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County Government Hit

by Ransomware Attack
By Dick Myers
Staff Writer
It was not exactly the way a group of St.

Marys County employees had intended
to spend their Thanksgiving weekend. At
about 5 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day the
countys computer system was the victim of
a ransomware cyber-attack. Almost a week
later on Wednesday morning, Director of
Emergency Services and Technology Bob
Kelly described his department as still in
recovery mode.
Ten employees, just about Kellys entire
department, were involved throughout the
weekend and into the following week trying
to restore the system. The work put in by the
county staff was praised by the commissioners and passed on to Kelly during the commissioners Nov. 29 meeting.
According to Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia, Ransomware is computer malware that installs covertly on a victims computer, executes a cryptovirology attack that
adversely affects it, and demands a ransom
payment to decrypt it or not publish it.
Kelly also secured the help of the states
director of cybersecurity. In investigating
Kelly said it was determined that the attack
against the countys computer system was
similar to one that occurred over the weekend against the San Francisco Transit Authority. That attack affected transit ticketing
capabilities. According to press reports, a
ransom demand was made of the agency for
100 Bitcoins, equivalent to about $73,000.

The county is not releasing what ransom
demands were made to them. But Kelly said,
The county has never considered paying
the ransom. We have an information technology team in place that can restore our
systems, and staff is concentrating on recovering these systems as quickly as possible.
Existing backup systems allowed us to get
most affected computers up and running on
business yesterday (Tuesday, Nov. 29).
Kelly said, The malware used encrypted
some systems mainly affecting office computers, as well as access to various systems.
Nodata was accessed from any of our
servers.
The county reported on Friday, Nov. 25
that two county operations were being affected by the cyber-attack: St. Andrews
landfill and Great Mills swimming pool. At
the landfill a flat fee was charged because
the scale was down and at the swimming
pool, credit cards werent accepted because
that system was down.
Everyone in county government is
scratching their heads wondering why the
county was targeted. Public Information Officer Tony Jones pointed out that often such
ransomware attacks are indeed random. The
attacks themselves are often computer generated instead of by humandecision.
Body of Missing Man Washes

Ashore at Point Lookout
By Dick Myers
Staff Writer
A Calvert County photographer and his
son and nephew got the shock of their lives
Sunday at Point Lookout State Park. The
son saw it first. A body had washed up on
the causeway rocks. The body has been
identified as Ashley Vaughn Thompson, 31,
of Temple Hills in Prince Georges County.
Thompson had been reported missing on
Nov. 13.
According to Maryland Natural Resources Police spokesperson Candy Thompson
(no relation), Ashley Thompsons car was
discovered Nov 15 parked beside the boat
launching ramp at the state park. There was
no boat trailer attached to the car and no
boat has been found. A two-day Natural
Resources Police coordinated search ensued
of the park ground and the nearby water involving air, land and water operations, with
no success
The Natural Resources Police were called
in again after the body was found. The investigation into the mans death is now in the
hands of the St. Marys County Sheriffs Office (SMCSO). The Prince Georges County
Police Department is handling the missing
person portion of the investigation.
A SMCSO press release said, On November 27, 2016, the St. Marys County Emergency Communications Center received a
call from a citizen who located a deceased
subject at Point Lookout State Park in Point
Lookout, Maryland.
Patrol deputies from the St. Marys
County Sheriffs Office responded and initi-
ated the investigation. Detectives and Crime

Lab personnel of the St. Marys County
Sheriffs Office Criminal Investigations
Division continued the investigation with
the assistance of the Maryland Department
of Natural Resources Police and the Prince
Georges County Police Department.
Deputies arrived on scene and located a
deceased subject, later identified as Ashley
Vaughn Thompson, age 31, of Temple Hills,
partially in the water at Point Lookout State
Park. The investigation revealed, Thompson was reported as a missing person to the
Prince Georges County Police Department a
few weeks prior, and around the same time,
his vehicle was recovered on the property of
Point Lookout State Park.
The St. Marys County Sheriffs Office
recognizes the Prince Georges County Police Department and the Maryland Department of Natural Resources Police for their
assistance with the investigation.
St. Marys County Sheriffs Office
spokesperson Jennifer Stone said there was
no additional information available since the
initial release and she emphasized that her
department was handling the criminal investigation. The Prince Georges County Police
Department was unable to supply any additional information as to their portion of the
investigation.
Anyone with additional information is
asked to contact SMCSO Detective Skyler
LeFave at 301-475-4200, ext. *1983.
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By Dick Myers
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A Mechanicsville woman was killed as

the result of injuries in a Thanksgiving Day
two-vehicle collision on Billingsley Road
in Waldorf. Sherry Lynn Bunnell, 46, of
Mechanicsville was a font-seat passenger
in an SUV which was attempting to make
a left-hand turn onto St. Charles Parkway
when it was struck by a car.
According to the Charles County Sheriffs Office (CCSO), the Chevy Equinox
was going westbound on Billingsley Road
when it failed to yield the right-of-way
while making the left turn and was struck
by a Mercedes which was traveling eastbound on Billingsley Road.
According to a CCSO press release,

Three people in the Equinox were seriously injured: The driver a 46-year-old
woman, and a front seat passenger were
flown to a hospital. The press release reported that Bunnell died the following day
at the hospital.
A backseat passenger in the Chevy Equinox was transported to a local hospital with
non-life-threatening injuries. The Mercedes driver, a 43-yer-old Waldorf male,
was treated at the scene.
The investigation into the accident is
continuing by CCSO Cpl. B. Saunders.
Kitchen Still Stumbling Black

in Senior Center Design
By Dick Myers
Staff Writer
The Commissioners of St. Marys County are still stuck on what type of kitchen, if
any, should be included in the new Garvey
Senior Center being designed with a colocated library in Leonardtown. The commissioners deferred a decision after being
given several options at their Nov. 29 meeting. Commissioner President Randy Guy
wanted Commissioner John OConnor,
who was no at the meeting, to be part of the
ultimate decision.
Concern was raised at an Oct. 20 meeting about the proposed size of the planned
commercial-grade kitchen. Several of the
commissioners complained that the kitchen
was taking away from space that could be
used for programs. Commissioner Mike
Hewitt led the charge against the kitchen.
At the Nov. 29 meeting architect Anthony
Rebelo of Grim and Parker consulting firm
presented three possible design changes to
the commissioners. All removed a break
room for senior center staff. Two of the designs reduced the 1,786-square foot commercial kitchen by 700 square feet, leaving
a smaller kitchen able to handle current use
but leaving little room for future expansion.
That 700-square feet saved could create another room for programs. However,
Guy noted that St. Marys was projected
to have one of the fastest growing senior
populations in the state by 2030, He said
the growth was projected to be 258 percent
by then.
Meals for the existing Garvey Center
and for the Meals and Wheels Program are
currently prepared by a contractor at the
Cedar Lane Apartments in Leonardtown.
St. Marys Office on Aging Director Lori
Jennings-Harris supports the full commercial kitchen. She said in the past her agency
has had difficulty securing a private vendor
and the commercial kitchen would give the
flexibility of providing the food service in
house. The current vendor prepares meals

for both the county and Cedar Lane.
By contrast, the Garvey Senior Activity Center Council supports a reducedsize kitchen as long as it is an operational
kitchen with stove, sinks, freezer, fridge,
etc. A kitchen consultant told the commissioners that the reduced-size kitchen (about
1,000 square feet) would allow for the
preparation of the 225 dinners now being
served but not much more. He was unable
to give an exact number of dinners, saying
that depended on what was being cooked.
With the reduction in the kitchen size
and elimination of a break room in the option chosen by the council, President Dale
Taylor said they were extremely pleased
with picking up two additional good sized
activity rooms for enhanced fitness training, mens and co-ed strength training, kick
boxing, etc.
Consultant Rebelo said that even with
the commercial kitchen, the proposed center gains more than four times the usable
activity space of the current senior center
on the grounds of the St. Marys Country
Governmental Center. Some staff of Jennings-Harris department will remain at
that existing facility.
Hewitt pointed out that the savings in
money with reducing or eliminating the
kitchen could be used for an entranceway
canopy for the joint library/senior center
building. That canopy is currently an alternate in the plans. But Director of Public
Works and Transportation George Erichsen told the commissioners that there was
enough money in the proposed construction budget to do the canopy.
In delaying the decision on which senior
center design option to choose, Guy said
the decision would be brought before the
commissioners at their Dec. 6 meeting.
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OConnors Complaint
Against PG Officer Fails
By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
The past employment of St. Marys County

Commissioner John OConnor as a police officer and how it ended was part of testimony at a hearing in Prince Georges County
involving another police officer against whom
OConnor had filed an official complaint.
The Prince Georges law officer, Cpl. Jeremy Allen, was charged with conduct unbecoming for allegedly telling a judge in open
court that OConnor was a fraud and that
he was currently employed as a liaison between the countys police department and
Optotraffic, which has the contract for Prince
Georges traffic cameras.
After a four-hour hearing in Largo before
a Prince Georges police captain Monday, Allen was acquitted of the charge.
Allen had been ticketed by an Optotraffic camera two years prior to going to court
for the fine last year. Judge Gregory Powell
dismissed the charge of speeding because he
could not read the tag number in the image.
Attorneys for Prince Georges County had
accused Allen of calling OConnor a fraud
and possibly even of being a thief related to
a large sum of money found near OConnors
place of employment in Prince Georges last
year.
Allen and his counsel, former Prince
Georges police lieutenant Phil Constantina,
argued that Allen had asked to speak to Powell about OConnor and Optotraffic after his
case had been dismissed.
Constantina argued that Maryland legal
precedent protected speech spoken before a
judge in court.
I told the judge that the camera company
employed an officer that had been terminated
who had been caught drunk driving, slashed
his tires and lied about it, Allen, an 11-year
veteran of the agency testified at the hearing.
To not tell the judge would have been conduct unbecoming.
OConnor, who testified immediately
before Allen, admitted that it was absolutely true that he resigned from the Prince
Georges agency in September of 2009 with
sustained charges against him from an internal affairs investigation.
The incident that led to OConnors departure centered around an event known as
Police Week at which he admitted to becoming intoxicated from drinking and crashed
his police cruiser while leaving the Greenbelt
Metro Station.
I damaged the other two tires by cutting
them, OConnor testified at the hearing.
In a later interview OConnor said he could
not remember all of the events of that evening.
The question of the money found in the
parking lot near OConnors place of work
last year revolved around a large stack of bills
bundled in rubber bands and left laying in
there.
A man who worked in a nearby building,
Thomas Aylward, found the money which
turned out to be $10,000 and went to the
receptionist in OConnors building and
asked if they dealt with that much money.
It was then that OConnor came into the
lobby and walked out with Aylward and
talked for a time while waiting for Prince
Georges police to come and collect the
money.
Aylward said he was the one who called
police.
He [OConnor] told me he was a retired

police officer from one of the smaller towns,
Aylward said in a phone interview with The
County Times. He flashed a badge.
At the hearing Nov. 28 OConnor testified
that he did show Aylward a badge from the
Town of Brentwood.
OConnor also testified that he was armed
at the time when he met Aylward.
According to information from the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services OConnor worked from
August to September of 2009 for Prince
Georges police, from May to November of
2010 for The Town of Fairmount Heights,
from January to September of 2011 for the
Town of Seat Pleasant and from September
of 2013 through April of 2015 for Brentwood.
OConnor testified that he had worked
for Prince Georges from 2007 to 2009 and
confirmed that he was retired from service to
Brentwood.
It was a mutually agreed upon outcome
between the town and myself, he said in a
later interview.
It was revealed at the hearing that narcotics
officers took over an investigation as to the
nature of the money.
One narcotics officer testified that it
seemed suspicious but we werent able to
tie anything together.
During his testimony, Allen said that it was
common knowledge in the department that
OConnor had been part of the investigation
into the finding of the $10,000.
In a statement given to Sgt. Carlton Jones,
working in the Prince Georges internal affairs unit, OConnor said when he said
something about the $10,000 I didnt know
what he was talking about.
That statement was given Sept. 4 of last
year but in a letter from OConnor to the
Prince Georges chief of police, dated July 23
of last year, he laid claim to the money found
in the parking lot.
Aylward said he was the first person to find
the money and he eventually laid claim to it
and was awarded it by the police department.
In his testimony this week, OConnor said
he meant that he did not know anything about
accusations of $10,000 being stolen; at the
time the money was found he said he did not
know exactly how much was there.
Jones investigation showed there was no
theft of the $10,000 and OConnor denied any
wrongdoing.
In his testimony, Allen said: In the letter
he [OConnor] said he found the $10,000, he
did not.
In a later interview OConnor said that Allen was trying to twist the facts in the case to
get a favorable outcome.
The allegations against Allen began when
a Prince Georges officer, Sgt. Lisa Garland,
was in the courtroom with Allen as he was on
trial for the speeding ticket.
Garland, who works in the departments
Automated Enforcement Division, testified
that she had told her supervisor, who in turn
told OConnor, of Allens alleged comments
that day to Powell.
Garland is an admitted friend of
OConnors who works with him and said
that OConnor had trained officers to read the
speed camera tickets.
I felt like he [Allen] was calling us a fraud
by calling John OConnor a fraud, Garland testified.

