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Thursday, March 19, 2015
St. Marys Makes

Big Push for
Oyster Farming
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Thursday
The County Times
March 19, 2015

Farming oysters is the future of the
industry because its sustainable.
And our oysters are available 12
months out of the year, and we sell
them 12 months out of the year.
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other occassions, court papers stated.
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since she had been 5 years old Huff had also
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A Pomfret man was transported to MedStar Washington Hospital Center after he received serious burns to his upper torso Monday evening.
On March 16, around 7:58 p.m., approximately 50 firefighters from the La Plata,
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fire caused an estimated $80,000 in damage.
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Maryland Medicaid Drops

Three Local Pharmacies
By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
A local pharmacy proprietor who owns three separate establishments is crying
foul over his independent businesses being dropped by a branch of the state health
care system for covering patients prescriptions.
Kris Akula, who owns St. Marys Pharmacy, Family Care Pharmacy and New
Market Pharmacy, said he only learned about independent pharmacies being dropped
by either by United Healthcare of Maryland or Maryland Medicaid from his patients.
He said patients have told him and shown him letters from United Healthcare
president Michael Jones saying that their pharmacy would no longer be in their previous health network.
Theyve been sending letters to patients but we only got informed last week,
Akula told The County Times.
Akula said the state is pushing independent pharmacies like his out of business
while pushing customers to larger chains.
He made his case to the Commissioners of St. Marys County in a letter, in
which he includes a notification from United Healthcare to one of his customers.
Starting last week, some of our Maryland Medicaid patients through United
Healthcare stared receiving a letter stating that, as of April 1, we will no longer
be within their networks plan, Akulas letter stated. This is because Maryland
State Medicaid recently made a decision to drop independent pharmacies from
their United Healthcare/Optum Rx network.
This egregious decision was made without any notification to us or any of the
other local independent pharmacies and we feel this is without merit.
Akula said that when he tried to contact either state medicaid or United
Healthcare he could not find out from either one who made the decision to drop his
pharmacies.
They are playing hide and seek, he said. Theyre just blaming each other.
The letter from United Healthcare named three other pharmacies, CVS Pharmacy in Leonardtown and Giant and Target pharmacies in California as options to
move prescription services to.
Akula said many of his customers, who were elderly and depended on free delivery that his businesses provided, were being pushed back to larger chains they did
not prefer.
They came here from there, Akula said. Theyre not being given any choice.
United Healthcare spokesman Ben Goldstein released a statement regarding the
change.
The Community Plan of Marylands pharmacy network includes hundreds of
drug stores across Maryland that meet the health care needs of our members and
provide them with access to prescriptions in their local community, the statement
read. We regret any inconvenience our members may experience, and are working
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Calvert Cliffs
Cited By Nuclear
Watch Group
By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
A report issued by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) puts two reactor
shutdowns at Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant in Lusby at the top of its list of near
misses in 2014.
Those two incidents, which resulted from snow being blown into critical electrical systems, were part of a group of four incidents that have taken place since 2010.
The UCS was critical of the handling of the shutdown of reactors No. 1 and
No. 2 by Exelon Corporation, the plants owners, and differed with the finding of the
Nuclear Regulatory Commission that the plant personnel could have prevented it.
Twice within the past five years, precipitation leaked into the Calvert Cliffs
nuclear plant and shorted out electrical power supplies, causing once reactor to automatically shut down and components to malfunction that should have protected the
second reactor from automatically shutting down, the report said. Precipitation occurs all across the United States and its dozens of nuclear power plants, but none
except Calvert Cliffs have experienced multiple reactor shutdowns due to similar
intrusions of moisture.
In other words, other plant owners have successfully prevented even on intrusion event while Calvert Cliffs has been uable to prevent repeated events.
Lacey Dean, spokeswoman for Exelon Corporation, said despite the concerns of
the UCS the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, which oversees the operations of all
nuclear plants in the county, sided with Exelon.
The report from the NRC showed we handled the situation correctly, Dean told
The County Times.
An official statement from Exelon said that the incident in question in the UCS
report was not just caused by simple precipitation.
Calvert Cliffs has a strong history of safe, reliable operations and high standards for equipment maintenance. In January 2014, we experienced an electrical malfunction when severe winds damaged an outdoor electrical enclosure, the statement
read. The plant is designed to shutdown automatically and it responded as designed.
The NRCs supplemental inspection report confirms that the condition was fully addressed and that our actions and responses were appropriate.
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Fire Marshals Explode

More Ordinance
at Newtown Neck
By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
Fire Marshals investigators destroyed a piece of World War II-era ordinance

March 15 found by a beach comber at Newtowne Neck State Park, which resulted in
the closure of the park for about two hours.
Deputy Fire Chief Duane Svites said the piece of ordinance found was different
than the other pieces found over the past two years at the park, which necessitated
the property being closed for more than a year.
This piece of ordinance appeared to be a bazooka, both the launcher and projectile, that would have been fired from the shoulder, Svites said.
Previous ordinance found was 57-millimeter shells that were used in testing at
Newtowne Neck back in World War II the isolation of the property, once owned by
Jesuits attracted the U.S. Government to develop then-classified weapon systems.
The bazooka was found on the western edge of the property, Svites said, on the
edge of St. Clements Creek where as most of the other ordinance was found in the
eastern portion of the park.
Fire marshals specialist personnel will be detonating the ordinance if found in

the future, Svites said, because it took too long to get military personnel down to
Southern Maryland to dispose of it.
The government had authorized fire marshals to do so, Svites said.
Shells that had previously been found at the site were also detonated for safetys
sake he said, because determining whether they were inert could be too risky.
He said records showed that as many as 9,000 such 57-millimeter shells had
been tested in the war years.
So who knows whats been left down there? Svites said. You dont know
whether its inert or live.
The park has since been reopened but Svites said visitors who spot these munitions should avoid contact with them and call authorities immediately to safely
dispose of it.
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Authorities responded to a tattoo parlor in Bel Alton early Saturday morning

after Ryan Graham discovered the fire.
On March 14, around 4:41 a.m., approximately 45 firefighters from the Bel
Alton, La Plata, Newburg, Waldorf, Potomac Heights, Bryans Road and
Marbury Volunteer Fire Departments responded to Noah Ryans Custom Tattoo
shop in Charles County.
According to Deputy Fire Marshal John Nelson, who was one of the responding
officers to the incident, the fire caused an estimated $400,000 in damage.
Nelson stated the fire originated inside the tattoo parlor and completely
destroyed the shop. Nelson also stated two other businesses in the building
sustained smoke damage.
The preliminary cause of the fire is currently under investigation and officials
have identified the owner as Larry Edwards.
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Suspension Systems Fuel Systems Electrical Systems Batteries Tires
Commissioners Cut Lifetime BG Protection Plan to Maintain Protection:

Service Interval: 30,000 miles (50,000 km)
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By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
Tuesdays budget work session with the Commissioners of St. Marys County
saw the county budget shortfall shrink from about $8.7 million down to $8.2 million
then down to nothing as elected leaders depended on a method of moving money
out of various funds, such as other post employment benefits (OPEB) and choosing
to budget off of a 4 percent increase in tax revenues from the state as opposed to a
more conservative 3 percent estimate.
Commissioner Mike Hewitt said he was comfortable with going with the 4 percent estimate, which increased the revenue stream to about $84 million, because he
stated audited budget figures stretching back 11 years that showed the county had
chronically overestimated its expenses and underestimated their revenues.
Hewitt, who has been critical in the past of the way the county and school system make their budgets, said audits have showed the county has always come out
ahead in finances.
The trend has been that the delta [the difference] is positive, Hewitt said.
Weve been too conservative Im betting on the trend.
Elaine Kramer, the countys chief financial officer, warned that years past were
not necessarily indicative of future performance especially when it came to one
particular revenue stream.
The trend it includes some awesome years in recordation taxes, Kramer
said.
The budget work over Monday and Tuesday allowed for step increases for all
county employees as well as teachers and sheriffs deputies.
Both commissioners Todd Morgan and Tom Jarboe were worried that the
growth in federal defense dollars coming to Patuxent River NAS just would not be
there to support such an optimistic estimate.
We dont believe theres 4 percent in there, Morgan said in a later interview.
Jarboe said the estimate of 4 percent came in such austere times.
Hewitt said the county, sitting on a surplus of $23.9 million, could afford to
make a mistake.
With a $23.9 million fund balance we can absorb it if were off by a few million
dollars, Hewitt said.
Calvert Cliffs
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Operators returned Calvert Cliffs Unit 2

to full power on March 15, successfully completing a planned refueling outage that began
on February 16.
While the unit was offline, technicians
replaced nearly one-third of the reactors fuel
and performed thousands of inspections and
preventive maintenance activities to keep the
unit running safely and effectively for another
two years. Most of this work cannot be performed while the unit is online.
About 1,500 additional workers joined
the stations permanent workforce to support
the outage. Many of these supplemental workers traveled to Southern Maryland from outside the area, providing a significant boost to
the local economy at a time when tourism is
traditionally down due to cold weather.
Calvert Cliffs is located on the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay in Calvert
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1,768 megawatts combined. Units 1 and 2 began commercial operation in 1975 and 1977,
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Attempted Robbery
in Solomons
On Thursday March 12 at 11:25 p.m. an attempted robbery at the Solomons

Fastop on H.G. Trueman Road was reported. Det. R. Hawkins responded, perimeters were established and a K9 search was conducted with negative results.
A store employee advised that a white male, dressed all in black with his
face covered, approached her and instructed her to give him all the money. A
second employee elsewhere in the store started moving toward the cashier area
at which time the suspect fled. No money was obtained by the suspect and no
one was injured.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Det. Hawkins at 410-535-1600,
extension 2456. Citizens with information on this crime or any criminal activity
in Calvert County who wish to report it anonymously can now access the Calvert
County Crime Solvers link through the Sheriffs Office website.
Go to www.co.cal.md.us/residents/safety/law/sheriff/ and click on the Crime
Solvers link to leave an anonymous tip on-line. Information leading to the arrest
and conviction of a suspect could result in a $1,000 reward.
LAW OFFICE OF
DANIEL A. M.
SLADE, L.L.C.
Over the last several months, detectives from the Vice/Narcotics

division continued to work the investigation involving a network of
individuals who are fraudulently obtaining Promethazine-Codeine
syrup known on the street as Purple Drank. The suspects, Phillip
Jean Gilles Robinson (age 24 of Hyattsville, Md.) and Garea Beonna
Goodall (age 22 of Washington, D.C.), arrived to pick up the fraudulent prescription and were arrested. Some of the items seized included an empty prescription bottle of Promethazine-Codeine syrup, 2
phones, digital scale, plastic bags, 2 mason jars with suspected marijuana, a written note with numerous pharmacy names and addresses
and other personal documents. Suspect Goodall is an unemployed
medical assistant. Both suspects were arrested and additional charges are pending a review with States Attorney Richard D. Fritz. The
two listed suspects are part of a larger network of individuals who
are fraudulently obtaining Promethazine-Codeine for the purpose
of distributing to create the street drug Purple Drank. Several suspects have already been arrested and are currently wanted. Detectives are working with investigators from several other jurisdictions
in Maryland and Virginia on the related instances.
Information was received regarding heroin being sold from a
home in which twin brothers Lamar Kevin Nolan (age 28) and Javar Charles Nolan reside. This home and the home next door owned
by Johnny Duane Edwards (age 44) became targets of search and
seizure warrants which were executed by the St. Marys County
Sheriffs Office Emergency Services Team, Charles County Sheriffs Office Emergency Services Team, K-9 deputies and Narcotics
Support Team members. Inside the Nolan home detectives recovered
more than $500.00 in marijuana, heroin, digital scales, packaging
materials and more than $1,300 in cash. Wendy Jo Day (age 29) was
located inside the home and found to be in possession of a controlled
dangerous substance and related paraphernalia. All three were arrested and additional charges are pending a States Attorneys Office
review. During the search warrant on the neighbors home, detectives
located heroin, baggies of crushed oxycodone prepared for sale,
alprazolam tablets, burnt spoons, syringes and a digital scale. Suspect Edwards was also arrested and additional charges are pending
against him as well.
Narcotics detectives began an investigation into drugs being
smuggled into the St. Marys County Detention Center and as a result, Lawrence Edward Keister was arrested and charged. Suspect
Keister swallowed a balloon full of Suboxone which was provided to him during a court ordered doctor visit in Leonardtown. The
drugs were provided by Carey Holmes Bowen (age 38 of Lexington
Park) Suspect Bowen is the girlfriend of inmate John Francis Tippett
Jr. (age 38) who was the intended recipient of the smuggled drugs.
Inmate Tippett was going to exchange commissary for the drugs
once they made it into the facility. Detectives continued to gather
information and obtained a search warrant for Suspect Bowens person in an attempt to recover her cellular phone. Suspect Bowen was
instructed by Inmate Tippett Jr. to contact a third party, obtain a list
of items the third party wanted and then respond to the Wal-Mart in
King George, Virginia to steal the desired items. A list and photos
were obtained by Suspect Bowen and detectives awaited her return
to St. Marys County. When she returned, detectives, members of
the Vice/Narcotics Support Team and K-9 deputies were waiting
for her. She was stopped and the search warrant was executed, she
was arrested and charged with Driving While Suspended and the
stolen items were seized. A Deputy from the King George County
Sheriffs Office met detectives at the Wal-Mart in Virginia and the
property was returned, the surveillance video was recovered and all
of the information was provided to the local deputy for charges. A
felony arrest warrant was issued and served on Suspect Bowen. Suspect Tippett is in jail awaiting a Pre-Sentence Investigation report
for a felony theft scheme which occurred at our local Wal-Mart and
was investigated by the St. Marys County Sheriffs Office Criminal Investigation Division. Additional charges are pending a review
with States Attorney Richard D. Fritz related to Suspects Tippett
and Bowen.
Shannon Danielle Parker (age 38) was charged with Possession
with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine.
Detectives received information regarding a 17-year-old male
suspect in the California area who was selling and using marijuana
at his home. As a result of the investigation, evidence was obtained
and search warrant was executed. Recovered from the home was
marijuana and related paraphernalia. The juvenile was on probation
and the Department of Juvenile Justice responded. The juvenile was
arrested and detained at Cheltenham Juvenile Detention Facility until a hearing could be set.
Inquiries should be directed to Captain Daniel D. Alioto, Commander of Vice/Narcotics, at 301-475-4200 x1918.
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Letters to the
EDITOR
Is the Board of Education

