, get help now!
Meets the 3rd Monday of every
month. For more information, e-mail
dyslexiasomd@gmail.com, visit www.
facebook.com/dyslexiasomd or visit
dyslexiasomd.weebly.com.
Tuesday, June 18
Free Movie Rise of the
Guardians
St. Marys County Library, Leonard-
town, 2:30 p.m.
Leonardtown library will show
a movie. The PG-rated movie follows
an evil spirit known as Pitch who tries
to take over the world, but the immor-
tal guardians join forces to protect
children everywhere. Snacks will be
provided.
NARFE Chapter 969 Luncheon
Meeting RSVP Deadline
The Honorable Steny Hoyer, U.S.
House of Representatives will speak
to members of the National Active and
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Library items
Reading Programs Help Prevent the
Summer Reading Slump

The Librarys Summer Reading programs are un-
derway for babies through teens and are a fun way
to help prevent the summer reading slump. As kids
and teens complete simple reading activities on a
game board, they earn prizes and can choose a book
upon completion of their game board. They can
sign up at www.stmalib.org or at any branch. Every
child participating will receive a ticket to a South-
ern Maryland Blue Crab game and 120 participants
will receive a ticket to a Baltimore Orioles game.
To help maintain their reading skills, kids ages 10
and older can participate in Camp Green Lake, a
book group that will meet every Wednesday from
2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Lexington Park branch starting
June 19 and ending August 14. This book discussion
of Louis Sachars book, Holes, has an interactive
twist as the kids will listen to and read along with a
librarian, chat about the story, and then participate in
activities and crafts.

STEM Programs Offered This Summer

Each branch will offer fve STEM programs this
summer as a result of partnerships with growing-
STEMS, a local non-proft organization that pro-
motes Science, Technology, Engineering and Math
to all ages, NAWCAD Education Outreach Offce,
and Jefferson Patterson Park. All of the programs
are free and registration is required. A complete
list can be found on the librarys Kids webpage.
At the frst program, Racin Rovers at Lexington
Park branch on June 21 at 9:30 a.m., kids ages 7-12
will design a simple robot and then race across a
course. Rock types will be identifed using house-
hold items and snacks by kids ages 7-12 at Rockin
Out at Leonardtown branch on June 28 at 10 a.m.

Uncle Pete Kicks Off Professional Per-
formance Series

The popular Professional Performances held on
Mondays during the summer will kick off on June 24
with a kids concert by Uncle Pete. Charlotte Hall
branchs performance will be held at White Marsh
Elementary at 10 a.m., Leonardtowns will be held at
Leonardtown Elementary at 12:30 p.m. and Lexing-
ton Parks will be at the library at 3 p.m. Uncle Petes
performances are made possible by a grant from St.
Marys County Art Council and matching funds
from Friends of St. Marys County Library. Those
attending are asked to bring a non-perishable food
item for the local food pantry.

Live Webinar Covers Basics of Grant
Proposal Writing

For those new to grant proposal writing or who want
to improve their writing, Lexington Park Library is
offering a live webinar that will cover the basics of
writing a standard proposal as well as tips communi-
cating with funders. The free webinar presented by
the Foundation Center will be on June 25 at 1 p.m.
Registration is required.