She also testified that Allen was becoming
loud in the court but Powell, who testified at
the hearing on Allens behalf over a cellular
phone, disputed that.
Two bailiffs who testified for the prosecution said that they did not have to deal with
Allen in court.
He was polite and respectful at all times,
Powell testified, adding that his conversation
with Allen about OConnor and the speed
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cameras lasted about 20 seconds.

Allen testified that he did not make an internal complaint about his concerns with the
speed camera system because it was not safe
to.
Allen said that people who were on good
terms with OConnor were working within
the speed camera office.
The people he was friends with were a
much higher rank than me, Allen testified.
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Salary Increases for County

Commissioners to be
Presented to Legislators
By Dick Myers
Staff Writer
St. Marys Countys legislative delegation will be asked to introduce bills to increase the salaries of the county commissioners, county treasurer, and members of
the school board. The requests for salary
adjustments are made every four years by a
Compensation Review Commission.
The compensation commission report
was presented to the commissioners Nov.
29 by commission Chairman Pat Dolan.
The recommendations. which had only one
dissenting vote, call for the county commissioner presidents salary to be increased
from $44,746 next year to $50,000 yearly
and the four county commissioners from
$39,544to $44,000. The county treasurers
salary would increase to $74,100. Board of
Education chair and member salaries would
increase $1,000, to $8,000 and $7,000
respectively.
All of the salary increases would become
effective after the next election in 2019. The
recommendation calls for $1,000 annual increases after that for each county commissioner and a 2.5 percent annual increase for
the treasurer. School board members get a
$250 annual increase for every year they
serve.
The compensation board is made up of
seven members, with three appointed by
the county commissioners, two by the legislators and one each by the Democratic
and Republican central committees.
Dolan, who described himself as a Libertarian and a retired sailor said it would
have been counterintuitive for him to support the pay increases. But he said he came
to believe that the increases were necessary
because of the rising costs of running for
office. He said he feared that only those
who could afford to serve as a hobby
would run.
In the transmittal letter to the commissioners, the compensation board noted that
the recommendations for commissioners
salaries were a recognition of the duties of
the office and also an attempt to close the
disparity with the salaries for the Charles
County Commissioners.
Compensation board member Joe St.
Clair, a candidate for county commissioner
in the last election, disagreed with his fellow commission members, saying their reasoning was insufficient.
The decision to forward the request to the
county legislative delegation was on a 3-1
vote, with Commissioner Mike Hewitt opposing it. I dont need raises, Hewitt said.
He added that the county commissioner job
was part-time and it becomes what each
person makes of it. For his own part, he
said, I think I am overpaid.
Commissioner President Randy Guy

pointed out to Hewitt that he may not need
the pay increase but the next person sitting
in the job might need it.
The salary requests will be part of a 16item legislative package to be discussed
with the county legislative delegation at a
special meeting Dec. 6 at 6:30 p.m. in the
county commissioners hearing room.
Another item on the list is a request to
increase the countys bonding authority.
Last week the commissioners had indicated
a desire to seek an increase of $53 million,
to cover the capital budget needs for the
next two fiscal years. Chief Financial Officer Jeanett Cudmore told the commissioners that $26.3 million would cover the first
year.
Hewitt pressed to reduce the request to
$25 million but Commissioner Tom Jarboe
said he didnt like coming up with some arbitrary number. Commissioner Todd Morgan said all the two-year amount of $53
million did was give the commissioners the
authority and didnt mean they were going
to use it. Morgan said many projects cover
multiple years and it made good fiscal sense
to plan for it.
In the end the commissioners unanimously agree to compromise on the $26.3
million increase to cover the needs for one
fiscal year. Several of the commissioners
said they doubted that the legislators would
go for the $53 million amount anyway.
Also on the legislative list are proposed
changes in the code involving the Metropolitan Commission (MetCom). A committee of MetCom board members and county
commissioners met and reached some consensus on a few items. One watered down
the proposed commissioners authority
to remove a MetCom board member. The
commissioners have appointment but not
removal authority.
The compromise allows the commissioners to remove MetCom board members for
inappetence or misconduct. Morgan said
he had problems with the word incompetence because that could be subject to wide
interpretation.
Commissioner Jarboe, who was on the
committee, said the proposed legislation is
not intended to be a power grab on the
part of the commissioners but to just make
MetCom job easier. One issue still to be resolved by the legislators is whether to give
the county authority to review MetComs
operating budget as they now do for the
capital budget.
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St. Marys County Sheriffs Office

Arrest and Charge Suspect for
Sexual Relationship with Juvenile
On September 9, 2016, detectives from

the St. Marys County Sheriffs Office
Criminal Investigations Division with the
assistance of the Special Operations Division began investigating Kimberly Ann
Lashley, age 44, of Leonardtown for a reported criminal sexual relationship with a
male juvenile.
Information received by the Sheriffs
Office suggested Lashley was actively involved in an ongoing sexual relationship
with a male juvenile who was residing with
Lashley in the Leonardtown area. The investigation conducted by Detective Corporal Robert Merritt revealed evidence of
a sexual relationship between the juvenile
and Lashley, beginning in the summer of
2016 and continuing through the onset of
the investigation. Detective Merritt also
discovered that during the summer months

of 2016, Lashley hosted numerous parties
where alcohol was available to several juveniles in attendance and witnesses stated
Lashley purchased alcohol for the juveniles. Witnesses also reported that on several occasions, Lashley consumed alcohol
with them at her home.
Lashley was charged with her sexual
relationship with the male victim, and she
pled guilty to one count of a Fourth Degree
Sex Offense and one count of a Second Degree Assault on November 11, 2016, during
an appearance in front of St. Marys County Circuit Court Judge Karen Abrams.
Lashleys sentencing has been deferred
pending the completion of a Pre-Sentence
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Burglary An unknown suspect fled

from a residence on the 29000 block of
Richard Circle in Mechanicsville. DFC K.
Flerlage is investigating the case. CASE#
61107-16
Burglary Unknown suspect(s) entered
a residence and stole property in the 18000
block of Windmill Point Road in Drayden.
DFC C. Beyer is investigating the case.
CASE# 61120-16
Attempted Burglary Unknown

suspect(s) attempted to force entry into a
residence in the 21000 block of Enterprise
Road in Lexington Park. Troopers from the
Maryland State Police are investigating the
case. CASE# 61214-16
Theft Unknown suspect(s) entered a
residence and stole cash in the 38000 block
of Little Ranch Lane in Mechanicsville.
Dep D. Holdsworth is investigating the
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Burglary Unknown suspect(s) forced

entry into a residence and stole property in
the 45000 block of Chancellors Run Court
in Great Mills. Dep. M. Beyer is investigating the case. CASE# 61245-16
Breaking and Entering to a Motor Vehicle Over the weekend, unknown
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Breaking and Entering to Motor Vehicle Unknown suspect(s) entered a motor vehicle and stole property in the 38000
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Burglary Unknown suspect(s) forced
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what appeared to be a gunshot fired behind
the Weiss on Great Mills Road. A check of
the area revealed a casing and a search for
the suspect was performed with negative
results. Dep. D. Smith is investigating the
Burglary Unknown suspect(s) entered
a residence and stole property in the 46000
block of Chapman Drive in Lexington
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Education
The County Times
Commissioner Todd Morgan (l) talks to Library Director Michael

Blackwell before the joint meeting at which the White House Library
Challenge was ratified.
Commissioner Tom Jarboe talks to Board of Education Vice Chairman

Mary Washington before the Nov. 29 joint meeting.
Commissioner President Randy Guy (right) and Commissioner Todd Morgan huddle with County Administrator Dr.
Rebecca Bridgett before the joint meeting between the
commissioners and school board
Commissioners, School Board Endorse

Student Library Card Program
By Dick Myers
Staff Writer
The St. Mary County Board of Education

and the Commissioners of St. Marys say
Count us in! The two boards have formally endorsed the White House Library Challenge, an initiative by President Obama. In
announcing the program last year, Obama
said it was intended so every child enrolled in school can receive a library card.
The program endorsement came Nov. 29 at
a joint meeting of the boards.
At the meeting, St. Marys County Library Director Michael Blackwell explained that special library cards are being made available to every second-grade
student in the school system. The students
are told that there is no financial penalty for
unreturned books. The cards can be used
for books and other instructional materials
but not CDs or DVDs.
Blackwell said after the meeting that

the cards, once given to the second graders, can be used throughout their time in
the school system. He said early usage has
been brisk for the 18 second-grade classes
that have received the cards; other students
have come in and requested them.
Reading really is good for you, Blackwell insisted at the joint meeting. He said
scientific studies have proven reading has
value for living longer, reducing stress
and making the reader aware of the world
around them.
Without the ability to read, kids wont
have the opportunity to go very far, said
Commissioner Todd Morgan in advocating
for the school system to emphasize reading. School Superintendent Scott Smith, a
former high school English teacher, wholeheartedly concurred.
The joint meeting also featured a presentation by Assistant Superintendent of
Support Services Dr. Jeff Walker on the
proposed school construction projects for
the next several fiscal years. Almost onemillion dollars is earmarked in the current
fiscal year for planning for a new elementary school in the central part of the county. Construction for that project has been
moved to fiscal years 2020 and 2021.
Smith admitted that enrollment in elementary school had slowed in the more
than 18,000-student school system. But, he
said there were some variables on the horizon that could potentially impact elementary schools, including the possibility of the
closing of some parochial schools.
In response to a question from Commissioner Mike Hewitt, Walker said there were
1,900 of the systems students currently in
trailers, an indication of the need for additional permanent spaces. The new school
will have room for 691 students. Planning
monies are in this years budget so that the
state can give an okay to proceed with the
project.
The current fiscal years capital budget is
more than $4.4 million, of which the biggest
project is $1.1 million to replace the roof at
Piney Point Elementary School. Also in
this years budget is almost $170,000 for
planning a new Instructional Technology
(IT) facility and warehouse. These monies

are for preparing for the renovation of the
former Bethue Elementary School in the
Seventh District. This building is currently
used as an office.
Construction of the IT facility is the
biggest item in the school systems FY18
budget, taking up $3 million of the total of
almost $6 million. The rest of that years
budget includes several HVAC and other
building infrastructure projects.
The new IT facility is a recognition of
the expanding role of technology in the
school systems instructional program.
Budget surplus monies are being used this
year, according to Walker, to refresh the
elementary school technology and upgrade
the high schools. A refresh of the middle
schools is slated for FY 19.
The technology upgrades include a conversion to Voice Over Internet Protocol
(VoIP) for the telecommunication systems
in the schools. More than a thousand handsets are in use.
Smith also noted during the presentation
that a decision was expected in January,
after considerable vetting with parents and
students, on how the school system is going
to cope with Gov. Larry Hogans directive
for school to start after Labor Day.
Smith also expressed concern, as he has
in the past, about the Partnership for Assessment for College and Career Readiness (PARCC) tests that are being used as
a requirement for graduation. He noted that
two of every three students arent making
the grade. He asked for those hard-working
students, Is that really a valid message?
The PARCC testing is a state mandate,
but Smith also noted the uncertainty of
what might happen with the change in the
federal government. He said everyone will
just have to wait and see.
The commissioners asked few questions
and listened attentively. Smith observed
that the school system needed the commissioners support for what was being
presented. What eventually shakes out will
become clear next spring as the budget for
the next fiscal year unfolds.
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MHBR No. 103
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The County Times
Handling the Moment
Bob Dylan came to me in a dream. We

were seated at an ornate iron table, just the
two of us, under a trellis in an outdoor garden. Despite the serene setting, I was nervous, but maintained a calm faade. My
mind was racing (Bob Freaking Dylan!!!).
Be cool, I thought. Dont disintegrate into
fan-boy mode. Act like you belong. Act
like this is just another afternoon with
greatness. Act like youre not flirting with
incontinence.
My rational brain was confident that I
could handle this extraordinary moment.
Im no expert, but I know music pretty well
and Im respectably conversant in Dylanspeak. It helped that my dream delivered
a 40-something version of the legend a
peer; the brilliant, young and enigmatic
Dylan at his creative zenith or the current
grandfatherly Dylan, fresh off receiving
the Nobel Prize in Literature, would have
been far more intimidating. I had another
ally: The copious amounts of adult elixirs
we had consumed. The mental lubrication
arrested my anxiety and tempered the annoyance Dylan would have otherwise felt
toward his strange, unworthy acquaintance.
Dylan can be a tough conversation; he
communicates best with mere mortals
through music or written word. For some
reason, my unconscious mind had put me
one-on-one with him hilarious (not really). There wasnt even a background
band to critique or fill the inevitable pauses
in our conversation while I fished for engaging queries. Im my own worst enemy
apparently.
But I did okay. Dylan was polite and
captivating. He was unmistakably pleased
to be talking to me about his poetic music
and place in history. I know, I know
How can the life of such a man be in the
palm of some fools hand? Maybe I fooled
him by how good my head felt under my
leopard skin pill-box hat?
Had this crazy dream been reality, it
wouldnt have gone so well. The moment
would have proven too big. I would have
lost my poise and Dylans graciousness
would have run short. Departing Dylans
company with a signed Blonde on Blonde
record and dry pants if not my dignity would have constituted a victory.
I was reminded of my imaginary Dylan
encounter on Thanksgiving Day while
watching a much younger man flawlessly
handling a much bigger, more significant
and very real NFL moment.
This is going to hurt.
QB Dak Prescott, a fourth round selection of the Dallas Cowboys in the April
NFL Draft, is (unfortunately for rival
fans) re-writing the recent trajectory of the
franchise. After starter Tony Romo and
backup Kellen Moore were injured in the

