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In order to preserve the history of local agriculture,
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and final year?
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not know enough about the farm to say yes or
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one way or the other.
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works with students in St. Marys County, said
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Project Will Be Smooth Sailing
By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
Cuts in funding, mostly from the state, have
forced the countys lead substance abuse and crisis
counseling treatment provider to cut back on some
of its services and furlough its entire staff for more
than a full week in some cases.
These cuts have also pushed up the schedule
for Walden Sierra, Inc. to make the move to its new
home in Lexington Park and close down its Leonar-
dtown headquarters facility, says its director Kath-
leen OBrien.
We were going to try to stay in Leonardtown
but we just didnt have the dollars, OBrien told
The County Times of the $270,000 in cuts the orga-
nization is faced with. Itll be a cost savings but its
also the right thing to do.
OBrien said that transportation costs to get
clients from the Lexington Park area, where the
need for substance abuse treatment and crisis coun-
seling seemed to be the greatest, to Leonardtown
were expensive and the switch to the new facility
would allow those with the greatest need to simply
walk to get help.
A current Lexington Park facility that provides
crisis counseling and outpatient drug treatment will
also be closed and consolidated in the new site.
The new facility will be housed in the shop-
ping center in Millison Plaza where the old K-Mart
department store was once situated years ago,
OBrien said, and will open Nov. 1.
But the cuts have already hit the organizations
Anchor facility, she said, where eight bed spaces
have had to be cut from the 42-bed site where the
most needful cases of alcohol and substance abuse
get inpatient treatment.
OBrien said that those eight beds being closed
off translated into about 100 people who would not
get treatment over a years time.
Those people who needed that level of treat-
ment often had to turn to crime to help fnance their
drug habits, she said.
In the struggle to keep direct services as intact
as possible, the entire staff at Walden Sierra has had
to accept furloughs of at least two days of unpaid
leave up to eight days, OBrien said.
She said she and other management staff were
the ones to take the eight-day furloughs.
The work load for case managers and service
providers has also increased, she said, since the
state has mandated that the organization increase
its outpatient substance abuse care case load by 25
percent.
We didnt want to cut direct services so thats
why we took the furloughs, OBrien said.
Commissioner Daniel H. Ra-
ley (D-Great Mills) said
that while
Walden Sierra provided critical services, there was
no telling whether the county government would be
able to help them with any funding, since more cuts
from the state are expected.
Were waiting for the other shoe to drop from
the state, Raley said. Weve got to get the full pic-
ture before considering anything else.
Raley said that during tough economic times,
when services provided by groups like Walden Si-
erra were the most needed, they were often the frst
services to see cuts.
I think Walden Sierra is experiencing the
same unfortunate situation that other non-profts
are experiencing, Raley said. We just have to
tighten the belt and weather the storm.
Deep Cuts Among Big Changes For Walden Sierra
A galactic year is 250 million Earth-years. This is the time it takes for our
solar system to make one revolution around the Milky Way Galaxy.
Walden Sierra Inc. will have its new headquarters here in Millison Plaza in Lexington Park starting the frst of
November.
Photo by Guy Leonard
The Patuxent River Branch
of the American Association of
University Women will host a
discussion on Health Care Re-
form, Wednesday, October 21,
7:45pm to 9:30pm, at the Leon-
ardtown Public Library, 23250
Hollywood Road.
The speaker will be Dr.
Carol Paris, a Southern Mary-
land practicing psychiatrist. Dr.
Paris is a graduate of West Vir-
ginia University School of Med-
icine who finished her residency
in adult psychiatry in 1993. She
is a member of Physicians for
a National Health Program, an
organization of 17,000 doctors,
medical students and health
professionals who advocate for
single-payer national health in-
surance, or Medicare for All.
Refreshments will be
served at the meeting. For fur-
ther information contact Paula
Willoughby at 301-862-9631 or
Barbara Fetterhoff at 410-394-
3365. Please visit our website:
www.aauw-paxriv.org.
Womens
Association
Holding Health
Care Forum
By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
The disruptions and delays encountered
during the Leonardtown streetscape project
have made an impression on local offcials, who
want to make sure that similar problems dont
surface during the larger streetscape along Great
Mills Road (Route 246), which leads traffc to
the Patuxent River Naval Air Station.
Weve been mindful of what happened
in Leonardtown and the lessons learned there,
said Robin Finnacom, director of the Commu-
nity Development Corporation.