Families Can Enjoy Free Movie
Leonardtown library will show a movie on June 18 at
2:30 p.m. The PG-rated movie follows an evil spirit
known as Pitch who tries to take over the world, but
the immortal guardians join forces to protect chil-
dren everywhere. Snacks will be provided.
Retired Federal Employees Association (NARFE),
St. Marys Chapter 969, during their June 21 Lun-
cheon/Meeting. Reservations are required by June
18. Contact Bev at 301-752-1131 to RSVP. The
Luncheon/Meeting begins at 11:30 am, is held at
Olde Breton Inn in Leonardtown, and includes a
full course lunch prepared by Baileys Catering
Service. Not a member? Contact Judy Lofin for
membership details 301-872-0064.
Wednesday, June 19
Free Beginner Line Dance Lessons
Hotel Charles, 15100 Burnt Store Road, Hughes-
ville, 7 p.m.
The Boot Scooters of Southern Maryland of-
fer free line dance lessons every Wednesday night
from 7-7:30 p.m. at Hotel Charles. Guests may stay
and watch or participate in dancing after lessons.
For more information, visit www.bootscootersof-
somd.blogspot.com.
Thursday, June 20
SMC Writers Association
Lexington Park Library Meeting Room, 6:30 p.m.
Attention all writers! Check out the recent-
ly established St. Marys County chapter of the
Maryland Writers Association. Please join us for
our monthly chapter meeting at the Lexington Park
Library. Open Discussion: First Steps to Finding
Literary Agents. Writers of all genres welcome.
For more information, visit stmaryscountymwa.
wordpress.com.
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Better than a Picnic in the Park
By Kimberly Alston
Contributing Writer
From Broadway tunes to music
from the 1960s, Our Lady Star of the
Sea in Solomons will have it all dur-
ing the frst ever Music on the Steps,
starting June 21 at 7 p.m.
Music on the Steps is a summer
time community event taking place
every Friday night until August 9
from 7 to 8 p.m. on the lawn at Our
Lady Star of the Sea, in which local
musicians come to showcase their
talent for the entertainment of the
community.
Event Coordinator Rev. Msgr.
Michael Wilson said that he wanted
to have an event out on the lawn on
a beautiful summer evening were
people could relax, have a picnic
and enjoy music that included the
whole community, not just school and
church attendees.
I just called them up and asked
for help, Rev. Wilson said, when
asked how he was able to obtain the
artists that he did. To spark interest
in the event, the frst artist will be a
professional DJ, but after that, he said,
the artists are just local members of
the community. No performer, except
the DJ, is paid for their appearances.
Performers are free to advertise them-
selves, by selling CDs or handing out
business cards, throughout the night.
Rev. Wilson believes the event
will be benefcial for the entire com-
munity. Visitors may want to listen
and then travel down to one of the
restaurants in the area. Everyone is
welcome to attend and entry is free
of charge. Food and drink is available
for a small fee.
Or, they could bring a blanket
and picnic basket dinner with them,
Father Mike said.
For more information, visit olss.
org.
news@countytimes.net
Event Specifcs
June 21- DJ with 60s Music
June 28-Ben Connelly, local restau-
rant entertainer
July 12- Don Thieme and Friends,
Broadway music and more
July 19- Solomons United Methodist
Praise Team, Christian band
July 26- Wade Coffey and Kevin
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Thursday, June 13
Dave Norris
DB McMillans (23415 Three Notch Road,
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The Piranhas
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The Justin Myles Experience
Ruddy Duck Brewery (13200 Dowell
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Wanderings
By Shelby Oppermann
Contributing Writer
Fathers Day
Thoughts and a Poem
My Father was a
kind, gentle man rarely,
if ever, raising his voice.
As the years go by (33
now) since his death, I
still wish I had asked
more questions about his
life or what he thought
about many things. I wish
he had been able to meet
my sons, his great grand-
son, Liam, and his two
other darling great grand-
daughters. But he left us
all with wisdom, empathy,
and memories of a wicked
dry humor. If that is all I
have then I will cherish
those memories forever.
I have included a poem I
wrote back in 1995 on Fathers
Day hope you enjoy it.
Poem for All Fathers
When I caught the hook
of your fshing pole in the rose
bush of the neighbors yard,
and yanked until it snapped in
two, you jumped up and down
for a while and then said, You
know Ill always love you.