preseason, Prescott, originally envisioned
as a third-string project, was thrust into a
starting role.
Panic initially swept through Cowboys
camp. A season seemed lost and a trade inevitable. Rumors swirled about Dallas acquiring embattled San Francisco QB Colin
Kaepernick. At the time, the reaction and
scuttlebutt were understandable: It was unfair to expect Prescott, despite a name right
out of central casting, to be the starting
quarterback of the Dallas Cowboys, one of
the most glamourous and scrutinized positions in professional sports.
The situation should have consumed the
young Prescott; it most certainly has not.
In 11 starts, Prescott has averaged 258
yards passing per game, completed 68% of
his passes, thrown 18 touchdowns and only
two interceptions, rushed for five scores
and notched 10 wins. Thats not human for
a rookie fourth round pick; its a Tom Brady
stat line.
No one saw this coming. Entering the
draft, Prescott wasnt considered NFLready. His NFL.com draft report was unflattering: slow reads, poor footwork and
inconsistent accuracy.
Prescotts ceiling in
2016 was said to be
limited to short-yardage packages.
Yeahhes been a
little better than that
- like, in-the-MVPconversation better.
From his first opportunity, Prescott has produced and calmed a
cataclysmic situation.
His poise has been
remarkable; his lack
of drama or need for
unnecessary attention
his professionalism
- has been refreshing;
his performance has
been amazing.
Prescott provides
an inspiring story
for anyone facing an
overwhelming challenge. Unfortunately,
because he plays for
the Cowboys, it isnt
a work of fiction, such
as a novel, a movie or
a dream.
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The Tackle Box

Fishing Report
By Ken and Linda Lamb
Special To The Calvert County Times
The rockfish are schooled up in the

bay and rivers and feeding on change of
tides. Bay trollers and jiggers are finding
stripers in the 22 to 32 inch range feeding
on top drawing plenty of gulls seeking a
free meal. Gannets are also active marking bigger fish and putting on an air show
diving from high in the sky. The location
of big schools varies from day to day as
the fish chase the bait, but they are always
feeding somewhere and it is our job to find
them. There were gannets from buoy 72A
to buoy 70 showing where lots of hefty rock
were eager to hit trolled jigs and bucktails
on Thursday, Thanksgiving. Friday they
had moved north on a linefrom the PR
buoy to the Targets. Saturday was a blow
out. The winds lay down on Sunday and
the rockfish cooperated most everywhere.
There are still lots of fish from the
Gooses to the mouth of the Choptank that
are working their way south. Trollers and
Jiggers are finding 30 inch fish off the Gas
Docks and across the bay on the eastern
side at Buoy 76 to Hoopers Island Light,
and at the HS buoy.The area straight out
the mouth of the Patuxent from Cove Point
to the HI buoy is rich with fish.
There are consistent breakers from south
of buoy 70 to 65 and on down into Virginia,
but they are dominate in small, undersize

fish. That does not mean that keepers in
excess of 20 inches will not show up at
anytime. Pockets of big fish on struture
are being targeted by jiggers with excellent
results.
The Potomac and Patuxent have good
sized rockfish and plenty of them on the
oyster bars and edges. Persistent fishermen
are trolling them up everyday the wind is
calm enough. The Patuxent fish love the 8
Ball bucktails with black heads with both
white and yellow hair.
There have been a couple of ocean run
fish in the 40 to 50 pound class that we have
heard of. The big fish should be infiltrating our area along the division of Maryland
and Virginia waters at Smith Point anytime. Reports of Virginia netters finding
them south of the Rappahanock were received this week.
Bottom fishermen are gettng white perch
by the coolerfull in the Patuxent from
Broomes Island to Drum Point. The fish
are suspended in 40 to 50 feet of water on
the hard bottom. A couple of dozen bloodworms will produce a hundred fish culled
at 9 inches.
There are still plenty of big catfish in the
Potomac and Patuxent.
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Feature Story
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Comptroller Misallocated
$12.7 Million in Tax Money
By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
An audit commissioned by Comptroller Peter Franchot of his offices own operations regarding the collection of income
tax revenue showed that across the state his
office gave too much back to some municipalities and not enough to others, according to a report from the Maryland Municipal League (MML), to the tune of nearly
$13 million.
Laschelle McKay, town administrator
for the Town of Leonardtown, said that the
state owed the town $298,000.
Wed been questioning the amount of
taxes we were given each year for the last
several years, McKay told The County
Times, adding that the town believed it
should have been getting more income tax
revenue back based on its growth.
We werent expecting so much so thats
a good thing, McKay said.
Jim Peck, a spokesman for MML, said
that the audit revealed that the state gave
too much tax revenue back to the Town of
North Beach and too little to its neighbor,
the Town of Chesapeake Beach as well.
For those who were under-allocated
theyre going to get a check from the comptroller pretty fast, Peck said. For those
that got too much they will have a lengthy

period to pay it back.
The comptrollers office is allowing municipalities that got too much income tax
revenue from the state to wait up to seven
years before beginning to remit their payments and even then they will still have
an additional 10 years in which to pay the
money in full, Peck told The Calvert County Times.
According to a municipal bulletin from
MML the comptrollers office had admitted
to errors when it came to distributing income tax revenues, which prompted Franchot to have an outside audit conducted
regarding disbursements to Montgomery
County and its municipalities.
The audit found that the office had mistakenly paid out $8.6 million to Montgomery County alone; a second state-wide audit found that the comptrollers office had
misdirected an additional $12.7 million
throughout the state from 2010 to 2014.
The MML also signaled in their bulletin, dated November 28, that there could be
legislation introduced in the upcoming state
government session in Annapolis to forgive
balances owed by some towns or cities.
If there is legislation introduced you

can be assured that MML will vigorously
support that legislation come January, the
bulletin read.
Joanne Hunt, treasurer for North Beach,
said over a four-year period they were
overpaid by $140,141 or about $35,000
each year.
There was no previous indication at
all, Hunt told The Calvert County Times.
We werent even aware of any overpayments until they notified us.
Hunt explained that the state comptroller office was the one who directly assessed
and collected income tax from town residents; the town government did not have
such data.
The realization that the town would have
to eventually pay back the money came as
a surprise, Hunt said.
It is a big shock, she said. But we have
a long time to pay it back interest-free.
Thats because it was their error, not
ours.
The annual operating budget for North
Beach is $2.75 million.
On Wednesday the Town of Chesapeake
Beach announced that it had received
$283,069 for the four years that had been

the subject of the audit.
Peter Hamm, spokesman for the Franchots office, said that Calvert County
government will also owe money back to
the state, as will neighboring St. Marys
County.
Hamm said state law prohibited the
comptrollers office from divulging
amounts of disbursement to or payments
from counties, but jurisdictions could release the information on taxpayer funds.
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(closed Dec. 5,6,7,12,13,24,25)
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Obituaries
The County Times
The County Times runs complimentary obituaries as submitted by funeral homes

and readers. We run them in the order we receive them. Any submissions that come to
guyleonard@countytimes.net after noon on Mondays may run in the following weeks edition.
Robert Bob Michael

Kohut
Robert Bob Michael Kohut was born
on June 19, 1957 in St. Marys County,
Maryland to Joseph Michael Kohut and
Kathleen Mae Peterson. He went to Heaven on Thursday, November 10, 2016 surrounded by his loving family at his home
in Oklahoma.
Bob graduated from Great Mills High
School. He went into the Merchant Marines after high school for a year. He lived
in Maryland for many years before moving
to Florida in 1999. He then moved to Oklahoma to be near his children in 2001.
Bob was so full of life and an amazing
dad and pop-pop. He had many passions
but his family always came first. He loved
to tell jokes and had a wonderfully contagious laugh and whenever you were around
him, he always made you smile. He modeled responsibility and excellent work ethic
for his children all their lives and nothing
made him happier than watching them
succeed in whatever they chose to do. He
did the same for his grandchildren and
enjoyed being there for all of their accomplishments. He never left his family without a big hug and without saying I love
you. His concern and generosity toward
others were his trademarks and whatever
needed to be done, he did it. All anyone had
to do was ask.
Bob was mechanically inclined and musically gifted from a young age. He taught
himself to play bass guitar even though
he was nearly deaf in one ear. He was a
lover of music and played the bass guitar in
a number of bands; the most recent being
The Dirt Road Detours in Oklahoma for
many years until his passing. He also had
a passion for Harley-Davidson motorcycles
and owned many throughout his life. He
worked on his motorcycles and vehicles
and used his mechanical expertise to help
many of his friends and family.
Bob worked at Trigon, Inc. for 15 years
as a Construction Superintendent and was
well respected and the best at what he
did. He did everything with excellence
and liked to help others rise to their potential. He was affectionately called Bob the
Builder at work. He took pride in everything he did and many of his projects can
be seen throughout Tulsa and the surrounding areas. Prior to joining Trigon in 2001,
Bob had extensive experience in the metal
framing and drywall industry. At Trigon
Bob began as an Assistant Superintendent
and due to his outstanding performance,
he was promoted to Project Superintendent. He had been the lead Superintendent
on projects such as Rogers State University, Temple Israel, and many other projects,
most recently Ardmore Public Schools.
Bob is preceded in death by both parents; Joseph and Kathleen Kohut, younger
brother; Ronald Kohut, and three neph-
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Brittany. He leaves behind three children,
daughters; Erin Kohut and Gina Stanford
and a son; Ronnie Kohut. He also leaves
five sisters; Nancy Griffin, Patricia Flanagin, Jean Kohut, Sandra Miller, Donna Kohut, and a brother; Richard Kohut. He also
has eight grandchildren; Hannah, Laell,
Autumn, Kaylee, Lucas, Conner, Khloe,
and Carter as well as many family and
friends whom he loved dearly.
A Memorial Service will be heldon
Friday, November 18th, 2016 at 2:00pmat
Floral Haven in the Rose Chapel. We ask
that everyone do acts of kindness in honor of Bob to continue the legacy he left
us. One that he lived everyday - to use the
gifts God has given us to bless others and
make this world a better place - just as he
did. #BeLikeBob
A celebration of Bobs life is being
planned for 2017 in MD. Please contact
Nancy at (301) 884-5839 for details.
Wallace Whitey
Clarke Coflin
Wallace
W h itey
Clarke
Coflin, 82
of
Hollywood,
MD passed
away on 18
November
2016.
Whitey was born in 1934 in Warrenton,
Virginia to the late James and Gertrude
Gertie Coflin. He was happily married
to his wife, Pamela for 23 years.
Whitey graduated from George Washington High School in 1952. He served
our country as an Air Traffic Controller
for the U.S. Navy for 30 years (active 24
and reserved 6) and fully retired in 1 January 1984. Several of his duty stations were
Grosse Point, MI; Roosevelt Roads, Puerto
Rico and finally settled at NAS Patuxent
River, MD. He was deployed twice on Aircraft Carriers, first on the USS Intrepid
(CV-11) during the Vietnam War and then
the USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67). After
Whitey left the Navy, he continued with
his previous love horses. He went to
school to become a farrier and blacksmith.
He furthered his love of horses, which
he shared with his wife Pam and his kids
Scott and Blythe, by being a part of the De
La Brooke Foxhounds as both a member
and then as professional Huntsman for six
years. In the past few years, he enjoyed
practicing Tai Chi and volunteering at the
Garvey Senior Activity Center. He also
was an avid bird watcher.
Whitey is survived by his children (from
previous marriage to Susan) daughters
Vicki Thompson and Blythe Thomas and
son Scott Coflin and wife Monika. His 5
grandchildren: Lizbeth, Rhett, Amber,

