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Commissioners:
Open Meetings Law
May Be Dated
By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
St. Marys Countys open meetings
law precedes the states by about a year
and is regarded as more stringent but
during a review of the law Tuesday at
least one commissioner raised concerns
that one of its provisions could not keep
up with the use of electronic message
transmission between elected officials.
Commissioner Tom Jarboe said that
the portion of the law that states an
open meeting is required even when
commissioners meet to simply receive
information, even if they do not act on
it, could mean that if one of them sends
an E-mail to the other four commissioners to discuss an issue, they might easily
violate the rule just by hitting a button
on a keyboard.
With that, E-mail is a complete violation of the open meetings law, Jarboe
said.
But County Attorney George Sparling
cautioned that such an E-mail would not
be in violation of the law if it was not
sent to more than two commissioners.
Sparling did say, though, that commissioners had to be cautious in sending correspondence to each other electronically because such messages to just
three of them, if it included some sort of
deliberation of public business, would
constitute an open meeting.
The law requires that due notice of
an open meeting be given if a quorum,
or simple majority of an elected body,
meets.
Sparling also stated that there were a
number of instances where a quorum or
even all commissioners could be present but not be in violation of the statute;
this included events like the State of the
County report, a luncheon or showcase
by the local chamber of commerce, conventions of the Maryland Association of
Counties or the myriad of officer installations and dinners at rescue squads and
fire houses throughout the county.
These types of events were considered times when the commissioners
would not be convened to deliberate or
act upon public business, Sparling said.
Even meetings where commissioners
met with state or federal officials for
briefings where they had no decisions
to make did not require an open meeting notification, according to Sparlings
briefing to county leaders.
But there was danger, Sparling said,
in such a setting because commissioners could stray from the purpose of a
briefing or community function and
begin to talk about official matters that
could be in violation of the law.
There would be a concern over the
direction of the conversation, Sparling
said.
The review of the open meetings law
came about after an incident two weeks
ago when two county commissioners
planned to meet with a Clarksburgbased developer to discuss his donation
of land in Leonardtown for construction
of the new library.
That meeting was to include Leonardtown Mayor Dan Burris but had to be
stopped when Commissioner Todd Morgan showed up, who said he wanted to
be there in the interests of transparency.
Commissioner Mike Hewitt, who set
up that meeting, said Tuesday that he
often asked a second commissioner to
come with him to meetings on issues so
that he could have a witness.
He asked Sparling if his practice ran
afoul of the open meetings law and was
answered that it did not.
Is it a bad idea? Hewitt asked.
No, not legally, Sparling said.
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By Lauren Procopio
Staff Writer
Authorities responded to Charlotte
Hall Monday morning after a neighbor
discovered a working fire.
According to officials from the Maryland State Fire Marshals Office, on May
25, at roughly 11:19 a.m., approximately
60 firefighters from Newburg, Leonardtown, Seventh District, Bel Alton, Waldorf, Hughesville, Cobb Island, La Plata
and Mechanicsville fire departments responded to Tulip Hill Place in Charlotte
Hall.
According to Deputy Fire Marshal
John Nelson, the fire completely destroyed the barn and all its contents,
Local News
Pedestrian
Struck in
Crosswalk
By Lauren Procopio
Staff Writer
Authorities responded to
Three Notch Road Friday
morning after a woman
was hit while walking in a
crosswalk.
According to officials,
on May 22, at approximately 7:04 a.m., deputies
responded to Three Notch
Road at the intersection
of Chancellors Run Road,
after a 2005 Ford Mustang
struck a California woman.
Deputies found Portia
Gantt, 23, lying unresponsive in the center lane of
Three Notch Road; Gantt
was subsequently transported to Baltimore Shock
Trauma by Maryland State
Police Trooper 7 in stable
condition, according to
officials.
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Civil War, names like Point
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Douglas are not as much
known. Until only recently,
the stories of the many prisoner of war camps were buried
in the pages of history, seldom
ever mentioned other than
by those fortunate enough to
have survived the rigors of
prison life in those camps.
Point Lookout, Md., was one
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In the two years that Point
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through its gates. Over 4,000
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By Guy Leonard
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Four juveniles have been charged
with burglary for breaking into
Chopticon High School in Clements
last week and dumping upwards
of 70,000 ladybugs throughout the
school.
Three other people identified
by police as adults who are allegedly involved in the apparent senior
prank are also awaiting criminal
charges but law enforcement officials have yet to release their names.
Police say the four students have
been released to the custody of their
parents and that they likely obtained
the ladybugs from an on-line source.
