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MetCom Connection Fees
Called Unsustainable
By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
A local real estate developer issued a dire
warning to the governing board of the Met-
ropolitan Commission (MetCom) last week
about the ever increasing rates to hook up
to water and sewer services stiing the
ability of new commercial development to
grow in St. Marys County.
John K. Parlett, Jr., owner of CMI Con-
tractors in Charlotte Hall, presented a
case study of various developments in St.
Marys County and how much it could cost
to connect to vital water and sewerage ser-
vice compared to neighboring counties.
Using the currently constructed Char-
lotte Hall Retail Center as an example,
Parlett was able to calculate that it cost
$816,128, or 30.8 percent of the overall con-
struction cost to purchase all of the equiva-
lent dwelling units MetCom required for
the site to have if it were constructed under
the proposed scal 2018 MetCom budget
projections.
These costs were far and away from
those in neighboring Charles and Cal-
vert counties, according to Parletts study,
which meant that if costs continued to soar
they could put a serious dampening effect
on the ability of developers to do business
in St. Marys.
Parletts calculations showed that it
would cost just $107,608 to build the same
project in Charles County and just $268,800
for the same project in Calvert County.
In Anne Arundel County, which is much
more developed, it would still cost just
$457,175 to build the same project there,
Parletts study showed.
Parlett called the projected costs to hook
up to water and sewer here unbelievable
at more than 30 percent of the overall cost
of the project.
A bar graph chart that Parlett provided
showed that projected scal 2018 connec-
tion rates for MetCom were almost always
Sign Ordinance To Get A Second Look
By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
Back in August of last year the Commis-
sioners of St. Marys County adopted a new
ordinance regulating the use of signage but
several business owners chafed at the new
regulations, saying it was too restrictive es-
pecially when it came to the use of tempo-
rary signs for commercial use.
After a Jan. 10 meeting where more than
a dozen residents spoke out calling for the
ordinance to be suspended, the county
commissioners voted Teusday to bring to-
gether a focus group that will eventually
recommend changes to the regulations.
The group will likely consist of members
from the county chamber of commerce,
the Maryland Building Industry Associa-
tion, citizens, the countys Department of
Economic Development, the Alcohol Bev-
erage Board, the licensed beverage asso-
ciation, realtors and the countys planning
commission.
The sign ordinance makes no restric-
tions on the content of a sign, as mandated
by the Supreme Court on First Amendment
grounds, but is restrictive when it comes to
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nearly double those in Anne Arundel
County and far surpassing Charles and
Calvert counties.
Moreover, these cost increases that are
proposed are being taken from new proj-
ects without being spread out among older
developments.
This is such a dramatic difference,
Parlett said of the cost variance. I promise
you if rates keep going up you wont get the
EDUs you need.
What youre proposing is not sustain-
able for the community youre serving. Its
simple economics.
MetComs own proposed water connec-
tion rates for commercial properties would
rise from $10,671 in scal 2017, the current
year, to $19,320 in scal 2018 according to
a Jan. 5 draft document.
Residential hookups for water that now
cost $8,892 per EDU to $16,100 in scal
2018.
For sewer, connection fees per EDU
were set to rise from $7,618 to $13,324 in
scal 2018 for commercial properties.
Steve Willing, MetCom board member,
said that just prior to Parletts presentation
Jan. 26, the board had a work session on the
budget and were just as surprised to see the
proposed increases.
Those increases in the draft document,
though, were expected to be reduced, Will-
ing said.
It is high, Willing said. We were
shocked.
Board Member Mike Mummaugh
was equally taken aback by Parletts
presentation.
If you cut those numbers in half [on the
St. Marys side] were still the highest by a
large margin, Mummaugh said.
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the size of, a sign and where it is placed on
an owners property.
Among other restrictions that business
owners disapproved of was that a sign can-
not be placed on a roof; several complained
that historical businesses had often relied
on such signs for years.
At Tuesdays commissioner meeting
Commissioner Mike Hewitt questioned
why business and property owners were
being restricted on the placement of signs,
since they had an expectation of being able
to do as they pleased on their own property.
Hewitt abstained from voting on the or-
dinance last year.
Commissioner Todd Morgan, who voted
in favor of the ordinance last year, said that
the focus group could help bring some res-
olution to the issue, which had continued in
one form or another for years.
This sign thing has been bouncing
around since before I got here, Morgan
said. Hopefully this will help clean it up.
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4 Local News The County Times
Comptroller Visits
St. Marys
By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
State Comptroller Peter Franchots visit
to Hollywood Tuesday allowed him to an-
nounce several million dollars for renova-
tion to Hollywood Elementary School but it
also gave him the chance to talk about key
issues for which he has drawn political heat
from within his own Democrat Party.
Franchot was a key supporter of mov-
ing the starting day for school after Labor
Day though some in local school boards did
not like the change, saying it could inter-
fere with instruction time and cut down on
vacation days for students farther into the
school year.
Franchot believed the change would not
be a serious problem.
Gov. Larry Hogan made the executive
order last year to change the school year
start date.
Itll all work out, Franchot said. This
way you wont have to worry if your county
is starting before someone else.
Franchot has also been one of the most
outspoken comptrollers in recent memo-
ry, gaining a reputation for being a scal
conservative despite having a track record
of being a left-wing delegate in the state
legislature.
Its all a difference in whom he was
tasked to represent, Franchot told The
County Times.
Sell it - Buy it I was from the Peoples Republic of
Takoma Park, Franchot said, noting the
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SAT FEB 25, 2017 @ 6 PM St. Marys County Economic Development
Tools, Furniture, Antiques, Household Items
and SBDC to Hold Open House
The St. Marys County Department of
Multi-Estates Economic Development (DED), in part-
SAT MAR 4, 2017 @ 9 AM nership with the Maryland Small Business
Development Center (SBDC), will co-host
St. Marys Co Fairgrounds a #SmallBusinessLove open house for the
Leonardtown, MD business community on Thursday, Febru-
ary 16, 2017, from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. The
A Southern Maryland event will take place at DEDs ofces, on
the second oor inside the Potomac Build-
professional auction ing, in Leonardtown.
company providing services The event will be free owing and open
to individuals, businesses and to the entire business community. Come
in, meet, greet and learn. Light refresh-
non--profit organizations for a
non ments will be served. Educational business
variety of purposes. materials and videos will be available at
the event. Attendees can also meet SBDCs
www.FarrellAuctionService.com newest Business Consultant for St. Marys
County Wynne Briscoe.
301.904.3402 DED includes a Business Development
Division that is charged with recruiting,
growing and retaining businesses as well
Thursday, February 2, 2017
Franchot said that the problem started
before his time in the ofce but was found
from a review of a ve-year period in which
more than $20 million was misallocated.
The towns and cities owed money got it
almost immediately, while those who owe
it have 17 years to pay it back to the state.
Talking about these types of issues open-
ly was part of his job, Franchot said.
People want me to be a comptroller who
talks about these things, said Franchot.
The comptroller has also drawn a lot of
criticism for being seen as very close to the
governor.
I think my party is mistaken that their
constant criticism hurts Hogan, Franchot
said. That doesnt happen in this case.
Hogans approval ratings continue to re-
main high despite his political battles with
Democrats in the state house.
We dont agree on everything, Fran-
chot said of his relationship with Hogan.
But we do agree were not going to tear
each other down.
Franchot said that his focus now is on go-
ing after tax cheats, whether it be through
contraband or income tax returns.
Contraband cigarettes are a big deal,
Franchot said, noting that while most of
it comes in through Eastern Shore areas,
some also comes in through Charles and
St. Marys counties due to their proximity
to southern states. But the big increase has
been income tax fraud.
Franchot said that the 35 sworn law of-
cers who work for him may never be able
to catch all the offenders he also admit-
ted he would probably not look to prosecute
them all because of limited resources
but they would make life hard for them.
Were looking at maybe 12 or so indict-
ments a year and were hoping that will be a
warning to others, Franchot said.
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helping new companies form, a Tourism
Division, and an Agricultural and Seafood
Division. The Business Development Di-
vision and the Tourism Division are also
located in the Potomac Building and will
be part of the open house. The Agriculture
and Seafood Division is located at an off-
site ofce.
St. Marys County provides ofce space
for the SBDC allowing them to easy access
to DEDs Business Development Division.
To register for this event go to: https://
www.eventbrite.com/e/smallbusinesslove-
open-house-registration-31261816936.
To learn more visit SBDCs Face-
book page at http://www.Facebook.com/
SoMDSBDC and share the event.
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Thursday, February 2, 2017
State Veterans Secretary
Speaks to Tri-County Council
By Dick Myers
Staff Writer
It was a reunion of sorts for Maryland
Secretary of Veterans Affairs George
Owings. The Calvert County resident was
guest speaker at the Jan. 26 meeting in
Annapolis of the Tri-County Council for
Southern Maryland. As a member of the
House of Delegates from 1988 to 2004,
Owings was a member of the council.
Owings is serving his second stint as
Maryland Secretary of Veterans Affairs; he
was secretary under Governor Robert Eh-
rlich from 2004 to 2007 and was appointed
to the position by Governor Hogan in 2015.
Owings is a U.S. Mine Corps veteran hav-
ing served in Vietnam. He received the
Presidential Unit Citation, Navy Unit Com-
mendation with Bronze Star Device, Navy-
Marine Corps Medal, and Vietnam Service
Medal with Silver Star Device.
Owings was the bearer of good news to
the council after more than a dozen years
he said the Community-Based Outpatient
Clinic (CBOC) for veterans somewhere
in the Charlotte Hall/Hughesville area is
about to become a reality. Bids for the long-
anticipated facility are due on February
15th. It looks like it is finally going to take
place, he said. The exact location has been
narrowed down to four choices.
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After Owings spoke, Rachel Jones rep-
resenting Sen. Ben Cardin and Terrance
Taylor representing Rep. Steny Hoyer
both confirmed the impending nature
of the project. All three praised the work
done by the councils Veterans Regional
Infrastructure Advisory Committee and
the persistent work of its firs chair former
Calvert County commissioner Susan Shaw.
The committee is now chaired by current
Calvert Commissioner Vice President Evan
Slaughenhoupt,Jr.
Taylor said a satellite CBOC will open
next year and a larger facility in the 2019-
2020 tie frame.
Owings pointed out that his agency is not
the same as the U.S Veterans Administra-
tion (VA). He said the regional VA offices
in Washington and Baltimore had been
consolidated into the National Capital/
Baltimore Regional Office. He took cogni-
zance of the criticism of the VA, but said he
stands by the care offered at VA hospitals
he said both he and his father had availed
themselves of that care. The people who
work at the VA hospitals are very serious
about the treatment they offer, he insisted.
The state veterans secretary said the
jury is still very much out on whats hap-
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is happening at the VA, he said. He noted
that the new presidents VA nominee David
Shulkin would be the first non-veteran (hes
a doctor) to serve in the post. Shulkin had
been previously selected by former Presi-
dent Obama.
Owings also talked about the tainted well
water at Camp Lejeune, NC that has caused Owings
serious health issues, including cancer and
leukemia, to Marines stationed there from Owings agency is also responsible for
1953 to 1978. The federal government has the largest veterans cemetery network in
finally taken responsibility for health care the country. He said the cemeteries are
of those affected. It has taken the VA that open every day no matter what the weather.
long to own up, the secretary said. His department is also responsible for the
Owings is a big fan of giving veter- Charlotte Hall Veterans Home. We are so
ans who commit certain crimes a second proud of Charlotte Hall he boasted.
chance instead of locking them in jail. He The Maryland Department of Veterans
said when they get out they are tainted Affairs has a newsletter than anyone can
for life and have a difficult time ever get- sign up for on the agencys website. Go to
ting a decent job. He said that is no way to http://veterans.maryland.gov/
treat someone who has honorably served
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The Tri-County Council is expected to
receive monies from the proposal by Gov.
Hogan to expand funding to Rural Mary-
land. The monies will help servicemen
about to transition to civilian life to prepare
for the workforce.
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2017 Heroin and Opioid
Prevention, Treatment,
and Enforcement
Initiative Announceed
Governor Larry Hogan and Lt. Gover-
nor Boyd Rutherford today joined with the
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Secretary Dennis Schrader, Governors Of-
fice of Crime Control and Prevention Execu-
tive Director Glenn Fueston, Anne Arundel
County Executive Steve Schuh, Anne Arun-
del States Attorney Wes Adams, and Anne
Arundel Medical Center President Victoria
Bayless at the Anne Arundel Medical Cen-
ter to announce the administrations 2017
Heroin and Opioid Prevention, Treatment,
and Enforcement Initiative, a multi-pronged
and sweeping administrative and legislative
effort to continue addressing Marylands on-
going opioid and heroin epidemic.
The administrations 2017 Heroin and
Opioid Prevention, Treatment, and Enforce-
ment Initiative includes the creation of a
statewide Opioid Operational Command
Center to assist in breaking down govern-
mental silos and to aid in the coordination
of federal, state, and local resources. In ad-
dition to $4 million new funding, three new
pieces of legislation are also being proposed:
the Distribution of Opioids Resulting in
Death Act, the Prescriber Limits Act, and
the Overdose Prevention Act.
Marylanders from one end of the state to
the other know the devastation that heroin
and opioid abuse can cause, said Gover-
nor Hogan. Its under the surface of every
community, and we decided we were going
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to shine a spotlight on this, to try to find as
many possible solutions as we could. Today,
we are announcing our 2017 Heroin Treat-
ment, Prevention, and Enforcement Initia-
tive, because as this crisis evolves, so must
our response to it.
The reality is that the heroin problem in
Maryland has changed with the emergence
of cheap and potent synthetic opioids, which
pose a new threat to our communities, said
Lt. Governor Rutherford. The Governor
and I look forward to working with mem-
bers of the legislature to enact these com-
mon sense proposals, as we continue to use
all the tools at our disposal to address this
crisis and to save lives.
Since forcefully recognizing and identi-
fying the rapidly growing opioid and heroin
epidemic three years ago during the 2014
gubernatorial campaign, Governor Hogan
and Lt. Governor Rutherford have made
proactively addressing this crisis a corner-
stone of the administrations agenda.
In 2015, Governor Hogan signed an exec-
utive order creating the Heroin and Opioid
Emergency Task Force, chaired by Lt. Gov-
ernor Rutherford. The Task Force developed
33 recommendations to aggressively combat
the opioid and heroin crisis. The recommen-
dations focused on prevention, treatment,
and enforcement. Examples of recommen-
dations of the Task Force that have been
implemented by the administration include:
Thursday, February 2, 2017
Through the Sub-
stance Abuse and
Mental Health Ser-
vices Administra-
tion, the Department of Health and Mental legislative and administrative actions, sup-
Hygiene issued a final rule to increase the ported by new budgetary commitments:
number of patients that qualified physicians
who prescribe buprenorphine for opioid use Opioid Operational Command Center:
disorders can treat from 100 to 275. Governor Hogan today signed an Ex-
Recognizing the importance of partnering ecutive Order amending the 2015 Executive
with local jurisdictions, the administration Order to establish the Inter-Agency Heroin
funded 18 county-level heroin coordinators and Opioid Coordinating Council, authoriz-
to promote an integrated law enforcement ing the council to establish the Opioid Op-
approach and to gather, analyze, and share erational Command Center. The center will
actionable information, making it easier for facilitate greater collaboration between state
law enforcement to identify drug traffickers. and local public health, human services, ed-
As part of the Justice Reinvestment Act, ucation, and public safety entities to reduce
the state passed the Racketeering Influ- the harmful impacts of opioid addiction on
enced and Corrupt Organizations statute Maryland communities. As a direct result
to make it possible for the prosecution of from increased collaboration, the center will
major drug traffickers that operate across collect and collate data data that will be
jurisdictionallines. used to save lives.
Expanded the Prescription Drug Monitor- The Opioid Operational Command Cen-
ing Program by requiring mandatory regis- ter will be a collaborative effort working di-
tration for all providers that have a license to rectly with both local and federal organiza-
prescribe or dispense controlled dangerous tions and agencies, as well as 12 state agen-
substances and requires certain providers to cies and departments including: the Gover-
check the program database before prescrib- nors Office of Crime Control & Prevention;
ing an opioid or benzodiazepine. Department of Health and Mental Hygiene;
Along with much of the nation, Mary- Maryland Emergency Management Agen-
land is experiencing the emergence of a cy; Maryland State Police; Maryland State
new threat in the form of potent and cheap Department of Education; Department of
synthetic opioids, such as fentanyl. Deaths Human Resources, Department of Juvenile
related to fentanyl Services; Department of Public Safety and
have risen dramati- Correctional Services; Maryland Institute
cally in the state, for Emergency Medical Services Systems;
as the drug is 80 Maryland Higher Education Commission;
times more potent Maryland Insurance Administration; and
than morphine, ap- the Office of the Attorney General.
proximately 40 to The center will be tasked with organizing
50 times stronger and coordinating resources to local Opioid
than street-level Intervention Teams. These local teams will
heroin, and is be- receive training though the center.
ing mixed with The creation of the Opioid Operational
heroin to increase Command Center builds and expands on a
its potency. In ad- recent Hogan administration announcement
dition, carfentanil, to provide $931,371 in funding for heroin
an opioid analog coordinators in law enforcement agencies
with no medical in every region of the state and $2,070,397
purpose in humans, in funding for nine jurisdictions to continue
was responsible for the Safe Streets Initiative, an offender-based
spikes in fatal over- program that tracks down and arrests the
doses in Ohio and most serious and violent, repeat offenders
West Virginia over while connecting those offenders struggling
the summer, and with substance abuse to drug treatment,
has more recently health care, education, and other services.
been confirmed in
Northern Virginia. Treatment
To continue ad- Governor Hogans proposed fiscal year
dressing the grow- 2018 budget includes $4 million in new
ing problems of the funding to bolster the states efforts in sup-
opioid and heroin porting those struggling with heroin and
addiction epidemic opioid addiction. In addition, the budget
as well as the new contains $1.3 billion for mental health and
threat of synthetic substance use disorders, including $159
opioids, the Hogan million dedicated to existing non-Medicaid
administration is substance use disorder treatment programs.
announcing new Last year, the administration increased the
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budget for treatment beds for substance
abuse patients, an increase of over 50% over
the previous administration. The current
budget sustains that increase.
In addition, the Maryland Department of
Health and Mental Hygiene recently applied
for and received a Medicaid Waiver renewal
for its HealthChoice Program. This will al-
low Maryland Medicaid to reimburse for
residential substance use treatment services
delivered in large facilities, known as Insti-
tutes for Mental Diseases, greatly expanding
the number of facilities in Maryland that can
offer treatment services.
This waiver will also authorize the state to
pursue presumptive eligibility for individu-
als leaving jail or prison through its Medic-
aid State Plan. In the weeks ahead, the state
will amend its Medicaid State Plan to create
this eligibility option, which will supple-
ment Maryland Medicaids current jail en-
rollment and care coordination strategy.
Enforcement
The administration will continue to part-
ner with local, state, and federal law enforce-
ment to target the drug traffickers that profit
from addiction and will provide additional
tools for prosecutors to hold drug traffickers
accountable:
Distribution of Opioids Resulting in
Death Act:
This legislation will create a new felony,
punishable by up to 30 years, for individuals
who distribute an opioid or opioid analog, of
which the use causes the death of another.
The legislation contains an important pro-
vision to allow prosecutors to target king-
pins. Additionally, the legislation contains
protections for those who sell drugs to sup-
port their own addiction.
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Hoyer Reacts to
Prevention
The Department of Health and Mental
Hygiene will propose two pieces of legisla-
Comments About State
tion aimed at preventing addiction from tak-
ing root and ensuring that if addiction does
develop, that proper means are in place to
prevent overdoses from becoming fatal.
Department Employees
Prescriber Limits Act:
This legislation would limit the duration
of prescription opioids prescribed upon the
initial consultation or treatment to a 7-day
they can go, is a deeply disturbing state-
supply, except for when the opioid is pre-
ment that runs counter to our more than
scribed for the treatment of pain associated
century-old tradition of a nonpartisan
with a cancer diagnosis or a terminal ill-
foreign service. All federal employees,
ness, or to treat a substance-related disorder.
including foreign service officers, have a
During the past year, a number of states,
right to hold their own views based on their
including New York, Massachusetts, and
experience and knowledge from their years
Arizona, have moved to limit the amount
of service.
of opioids that can be prescribed, and the
It has been the longstanding practice
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
in the State Department for career foreign
(CDC) is a strong supporter of duration and
service officers to sign onto a memo of dis-
dosagelimits.
sent in order to ensure that contrary views
are taken into consideration by the political
Overdose Prevention Act:
appointees managing our foreign policy.
This legislation will authorize local fatal-
In fact, just last summer a dissent memo
ity review teams to review non-fatal over-
was signed by State Department officials
dose data in addition to the fatal overdose
criticizing President Obamas Syria policy.
data they currently review in order to: rec-
Stifling legitimate dissenting views at the
ommend overdose prevention strategies;
State Department or those of any civil
expand access to naloxone prescriptions
servant across our agencies undermines
directly from a pharmacist without the cur-
the ability of our government to adopt the
rent training requirements and extend cur-
Hoyer best ideas and put them into practice in ser-
rent immunity provisions to pharmacists;
Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) vice to the American people. Our career
and allow and make more efficient the abil-
released the following statement today foreign service officers are the finest in the
ity of the Department of Health and Mental
in response to comments by Presidential world, and no matter what changes a new
Hygienes Office of Controlled Dangerous
Press Secretary Sean Spicer during the Jan. administration brings, we must ensure that
Substances Administration to take action
30 White House press briefing: they can adhere to their sacred oath and
against the CDS registration of a prescriber
Todays assertion by the White House serve this country as they have so ably in
or dispenser of controlled dangerous sub-
press secretary that career foreign service the past.
stances based on investigations of the fed-
eral Drug Enforcement Administration or a officers who disagree with the new admin-
istration ought to get with the program or From the Office of Rep. Steny Hoyer
state professional licensing board.
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 10 Crime The County Times Thursday, February 2, 2017