Raina and Sierra and 6 great-grandchildren: Kameron, Stephanie, Ethan, Gracie,
Jaxson and Aviana. He is further survived
by his much-loved sister Harriet (Coflin)
Dudley and husband Francis, nieces Kimberly (Jon) and Kelly (Trey), as well as beloved feline and canine babies.
A Life Celebration was held on 22 November 2016. Interment was at Bethel
Cemetery in Alexandria, VA. His family
requests in lieu of flowers, donations may
be made to Garvey Senior Activity Center,
41780 Baldridge St., Leonardtown, MD
20650 or Hollywood Rescue Squad, 23469
Rescue Lane, Hollywood, MD 20636.
Alexander Theodore
Moser
Alexander
Theodore Moser,
age 24, of Great
Mills, MD died
17 NOV 2016 at
his home.
Alex was born
20 JUN 1992 at
Wr ight-Pat terson AFB, Ohio.
He is the son of
Robert and Kelly
Moser, and the brother of Rachel Moser.
Alex graduated from Hickory High
School in Chesapeake Virginia, Class of
2010. He has worked in many places and
jobs, but gravitated most to the restaurant
business. He was employed as a cook at
Cheeseburger in Paradise at the time of his
death. From the age of four through to high
school, Alex played soccer and later refereed. He loved the game and the kids he
played with on his various teams. He made
many friends and memories throughout the
years. He had a great smile and a quick wit.
He was loved by all, and is greatly missed.
In addition to his parents and sister, Alex
is survived by his grandparents Ted and
Diane Kiel, and Marcia D. Moser, and a
multitude of aunts, uncles, great aunts and
uncles, and cousins.
Family will receive friends for Alexs
Life Celebration on Wednesday, 30 Nov
2016, from 5:00PM to 7:00PM at Brinsfield
Funeral Home, 229554 Hollywood Road,
Leonardtown, MD 20650. Memorial Services will be held at Apostles Lutheran
Church, Chesapeake Virginia, on Saturday
3 Dec 2016 from 11:00AM to 12:00PM.
Reception to follow at the church, with
graveside burial at 1:30PM.
Memorial Contributions may be made
to the charity or church of your choice, in
Alexs name.
Condolences to the family may be made
at www.brinsfieldfuneral.com.
Arrangements by the Brinsfield Funeral
Home, P.A., Leonardtown, MD.
To Place A Memorial,
Please Call
301-373-4125
or send an email to
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
COMMISSIONERS OF LEONARDTOWN
The Town of Leonardtown will conduct a public hearing to obtain views of
citizens on a grant application to be considered for submission to the MD Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG). This grant (if received) will
be used to install an elevator at 22670 Washington Street, site of the new Leonardtown Town Offices, and to add fire sprinklers to the building. Citizens will have
the opportunity to discuss proposed projects and to provide input on other needs
to be considered. The hearing will be held at the Town Office, 22670 Washington
Street, Leonardtown, at 4:15 pm on December 12, 2016.
Citizens will be furnished with information including but not limited to:
The amount of CDBG funds available for State Fiscal Year 2016;
The range of activities that may be undertaken with CDBG funds; and
The proposed project under consideration by Leonardtown.

The MD CDBG program is a federally sponsored program designed to assist
governments with activities directed toward neighborhood and housing revitalization, economic development and improved community facilities and services. It is
administered by the Dept. of Housing and Community Development.
The MD CDBG program reflects the States economic and community development priorities and provides public funds for activities which meet one of the
following national objectives, in accordance with the federal Housing Community
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are an immediate threat to community health and welfare.
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The Holly Jolly Musical
A Family Friendly Christmas Show

The Holly Jolly Musical Revue is a delightful family show, with life-size costume
characters, lots of singing and dancing, and
many jokes, plus audience participation.
The story line this year is about a boy
who has been naughty not nice, and he is
threatened that Santa will only bring him
rocks and stones for Christmas for being so
bad. When his father leaves for work at the
Jingle Bell Cabaret, the boy is so tiredthe
falls asleep by the toy chest, and all his
favorite stuffed toys come to life, and are
big, and start singing and dancing. The
boy becomes part of his fathers musical
revue at the Jingle Bell Cabaret along with
Max, Popsicles, and Beethoven. His favorite stuffed animal, Jingles the horse, is even
big and interrupts the show by telling many
jokes.
Its a fun-filled show with lots of surprises, geared towards the children, but is a delightful show sure to entertain all ages. If
you love tap dancing, hip hop and ballet,

plus all the holiday songs, youll love this
show.
In the past, even young children sit
through the entire show with their mouths
open wide and in amazement.
Special guest appearances by the king of
rock and roll, and a very popular motown
boys band, can you guess who they are?
The show is followed by a visit from Santa Clause, and The Grinch, and a Meet and
Greet with Santa and all Santas friends.
This is a fundraiser for the GG Show
Troupe, at Gracies Guys and Gals Dance
Studio. The show is by no means a recital. It is an actual musical revue, and
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9-10 at 7 p.m. at the Long Beach Community Center, 5845 Calvert Boulevard, St.
Leonard, MD 20685.
There will also be matinee performances on Saturday and Sunday, Decmber 3-4 and 10-11 at 3
p.m. Tickets are $12 for adults and
$10 for students, and may be purchased by visiting NDCTs web
site, http://ndctheater.org. Tickets
may be purchased at the door, but
reservations are advised.
Annie Junior is the Broadway
hit musical Annie as specially
adapted for performance by actors
teen-aged and lower. The plot is
the same: Annie is determined to
find the parents who abandoned
her years ago on the doorstep of an
orphanage run by the cruel Miss
Hannigan. Annie eventually foils
Miss Hannigans evil machinations, finding a new home and family in billionaire Oliver Warbucks,
his personal secretary Grace Farrell, and a lovable mutt named
Sandy.
Included in the cast are Angela Arnold,

Caroline Artz, Emma Curtin, Elizabeth
Foster, Gabriella Gray, Leah Kanny, Taylor
Kanny, Walker Kanny, Abigail King, Holly
King, Wyatt King, Philip Mervine, Lorelei
Moss, Virginia Moss, Emma Noel, Logan
Patton and Emily Rollins.
Emily Rollins is Grace Farrell, Emma Curtin is

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Month Long
Mechanicsville Optimist Club Annual
Christmas Tree Event
(Location: McKays Food & Drug Store
Rt. 5 North Charlotte Hall, Md and Mechanicsville Carnival Lot)
November 25, 2016December 23, 2016
MondayFriday: 5:00 - 9:00 PM
Saturday & Sunday: 9:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Presents its 32th Annual Christmas Tree
All proceeds go to support our communitys youth!
For more information call 240-925-0341 or
240-298-1653
www.mechanicsvilleoptimistclub.org/
10th Annual Piney Point Lighthouse
Museum Holiday Exhibit
(Location: 44720 Lighthouse Road Piney
Point, MD 20674)
12 Noon - 4:00 PM
Enjoy a poltically-themed exhibit in both
the museum and the Keepers Quarters.
Shop at the Crab Claw Museum Store
for holiday gifts, ornaments & dcor!
10th Annual Piney Point Lighthouse
Holiday Exhibit December 1
through January 2nd
Holiday Winter Hours beginDecember 23rd10:00 am to 4 pm daily
through January 2nd
Piney Point Lighthouse Museum
Open
HousePPLMDecember
1012 noon to 4 pm
ChristmasCounty Holiday Sunday, December 25BOTH SITES
CLOSED
Annmarie Garden In Lights!(Location:
Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts
Center)
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Winner of Maryland Life Magazines Finest Holiday Tradition Award, Annmarie
Garden In Lights is a magical tour that takes
visitors on a beautiful trip through the glittering woods. As you stroll the protected
path, you will be transported to a fantastical place of spectacular lights and amazing
light sculptures. Guests will be surrounded by mythical beasts, wild animals, airplanes, pirates, princesses, circus performers, dinosaurs, and more. Because all the
light sculptures are made at Annmarie,
the designs are one-of-a-kind; nothing in
this show is commercially available. It is all
made just for visitors to Annmarie Garden
In Lights! Enjoy the Holiday I Spy Game,
nightly entertainment, special discount
nights, sweet treats, and other fun activities.
Start your tour in the Arts Building where you will also find the Ornament Show & Sale, nightly entertainment, exhibits, a spectacular gift shop,
and the Holiday Cafe. And dont forget
to ask for a Holiday I Spy program.
For more information and a complete
schedule of special nights and activities,
visit www.annmariegarden.org
31st Annual Christmas Doll & Train Exhibit
(Location: 38370 Point Breeze Road
Coltons Point, MD 20626)
12 Noon - 4:00 PM
Enjoy antique dolls, toys and working
miniature trains.
Featuring exhibits by Southern Maryland Doll Club, Black-eyed Susan
Doll Club and the Hammett Family
highlighting how St. Marys County
celebrated the holidays in the past and
how it celebrates it today.
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with the listing details by 12 p.m. on the Tuesday prior to our Thursday publication.
Shop at the Crab Claw Museum Store

for holiday gifts, ornaments & dcor!
31st Annual Christmas Doll & Train
ExhibitSCIMDecember
1
through January 2nd
Holiday Winter Hours beginDecember 23rd10:00 am to 4 pm daily
through January 2nd
St. Clements Island Museum Open
HouseSCIMDecember 10, 12
noon to 4 pm
ChristmasCounty Holiday Sunday, December 25BOTH SITES
CLOSED

The Games Afoot/Holmes for the
Holidays
(Location: Three Notch Theater 21744
South Coral Drive L
exington Park, MD
20653)
8:00 PM
*** This event runs three weekends December 218 ***
Tickets are available at
www.newtowneplayers.org/tickets.html
ThursdaysSaturdays 8:00 PM
Sundays 3:30 PM
Adults General Admission $15
Students/Seniors/Military $12
Children $10
It is Christmas Eve, 1936. William Gillette, an actor famous for his portrayal of
Sherlock Holmes, has invited his fellow
cast-members to his Connecticut castle for
a weekend of revelry. But when one of the
guests is stabbed to death, the festivities
in this isolated house of tricks and mirrors
quickly turn dangerous. Then its up to Gillette himself, as he assumes the persona of
his beloved Holmes, to track down the killer before the next victim appears. This glittering whodunit has murder, infidelity, wit,
and surprisessomething for everyone.
Thursday, December 1
St. Marys Sunshine Center LuLaRoe
Fundraiser
Location: 25600 Point Lookout Road
Leonardtown, MD 20650
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
St. Marys Sunshine Center will be hosting a LuLaRoe Fundraiser. There will be
lots of merchandise to choose from, with 6
different vendors. Join us at the Sunshine
Center School Age House. The Sunshine
Center is a 501c 3 nonprofit children care
center, that cares for children 6 weeks to 12
years of age. All proceeds go to benefit the
education and development of the children
attending the Sunshine Center. Thank you
for your support!
53rd Annual Senior Christmas Dinner Party
(Location: St Michaels School 16560
Three Notch Road, Ridge, MD)
5:30 PM - 11:00 PM
Come join us for the 53rd Annual Senior
Dinner! A full Christmas Dinner with all
of the trimmings, family, friends and tradition. Turkey, Stuffed ham, sweet potatoes,
mashed potatoes, green beans, and more.
Hosted by Ladies of Charity with St Michaels Church Choir, the dinner also features entertainment, including a Childrens
Procession and Live Nativity.
All are welcome!
Am. Legion Post 221 Meeting

(Location: AL Post 221; 21690 Colton
Point Rd; Avenue, MD)
8:00 PM - 9:00 PM
American Legion Post 221 invites all active
duty personnel and veterans to join us for
our monthly meeting on the first Thursday
of each month at 8:00pm. Visit our website at http://www.alpost221.webs.com/ or
e-mail us at alpost221@netscape.net. Call
(301) 884-4071 for more information. Tell
them you saw the announcement on the
County Times Calendar
Friday, December 2
Solomons Christmas Walk
(Location: Calvert Marine Museum)
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Stroll the luminaria lit streets and begin
holiday festivities with the annual Solomons Christmas Free Addmission!
Enjoy local musical entertainment on Friday, December 2:
6 p.m.7 p.m. - COSMIC Flute Choir
7 p.m.8 p.m. - Patuxent Voices
8 p.m.9 p.m. - Patuxent High School
Choir
Santa will be visiting both nights and the
museum otter will also join in on the holiday cheer. Children can create a holiday
craft to take home. Enjoy punch and cookies on Friday and Santas Coffee House on
Saturday offering complimentary coffee,
hot cocoa, and holiday cookies.
Annie Jr. Performance
(Location: Long Beach Community