The incident made national news
and even incited students at the
school to protest this week because
they believed the punishment meted
out to the students was too harsh.
A source with information on
the incident speaking on condition
of anonymity said that the consequences were even more far reaching for students than the criminal
charges, to include exclusion from
graduation ceremonies to losing a
billet at a military academy.
The source said that one of the
students at the school left a back
door open by putting tape over the
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Sheriffs Office
Seeks Funding
for Anti-Addiction
Treatment
By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
Leadership with the sheriffs office
corrections division got approval Tuesday from Commissioners of St. Marys
County to seek $52,000 in grant money for medication that blocks opiate
receptors in the brain in an effort to
fight addiction to drugs like heroin and
pills that are synthesized to match its
effects.
Called Project: Kicking the Habit,
the treatment will last for six months
and be used to treat about 20 inmates
at the county jail who are the worst sufferers of opiate addiction, according
to Capt. Michael Merican, head of the
corrections division and chief jailer.
The grant application to the Governors Office of Crime Control and Prevention states that the Southern Maryland region has experienced a 400 per-
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Frances V. Biscoe, 82
Frances V. Biscoe, 82, of Lexington
Park, Md., passed away at the Washington Hospital Center on May 20.
Internment will be private.
Joseph Edward
Thompson, 85
Joseph
Edward
Thompson,
85,
of Dunkirk, Md.,
passed away May 13,
at Prince Georges
Hospital Center. He
was born November
18, 1929, in Maryland
to Richard Eugene
and Nellie O. (Rawlings) Thompson.
Joseph was raised in Brandywine
and attended Prince Georges Public
Schools. He enlisted in the United
States Marine Corps on August 7,
1951, until being discharged August
6, 1953, as a Corporal. He was awarded the Korean Service Medal as well
as the United Nations Service Medal.
He was married to Doris Hollingsworth on January 5, 1957, and she
passed away in 1972.
Joe was employed as a plumber
with Prince Georges Public Schools
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Education
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county. Piney Point Elementary, Ridge Elementary, and Spring Ridge Middle School
received funds to put toward the purchase
of additional robotics kits to accommodate
the expansion of their robotics programs.
In addition to the robotics program, the
newly formed Science Fair Mentorship
Program was identified to receive a portion
of the funds to help with first year start-up
costs.
NGC provides support to many other local STEM programs, many of them centrally located at the James A. Forrest Career
and Technology Center to provide access to
students from across the county. Programs
include:
Patuxent River Flight Academy is modeled after the National Flight Academy in
Pensacola, FL, and contains three flight
simulators and various computer workstations. The classroom is designed to replicate the Operations Center aboard an
aircraft carrier. This program engages students in advanced mathematical concepts
and application as well as providing an opportunity to explore the mechanics of aviation and flight support.
Natural Resource Management Program
uses the latest in scientific tools and technology to instruct students in physical, biological, and chemical environments. Students use industry standard scientific instrumentation and techniques to gather and
analyze data that contribute to the overall
health and ecology of the world.
Engineering Technology Program prepares students for entry into a two or four
year college engineering program. Con-
Calendar
Military Medic/Corpsman to CSM Associate Degree of Nursing Pathway Information Session. 3:30 to 5 p.m., June 4. College of Southern Maryland, La Plata Campus, Community Education (CE) Building,
Room CE-101, 8730 Mitchell Road, La
Plata. Student veterans will learn how their
military healthcare experience can help
them earn an associate degree of nursing.
RSVP required. http://www.csmd.edu/hea/
medic-rn.html, 301-934-7408, JKoerbel@
csmd.edu.
Space Camp Scholarship program provides tuition to students to attend the U.S.
Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville
Alabama.
MCAA Scholarship Awards: NGC
partners with Marine Corps Aviation Association, John Glenn Squadron at Pax River
to award $3,000 in Scholarships to students
in Southern Maryland.
Engineering Scholars program provides $240,000 in funding (one student
from each of Maryland county plus Baltimore City receives $10,000) for students
interested in pursuing a degree in an engineering-related field.
STEM Scholarship program: NGC
partners with BECA to award a total of
$10,000 in scholarships to five students in
the Southern Maryland area, each student
receives a scholarships of $2000.
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Education
Both have been accepted to the UMD Mechanical Engineering program and will begin classes in the fall at SMHEC.
Receiving this scholarship has had a tremendous impact on my life and my future. Not only did the scholarship cover my
educational costs during the first two years,
but The Patuxent Partnership made sure that
I had an engineering mentor and helped me
find internships. The entire experience has
been a blessing. said Ms. Paz.