Really Transparent?
Great article last week on the Board of Education, Im glad that the Board is still throwing around the
word, transparency. Before I can call them out for being anything but transparent, I say we give them one
more chance to prove me wrong. To the current Board, please answer the following questions publicly. The
voters and the taxpayers of St. Marys County deserve the truth.
Who anonymously donated $500 dollars to Martiranos farewell party? Was it from another business
that would benefit from their gratitude? Who unethically solicited funds for this event?
How much money has been wasted in the initial vendetta against Crosby? How much more money is
going to be wasted on this issue?
Speaking of Crosby, what meeting did the Board approve the letter that went to the state asking for
Crosbys removal? According to the press, the letter was dated November 5th. The Board of Education met
on October 29th and November 12th. Was an emergency meeting called to approve that letter? If so please
show us the required invitation that went to the Board members informing them of the meeting. Also, please
show us the minutes of the November 12th meeting that outlined the vote for approval and those in attendance. Those answers and requests should be available considering they are state requirements according
to the Open Meetings Act. A Board of your transparency surly wouldnt violate the Open Meetings Act.
However, those answers might not be available if the meeting never occurred and Sal Raspa acted alone
without Board concurrence to write and send that letter. But Im sure thats not the case, because if the letter
wasnt approved and in its creation violated BOE procedures, then the State Board of Education made their
decision to proceed with the Boards recommendation based on an unauthorized, unofficial piece of fiction.
In addition, Im sure this transparent Board would not allow an unauthorized, unofficial letter to remain in
play. Because knowing that this letter was not authorized and contained fictitious allegations and not doing
anything about it; would be a miscarriage of justice and would equate to incompetency and willful neglect
of duty.
Im confident that a Board of your transparency would rescind such a letter to the state, write a new
factual one and let the state decide if they wish to continue based on fact not fiction.
Excelsior,
Jack LeBaugh
Lexington Park, Md.
LEGAL NOTICE
Commissioners of Leonardtown
Fair Summary of Ordinance
Notice is hereby given that the Commissioners of Leonardtown have passed, and the Mayor has approved,
Ordinance #168. A fair summary of this ordinance is as follows:
Ordinance No. 168 concerning changes to the Comprehensive Land Use Plan, Section 11, page 8 of the Municipal Growth Plan Element for the Town of Leonardtown.
This ordinance will become effective March 29, 2015. Full text of this ordinance may be viewed at the Town
Office at 41660 Courthouse Drive, Leonardtown, MD or at www.leonardtown.somd.com.
In Support
of Marilyn
Crosby
At a recent meeting of the St. Marys County Board
of Education, David Ryan, addressing the previous
county board of educations censure of Marilyn Crosby
urged the present board to inform the state board that
they did not support moving forward with Mrs. Crosbys censure.
I believe that, for this to happen, our local board
would need to know that the voters who put them and
Mrs. Crosby in office want the decision to censure or
not to be made in St. Marys County, not by the state
board. Citizens of St. Marys County who believe that
what happens in St. Marys County stays in St. Marys
County can express that belief with a brief e-mail to
the members of the county Board of Education at boe@
smcps.org supporting Mr. Ryans recommendation.
James McCleaf
Leonardtown, Md.
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Aquaculture Culture Shift
By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
he said, lay in curbing pollution in the

bay.
The biggest thing weve got
Nestled in Hollywood on the banks of Hogs Neck is pollution from sewage treatment
Creek near the old Sotterley Plantation is a business that plants, Brown said. Neither one [of
is trying to change the way we think about and eat the two oyster industries] is going to
oysters.
put the other one out. They both work
At Hollywood Oyster, where theyve been in busi- hand in hand.
ness for just three years, theyve managed to produce
The wild harvest still provides the
about 1 million oysters a year for commercial consump- vast majority of oysters in Maryland,
tion or roughly 20,000 oysters a week trucked up to Jes- Brown said with about 450,000 bushsup for wholesale at the Maryland Seafood Market.
els in 2014 versus 34,000 bushels from
Caleb Marshall, the farm director at Hollywood aquaculture.
Oyster, says that aquaculture could be the answer to reOnly about 8 percent of oysters
storing the oyster, Marylands seafood industry and the are from aquaculture, he said.
watershed.
Its also tough for watermen to get
Farming oysters is the future of the industry be- into the business, he said because of
cause its sustainable, Marshall told The County Times. the cost.
And our oysters are available 12 months out of the year,
To get about two million spat on
and we sell them 12 months out of the year.
shell, or larval oysters, costs about
With the recent cold weather snap oyster mortality $6,000, Brown said.
has been high, Marshall said, which means there could
He said one of his brethren wantbe even more demand for the oysters they grow in cages ed to get into the business but said he
placed throughout the creek bed.
couldnt afford to throw that much
His product was already in short supply for a healthy money overboard when he found out
demand at restaurants and seafood houses outside of the price of oyster seed.
Maryland, he said.
Its a gamble, Brown said.
Our problem has been getting enough oysters, we Anytime youre in the seafood indussell them all, Marshall said.
try its a gamble.
It takes between 18 and 24 months to grow a 2-inch
J.D. Blackwell, proprietor of 38
oyster, he said, and that time is short compared to normal North Oysters with locations in Leonbecause the triploid style of oyster does not spawn.
ardtown and Point Lookout, said aquaAnd those oysters get shipped out three times a culture took from both modern techweek, he said, where about 80 percent of their product niques and nearly ancient practices to
goes out of the state.
revive the oyster industry.
They are seeing more success there than here in St.
It looks to the future with a toe
Marys, Marshall said.
in the past, Blackwell said. I employ
Essentially, he said, the culture here dictated eating young watermen and I employ people
oysters in the winter months just like they are harvested with biology degrees.
during the fishing season.
He uses a system of floating cages
Robert T. Brown, a traditional waterman who has to raise oysters he feels are a superior
branched out into aquaculture and heads up the state wa- product as opposed to those raised in
termans association, said old habits die hard.
cages that sit on the river bed.
Down here you eat oysters in the cold months and
Why it does that youd have to
hard crabs in the summer, Brown, of Avenue said.
ask Mother Nature, Blackwell said.
Photos by Guy Leonard
But even he agreed that aquaculture was helping Theres no question aquaculture is
some watermen turn their struggling businesses around.
part art and part science.
Hollywood Oyster employees check harvested oysters for mortality rates after harse winter
Aquaculture is an asset to the industry especially
Marshall said aquaculturists were weather took its tool in recent weeks.
in the off season, Brown said. It helps supplement [wa- actually pioneers for their industry.
termens] living.
Theres no textbook, he said.
ture leases in Maryland, she said, with 4,100 acres of botBut he doesnt believe that aquaculture is the salva- Were all figuring it out as we go
tom currently in use.
tion of the industry or the Chesapeake Bay. The answer, along.
St. Marys County leads in the number of leases with
Its farm labor, thats
75 but lags behind Dorchester and Wicomico counties in
what it is.
The states Department terms of total underwater acreage used.
In St. Marys those 75 leases encompass 627 acres.
of Natural Resources (DNR)
It wont be long before were an industry leader [in
is now busy coalating data
on the aquaculture indus- Maryland] and able to compete with some of the bigger
try in Maryland to check on producers, Bush said. With whats going on down there,
productivity and growing St. Marys County is picking up a lot of slack in moving
techniques, said Katie Bush, the industry forward.
Back at Hollywood Oyster, the focus is on growing
deputy director of the aquaoysters to the point where they produce up to 4 million a
culture division at DNR.
Maryland is playing year and Marshall said it can be done.
It will take time, Marshall said, but along the way
catch up with many other industry leaders like Virginia, that will mean more jobs created, a stronger industry and
Washington State and the a better environment.
The oysters clean up local waters, he said, but in
Gulf States who have been
in the game far longer but, turn attract wildlife back into areas that they had once
she said, the report should forsaken.
Theyre werent any crabs or fish or anything else
reflect a thriving and growhere, he said before the lease took hold. But when we
ing industry here.
Aquaculture has an brought in the oysters they came back, the crabs, the fish,
economic and environmen- the eels.
This cove now has a vibrant ecosystem.
tal value, theres no doubt
about that, Bush said.
There are 327 aquacul- guyleonard@countytimes.net
Caleb Marshall, the farm director at Hollywood Oyster, looks out over Hogs Neck Creek where oysters are
making a comeback.
The County Times
Obituaries
James J. Ickes, 78
James J. Ickes, 78, of
California, Md. died on
March 14 at his residence.
James was born on Feb.
22, 1937 in Indian Head,
Md. He was the son of the
late James M. and Juanita
Cooker Ickes.
Raised in St Marys
county, he graduated from Great Mills High
School and joined the United States Air Force
in 1954. On Oct. 21, 1957 he married Sharon
Duchnowski of Middle Island, N.Y. They met
while he was stationed at the West Hampton
A. F. B. on Long Island, N.Y. He retired from
the Air Force in Rome, N.Y. in 1974 after
twenty years of service. The family returned
to Southern Maryland where he worked for the
Civil Service at Patuxent River Naval Air Station as a Supervisor of Supply and Shipping
for twenty years.
He was an avid golfer and enjoyed hunting with his son and grandsons. He and his
wife loved to go camping and would often
travel to their campsite in the Catskills to
spend time with family and friends.
He was a beloved husband of 57 years,
father, grandfather and great-grandfather. He
is survived by his wife, Sharon Ickes, of California, Md., son James J Ickes, Jr. (Lynette) of
Great Mills, Md., Troy K Ickes (Andrew) of
Sunderland, Md., four grandchildren, Keith J
Ickes (Tiffany) of Tampa, Fla., James J Ickes
III (fianc Ashley) of Salisbury, Md., Sharon L
Ickes of Mechanicsville, Md., and Christopher
L Ickes (Rebecca) of Leonardtown, Md., four
great-grandchildren and a step-great-granddaughter. He is also survived by two sisters,
Nona Hickey (Tom) of Lexington Park, Md.,
and Bobbie Dominaick of Ft. Lauder, Fla. He
leaves a host of in-laws, nieces, nephews and
wonderful friends. He is predeceased by his
parents and two sisters, Donna Ross of Owensboro, Ky. and Shirley Hill of Rough, Ky.
Family will receive friends for James
Life Celebration on Thursday, March 19
from noon to 1 p.m. at the Brinsfield Funeral
Home, 22955 Hollywood Rd., Leonardtown,
Md. 20650. Interment will be private.
Memorial contributions can be made to
the Hospice House of St Marys, P.O. Box
625, Leonardtown, Md. 20650, or the Lexington Park Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 339,
Lexington Park, Md. 20653.
Condolences to the family may be
made at www.brinsfieldfuneral.com
Arrangements provided by the Brinsfield Funeral Home, P.A.
Doris Marie Sherrell, 71

Doris Marie Sherrell,
71 of Lexington Park, Md.,
passed away on March 12.
Family will unite with friends
on Saturday, March 21 for visitation at 9:30 a.m. until time of
service at 11 a.m. at First Missionary Baptist Church, 46370
Pegg Lane, Lexington Park,
Md. Interment at Cheltenham on Wednesday,
March 25 at 2:30 p.m. Arrangements by Briscoe-Tonic Funeral Home.
Mary Lucinda Mack, 90

Mary Lucinda Mack,
90 of Coltons Point, Md.,
known as Cindy or Aunt
Cindy to her friends and
family, passed away peacefully in her sleep after a long
illness on Friday, March 13.
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Mary was born on Oct. 28, 1924 to Darby

and Anna Elizabeth Hobbs-Jones of Coltons
Point, Maryland. She was educated in the
St. Marys County public school system.
Mary worked for many years as a domestic
in Washington, DC, Lexington Park, Md.
and Colton s Point, Md. until her retirement
in 2000. She was a faithful member of Holy
Angels Roman Catholic Church and a loving and devoted wife and mother--to all.
One of Marys greatest joys was cooking for her family, especially on the holidays. She loved, unconditionally, family and friends. She enjoyed working
with different puzzle books and watching her television game shows--Price Is
Right, Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy.
Mary was preceded in death by her husband
of 63 years, James Francis Mack, Sr., parents,
eight siblings and 10 nieces and nephews.
She is survived by her loving sons, James
Francis Mack, Jr. , Carl Tyrone Jones; daughter, Colleen Kay Petersen; sister In-law, Celeste Jones, a whole host of nieces and nephews who she loved like her own children,
goddaughter, Martha Young and best friends,
Genevieve Short and Frances Armstrong.
Family will unite with friends on Friday,
March 20 for visitation at 9 a.m. until Mass
of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. at Holy Angels
Catholic Church, 21340 Colton Point Road,
Avenue, Md. 20609. Interment to follow at
Sacred Heart Church Cemetery, Bushwood,
Md. Arrangements by Briscoe-Tonic Funeral Home.
Virginia Norma Windmoeller, 94