Sheriffs Ofce Police: Woman Uses

Investigating Fatal Drugs, Attempts to
Motor Vehicle Collision Drive With Infant
in Lexington Park
On January 27, 2017, at approximately
8:18 p.m. patrol units from the St. Marys
County Sheriffs Ofce responded to the
area of Three Notch Road and Poplar Ridge
Road in Lexington Park for the report of a
serious motor vehicle collision.
Deputies arrived on scene with emer-
gency medical personnel to discover two
vehicles in the middle of the roadway.
Emergency medical personnel pronounced
the two occupants of one of the vehicles de-
ceased on the scene. Members of the Colli-
on Three Notch Road when for unknown
reasons the Mercedes-Benz 300 crossed
over the center line and head-on, struck
the Ford Edge. Anonsen was trapped in the
vehicle and had to be removed by re per-
sonnel before being own by Trooper 7 to
Shock Trauma.
Daube and a passenger, William Moeller,
age 40 of Pittsburgh, PA, were both pro-
nounced deceased at the scene by emer-
gency medical personnel.
Speed does not appear to be a factor in
St. Marys County Sheriffs Ofce Vice/
Narcotics detectives observed a female, lat-
er identied as Crystal Ann Hebb (Age 27
of Lexington Park) seated inside of her ve-
hicle in the parking lot of a local gas station.
Detectives watched as she crushed pills,
rolled a dollar bill and quickly ingested the
crushed oxycodone. She was preparing
to drive off, when she was detained by de-
tectives. It was at that time the detectives
observed a 2 year old child in the rear seat.
She was found in possession of two one
dollar bills with suspected oxycodone
residue, and 39 oxycodone pills (Street
Value of $390.00) which were prescribed to
someone other than her.
A check of the vehicles registration re-
vealed the validation tab was stolen from
another vehicle. Suspect Hebb was arrested
and charged accordingly. Detectives noti-
ed the Department of Child Protective
Services (CPS) for follow up investigation.
From Capt. Daniel Alioto, Vice/Narcotics
Unit Commander

sion Reconstruction Unit responded to the
scene and continued the investigation.
The investigation revealed a 2011 Ford
Edge operated by Dylan Anonsen, age 24,
of Waldorf was traveling northbound on
Sheriffs Ofce
the accident. At this time, It is unknown if
alcohol is a contributing factor.
Anyone with any information is asked
to contact Deputy First Class Christopher
Beyer at 240-925-5313.

Press Releases
Three Notch Road. A 1985 Mercedes-Benz
300 operated by Donald Daube, age 42 of From Jennifer Stone, Sheriffs Ofce PIO
Pittsburgh, PA was traveling southbound

1-16-2017 Possession Deputy First
Class J. Maguire was conducting trafc
enforcement in the area of First Colony
Boulevard and FDR Boulevard when he
LAW OFFICE OF observed a motor vehicle run a stop sign.
DFC Maguire initially stopped the vehicle;
rived on scene. She was transported to the
St. Marys County Detention Center where
a standard intake search was completed
which revealed Jackson attempted to con-
ceal suspected Oxycodone. She was served

DANIEL A. M.
however, the vehicle then quickly sped off
going through a parking lot at a high rate
of speed. The vehicle continued for nearly
her active warrants and charged with Pos-
session of CDS While Conned, CDS Pos-
session Paraphernalia, and CDS Possession
Not Marijuana.