Mr. Venables said, The Patuxent Partnership Pathways scholarship has helped me
immensely both financially and in providing
me with the contacts and information for internship positions and other opportunities in
Southern Maryland.
To learn more about the Pathways to Engineering scholarship and other opportunities, visit the St. Marys County Business,
Education and Community Alliance (BECA)
Scholarship page. Calvert students may apply
through the Southern Maryland College Access Network (SoMD CAN) program.
To learn more about the Southern Maryland Pathways Program, visit the CSM Engineering page here.
The Patuxent Partnership works with
government, industry and academia on
initiatives in science and technology, hosts
programs of interest to NAVAIR and the
broader DoD community, supports workforce development including education initiatives and professional development. Visit
the TPP website to learn more.
The Ridge Elementary School Robotics Team RES for short has made an
amazing showing in this years worldwide
Robotics Competitive season. Their performance drew a school visit early in May from
Delegate Deb Rey who presented the 10 team
members with Certificates of Achievement.
Delegate Rey presented each member of
the Ridge Elementary Robotics team with a
certificate and a Maryland Delegation pin.
During her remarks she said how proud
Maryland was for them to provide such a
positive representation of the state at the
Worlds robotics tournament.
This is the Ridge Elementary Robotics
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Darla Hardy, director of nursing resources for MedStar St. Marys Hospital
Amber Hughes, director of human resources for The Patuxent Partnership
Donna Jordan, owner of House of
Dance and COO/Cofounder of Jordan
Research & Development
Dana Levy, vice president of nursing
services and chief nursing officer for the
Univ. of Md. Charles Regional Medical
Center
Kelly McMurray, associate vice president of planning, institutional effectiveness and research for the College of
Southern Maryland
Agnes Miller, contracts manager for
PSI Pax
Brendan Moon, chairman for the
Charles County Board of Appeals
Walt Nilsson, senior pastor for Cornerstone Presbyterian Church
Dan Parker, owner of Travel Leaders
Christina Payne, director of human
resources and recruitment for Precise
Systems
Tom Phelan, Director, Air Vehicle Programs, T&E Division, Wyle Aerospace
Group
Anne Powers, community volunteer
Chris Powers, retired Naval Aviator, Principal Systems Engineer for
The Johns Hopkins University Applied
Physics Laboratory
Sharmella Riggs, acquisition manager
LIBRARY ITEMS
Computer Classes at your library
Do you need to know more about
computers or computer programs?
The St. Marys County Library offers
computer classes on many topics
at all branches. Please fill out one
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www.stmalib.org, or in any branch.
Tell the St. Marys County Library
what classes youd like to take!
Southern Maryland JobSource
Mobile Career Center
Job seekers can stop by to get job
counseling and resume help, search
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Maryland Workforce Exchange at
the Leonardtown Library on Thursday, June 9 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Adult Summer Reading!
The St. Marys County Library
(SMCL) is partnering with the Library at St. Marys College of Maryland (SMCM) for a fabulous Adult
Summer Reading program starting
Monday, June 1 and ending Friday,
August 14. The adult summer reading program is open to all members
of the SMCM Library community
(students, staff, faculty, alumni) and
all residents of the tri-county area
(including library staff). Participants
may read anything they like and will
earn points by submitting reviews
on the SMCM library blog, https://
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on
the SMCL Goodreads page, https://
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or
submitting a handwritten review to
any branch of the SMCL. Prizes will
be awarded monthly, and the more
points you earn, the more entries you
get into the grand prize drawings!
PreSchool STEM Explorers
Charlotte Hall branch will hold an
activity highlighting the best of Preschool STEM on Monday, June 15
from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.! Participants
will read science and math stories,
then explore favorite activities with
magnets, counting and measuring,
and colors. This program is for ages
3-5 with an adult. Registration is required and opens 2 weeks before
the program.
Master Gardeners Plant Clinic
The St. Marys County Library will
host the Master Gardeners through
the summer for Plant Clinics. The
Master Gardeners will be at the
Lexington Park branch on Tuesday,
June 16 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The
Master Gardeners can answer questions about growing vegetables,
soil conditions, mystery insects, invasive weeds, heirloom plants and
more! Stop by the table in the library
lobby with your plant samples and
questions.
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Right on the heels of their last venture,
Lisa and Andy Batchelor Frailey are finding
new ways to build up the sailing community
in Solomons.
They want to help individuals who want
to get into the cruising lifestyle but arent
sure how to go about doing so, Lisa said.
She and Andy have years of experience
and want to put their knowledge to use in
the local sailing community, so they started Kinetic Sailing, designed to build on
their first business, Sail Solomons Sailing
School and Charter.