When I wanted to see if
my new, shiny marbles would
all foat in the toilet, you ran
to grab my hand as it reached
for the fusher, smacked it, and
then you said, You know Ill
always love you.
When the end of year
grades came out in my junior
high school years, and the ink
on the B was a little darker, you
ranted about the values of hon-
esty and education, and then
you said, You know Ill always
love you.
When those I thought
were the coolest friends bar-
reled their car into the drive-
way at 2 a.m. to take me out,
you screamed, But would you
jump off a bridge if they did!?,
and then you said, You know
Ill always love you.
When in the midst of caps
and tassels fying and holding
the honored high school di-
ploma in my hand, I suddenly
turned searching for you with
a look that said, But what do
I do now? You mouthed the
words, You know Ill always
love you.
In the many years since
youve been gone, and for the
times I searched for you, and
knew you would never be there
in person again, when I wished
I could hear, could see, could
feel you say those words, You
know Ill always love you.
And for the many years I
did not answer with the words
you knew were deep in my
heart, and for the many times
of ups and downs when your
words meant so much to me,
Id like to tell you, Dad, you
know I have always loved you.
I wish a wonderful, happy
Fathers Day for all those Fa-
thers out there...and Fathers to
be. I hope the steaks, chicken,
ribs, and burgers are grilled
to perfection, the beer is cold,
and the love is all around you
because the day after its back
to teaching and guidingand
guarding your children, and the
future Fathers of the following
generations. Oh and back to
taking out the trash, and mow-
ing the grass. So enjoy your
day!!
To each new days memories
of my own dear Father,
Shelby
Please send your comments or
ideas to: shelbys.wanderings@
yahoo.com or fnd me on face-
book: Shelby Oppermann
Aimless
Mind
of an
Fathers Day
Thoughts and a Poem
By Debra Meszaros CSN
www.MXSportsNutrition.com
Out of all the myths surrounding
diet, there is no one statement more
misleading then salt is bad for you.
Did you know salt is essential for
life; meaning you cannot live without it?
There are forms of salt that are
damaging, and forms that are healing.
Which one is on your plate?
There are two main categories of
salt, processed and natural. Processed
salts are regular table salt and salts
found in processed foods. The sodium you see listed
on that canned vegetable or soup is the damaging salt.
Processed salt is 98% sodium chloride and 2% man-
made chemicals. This is not the salt your body relies
on for function. Instead, pure, hand-mined, minimally
processed sea salt is the category of salt the body utiliz-
es for its biological processes. All natural sea salt con-
tains 85% natural sodium chloride and 15% naturally
occurring trace minerals. I advise you to check your
ingredient labels to make sure anti-caking agents have
not been added to your natural sea salt.
The balancing act
Sodium is a major component of your blood and
lymph fuid. It maintains and regulates blood pressure,
transports nutrients in and out of your cells, helps with
creative thinking and long term planning. The focus
of building and maintaining health is balance, and the
synergistic workings of the human body rely on proper
ratios of nutrients. Overusing sodium can disturb the
balance of potassium and sodium. Most processed
foods are low in potassium and high in sodium, so
whole natural foods are a better choice for balancing.
Potassium, sodiums partner, is primarily found
inside your cells while sodium is primarily found out-
side the cell. This balance is essential for proper nerve
impulse transmission, muscle contraction, and heart
function. Too much sodium can result in inadequate
amounts of potassium which can than lead to excess
urinary excretion of calcium. The adequate intake for
potassium is 4700 mg for an adult, but if the diet is not
balanced, this number may not suffce. The recom-
mended ratio of potassium to sodium is 2:1.
Mineral balances are very important to the body,
and if you lead an active lifestyle or are an athlete,
choosing the proper foods to replenish the minerals
you loose through sweating is vital to achieving bal-
ance. Drink plenty of mineral water, eat fresh vegeta-
bles, fruits, and avoid diuretics. If your appetite is low,
than explore options like mineral supplementation.
So be aware of whats inside that salt shaker be-
fore you use it!
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rights reserved; no duplication without permission.