SLADE, L.L.C.
LOKER BUILDING
two miles attempting to evade the deputy
before coming to a stop on Old Rolling
Road. The operator of the vehicle, Andre
Jesse Brothers, age 28, of California, ex-
1-19-2017 Assault Corporal E. John-
son responded to the 20000 block of Abell
Road to investigate the report of an assault.
ited the vehicle. A search incident of the The victim alleged the suspect, Kenneth
vehicle revealed a signicant amount of Emill Sola, Jr., age 49, of Abell, struck
marijuana in plastic baggies, a grinder, the victim in the chest. Although the vic-
and nearly $600 in cash. Brothers was tim displayed no signs of injury, deputies
transported to the St. Marys County De- determined an active protective order was
tention Center where he was charged with in place prohibiting Sola from being on the
CDS Possession Marijuana 10 GM+ and property. He was arrested and transported
CDS Possession Paraphernalia. to the St. Marys County Detention Center.
Sola was charged with Violation of a Pro-
1-17-2017 Possession Cpl. E. tective Order and Second Degree Assault.
OConnor responded to a suspicious
person incident in the 45000 block of
Chancellors Run Court in Great Mills.
The investigation
revealed the sus-
pect, Joy Marie
Jackson, age 41, of
Great Mills, had
active warrants
for her arrest. An-
other deputy rec-
ognized her and Andres Sola
detained Jackson
until OConnor ar- CASE# 3367-17
Jackson

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Maryland State Police
Press Releases
Theft from Motor Vehicles On Tuesday,
January 10, 2017, at 2:02 am, Tpr. Mulhearn
responded to the area of Upper Kells Lane,
Great Mills, for the report of breaking and en-
tering to motor vehicles. Tpr. Mulhearn made
contact with a witness, who advised they had
seen two males searching inside numerous
vehicles. Tpr. Mulhearn began patrolling the
area on foot and located two suspects in the
area. The suspects, Saeed Akhil Handon, 21,
of California and Martie Dakwan Smith, 25,
of Lexington Park were arrested. A search
incident to arrest revealed property not be-
longing to the suspects. Both subjects were
charged with seven counts of Rogue and Vag-
abond and one count of Theft and transported
to the St. Marys County Detention Center.
(17-MSP-001361)
Drug Arrest On Wednesday, January
11, 2017 at 10:03 am, TFC C. Ditoto initiated a
traffic stop on a passenger car on Route 235 at
Chaffe Court, Hollywood. TFC Ditoto made
contact with the driver, Gervan Piere Wade,
33, of Suitland, and detected the strong odor
of burnt marijuana emitting from the vehicle.
A probable cause search was conducted, re-
sulting in the recovery of drug paraphernalia
and a pill bottle containing Oxycodone Hy-
drochloride and Acetaminophen. Mr. Wade
was placed under arrest and charged with
Possession of a Schedule II Controlled Dan-
gerous Substance and Unlawfully Omitting
a Label on a Prescription Drug. He was ad-
ditionally issued a Civil Citation for Posses-
sion of Marijuana Less than 10 Grams. He
was transported to the St. Marys County
Detention Center and held pending a bond re-
view with the District Court Commissioner.
(17-MSP-001563)
First Degree Assault On Thursday,
January 12, 2017 at 4:53 am, Tpr. Rutkoski
responded to a residence on the 26000 block
of Dixon Way, Mechanicsville, for a reported
assault. Investigation revealed that Terry Lee
Phillips, 50, of Mechanicsville, had pointed
a firearm at two subjects employed by a re-
possession company. One of the victims
was able to disarm Mr. Phillips and secure
the weapon prior to police arrival. Mr. Phil-
lips was placed under arrest and transported
to the St. Marys County Detention Center.
He was charged with two counts of First De-
gree Assault, two counts of Second Degree
Assault, and one count of Use of Firearm to
Commit a Felony. A background check by
the Maryland Gun Center revealed Mr. Phil-
lips was not allowed to possess any firearms
due to past criminal convictions. He was
held pending a bond review with the District
Court Commissioner. (17-MSP-001674)
Assault On Saturday, January 14, 2017
at 3:00 pm, Senior Tpr. Evans responded to
a residence on the 21000 block of Ronald
Drive, Lexington Park, for a reported dis-
turbance. Upon arrival, Senior Tpr. Evans
made contact with Charles Sylvester Jenkins,
36, of Lexington Park. During the investiga-
tion, Mr. Jenkins attempted to hit Senior Tpr.
Evans in the face with a closed fist strike.
He then grabbed Senior Tpr. Evans leg in
a takedown attempt. A very brief struggle
The County Times Crime 11
ensued, and Mr. Jenkins was placed under
arrest. He was transported to the St. Marys
County Detention Center. Upon arrival, he
continued to be combative as officers from
the St. Marys County Detention Center tried
to take the handcuffs off of him. His actions
caused the handcuff key to break off in the
handcuff. The handcuffs were cut off of Mr.
Jenkins and he was charged with Assault
Second Degree and Malicious Destruction of
Property. He was also served with an open
warrant through the Charles County Sheriffs
Office. Mr. Jenkins was held pending bond
review with the District Court Commission-
er. (17-MSP-002050)
Drug Arrest On Monday, January 16,
2017 at 6:04 pm, Tpr. Coppedge initiated a
traffic stop on a passenger car for a traffic
violation. Tpr. Coppedge approached the
driver and noticed CDS paraphernalia in
plain view. A probable cause search was con-
ducted, which revealed suspected cocaine,
prescription medication, drug paraphernalia
and a knife. One of the passengers, Teia Ma-
ria Craig, 29, of Lexington Park, was placed
under arrest for Possession of CDS Not
Marijuana and Possession of a Concealed
Deadly Weapon. She was transported to
the St. Marys County Detention Center and
held pending a bond review with the District
Court Commissioner. (17-MSP-002324)
Assault/ Resisting Arrest - On Wednes-
day, January 25, 2017 at 2:30 am, TFC C.
Ditoto initiated a traffic stop on Route 5 at
Route 6, Mechanicsville, on a passenger car
for a traffic violation. TFC Ditoto made con-
tact with the driver, Craig Edward Millett,
35, of Hughesville, and asked him to exit the
vehicle to perform standardized field sobriety
tests. Once Mr. Millett exited the vehicle, a
brief struggle ensued. During the struggle,
Mr. Millett ignored verbal commands and
refused to stop resisting. Mr. Millett was
placed under arrest and charged with Failure
to Obey a Lawful Order, Assault 2nd Degree,
and Resisting Arrest. He was transported to
the St. Marys County Detention Center and
held pending a bond review with the District
Court Commissioner. (17-MSP-003567)
Drug Arrest On Friday, January 27, 2017
at 7:00 pm, TFC S. Ditoto and Tpr. Powis re-
sponded to the 21000 block of Great Mills
Road, Lexington Park, for the report of a ve-
hicle collision. A routine check revealed that
an occupant of one of the vehicles involved,
Suzanna Marie Fowler, 31, of Lexington
Park, had an outstanding warrant through the
St. Marys County Sheriffs Office. A search
incident to arrest revealed two folded pieces
of paper containing suspected heroin and a
straw containing suspected heroin residue.
Ms. Fowler was transported to the St. Marys
County Detention Center and charged with
Possession of CDS (not marijuana) and Pos-
session of Drug Paraphernalia. A St. Marys
County Deputy served the open warrant on
Ms. Fowler and she was held pending a bond
review with the District Court Commission-
er. (17-MSP-003984)
12 Education The County Times Thursday, February 2, 2017

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The Testing Center at the College of
Southern Maryland La Plata Campus has
completed a two-year process to become
certied by the National College Testing
Association (NCTA). The certication is
rigorous, requiring that the testing center
meet professional and standard operating
procedures specic to national standards,
said Ronda Jacobs, CSM assistant professor
and coordinator of information systems and
technologies in the Business and Technol-
ogy Division.
The Testing Center at the La Plata Cam-
pus administers more than 12,000 tests in
a year, including tests for CSM students
We service all type of Nails, along with facial, massage as well as those for area businesses, local
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who provided the bulk of the documenta-
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There are also Testing Centers at both
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pleting the NCTA certication process,
Zafarullah said.
The three CSM Testing Centers are
dedicated to enhancing student learning by
providing comprehensive, accessible, aca-
demic and professional testing and assess-
ment services. The centers adhere to test-
ing standards and practices, safeguard con-
dentiality of student records, and ensure
an optimal testing environment in order to
meet the increasing needs of CSM students,
faculty, administrators and community.
The NCTA is set up to promote profes-
sionalism and quality in the administra-
tion of testing services and programs. The
NCTA Test Center Certication is the pro-
cess whereby a testing center undergoes a
signicant self-assessment to show that it
meets the criteria to be identied by NCTA
as a certied test center. Certication is
considered an acknowledgment of a testing
centers adherence to best practices in the
testing industry.
The CSM Testing Center services are
part of a comprehensive system of Student
Success Services provided at the college. In
addition to testing, the ofce provides peer
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Thursday, February 2, 2017 The County Times Education 13

State High School Graduation

Rate Sets Another New Record
St. Marys Graduation Rate Over 95 Percent
The percentage of Maryland students re-
ceiving a high school diplomas has never
been higher, according to data released
today by the Maryland State Department
of Education. Moreover, as the graduation
rates set new records, the dropout rate has
fallen to an all-time low.
The four-year cohort graduation rate
reached 87.61 percent in 2016 nearly 6
points better than the 82 percent rate regis-
tered in 2010. The graduation rate jumped
.6 percentage points over 2015, from
86.98percent.
The latest data shows that St. Marys
bers persist:
Four-year cohort graduation rates for
African American, American Indian,
Asian, and White students all im-
proved. Rates for Hispanic, Hawaiian,
and students of two or more races fell
slightly.
The graduation rate for African Ameri-
can students has jumped from 76.09 in
2010 to 84.06 percent in 2016.
The graduation rate for Hispanic stu-
dents dipped by .34 percentage points
between 2015 and 2016, but has im-
proved by nearly 5 percentage points

County has a high school graduation rate of
greater than 95 percent overall.
The new data is great news for Mary-
land, as the high school diploma is the im-
4th Annual
since 2011, from 71.7 percent to 76.55
percent.
Among students receiving special ser-
vices, the four-year cohort graduation