Through Kinetic Sailing, Lisa and Andy
will consult with individuals ready to purchase their first boat. The couple can walk
through the process, offering marine consulting, charter brokerage, deliveries, and
specialized instruction with a more global
scope, Lisa said.
Lisa and Andy are both USCG Masters
and American Sailing Association (ASA)
instructors. They founded Sail Solomons
to fill the need in the area for a quality sailing and cruising school. Operating in the
Chesapeake and Caribbean, Sail Solomons
was awarded ASAs Outstanding School
for five consecutive years.
Kinetic Sailing will not be in competition with Sail Solomons, Lisa said. She and
Andy sold the school, but are still involved
as instructors and advisors. Kinetic Sailing is meant to dovetail with Sail Solomons
and cater to individuals ready to take the
next step.
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Calendar
visit www.thehouseofdance.org.
Register for Summer Youth &
Adult Classes
The House of Dance (24620 Three
Notch Rd., Hollywood)
Summer is right around the corner, and with our variety of classes
for youth and adults, you can have
fun all summer! For more information, or to register, please call
301-373-6330, Email admin@thehouseofdance.org, or visit www.
thehouseofdance.org.
North End Gallery May 2015 Show
North End Gallery (41652 Fenwick
St, Leonardtown) First Friday Reception May 1 from 5 to 8 p.m.
Artists Diana Manchak, Mickey
Kunkle and Ann Preston
The DMA of Color
Winter is over and we welcome
the color that is coming back all
about us.
The North End Gallery show for
May will give you a fabulous color
fix.
The three artists featured in this
show are know for both the color
and the fun in their work and all
three have a strong personal interest in using color as a basis to create their work.
Come and view this very special
show and love the color. The show
runs from April 28 until May 31 and
the First Friday Reception is on May
1 from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Gallery in
Leonardtown.
The Gallery may be reached at
301-475-3130 and the web address
is www.northendgallery.org.
Thursday, May 28
Mother
County
Republican
Meeting
Golden Corral (22606 Three Notch
Rd, Lexington Park) 7 p.m.
The Mother County Republicans
meet at 7p.m. on Thursday, May 28
at the Golden Corral in Lexington
Park. Charles S. Sam Faddis will
speak on American Counter Terrorism and the ISIS Threat. Sam is
a retired CIA operations officer and
candidate for Congress in Marylands Fifth Congressional District.
Please join us for dinner at 6:15
p.m.
Little Minnows
Calvert Marine Museum (14200
Solomons Island Rd S, Solomons)
10 to 11 a.m.
Big Boats, Little Boats, Boats of
All Sizes - Learn how boats work by
doing hands-on experiments and
hearing stories. For children ages 3
to 5 years. Members are free; $5 for
non-members.
Friday, May 29
Charity Golf Tournament
Potomac Ridge (15800 Sharpeville
Road, Waldorf) 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Registration 8 to 9:45 a.m., Shotgun start
at 10 a.m.
$125 per Player or $400 for a Four
Man Team
Early- Bird Registration, $115 per
Player- Deadline April 10.
Breakfast and lunch provided.
The first annual La Plata Volunteer Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary
Charity Golf Tournament! Their goal
is to raise funds that will be used for
upgrading tools and apparatus to help
better serve our community.
The Ladies Auxiliary would like to encourage your organization or business
to get a team together, and register for
a great day on the course. This is a
great opportunity for your organization
to challenge another organization or
business; form a team of co-workers
and challenge another department or
management; or register clientele for
the tournament. No matter what the
pair off, all will enjoy the event.
Sponsorships are available.
If you need any further information,
please feel free to contact
Kristin Hoffman at 240-682-3350 or
Katrina Baggarly at 301-653-4117.
Saturday, May 30
St. Michaels School Community
Yard Sale
St. Michaels School (16560 Three
Notch Road, Ridge) 7 a.m. to 1 p.m.
St. Michaels School is hosting a
community yard sale starting at 7 am
on Saturday morning, May 30th. There
will be many tables inside the school
and outside on the parking lot for customers to pick and choose. There is
still room for more table renters. We
provide 8 tables - $25 for inside the
building with the AC, or $10 for outside
where you can drive right up to your
table and unload. Rain date is June
6th. For details, call, text or email Sara
Cooper, 240-925-1833, sscooper@
aol.com.
Kontra Crab Feast: Candidate for
Sheriff 2018
Abners Crabhouse (3748 Harbor Rd,
Chesapeake Beach) 2 and 6 p.m.
$40 each.