Those lessons include ensuring plenty of
communication between the business owners,
the county and the base command about road
closures and other work that could reroute traf-
fc and cause delays.
A newsletter for local businesses, as well
as a direct contact between base offcials and the
State Highway Administration overseeing the
project, are some of the efforts undertaken to
keep ahead of potential problems, she said.
Offcials have also met with district engi-
neers and contractors to ensure they follow the
plans laid down for the project. That design re-
view should help forestall problems encountered
in Leonardtown with the construction of new
sidewalks that did not meet with the Americans
with Disabilities Act, Finnacom said.
Those sidewalks had to be rebuilt, causing
further delays. State highway offcials have said
that the Leonardtown streetscape project will
not be fnished until next year, though it was
supposed to be completed by the end of 2009.
Some of the major construction on the
Great Mills project will include replacing side-
walks and also upgrading and updating water
and sewer lines, Finnacom said.
Despite this, she said, the overall project
should not be as troublesome for traffc as the
Leonardtown project could be.
We have a less ambitious project that Leon-
ardtown; therell be no narrowing of the road,
Finnacom said. But theres been a tremendous
amount of effort put to measuring properly and
consistently throughout the project.
Lee Starkloff, district engineer for the State
Highway Administration, said that some utility
poles on a section of Route 246 could pose prob-
lems for ADA compliance.
We are working with the utility company to
resolve this issue, Starkloff wrote in an E-mail.
One of the frst orders of business on this kind
of construction is the replacement, adjustment or
relocation of existing underground utilities but
we do not expect anything out of the ordinary in
the utilities work.
Commissioner Daniel H. Raley (D-Great
Mills) said that the Great Mills Road corridor
was one of the most critical in the county, since
it guided commuter traffc to the countys No. 1
economic engine.
He said offcials have had several meetings
with contractor agents and highway administra-
tion offcials to make sure they know their con-
cerns about avoiding problems.
Theyre aware of what our concerns are,
Raley told The County Times. We dont want
any mishaps. We dont want to have what hap-
pened in Leonardtown, we have to keep the traf-
fc fowing.
The Great Mills Road streetscape project
has already begun and has a $4.6 million budget.
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Todays Newsmaker In Brief
A joint public meeting about
proposed bills- to be included in
the 2010 legislative package of
St. Marys County will be held
Tuesday, Nov. 3, at 6:30 p.m. in
the Chesapeake Building Meet-
ing Room in Leonardtown .
All citizens are encouraged
to participate and comment. The
proposals will be presented by
the county Commissioners and
the Southern Maryland Delega-
tion of delegates and senators.
The meeting will be tele-
vised live on County Govern-
ment Channel 95, which can be
seen on the countys Web site at
www.stmarysmd.com by click-
ing on 95 Live. The meeting
will be rebroadcast on Channel
95, and the schedule is listed on
the Web site.
For more information, call
David Weiskopf, deputy county
attorney, or Angela Blondino,
paralegal, at (301)475-4200,
ext. 1700.
Proposals as of Oct.13:
To de-fund abortion
coverage with state Medicaid
dollars.
To limit Mortgage Interest
deductions to $10,000 and prop-
erty taxes to $2,500 for Mary-
land Income Tax purposes.
To extend House Bill 623,
Chapter 336, by passing an ex-
tension of the termination date
to June 30, 2015 which will al-
low the current senior tax credit
program to continue without
interruption.
To enact a keep right ex-
cept to pass law in Maryland.
To establish a limit on the
number of Class A (off-sale) li-
quor licenses.
To request authority to is-
sue $25 million in public facili-
ties bonds.
To provide tax incentives
for current homeowners who
reduce their carbon footprint
by installing alternative energy
sources such as solar, wind and/
or geo-thermal systems.
To encourage financial in-
stitutions to provide lower inter-
est loans for green construction
and green add-ons to already
existing buildings that will be
built to specifications esulting
in a low carbon footprint.
To provide tax incentives
for individuals and businesses
that install wind farms on their
property for use in producing
electricity.
To reduce maintenance
costs incurred by the State
of Maryland by planting over
grassy areas that need mowing
with native wild f lowers and
meadow plants, which would
reduce the f leet of mowers,
weed-eaters, etc. and reemploy
workers to other maintenance
needs and to the green building
trades.
To add a Corrections Of-
ficers Bill of Rights for St.