portant first step of a successful journey,
said Dr. Karen Salmon, State Superinten-
dent of Schools. We continue to strength-
en our standards and our classrooms to bet-
ter prepare each student for employment or
additional education.
Also released was the five-year cohort
graduation ratethe percentage of stu-
dents who graduate in five yearsand that
hit 89.11 percent. As graduation rates have
improved, the dropout rate dipped be-
low 8 percent for the first time hitting
7.97percent.
Most student subgroups saw improve-
ment in four-year graduation rates between
2015 and 2016, although gaps in the num-
Hunting
rate rose in two of three categories.
Specifically, both special education stu-
dents and students receiving free or re-
duced price meals improved, while the
percentage of English language learn-
ers graduating fell slightly.
Maryland seven years ago moved to the
cohort graduation rate, which follows a
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#12 Adlai Traver of Leonardtown guarding #32 Brandon
West of Patuxent
Leonardtown Snaps Three Game
Losing Streak Against Patuxent
By Zach Hill
Contributing Writer
The Leonardtown Boys Basketball team
managed to claim their redemption from
the last time they faced the Patuxent Pan-
thers by downing them, 59-52, in a Friday
night cross-county game on January 27th.
By winning, the Raiders also managed
to snap the second longest losing streak
that the team had been on all season of
threegames.
The streak followed the recent losses
from Great Mills, Huntingtown, and Cal-
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Patuxent #32 Brandon West crashes into #25 Jason Anderson of
Leonardtown before making his layup
#10 Chris Fenwick for Leonardtown gets double teamed by
The last time these two teams faced off, The first quarter was kept very even on
Patuxent barely managed to pull out a close both teams parts as by the end the score
win in the fourth quarter to end the game, was 13-12 in the Raiders favor.
49-46. Both #10 Vonnie Watkins of Patuxent
Leonardtowns Head Coach David and #21 James Blackwell of Leonardtown
Holland spoke on what the team had to managed to put up five points for their re-
do differently from the last time they spective teams in the first.
facedPatuxent. It wasnt until the end of the second quar-
The last time we played Patuxent it was ter that Leonardtown was able to get a siz-
a very close game. We made a few mental able lead for the first time.
errors at the end that cost us the game. I told Senior, #24 Stephan Petett managed
the players that we need to keep our focus to put up 10 of the Raiders 17 points that
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Coach Holland after the game for it.
By the start of the second half, Leonard-
town held an eight point lead over Patuxent
by the score 30-22.
The third quarter was deadlocked
from both teams putting up an equal 16
pointseach.
The fourth quarter was the only quar-
ter that the Panthers managed to outscore
theRaiders.
They did so by the score of 14-13, includ-
ing a respectable seven points from Patux-
ents Tazman Davis and eight from Leonar-
dtowns JD Gaddis.
Unfortunately for the Panthers, their last
quarter recovery effort was just shy of pull-
ing off a comeback as the Raiders came out
on top, 59-52.
They were what we were expecting.
Patuxents Head Coach Nicholas Wilson
said. We didnt defend as well as we need-
ed to and they did a good job of executing
their offense.
Leonardtowns Coach Holland discussed
the importance of the win to them. This
game was big for us because we received
solid contributions from several members
of our team. In our losses we were only get-
ting contributions from two or three play-
ers. Tonight was a great team effort.
This showed to be true as six different
players from Leonardtown scored as they
demonstrated great ball movement all
through the game.
Stephan Petett did a great job on the of-
fensive boards. He turned several of those
rebounds into baskets. Chris Fenwick and
Adlai Traver both played excellent all
around games. JD Gaddis did a better job
of not settling for the 3 pointer and got into
the paint for some key baskets in the second
half. Holland said.
We will need to get offensive contribu-
tions from several players as we move for-
ward. The key for us is to play together as
a team and put together 4 solid quarters in
every game.
Leonardtown has since moved up two
spots in the Southern Maryland Athletic
Conference(SMAC) to 11th place. Patuxent
also has began a slight ascent as they will
remain ahead of the Raiders in 9th place.
Leonardtowns next home game will be
on February 10th where the Raiders will
take on the Calvert High School Cavaliers.
Patuxents next home game will like-
wise be played on February 10th against
the Chopticon Braves. This game however,
will not come before they take on their big-
gest in-county rivals, the Calvert Cavaliers,
on February 8th at Calvert High School.
Thursday, February 2, 2017
Seahawks Men Best
Marymount 85-63
St. Marys College of Maryland Se-
ahawks Mens Basketball team bested
Marymount of Virgibia on Jan. 28 by the
score of 85-63. Here are the facts:
Records: St. Marys (10-9, 5-7 CAC),
Marymount (9-10, 6-6 CAC)
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The Short Story: The St. Marys Col-
lege of Maryland mens basketball team
put up a big second half in marching past
Marymount (Va.) University, 85-63, Satur-
day afternoon in Capital Athletic Confer-
ence action. Junior captain Delaszo Smith
(Annapolis, Md./Annapolis) paced the
Seahawks with a game-best 18 points as
Smith went 9-of-10 at the free throw line.
What It Means
Todays victory puts St. Marys in a
two-way tie for seventh in the conference
standings as the Seahawks split their sea-
son series with Marymount. The Seahawks
are still in the hunt for one of the six playoff
spots as theyre just one game out from the
top six.
How It Happened
St. Marys relied on its inside play for the
win this afternoon as the Seahawks outdu-
eled Marymount, 52-32, in the paint.
The Seahawks erased a 37-34 halftime
decit by outscoring the Saints, 51-26,
in the second half behind 13 points from
Smith and 10 from junior guard Ochae
Bynum (Waldorf, Md./North Point) on
5-of-8 shooting.
After going 0-for-6 from downtown in
the rst half, back-to-back three-pointers
from Smith and rst-year guard Matt
Ayoub (Fairfax, Va./W.T. Woodson) to
start the nal 20 minutes helped the Se-
ahawks claim an early 40-37 lead.
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tied the game (46-46) for the 13th and -
nal time at 14:36. From here, it was all St.
Marys as junior wing Chris Craft, Jr.
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Marymount on the boards, 39-35, including ce.
29 defensive caroms.
St. Marys also benetted from 22 fast-
break points and 22 points off of 18 Saint
miscues this afternoon.
Joining Smith in double-gure scoring
were junior wing LaVonte Sanders (Up-
per Marlboro, Md./Wise) and Ayoub with
15 each. Sanders paced the Seahawks as
well with nine rebounds.
Bynum rounded out the scoring with
14 points and added a season-best seven
boards.
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Coming
Apart?
Del. Sally Jameson addresses the Tri-County Council Jan. 26 meeting in Annapolis.
wedge between Charles and the other two
counties. Several Charles County officials
have been heard to say that their county
no longer belongs in Southern Maryland
but should be aligned with Prince Georges
County and the other counties of the DC
Charles Commissioners Action
Metro area. They say Charles County
should be considered to be part of the MGM
Corridor (referring to the new MGM com-
Could Threaten Regional Unity
plex at National Harbor). Senator Millers
reaction to that turn of events Oh No!
Judging from the reaction at the Tri-
By Dick Myers County Council meeting Jan. 26 in An-
Staff Writer napolis a lot of people are incredulous
about the prospect of the breaking up of the
For 50 years the Tri-County Council for Calvert and St. Marys). But now when region that has been together for so long.
Southern Maryland (TCCSMD) has been you say Southern Maryland, it is gener- Well have more about the Charles County
the keeper of the name that identifies our ally understood that you are talking about Commissioners decision and that conten-
region. Maryland Senate President Thomas thetri-county area of Calvert Charles and tious council meeting but first a brief his-
V. Mike Miller points out that South- St. Marys. tory of the council that bears the name
ern Maryland used to be identified as the A decision made on Jan. 10 by the SouthernMaryland.
five tobacco-growing counties of the state Charles County Board of County Commis- From 1947 to 1968 slot machines were
(Price Georges, Anne Arundel, Charles, sioners may change all of that and drive a pervasive in four Maryland counties, Anne
Arundel, Calvert, Charles and St. Marys.
In fact there were more slot machine es-
MATTINGLY
tablishments in those four counties than
there were in the entire state of Nevada, the
other jurisdiction at the time in which they
were legal. When this reporter first moved
to Southern Maryland there were slot
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machines in the drug store on the square
inLeonardtown.
A law to outlaw the slot machines was
a
championed by then St. Marys County
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State Senator J. Frank Raley, who believed
e
the one-armed bandits were holding back
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the area. As part of the bone thrown to the
area to compensate for the banning of slot
machines, the legislature created the tri-
Call us for a County Council for Sothern Maryland in
1966 to foster economic development for
free quote and the region.
start celebrating Southern Maryland was also given at
the time the promise of a bridge linking
your savings with Calvert and St. Marys counties. The Gov.
Erie Insurance Thomas Johnson Bridge opened to traffic
on Dec. 17, 1976 after a five-year construc-
tion schedule.
The 1966 law creating the Tri-County
Council for Southern Maryland was fur-
ther codified in 1976. It sets up the mem-
bership of the council as the elected legis-
lators representing the three counties, the
county commissioners of each county and
three at-large members.
ye
The council as a public body has re-
mained somewhat under the public radar
a rs
over the years. Although the public is in-
in business
vited to attend council quarterly meetings,
they rarely do so. Even the press rarely at-
tends. At the Jan. 26 meeting in Annapolis
the County Tines was the only media in
attendance. The meetings include a dinner
and everyone who attends has to pay for it,
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representatives of various state agencies.
The governor occasionally speaks at their
annual meeting in January in Annapolis,
although this years speaker was Maryland
Secretary of Veterans Affairs George Ow-
ings, a former council member when he
was in the Maryland House of Delegates.
The role of the TCCSMD has changed
over the years and has been largely funded
by the federal grants it has been able to se-
cure. There was a time when the council
attempted to become a regional land-use
planning agency, but the three counties re-
sisted that effort.
The council was also in the forefront
of the suit championed by former Calvert
County Commissioner and Stare Senator
Bernie Fowler regarding the water quality
of the Patuxent River. The lawsuit forced
the state, the upriver counties, and the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency to enact
pollution control measures.
The council also played a big role in se-
curing infrastructure to save the local mili-
tary bases during the BRAC process.
The councils program agenda today
focuses on such issues as workforce devel-
opment and transportation planning. The
Southern Maryland Agriculture Develop-
ment Commission, funded by tobacco res-
titution monies, operas within the council.
For a number of years the three counties
have contributed a proportional amount to-
taling about $300,000 that is parlayed into
more than $4 million in grants for the pro-
grams the council runs. The annual amount
each county contributes has increased over
time, but the state statute only requires a
minimum yearly contribution of $9,000
from each county. At its Jan, 10 meeting,
on a 4-1 vote, the Charles County Commis-
sioners reduced their annual contribution
from $85,000 to that minimum $9,000
The Charles vote also eliminated a
$50,000 special appropriation to the coun-
cil for a summer jobs program.
There was very little said at the meet-
ing about the council and its programs.
The stated reason for the reduction was so
Charles could increase funding for its own
summer intern program and to create a new
position within their Department of Eco-
nomic Development for a Business Devel-
opment Manager. One of that new persons
responsibilities is agricultureretention.
The only vote against the motion came
from Charles County Commissioner Debra
Davis, who at the time was ending her one-
year term as chairman of TCCSMD. Davis
argued that the council jobs program was
different from the one run by the county
in that it served low-income and high
school students. Commissioner President
Peter Murphy argued that the county pro-
gram is not prohibited from serving those
twogroups.
There was, however, plenty said about
the Charles County decision at the coun-
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cils annual meeting in Annapolis on Jan.
26. Ironically there was no mention of
the decision on the agenda and no discus-
sion scheduled until Miler raised his hand
and asked what was going on. That re-
sulted a flurry of discussion, which often
turnedcontentious.
Charles County State Senator Thomas
Mac Middleton was perhaps the most
enlightening on the motivation behind
the Charles County vote, He was the one
who reported the comments that Charles
no longer belonged in Sothern Maryland
and it was that statement that elicited the
frustrated Oh No! from Sen. Miller. But
Middleton said he disagreed and supported
the continuance of TCCSMD,
But Middleton also noted the need
for Charles County to align itself with
Prince Georges and that MGM Corridor,
because it was there that the transporta-
tion issues affecting the countys many
commutersoccur.
Middleton is also not happy with the ex-
ecutive board of TCCSMD, which makes
a lot of decisions for the council Middle-
ton criticized the board for the firing of Dr.
Christine Bergmark, long-time executive
director of the Southern Maryland Agri-
culture Development Board. Middleton is
chair of that board and he said the coun-
cil executive board did not notify him of
thedecision.
Middleton said that Murphy also re-
layed to him his upset at the executive
committeedecision.
There was a lot of upset in the room
about that Charles decision, particularly
from Calvert and St. Marys. At one point
Calvert Commissioner President Tom
Hejl introduced a motion that would have
withdrawn council support for the annual
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Southern Maryland Legislative Reception,
held at Loews Hotel and attended by leg-
islators from around the state as well as
busloads of Southern Maryland residents.
Stuffed ham, fried oysters, crab balls and
other local dioecies are rolled out. The re-
ception is funded in part by local business-
es, which line the ballroom with displays.
St. Marys County Delegate Matt Mor-
gan explained what he felt was the reason-
ing behind the motion. He said some coun-
cil employees could lose their jobs with the
Charles funding decision, yet they were
required to work at the event. Morgan was
assured that no council employees would
lose their jobs.
The annual reception is the baby of
Charles County Delegate Sally Jameson, a
big council supporter. Jameson is also chair
of the Southern Maryland Delegation Com-
mittee of the Maryland General Assembly.
Jameson was visibly shaken by the mo-
tion. She said the down payment for the
event had already been paid to Loews, and
that would be lost if the event, a month in
the future was cancelled at this late date.
She said the businesses that had contribut-
ed would lose their money as well. This is
the craziest thing, she said at one point and
later called the motion petty foolishness.
The discussion revealed a weakening
resolve on the part of both the Calvert and
St. Marys commissioners to support the
council. St. Marys Commissioner Presi-
dent Randy Guy said the council funding
had been discussed at the monthly break-
fast meetings held by the commissioner
presidents, including Murphy and Evan
Slaughenhoupt, Jr.
Slaughenhoupt, who has been replaced
as president by Hejl, said of the council, I
dont really get a warm feeling.
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I beg you not to implode because of
this, urged outgoing chair Davis, who ear-
ly in the meeting was succeeded by Calvert
County Commissioner Steve Weems, who
was thrust into the middle of a hurricane.
St. Marys County Commissioner John
OConnor, who had seconded Hejls mo-
tion, suggested that the legislators revise
the TCCSMD statute to require each
county to fund $100,000, to circumvent the
Charles County action.
In the end Hejl withdrew his motion and
a new motion by Delegate Jerry Clark of
Calvert and St. Marys was passed. That
motion calls for the council to get together
at some unspecified future date to discuss
the future of the council.
Politics was the 800-pound gorilla in the
room. All Charles County elected officials
are Democrats. Most of Calvert and St.
Marys council members are Republican.
Delegate Mark Fisher insisted that the con-
troversy had nothing to do with politics.
One person with a unique perspective
on the council is Gary Hodge, the only
one to ever serve as a council chairman