Call Craig at (443)
684-6173.
Pirate Pizza Cruise
Calvert Marine Museum (14200 Solomons Island Rd S, Solomons) 11:30
a.m. to 1 p.m.
Dress like a pirate and eat pizza on
board the Tennison. Arggggggh. Be
careful not to walk the plank! Preregistration required. $15 per person. Call
410-326-2042, ext. 41 to register.
Dee of St. Marys Public Cruise
Calvert Marine Museum (14200 Solomons Island Rd S, Solomons) 2
to 4 p.m.
Sail aboard the skipjack Dee of
St. Marys leaving from the museum
dock. Fee is $25 for ages 13 and up,
$15 for children 8 12. No children under 8 please. Preregistration required,
call 410-326-2042 ext. 41 to register.
Sunday, May 31
So. MD Vacations 4 Vets Poker Ride
Hollywood Fire Department (24801
Three Notch Rd., Hollywood) Regis-
Monday, June 1
Try Reiki!
Beacon of Hope Recovery & Wellness
Center (21770 FDR Blvd, Lexington
Park) 1 to 3 p.m.
Reiki Practitioner Level 2 and Recovery Coach Nikki Smith offers free
30 minute Reiki sessions for those
in recovery. For more information on
Reikis wellness properties, visit www.
reiki.org. For more information, call
301-997-1300 x 804, 301-751-7258 or
e-mail nicoles@waldensierra.org.
Tuesday, June 2
Little Leaps
Greenwell State Park (25450 Rosedale
Manor Ln, Hollywood) 10 to 11 a.m.
Little Leaps is for children ages 4-7
with disabilities. Activities will be offered at the barn with horses, goats
and other various small animals.
Parents are able to understand their
children better after participating in
this program and can connect with
others who may be facing the same
challenges.
Held every Tuesday, beginning April
7, at 10 a.m.
Cost is $10 per child and parents/
guardians and siblings may attend
free of charge.
Registers in advance at www.greenwellfoundation.org!
Pay onsite.
Wednesday, June 3
DAV Chapter #26 Meeting
VFW Post #2632 (23282 Three Notch
Road, California) 7 p.m.
The message is Disabled American
Veterans Chapter #26 and the AUXILIARY will hold their monthly meeting on Wednesday, June 3rd 2015 at
1900 hours. Scheduled speaker: State
Delegate Anthony ODonnell. Find out
what is happening with Veterans issues in Annapolis. We are Veterans
working with and for Veterans. Keeping the Promise is our Motto. Please
join us!
Thursday, June 4
10th Annual Patuxent Defense Forum: Religion in Civil Society: The
Impact of Religious Movements on
International Relations
St. Marys College of Maryland (18952
E Fishers Rd, St Marys City) 8:15
a.m. to 7 p.m.
Guest Speakers:
Chris Seiple, Ph.D., President, Institute for Global Engagement, former U.S. Marine Infantry Officer
Dinner Speaker ~ Henry Miller,
Ph.D., Maryland Heritage Scholar
PANEL I: Faith-Based Groups and
Religious Tensions Around the World
Chair: Ajay Singh Chaudhary,
Founding Director of the Brooklyn Institute for Social Research and Core
Lecturer at the Columbia University PANEL II: Challenges Facing the
United States in the Face of Religious
Activism
Chair: Maryann Cusimano Love,
Ph.D., The Catholic University of
America PANEL III: International Responses to Religious Conflicts
Chair: J. Mark Brinkmoeller, Director, Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
Register at www.paxpartnership.
org/index.cfm?action=NEMAILT&
CID= 45&MPID=3143&returnURL
=http://paxpartnership.org/index.
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Democrat of the Year Dinner
Olde Breton Inn (21890 Society Hill
Rd, Leonardtown)
The Democrats will honor Sen.
Roy Dyson for his lifelong service
to the community, state, and nation;
Del. John Bohanan; several other
award winners; and 2015 Democrat
of the Year Karl Pence, long-time
educator and party activist, Tickets
Friday, June 5
LSMs 3rd Annual Golf Tournament
Swan Point Yacht Country Club
(11550 Swan Point Blvd, Issue) Registration/Breakfast at 7:30 a.m., Shotgun start at 9 a.m.
Come out and enjoy a day of
golf with LSM alumni and leaders from all over the region. Players will be from: BB, BCF Solutions,
Booz|Allen|Hamilton, Cintas, Community Bank of Chesapeake and
many more!
Registration includes breakfast,
18 holes of golf, refreshments during
the duration of the tournament, a catered lunch by Elements Eatery Mixology, a dinner following the tournament, along with raffles and awards.