Virginia Norma Windmoeller, 94, of Mechanicsville, Md. passed away
peacefully in her sleep
March 8, 2015 at Hospice
House of St. Marys in Callaway, Md. Born June 13,
1920 in Hastings, N.Y., she
was the daughter of the late
Charles P. Burghart and the late Cora LaRobardiere Burghart.
Her early childhood was spent in Syracuse, N.Y. while her father managed a Buick
dealership. After the stock market crash in
1929, her family moved back to the family farm. She graduated from a one room
schoolhouse and continued on to graduate
from high school. She studied nursing for
a year and then went on to business school.
She met her future husband, Henry F.
Windmoeller, in Syracuse, N.Y. They were
married at St. Lucys Catholic Church on
March 11, 1941 in Syracuse the day before
Henry had to report to basic training after being drafted into the U.S. Army. For
a while she worked at the Glen L. Martin
bomb factory as a receptionist/secretary.
Virginia was in the first group of five
military wives to join their husbands in Heidelberg, Germany at the end of World War II
in 1946. She attended some of the Nurnberg
trials. Learning the German language, customs, and history was a serious endeavor for
her, and she made sure her daughters learned
them also. During the 20 years her husband
was in the army and they traveled back and
forth from Maryland to live in Germany or
Austria, she enjoyed traveling to countries
all over Europe. For her it was an exciting
adventure. She often marveled how a farm
girl could have lived such a wonderful life.
After Virginias husband retired from
the army he worked at the American Embassy in Bonn, Germany for 11 years. The
couple came back to the U. S. to live in Mechanicsville, Md. when Henry retired in
1976. There she enjoyed her family and her
home.
Throughout her life Virginia spent time

learning to cook many even foreign dishes
(delicious), playing bridge, listening to opera, and enjoying the historical beauty of
Germany and art. When she was 48 she decided to start college. She graduated many
years later with a BS in political science.
Virginia is survived by her two loving
daughters, Karen Ann Adams (Dennis) and
Heidi Margaret Boecher (Hans) both of Mechanicsville, 11 grandchildren, and 16 great
grandchildren.
In addition to her parents, Virginia was
predeceased by her husband, Henry, brothers, Ward Burghart and Fay Burghart, sister
Marion Burghart, grandchildren, Hans Peter
Boecher and Kristen Anne Boecher.
The pallbearers will be the Grandsons:
David Adams, Joseph Adams, Michael Adams, James Adams, Matthew Adams, Nicholas Adams, Patrick Boecher and Richard
Boecher.
The family received friends on Sunday,
March 15, from 2 to 5 p.m. at BrinsfieldEchols Funeral Home, P.A., 30195 Three
Notch Rd., Charlotte Hall, Md. A Mass
of Christian Burial was held on Monday,
March 16 at 11 a.m. at Immaculate Conception Church, Old Village Road, Mechanicsville, Md. 20659. Interment will be at Arlington National Cemetery at a later date.
Memorial Contributions may be made
to: Wounded Warriors or Hospice of St.
Marys.
Wounded Warriors Project
Attn: Advanced Guard
PO Box 758518
Topeka, Kan. 66675-8518
Hospice House of St. Marys
PO Box 625
Leonardtown, Md. 20650
Hoy Bruce Wood, Jr., 54

Hoy Bruce Wood,
Jr., of Mechanicsville, Md.
passed away on March 6
in Mechanicsville, Md.
Born on Nov. 25, 1961 in
Danbury, N. C., he was
the son of the late Doris
Evelyn Wilson Wood and
Hoy Brewster Wood of Va.
Bruce was the loving husband of Karen
Amy Wood, whom he married on Sept.
12, 1987; his dogs Peaches and Jessie his
cats Gizmo and Cari; brother Ron (Stephanie), their children; Alexis, Morgan, and
Hannah; a dear lifelong family friend
Juanita Harbour of Stuart, Va.; in-laws
Mike (Robin) Wood, Jeff Wood, and his
stepson Marcus Windsor, Brenda (Steve)
Dale, their children, Crystal (Joe) Sweger,
their children; Kaelynn and Roland, Kelly
(Ryan) Rolfe, their children; Gavin and
Garrett, and Kevin Dale.
Bruce grew up in Patrick Springs, Va.
He graduated from Virginia Tech where he
double majored in Computer Science and
Spanish with a minor in Mathematics. He
was a Hokie through and through. After
graduation, he was hired by PRB Associates
Inc. which later became Northrup Grumman, in Hollywood, Md., which brought him
to St. Marys County. He spent his entire
career there from 1984 to 2013. He worked
as a Computer Systems Engineer, specializing in Database Design, Administration,
and Application Programming.
Bruce was a natural, gifted athlete. He
played baseball, golf, basketball, volleyball,
bowled, water skied, and especially excelled
in downhill snow skiing. Once in a Little
League game, he got a single, stole second,
stole third, and then stole home, which did

not make the opposing pitcher very happy.
Bruce was a dedicated member of Alcoholics Anonymous. On April 1, he would
have celebrated 8 years of sobriety. Nothing was more important to him than staying
sober.
He also enjoyed tent camping and canoeing with his wife and several other couples. Every year on Memorial Day weekend, for at least 12 years, they camped on
the riverbank in Luray, Va., and canoed the
Shenandoah River for 2 days.
The family received friends on Thursday, March 12 from 5 to 8 p.m. with prayers
recited at 7 p.m. in the Mattingley-Gardiner
Funeral Home, Leonardtown, Md.
A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on Friday, March 13 at 10 a.m. in Immaculate Conception Catholic Church Mechanicsville, Md. with Father Michael Tietjen officiating. Interment will be private.
Pallbearers will be Tim Yannayon,
Tom Latham, Rich White, Vic Fickers, Tim
Schindler, and John Leon. Honorary pallbearers will be; Kevin Dale, Joe ONeil,
Ron Ross, Kevin Kane, Geneo Bair, and
John Leon. In lieu of flowers memorial
contributions may be made to St. Marys
Animal Welfare League (SMAWL), the
Tri County Animal Shelter, or the Mechanicsville Volunteer Rescue Squad.
John Jack Benjamin

Springer, 84
John Jack Benjamin
Springer, Jr. 84 of Valley
Lee, Md. passed away on
March 7 in Leonardtown,
Md.
Born April 25, 1930 in
Valley Lee, Md., he was the
son of the late Aliene Cecelia Ridgell Springer and
John Benjamin Springer, Sr.
He was the husband of Sallie M.
Springer, whom he married on April 2,
1956 in Holy Face Catholic church, Great
Mills, Md.
He is also survived by his children;
Robert (Adair) Springer of California,
Md., John (Vicki) Springer of Leonardtown, Md., Sallie (Greg) Studds of Melbourne, Fla. and Mary (partner Greg)
Vaughan of Leonardtown, Md., siblings;
Mary Britton and George Springer both
of Valley Lee, Md., 7 grandchildren and
6 great-grandchildren. In addition to his
parents Jack was preceded in death by his
brother Charles Springer.
Jack was a lifelong resident of St.
Marys County. He graduated from St. Michaels School in 1948.
Jack was a Farmer and a Bus driver.
The family received friends on
Wednesday, March 11 from 5 to 8 p.m.
with prayers recited at 7 p.m. in the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home, Leonardtown, Md. A Mass of Christian burial was
celebrated on Thursday, March 12 at 10
a.m. in St. Georges Catholic Church, Valley Lee, Md. with Father Paul Nguyen officiating. Interment followed in the church
cemetery. Pallbearers will be; Robert P.
Springer, John B. Springer, III, Ray E.
Gaskill, Blaine R. Gaskill, and Jonathan
Springer. Honorary pallbearers will be;
Andrew Fowler, Blaine Gaskill, Keith
Gaskill, and George Quade.
Memorial contributions may be

made to the Alzheimers Association, P.O. Box 96011, Washington, D.C.
20090-6011
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Obituaries
Charles Leon Lynch, 89
Charles Leon Lynch,
89, of Hollywood, Md.
passed away March 14, 2015
at Hospice of St. Marys in

Callaway, Md., surrounded by his loving family.
Born on May 27, 1925,

in Baltimore, Md., he is the
son of the late Holmes L.
Lynch and Margaret Helen Bocklage.
Charles proudly served as an Aviation Boatswains Mate in the United States
Navy from 1942 to his honorable discharge
in 1946. On Aug. 24, 1946, he married his
beloved wife, Mary Regina Jones at Holy
Cross Catholic Church in Baltimore, Md.
Together they celebrated 68 wonderful years
of marriage. He was a dedicated employee
for the Department of Defense at the U.S.
Naval Academy, and later at the Naval Air
Station, Patuxent River, Md. as a Federal
Construction Inspector until his retirement
in 1985. During this time, he enjoyed three
years in Scotland before returning to Patuxent River. He was the first civilian to go to
Etzel Royal Air Force Base in Etzel, Scotland. While living in Scotland, they lived
alongside the North Sea, where he enjoyed
hunting and fishing. In 1989, he moved to
Florida until 2005 when Hurricane Charlie
hit and he returned to Hollywood, Md. His
hobbies included construction work, such as
building birdhouses, hunting, crabbing, and
fishing. However, his greatest love was for
his family, whom he loved to spend his time
with.
In addition to his beloved wife, Mary,
Charles is survived by his children, Charles
F. Lynch (Laney) of Hollywood, Md.,
Thomas J. Lynch (Mary) of Tehachapi, Calif., Nancy M. Coxon (David) of Valley Lee,
Md., Donald E. Lynch (Robin Jones) of Hollywood, Md., and Kimberly A. Bostwick
(Isaac Oakley) of North Port, Fla.; his sister, Patricia A. Allen of Finksburg, Md.; 10
grandchildren; 14 great grandchildren, and
2 great-great grandchildren. In addition to
his parents, he is also preceded in death by
his daughter, Mary Kathleen Lynch; and
his siblings, Thomas W. Lynch, Joseph H.
Lynch, Mary Margaret Horney, and Julia
Antoinette (Annette) Quinn.
Family will receive friends on Tuesday,
March 17 from 5 to 8 p.m., with Charles
Life Celebration celebrated at 7 p.m. at
Brinsfield Funeral Home, P.A., 22955 Hollywood Road, Leonardtown, Md. 20650. A
Graveside Service will be held Wednesday,
March 18 at 10 a.m. by Reverend Greg Sylar at St. Georges Episcopal Church, 19167
Popular Hill Lane, Valley Lee, Md. 20692.
to Hospice of St. Marys, P.O. Box 625,
Leonardtown, Md. 20650; Meals on Wheels,
C/O St. Marys County, Department of Aging, P.O. Box 655, Leonardtown, Md. 20650;
and ACTS, P.O. Box 54, Bushwood, Md.
20618.
Condolences to the family may be made
at www.brinsfieldfuneral.com
Edith Opal Dresher, 90

Edith Opal Dresher,
90 of Lexington Park, Md.,
passed away Wednesday,
March 11, 2015 at Genesis
Health Care in Waldorf, Md.
She was born in Lumberport, W.V. on Aug. 23,
1924 to the late Sylvester
and Maggie Griffin, she was
the youngest child of 14.
In 1948, Edith married her beloved
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husband, William Elmer Dresher. Together,

they spent over 60 wonderful years of marriage together. They moved from Baltimore
back to Southern Maryland in the early
1950s with the dream of making a good
life opening the Pines, a restaurant and
bar in Dameron, MD. Although they were
never rich in money, they were rich with
many local friends. In Ediths later years,
she suffered some physical ailments, but
was mentally strong and could recount endless details of her life, especially growing
up in West Virginia with her brothers and
sisters. She was passionate about her family and friends, and loved them dearly. She
enjoyed reminiscing about the past, playing
pitch and cheering on the Baltimore Orioles
and Ravens.
Edith is survived by her son, David
Dresher of Hollywood, Md.; her grandchildren, Dana Sadler (Mike) of Homosassa,
Fla., Mindy Bolt of Port Charlotte, Fla.,
Dawn Ball (Chris) of Ceredo, W.V., and Jeffrey Bell (Michelle) of Lexington Park, Md.;
and 12 great grandchildren. In addition to
her parents and husband, she is also preceded in death by her step-son, Ralph Dresher
and all 13 of her brothers and sisters.
All services will be private.
to Hospice of St. Marys, P.O. Box 625,
Leonardtown, Md. 20650
at www.brinsfieldfuneral.com.
Marlyn Toledo Matudio, 66

Marlyn Toledo Matudio, 66, of Lexington Park,
Md. passed away March 9 at
MedStar Georgetown Hospital in Washington, D.C.
Born on Oct. 16, 1948,
in Bugallon, Pangasinan,
Philippines, she is the eldest
daughter of Gertrudes Terria
and the late Cayetano Toledo.
On Dec. 22, 1974, Marlyn married her
beloved husband, Henry Matudio in St. Andrew Parish, Bugallon, Pangasinan, Philippines. Together they celebrated 40 wonderful years of marriage. She was a dedicated
elementary school teacher for over 30 years
with the Department of Education until she
migrated to the United States in 2007 to
open up opportunities and provide better future for her remaining children in the Philippines She enjoyed spending time with her
family and recently enjoyed trips to see the
Underground River in the island of Palawan,
the mountains of Baguio City, the lake of
Caliraya, Laguna on her latest vacation in
the Philippines. She kept an immaculate
home and made many delicious Filipino
dishes. She was a devout Catholic, and the
familys prayer warrior especially during
life threatening emergencies involving her
son Mark Angelo in 2012, and granddaughter Scarlet in 2014. (Both miraculously survived and are well). She was a devotee of
Our Lady of Manaoag, Pangasinan. She was
fondly called Lyn by her husband, she was
Mama to her children, Nanay to her grandchildren, Atchi to her siblings, and Madam
to her students and co-teachers.
In addition to her husband, she is also
survived by her children, Mutya Clair (Dean)
of the Philippines, Marvin Matudio of the
Philippines, Henry Matudio, Jr. (Merina) of
the Philippines, Karen Reyna Matudio of the
Philippines, Mark Angelo Matudio (Natalie)
of the Philippines, and Princess Matudio of
Lexington Park, Md.; her siblings, Marjorie Abuan of Lexington Park, Md., Myrna
Alano of Great Mills, Md., Lorna Fontaine

of Spring Ridge, Md., Lourdes Ocado of
Lexington Park, Md., Lani Paz Espinoza of
Great Mills, Md., Noeme Romero of Great
Mills, Md., Nelda Bautista of Lexington
Park, Md., Gerald Toledo of Lexington Park,
Md., Cayetano Glenn Toledo of Lexington
Park, Md.; her grandchildren, Charles Dean
Matudio, Xyna Zulueta, Xoey Matudio, and
Scarlet Matudio of the Philippines. In addition to her father, she is also preceded in
death by her brother, Norman Toledo.
Family will receive friends for Marlyns
Life Celebration on Saturday, March 14 from
11 to 1 p.m. A Mass of Christian Burial will
be celebrated at 11:30 a.m., with Reverend
Paul Nguyen officiating, at Brinsfield Funeral Home, P.A., 22955 Hollywood Road,
Leonardtown, Md. 20650. Interment will be
private.
Ronald Durwood Simpson, 75