Center, 5845 Calvert Boulevard, St.
Leonard, MD 20685)
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Tickets are $12 for adults, $10 for students.
To purchase tickets, visit ndctheater.org.
May be purchased at the door. Annie Jr.
is the specially adapted version of Annie.
The story is the same: With equal measures
of pluck and positivity, little orphan Annie
charms everyones hearts despite a nextto-nothing start in 1930s New York City.
Annie is determined to find the parents
who abandoned her years ago on the doorstep of an orphanage run by the cruel Miss
Hannigan. Annie eventually foils Miss
Hannigans evil machinations, finding a
new home and family in billionaire Oliver
Warbucks, his personal secretary, Grace
Farrell, and a lovable mutt named Sandy.
Saturday, December 3
Solomons Island Jingle Bell Run
(Location: 155 Holiday Drive, Solomons,
MD 20688)
7:00 AM -10:00 AM
Be part of the largest holiday-themed 5K
race series anywhereand join the movement to conquer arthritis!
The Arthritis Foundations Jingle Bell Run
is a fun way to get out, get moving and raise
funds and awareness to cure Americas #1
cause of disability. In communities nationwide, this annual event brings together
people from all walks of life to shout Yes,
we will live life to its fullest while searching for a cure! As a Champion of Yes,
kick off your holidays by helping conquer
arthritis once and for all! Wear a holidaythemed costume. Tie jingle bells to your
shoelaces. Show off your ugly Christmas
sweater. Complete a 5-kilometer run or
walk with your team members, spreading
smiles, good cheer and a winning spirit

and be a Champion of Yes! Register by
visiting, www.jbr.org/solomonsisland Fees:
General Adult Registration: $35.00 Timed
race, $5 Fee increase on Nov 19 Child Registration: $20.00 For Children 17 & Under,
Timed race
Rudolph Romp: $5.00 Kids 12 & Under.
Untimed
So. Md. Farm & Country Community
Christmas Auction
(Location: 25111 Colton Point Road,
Morganza, MD)
8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Locally-made live, evergreen wreaths and
centerpieces; handmade furniture, crafts
and quilts; farm machinery and tools; new
outdoor furniture; antiques and collectibles
and more! Food and refreshments available
(food proceeds help support Mother Catherine Academy). This auction event showcases the great items Southern Maryland
(St. Marys County) has to offer. Auction
preview is on Friday, December 2, 2016
from 3 pm till 7:30. Also available is Southern Maryland Stuffed Ham Sandwiches
(provided by McKays Finer Foods). A
St. Marys County Community Tradition.
For more information go to www.farrellauctionservice.com. This auction provides
a venue for local growers, farmers and
craftsmenjoin us!
-Holiday Market (indoor)
(Location: Annmarie Sculpture Garden
& Arts Center)
9:00 AM
INDOORHolidayMarket.Admissionisfree!
Just in time for the holidays! Annmaries
Holiday market is just the place to find
wonderfully handmade and thoughtful
gifts for everyone on your list...crafts, skincare products, small batch foods, batik and fleece clothing, handmade soaps
and candles, herbal teas, ornaments, folkart, handmade gifts, and more! Delight
in the local treasures to be found here!
Tiny Elves & Santas Workshop
(Location: Hollywood Recreation Center,
24400 Mervell Dean Rd, Hollywood, MD)
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
With the holiday season fast approaching thoughts of sugarplums will be dancing in the heads of children all around St.
Marys County. What better way to prepare them for the holidays than with the
annual Tiny Elves & Santas Workshop?
Children, ages 14 and younger, are welcome to enjoy the Tiny Elves and Santas
Workshop. All children will receive a professional photo 5 x 7 photo with Santa and
must be pre-registered to attend as space
will be limited. The Tiny Elves Workshop
costs $15 per child.
Santas Workshop will take place from
125 at a cost of $30 per child, $25 for
each additional sibling. Santas Workshop
provides parents a chance to enjoy a kidfree shopping day. Children will take enjoy
holiday themed crafts, gift making, games,
and activities. Pizza and other snacks will
be provided. The big man himself will make
an appearance and every child will have
their picture taken with him. All children
must pre-register as space will be limited.
To register online go to www.stmarysmd.
com/recreate or in person at the Recreation & Parks office in Leonardtown.
For more information Tiny Elves and
Santas Workshop call 301-475-4200 ext.
*1800 or *1801.
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Play in Clay: Family Holiday Giftmaking Workshop

& Arts Center)
9:30 AM - 1:00 PM
For ages 6-up with adult
Join us in the clay studio to create a few
unique gifts to give just in time for the
holidays! From ornaments to coffee mugs,
to cookie plates, and more. Each person
will come away with 3-5 unique creations.
Choose from the AM Session (9:30am1pm) or the PM Session (1:30pm-5pm)
Registration required. COST IS FOR
ADULT / CHILD COUPLE Additional
family members may be added for extra
charge. To register, visit www.annmariegarden.org.
Golden Beach/Patuxent Knolls Christmas Bazaar & Craft Show
(Location: Golden Beach Fire House,
29848 Therese Circle, Mechanicsville,
MD)
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Bring the kids to have their picture taken
with Santa. Santa will arrive at 11 AM. Sorry no pets allowed. Kids do your Christmas
shopping for your family at our Kids Table.
There will be several vendors; door prizes
and food for sale. Vendorsrent a table
for $35. Please pre-register for the table
by calling Kathy Owens at 301-884-8432.
Please bring a non-perishable food item or
a new unwrapped gift to donate to needy
families in the area.
SummerseatFarmChristmasOpenHouse
(Location: Summerseat Farm, 26655
Three Notch Road, Mechanicsville, Md.)
11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
$5.00 per family. Enjoy holiday cookies
and cider, visits and photos with Santa,
Christmas music, a Christmas raffle, Craft
Room for the kids where theyll make their
own ornament to take home, guided Manor
House tours, hay rides, visits with the farm
animals, including our baby buffalo,
Indy, with an opportunity for the kids to
feed a snack to the animals.
Colonial Christmas
(Location: Historic St. Marys City)
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Town Center (meet at The Shop at Farthings Ordinary), 47414 Old State House
Road, St. Marys City, MD 20686. This
light-hearted tour follows a newly freed
servant (and his fellow colonists) as he tries
to employ holiday traditions and the goodwill of the season to win a young ladys
heart. $10 adult; $9 senior; $6 youth; free
to ages 5 and younger, and to Friends members. Tours depart hourly. (240) 895-4990
or info@HSMCdigshistory.org. www.
HSMCdigshistory.org
Cat Adoption EventRescue Angels of
Southern MD
(Location: Waldorf Petco)
11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Thinking of getting a cat for Christmas?
Bring the whole family to meet the cats
and kittens that Rescue Angels of Southern Maryland has for adoption! This may
be the day you meet your purrfect match.
Fill out an application in advance to speed
up the process! Find the form here: www.
rescueangelssomd.com
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Holly Jolly Musical Revue

(Location: 5 South Event Center : 21030
Point Lookout Road : Callaway, MD
21020)
12 Noon - 3:00 PM
For more info email: HollyJollyShow@aol.
com
$15 per person ages 2 and up ADVANCE
PRICE $20 at the door INCLUDES
LUNCH.
Doors open 11:45am Fundraiser for GG
Show Troupe of Gracies Guys and Gals
Dance Studio Live band Meet and greet
with Santa (you can take as many pictures
as you want) Delightful musical show Jingles the famous horse with her jokes plus
many costume characters that tap dance,
hip hop and do ballet along with national
championship dancers: GG Show Troupe.
Annie Jr. Performance
(Location: Long Beach Community

Center, 5845 Calvert Boulevard, St.
Leonard, MD 20685)
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM & 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

May also be purchased at the door. Annie Jr. is the specially adapted version of
Annie. The story is the same: With equal
measures of pluck and positivity, little orphan Annie charms everyones hearts despite a next-to-nothing start in 1930s New
York City. Annie is determined to find the
parents who abandoned her years ago on the
doorstep of an orphanage run by the cruel
Miss Hannigan. Annie eventually foils
Miss Hannigans evil machinations, finding
a new home and family in billionaire Oliver
Warbucks, his personal secretary, Grace
Farrell, and a lovable mutt named Sandy.
Solomons Christmas Walk
(Location: Calvert Marine Museum)
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Stroll the luminaria lit streets and begin
holiday festivities with the annual Solomons Christmas Walk. Free Addmission!
Enjoy music on Saturday, December 3:
6 p.m.7 p.m. - Bruce Rider & Friends
7 p.m.7:30 p.m. - Calvert High School
Chamber Orchestra
7:30 p.m.8 p.m. - Patuxent High School
Chamber Orchestra
8 p.m.9 p.m. - Robert Pfeiffer and Stephen Godfrey
Santa will be visiting both nights and the
museum otter will also join in on the holiday cheer. Children can create a holiday
craft to take home. Enjoy punch and cookies on Friday and Santas Coffee House on
Saturday offering complimentary coffee,
hot cocoa, and holiday cookies.
Las Posadas Celebration at St Michaels
Church
(Location: St Michaels School 16560
Three Notch Road, Ridge, MD)
6:00 PM -10:00 PM
Procession, music, food, games & piatas
Super Bingo Mother Catherine Academy
COSMIC Holiday Pops Concert
(Location:
Patuxent
Presbyterian
Church, California MD)
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Students and Kids are FREE this season. COSMIC presents some of the most
beloved music of the holiday season including excerpts from The Nutcracker
and Swan Lake as well as favorite festive
fun. Tickets can be bought at the door or
on line at www.cosmicsymphony.org.
Sunday, December 4
Breakfast with Santa & Santa Shop
(Location: Father Andrew White
SchoolLeonardtown, MD)
9:00 AM - 12 Noon
Breakfast with Santa: Ho! Ho! Ho! Santa
Claus will be making a special visit to Father Andrew White School on Sunday, December 4th from 9am12 noon. Enjoy a
delicious breakfast of eggs, pancakes, sausage, bacon, biscuits and gravy, potatoes,
fruits and pastries! Then get a chance to sit
on Santas lap. Cost: Adults: $8, Children
4-12: $6, 3 and under: Free While youre
there, allow your children to feel the joy of
giving this Christmas when they buy presents at the Santa Shop. All gifts are $3. Shop
for parents, grandparents, siblings, friends,
and pets! After shopping, the gifts will be
wrapped and ready to go under your tree.
2016 Holiday Craft Fair
(Location: 3785 Leonardtown Rd)
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
The Humane Society of Charles County will
be hosting the 2016 Holiday Craft Fair on
Sunday, December 4th, from 10:00-4:00pm.
Many local area crafters will be on hand,
as well as the Humane Societys very own
White Elephant Sale, Baked Goods Table,
and a visit from a very special guest!
Holiday Home TourHealth Share of
St. Marys
(Location: Piney Point/Tall Timbers area)
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Tour 6 beautiful, private homes joyfully
decorated for the holiday season. Gather a
group of friends for a fun afternoon exploring and enjoying these exceptional homes.
Each residence is unique with architectural
details and dcor that will charm, fascinate,
inform, excite, and occasionally amuse
you. All homes in Piney Point/Tall Timbers
area. Take Route 5 (Point Lookout Road) to
Callaway. Turn on Route 249 and follow to
Lighthouse Road and Tour signs to House
A. Call Sheryl 301-904-2810 for more information. Signs indicating the homes
will be clearly displayed on the roadway.
Tickets may be purchased on the day
of the event at any of the 6 home locations. Tickets are $50 per person for all
homes or $10 per house, cash or check.
Holiday Multi Vendor Shopping Event
(Location: 11040 Charles St Laplata MD
20646)
12 Noon - 3:00 PM
I am excited to announce a stop and
shop event with several different vendors. We will have Lularoe, Katies
Cupboard (country primitive decor),
Jamberry, Rodan and Fields, Thirty
One and Cottage Chic Boutique Baby
and childrens style clothing!! This will
be Sunday December 4th from 12-3!!
Winter Wonderland Vendor Show
(Location: Dreams Studio of Dance-28967
Three Notch are. Mechanicsville, MD)
1:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Craft & Vendor show, we are still in need
of both $30 table-if you would like a
spot please email wendijreese@gmail.
com or contact the studio 301-884-8842
-Silent Auction-Door prizes -Santa & Mrs
Clause
CSM FAFSA Completion Workshop

(Location: CSM, 8730 Mitchell Road, La
Plata)
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
College of Southern Maryland, La Plata
Campus, Francis P. Chiaramonte, M.D.
Center for Science and Technology (ST)
Building, 8730 Mitchell Road, La Plata.
The Financial Assistance Department
will provide one-on-one assistance to
students and parents as they complete
the 2016-17 or 2017-18 Free Application
for Federal Student Aid. This form is
the primary application for federal, state
and institutional financial aid programs.
Staff will assist families in completing the
application. Students and parents need to
bring 2015 tax information (W2 forms for
parents and student, and federal tax form
1040, 1040A or 1040 EZ) and records of
untaxed income, Social Security benefits
and child support received or paid. Snow
date Dec. 11. Email finaid@csmd.edu.
4-H Quarter Auction
(Location: St. Marys County Fairgrounds, Tolerance Hall)
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
The St. Marys County 4-H program will
be holding a Quarter Auction to benefit the
4-H Youth Development Program on Sunday, December 4, 2016, at the St. Marys
County Fairgrounds. This event will feature over 15 vendors with the opportunity to win items for only 1 to 2 quarters.
Doors will open at 1:00 pm and the Auction starts at 2:00pm. For more information
and reservations, contact Barbara Dobbins in the 4-H Office at 301-475-4478.
University of Maryland Extension is an
Equal Opportunity/Equal Access program.
Quarter Auction Benefit
(Location: St. Marys County Fairgrounds)
1:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Doors open at noon
Proceeds benefit 4H Ropes N Wranglers
Paddles are $3 each or 2 for $5
All bids are between 1 - 4 quarters, and
over 15 different companies will be on hand
with over 100 prizes for you to pick from!
Never been to a quarter auction? No
problem! Bring your quarters, bring your
friends, and get ready for a fun afternoon
- well show you how the game works!
For info or reservations, call 410-474-2958.
American Legion Bluegrass Concert
Series
(Location: American Legion Post 238,
Hughesville, MD)
2:00 PM
ALL STAR LINEUP
The Gibson Brothers
Presented by Jay Armsworthy and the Sons
of the American Legion
50/50 Raffles, Door Prizes
Dinner special served before each show
starting at Noon.
For more info or tickets: www.americanlegionbluegrass.com
301-737-3004
Elks BIG GAME Poker
(Location: St. Marys County Elks Lodge)
2:00 PM - 8:00 PM
No Limit Holdem Poker Tournament
$120 Buy in = 15,000 chips ($80 to prize
pool, $20 Bounty and $20 to charity)
earn a $20 dollar Bounty every time you
knock someone out of the tournament
Top ten percent places paid. Food and
Beverage are available for purchase. Cash
Community
Calendar
games will be available: Holdem : $1- $2 no

limit (start when we have enough interested
players) Omaha Hi/Lo : $.50$1 no limit
301- 863- 7800
4pm) Please enter through the side of the

building 301- 863- 7800
Questions: James Dean 240-577-0828
Email: jdeanjunior@yahoo.com
Annie Jr. Performance (Location:

Long Beach Community Center, 5845
Calvert Boulevard, St. Leonard, MD
20685)
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
May also be purchased at the door. Annie Jr. is the specially adapted version of
Annie. The story is the same: With equal
measures of pluck and positivity, little orphan Annie charms everyones hearts despite a next-to-nothing start in 1930s New
York City. Annie is determined to find
the parents who abandoned her years ago
on the doorstep of an orphanage run by
the cruel Miss Hannigan. Annie eventually foils Miss Hannigans evil machinations, finding a new home and family in
billionaire Oliver Warbucks, his personal
secretary, Grace Farrell, and a lovable mutt
named Sandy.
CSM Jazz Ensemble Concert

(Location: CSM, Leonardtown)
7:30 PM
College of Southern Maryland, Leonardtown Campus, Building A., Room 206,
22950 Hollywood Road, Leonardtown.
CSMs Jazz Ensemble Solid Brass, directed
by Randy Runyon, will perform an assortment of holiday classics in the big band
swing style. $5 in advance, $7 day of event.
bxoffc@csmd.edu, 301-934-7828,
www.csmd.edu/Arts.
Monday, December 5
Pax River Quilters Guild Meeting/

Christmas Party
(Location: Good Samaritan Lutheran
Church, 20850 Langley Rd., Lexington
Park)
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Pax River Quilters Guildthe next monthly meeting will be held Monday, Dec.
5th, 6:30pm, at Good Samaritan Lutheran
Church, 20850 Langley Rd., Lexington
Park, MD. Join us for our annual guild
Christmas Party! There will be games,
food, fun and fabric. Grab bags, FQ raffle,
ugly Christmas sweater contest, holiday
head wear contest are planned. Bring food
for the food pantry raffle, 2 1/2 strips for
a strip raffle and a quilting related gift (optional), $15 limit, for our gift exchange.
New members and guest welcome. Pax
River Quilters Guild is a 501(c)(3) organization and is open to the public. Visit us on
Facebook or our website www.paxriverquiltguild.com.
Wine and DISH! Holiday Giftmaking
Clay Workshop
& Arts Center)
6:30 PM - 9:30 PM
2-class series. Create one-of-a-kind gifts
using clay slabs and pinched pottery.
Choose from an assortment of project ideas.
Decorate your pieces with textures, glazes,
and more. A fun evening out bring your
favorite beverage and join us! Second class
meets Dec 19th, 6:30-9:30pm for glazing
your finished pieces.
Registration required. To register, visit
www.annmariegarden.org.
Elks Holdem BOUNTY Tournament
(Location: St. Marys County Elks Lodge)
7:00 PM
No Limit Holdem Poker Tournament
$25 Buy in = 4,000 chips
$5 add-on = 1,000 chips and raffle drawing Earn a BOUNTY chip worth $5 dollars for every person that you bust out of
the tournament. Food and Beverage are
available for purchase. Cash games will
start as soon as there are enough players
that are interested. Holdem : $1- $2 no limit
Omaha Hi/Lo : $.50$1 no limit (starts at
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Tuesday, December 6
Pet of the Week
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Meet
Charles & Jill
Charles was born in August and

Jill was born in May. They are super
friendly and love to snuggle with their
foster mom. They are cute purr babies
who also love to play with their toys and
the other kitties. They are combo tested
for aids and feline leukemia, vaccinated
against rabies, spayed or neutered, had
3 distemper vaccines, dewormed and
microchipped. They cost $125 each.
As you know they are looking for

someone to love them and be kind to
them forever.
You can meet them at Petco from 11
to 3 every Saturday and Sunday.
SELF-SERVE DOG WASH FULL SERVICE GROOMING NATURAL PET FOODS

GOURMET DOG BAKERY HIP TOYS & ACCESSORIES
Sea Squirts at CMM

Location: Calvert Marine Museum
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Free program for children 18 months to 3
years old and their caregivers. This months
theme is Backyard Winter Animals.
LVRSA Texas Roadhouse Fundraiser
(Location: Texas Roadhouse in California MD 2061)
4:00 PM - 8:00 PM
For the Leonardtown Volunteer Rescue Squad to receive a % of your purchase please provide your server
with a copy of our fundraiser flyer
which can be found at www.lvrs.org.
We hope you see you there and we
thank you for your continued support!
Let us take care of it!

PROFESSIONAL GROOMING
Full-service, professional groomers

Your pet stays with one groomer from
start-to-finish, NO production line grooming
Call to ask about the full range of services offered
and to schedule an appointment
SAN SOUCI SHOPPING PLAZA
22598 MacArthur Blvd.

California, MD 20619
301.917.WASH (9274)
WAGNWASH.COM
PROUD TO BE LOCALLY
OWNED & OPERATED
Wednesday, December 7
Line Dance Lessons
(Location: Hotel Charles - 15110 Burnt
Store Rd, Hughesville, MD 20637)
7:00 PM
Free line dance lessons taught by the
Southern Maryland Boot Scooters. Beginner lessons 7:00 PM - 7:30 PM. Intermediate lessons 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM.
The Marriage of Figaro at St. Marys
College
(Location: Bruce Davis Theater, Montgomery Hall, on the St. Marys College
of Maryland campus)
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
The Marriage of Figaro, Pierre de Beaumarchais fast-paced comic romp across
one day in Count Almavivas castle of
Aguafrescas, runs December 7-10 at 8 p.m.
and December 11 at 2 p.m. in the Bruce Davis Theater, Montgomery Hall, on the St.
Marys College of Maryland campus. An
informal talk-back with cast and crew follows the opening night performance on December 7. Ticket prices are $4 for teachers,
students, St. Marys College staff, senior
citizens, and Arts Alliance members; $6,
general admission. To make reservations,
email the Theater Box Office at boxoffice@
smcm.edu or telephone 240-895-4243.
The Marriage of Figaro is produced by
St. Marys College of Marylands Department of Theater, Film, and Media Studies
and is directed by faculty member Mark A.
Rhoda.
DECEMBER 3RD & 4TH

11am-4pm
Come celebrate the holidays with

Leonardtown PetValu!
Bring your furry loved ones in, to take
a picture with Santa!! Play some games
and test your luck on some of our local
business raffles! We will have adoptable
dogs and cats, as well as meet and greets
with your local pet businesses!
Hope to see you then!
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JobSource Mobile Career
Center at Charlotte Hall
Library
The Southern Maryland JobSource

Mobile Career Center will be at the Charlotte Hall Library on Thursday, December 1st from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Job seekers
can stop by for job counseling and resume
help, search for jobs, and to get registered
with the Maryland Workforce Exchange.
Handmade at Your Library
Lexington Park Library will host

Handmade at Your Library on Saturday,
December 3rd from 2 to 3 p.m. A craft
program for beginner and experienced
do-it-yourselfers. Join us one Saturday
a month to make unique handicrafts.
Well supply the instructions and materials, and you bring the creativity. This
month well be making dip ornaments.
This is an adults only program. Registration required on www.stmalib.org or call
301-863-8188.
Introduction to Google
Drive
Leonardtown Library will host Introduction to Google Drive on Monday, December 5th from 2 to 4 p.m. Learn how to
use Google Drive to enhance productivity by improving search skills and sharing
documents. Adult classes are limited to
ages 16 and up. Registration required on
www.stmalib.org or call 301-475-2846.
Teen Tech Space
Lexington Park Library will host Teen

Tech Space on Tuesday, December 6th
from 4 to 6 p.m. Open computer lab
use for teens and tweens ages 11 to 17.
Play Minecraft, Wii, games, computers,
and make crafts. Hang out, bring your
friends! No Registration.
eReading Basics
Leonardtown Library will host eReading Basics on Wednesday, December 7th

from 2 to 4 p.m. A one hour overview of
Overdrive, Hoopla, and Zinio, followed
by one hour of guided help. Use a library
device or bring your own. Adult classes
are limited to ages 16 and up. Registration required on www.stmalib.org or call
301-475-2846.
College Q&A: You Have

College Questions, We Have
Answers
Lexington Park Library will host College Q&A on Wednesday, December 7th
from 6 to 7:30 p.m. A casual discussion
and Q&A session about preparing for
college from writing your admissions essay and choosing a school to figuring out
FAFSA and picking a major. All students,
parents, and community members are
welcome!
Charlotte Hall Book

Discussion
Charlotte Hall Library will host a book

discussion on Monday, December 5th
from 6:45 to 7:45 p.m. They will discuss The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by
Gabrielle Zevin. Copies of the book are
available for checkout prior to the discussion. New members are always welcome!
No registration.
Publisher
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Office Manager
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Graphic Artist
Sarah Williams
Staff Writers
Guy Leonard
Interns
Miranda McLain
Thomas McKay
Eric McKay
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Photographer
Frank Marquart
Laura Joyce
Ron Guy
Linda Reno
Shelbey Oppermann
David Spigler
Doug Watson
Thursday December 2
Trivia
Anthonys Bar & Grill,
Dunkirk MD
8:30pm
www.anthonysdunkirk.com
Friday December 2
Jingle and Mingle Happy Hour

ToyDrive
Hard Times Cafe, Waldorf MD
6 -10pm
Free entrance with a new unwrapped
toy.
Email 2ndvp@dstfwac.org.
Texas Holdem Tournament
VFW Post 2632,Three Notch Rd.
7:00 PM
$50 Buyin ($40 Prize Pool + $10
Charity)
Optional $10 Add-On (Receive an
extra $1000 and 50/50 Entry) For
more information or to pre-register
contact Brian: Email: poker@
vfw2632.com Cell: 240-925-4000
Ryan Forrester Trio
The Ruddy Duck, Solomons MD
8pm
DJ Rickie
Dunkirk MD
8:30pm
Denim & Diamonds: A Holiday

Affair
Waldorf Cultural Center,
WaldorfMD
9pm
Dress in your best denim attire for
an evening filled with great music,
hors doeuvres, a silent auction and
door prizes.
www.southernmarylandtlod.org
Saturday December 3
5th Annual Toys for Tots Rock n
Roll Toy Drive.
Dunkirk MD
8pm
3 bands.
$10 entry or unwrapped new toy.
Karaoke w/DJ Tommy T &
Friends
Applebees, California, MD
9pm
Come and join Local Phenom DJ
Coach for Southern Marylands Longest Running Karaoke Show! Under
18 can sing until 10pm.
301-862-1573
www.instantpartyanddj.com
The Calvert County Times is always looking for

more local talent to feature! To submit art or
band information for our entertainment section,
e-mail sarahwilliams@countytimes.net.
Please submit calendar listings by noon on the
Tuesday prior to our Thursday publication.
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the residents of St. Marys County. The St. Marys County Times will be available on
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Enhance Fitness classes
offered for FREE during the
month of December
Join us at a senior activity center near

you for a well-rounded fitness class that
incorporates aerobic, strength, balance,
and flexibility components in a one-hour
workout. Enhance Fitness is being offered during the month of December at
the Garvey, Loffler, and Northern Senior
Activity Centers FREE of charge to all
participants (normally $3/class). Whether you already regularly participate in
Enhance Fitness, or have been wanting
to give it a try, heres your chance for
free if you are 50 years of age or older.
For more information, call Alice at 301475-4200, ext. *1063.
Gift Donations Needed for

Christmas Gift Bingo
Every year at the Loffler Senior Activity Center we offer a special day of Bingo in which Christmas shopping items
are the prizes. We will have a full house
of 50 players and are looking for donations of gifts for our prize table. Donations should be new items, not shopworn
or expired foodstuffs, but items that are
suitable for gift-giving. They should
not be gift-wrapped. Donations can be
dropped off at the Loffler Senior Activity Center Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-4:30
p.m. now through Dec. 12. If you have
questions call 301-737-5670, ext. 1658.
Mason Jar Succulent