The tournament includes a putting
contest, longest drives, closest to
the pin and prizes for 1st through 3rd
place. One raffle will include a set
of golf clubs donated by First Command Financial Services, Inc.
All proceeds from the tournament
will be used for operational and programming expenses for the Leadership Southern Maryland executive
program. LSM is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
For more information please send
an email to scott.reeves@kairosinc.
net or contact the LSM office at
240-725-5469.
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Saturday, June 6
Night Time Stand Up Paddle (Ages
18 years and up)
Flag Ponds Nature Park (1525 Flag
Ponds Parkway, Lusby) 7:30 to 10
p.m.
Come explore the bay off Flag
Ponds Nature Park with lighted
stand up paddle boards. Participants must be at least 18 years of
age and must have prior experience
stand up paddle boarding. To try
out a stand up paddle board check
out Patuxent Adventure Center in
Solomons or Sup2u Rentals at Kings
Landing Park. Advanced registration
is required; registration deadline is
May 26.
Cost $75 for BCNES members;
$85 for non-members
For more information, call 410535-5327, email CypressSwamp@
co.cal.md.us, or visit calvertparks.
org/calendar.html.
Sunday, June 7
Breakfast at the Fleet Reserve
Fleet Reserve Association (21707
Three Notch Road, Lexington Park)
9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Fleet Reserve Association (FRA)
breakfast is open to the public every
first and third Sunday of the month!
Menu includes your choice of:
eggs or eggbeaters, bacon, ham,
sausage or spam; hash browns,
grits, toast, pancakes; juice and coffee all for $7 per person. SOS, sausage gravy or chipped beef gravy,
and a biscuit are also available for a
small additional cost.
This helps to support the Fleet Reserve Association in their community efforts with Scouts, ACTS, and
other charities,
Contact Fleet Reserve Association for more information at (301)
863-8291.
Monday, June 8
Summer Shorts!
Calvert Library Twin Beaches Branch
(3819 Harbor Road, Chesapeake
Beach) 7 to 8:30 p.m.
We will listen to short stories together and then discuss! No reading ahead! Contact 410-257-2411
or visit calvertlibrary.info for more
information.
30th Annual Childrens Day on the
Farm
Jefferson Patterson Park, 10515 Mackall Rd, St Leonard - 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Celebrate Southern Marylands rich
rural history with a day of fun for the
whole family! Jefferson Patterson Park
& Museum (JPPM) will welcome back
Childrens Day on the Farm with a mix
of classic favorites and new attractions.
Childrens Day on the Farm will feature opportunities for visitors to learn
about and try their hand at many traditional rural skills, such as corn shelling
and weaving. Animal lovers will enjoy
multiple petting zoos set up by local
farms, which will include chickens,
goats, dogs, horses, and more.
For more information about Childrens Day on the Farm, contact us
at 410-586-8501 or jef.pat@maryland.
gov. Childrens Day on the Farm will be
held rain or shine.
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Tuesday, June 2
Thursday, May 28
Taco Tuesday
Team Trivia
Leonardtown Grille (25470-C Point Lookout Rd, Leonardtown) 7 to 9 p.m.
Wednesday June 3
Jazz Jam
Eaglewolf Sports Lounge (105 Crain Hwy,
Upper Marlboro) 7 to 10 p.m.
Friday, May 29
Shades of Gray Band
Leonardtown Grille (25470-C Point Lookout Rd, Leonardtown) 7 to 10 p.m.
Karaoke
Applebees (2141 Generals Highway,
Annapolis) 9 p.m. to 12 a.m.
Thursday, June 4
Saturday, May 30
The Piranhas
Leonardtown Pub (22785 Washington St,
Leonardtown) 8 p.m. to 12 a.m.
Friday, June 5
Karaoke
Leonardtown Grille (25470-C Point Lookout Rd, Leonardtown) 7 to 10 p.m.
Karaoke
Funkzilla
Toots Bar (23971 Mervell Dean Rd, Hollywood) 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.
Sunday, May 31
All Day Sunday Sport Specials
Anthonys Bar and Grill (10371 Southern
Maryland Blvd, Dunkirk) 11 a.m.
Sunday, June 7
Karaoke
Monday, June 1
Pizza & Pint Night
Monday, June 8
Pizza & Pint Night
Ruddy Duck (13200 Dowell Rd, Dowell)
4 to 7 p.m.
Team Trivia
Ruddy Duck (13200 Dowell Rd, Dowell)
7 p.m
Team Trivia
Ruddy Duck (13200 Dowell Rd, Dowell)
7 p.m.