(2008-2010), while Charles County Com-
missioner) and as council executive direc-
tor (1980-1998). Hodge said, During the
past 35 years, Southern Maryland has be-
come one of the most dynamic regions of
the State. Historically poor, isolated and
uncompetitive, Southern Maryland is now
characterized by high-technology econom-
ic growth, high income levels, high-qual-
ity public facilities and services, extraor-
dinary natural resources and innovative
programs to protect them, nationally rec-
ognized undergraduate and regional com-
munity colleges, a thriving regional center
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dation for future economic prosperity and a
high quality of life.
The Tri-County Council for Southern
Maryland--all the elected officials of the
region working together--played an impor-
tant rolein making this possible.
Hodge watched the Charles County
Commissioners Jan. 10 decision and he
said they as others in the past have forgot-
ten something -- The Board of County
Commissioners are not seeing themselves
as the council.
The Charles decision leaves the com-
missioners in St. Marys and Calvert in a
difficult position. Do they make up the lost
funding? If so how does that affect monies
now going to Charles County for programs
such as workforce development which ben-
efit that countys citizens.
Or do they do the same thing and pull
back funding? How does that affect the le-
veraging of grants worth $4 million?
The council office is in Charles County
(Hughesville), With the Charles action
does the office need to be moved where the
money is.
And if Southern Maryland indeed moves
into a different definition, what about ev-
erything in Charles County that now iden-
tifies itself with Southern Maryland such
as Southern Maryland Electric Co-op,
Southern Maryland Oil and College of
Southern Maryland.
Stay tuned. There is a lot to be decided
over the next several months during budget
deliberations in each county.
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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.
Charles Philip
Snookie Miedzinski
Charles Philip Snookie Miedzinski,
Sr., 74, of Hollywood, MD passed away
on January 26, 2017 at his residence, sur-
rounded by his loving family.
He was born on March 7, 1942 in Leon-
ardtown, MD to the late Joseph Michael
Miedzinski and Mary Eva Copsey.
He was a lifelong resident of Good Ole
St. Marys County, particularly Holly-
wood, MD. On March 5, 1963 he proudly
joined the United States Army and served
his country until his honorable discharge
on December 19, 1965. He served in the
Army National Guard another three years
until his honorable discharge on December
19, 1968. On June 1, 1963, he married his
beloved wife, Shirley Kathryn Wise. To-
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gether they celebrated over 53 wonderful
years of marriage. He was employed as an
Electrician for the federal government at
Public Works until his retirement in 1985.
On October 14, 1985 he began his career
with the St. Marys County Sheriffs De-
partment Corrections Division until his
retirement as a Sergeant on September 1,
1999. In 2011, he worked for Magistrate
Michael Harris as a Bailiff at St. Marys
Circuit Court until 2014. His hobbies in-
cluded playing the slot machines, BINGO
and cards, particularly pitch and poker.
However, his greatest love was for his fam-
ily, especially his beloved grandsons and
his Friday night family and friends gather-
ing feasting on hard crabs.
He was a Life Member of the Hollywood
Volunteer Fire Department with over 53
years of dedicated service. He served as a
past president, past chaplain, and was the
committee chairperson of numerous com-
mittees. He was a past chairperson and
board member of the St. Marys County
Alcohol Beverage Association. He was a
past member of the Hollywood Optimist
Club, and the Third and Sixth District Res-
cue Squad. He was a lifelong member of
St. Johns Catholic Church.
In addition to his beloved wife, Shirley,
Snookie is also survived by his children, Jo-
seph Michael Mike Miedzinski (Donna)
of Hollywood, MD, Crystal Lynn Miedz-
inski-Lord of California, MD and Charles
Philip C.P. Miedzinski, Jr. (Mandy) of
Mechanicsville, MD; his last surviving be-
In Remembrance
loved sister, Eva Josephine Susie Miedz-
inski Owen, and his grandsons: Michael
Miedzinski, David Miedzinski, Anthony
Miedzinski, Brandon Brock, Nik Miedz-
inski, Austin Lord, and Ryan Miedzinski;
and many extended family and friends. In
addition to his parents he is also preceded
in death by his siblings, Mary Frances
Miedzinski, Margaret Laura Miedzin-
ski Saunders, Elizabeth Ann Miedzinski
Stone, Joseph William Tic Miedzinski,
Mary Louise Miedzinski, and Rose Ceci-
lia Miedzinski Taylor, James Wilson Jim-
my Miedzinski, Francis Xavier Jackie
Miedzinski.
Family will receive friends for Snookies
Life Celebration on Monday, January 30,
2017 from 5:00 -8:00 p.m., with prayers
recited at 7:00 p.m., at Hollywood Volun-
teer Fire Department, 24801 Three Notch
Road, Hollywood, MD 20636. A Mass of
Christian Burial will be celebrated by Rev-
erend Raymond Schmidt on Tuesday, Janu-
ary 31, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. at St. John Fran-
cis Regis Catholic Church, 43950 St. Johns
Road, Hollywood, MD 20636. Interment
will follow in the church cemetery.
Serving as pallbearers will be his friends
and comrades at the Hollywood Volunteer
Fire Department: Wayne Thompson, Ray
Norris, Boots Garner, Jimmy Hayden,
Bobby Russell, Paul Wible, Danny Davis,
and Doug Insley. Also serving as pallbear-
ers are his beloved grandsons: Michael
Miedzinski, Anthony Miedzinski, Brandon
Brock, Nik Miedzinski, Austin Lord, and
Ryan Miedzinski.
Memorial contributions may be made
to Hollywood Volunteer Fire Department,
P.O. Box 7, Hollywood, MD 20636 and
ACTS, P.O. Box 54, Bushwood, MD 20618.
Arrangements by the Brinseld Funeral
Home, P.A.
Condolences to the family may be made
at www.brinseldfuneral.com.
Bruce Talbott Harvey
Bruce Talbott Harvey, 60, of Leonar-
dtown, MD, died January 27, 2017 at his
home.
He was born May 3, 1956 in Pittsburg,
KS to Velda Ruth McDaniel Harvey of St.
Augustine, FL and the late John Frederick
Harvey.
Bruce was raised in Springeld, PA and
is a graduate of Boston University. He en-
joyed participating in the Drama Club and
performed in many plays and musicals. On
September 13, 1986, he married his beloved
wife, Georgia Marie Harvey in Towson,
MD. Together they celebrated over 30 won-
derful years. He was employed by Ven-
ture Source System as a Systems Analyst
for over 20 years. As a tech savvy person
he loved computers and gadgets. He was
Thursday, February 2, 2017
an avid reader and voiced many e-books.
Bruce was a gourmet cook and loved creat-
ing delicious new dishes, including South-
ern Maryland stuffed ham. Bruce loved
going to Disney and spent treasured fam-
ily vacations there. He was a member of
the Knights of Columbus in Parkton, MD,
and was the past Grand Knight. He was a
member of IEEE (Technical Professional
Association) and he was a parishioner of
St. Aloysius Catholic Church.
In addition to his mother and beloved
wife, Bruce is also survived by his loving
daughter, Talia E.A. Harvey of Leonard-
town; his brother, Marshall Harvey (Diana)
of West Hills, CA, his niece Karen Harvey
Jarrett (Sean) and great-niece Liliana of
Monrovia, CA, and extended family and
friends. He is preceded in death by his
father.
Family will receive friends on Wednes-
day, February 1, 2017 from 9:30 - 11:00
a.m. at St Aloysius Catholic Church, 22800
Washington Street, Leonardtown, MD
20650. A Mass of Christian Burial will be
celebrated at 11:00 a.m. by Reverend John
Dakes and Reverend David Beaubien. In-
urnment will follow at Charles Memorial
Gardens, Leonardtown, MD 20650.
Memorial Contributions may be made to
the American Diabetes Association. https://
donations.diabetes.org.
Condolences to the family may be
made at www.brinseldfuneral.com.
Arrangements by the Brinseld Funeral
Home, P.A., Leonardtown, MD.
B. Larry Jenkins
B. Larry Jenkins was called to eternal
life on January 19, 2017. He was born on
August 17, 1938, the rst of 6 children to
Benjamin Joseph and Ruth deButts Jenkins
in Washington, D.C.
Larrys family moved to Southern Mary-
land when he was six years old. He gradu-
ated from Archbishop Neale High School,
attended the University of Notre Dame in
South Bend, Indiana and got his Bachelors
in Science from Mount Saint Marys Uni-
versity in Emmitsburg, Maryland.
He married his high school sweetheart,
Catherine Hungerford in 1956. They had
6 children Lynne (Brooke) Kinney, Esq.,
Lisa (David) Cahill, MD., Larry (Barbara)
Jenkins, Jr. MD., Laine Jenkins, Lacy Jen-
kins, Lexy (Dean) Wikenheiser.
Larry started at Peoples Life Insurance
Company as an agent and was promoted to
progressively important roles culminating
in President and Chairman of the Board.
In 1982, he joined Monumental Life Insur-
ance Company in Baltimore, MD as Presi-
dent, then became CEO and Chairman
of the Board. He was on many boards of
Thursday, February 2, 2017
civic, religious and business organizations.
The Boards / campaigns which were most
important to him were: Chairman of the
United Way, Cardinal Keelers Lenten Ap-
peal, McLacklen Bank; Mercantile Bank,
the Baltimore Museum of Art, Kennedy
Kreuger Institute, University of Maryland
Medical School, Notre Dame of Baltimore
University, Mount Saint Marys University
and Human Life International. He was a
Knight of Malta and a Knight in the Eques-
trian Order of the Holy Sepulcher. He re-
tired early to devote more time to his Pro-
Life work.
When he wasnt working, spending time
with his family or deepening his faith, Lar-
ry could be found hunting, or playing base-
ball or tennis.
Larry has eighteen grandchildren: Aly-
son and Brooke Kinney; Mark, Ben, Peter,
Matthew, Catherine, John, Luke, Daniel,
Esther and Natividad Cahill; Olivia, Mi-
A Letter to the Editor
Does Someone Need A Chill Pill
For the last several days, New York Sena-
tor Charles (Chuck) Schumer (D) has been
freaking out over President Trumps most
recent Executive Order. Said temporary or-
der bans incoming immigrants from seven
primarily Muslim hot-spot nations for a
mere 90 days. The decisive action was un-
dertaken out of concern for the safety of the
American people and amounts to but a mi-
nor inconvenience, a slowdown of those non
citizens desiring to enter the USA. Imple-
mented out of necessity, the ban is purposed
to now allow the US adequate opportunity
to employ extreme vetting, again, for secu-
ritys sake, as the last administrations pro-
cess proved lacking.
Schumers meltdown had him describing
tears owing down the cheeks from a very
renowned inanimate object, the Statue Of
Liberty, of New Yorks Liberty Island. To
date, however, it remains unsure whether
paranormal authorities have veried the
veracity of his sighting. And now, in con-
cert with the ladys, hes weeping his own
way into your heart. Serving as minority
party leader of the US Senate, Schumers
bizarre comprehension of facts with exag-
gerated animation has ignited liberal media
and select other democrat politicos, while
of necessity provoking conveniently avail-
able leftist malcontents together with those
of simply good will.
Among those angrily bewailing Trumps
orders are the same old sad sack rent a
demonstrators. Such are those reportedly
employed by one Mr. Soros, the same source
said to be responsible for myriad uncivil
destructive and physically assaulting acts
occurring all too often since the election
of Americas 45th president. Likely under
orders to stand down, law enforcement ap-
pears to have grown slack in cracking down
on acts of purposed uncivil behavior. Thus,
to clip the wings of the hired faithful, its
time the IRS steps in to investigate the mat-
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chael and John Paul Jenkins; and Grace,
Ben and Claire Wikenheiser.
He is survived by 5 siblings: Jody, Tom,
Ben, Jerilyn and Janis and many cousins.
The funeral mass was on Monday, Janu-
ary 23rd at Our Lady of Mercy Catholic
Church in Boca Grace, Florida. The intern-
ment is scheduled for Saturday, January 28th
at 11am at St Ignatius Chapel Point, Port To-
bacco, Maryland.
In lieu of owers, donations may be made
to the following: Human Life Internation-
al (4 Family Life Lane, Front Royal, VA
22630), Alzheimer Disease Research 22512
Gateway Center Drive, PO Box 1950,
Clarksburg, MD 20871-1950), or Engle-
wood Hospice House Tidewell5955 Rand
Boulevard, Sarasota, FL 34238).
ter of unreported payroll deductions. You
can bet the farm no federal taxes, no state
taxes and no Soc Sec funds are being paid
either by employer or employees. And
while everyone else pays their legal fair
share of taxes, like it or no, what permits
a purposed scofaw the right to retain all
of their wages with no such earnings to be
reported on their end of year ling docu-
ments. In days past, the IRS took down a
much smarter, highly inuential and larger
than life, Al Capone, for income tax eva-
sion. Regardless of ones stature, tax law
demands equal application today...
Hyper leftists, Hollywood elitists and lib-
eral media should know their common clos-
ing of ranks with repeated taunts of racism
here, there and now inherent via this execu-
tive order is just not valid nor shared by the
majority of this nation. The same pierc-
ing eyes of the Statue of Liberty is envi-
sioned by innumerable others as exclaim-
ing a simple yet effective warning - Be ye
therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as
doves. The minor inconvenience of this
presidents executive order in no wise di-
minishes the great ladys historical stance
as she still requests to receive the down
and outers of the world. Thankfully, how-
ever, she now further serves to warn a once
God-fearing - Christ honoring, Constitution
abiding nation to THINK! In so doing, via
extreme vetting, Homeland Security, and
others can better eliminate those attempt-
ing entrance here whose hearts are dark
with malevolence and hate towards Ameri-
cans. By Gods grace, hopefully, destruc-
tion, mayhem and startling untimely death
to innocents can be averted. President
Trump is to be commended for his efforts
by all concerned and fully informed citi-
zens. Meanwhile, senator, buck-up, dole out
taxpayer funded chill pills to the frenzied
and quit the tears...
Chester M. Seaborn, Jr
Mechanicsville, MD
Legal 19
Legal Notice
TO:KIMBERLY JONES, WHEREABOUTS UNKNOWN
NOTICE
A petition has been filed asking the Court to put an end to all rights you have
to your child D.M., biological child of Kimberly Jones, born on 6/17/13. The
Court has set a hearing to consider ending your rights to your child. That
hearing will be held on March 2, 2017 @ 1:30p.m. at the Lackawanna County
Main Courthouse, Second Floor, Courtroom 3, N. Washington Ave., Scranton,
PA, 18503. If you do not appear at this hearing, the Court may decide that
you are not interested in retaining your rights to your child and your failure to
appear may affect the Courts decision on whether to end your rights to your
child. You are warned that even if you fail to appear at the scheduled hearing,
the hearing will go on without you and your rights to your child may be ended
by the Court without your being present. You have a right to be represented at
the hearing by a lawyer.
YOU SHOULD TAKE THIS PAPER TO YOUR LAWYER AT ONCE.
IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A LAWYER OR CANNOT AFFORD ONE, GO
TO OR TELEPHONE THE OFFICE SET FORTH BELOW TO FIND OUT
WHERE YOU CAN GET LEGAL HELP.
Northern Pennsylvania Legal Services, Inc.
33 North Main Street, Suite 200
Pittston, PA 18640
(570) 342-0184 02/02/2017
Legal Notice
TO: KIMBERLY JONES, WHEREABOUTS UNKNOWN
NOTICE
A petition has been filed asking the Court to put an end to all rights you have
to your child K.M., biological child of Kimberly Jones, born on 4/30/12. The
Court has set a hearing to consider ending your rights to your child. That
hearing will be held on March 2, 2017 @ 1:30p.m. at the Lackawanna County
Main Courthouse, Second Floor, Courtroom 3, N. Washington Ave., Scranton,
PA, 18503. If you do not appear at this hearing, the Court may decide that
you are not interested in retaining your rights to your child and your failure to
appear may affect the Courts decision on whether to end your rights to your
child. You are warned that even if you fail to appear at the scheduled hearing,
the hearing will go on without you and your rights to your child may be ended
by the Court without your being present. You have a right to be represented at
the hearing by a lawyer.
YOU SHOULD TAKE THIS PAPER TO YOUR LAWYER AT ONCE.
IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A LAWYER OR CANNOT AFFORD ONE, GO
TO OR TELEPHONE THE OFFICE SET FORTH BELOW TO FIND OUT
WHERE YOU CAN GET LEGAL HELP.
Northern Pennsylvania Legal Services, Inc.
33 North Main Street, Suite 200
Pittston, PA 18640
(570) 342-0184 02/02/2017
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Selvage Exhibition
to Open at CSM
Denim has particular meaning for Jim
Arendt, the featured artist in the College of
Southern Marylands next exhibition, Sel-
vage, set to open Feb. 6. Durable and still
worn when faded, stained or ripped, denim
represents the human condition to Arendt
as he uses it in his art to explore how in-
dividuals are affected by economic stress.
When I was young and my family was
living through the farm crisis of the early
1980s, I recall my father sitting at the sew-
ing machine patching his Wranglers in the
evening after work, Arendt said. He was
making do a concept of thrift and prag-
matism that dictates you work with the ma-
terials at hand. By my early 20s, that mem-
ory mixed with the stories of other working
people and led me to denim as a possible
material that was much closer to the truth
of their lives than oil paint.
The Selvage exhibition at CSM will