Terrarium
A succulent terrarium makes an excellent gift for the plant lover in your
life. They are easy to care for and make
great home accent pieces. Attend this
workshop at the Garvey Senior Activity Center on Monday, Dec. 5 at 10 a.m.
There is no fee to attend this workshop;
however, advance sign up is required. To
register, call 301-475-4200, ext. *1050.
AARP Smart Driver Course
As a result of evidence-based
research findings, this course, held at
the Garvey Senior Activity Center on
Tuesday, Dec. 6 from 10 a.m. 3 p.m.
includes a focus on areas where older
drivers could benefit from additional
training, including: roundabouts,
pavement markings, stop-sign
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Programs and Activities
compliance, red-light running, and

safety issues such as speeding, seatbelt
and turn-signal use. The cost is $15 for
AARP members, $20 for nonmembers,
payable to AARP. Members must
show their membership card to get
the member rate. Advance sign up
is required. Lunch is available at the
Center; cost is a donation for ages 60
and above and $6 for those under the
age of 60. Call 301-475-4200, ext. *1050
to register for the class and for the lunch
menu and to make lunch reservations.
Tax-free Investing
Avia Cumberbash, Financial Advisor

with Edward Jones, will be at the Garvey Senior Activity Center on Wednesday, Dec. 7 at 11 a.m. to offer a tax-free
inventing educational workshop. The
program is designed to inform individuals of the benefits and considerations of
choosing investments that offer tax advantages. Topics to be discussed include
key steps to financial success, types of
municipal accounts bonds, retirement
accounts and life insurance. This presentation is for educational purposes
only; there is no pressure to buy, no
transactions will take place. Sign up in
advance by calling 301-475-4200, ext.
*1050.
Razzle Dazzle
ChristmasParty
Its time to get your tickets for the annual St. Marys County Dept. of Aging
& Human Services Christmas Party
which will take place on Friday, Dec.
9 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Loffler
Senior Activity Center. We will Razzle
Dazzle you with our festive atmosphere
as well as the delightful music of DJ
Mean Gene, and a feast which will feature Garden Salad; Glazed Ham; Seasoned Greens; Scalloped Potatoes; Dinner Roll with butter; Fruit Juice Punch
and Bread Pudding with Warm Vanilla
Sauce. In addition, there will be all the
other elements which help make this
event magical like raffles, door prizes,
dancing, party favors and more. Advance tickets are required and may be
purchased at any senior activity center
in St. Marys County for a suggested donation of $13. For additional information
call 301-737-5670, ext. 1658.
Social Contract Bridge
There is interest is starting an informal, social contract bridge group at the

Garvey Senior Activity Center on the
2nd and 4th Fridays of each month beginning Dec. 9 from 10 a.m. 1 p.m.
Interested players must be familiar with
the game and able to keep score. To sign
up, call 301-475-4200, ext. *1050.
Free Christmas Show
The Charles County Show Troupe will

perform their holiday show, Christmas
Spirit, at the Northern Senior Activity
Center on Monday, Dec. 12 from 10:3011:30 a.m. Audience members must be
age 50 and above. To reserve a seat for
the show and to request lunch please call
301-475-4200, ext. *3101.
Breakfast Caf
Last breakfast for 2016! Celebrate the

holiday the season with us by coming to
breakfast on Wednesday, Dec. 14 from
9-10 a.m. at the Northern Senior Activity Center. Breakfast will consist of
sausage gravy, biscuits, home fries, and
fruit. The cost is $2 and is due at sign
up. To sign up and pay for the class in
advance, please visit the front desk.
Natural Wreath Making
On Thursday, Dec. 15, learn how to

make a beautiful, all-natural evergreen
wreath complete with bow, as taught by
artisan Carol Davis, from Your Journey Studios at the Loffler Senior Activity Center. Class meets from 9-11 a.m.
Participants can customize their own
wreath with an assortment of cypress,
evergreens, magnolia, boxwood, pine
and holly. Bring your own snips for
trimming. Plastic gloves and all wreath
making materials, including ribbon, are
provided. For more information, or to
register, call 301-475-4200, ext. *1063.
Fee of $30 includes instruction and all
wreath making materials.
of all skill levels. All supplies, including snacks and beverages (alcohol free),
are provided and you will leave with a
16x20 canvas of your acrylic painting at
the end of class. Cost is $25 and is made
payable to St. Marys Wine & Design.
To sign up and pay for the class in advance, please visit the front desk. For
more information regarding the class,
please call 301-475-4200, ext. *3101.
Make a Sock Snowman
Heres a simple little craft or gift you

can make-a snowman made from a sock
and other simple materials you probably already have on hand. Learn how to
make these adorable creatures on Friday,
Dec. 16 at 10 a.m. at the Loffler Senior
Activity Center. There is no cost for this
project but seating is limited. Call 301737-5670, ext. 1658, or stop by the reception desk to sign up.
Christmas Movie at Loffler
On Thursday, Dec. 22 at 10 a.m., take

a break from your holiday preparation
and treat yourself to a classic Christmas
movie. We will be showing the delightful Miracle on 34th Street. Though this
movie had a lovely remake in 2000, we
are going to go back in time to the 1947
version with Maureen OHara and the
young Natalie Wood. Nibble on some
sweet and salty kettle corn and enjoy an
ice cold drink on us, sit back and enjoy.
16 seats available, reserve yours by calling 301-737-5670, ext. 1658, or stop by
the reception desk.
Wine & Design at Northern
Enjoy the fellowship of friends, food,

and fun at the Northern Senior Activity
Center for our St. Marys Wine & Design
event on Thursday, Dec. 15 from 9:3011:30 a.m. Learn to paint a Maryland
blue crab with a Santa hat from a professional artistic instructor. The picture
is pre-sketched to guide you during the
painting process and is perfect for artists
Brought to you by the Commissioners of St. Marys County: James R. Guy, President; Michael L. Hewitt; Tom
Jarboe; Todd B. Morgan; John E. OConnor; and the Department of Aging & Human Services
Loffler Senior Activity Center 301-737-5670, ext. 1658 Garvey Senior
Activity Center, 301-475-4200, ext. 1050
Northern Senior Activity Center, 301-475-4002, ext. 3101
Visit the Department of Agings website at www.stmarysmd.com/

aging for the most up-to date information.
Games
CLUES ACROSS
1. Famed Spanish
Generals nickname
5. Drink alcohol
11. Savings for soggy
days
14. Kleenex, Puffs are
some
15. Moved in a circular
way
18. Pile of stones
19. Drenched
21. Talk to you (abbr.)
23. Worlds longest
river
24. Thoughts
28. Stake
29. Lawrence Taylors
nickname
30. Coat or smear
32. Comedian Josh
33. Cost, insurance,
freight (abbr.)
35. Royal Bank of
Canada
36. Polyvinyl chloride
39. Lifeless
41. Doctor of Medicine
42. Former Saudi
Arabian king
44. River along border
of India and Nepal
46. German widow
47. Administrative
review board
49. Small tower
52. Central American
fruit
56. Cigar
58. Bring to life
60. Linked together in
a chain
62. Marinara, BBQ are
two
63. Mail
CLUES DOWN
1. Expression of
creative skill
2. Nonclerical
3. Credit card
company
The County Times
4. Ancient Chinese
city
5. Personas
6. More (Spanish)
7. Close to
8. Nigerian City
9. Pals
10. Internal
12. Type of tent
13. Beloved Princess
16. Supplementing
with difficulty
17. Region in
Mississippi
20. Brave act
22. 36 inches
25. -__, denotes past
26. Swiss river
27. Submersibles
29. Portable computer
screen material
31. Binary-coded
decimal
34. Supervises flying
36. Represents dull,
abrupt sound
37. Deformity
involving a limb
38. Map
40. Dominican
Republic
43. Breed of hogs
45. District attorney
48. Light Russian
pancake
50. Selfs
51. Rock songstress
Turner
53. American Music
Awards
54. Partner
55. Egyptian Sun god
57. European money
58. Consumed
59. Doctor of
Education
61. Actinium
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Letters to the Editor

To The Editor,
BLUEGRASS FOR HOSPICE-2016,
BEST YEAR YET!!
This years Bluegrass for Hospice raised
$38,298.91! In 8 years, its the best yet,
with a total raised of $192,000.00. On
Saturday October 22, around 450 attendees enjoyed live Bluegrass music while
raising money for our local Hospice of
St. Marys, Hospice House. Bluegrass for
Hospice-2016 was held at Bubby Knotts
Flat Iron Farm in Great Mills, MD.
In spite of the family emergencies and
cancelation of the original scheduled headline act, which was TLC Televisions Networks, The Willis Clan, the show went
on with no complaints of the replacement
entertainment. Featured on Americas
Got Talent, the Mountain Faith Band came
through and entertained the more contemporary crowd while The Larry Stephenson
Band were there to entertain the more traditional folks.
I would like to thank each and every one of you who attended and all of
the kind words that were given about the
event. Maybe you purchased a raffle ticket,
bought a Silent Auction item, or purchased
a vendor space at the Bluegrass For Hospice; it all went to a worthy cause and was
appreciated. Congratulations to our money
raffle winners, Alan Hunter and Joy Potter.
I would like to take this opportunity to
publically thank the many volunteers that
contributed their time to help make the
event run smooth and successful as well as
the sponsors, and businesses in St. Marys
County who so generously donated items
for the silent auction and door prizes. Its
great to see how the community of St.
Marys County comes together with generosity. I hope I dont forget you, but please
forgive me if I do. Your name may be overlooked, but please remember your work
and participation was appreciated.
Thanks to the behind the scenes folks:
the Amish/Mennonite Community for
their generous handcrafted items; my Dad,
Johnny Armsworthy, Denise & Michael
Bragg, Max McConnell, and Tina Williams for collecting door prizes and silent auction items; Barbara Robinson for
making the phone calls; and Chesapeake
Wholesale. Thank you Troy Jones for your
dedication to me for over 11 years doing
sound for all of my events. I dont know
what Id do without you!! The IIIrd District
Optimist Kruzin Kafe for being the food
vendor; Bubby Knott for providing the
Flat Iron Farm every year, not to mention
Mickey who does all the work getting the
facility ready; McCormick Spice Company for donating the Spice Basket; and Old
Line Bank. A special thanks to the Printing Press, Jesse & Kerry, for your continued support and dedication to this event;
to Sheetz in Great Mills; and Ed Vogt of
the Eastern Shore for donating the small
wagon that was filled with various Bluegrass items, AND the life size John Deere
wagon.
Now to the many volunteers who were
running around all day selling, overseeing,
or just being there to do whatever was needed. You may feel that you didnt do much,
but believe me, you were a big help. Thanks
to: Barbara Anderson; my Mom, Lorraine
Armsworthy; Jim & Martha Bailey; Jan
Barnes; Tony & Cindy Beakes; Joe & Denise Bragg; Michael Bragg; Synda Buckmaster; Nina Campbell; Jeni Carrico; Tara
Dooley; Nga Nguyen-Felton; Pam Ferris;
Suzanne Henderson; Mikul Holder; Muriel
Letters
The County Times
Homesack; Diane Hoyns; Debbie Johnson;

Terry Larus; Eve Love; Debra Morgan;
Charles Nickless; Elisa Norris; John Potts;
Vince & Pat Roche; Jack & Peggy Tippett;
Randy Whiten; and Janice Woehrer. Putting the icing on the cake, the one and only
Michelle Armsworthy!!! Everyone was a
big help but it couldnt run without her!
To the local talent, who never give me

a hard time or tell me they cant perform,
thank you for your dedication: Recycled
Bluegrass, Bluegrass Gospel Express, Bubby Abell & Spoon Creek, and 15 Strings.
This years event was in memory of

Charlie Thompson and Jay Russell. Jay
was a big supporter of Bluegrass for Hospice and would always show up early willing to lend a hand with anything that was
needed. Charlie was a long time Bluegrass
musician and friend to many. He never
turned down the opportunity to play for
the Bluegrass for Hospice. He is missed,
not only me, but many in the Southern MD
Bluegrass community. Id like to thank his
brother, Ronnie Thompson, as well as Guy
Herbert, Jerry Weaverling, Billy Thompson, and Stu Geisbert who joined me on
stage for a nice tribute and reunion of Charlies Bottom County Bluegrass Band to
close out this years Bluegrass for Hospice.
On behalf of the Helping Hands Food
Pantry, they certainly appreciated the
amazing amount of food that was collected.
And a great big thanks to the sponsors who supported Bluegrass For Hospice-2016: Great Mills Trading Post,
Karen Garner, Jan Barnes-Realtor for
Century 21 New Millennium, Mr. John
Felicitas & Ms. Christine Wray, Old Line
Bank, along with Salsas Mexican Caf,
Associated Insurance Centers, FGS, ABC
Liquors & Lounge, Chiefs, W.M. Davis,
Bob Taylor Engineering, Chick Fil A, St.
Marys County Arts Council, The County Times, Southern Maryland Womens
Magazine, and the Holiday Inn Express
in California, MD. Also thanks to Joan
& Stanley Williams, Three Mules Welding Supplys, TDE Incorporated, A & T
Enterprises, Luke Morgan, DDS & Associates, John R. Bean Construction &
Home Improvement~N~Stuff, Dorsey Law
Firm, Quality Built Homes, Guy Distributing Co, IAMAW William W. Winpisinger
Education Center, Dean Lumber Company,
Wildwood Medical Care-Dr. John Scott
Tidball, Friends of Tony ODonnell, Virginia Lee Baines, Fitzgerald Auto Mall
(Park Dodge Chrysler Jeep), along with
Bell Boys Bus Service, Cedar Point Federal
Credit Union, Hancock Refrigeration Co.,
Vidsec Systems, Cather Marine, Take-ItEasy Campground, Anne and Ernie Bell,
Lil Margarets Bluegrass & Old-Time Music Festival, Thomas & Son Transport, J.F.
Taylor, Community Bank of the Chesapeake, Kieyos, Parrans Flooring Center,
Patuxent Dental, C & C Plumbing & Septic, Aloft Solutions, St. Marys Nursing &
Rehabilitation Center, Tom Hodges Auto
Sales, Tire, & Service Center, and Dyson
Building Center.
Again, thanks to every one of you for
making this event what is has turned out to
be and for supporting live bluegrass music!
Sincerely,
Jay Armsworthy
Bluegrass for Hospice
Event Coordinator/Promoter
Dear Sir:
The recent election campaign having
started approximately 600 days prior to its
ending, it is no wonder weary voters were
muttering are we there yet? Given the
outcome, my answer would have to be not
yet. This election will be sliced and diced
for years, but I think it comes down to a
simple explanation; people were tired and
disgusted with the old and were more than
ready to try something new. So with the
ball rolling in that direction here are my
suggestions for items to address as still unfinished business.
America needs a Constitutional Convention. And I have three fairly simple ideas
for what I think should be accomplished.
We can start with an easy one.
Congress and members therefore shall
not be exempt from any law, rule or regulation otherwise applicable to any other organization or individual.
Moving Forward:
The term for a member of the House
of Representatives shall be limited to six
years, with one sixth of those seats being
up for election every year. The term for a
member of the Senate shall be limited to six
years,, with one sixth of those seats being
up for election every year. No member of
Congress shall be eligible for election, reelection or appointment to either the House
or the Senate without having first been out
of Congress for a time equal to their respective term of office. Any member of Con-
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gress having already served for a period