Ronald Durwood Simpson, 75, of Lexington Park
died March 13, at his home
following a lengthy struggle
with Alzheimers disease.
Born on July 10, 1939
in Alliance, N.C., he was the
sixth of seven children of the
late Wilford Daniel and Nora
Ophelia Daniels Simpson.
Upon his graduation from high school
in 1957, Durwood, as he was known to family and school chums, enlisted in the Navy
where he was very quickly introduced as
Ron forevermore. He was honorably discharged, after two enlistments, as an Aviation Electricians Mate First Class, AE1 and
began his career as a civil servant at Patuxent River Naval Air Station in 1966. It was
during his last tour of enlistment at Patuxent River Naval Air Station when he met his
future wife, Marlene on a blind date. They
were married on Oct. 20, 1962 and settled
in Lexington Park upon his separation from
the Navy. His career serving our Armed
Forces spanned 37 years by the time he retired from civil service in 1995. For the entirety of his career, he was involved in all
manner of human factors engineering tasks
for both experimental and established fleet
assets. Perhaps one of the most interesting
assignments came when tasked with developing an infrared beacon to be outfitted to
our tanks during the first Gulf War to help
our air defenses differentiate friendly tanks
from opposition tanks and ultimately reduce

the number of friendly fire casualties.
It is safe to say one of his proudest
achievements on a personal level was the
graduation of all four children from college.
He was a clever guy with a very quick
wit. There was not much that he couldnt
figure out and was most at home when tinkering on something that needed to be fixed
or modified to work a little better. Not one
for the big social scene, but incredibly funny
in smaller group settings of family or coworkers. And when the spring of the year
rolled around it was time to turn some soil
and get a few vegetables planted. Always
fond of children he could often be seen at the
edge of a gathering with two or three kids
in tow spinning some tale or just whittling
a stick that would keep them mesmerized
long enough for their parents to catch their
breath.
Mr. Simpson is survived by his wife of
52 years, Marlene Louden Simpson, children J. Daniel Simpson of Lexington Park,
Lori Simpson Dean (Melvin) of Hollywood,
Gregory Simpson, and Kristie Simpson
Wood (Randy) of Lexington Park. His sisters, Sadie Paul of Gransboro, NC and Verna
Miller of Goose Creek, S.C. also survive
him as well as three grandchildren and one
great grandchild. In addition to his parents,
Mr. Simpson was preceded in death by his
siblings Joyce Golden, Clarence Simpson,
Louise Gaskill, and Mary Alice Cahoon.
Pallbearers will be Michael Tubbs, Ken
Evans, Michael Rice, Clifton Paul, Melvin
Dean, and Randy Wood. Honorary Pallbearers will be Don Harris, Karen Garner, Marty
Mattingly, Art Weaver, Dennis Gorge.
Family will receive friends for Rons
Life Celebration on Thursday, March 19
from 5 to 8 p.m., with prayers being recited
at 7 p.m., at Brinsfield Funeral Home, 22955
Hollywood Road, Leonardtown, Md. 20650.
A funeral service will be conducted at Hollywood United Methodist Church, 24422
Mervell Dean Road, Hollywood, Md. 20636,
on Friday, March 20 at 11 a.m. Interment
will follow at Joy Chapel Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made
to the Alzheimers Association, 10665 Stanhaven Place Suite 205D, White Plains, Md.
20695 or Hospice of St. Marys, P.O. Box
625, Leonardtown, Md. 20650.
Arrangements by the Brinsfield Funeral Home, PA.
E. Inez Cusic
3/7/35 3/12/13
Its been two years since we saw you last,

could time really be passing so fast?
Two years since our last embrace,
And still we expect to see your face.
Although your life has ended, and we feel so sad,
We are forever grateful for the years we had.
We know we will all be together one day,
In Heaven's paradise, where forever we'll stay.
Love,
Karen, Monkey, Debbie, Ray, and Junior
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Education
CSM Advises Spring

Break Schedule
Spring Mini Session
II Begins March 23
Drug Summit
a Success
Summer Continuing
Education Registration
Begins April 29
The College of Southern Maryland announces operating hours during its spring break. Credit students
will be on spring break with no classes held March 16-22.
The St. Charles Childrens Learning Center will operate on a normal schedule March 16 and will close
March 17 for professional development training.
All College Stores will close at 5 p.m. on March 16 and March 17.
CSM will close administrative offices at all campuses at 5 p.m., March 17, while all other areas will
operate on a normal schedule, including continuing education courses, the fitness centers, pools, athletics,
and public safety.
All campuses and facilities will be closed Wednesday, March 18 through Sunday, March 22. The college will resume its normal schedule Monday, March 23.
During this time, access to the colleges online services remains available at www.csmd.edu through
my.CSMD services. Kids and Teen College summer program online registration is also open.
Spring Mini Session II starts March 23. Registration for Summer I and Summer II sessions are open for
returning students and will open for new students April 1. Registration for summer continuing education
classes begins April 29.
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Over 200 St. Marys County Public School students participated in and facilitated the first student run Youth Drug
Prevention Summit! In addition to interactive events and
vendors, keynote speaker Frank Kros from the Upside Down
Foundation engaged students in an informative discussion.
Special thanks to our student board member Sarita Lee for her
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Education
Happy
Homeschooling!
By Emily Charles
Contributing Writer
Is your child a homeschooler? Take them on a field trip to Sotterley Plantation on Tuesday, April 25! On this day, Sotterley Plantation is opening its Tidewater Plantation Life program specifically to homeschool students and their families. Homeschool Day has been in
the works since 2014, and is an opportunity for students to experience Sotterleys popular
Tidewater Life Program at a low price.
This was in development last year for this calendar year. Homeschool families often
work in smaller groups and are unable to come to the site in large enough groups to book an
education program. At Homeschool Day, they will be able to pay just a small fee per child
and take advantage of one of our education programs, said Sotterley Plantation Education
Director Jeanne Pirtle. This day is set aside for a special low admission price during a public
school day to specifically allow homeschool students and their families the opportunity for
individual and small group learning on site. Public and private schools or larger homeschool
groups (15 paid people) can book Tidewater Plantation Life throughout the year.
Participants will learn what it was like to grow up on a Tidewater plantation and four
hands-on stations will be open to those present. The event is to take place rain or shine, and
participants are encouraged to plan accordingly.
For the April homeschool day, visitors will get to experience our Tidewater Plantation
Life education program. This is very popular. It has four interactive, hands-on stations where
students and parents will gain insight into the lives of children that lived here hundreds of
years agoFamilies should wear comfortable, weather appropriate clothing they dont mind
getting a little dirty, and walking shoes. We have lots of different surfaces on site, grass,
gravel, dirt, etc. Families can bring a picnic lunch and enjoy all aspects of the site while they
are here, we have over six miles of nature trails, a playground, gardens and a beautiful landscape, Pirtle said. The event is rain or shine, we adapt for weather conditions by pulling
programs under roofs and available structures.
The first of many Homeschool Days to come, the theme of Tidewater Plantation Life was
chosen to suit the school semester.
As far as I know, Ive been here for four and a half years, we have not had a Homeschool
Day, specific to this audience, although we offer many educational opportunities on site on a
daily basisOur plan is to highlight different programs for each semester. In September, for
example, our Homeschool Day will focus on our program Slavery to Freedom. Homeschool
families will be able to take part in two programs per year. We also encourage families to
become members so that they can take advantage of our site year round, Pirtle said. Homeschool families often look for special educational opportunities catering to their needs. I get
many calls about programs for homeschoolers that may have 4 or 5 people visiting. This
program has this audience in mind.
If Homeschool Day sounds interesting to you, be sure to visit www.sotterly.org to learn
more about an event you dont want to miss! This is one opportunity you wont forget.
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St. Marys County

Government to Hold
Training for Volunteers
Serving on Boards,
Committees and Commissions
Citizens who are newly appointed, currently serving or interested in volunteering on

any of St. Marys Countys Boards, Committees or Commissions are invited to attend a
special training session to learn whats required to serve on a board or commission.
The session will be held on Wednesday, April 8 at 5 p.m. in the commissioners meeting room, inside the Chesapeake Building, at 41770 Baldridge Street in Leonardtown.
Boards and Commission Coordinator Diane Gleissner will provide an overview of the
many volunteer opportunities available and answer any questions regarding service on a
Board, Committee or Commission.
County Administrator Rebecca Bridgett and County Attorney George Sparling will
present information on how to make the most of the volunteer experience. Topics include
Setting an Agenda, Open Meetings Act, Ethics, Financial Disclosure Forms, Public Information Act, Bylaws (including quorums), and more.
Those interested in attending should RSVP by April 6 to diane.gleissner@stmarysmd.
com or call 301-475-4200, ext. 1700.
In Our
Community
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U.S. Navy Recognizes Local Officer
By Sarah Miller
Staff Writer
The United States Navy recently honored the retirement
of Park Hall, Md., native Lieutenant Commander Dwight D.
Taylor, Sr., from his 28 year, nine month, career with the
U.S. Navy.
Taylor joined the Navy right after graduating from
Great Mills High School. Once in the Navy, Taylor found a
use for his business skills acquired in high school, including typing, and began working in telecommunications and
circuitry.
I fell right into that right away, Taylor said.
During his time in the Navy, Taylor worked his way
through the ranks. In the Navy, an individual with Taylors
history is known as a Mustang.
In the Navy, a Mustang is an officer who has promoted
up from the ranks of Navy enlisted personnel through an inservice procurement program, with no interruption in his or
her active duty status. The term was first used during World
War Two.
The Navy offers the opportunity for individuals to gain
leadership and management skills and lead people within
two years while traveling the world, Taylor said.
Its invaluable.
sarahmiller@countytimes.net
Photos submitted by Dwight D. Taylor, Sr.
Point Lookout
State Park
Seeks Volunteers
for Park Day
As our nation commemorates the sesquicentennial of the American Civil War,

volunteers across the country will once again answer their nations call to service.
On Saturday, March 28, history buffs, community leaders and preservationists will
team up with the Civil War Trust, History and Take Pride in America at more than
98 historic sites across the country to participate in the 18th annual Park Day.
Since its inception in 1996, Park Day has attracted volunteers of all ages and
abilities bound by their dedication to serving their communities. In 2014, nearly
9,000 volunteers at 104 sites across the country donated more than 35,000 service
hours. This year, organizers hope to build on these impressive figures.
In St. Marys County, neighbors will participate in Park Day. Needs range from
general upkeep, fort building restoration, and projects in the historic prison pen area,
etc. Refreshments will be provided free of charge thanks to The Friends of Point
Lookout. For more information about Park Day at Point Lookout State park, please
contact the Park Office 301-872-5688 or by e-mail at
crickenberger@comcast.net
The Civil War Trust is the largest and most effective nonprofit organization
devoted to the preservation of Americas hallowed battlegrounds. Although primarily focused on the protection of Civil War battlefields, through its Campaign 1776
initiative, the Trust also seeks to save the battlefields connected to the Revolutionary
War and War of 1812. To date, the Trust has preserved more than 40,000 acres of
battlefield land in 20 states. Learn more at www.civilwar.org.
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In Our
Community
Volunteers Sought for

the St. Marys River
Love
Your
Joints
Cleanup April 11
By: Ryerson Stinson
Occupational Therapist
Enjoy a wonderful paddle while

helping cleanup the St. Marys River,
Saturday, April 11, 9 a.m. to noon
during the 7th Annual St. Marys

River Cleanup hosted by the St.
Marys River Watershed Association. Volunteers will paddle up and
down the St. Marys River Water
Trail from the end of Adkins Road.

The public is invited to participate.
Registration is required.
Last year, 37 volunteers walked
Photo courtesy of Mary Ann Scott
or paddled their way along the St.
Volunteers
pose
with
trash collected from the St. Marys
Marys River to rid her waters and
River on Saturday, April 5, 2014 before it is hauled off for
banks of unsightly and hazardous proper disposal at the St. Andrews Landfill. Thirty-seven
trash. In addition to 82 bags of trash volunteers pulled 11 tires, 82 bags of trash and recyclables,
and recyclables, and 11 tires, four and 1,320 lbs. of loose trash from the St. Marys River
strong volunteers lifted a V-8 engine during the 6th Annual St. Marys River Cleanup.
into an aluminum boat during the
three-hour outing.
Registered participants will meet at the end of Adkins Road, off MD Route 5,
at 9 a.m. Bring your own canoe or kayak, life vest, and paddling gear. Trash bags
and gloves will be provided. Help cleanup the St. Marys River and improve your
watershed!
Trash and litter has negative effects in many areas of life in the region: it harms
wildlife, costs taxpayers precious funds for cleanup and removal, is a public health
threat by increasing breeding grounds for virus carrying insects and rodents, decreases property values, and hurts businesses, recreation, and tourism.
Please call 301-737-2903 or email info@StMarysRiver.org to Register.
The St. Marys River Cleanup is part of the Alice Ferguson Foundation 27th
Annual Potomac
River Watershed Cleanup, fergusonfoundation.org/trash-free-potomac-watershed-initiative/potomac-river-watershed-cleanup/. There are more than 600 cleanup
sites in Maryland, Washington DC, Virginia, West Virginia and Pennsylvania.
LIBRARY
ITEMS
Hoopla Coming Soon!