include seven life-size two- and three-di-
mensional gures by Arendt. It opens Feb.
6 and will run through March 9, and will
include an artist lecture by Arendt at 2:30
p.m. Feb. 7 on campus in the Learning Re-
The work of artist Jim Arendt source Center (LR Building), Room 102.
At the lecture, Arendt said he plans to
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talk about what inspires his art. My art-
work grows out of the need for me to un-
derstand our shifting relationship with
labor and work, he said. I grew up on a
farm outside of Flint, Michigan, birthplace
of General Motors and the United Auto
Workers Union. Our region underwent a
radical shift in economics as the industrial
and agrarian economies disappeared or
were outsourced to different regions and
countries. Famously depicted in Michael
Moores 1989 documentary Roger & Me,
Flint suffered through the loss of 80,000
manufacturing jobs from which it has nev-
er fully recovered and the citys struggles
continues to make headlines today. The re-
sulting impact on the lives of the people I
grew up with has left an indelible mark on
my outlook on our relationship with work
as a concept as I seek to make sense of the
narrative that unfolded.
My work asks viewers to confront the
realities of working peoples lives, he said.
Across the country a shift in monetary
policy, commodity prices and globalization
were rapidly closing the longest period of
economic expansion in American History.
A disruption to peoples traditional liveli-
hoods and economic status has driven the
rise of darker and more primal impulses in
the past. Now, we confront a period of sim-
ilar anger and instinct toward protection-
ism. History has a way of rhyming; heres
to hoping we stick the landing.
Arendt is the director of the Rebecca
Randall Bryan Art Gallery and an assistant
professor at Coastal Carolina University
in Conway, South Carolina. His work has
been exhibited internationally in numer-
ous group and solo shows. Recently, Ar-
endt was short-listed for The 1858 Prize
Gym Owner Donates To Local Causes
Bonnie Gateau, center, donated $5,000 each to Bonnie Elward, left, of Southern Mary-
land Community Resources, and Sherri St. Clair of Helpful Hooves of Avenue.
Gateau is the owner of Gateau Physical Therapy and the Medically Oriented Gym
in California.
Thursday, February 2, 2017
for Contemporary Southern Art and re-
ceived the South Carolina Arts Commis-
sion Visual Artist Fellowship. His work
was awarded the $50,000 top prize at Art-
Fields, Best in Show at Hub-Bub Gallerys
Emerging Carolina and was included in the
701 Contemporary Center for the Arts 701
CCA Prize 2012. He was awarded Best in
Show during Fantastic Fibers at Yeiser Art
Center, Paducah, Kentucky, included in Fi-
berarts International 2013 and 2016 and the
2013 Museum Rijswijk Textile Biennial,
Netherlands.
Arendt received his bachelor of ne arts
degree from Kendall College of Art & De-
sign and his master of ne arts from the
University of South Carolina. He partici-
pated in residency programs including The
Fields Project in Illinois, Arrowmonts Tac-
tility Forum and has been invited instructor
at Penland School of Craft and Arrowmont
School of Arts and Crafts.
After Selvage, the last exhibition this
season at CSM will be the Annual Juried
Student Exhibition from April 10 to May 5.
Submissions for the student exhibition will
be accepted from March 28 to April 1. The
jury will select exhibition works April 5.
Both Selvage and the Annual Juried
Student Exhibitions will be at the Tony
Hungerford Memorial Art Gallery at the
La Plata Campus Fine Arts Center. The
gallery is open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday
through Friday and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Satur-
day. Artist lectures are usually held Tues-
day afternoon and are free and open to the
public. Visit www.csmd.edu/community/
the-arts/visual-arts/hungerford-gallery/
index for more information. For more on
Arendt, visit www.jimarendt.com.
Thursday, February 2, 2017
Eagle Scouts Participate in Inaugural Parade
Eagle Scouts from St Marys and Calvert
that were selected to march in the Presiden-
tial Inaugural Parade as part of the BSA
Eagle Scout Honor Guard. Fifty six Eagles
from the National Capital Area Council
were selected from 240 applicants to carry
the flags of all U.S. States and Territories.
The local scouts were : Michael Balaton
(age 16, Troop 561, California), Riley How-
lin (age 17, Troop 430, Lexington Park),
Alex DePiazza (age 18, Troop 793, Lexing-
ton Park), Ben Zawislak (age 18, Troop 903,
Huntingtown).
St. Marys County Sheriffs Office
Mourns Death of Corrections Sergeant
Charles Snookie Miedzinski
It is with great sadness that the St.
Marys County Sheriffs Office announces
the passing of retired Corrections Sergeant
Charles Philip Miedzinski, affectionately
known as Snookie.
Snookie retired from the St. Marys
County Sheriffs Office in September of
1999. He passed away Thursday, January
27, 2017, at his home with his family by his
side. We ask that you, please keep Snook-
ies family in your thoughts and prayers
during this difficult time.
Snookie will forever be in the hearts of
those who were lucky enough to know him
and spend time with him. He was beloved
by those he worked with and all the com-
munity he served. He took great pride in
St. Marys County and being a member of
the Sheriffs Office family, which he com-
The County Times
monly referred to as St. Marys Countys
Finest. Snookie embodied what it means
to be a public servant, not just in the years
he dedicated, but more importantly, in the
scores of people he inspired to serve this
community and this country.
We mourn the loss of Sergeant Miedz-
inski. He was an exceptionally dedicated
correctional officer and served the Sheriffs
Office well for thirteen years, says Sher-
iff Tim Cameron. Even more, Snookie
was a consummate professional, mentor
and friend to all. The legacy he leaves in
our community will last for years to come,
and Snookie will live on in our memories
forever.
From Jennifer Stone, Sheriffs Office PIO
In Our Community
Red Cross Helping In Wake of
Devastating Southern Storms
Providing Food, Shelter, Care Across Multiple States
People in several southern states con-
tinue to deal with the devastation from se-
vere storms and at least 60 tornadoes over
48 hours the weekend of January 21st. The
American Red Cross is continuing to pro-
vide food, shelter and help with recovery.
Red Cross workers will support those af-
fected for as long as help is needed. Cur-
rently: Reports indicate more than 1,100
homes have been affected across Mis-
sissippi, Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana
and Florida. We anticipate this number
could increase once all inaccessible areas
areaccessed.
Over 100 people in Georgia and Missis-
sippi are still seeking refuge in 7 Red Cross
and community shelters.
Wheels Up: A Maturing Farming Business
Management Assessment Program
Have you been farming for more than 3
Years? Are you ready to move from your
start-up Survive business model to a bet-
ter Thriving Business model? Do you
have an established farming operation but
need to improve your management and
profitability in a specific management area?
A new training program, Wheels Up,
offered in partnership between the Uni-
versity of Maryland Extension and Future
Harvest-CASA, may be the business up-
grade training you need to help your busi-
ness take off.
The Wheels Up program is for farm-
ers with 3 or more years of business experi-
ence. As their businesses have grown and
matured, critical issues have surfaced that
were never anticipated in the original start-
up plans. They now know what their busi-
nesses strengths and weaknesses are, but
not how to correct or improve their situa-
tion. Very often the timing of these growth
decisions comes simultaneously with in-
creasing demands of family, community,
and/or off-farm employment.
The program will consist of 4 class ses-
sions plus one-on-one consultation sup-
port by appointment at the conclusion of
the training. Class components: revisiting
mission and goals and handling change in
a business, addressing production and hu-
man resource challenges, understanding
what a financial statement can tell you, and
Southern Maryland Vegetable
& Fruit Production Meeting
University of Maryland Extension is
hosting the 2017 Southern Maryland Veg-
etable & Fruit Production Meeting on Feb-
ruary 8, 2017, from 8 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. at
A-Maze-N-Place Banquet Hall in Cle-
ments, Maryland. (St. Marys County).
Consumer demand for fresh and local
fruit and vegetables continues to grow, and
with increasing demand comes a great op-
portunity for local growers of fruits and
vegetables. University and industry spe-
cialist will cover a range of topics including:
2017 In Review: Top Ten Crop Production
Problems and Solutions; Climate Science
for Farmers; Suppressing Multiple Pests in
Vegetables Using Cover Crops; Cucumber
Beetle Management; Water Use Survey;
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Red Cross response vehicles are circulat-
ing through the hardest-hit areas, deliver-
ing food and relief supplies as people clean
up their homes.
In Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi,
Red Cross and community partners have
served over 30,000 meals and snacks, dis-
tributed over 8,000 relief items, and pro-
vided 900 Health Services and Disaster
Mental Health contacts.
Red Cross has mobilized over 500 work-
ers to help those in need.
From American Red Cross
developing diversified marketing strate-
gies. Since each participant will have a dif-
ferent priority for their business, each par-
ticipant will also create their own learning
contract to be completed by the conclusion
of the project.
The 4 class sessions will meet at the
Piedmont Group Insurance Company, 47
E South Street, Suite 101, Frederick, MD
21701 on Tuesday evenings in March from
6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. on the following
dates:
Tuesday, March 7
Tuesday, March 14
Tuesday, March 21
Tuesday, March 28
The tuition cost is $45 per person which
includes all materials.
Registration is through the University of
Maryland Extension Eventbrite on-line sys-
tem at https://wheelsupclasses.eventbrite.
com or by calling 301-432-2767 ext. 301.
For further information about workshop
content, contact Ginger S. Myers, Univer-
sity of Maryland Extension Specialist at
gsmyers@umd.edu, 301-432-2767 ext.338.
Pre-payment and registration are required
for this workshop.
From Susan L. Barnes, University of
Maryland Extension
Food Safety Modernization Act; Soil pH,
Micro-nutrients and Amendments; Sulfur
Use in Vegetable Crops; and the Allium
Leaf Miner.
The day will conclude with Nutrient
Management and Pesticide Updates. Pesti-
cide Re-certification and Nutrient Voucher
Re-certification (2 credits) apply for ALL
day attendance at this meeting.
Please call the UME-St. Marys office
at 301-475-4484 to register. Ticket fee is
$15.00 and includes morning refreshments,
a hot lunch and program materials.
From Benjamin E. Beale, University of
Maryland Extension Educator
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Community
Thursday, February 2
Gut-buster Cheese Steak Fundraiser @
VFW 2632
23282 Three Notch Rd, California, MD
20619
5:30 PM-8:00 PM
Stop by and enjoy one of our delicious
GUT-BUSTER Philly-Style Cheese Steaks.
All Cheese Steaks served on a hoagie roll
or wrap with your choice of cheese and
grilled veggies, and served with American
Fries for only $8.00.
Choose from CHICKEN or STEAK. Eat
here or take one to go.
Am. Legion Post 221 Meeting
AL Post 221; 21690 Colton Point Rd; Av-
enue, 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 rst Thursday
of each month at 8:00pm. Visit our website
at www.alpost221.webs.com/ or e-mail us
at alpost221@aol.com. Call (301) 884-4071
for more information. Tell them you saw
the announcement in The County Times)
Friday, February 3
TEXAS HOLDEM TOURNAMENT
(VFW 2632)
VFW Post 2632, 23282 Three Notch Rd. (Rt 235)
7:00 PM-1:30AM
$50 Buyin ($40 Prize Pool + $10 Charity)
Optional $10 Add-On (Receive an extra
$1000 and 50/50 Entry) Sign In is from
6:20 PM to 6:45 PM, Tournament starts at
7PM. Early Bird Bonus: Register and PAY
by 6:45 PM and receive an extra $500 . Pre-
registration is encouraged, but not required.
We will accept late players until the end of
the 1st break. (~1 hour). One Re-Entry is
available until the end of the rst break. If
you decide to re-enter, you will receive a
full starting chip stack and be re-seated;
you are treated as a new player entering the
tournament eld, with a full buy-in added
to the prize pool with each re-entry.
Calendar
Illusion Show
Saint Johns School 43900 Saint Johns
Road Hollywood, MD 20636
7:00 PM-9:00 PM
St. Johns Home School Association Pres-
ents: REGGIE RICE, Comedy Illusionist
Delusion of Illusions. 90min MAGIC
SHOW WITH BRAND NEW ILLU-
SIONS This magical adventure that takes
the audience on a ride into Reggies WILD
imagination.
This family-friendly show is jam-packed
with his innovative illusions, captivating
dance routines and very hilarious comedy
acts. He is DCs 3-time Comedy Magician
of the Year, has appeared on The Travel
Channel, and was the opening act for Jor-
dan Sparks.His goofy antics & lovable
personality is guaranteed to have everyone
bursting into laughter with pure fun & ex-
citement.We invite you to join us for this
amazing event. Delusions of Illusions!!!
It is guaranteed to be his best show ever!
DONT MISS IT! Kids Under 12: $6 ad-
vance, $8 at door; Adults: $10 advance, $12
at door; 3 years & under FREE
Saturday, February 4
Preschool Family Yard Sale
27108 Mt. Zion Church Rd Mechanicsville
Md 20659
7:00 AM-12 Noon
Mt. Zion UMC Preschool in Mechanics-
ville will be hosting their annual Preschool
Yard Sale, Saturday February 4th from
7am to 12pm. Tables are available to rent,
one for $30 or two for $45. Vendors wel-
come. Call 301-884-5455 or email mtzpre-
school@gmail.com for more information.
MedStar St. Marys Hospital Job Fair
25500 Point Lookout Rd. Leonardtown,
MD 20650
8:00 AM-12 Noon
MedStar St. Marys Hospital is hosting a
job fair for Registered Nurses, Nurse Techs,
and Experienced Surgical Assistants
Saturday Feb. 4 : 8 a.m.-12 p.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 7: 3 p.m.7 p.m
Multipurpose Room.We invite you to learn
more about joining the MedStar team! On-
the-spot offers for experienced and quali-
ed candidates.
Bring GOTR to SOMD Planning
Meeting
37600 New Market Rd, Charlotte Hall,
Maryland 20622
1:00 PM-2:00 PM
We are in the nal stages of being ap-
proved to be our own independent council
and 501(c)(3). Help us nd site coordina-
tors for our schools in the fall, put the nal
touches on our Benet Dinner, form our 5k
committee, and nd coaches for our girls
in the fall. Get all details of whats com-
ing next for our organization. Follow us on
Facebook to stay involved! www.facebook.
com/GOTRSouthernMaryland/
Italian Dinner & Brown Bag Auction at
Father Andrew White
Father Andrew White SchoolLeonard-
town, MD
4:00 PM-8:00 PM
The menu includes spaghetti, homemade
marinara sauce, homemade meatballs,
Italian sausage, garlic bread, salad, and
desserts. Tickets will also be on sale for a
variety of lled themed baskets that will be
rafed at the dinner. Dinner prices are $10
for ages 12 and older, $5 for ages 6-11, and
$3 for ages 5 and under.
Longaberger Basket and Thirty-One
Bingo
Elks Lodge 2092, 45779 Fire Department
Lane, California, MD 20619
4:30 PM-9:00 PM
The Leonardtown High School Band
Boosters will be holding their annual Bin-
go event on February 4th 2017. The prize
for each bingo round will be Longaberger
Baskets, and My Thirty-One bags lled
with AMAZING items. Each basket or bag
will be themed, and prizes include elec-
tronics, power tools, spa and beauty, ne
dining, home and garden, and much more!!
$20 Admission Includes 20 Games
Additional Books are $5 each.4 Special
Games, $1 extra each
Grand Rafe:Rafe tickets: $2 each, 3 for
$5, or an arms length for $10. Food, Drinks,
and Desserts featuring Baked Goods and a
Chocolate Fountain will be available for
purchase throughout the evening.
Sunday, February 5
Quarter Auction Benet
St. Marys County Fairgrounds, Leonard-
town, MD
12 Noon-3:00 PM
Doors open at noon
Auction starts at 1:00PM
Proceeds benet Southern Maryland Vaca-
tions for Veterans.
Paddles are $3 each or 2 for $5.
Participating vendors include representa-
tives from: Thirty One, Origami Owl, Sig-
nature Homestyles, Island Momma Baking
Co., Scentsy, Tupperware, Perfectly Posh,
Longaberger, Crabby Corn, Lemongrass,
Pampered Chef, Gourmet Cupboard,
Bottoms UP, Traveling Vineyard, Your
Changing Style, AVON, Discovery Toys,
Younique and Tastefully Simple. Gift card
grab, cash board and rolls of quarters will
also be included throughout the auction!
Adult Contemporary Dance Class
44727 St. Andrews Church Rd. California,
MD 20619
6:00 PM-7:00 PM
Ballet Caliente is offering a month-long
adult contemporary dance workshop series.
Teaching will be geared toward a beginner-
intermediate level, with an emphasis on
skill development, self-expression, and the
innate joy that comes from the art of dance.
Cost is $60 total for the classes that will
meet from 6-7pm on Sundays in February.
Monday, February 6
Pickleball for Experienced Players
Leonard Hall Recreation Center
8:00 AM-10:00 AM
The Monday/Wednesday Pickleball ses-
sions, held at the Leonard Hall Recreation
Center 8-10 a.m., are for players who are
familiar with the rules of the game. Sign up
for Mondays or Wednesdays, or both days.
Monday sessions will be Feb. 6-March 27
(no play on Feb. 20) and registration is $28.
Wednesday sessions will be Feb. 8-March
29 and registration is $32. Payment is due
at the time of reservation. Registration
opens Jan. 3. To learn more, call 301-475-
4200, ext.*1050. Open to individuals 50
years of age and up.