onger than or equal to the above term limits at the time of ratification of this Amendment, may complete the term then serving,
but shall not be eligible to continue in office without first having been our of office
for the required length of time. Any state
or territory having multiple representation
in Congress shall not be subject to having
that representation expire simultaneously
except on a staggered basis.
Lastly:
Congress shall not set for itself or be entitled to any perquisite of office not considered to be generally available to the American public as a whole.
(If the last suggestion is a little obtuse,
that means no in-house gyms or barber
shops/ beauty salons at public expense;
no unfettered, front of the line access to
military medical facilities unless entitled to
such access by virtue of military service;
no two years of service to be fully vested
in a life time pension; no automatic pay
increases, ect. Members of Congress are
public servants, they should act accordingly and not like heaven selected royalty
subject to the Divine Right of Kings)
Are we there yet? No, we are not.
Onward!
Sincerely,
John A. Walters
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Tip of the Week

Place small crochet hooks hook into a soft cork therefore, the
hook will not catch on the project and pull the threads apart.
From Craft Guild Shop
Rethink, Repurpose
Ignatius Knott
In November 1832, Ignatius Knott, a
resident of Stonelick, Clermont Co., OH
applied for a pension based on his service
during the Revolutionary War. He said he
was 85 years old and was born April 17,
1747 about two miles from Leonardtown in
St. Marys County.
In November 1833 he added more details,
saying he entered the service Hagerstown
in 1776. As the necessary wagons and
provisions could be obtained, we marched
from thence to meet Gen. Washingtons
Armyon the Delaware River within the
state of PAthe British prisoners that had
been taken at Princeton and Trenton [were
taken to Flemington] where we remained
but a few hours. We marched to Morristown where we stayed three weeks and
thence to Quibbletown where we remained
the balance of the winter.
I then returned home to Washington
County and remained there but a short time
before being pressed into serviceto go
to Hagerstown where wewere employed
[for about three months] in butchering for
the prisoners that were then at Ft. Frederick
on the Potomac River.
In October 1777, at Hagerstown, I was
drafted and we marched to old Lancaster
in PA and remained there for two days and
then got our arms and ammunition. The
British was then in possession of Philadelphia. From Lancaster we marched hard to
Gen. Washingtons army at White Marsh
Hill and there we joined the army and remained 3-4 days before Gen. Gates army
joined Washingtons and in a few days a
part of Gen. Gates army, under the com-
mand of Gen. Morgan, were engaged in

fighting the British one whole day. We remained under arms all the timeThe British retreated to Philadelphia.
Cold weather then came on. From
White Marsh Hill, we marched to Valley
Forge to winter quarters. On our march,
we crossed the Schuylkill River by making
a bridge of our baggage wagons. At Valley
Forge, we were ordered to build huts.
In September 1779 I was ordered to
go to Ft. Frederick to guard the prisoners.
We remained there about five months and
a half.
[In 1781] Col. Richard Davis called for
volunteers to go with him to catch Tories.
We took about 180 of them prisoners and
found a quantity of arms concealed in a
church. We took them to Frederick County jail and kept them there til Gov. Johnson had them tried by the Court. Fletcher
Soomon [Peter Sueman] and Pleccor [Yost
Flecker] was convicted and hanged. Some
of the rest was sent to Nova Scotia.
Note: These men were found guilty of
high treason. The sentences were unusually
brutal. You shall be carried to the gaol of
Fredericktown, and be hanged therein; you
shall be cut down to the earth alive, and
your entrails shall be taken out and burnt
while you are yet alive, your heads shall be
cut off, your body shall be divided into four
parts, and your heads and quarters shall be
placed where his excellency the Governor
shall appoint. So Lord have mercy upon
your poor souls.
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And in my never-ending series on our local trash and recycling convenience centers
and all that they take and offer to our local
residents, I am focusing on a very inventive
local recycler. She has asked that I do not
use her name, so I will call her the VIW
for very interesting woman. The VIW
was referred to me by Donnie at the Charlotte Hall Convenience Center. Donnie was
telling me how she used some items found
at the recycling center to create unique
structures for her yard. One of VIWs
mantras for her finds is, If its structural it
gets painted black, if its decorative it gets
painted gold. She sent me some photos of
two of her finds that were perfect for the
yard and a repurposed items duck which
she purchased.
I, of course, think Donnie is great as
well; such a creative man, and he and all
the other convenience center attendants
keep everything so organized. You never
know what Donnie has created or added or
painted at the Charlotte hall location. I really think local school children would benefit
from class trips to the convenience center
to see what can be recycled and also what
is unfortunately thrown away. We all always think of aluminum cans first, and that
is great, but there is so much more beyond
that. And speaking of cans, IW said that
cans are more valuable then we think. Aluminum is made of Bauxite and aluminum
cans and their pop-tops are full of it and
very valuable to companies like Alcoa.
A few nights ago, VIW and I were able
to talk on the phone, and she told me how
Donnie finds and saves interesting items
for her to work with. One of the things
VIW stated was, Is an item really garbage
or is it something someone else could use?
VIW gave lots of good ideas for some of
the things she sees thrown
away. If you dont already
take your used items to
Vintage Values or Hooks
and Hangars, then consider donating things like egg
cartons, glass jars, puzzles
and games to our local
Amish and Mennonite
friends, or the puzzles and
games could go to one of
our senior centers. The senior center also like cards
for patrons to rework. I
know personally that the
Northern Senior Center
has an an amazing art
room because I go to some
of the Crafternoons that
a friend offers there. They
may be able to use those
craft and art supplies that
youve never gotten around
to using. VIW emphasized
Rethink,
Repurpose.
Hanging plant pots can be used to transfer

plants like Geraniums inside during the
winter instead of going in the dumpster. I,
for, one didnt even think about taking my
Geraniums inside. She also said that things
like CD towers and such can be great for
climbing vines. It isnt long before they are
covered over. Generally, she feels that there
is a place for everything and with a little
research or a phone call or two, you can
find somewhere that can use your discards,
and end up with only a small amount of
true trash to take to the convenience center.
The passion and commitment she felt on
the subject was evident in her many ideas.
I also spoke to Nick Zurcan, Director of
Solid Waste and Recycling at Public Works
(always helpful and a wealth of knowledge)
about the status of recycling plastic grocery
bags. You probably know that you have to
dump everything out of your plastic bags
now at the recycle machine and leave your
bags in another container since they were
clogging up the next step of the process. I
told Mr. Zurcan that I was a bit worried that
some people might not be doing as much
recycling because of this extra step. He
responded that solutions are in the works
to solve this problem from acquiring their
own baler and machine to partnering with
large companies who repurpose the bags
into lumber, but he advised that for us, the
small recyclers, most of the grocery stores
still have a recycling container for plastic
bags, because they are able to recycle them.
So, if any of you are recyclers extraordinaire like VIW let me know. Again; Rethink, Repurpose. Ill try harder too.
To each new days adventure, Shelby
Please send your comments or ideas to:
shelbys.wanderings@yahoo.com or find me
on facebook: Wanderings of an aimless mind.
The County Times
By Erika McConnell
Caras Kindness
by Kristi Yamaguchi, illustrated by John Lee

c.2016, Sourcebooks
$16.99 / $23.99 Canada
32 pages
Everybody thinks youre a pretty nice kid.
And thats a great thing. Being kind to
others is fun, it feels good, and it helps
brighten someones day. Its also very easy
and, as youll see in Caras Kindness by
Kristi Yamaguchi, illustrated by John
Lee, when youre nice, it often comes back
to you.
Cara the Cat simply could not find the
right music for her skating routine.
She tried all different kinds of songs but

nothing seemed quite perfect enough. She
was spinning on the ice and listening to yet
another song when she spotted a sad little
guy sitting in the skating rink bleachers.
His name was Darby the Dog, and he told
her he was sad because he didnt know how
to skate.
But that was okay. Cara cares, so she
helped Darby learn to skate. When he felt
confident enough to do it by himself and he
didnt fall so much anymore, Cara told him
to pass on the kindness!
All that skating made Darby hungry, so

he sat down to eat his lunch. Hed almost
bitten into his peanut butter sandwich when
he met Pax the Polar Bear, whod left his
lunchbox at home. Pax was starving! Darby
happily shared his lunch, and when the last
crumb was gone, he told Pax to pass on
the kindness!
Walking home from the skating rink,
Pax saw Marky the Monkey, who was in
a bit of a fix. His ball had fallen in the cold
water, so Pax got it out for him because
polar bears dont mind cold water at all.
When Pax gave Marky the ball, Pax smiled
because helping made him happy. He said,
Pass on the kindness!
And so Marky passed on the kindness
to Samantha Skunk, whod just moved to
town and didnt know a soul. Samantha
passed on the kindness to Milo the Mole,
who loved hockey very much but couldnt
see it well enough to know what was happening and who was cheering.
And as for Milo? He had one last
kindness to pass on.
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Ever since your child was old enough

to understand words, youve tried to teach
empathy and compassion. Sometimes,
though, it might take a big-eyed kitten in
skates to bring the message home, which is
why you need Caras Kindness.
With a Pay-It-Forward-type message
that even the littlest child can understand,
author and Olympic medalist Kristi Yamaguchi shows kids that good begets good in
this simple story. But thats not the only
message here: Yamaguchis characters also
display patience and perseverance as well
as inclusion, all with a gentle bit of humor
inside the difficulties they encounter. Add
beautifully vivid artwork from illustrator
John Lee, and youve got a book that kids
will love to page through as they hear the
story read.
I think this is a great group-read for older toddlers, although children ages 4-to-7
may appreciate it more. For any kid who
needs a reminder that caring makes a big
difference, Caras Kindness is a nice
littlebook. .
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Thursday, December 1, 2016

The County Times

Franchots Office Misallocated $12.7 Million

P.G. Mans Body

Photo by Guy Leonard

The County Times

Thursday, December 1, 2016

Bob Kelley, the county IT director.

P.O. Box 250 Hollywood, Maryland 20636

For staff listing and emails, see page 24

Do You Feel Crabby When You Get

You'll Be Glad You Did.

Free InItIal ConsultatIon

The law offices of P.a. Hotchkiss & associates

Olde Towne Insurance

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(301) 932-7700 (301) 870-7111

Thursday, December 1, 2016

The County Times

County Government Hit

It was not exactly the way a group of St.

100 Bitcoins, equivalent to about $73,000.

Body of Missing Man Washes

ated the investigation. Detectives and Crime

Even John Deere toys are the best quality!

17723 Three Notch Rd Dameron, MD

MON-FRI 8-5 SAT 8-12

The County Times

Find the perfect gift

Thursday, December 1, 2016

A Mechanicsville woman was killed as

According to a CCSO press release,

Kitchen Still Stumbling Black

house. The current vendor prepares meals

Thursday, December 1, 2016

The County Times

The past employment of St. Marys County

He [OConnor] told me he was a retired

by calling John OConnor a fraud, Garland testified.

cameras lasted about 20 seconds.

Salary Increases for County

Commissioner President Randy Guy

The County Times

Thursday, December 1, 2016

Bud Or Bud Light

PRICES GOOD FRIDAY NOV. 25 THRU SUNDAY NOV. 27, 2016

Marilyn A. McKay Liquors

9.5 To 12-Oz., Selected

12-Oz. Cans, Selected

Lays Kettle Chips

Organic Milk750-Ml., Selected

14-Oz. Bag 41/50-Ct.

12-Pack Shock Top

12-Oz. Bottles, Selected

12-Oz. Bottles, Selected

12-Pack Sierra Nevada

3.5 To 13-Oz., Selected

4.75 To 7.5-Oz., Selected

Nabisco Chips Ahoy

12-Pack Samuel Adams

Oven Roasted Or Buffalo

MCKAYS COUPON - GOOD 11/25 - 11/27, 2016

18-Ct. Grade A Fresh

2016-12-01 St. Mary's County Times

2016-12-01 St. Mary's County Times