Through a generous donation from the Friends of the St. Marys County
Library, the St. Marys County Library is excited to announce that Hoopla will
be launched on Monday, March 23! Hoopla is an online digital content streaming
service that will be made available by a generous donation from the Friends of
the St. Marys County Library. Hoopla will offer hundreds of thousands of movies, full music albums, audiobooks and more with no wait. All a customer needs
is their St. Marys County library card, a web browser or the app, and a smart
phone, tablet or computer.
Imagination Station
Ages 4 years and older can drop in to explore, create and create artwork to
take home during Imagination Station on Monday, March 30 from 10:30 a.m. to
11:30 a.m. at the Charlotte Hall branch.
LEGO fun at Lexington Park
All ages are welcome to come and build something amazing with thousands
of LEGO and Duplo pieces on Monday, March 30 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the
Lexington Park branch.
Crazy for Chemistry!
Ages 7 years and older should dress for mess for School-age Crazy for
Chemistry on Tuesday, March 31 from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Leonardtown
branch. Kids will get hands-on with crazy chemistry activities including cooking up a gooey polymer, experimenting with density, surface tension and more!
Registration opens two weeks before the event online at www.stmalib.org.
Spring time is almost upon us, and for many that means spring cleaning, participating
in outdoor activities or beginning a new exercise regimen. However, for approximately
52.5 million Americans, this month may be spent fighting pain from one of more than 100
different types arthritis (CDC - Arthritis - Basics - FAQs, n.d.). Arthritis is the LEADING cause of disability in the U.S. and many people assume nothing can be done to address
its painful and debilitating signs and symptoms (Understanding Arthritis Pain | Arthritis
Foundation, n.d.). While there is no current cure for arthritis, there are numerous basic
steps one can take to minimize its impact on daily functioning. In particular, Joint Protection
Techniques provide individuals with an arsenal of strategies to help minimize joint stress
and maximize functional performance. Here are some examples (Skirven, et al., 2011):
Respect Pain: Respecting pain does NOT mean letting pain rule your day. Learn to recognize how much is too much and accept when your body asks you to stop and rest.
Balance Rest and Activity: It is possible to have too much of a good thing. Too much rest or too
much use can both result in more pain and dysfunction. Treat your body like a gas tank: spend
your energy on what you need to do, dont waste energy, and remember to take time to fill up!
Minimize the Effort or force needed: Reducing forces needed is not the same as putting
forth a weak effort. Rather, its about doing the same or more with less of your bodys energy.
Use the Bigger Joints: People are strong, but our joints dont always have the best mechanical advantage. Example: For every 1 lb. of pinch force used to press the tip of your thumb
to the tip of your index finger, 10-13 lb. of force is absorbed by the joint at the base of your
thumb; thats an unfair advantage for pain. Instead, try using both hands and keep the object close to your body; youll notice the difference! Yes, you should use the bigger muscles
for smaller items too. Remember you dont need to waste the energy in your fuel tank!
Whether, youve just been diagnosed with arthritis or youve been struggling with it for
years, never hesitate to ask your doctor or therapist about developing a personalized plan
to manage your symptoms and your pain.
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Community
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Pets of The Week
Presenting the professionals' favorite properties on the market.
Hello!
Our names are Aaron and Glenn. We are really lucky little fellows because
our human was evicted and we were destined for the kill shelter along with
6 other family members. Fortunately Feral Cat Rescue was able to take us
in and try to find homes.
We are sweet boys. We enjoy sleeping with our foster mom and being petted. We were born November 13th 2014 so we are only 4 months old. You can
fill out an application at www.feralcatrescuemd.org and email it to moonandhunt@Hotmail.com.
You can meet us on most Saturdays and Sundays at the Petco in California
between 11 and 3. We cant wait to meet you.
Please spay and neuter your pets and any cats you might be feeding outside. You can call Feral Cat Rescue and borrow traps. Sometimes they have
spay/neuter grants.
You can email moonandhunt@Hotmail.com for information.
Realtors Choice
Featured
Homes of
the Week
Love always, Aaron and Glenn
To list a
property in our next
Realtors Choice edition,
call Jennifer
at 301-373-4125.
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Marylanders
Weigh In
on Maryland
Issues
The County Times
Marylanders overwhelmingly support requiring police officers to wear body cameras, according to a 2015 survey on Maryland issues. The Maryland Survey, conducted by
St. Marys College of Maryland politics expert Susan Grogan and students of her American Politics class, gauges residents views on local and national issues.
Nearly 900 Maryland registered voters were surveyed in late February on issues related to approval ratings for Governor Hogan and President Obama, police body cameras,
education, stormwater remediation fees, the Phosphorus Rule, the impact of exporting
Marylands natural gas on Americas energy security, and fracking.
Key findings include:
Respondents reaffirmed Governor Hogans path to victory, with 49 percent approving and 21 percent disapproving of his job performance. A majority feel that their family
financial situation will remain about the same as a consequence of the Maryland General
Assembly and Governor Hogans actions this year.
Marylanders rate President Obama negatively, with 51 percent disapproving his job
performance.
Marylanders disapprove (62 to 29 percent) of Governor Hogans projected 5 percent
tuition increase for the University System of Maryland.
Marylanders are opposed to cuts to the GCEI and other public school funding formulas 49 to 32 percent and most Marylanders either oppose increasing funds to charter
schools or would increase such funds only under certain conditions. The predominant
condition cited is restoring or increasing public school funds.
Slightly more Marylanders (33 percent) favor fracking than last year (31 percent).
Those opposed to fracking have markedly increased from 35 to 43 percent. These increases have come as 10 percent fewer Marylanders are indecisive.
Most (59 percent) Marylanders favor repeal of the Rain Tax (the Stormwater Remediation Fee), but 52 percent of those and 58 percent of all Marylanders approve of the
phosphorus rule.
To download the complete survey results and analysis, visit www.mdsurvey.org.
In Our
Community
Eagles, Earth Day

and Sotterley!
In conjunction with the Southern Maryland Audubon Society, Sotterley Plantation invites you to attend a bird-filled exploration of this scenic National Historic
Landmark on the Patuxent River. Beginners are welcome! Top off your Earth Day
week with a day of discovery on this scenic and historic property. Nesting Bald
Eagles, meadowlarks, woodpeckers and waterfowl can be found on Sotterleys extensive trail system and habitats. There is no charge for this event, although donations are always appreciated!
Please RSVP to David Moulton, moulton.davidh@gmail.com or 240-278-4473.
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SPORTS
Test & Tunes

at MDIR
This Saturday, March 21,

Maryland International Raceway
will host a full day Test & Tune.
Time runs, grudge runs, testing,
and tuning all day long! MDIR
will also have a free $1,000 to win
gamblers race for the bracket racers. So bring your grudge matches,
street cars, pro cars, bracket cars,
imports, motorcycles, and Jr. Dragsters to MIR! Gates open at 10 a.m.,
eliminations begin at 3 p.m., and
the test & tune is over at 6 p.m. The
Photos Courtesy of MDIR
Test & Tune entry fee is $30 and
$40 for No Time cars. Admission is just $15.
This Sunday, March 22nd Maryland International Raceway will also host a full day
Test & Tune. Time runs, grudge runs, testing, and tuning all day long! MDIR will also
have a free $1,000 to win gamblers race for the bracket racers. So bring your grudge
matches, street cars, pro cars, bracket cars, imports, motorcycles, and Jr. Dragsters to
MIR! Gates open at 10am, eliminations begin at 3 p.m., and the test & tune is over at 6
p.m. The Test & Tune entry fee is $30 and $40 for No Time cars. Admission is just $15.
For more information on these events call 301-884-RACE or visit us at www.RaceMDIR.com.
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A View From The
BLEACHERS
Regrets
By Ronald N. Guy Jr.

Contributing Writer
April 1 no fooling will be the 30th anniversary. Unbelievable. John Thompson has long since
left the Georgetown bench. Wellsort of. His son
John Thompson III - is coaching the Hoyas now.
Then Villanova coach Rollie Massimino, now 80, is
still tormenting referees and probably pulling upsets
as head coach of Northwood University in Florida
a long way from Villanova, Philadelphia and the
Big East. Patrick Ewing, the most athletic seven-footer my eyes have ever
seen, is coaching too. Hes an assistant for the Charlotte Hornets. Much has
changed, but some things remain the same.
April Fools Day 1985 is significant because the underdog Villanova
Wildcats, an eight-seed in the NCAA tournament, defeated Georgetown, the
heavy favorite to win it all, 66-64. It was the second biggest upset of my
lifetime, supplanted only by the greatest upset of all time: the U.S. Hockey
Teams defeat of the Soviets in the 1980 Olympics.
Entering the game, Georgetown had dropped only two games all year:
a one-point loss to St. Johns (another Final Four team in 1985) and a twopoint defeat on the road to nationally ranked Syracuse. Straight from the it
was just their day file, Villanova shot 78.6 percent from the field, missing
just six shots. Six! You dont do that in the backyard with phantom defenders and loose accounting, much less in the national championship game. But
Villanova didand thats what it took to beat Georgetown.
I found myself reflecting on those 85 Hoyas, rivalries and bitter losses
while sitting in the stands at St. Marys College a few weeks ago. The College was hosting an event for area parochial school basketball teams and
cheerleading squads. What triggered my 30-year-old memory was the sight
of kids wearing jerseys from Archbishop Neale School. ANSthree
letters that will incite angst and furrow my brow apparently until I am no
more. Why? Glad you asked.
It was 1986. I played guard for a Father Andrew White basketball team
staffed heavily with eighth graders determined to win a championship. After
taking our lumps the year before, this was our season, our moment. ANS
was our primary obstacle.
We lost a close game to them in the regular season. The defeat didnt
demoralize, it confirmed that we were close and could beat them. Entering
the single-elimination playoffs late that winter, a FAW-ANS championship
game, a final epic battle for basketball supremacy, was assumed.
Ah, but assumptions and reality dont always agree. We lost to Holy
Angels in the semifinal. We played sloppy, shot poorly and never found our
rhythm. We were spectators, not opponents, as ANS won the championship.
It still gnaws at me 29 years later. And its not the loss to Holy Angels that
bothers me; its not getting another shot at ANS. Ill never know if we could
have beaten them. It is my one great athletic regret.
I wonder if John Thompson, Patrick Ewing and that 85 Georgetown
team feel similarly. While they at least made the championship game, by
losing to Villanova, the Hoyas squandered an opportunity to be remembered
as one of the greatest teams in NCAA history. They were about to chisel their
legacy into college basketballs stone tablet and they dropped the hammer.
I suppose Im curious if that Georgetown team, despite winning the
1984 title and all their accomplishments, regrets the loss to Villanova. They
could have been iconic; instead the Hoyas became the slain giant in someone
elses David versus Goliath story.
Regrets: therapists will tell you they are unhealthy, remorseful thoughts
to be avoided. You cant control the past, only the future. Yeah, yeah. Heres
my counterpoint. Frank Sinatra sang, Regrets, Ive had a few, in his
song My Way. Bryan Adams reflective song Summer of 69 screams
of youthful good times and abandoned opportunities. Bruce Springsteen
strikes a similar nostalgic, regretful chord in his song Glory Days. So
Bryan, The Boss and Old Blue Eyes had regrets. I think we all do. Regrets
are an inevitable part of living, a running tally of mistakes or opportunities
missed. Unhealthy? Maybe. But can they be character building teaching
points? I hope so. Thanks ANS?
Send comments to rguyjoon@yahoo.com
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First Home Game of

CSM Womens Lacrosse
Inaugural Season is March 25
SPORTS
St. Marys
Baseball Comes Up
Short Against York
The St. Marys College of Maryland baseball team dropped another close
one at the Hawks Nest on March 13, falling 10-7 to York College of Pennsylvania
in Capital Athletic Conference action.
Senior captains Luke Green (Bowie, Md./DeMatha) and Brad Dioguardo
(Owings Mills, Md./Franklin) each connected on two hits to pace the Seahawks
at the plate while Green drove in four runs and Dioguardo scored twice. Sophomore reliever Reid DAntuono (Ellicott City, Md./Howard) took the loss on the
mound with 2.0 innings pitched, giving up three runs on four hits with two strikeouts and a walk.
St. Marys (0-5, 0-2 CAC) struck first in its half of the first inning, scoring
a pair on one hit and two errors. Senior captain Jared Eaker (Mechanicsville,
Md./Leonardtown) drew a bases loaded walk to bring home Dioguardo and give
SMCM a 1-0 lead with no outs. Green then hit a sacrifice fly to left field to score
junior infielder Hunter Mohler (La Plata, Md./Bishop McNamara) and post a
two-run lead.
York (4-1, 1-0 CAC) put up a strong second inning with six runs in response
to the Seahawks drawing first blood. Senior outfielder Brad Wenzel (Blandon,
Pa./Fleetwood Area) started the scoring by stroking bases loaded double with
two outs to drive in all three runners and stake YCPs first lead of the game, 3-2.
Senior Stephen Miele (Allentown, Pa./Salisbury) came up next and cracked
an inside-the-park two-run homer for a three-run lead. Sophomore infielder Michael Moore (East Berlin, Pa./Bermudian Springs) then knocked in an RBI single
for the final run of the second, putting York up 6-2.
St. Marys quickly cut the lead to 6-5 in the bottom of the third with three
runs as Green drove in two with a single to left center and senior designated hitter
Matt Holdefer (Columbia, Md./Wilde Lake) hit a sac fly to left field to make it a
one-run game.
The Spartans went up 7-5 in the fourth with an RBI single by junior designated hitter Sean Mohollen (Rose Valley, Pa./Strath Haven). St. Marys had an
answer in its half of the fourth, putting up two to even up the score at 7-7 behind
a pair of RBI singles. After a scoreless fifth inning, York tacked on three more
in the sixth for a three-run lead. Highlighting the inning for the Spartans was a
two-run home run by Mohollen.
St. Marys did well in keeping YCP off the scoreboard for the remainder of
the game but senior reliever Zach Philippi (Levittown, Pa./Harry S. Truman) and
Miele combined to give up just two hits in the Seahawks final four innings as
Philippi retired six straight batters between the sixth and seventh innings.
Philippi (2-0) finished with the win as he surrendered just three hits in 4.1
innings while striking out four and walking only two. Miele, along with leading
his team at the plate with a 2-for-5 effort, picked up his second save.
The Seahawks will look to snap their four-game skid tomorrow, March 13th
when St. Marys welcome York College of Pennsylvania (3-1) to the Hawks Nest
for a CAC tilt at 3:30 p.m.
Photo courtesy of College of Southern Maryland