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To submit your event listing to go in our Community Calendar, please email zach@countytimes.net with
the listing details by 12 p.m. on the Monday prior to our Thursday publication.
Tuesday, February 7
Pickleball for Beginners
Leonard Hall Recreation Center
8:00 AM-10:00 AM
If you are new to the sport of Pickleball, it
is highly suggested that you begin with this
course at the Leonard Hall Recreation Cen-
ter on Tuesdays, Feb. 7-March 28. You will
learn basic shot techniques, rules, scoring,
court positioning, and basic strategy. Over
the 8-week period you will get plenty of
court time to develop the confidence need-
ed to compete against intermediate and
advanced players. Your love for the game
starts now! Payment is due at the time of
reservation. Registration opens Jan. 3 and
is $32. To learn more, call 301-475-4200,
ext. *1050. Open to individuals 50 years of
age and up.
Art Classes by Jamie Naluai
Loffler Senior Activity Center
10:00 AM-12 Noon
How about taking up art in the New Year?
Jamies classes are suitable for beginners
as well as intermediate level students. She
teaches drawing, painting and other me-
diums in four 2-hour sessions per month.
Learn many drawing and painting tech-
niques to create pieces of artwork for each
session. The classes will be held at the Loff-
ler Senior Activity Center on Tuesdays,
Feb. 7-28, from 10 a.m-2 p.m. Cost of these
classes includes enough paint and supplies
to get you started. Payment of $85 may be
made to instructor on the first day of class.
Call 301-737-5670, ext. 1658, to sign up or
to learn more. Open to individuals 50 years
of age and up.
Valentines Day Card Workshop
Garvey Senior Activity Center
1:30 PM-3:00 PM
A few crafts materials can transform plain
paper into wonderfully unique and person-
al greeting cards for Valentines Day. Make
three cards to send out to your friends,
family, or special somebody for Valentines
Day at the Garvey Senior Activity Center
on Feb. 7 at 1:30 p.m. All materials are
provided, there is no fee; however, space is
limited. Sign up by calling 301-475-4200,
ext. *1050. Open to individuals 50 years of
age and up.
MedStar St. Marys Hospital Job Fair
25500 Point Lookout Rd. Leonardtown,
MD 20650
3:00 PM-7:00 PM
MedStar St. Marys Hospital is hosting a
job fair for Registered Nurses, Nurse Techs,
and Experienced Surgical Assistants
Saturday Feb. 4 : 8 a.m.-12 p.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 7: 3 p.m.7 p.m
Multipurpose Room. We invite you to learn
more about joining the MedStar team! On-
the-spot offers for experienced and quali-
fied candidates.
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Pet of the Week
MEET COMET
Watershed Steward Meet & Greet
26737 Radio Station Way, Suite C, Leonar-
dtown, MD 20650
&CUPID
6:00 PM-7:30 PM
Join St. Marys County Watershed Stew-
ards Academy for a social evening to meet
WSA Stewards from our first class and
learn about getting involved this Spring
2017. Light refreshments and drinks will be
provided. Teachers, ask us about earning
MSDE credits!
For more details on this course, or to ap-
ply online, please visit extension.umd.edu/
watershed/ watershed-stewards-academy
and select the St. Marys County program.
Contact Nicole Basenback at nicoleb@
umd.edu with any questions. The applica-
tion deadline is Friday, March 10, 2017.
Wednesday, February 8
These two boys were born Nov 1, foster mom and lay on her chest. These
Pickleball for Experienced Players 2016 and are very friendly. They are a are two definite sweeties. You can meet
Leonard Hall Recreation Center bonded pair and them at the Petco in California on Satur-
8:00 AM-6:00 PM Feral Cat Rescue is looking for a days and Sundays from 10:30 to 3. You
The Monday/Wednesday Pickleball ses- home for them together. Together they can also fill out an application at www.
sions, held at the Leonard Hall Recreation cost $250. feralcatrescuemd.organd email it to di-
Center 8-10 a.m., are for players who are They are combo tested for aids and fe- ane@feralcatrescuemd.org
familiar with the rules of the game. Sign up line leukemia, neutered, dewormed, mi- Feral Cat Rescue can lend traps to
for Mondays or Wednesdays, or both days. crochipped and will have three distem- help get feral cats vetted. We are also
Monday sessions will be Feb. 6-March 27 per vaccines. They are typical friendly always looking for foster families.
(no play on Feb. 20) and registration is $28. kittens. They love to play and be petted.
Wednesday sessions will be Feb. 8-March In the evening they climb on top of their
29 and registration is $32. Payment is due
at the time of reservation. Registration
opens Jan. 3. To learn more, call 301-475-
4200, ext.*1050. Open to individuals 50
years of age and up.
Book Discussion GroupGeorge
Washingtons Secret Six
Garvey Senior Activity Center
10:30 AM-11:30 AM
The book discussion group at the Garvey
Senior Activity Center is always ready to
welcome new members. On Feb. 8, at 10:30
a.m., the group will discuss the group will
discuss George Washingtons Secret Six
by Brian Kilmeade. For more information,
or to obtain a copy of the books, call 301-
475-4200, ext. *1072. Open to individuals
50 years of age and up.
Garvey Readers Theater Performance
and Luncheon
Garvey Senior Activity Center
12 Noon-1:30 PM
The Garvey Readers Theater Club will
perform two acts centered around the
months favorite topic love. Between per-
formances, to be held at the Garvey Senior
Activity Center on Feb. 8 at 12 p.m., guests
will dine on a scrumptious meal of cranber-
ry juice, beef stroganoff over egg noodles,
dinner roll, tossed salad, California blend,
and apple pie. The cost for lunch is $6 for
those under the age of 60 or a donation for
those age 60 and above. Make reservations
by calling 301-475-4200, ext. *1050. Open
to individuals 50 years of age and up.
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Library Calendar Going On