Saturday, June 6
BLEACHERS
Cornerstones,
Breaks and
Chemistry
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By Doug Watson
Contributing Writer
Sports
Turgeon was fortunate to get Trimble. Gary was lucky to keep Walt.
Such is life. Getting a break is one
thing; doing something extraordinary
with it is special. Gary did (hence my
crush). Turgeon might too.
Since Marylands season ended
with a third-round NCAA Tournament loss to West Virginia, no school
has improved more than the Terps.
Turgeon, already with highly touted
Georgia Tech transfer Robert Carter
inbound for 2015-16, used Trimbles
decision to return for his sophomore
season to score Diamond Stone, a
five-star recruit, and Duke transfer
Rasheed Sulaimon. The additions
have Maryland, a program that just
made its first NCAA tournament
appearance since 2010, tucked well
within the preseason top five.
What a difference a year makes.
Turgeon was Robert Zimmerman last
summer; hes Bob Dylan (yes, another man crush) now. Turgeons no longer fighting for his job, but the recruiting success has created new concerns.
The Terps will sneak up on no one
next year and will face expectations
Maryland hasnt seen since Juan Dixon was playing at Cole Field House.
But those are uncontrollable, external
forces. Turgeons biggest challenge is
internal: molding this massive collection of randomly assembled talent
into a cohesive unit.
Marylands pending chemistry experience will likely include three new
starters (Stone, Sulaimon and Carter),
a handful of players with designs on
the 2016 NBA Draft and talented
incumbents vying for playing time.
Turgeon will have to compel this
fabulous collection of 18 to 21-yearolds, many stars in their own right,
to sacrifice and accept roles for the
betterment of the whole. Its a better
problem to have any manager in any
facet of life would choose excessive
talent over a talent deficiency - but
Turgeon will be tested, as a master of
basketball Xs and Os and human behavior. I wish him luck. I cant get my
kids to collaborate on modest household chores.
With Marylands recent success
and bright future, am I crushing on
Turgeon? Not yetbut if the Turtles
cut down the nets next April, suffice
to say my wife will have some new
material.
Send comments to RonaldGuyJr@
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CLUES ACROSS
1. On time
7. Swiss river
11. Maine river herring
12. In a way, waits
14. Titanic director
18. The Ocean State
19. Black tropical Am. cuckoo
20. Macaws
21. A transgression of Gods
will
22. Belonging to a thing
23. Mures River city
24. Electroencephalography
25. Puts together
29. Sound practical judgment
31. Pops
32. In a way, assists
33. One and only
34. Prong
36. More wise
39. One who propagates
40. Got up
41. Writers of news stories
45. Pianist Cliburn
46. Hindu mother goddess
47. Insures residential
mortgages
CLUES DOWN
1. Sows a crop
2. Derelict
3. Be indebted
4. Prefix meaning wrong
5. Beginning military rank
6. Afternoon meal
7. American Board of
Orthopaedic Surgery
8. Own (Scottish)
9. Rural delivery
10. Most supernatural
11. Roseate spoonbill genus
13. Lightly burns
15. Adult female horses
16. Geological times
17. Radioactivity unit
21. 1/100 of a tala
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From My Backyard
to Our Bay was first
developed by the Baltimore
County Soil Conservation
District. From there, the
booklet was given to each
of the Soil Conservations
Districts in the Chesapeake
Bay watershed area for
customization. If the 77
million residents who live in
the watershed area of the
Chesapeake Bay read this
booklet, and took to heart
its suggestions and best
practices, the Chesapeake
Bay would see a dramatic
increase in health. Obtain
a FREE copy of the
booklet by going to the St.
Marys River Watershed
Association, smrwa.org and
downloading it. The booklet
is available from your local
library; Chicken Scratch in
Park Hall; The Greenery
in Hollywood; Good Earth
Natural Food and the St.
Marys Soil Conservation
District in Leonardtown.
Join your local watershed
association and make a
difference for Our Bay!
smrwa.org
So whos responsible?
From http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2006/3046/
This is the first in a series of articles that Mary Ann Scott (maryann.scott58@yahoo.com) has adapted from From
My Backyard to Our Bay in the hopes of increasing awareness of the little booklet that could do so much to help
the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries. Look for the next article in next weeks County Times!