Members of the first CSM Womens Lacrosse team include, first row from left, Nicole Kearney, Helen Kuhn,
Alexandra Toribio, Antonia Dean and Kate McClure; second row from left, Head Coach Joyce Arter, Micaela Ada,
Jocelyn Alvarenga, Emily Jenkins, Laine Walston and Krysta Chotkowski.
The College of Southern Maryland Womens Lacrosse Team will play Howard Community
College at 4 p.m., March 25 in the first home game of their inaugural season.
The community stepped up in a big way to support lacrosse and continues to support lacrosse. We are excited for the season to begin. Student-athletes are some of our most successful
students, and the womens lacrosse program will attract more full-time student athletes, said
CSM Vice President of Advancement Michelle Goodwin.
CSM womens lacrosse competes at the Division I NJCAA (National Junior College Athletic Association) collegiate level. The coaching staff includes Head Coach Joyce Arter, assistant coaches Catherine Cox and Jay Haines, and Manager Katelyn Hawkins. The inaugural team
includes, Katelyn Hawkins, Helen Kuhn and Kate McClure of Charlotte Hall; Brittany Blackistone of Chesapeake Beach; Antonia Dean and Laine Walston of La Plata; Krysta Chotkowski
of Nanjemoy; Alexandra Toribio of Pomfret; Emily Jenkins of Swan Point; and Micaela Ada,
Jocelyn Alvarenga, Stephanie Ferguson and Nicole Kearney of Waldorf.
Strong lacrosse programs exist in Calvert, Charles and St. Marys county high schools,
and now there are opportunities for students to play at the collegiate level while attending community college in Southern Maryland, said CSM Student Life and Athletics Lead Director
Michelle Ruble.
Arter is also head coach for the Cyclones of Southern Maryland Club. Previously, Arter
was assistant coach and head coach of girls lacrosse at Calvert High School, assistant lacrosse
coach at Northern High School and she served as Special Olympics of Calvert County soccer
coach. She is a U.S. Lacrosse Certified Coach.
Arter earned a bachelors degree in liberal studies from Longwood University, Farmville,
Virginia, a Division I school where she played the attack position for four years.
For the Womens Lacrosse schedule, visit www.csmd.edu/athletics/w_lacrosse/scheduleresults.html.
For more on Coach Joyce Arter, visit www.csmd.edu/news/archive/2014/8ba9317eeffd1534
bfa4c0c8c303d50877730f46.html.
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please email news@countytimes.net with the listing details by 12 p.m.
on the Tuesday prior to our Thursday publication.
Turkey Shoot
Moose Lodge #495 (27636 Mechanicsville Rd., Mechanicsville) Every Sunday through March, Sign ups at noon,
shooting starts at 12:30 p.m.
Open to the public, Covered pavilion, 15 rounds *New pay by the round
option, Increased Meat and Cash Prizes,
Optional $1.00 chance on the Scatter
ShotShells provided (practice shots/ targets available for purchase prior to shoot)
12 Gauge Shot Guns - No smaller than
.675 choke - Scopes permitted - 36 inch
barrel
max
Family Fun for All!! Proceeds benefit the
Mechanicsville Moose Lodge
Bingo
Father Andrew White School Gymnasium (22850 Washington St., Leonardtown)
Fridays, 5:30 p.m.
Bingo is held each Friday at the
Father Andrew White School gymnasium in Leonardtown. Sponsored by the
Knights of Columbus #1470, doors open
at 5:30 and games start at 6:55 p.m. For
more information, call Ed Henderson at
301-475-1824 or visit kofcknights.org/
Crazy for Cats: Exploring Felines in

Terracotta
Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center
(13480 Dowell Rd., Lusby) 10 a.m. to 3:30
p.m.
Spend a day with artist Parran Collery,
sharing in her fascination with felines! Students will spend the day using clay to make
several cat tiles and small sculptures. This
will be a fast paced and fun day full of whimsy. Class is offered on March 21, from 10 a.m.
to 3:30 p.m. The class fee is $80; members
$75, plus there is a $15 materials fee due at
the start of class. Advanced registration is
required, please call 410-326-4640 or email:
studioschool@annmariegarden.org.
Texas Hold Em Tournament
American Legion Stallings-Williams Post
206 (3330 Chesapeake Beach Rd., Chesapeake Beach) Door 3 p.m., Games start 4
p.m.
$100 Buy-in. Public Welcome. Doors
open at 3 p.m.; Games start at 4 p.m. Hosted
by the Auxiliary of the American Legion
Stallings-Williams Post 206 in the Upper
Level Hall of the Post located on Rt. 260 in
Chesapeake Beach. Questions may be directed to Karen Miller at 301-855-0188. www.
ALpost206.org
Friday, March 20
Lenten Seafood Dinner
206 (3330 Chesapeake Beach Rd., Chesapeake Beach) 5:30 to 7 p.m.
Lenten Seafood Dinner Hosted by
the American Legion Stallings-Williams
Post 206 Auxiliary from 5:30 to 7 p.m. this
is a meal you wont soon forget. Come to the
lower level dining room. Cost is $10 including sides, salad, roll, and beverage. Public
welcome. The Post is on Route 260 in Chesapeake Beach and questions may be directed
to 301-855-6466. www.ALpost206.org
Membership Meeting
206 (3330 Chesapeake Beach Rd., Chesapeake Beach) 7 p.m.
All members of the American Legion
Stallings-Williams Post 206 are encouraged
to attend the regular meeting, starting at 7
p.m., in the Upper Level Meeting Hall at the
206 in Chesapeake Beach on Route 260. For
information call 301-855-6466. www.ALpost206.org
Saturday, March 21
Bridging the Gap College and Career
Fair
Thomas Stone High School (3785 Leonardtown Rd., Waldorf) 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Bridging the Gap College Career
Fair will be held on Saturday March 21 9
a.m. to 3 p.m. at Thomas Stone High School
3785 Leonardtown Road, Waldorf, Md.
20601. The event is a partnership between
the Thomas Stone W.E.B. DuBois Honor
Society and Impact Sports. The event is free
and open to the public. High School Seniors,
bring transcripts and test scores for on-site
Intro to Stained Glass - March Session

(13480 Dowell Rd., Lusby) 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Learn the fundamentals behind stained
glass art from instructor Leza Hepler, as
students explore the copper foil technique.
Learn to cut, shape and grind glass, as well
as foiling and soldering techniques to make a
small sun-catcher for your window. All materials included. Class is offered on March 21,
from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The class fee is $55;
members $50, all materials are provided.
Advanced registration is required, please call
410-326-4640 or email: studioschool@annmariegarden.org.
Basket Bingo to Benefit the 2015 BECA

High School Scholarship Program
(Reservations)
Leonardtown Fire Department Social Hall (22733 Lawrence Ave.,
Leonardtown)
The Charlotte Hall & Leonardtown
Rotary Club will host a Basket Bingo on
Sunday, March 29 at the Leonardtown
Fire Department Social Hall. Doors open
at 1 p.m....games start at 2 p.m. Proceeds
will benefit grants and the 2015 BECA
High School Scholarship Program.
All regular games will have a liner/and or
protector and will be filled with Longaberger products, pottery or wrought iron.
There will be 20 regular games...4 specials...pull tabs for baskets...basket raffle...door prizes...refreshments & more.
Please call Shirley Mattingly at 240-2983885 to be included in the free drawing
for the 2015 Longaberger Easter Basket.
The group leader with the most reservations will also win the 2015 Easter Basket.
To reserve a table for six or more please
call Shirley Mattingly at 240-298-3885 or
email Shirley.mattingly@verizon.net.
Museum Open Late

Patuxent River Naval Air Museum (22156
Three Notch Rd., Lexington Park) 10 a.m.
to 8 p.m.
The Patuxent River Naval Air Museum
is Open Late on the Third Thursday of the
Month. Come Decompress after work by
checking out the renovated Exhibits and a
new Museum Configuration. Bring your entire team out for casual conversation. The
Flightline Gift Shop will be open later than
usual too. Food and drink are available
through the Patuxent River Naval Air Museum Association. Regular Admission Fees
apply. Members are always free. If you cannot make it, mark your calendars for the next
Late Night on April 16.
Film Festival Submissions

Film makers from the Tri-County
area are invited to submit original productions to the Southern Maryland Film
Festival, to be held Saturday, July 11 in
Leonardtown, Md. All ages and experience levels welcome. No submission fees.
Prizes will be awarded in several categories. Submission deadline is April 30. For
submission and volunteer information,
visit www.smdfs.org. For sponsorship
information, contact Theresa at fotlt@
outlook.com.
Grocery Auction
Mother Catherine Spalding (38833 Chaptico
Rd., Helen) 6 p.m.
Grocery auctions have been gaining
popularity all over the Country and are one
of the most exciting and well-attended type
auctions. We never know ahead of time
what we are getting, but expect anything
that could be found in a grocery store such
as candies, snacks, sodas, frozen meats, frozen meats, frozen vegetables and much more.
Auctioneer Ronnie Farrell and questions call
301-904-3402.
Maryland Day
Historic St. Marys City (18751 Hogaboom
Ln., St. Marys City) 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Celebrate Marylands 381st anniversary.
Free. 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Destination Poolesville
Poolesville Baptist Church (17550 West Willard Rd., Poolesville) 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The Town of Poolesville announces
its 6th annual community business fair,
Destination Poolesville, to be held on Saturday, March 21. The event is Co-sponsored by the Town of Poolesville and the
Poolesville Area Chamber of Commerce.
Admission to the business fair is free for attendees in which visitors will have the opportunity to visit each vendors booth and get
their passport stamped to be eligible for great
prizes.
Thursday, March 19
Dog Obedience Classes

Leonardtown Fairgrounds (42455 Fairgrounds Rd., Leonardtown)
Saint Marys County Department of Recreation and Parks Dog Obedience Classes
Puppy Kindergarten
April 15 through May 20
Days: Wednesdays
Time: 7 to 7:45 pm
Fee: $45 (6 weeks)
Basic Obedience
Days: Mondays
admissions. Call the Guidance Office at

Thomas Stone High School for more information 301-645-2601.
The 60th Sinking of the Marvel

North Beach Volunteer Fire Department Bay
View Hall (8536 Bayside Rd., Chesapeake
Beach)
On Aug. 12, 1955, as gale force winds
from Hurricane Connie raged up the Chesapeake Bay, a three-masted schooner by the
name of the Levin J. Marvel broke apart
off of Holland Point. Fourteen of the 27
passengers on board died in this tragedy.
Thirteen passengers survived due to the
heroic efforts of many local residents.
The Bayside History Museum will be
presenting a program commemorating
The 60th Anniversary of the Sinking
of the Marvel on Aug. 12, 7 to 9 p.m. at
the North Beach Volunteer Fire Department Bay View Hall. We will also be
celebrating the bravery of the local heroes and the valiant community effort
that came together that terrible night.
The Bayside History Museum would like
to hear from the public with personal recollections, family stories, and/or memorabilia to share at this event. Please call
Diane Harrison 443-968-2420 or email:
baysidehistorymuseum@hotmail.com.
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AARP Tax-Aide Expands Hours

Church of the Ascension (21641 Great Mills
Rd., Lexington Park) Mondays 10 a.m. to
2 p.m., Tuesdays and Thursdays 10 a.m. to 6
p.m., Saturdays 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
AARP Tax-Aide expands hours to offer
free walk-in tax service for taxpayers of all
ages. No appointment necessary. Tax counselors certified by IRS and AARP are available
and eager to help you with your tax returns.
Bring a copy of your 2013 tax return, picture
ID, and Social Security cards, birth dates, all
income and tax related information [includes
wages (W-2s), retirement benefits (1099-Rs),
social security benefits (SSA-1099s), interest
(1099-INT), dividends(1099-DIV), taxable
refunds (1099-G), stock sales/capital gains
(1099-Bs), IRA distributions (1099-Rs), unemployment compensation (1099-G), other
income (1099-Misc), post-secondary educational costs and scholarship information,
etc.]. If itemizing,totaled costs for medical
expenses (health and long-term insurance,
prescriptions, doctor visits, prescriptions,
eyeglasses, medical mileage, etc.) and charitable donations. If itemizing, taxpayers must
also bring any property tax, mortgage interest and mortgage insurance (Form 1098)
and related information (e.g., safe deposit
box costs, union dues costs, etc.). New this
year, health care insurance coverage information and, if health insurance was purchased through a federal or state health Marketplace/Exchange, Form 1095-A-Health Insurance Marketplace Statement. If a health
care exception was received from the IRS
or the Market Place/Exchange, you must all
bring the exception documentation.
Time: 7 to 8 p.m. (no second class offered)

Fee: $50 (7 weeks)
Advanced Dog Obedience With CGC
Training.
Days: Wednesdays
Time: 8 to 9 p.m.
Fee: $50 (7 weeks)
FMI: 301-475-4200; ext 1801
www.co.saint-marys.md.us/recreate/index.asp
March, Month Long
Sunday, March 22
Longaberger Basket Bingo
Hollywood Volunteer Fire Dept. Social Hall
(24801 Three Notch Rd., Hollywood) Doors
open at 11:30 a.m., games start at 1 p.m.
Sponsored By: Hollywood Lions Club
50/50 Raffle
Food Provided By Hollywood Vfd Ladies Aux.
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please email news@countytimes.net with the listing details by 12 p.m.
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SMHEC Open House