Handmade at Your Library
Lexington Park Library will hold an
adult craft program for beginner and
experienced do-it-yourselfers on Satur-
day, February 4 from 10 a.m. 11 a.m.
The library will supply the instructions
and materials, and you bring the cre-
ativity. This month make Valentines
Day wreaths. This is an adults only pro-
gram. Registration required on www.
stmalib.org.
Introduction to Facebook
Charlotte Hall Library will hold In-
troduction to Facebook on Tuesday,
February 14 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Learn how to set up an account, edit
your Facebook prole, select privacy
settings, nd and add friends, discover
and use fun apps, and delete an account.
Adult computer classes are limited to
ages 16 and up. Registration required
on www.stmalib.org.
Conict Resolution for
Teens
Lexington Park Library will hold
Conict Resolution for Teens on Tues-
day, February 14 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Conict Resolution for Teens: explor-
ing different conict styles, under-
standing and managing anger, listening
and speaking skills, and how to create
win-win situations. Recommended
for youth in 6th through 12th grade. Re-
freshments provided. Please register on
www.stmalib.org.
Pokmon Trainers Club
Leonardtown Library will hold
Pokmon Trainers Club! for all ages
on Tuesday, February 14 from 5 p.m.
to 6 p.m. Do you have what it takes to
be the very best? Bring your games
and/or your cards and prepare to battle
against other Pokmon trainers! You
can also make some Pokmon buttons
to take home, take turns playing a retro
Pokmon game, and maybe make some
friends (or rivals....) along the way. No
Registration required.
Blogging for Beginners
Lexington Park Library will hold
Blogging for Beginners on Wednes-
days, February 15 from 10 a.m. to 12
noon. Explore several blogging plat-
forms (Wordpress, Tumblr, and Twit-
ter) and learn the basics of designing
and writing a blog. Prerequisite: Ability
to use a mouse. Adult computer classes
are limited to ages 16 and up. Registra-
tion required on www.stmalib.org.
Computer Basics 3:
Introduction to the Internet
Leonardtown Library will hold
Computer Basics 3: Introduction to the
Internet on Wednesday, February 15
from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Learn the basic
features and how to navigate the inter-
net. Picks up tips on browsing and eval-
uating websites, as well how to adjust
basic privacy settings. Adult computer
classes are limited to ages 16 and up.
Registration required on www.stmalib.org.
In Entertainment
Thursday, February 2
Karaoke
Billy Breslin Anglers Seafood Bar & Grill,
Anglers Seafood Bar & Grill, Solomons
Solomons 9:00 PM-1:00 AM
6:00 -9:00 PM www.anglers-seafood.com
www.anglers-seafood.com
Swamp Candy Saturday, February 4
The Ruddy Duck, Solomons
8:00 PM
Matt Garrett
www.ruddyduckbrewery.com
Anglers Seafood Bar & Grill,
Solomons
Trivia
8:00 PM-Midnight
Anthonys Bar & Grill, Dunkirk
www.anglers-seafood.com
8:30 PM
www.anthonysdunkirk.com
Scarlet Plus Entertainment
The Brass Rail Sports Bar, Great
Friday, February 3 Mills
8:00 PM Midnight
Scarlet Plus Entertainment Karaoke & DJ. We will be Rockin
The Brass Rail Sports Bar, Great The Rail and we always have room for
Mills one more singer and dancer.
8:00 PM Midnight
Karaoke & DJ. We will be Rockin
The Rail and we always have room for
one more singer and dancer.
The Calvert County Times is always looking for more local talent to feature!
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Thursday, February 2, 2017
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Energy Assistance
Applications Available
2017 energy assistance program ap-
plications will be accepted through
the end of March. Persons who have
not applied for the program since July
2016 are eligible to apply. Eligibility is
determined by gross household income
30 days prior to the date of application
(one person $1,733 per month, two per-
son $2,336). Persons 60 years and over
may contact the Department of Aging
& Human Services at 301-475-4200,
ext. *1050. All others may contact the
Tri-County Community Action Com-
mittee, Inc. at 301-475-5574, ext. 200.
Thursday Yoga & Strength
Training
Beginning Thursday, Feb. 2, the
Strength Training class at the Lofer
Senior Activity Center will meet at
8:50 a.m. and the Yoga class will begin
at 9:50 a.m. Call 301-475-4200, ext.
*1656, with any questions.
Readers Theater
Luncheon
The Garvey Senior Activity Cen-
ter Readers Theater Club will host a
special Valentines Day themed lunch
performance The Helpmate and
Signals on Wednesday, Feb 8, at 12
p.m. Lunch will be served between the
performances. Lunch that day will be
tossed salad w/dressing, beef stroganoff
over egg noodles, whole wheat dinner
roll, California blend, and mandarin or-
anges. Cost for lunch is by donation for
those ages 60 and above, $6 for those
under 60. Advance sign up is required.
See the receptionist or call 301-475-
4200, ext. *1050.
Black History Month
Entertainer
Lofer Senior Activity Center will
host Jesse B. Simple, Alive in Harlem,
portrayed by professional artist and
director Anthony Ade Thompson
on Friday, Feb. 10, at 10 a.m. Based
on the character Jesse B. Simple, who
was created by Langston Hughes, an
American poet, social activist, novel-
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
Lofer Senior Activity Center 301-475-4200, ext. 1658 Garvey Senior Activity Center, 301-475-4200, ext. 1050
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St. Marys Department of Aging
Programs and Activities
ist, playwright, and columnist from
Joplin, Missouri, Mr. Thompson brings
Jesse to life in a performance through
dialogue, singing and dancing that is at
turns hilarious and painful. This com-
plex role has earned Mr. Thompson
much acclaim. The performance will
take place in an intimate setting with
limited seating free of charge. Call 301-
475-4200, ext. *1658, or stop by the re-
ception desk to reserve your seat.
Lofer Love Day
Celebrate Valentines Day at the
Lofer Senior Activity Centers Love
Day Event on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 10 a.m.-
2 p.m. (Our snow date is the following
Tuesday, Feb. 21.) All the favorite trap-
pings of Lofers famous parties will
be present: dance music provided by
DJ Mean Gene, door prizes, party fa-
vors, a 50/50 rafe and a healthy dose
of fun along with a special RED toast
to all the love in this world! Also fea-
tured on this special day: a red and
white meal to please your palate: BBQ
Chicken Leg, Oven Roasted Red Pota-
toes & Onions, Roasted Carrots, Fruit
Juice Blend and a Dinner Roll. For des-
sert, savor a piece of Cherry Pie with
a scoop of Ice Cream. Advance tickets
are required, suggested donation of $10
each. A limited number of tickets will
be sold, and ticket holders ONLY will
be able to have lunch at Lofer on this
day. Tickets are available at the Lofer
Senior Activity Center. For more infor-
mation, call 301-475-4200, ext. *1658.
Yellow Door Art Class
The Garvey Senior Activity Center is
excited to partner with Yellow Door Art
Studios to offer high quality, low cost
art instruction. On Monday, Feb. 13, at
1:30 p.m. participants will be painting
a rustic reclaimed wood sign. The cost
is $15 per class includes all class mate-
rials; payable to Yellow Door Art Stu-
dios. Payment must be received at the
time of registration. Registration can
be done at the Garvey Senior Activity
Center; register early - space is limited!
To learn more call 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.
Valentines Day Chocolate
Tasting
Come join us at the Garvey Senior
Activity Center for a scrumptious taste
of a variety of chocolates for Valen-
tines Day on Tuesday Feb. 14, at 11
a.m. We will taste different chocolates
and explore how they feel, smell, and
look. Attend the Garvey Senior Activ-
ity Centers chocolate tasting and you
can become a chocolate connoisseur!
Its not too late to sign up and we have
just a few spaces left. The cost per per-
son is $2. Call the Garvey Senior Activ-
ity Center at 301-475-4200, ext. *1050,
or sign up with the receptionist.
Painting at Northern
Enjoy the fellowship of friends, food,
and fun at our Southern Maryland Wine
& Design painting program on Thurs-
day, Feb. 16, at 9:30 a.m. at the North-
ern Senior Activity Center. Celebrate
the spirit of Black History Month and
create a beautiful Woman of Africa
acrylic painting with guidance from a
professional instructor. The 16x20 can-
vases are pre-sketched and supplies are
provided with refreshments provided
courtesy of the center. No alcohol will
be provided nor permitted. The cost is
$25 and is made payable to Southern
Maryland Wine & Design. The paint-
ing design will be on display at the Cen-
ter. To sign up and pay for the class in
advance, visit the front desk. For space
availability, call 301-475-4200, ext.
*3101.
Book Chatter
Have you wanted to get back into
reading or even explore new genres?
The Book Chatter Book Club at the
Northern Senior Activity Center is
open for new members to join them for
reading and discussion. They meet on
the fourth Thursday of the month from
11 a.m.-12 p.m. Februarys book is
Rogue Lawyer by John Grisham. If you
are interested in learning more about
Book Chatters upcoming reading list
and ideas for activities, call 301-475-
4200, ext. *3103.
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Floor Cloth Class
Floor cloths were the earliest form of
oor coverings and today are a medium
for artistic expression. Experimental
Art group leader, Barbara Ferrante, will
lead a class using a pre-primed 22x33
canvas to create a beautiful, one-of-a-
kind piece of oor cloth art on Thurs-
day, Feb. 23, at the Northern Senior
Activity Center. Using paint, stamps,
and sponges you can create a design as
simple or as complex as you desire. The
class starts at 10 a.m. and will continue
as long as you need to create your mas-
terpiece. Once your design is complete,
it will take 24 hours for the wax to com-
pletely cure. The cost of the class is $40
and includes all materials. To sign up
and pay for the class in advance, please
visit the front desk. For more informa-
tion regarding this class, call 301-475-
4200, ext. *3103.
Living Well with Diabetes
Do you or a loved one struggle with
controlling diabetes? Have you been re-
cently diagnosed with diabetes and you
want to know how to live a healthy life-
style? This series is for you.
Living Well with Diabetes is a
6-week workshop that teaches partici-
pants to manage the symptoms of Dia-
betes by taking control of their health.
This workshop is free of charge and
attendance at all 6 sessions is highly
recommended for best results. Sessions
ll up quickly, so register now!
The Living Well with Diabetes work-
shop will be held at the Garvey Senior
Activity Center on Tuesdays, March
21-April 25, 1:30-4 p.m. To learn more
or to register for this program, call 301-
475-4200, ext. *1063.
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The Attempted Oyster Take Over
6/2/1860, Baltimore Sun: Excitement in
St. Marys County, Md. It was stated a few
days ago that John B. Long, Oscar Miles,
Geo. H. Morgan, L.W.B. Hutchins and
Uriah Tippett*, of Maryland, had obtained
warrants from the land ofce at Annapolis
for 200,000 acres of lands under the waters
immediately surrounding St. Marys Coun-
ty and that Benjamin Tippett was engaged
in making surveys for the company. This
movement seems to have excited much
feeling in that county and to have led to
violent resistance. The Leonardtown Bea-
con says:
In some sections the people have already
taken the law into their own hands, and
have pulled up the posts set out in the wa-
ter to mark the dominion of the company.
An agent of the people, we learn, has gone
to Annapolis with a view to obtain a copy
of the warrant under which the surveys are
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being made, and to obtain a record of such
of the legislation of the late session of our
General Assembly as may have a direct or
collateral bearing upon the subject-matter
in dispute.
A meeting of the citizens of the county
was to have been held at Leonardtown on
Thursday last to take the subject into con-
sideration, and to determine whether they
will tamely submit to the perversion of a
right, heretofore enjoyed in common by all,
to individual uses. The survey, it appears,
would divert from public to individual uses
the oyster bars and other water privileges
in Chesapeake Bay and Patuxent and Po-
tomac rivers and their tributaries. The gen-
tlemen referred to above, however, in order
to quiet public excitement, have within a
day or two published a card showing that
they were doing nothing unusual; that they
were proceeding in strict conformity to law
section!
St. Marys County l Calvert County
and to previous usage. They add, however,
that to quiet public feeling they have deter-
mined not to exercise any further right, and
will not execute the warrants from the Land
Ofce.
2/16/1867, Baltimore Sun: Affairs in St.
Marys County. We copy from the Leonar-
dtown Gazette. Hon. Oscar Miles. We learn
from a letter recently received from this
gentleman that he is now residing in Wa-
verly, Saline Co. Mo. He speaks of favor-
able terms of the West. (Did things get too
hot for him here and thats why he packed
up the whole family and moved to Kan-
sas?). In 1900 he was living at Silver Creek
in Cowley County, KS and his occupation
was given as capitalist.
February Fun Facts
February; the odd month out. Always the
short one, known for cold, sometimes drea-
ry days. Like today. I actually like cloudy
days, since the sun seems to hurt my eyes
so much. I am hoping I never get the nick-
name that my mother had growing up since
she didnt like the sun: Theda Bara, a silent
lm sex symbol who was given the nick-
name The Vamp for vampire. My eyes
even started to water in the sunlight a few
years ago like my mothers. Oh God, I am
turning in to her.
Even I, can only take sunless days for so
long, more so because of my husband who
starts to go stir-crazy if there is no sun.
Dreary AND rainy days are especially long
for us because of this. Sometimes we just
head to a movie. When does pool season
start????
But I wondered what are some of the
good things about February. Well, the
shortness can also be good, because you
can look forward to the months end-
ing. Leap years are especially fun for my
friends who were born on this day. It must
be hard on them to always tell people that
they only have a birthday every few years,
though you always hear them say that they
are then much younger than their friends
born in the same year.
I found several denitions that Febru-
ary means purication from its Latin roots.
That sounds right to me. I always think
of February as a light blue and white. So,
maybe February is the real month to purge
and declutter rather than January. This year
that works for me, since I didnt do my Pe-
ter Walsh 31 days organizational challenge
as I have for the last few years. I might have
to start on February 1st and just miss the last
few days of organizing due to Februarys
shortened length. Okay with me.
Thursday, February 2, 2017
*John Bernard Long (1821-1874, son of
John Long and Ann Herbert, husband of
Sarah Ann Ellis; Oscar Miles (1823-1905
died in KS), son of Richard Henry Miles
and Ann Tarlton, husband of Eleanora Gar-
diner; George H. Morgan (1819-1870), son
of Charles Morgan and Mary Ann Hayden,
husband of Mary S. Brown; Luke White
Barber Hutchins (1825-1881), son of Joshua
Hutchins and Caroline Rebecca Barber,
husband of Lydia Slye Barber; Uriah Tip-
pett (1803-1866), son of Benjamin Tip-
pett and Eleanor Hayden, husband for (1)
Mary Ann Bennett and (2) Susan Rebecca
ODonnell.
The Finnish denition for February
means Month of the Pearl. That seems
to tie in with the clean, uncluttered feel-
ing. I might have to wear my pearl necklace
throughout the month. Well, its not a full-
length pearl necklace, maybe 6 or 7 pearls,
but that will be ne.
Valentines Day of course is right up
there with favorite holidays. Oh, which
means I better start putting out my Val-
entines decorations then too. For quite a
few years my husband and I have attended
a wine and chocolate evening at Ingleside
Winery, but I dont think they are having
the event this year. We have learned so
much about chocolate, the process, and the
enjoyment of pairing chocolate with differ-
ent wines. Purely scientic research you
understand.
Other best things about February to me
are: the day you are reading this, February
2nd, because who doesnt like that crazy
ground hog even if he does sometimes
make us miserable for a few more weeks
every few years. Feb. 5th, which would have
been my fathers 89th birthday. And Febru-
ary is also known for celebrating past pres-
idents birthdays, Black History Month,
and my personal favorite is that the rst
Saturday of February is Eat ice cream for
breakfast day. I dont know about you, but
I am already starting to feel happier about
February. My mood is lightening whether
the sky stays dark or not. Sowho is meet-
ing me at Berts for a hot fudge sundae on
Saturday.
To each new days adventure, Shelby
Please send your comments or ideas to:
shelbys.wanderings@yahoo.com or nd me
on facebook: Wanderings of an aimless mind.
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