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maintain an environmentally-friendly
lawn, and manage stormwater runoff,
wells, and septic systems all in ways
that will reduce the flow of nutrients and Bay-Wise landscapes
sediment into the Bay.
minimize negative impacts
on our waterways by using
Restoring the Chesapeake Bay smarter lawn management
techniques and gardening
The Chesapeake Bay is a national
practices. The University
treasure that desperately needs our
of Maryland Extension
help. Experts agree that there is only
Master Gardener Bay-Wise
one way to restore the Chesapeake
Bay, and thats one river at a time. But program in St. Marys
County offers hands-on
the problems dont start in the rivers;
help with managing your
they start on the land surrounding the
landscape by providing
rivers their watersheds. You live in a
information, a site visit, and
watershed. We all do. The way we treat landscape certifications.
the land in our watersheds affects the
Our yardstick checklist is
health of our streams, our rivers, and
easy to understand and
ultimately the Chesapeake Bay.
follow, and our team of
trained Master Gardeners
What is a Watershed?
can help guide you
A watershed is all the land area
through it while offering
that drains to a given body of water.
suggestions to improve
Topography (the elevation and the
both the appearance
contour of the land) determines where
and sustainability of your
landscape.
and how fast stormwater runoff will
flow and eventually drain to a surface
Call Now &
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Visit the Department of Agings website at www.stmarysmd.com/aging for the most up-to date information.
When it came down to it, they were the soldiers Washington relied upon.
**Capt. George Armstrong was a St.
Marys County man. He was killed at the
Battle of Ninety-Six in South Carolina on
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Wanderings
of an Aimless Mind
Show
Season
By Shelby Opperman
Contributing Writer
will sell so I dont have to bring anything back home. There is also a large
funky Vintage Flea and Farm Market
on the 13th in Bryantown at Boondoggie Farm off Edelin Road (down past
St. Marys Church where Dr. Mudd is
buried). You could have a fun day visiting both.
Sometimes I cant even believe I
used to do 10 to 12 shows each season
(Seasons in art and crafts shows mean
the spring season and the fall to Christmas season). There were weekends
where you would pack up on a Saturday
and take your items right to set up for
a Sunday show. I miss that energy and
strength and I loved doing the shows
with my art and crafts. My Mother used
to think all that stuff was junk. She was
not thrilled with me doing crafts when
I was a young married Mother. But one
time in the 80s she came to the Oyster
Festival with me and saw people lined
up for at least 50 feet waiting to get
my hand-painted glass ornaments. She
was even happier when she left and I
filled up her gas tank and gave her $125
for helping and my ornaments were
only about $4.50 - $7.50. At that time
not many people were hand painting on
glass ornaments down here. I had other
artwork too, but those ornaments were
hot sellers. After that my Mother went
on a mission to find those glass ornaments. When she would go to Virginia
to buy cheap cigarettes she would always find a store to buy them up. I still
have one storage box filled with them
if I ever get the urge to paint on them
again. I have to find the urge to start
painting again period.
Anyway I am excited and a little nervous. I never know how I am going to
feel day to day, but I bet the adrenaline
will come back during set-up. Or, I did
train both my sons in art show set-up.
Nobody can pack and unpack and setup better than them. Maybe I can remind them how much fun they had at
shows. I think they will remind me that
they are busy and way over show setup. Oh well.
To each new days adventure,
Shelby
Please send your comments or ideas
to: shelbys.wanderings@yahoo.
com or find me on facebook: Shelby
Oppermann
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Baseball
Memories
By Laura Joyce
Contributing Writer
On Facebook on Memorial Day, I saw
a post I liked a lot. It said Remember:
Its not National BBQ Day! Although
we honored the veterans and current
military members throughout the day, I
also want to take a moment here to send
out my familys heartfelt gratitude. Our
members of the military, past and presentand their familiesgive so much to
protect freedom here and throughout the
world.
As I sit on my deck writing this, on
Memorial Day, its very quiet. The only
sounds come from the birds calling to
each other while the leaves rustle as a
lazy breeze comes and goes, but I know
that all over Southern Maryland right
nowall over the country, in factthere
are also the sounds that could only mean
baseball.
For many years, my Memorial Day
weekend was all about Little League;
theres a tournament on this weekend
each year, with teams from all three
Southern Maryland counties competing
from early Saturday through late into
Memorial Day, until at last the champion
teams prevail.
When Baby Ben was in the 6th grade,
he was switched from the Little League
team led by his wonderful long-time
coach, Rob Dennee, to another team,
the New York Yankees. For a few days,
Ben was absolute in his insistence that
his baseball days were over: as a resolute
Orioles fan, he refused to wear a Yankees
uniform. Is there anyone more stubborn
than an adolescent with an opinion? I
suspect he thought that I could (or would)
somehow intervene and fix everything.
Instead, I stayed out of it (a parenting
move Ive been somewhat slow to learn,
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