SMHEC Campus (44219 Airport Rd., California) 4 to 7 p.m.
Meet with Representatives of over
90 degree programs including bachelor
completion degrees, doctorates and over
50 Masters degrees. These are presented
at the Southern Maryland Higher Education Center by 11 universities, at the Centers Open House Thursday, March 26.
All of the classes for the academic programs
are presented at the Center. There is a new
Bachelors of Electrical Engineering degree for
and a Masters in Robotics Engineering from
from the University of Maryland for Fall 2015.
Classes at SMHEC are offered during evening hours and Saturdays. Take classes right
here in Southern Maryland and get a degree
from a world-class university at SMHEC.
See how your horizons can be global through
academic programs at SMHEC by attending
the SMHEC Open House. For additional
information call SMHEC at 301-737-2500,
or go to the website at www.smhec.org for
details on the 90 degrees.
Homeschool Clay Series: Slab Lanterns,

Ages 8-14
(13480 Dowell Rd., Lusby) 1 to 3:30 p.m.
Join AMG staff in a fun and informative
new series! Come learn popular hand-building techniques with clay as students create
colorfully fun projects, keepsakes, and everyday items. In this class, students will learn to
roll slabs with textures and use them to create
Thursday, March 26
Introduction to African American

Genealogy
Lexington Park Library (21677 F.D.R. Blvd.,
Lexington Park) 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Learn about free websites to start your
Growing Manufacturing and Other

Maker Businesses in St. Marys County
Lennys Restaurant (23418 Three Notch Rd.,
California) - 8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.
Register to Attend www.stmarysmd.us
Does your company manufacture, assemble,
fabricate, prototype, process or produce products by hand or by machine in a commercial
versus home-based setting? Then add your
voice to the discussion about growing manufacturing businesses in St. Marys County.
The St. Marys County Economic Development Commission is developing a strategic
plan to diversify the local economy while the
Southern Maryland JobSource program provides services to support job growth in select
industry sectors. These entities have joined
forces to focus attention on existing manufacturing businesses located in St. Marys County.
lovely lanterns. Learn decorative techniques

and use various tools or underglazes to add
personality to their creations. All projects
will be ready for pickup 2 to 3 weeks after
class. Students will be called or emailed when
ready for pickup. Class is held on March 25,
from 1 to 3:30 p.m. Class costs $40 for the
first student with a sibling fee of $15 each,
members: $35 for the first student with a
sibling fee of $15 each. Advanced registration is required, please call 410-326-4640 or
email: studioschool@annmariegarden.org.
Monday, March 23
Wednesday, March 25
Stained Glass: Next Steps - Spring Series

(13480 Dowell Rd., Lusby) 6 to 9 p.m.
Continue refining your stained glass
skills with instructor Leza Hepler, in this
5-class series. Choose from a broad variety
of projects and create a 20 to 30 piece sun
catcher panel, using the copper foil technique.
Must take the Intro to Stained Glass class
first. This series is great to take again and
again-just choose a different project each
time! Materials list provided, but glass will
also be available for purchase in class. Class
begins on March 25 with additional classes
held April 1, 8, 15, and 22, from 6 to 9pm
each night. The cost is $195; members $180,
and all materials are provided. There is a glass
fee of $10-20 depending on what you choose
to use. Advanced registration is required,
call 410-326-4640 or email: studioschool@
annmariegarden.org.
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Assessment
Wyle Conference Center North (22309 Exploration Dr., Lexington Park) - 11 a.m. to 12:30
p.m.
Strategic Thinking Series Brown Bag
Dr Dale Moore, Director, Assistant to the
Commander NAWCAD for Strategic Operations, Director, NAWCAD Strategic Cell
Register now www.paxpartnership.org
Drive Through Fried Chicken Dinner

Hollywood Volunteer Rescue Squad (24801
Three Notch Rd., Hollywood) 11 a.m. to 5
p.m.
A drive thru fried chicken dinner will be
hosted by the Hollywood Volunteer Rescue
Squad on Sunday, March 22 from 11 a.m. to
5 p.m. The rescue squad is located at 43256
Rescue Lane in Hollywood. The dinner includes one-half fried chicken, parsley potatoes, green beans, biscuit and cookies. Cost
is $12 (age 6 and up). Water and sodas will
also be available for purchase.
Helping these businesses grow and attracting

more like them is the topic of discussion for
the Wednesday, March 25 meeting at Lennys
Restaurant. Light refreshments will be available. For more information, contact Robin
Finnacom, Acting Director, St. Marys County Department of Economic Development,
301-475-4200, ext. 1407.
Tuesday, March 24
Lunch with the Easter Bunny

Mechanicsville Vol. Fire Department Social
Hall (28165 Hills Club Rd., Mechanicsville)
11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Ready for Spring? Join the Mechanicsville VFD Ladies for their lunch
with the Easter Bunny! March 22 from
11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Mechanicsville Vol. Fire Department Social Hall.
We will be offering Hamburger or Hotdog
bag lunches for $5. Each lunch will include
your choice and hamburger or hotdog, chips,
applesauce and a drink. For more information
email meghannet@yahoo.com
genealogy search. Also covers the librarys

databases, U.S. Census, Social Security
Death index and more. Knowledge of Internet required. Free. 301-863-8188
Web address: www.stmalib.org
Over 30 Baskets To Be Won

To Rsvp For Eight Or More, Please Call
Mary Ann at 301-481-1384 or Samantha at
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Discussions 3rd Wed. 7-8

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301-884-8764 or www.bahai.org
CATHOLIC CHURCH
St. Cecilia Church
Sundays - 10 AM
23928 Mervell Dean Road,
Hollywood MD, 20636 301-997-1235
www.redeemersomd.org
St. John's Anglican Church

SUNDAY MASS 10 a.m.
26415 North Sandgates Rd.
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Sunday:
8:00 am
Weekday (M-F):
7:30 am
Confessions:
3-4 pm Saturday
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Victory Baptist Church

29855 Eldorado Farm rd
CharlottE hall, md 20659
301-884-8503
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HUGHESVILLE BAPTIST CHURCH
24422 Mervell Dean Rd Hollywood, MD 20636
301-373-2500
Rev. Sheldon Reese, Pastor

Sunday Worship 8:30 and 11:00 a.m.
Sunday School for all ages 9:45 a.m.
All of our services are traditional.
Child care is provided.
Sunday Evening Youth Group
Christian Preschool and Kindergarten available
A member of the Southern Baptist Convention

8505 Leonardtown Road, Hughesville, MD 20637
301-884-8645 or 301-274-3627
Senior Pastor Dr. J. Derek Yelton
Associate Pastor Kevin Cullins
Sunday School (all ages)

Sunday Morning Worship
Sunday Evening Worship & Bible Study
Wednesday Discipleship Classes
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9:15 am
10:30 am
6:00 pm
7:00 pm
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Entertainment
Southern Maryland
Traditional Music
and Dance
Welcomes
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Goin
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Thursday, March 19
Mercy Creek
Ruddy Duck (13200 Dowell Rd, Dowell) 7:30 p.m.
Trivia and Karaoke
Anthonys Bar and Grill (10371 Southern Maryland Boulevard, Dunkirk) 11
a.m.
Karaoke
St. Marys Landing (29935 Three
Notch Road, Charlotte Hall) 4 p.m.
Friday, March 20
DJ Dave
Ruddy Duck (13200 Dowell Rd, Dowell) 8 p.m.
Saturday, March 21
Sports Trivia Challenge BEnefit
Quades Store Bar and Grill (36786
Bushwood Wharf Road, Bushwood) 6
p.m.
Karaoke
Applebees (45480 Miramar Way,
California) 9 p.m.
Sunday, March 22
Higher Standards
Ruddy Duck (16810 Piney Point Road,
Piney Point) 11 a.m.
Solid Gold Country
Photo courtesy of Greg Penk
Monday, March 23
Team Trivia
Weekly Wine Down

p.m.
Solid Gold Country

Martinis Lounge and Restaurant
(10553 Theodore Green Blvd, White Plains)
6:30 p.m.
Team Trivia
Toots Bar (23971 Mervell Dean
Road, Hollywood) 7 p.m.
Karaoke
All American Steak House and Sports
Theatre (35 St. Patricks Drive, Waldorf)
8 p.m.
Thursday, March 26
Tracy Allen
Trivia and Karaoke
p.m.
Karaoke
Friday, March 27
Uncle Jake
Funkzilla
Toots Bar (23971 Mervell Dean Road,
Hollywood) 8:30 p.m.
One Night Stand
p.m.
Karaoke
Hollywood) 8:30 p.m.
Tuesday, March 24
Southern Maryland Traditional Music and Dance (SMTMD) will sponsor

a HomeSpun CoffeeHouse concert featuring the GrooveSpan Trio at the Christ
Church Parish Hallon Friday, March 27.
The GrooveSpan Trio offers a wide variety of styles and genres spanning four
centuries of music. Jennifer Cooper (vocals), Carl Reichelt (guitar), and Rick
Humphreys (sax) mostly thread the musical mazes of jazz, blues, folk, and pop, but
they like to offer a few surprises from forgotten centuries and foreign countries
too! Join us for a unique and inspiring evening of musical art. The doors open
at 7 pm, and the music starts at 7:30 p.m. Admission is $10 for members, $15 for
non-members. Refreshments are available (donation requested). For more information and directions, go to www.smtmd.org. For more info on GrooveSpan, go to
groovespan.com.
Christ Church is located at 37497 Zach Fowler Road in Chaptico.
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Open Mic
Hollywood) 11 a.m.
DJ Spitfire
Memories Bar (2360 Old Washington
Road, Waldorf) 9 p.m.
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Wednesday, March 25
Solid Gold Country

Martinis Lounge and Restaurant
(10553 Theodore Green Blvd, White Plains)
6:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 28
DJ with Bar Specials
a.m.
Karaoke
Applebees (45480 Miramar Way,
California) 9 p.m.
Open Mic Night

The Calvert County Times is always looking for more local talent to feature! To submit art
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6. Ed Murrows home
9. L. Lamas mother Arlene
13. 9th Hindu month
14. Barbary sheep
15. Olive genus
16. Repast
17. Into the air
18. Droops
19. Land of Enchantment
21. Yes _____ Bob
22. Gross revenue
23. Scottish woolen cap
24. Initials of Girls star
25. WGBH or WNET
28. A. Hamilton
29. Skin lesions
31. Mures river city
33. Phone counselling
volunteer
36. Restaurants
38. Deerfield, Il Christian Un.
39. Gland secretion
41. Trace the outline of
44. Give advice, explain
45. Male parents
46. One point N of due E
48. Radioactivity unit
49. Equally
51. Rubber Ball singer Bobby

52. 93562
54. Bird confinement status
56. Daniel Boones state
60. Burn the surface of
61. Hillsides (Scot.)
62. Swiss river
63. Stir to anger
64. Political action committees
65. Ajitesh ___, Cricket player
66. In bed
67. Miles per hour
68. Checkmating game
CLUES DOWN
1. Musical ____ Yankees
2. CIA Diary author Phil
3. Chew without swallowing,
as of tobacco
4. Steadies
5. Article
6. Slang for lots of reptiles
7. True toad
8. Be in session
9. For measuring doses
of radiation
10. Winged
11. 1770-1831 German
Philosopher
12. Emitted coherent radiation
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17. Wheel shafts
20. Take in solid food
21. Indian frocks
23. Hill (Celtic)
25. Singular of 64 across
26. Small nail
27. Strongboxes
29. White dessert wines
30. Curved cavalry sword
32. Dropped off a package
34. __ Farrow, actress
35. Class of comb jellies
37. Begat
40. __ student, learns healing
42. Born of
43. Very dark blacks
47. Midway between N and NE
49. Capital of Ghana
50. Indian term of respect
52. Impart knowledge
53. 4th Hindu month
55. Strong air current
56. Hunting device
57. One who is wise
58. Amounts of time
59. Soft-finned fishes
61. Beats per minute
65. Carriers invention
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A St. Marys County Residents Guide to Improving Our Environment and Drinking Water
From My Backyard
to Our Bay was first
developed by the Baltimore
County Soil Conservation
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Are you a Bay-Wise Homeowner?

The Chesapeake Bay is a national treasure and a vital part
of the state of Maryland. Yet, the Bay is in trouble due to
population pressures from pollution and sediment runoff
which affect its watershed. Most Maryland residents live
within a half-mile of a drainage ditch, storm drain, stream
or river. Most of those waterways eventually drain into the
Chesapeake Bay.
What we do to maintain our own landscapes can affect the
health of our local waterways, the Chesapeake Bay and our
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The overuse and misuse of pesticides and fertilizers, soil
erosion and poor plant selection have all damaged Marylands
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St. Marys Department of Aging

Programs and Activities
Living Well Take Charge of Your
Health
This program is an evidence-based
Chronic Disease Self-Management Workshop developed by Stanford University.
The workshop is for any person who has
one or more chronic conditions and who
wants to learn to live more healthfully. It
helps people learn everyday skills to manage chronic health symptoms and get the
most out of life. Caregivers of a person
with a chronic condition are also invited to
attend. In the Living Well take Charge
of Your Health Workshop, you will learn
how to manage symptoms, how to communicate effectively with doctors, how to
lessen frustration, how to fight fatigue, how
to make daily tasks easier, and how to get
more out of life. To ensure that you get the
most out of the program, attendance is recommended at all six sessions. Classes will
be held at the Garvey Senior Activity Center, Mondays, March 30 May 4 from 1:45
3:45 p.m. Registration is limited, so sign
up now by calling 301-475-4200, ext. 1050.
Bankruptcy: 101
The Triad/SALT (Seniors and Law
Enforcement Together) council is sponsoring a Bankruptcy: 101 presentation at the
Loffler Senior Activity Center, Thursday,
March 26 at 1 pm. The presenter is Daniel
Guenther, an attorney who has represented
thousands of clients throughout Southern
Maryland. This presentation will answer
questions such as why file for bankruptcy?
Which chapter should I file? You will also
have the chance to learn about chapter 7,
11, 12 & 13, and wills/power of attorney.
Registration not required; but encouraged.
To register, call 301-475-4200, ext. 1073.
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Free Movie and Information Day

Bringing Community Together
St. Marys County Department of
Aging and Human Services Aging & Disability Resource Center/ Maryland Access
Point will sponsor a free movie and information day on Saturday, April 18 at the
Southern Maryland Higher Education Center, 44219 Airport Road, California, Md.,
20619, Building 1, Room 133. This event
is open to the public. Two movies will be
shown. Both are true stories focusing on
non-fictional characters with disabilities
that overcame obstacles and achieved
their goals with hard work and determination. Vendors will share information
about available programs and services for
individuals with disabilities. Special accommodations will be made to ensure this
event is accessible for those experiencing a
disability. Individuals with disabilities are
encouraged to contact the Maryland Access Point Coordinator by March 27, 2015
to ensure reasonable accommodations or
auxiliary services to be made. For movie
times or to make a movie reservation call
Monika Williams at 301-475-4200, ext.
1057; visit www.stmarysmd.com/aging or
easily register online at eventbrite.com/
event/15834626795/.
Project Linus meets on March 20
At Loffler Senior Activity Center
on the third Friday of each month Project
Linus meets at 10 a.m. Project Linus is an
organization that makes quilts, afghans and
blankets for children who are hospitalized
or in distress then donates them to local
hospitals and childrens agencies. Come to
Loffler on Friday, March 20 to meet other
people who like to make and donate items.