DISCLAIMER: When you read through the diet and lifestyle
information, you must know that everything within it is for informa-
tional purposes only and is not intended as a substitute for advice
from your physician or other health care professional. I am mak-
ing no attempt to prescribe any medical treatment. You should not
use the information here for diagnosis or treatment of any health
problem or for prescription of any medication or other treatment.
The products and the claims made about specifc products have not
been evaluated by the United States Food and Drug Administration
and are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent disease.
You should consult with a healthcare professional before starting
any diet, exercise or supplementation program, before taking any
medication, or if you have or suspect you might have a health prob-
lem. Confrm the safety of any supplements with your M.D., N.D.
or pharmacist (healthcare professional). Some information given is
solely an opinion, thought and or conclusion based on experiences,
trials, tests, assessments or other available sources of information.
I do not make any guarantees or promises with regard to results. I
may discuss substances that have not been subject to double blind
clinical studies or FDA approval or regulation. You assume the re-
sponsibility for the decision to take any natural remedy.
You and only you are responsible if you choose to do any-
thing with the information you have read. You do so at your own
risk. I encourage you to make your own health decisions based
upon your research and in partnership with a qualifed health
care professional.
Salt , friend or foe?
By Linda Reno
Contributing Writer
Philip Hen-
ry Dorsey was
born in Calvert
County on Oc-
tober 10, 1827.
In January 1849,
he like thou-
sands of other
young men, got
gold rush fever
and booked passage on a small ship
called the Hebe out of Baltimore.
Going to California in those days
was no small task by land or sea.
There was no Panama Canal and the
ships had to sail through the Straits
of Magellen (located immediately
south of mainland South America
and north of Tierra del Fuego) to
cross from the Atlantic to the Pa-
cifc Ocean and then northward to
California.
On July 31, 1849 the Baltimore
Sun reported the loss of several of
the Hebes passengers by way of a
letter from Montivideo (Uruguay)
dated May 25. Philip Dorseys
name was listed. There would be
no news until August 21 when the
newspapers reported they had re-
ceived a letter dated June 20 in
which it was stated that the passen-
gers of the Hebe were safe after all.
A letter written from Santa
Barbara, California dated August 4,
1849 was published in the Charles-
ton (SC) Courier. The writer was
only identifed as Flimkins but I
have to wonder if it wasnt written
by Philip Dorsey.
Like a bad penny I am again
in circulation, although somewhat
rusty from having been withdrawn
so long. You doubtless recall that I
am one of the bhoys that sailed for
San Francisco in the barque Hebe
and came near being sent to Davy
Jones locker in one of her boats.
The writer goes on to give an ac-
count of them encountering bad
weather upon entering the Magellen
Straits, saying the next morning was
better so some of them took one of
the small boats from the Hebe and
went ashore to see the elephants,
id est, the Patagoniansfrom their
natural style of dress, I wasnt long
in discovering the females, and
notwithstanding the fumes of fsh
and sea oil, I was soon playing the
agreeable to one, when we were
summoned to leave.
Despite their best efforts, they
could not get back to the Hebe
which had now been driven out to
sea by another round of bad weath-
er. We remained afoat during the
night, and landed early the next on
morning on some broken uninhab-
ited rocks, where we breakfasted on
mussels, which together with a few
eggs of the sea-fowl, found in the
niches of the rocks, were our only
food for three nights and days.
He continued On the fourth
morning as we were holding coun-
cil to decided whether it was best to
starve on the rocks or go over to the
main land and feed the cannibals,
one of the party cried sail ho! and
a vessel.was seen coming to our
rescue. She proved to be the James
R. Whiting, of New York.no tid-
ings from the Hebe since we parted
company in the Straits. I should like
to meet her on arrival and tell the
captain how near we came to be-
ing done up in steaks and roasting
pieces.
To be continued.
A Journey Through Time A Journey Through Time
The Chronicle
Philip Dorsey and the Gold Rush
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