Learn new techniques and exchange patterns and ideas. If you like to make blankets but do not have the time to meet with
other members, drop-off donations are also
welcome. For more information call 301737-5670, ext. 1658.
April Fools Day of Fun
The Northern Senior Activity Center
is hosting an April Fools Day of Fun on
April 1. The day will begin with a themed
bingo from 10-11:15 a.m. with a sign up
cost of $2. Next will be comedy skits performed by the Northern Stars at 11:45 a.m.
The performance will take place during a
special lunch for which prior sign up is required. Contributions for lunch are to be
made the day of the performance. Following lunch will be line dancing featuring the
Chicken Dance and other fun favorites.
For more information, please call 301-4754002, option 1/ext. 3101.
Play to Win Free Sweets
Join us at the Northern Senior Activity
Center on March 25 at 11 a.m. for our cake
walk sponsored by the Northern Senior Activity Center Council. Move around a circle
of numbers to the beat of the music. When
the music stops, a number is drawn and, if
you are standing on that number, you win
free sweets. These treats may include cookies, cakes, pies, and other confectionary
delights. For more information, please call
301-475-4002, option 1/ext. 3101.
Make a Gretchen Easter Basket
Top off a simple basket by learning
to weave a fancy rolled Gretchen border!
The Northern Senior Activity Center is
having a two-session basket weaving class

on March 24 and March 31 at 1 p.m. The
adorable basket being made would make a
wonderful gift or Easter basket. The basket
size is 6 x8 x6 and colored reeds are
available for customization. The cost for
the class is $35, payable to the instructor,
and due at time of sign up. Please call 301475-4002, option 1/ext. 3101.
Gardening Tips and Tricks
The University of Maryland Extension St. Marys County Master-Gardeners will present a series of gardening topics at the Garvey Senior Activity Center to
help you get your garden ready for spring.
Classes will be held at 10 a.m. There is no
fee to attend the presentations; advance
registration is required by calling 301-4754200, ext. 1050. When registering, indicate which sessions you will be attending.
March 31: The Beauty of Lettuces, April
7: Pruning Specifics for the Spring, April
14 Planning and Planting Annuals, April
21 Spring Flower Arranging, April 28
Veggie Container Gardening.
Orioles Game
Hey Orioles fans! There are a few seats
left for our annual Orioles trip scheduled
for Thursday, May 21. The Orioles will be
playing the Seattle Mariners. Game time is
12:35 p.m. The bus will pick up at all three
senior activity centers. Trip cost is $62 and
includes transportation, ticket for covered
seating, bus driver tip, water and snack on
the bus. Stop by any of the senior activity
centers in St. Marys County to make your
payment (thus reserving your space). Call
Joyce at 301-737-5670, ext. 1656 for more
information.
Loffler Senior Activity Center 301-737-5670, ext. 1652; Garvey Senior Activity Center, 301-475-4200, ext. 1050
Northern Senior Activity Center, 301-475-4002, ext. 1001
Visit the Department of Agings website at www.stmarysmd.com/aging for the most up-to date information.
James C. Cheseldine, Pt. III

By Linda Reno
Contributing Writer
Benedict Colbert Milburn was born at Piney Point in
St. Marys County on February 7. 1805. He was the eldest
of six children born to Stephen Milburn, Jr. and his wife,
Margaret Mary Fenwick. The family was well-to-do and
the children probably lived an idyllic life. Their young
lives would change forever when Stephen Milburn, Jr.
was murdered by two of his nephews on June 10, 1819. (I
wrote about this murder several years ago).
On April 3, 1821 Margaret Mary (Fenwick) Milburn
married second, John Henry Bean who was 10 years her
juniorhe was actually closer in age to Benedict. We
dont know if there was tension between Benedict and
his stepfather, but there probably was. About 1822 Benedict moved to Alexandria, Virginia and apprenticed himself to John Swann, a potter.
About 1828 Benedict married Thurza Coad, daughter of John Coad and Dryden Hebb. Thurza was born
July 3, 1811 in St. Marys County just before her family
moved to Alexandria about 1813.
Benedict had learned well. He took over operations
by 1833 and purchased the business in 1841 Its wares
are well known throughout the country, and consid-
A Journey Through Time

The
ered the very best of their kind Swann had struggled

with the business, but Milburn was very successful. His
stoneware has been found as far away as West Virginia
and southern Pennsylvania.
From 1847 until his death in 1867, Milburn used
the marks B. C. MILBURN, and the more common B.
C. MILBURN/ ALEXA. Some of the designs used with
these marks were quite elaborate, and similar patterns
were executed in brushed cobalt and using a new sliptrailing technique. Clearly, two or more decorators were
at work in this period. Many of the vessels have sophisticated artwork, while others have surprisingly primitive
designs.
Stephen Colbert Milburn (1833-1896) and William
Lewis Milburn (1838-1891), sons of Benedict, also became potters. Stephen took over his fathers business and
ran it from 1867-1873. Lewis took over about 1873. For
further information on the pottery works of these amazing men, see: Alexandria Stoneware: The Wilkes Street
Pottery on the net.
Thurza (Coad) Milburn died October 17, 1862 and
Benedict died April 2, 1867. His tombstone says In
memory of B. C. Milburn, Born in St. Marys Co., Md.,
July 3, 1811, Died in Alexandria, Va., April 2, 1867,
A resident of Alexandria for 45 years. Both are bur-
Chronicle
ied in the cemetery at St.

Pauls Episcopal Church in
Alexandria.
The pitcher displayed
with this article is but one of
the works of Benedict Colbert Milburn. As youll note,
it recently sold for $7,000 at
auction.
STONEHOUSE ROAD
VINTAGE 12 weeks ago.
Sold $7,000 STAMPED B.
C. MILBURN, / ALEXANDRIA, D. C., VIRGINIA
DECORATED
STONEWARE PITCHER, saltglazed, 1 gallon capacity
mark, tall ovoid form with
four stepped shoulder rings below the medial incised
neck rings and beaded rim, straight cut-off lines under
base. Expertly brushed and slip-trailed cobalt eightbloom floral decoration across front, dropped floral and
feather decoration surrounding the neck, and opposing
three-petal blossoms flanking the cobalt-covered handle
terminals. (liveauctioneers.com).
31
Wanderings
of an Aimless
Min
A Rite
of Spring
By Shelby Opperman
Contributing Writer
My two sons are probably happy they are still not
living at home. The reason? This week, on Wednesday
night, Diane Sawyer is hosting a special about the 50 th
anniversary of The Sound of Music. This is one of my favorite movies and I always get so excited in anticipation
of the movies annual spring return. My Mother and I always watched it. Every time I watch The Sound of Music it seems as if there is something new I hadnt noticed
before. Now, I have found out that Maria Von Trapp has
a fleeting cameo in one of the Nonnberg Abbey scenes.
You can see her just peeking out from behind a column.
I am almost undecided whether I want to watch Diane Sawyers 20/20 show, because I dont want to know
if there were any problems on the set, and I dont want to
know where they hid speakers, and created the babbling
brook. I want it to remain the fairytale movie that I have
watched and loved every year. I have already learned
enough of the secrets just from Diane Sawyers sneak
peek commercials all week.
Hearing how the Von Trapp family went through
arguments and family lawsuits in their later years tore
me up inside. Christopher Plummer had some snarky
things to say a few years ago. It was the same way I
felt after reading Micky Dolenzs expose of my favorite
group The Monkees real life escapadesand his own.
Cant there be anything that is just as it appears. I know,
Pollyanna is surfacing again.
But I will be excited to see Julie Andrews visiting
all the scenes in the movie again. And it looks like the
gazebo and train station used in the movie are still there.
The real Von Trapp house will be neat to see as well.
The only part of the movie that has always been
hard for me to watch is when the Von Trapps are hiding from the Nazis. And Rolfe, the former sweetheart of
Liesel Von Trapp, ultimately gives their location away to
his Nazi Lieutenant when Captain Von Trapp haughtily
tells him, You will never be one of them. The movie
came out when I was 4, and I think I was in my pre-teens
when I started having to leave the room or hide behind
a chair at that part of the movie. Whats embarrassing is
that I still get up and leave the room during that scene. It
is too hard for me to bend down and hide now.
If you happen to be a Sound of Music fan too, please
write me and tell me what you thought of the 20/20 show
and how you feel about any revelations. I say I might not
watch but I know I will. I just wish I could have my sons
over to embarrass them when I sing and twirl around
with my arms outstretched, The hills are alive.
To each new days adventure,
Shelby
As always, thank you for your kind emails and messages. My yahoo account seems to be un-hacked for
now after changing passwords a few times in the last
year. I think I have written everyone back. Thank you
so much.
Please send your comments or ideas to: shelbys.wanderings@yahoo.com or find me on facebook: Shelby
Oppermann
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Ideas For Pool

Perimeter Landscaping
With the rise of the "staycation,"
more and more homeowners are turning
their backyards into their own private oases. The centerpiece of many such retreats
is a refreshing and inviting pool.
Whether above-ground or inground
models, pools make for welcoming spots
to enjoy warm days and nights. A new
pool can quickly turn a yard into the "it"
spot to spend vacations or cool off at the
end hot summer days. While pools are
often the focal point of a backyard, many
homeowners want their pools to blend
seamlessly with the rest of their yards.
When transforming a backyard that includes a pool, homeowners should consider a few factors to ensure each afternoon
spent poolside is as safe as it is fun.
Safety first
Although the goal may be to soften
the lines of the pool and/or create sight
barriers that will provide some measure of
privacy for swimmers, homeowners must
put safety above all else. Before any decorative touches are added, it is important
to surround a pool with a slip-resistant CAPTION: Homeowners have many options with regard to landscaping the
surface and fencing (many communities areas surrounding their pools.
require fences be erected around pools).
Consult with a landscaping contractor,
who should be knowledgeable about safety codes, or speak to the permit-issuing department at town hall.
There should be a list of requirements to ensure pool placement as well as any surrounding touches are legal
and within code.
Nonslip surfaces
Concrete, brick and pavers and decking are popular materials used to surround a pool. Installers can
make recommendations on materials and finishes, but one suggestion is to choose a rough finish. Pool water
can make surfaces slippery. Concrete that is stamped or scarred provides extra traction than a smooth surface. The same can be said for brick patios and pavers. Avoid smooth stones or pavers with shiny surfaces, as
these may only increase the risk of falls.
Homeowners who have chosen wood or composite decking to surround a pool should talk to their contractor about nonslip protective coatings. Such coatings typically are acrylic-based liquids applied like a
paint or sealer. Some composite decks may be crafted with texture or a built-in coating to reduce slipping. In
addition, use nonstick mats on decks and patios to provide a little extra footing where people enter and exit
the pool.
Mulch and stone
Homeowners often prefer some combination of mulch or stone to serve as a transition between the pool,
concrete or paver hardscape and the lawn. Stone may be more practical for those with inground pools because
it will not easily blow onto the water surface. With an above-ground pool, mulch or stone can do the trick,
serving as a barrier so that pool water does not overly drench the surrounding lawn or damage grass after
exposure to pool chemicals. Mulch and stone also will provide drainage from water runoff from the pool and
rain.
Another advantage of having an additional barrier between the pool and lawn is that lawn clippings will
not be shot into the pool when mowing. Stone and mulch can be dressed up with statues, lawn ornaments and
tolerant plants.
Finishing touches
Plants can provide the finishing touches for a poolside landscape. Homeowners should keep in mind that
pools are not often shaded from the sun, so plants placed around the pool will need to be sun- and droughttolerant. Succulents, such as aloe and jade, may work, as can the perennial shrub yucca. Moderately growing
grasses will offer a privacy barrier.
Keep trees and flowering plants far enough away from the pool's edge so they do not contribute to debris
that falls into the pool, which can complicate maintenance. Also, flowering plants may attract insects and
other wildlife that may interfere with your enjoyment of the pool. It's better to create a friendly environment
for wildlife further away from the pool.
Homeowners who need some advice planning the landscaping around their pools can rely on the expertise of landscape architects as well as employees at lawn and garden centers. Pool companies may work with
landscapers and offer recommendations to people unaccustomed to working around pools.
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Stay safe
around
power lines
With the return of spring, many people
are excited to head outdoors and
get started on some projects around
the house and yard. Its important to
stay safe and be aware of overhead
power lines. Look up.
Never climb power poles or
transmission towers.
Never climb trees near power lines.
Keep equipment away from
overhead lines when carrying
ladders, pool skimmers, and
pruning tools.
If you are doing work close to
power linessuch as trimming
trees, working on your roof, or doing
exterior renovationskeep yourself,
your ladder and anything you are
handling a safe distance from the
power line.
In addition to
overhead lines,
SMECO has many
underground
electric lines. Call
Miss Utility at 811
before you dig.
Contact SMECO to
disconnect power if
you are doing work that
requires close contact with
overhead lines attached to
your home.
Use a licensed electrician
for all electrical work.
Plant trees away from power lines.

Download our free mobile app or use our texting
service to report an outage or pay your bill.
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