Marys County.
To clarify that licensed
registered nurses, Reserve Of-
ficers Training Corp (ROTC)
teachers, and supervisors who
do not hold a teaching certifi-
cate will be included in the bar-
gaining unit currently designat-
ed for teachers, administrators,
and supervisors who do hold a
teaching certificate.
To provide that the Educa-
tion Association of St. Marys
County could negotiate with
the Board of Education of St.
Marys to negotiate a provision
that all employees who decline
to join EASMC will pay their
fair share of the costs of ben-
efits that they receive.
To provide that the Collec-
tive Education Association of
St. Marys County could negoti-
ate with the Board of Education
of St. Marys to negotiate a pro-
vision that all employees who
decline to join CEASMC will
pay their fair share of the costs
of benefits that they receive.
To change allocation of
states electoral votes reward to
margin of victory.
To revise Article 19, Sec-
tion 37 to set December 31 as
the deadline for St. Marys to
file its financial report with
the Department of Legislative
Services.
Meeting About Legislative Proposals
William Mattingly
Running for: Commissioner, District 3
Party: Democratic
Address: Chaptico
Past or current elected positions: Currently serving second elected
term with the St. Marys County Board of Education, for which he
is the current chairperson. Elected to Democratic Central Committee
from 1986 to 1990.
Occupation: Home and business inspector for National Property
Inspections.
Reason for Running: Ive been involved with public service my
whole life, and this is just a natural next step for me I believe St. Marys County is uniquely
positioned to weather these economic problems were having right now and I believe that its got
to be balanced, and we can balance it without giving away services.
Contact Information: bill-mattingly@hotmail.com, 301-370-7287.
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For family and community events, see our calendar in the community section on page 31.
In Entertainment
By Andrea Shiell
Staff Writer
For centuries, the word Okto-
berfest has conjured up images of
frothy beer and pale women in serv-
ing-wench costumes, not to mention
bawdy music and crafts.
Now St. Marys County will
get a taste of this German tradition
as the Elks Lodge hosts its own Ok-
toberfest celebration to benet the
Wounded Warrior Project.
The event will open at 3 p.m.
on Oct. 24 with tents set up outdoors
featuring live music, games, snacks
and cold beer, and there will be beer
tasting available for connoisseurs.
At 8 p.m. the festivities will
move inside to the banquet hall for a
comedy show featuring four nation-
ally recognized talents.
Steve Bills, who has been per-
forming for ve-star generals for
more than a decade, has also per-
formed on television and has opened
for nationally known entertainers.
Sarag Tiana, who proudly pro-
claims that, Fabios a Fan! made a
name for herself in 2005 by found-
ing a sketch comedy company called
The Strait Jacket Society, who are
gaining recognition in Hollywood as
they attract fans and new talent. She
says on her Web site that the soci-
ety was her rst experience playing
Carmen, a character who has now
started appearing on Reno 911.
Danny Villalpando has been
performing stand-up comedy for
more than 15 years for every au-
dience imaginable, from charity
events to corporate cruises in places
like Japan, Singapore, Afghanistan,
Panama, Iraq, Italy and Honduras.
He has performed on NBCs Friday
Night and The Latino Laugh Fes-
tival on Comedy Central. He most
recently completed an independent
lm with Second City called Time
Share.
Comedian, actor and voice-
over artist Scott Henry will round
out the days entertainment. Scott
got his feet wet in comedy after
performing at an open mic night in
Milwaukee, after which he left his
hometown to pursue a full time ca-
reer as a traveling stand-up come-
dian. Since then he has appeared
on Comedy Central, The King
of Queens, Chelsea Lately and
Sports Soup, and he just shot a
pilot for a new web series called
Dusty Peacock, and for the last
several years he has been enter-
taining the troops with the USO
and Comics on Duty.
Tickets for this event are $5
and there will be food and beverages
available for sale throughout the day.
All proceeds will go to benet the
Wounded Warrior Project.
For more information, go to
www.bpoe2092.org.
andreashiell@countytimes.net
Oktoberfest
Serving
Wounded
Warriors
Thursday, Oct. 15
Fair Warning Irish Pub Band
CJs Back Room (Lusby) 5 p.m.
David Norris
DB McMillans Irish Pub (Califor-
nia) 6 p.m.
Gretchen Richie: Songs of
George Gershwin
Leonardtown Square 6:30 p.m.
Ladies Night
Fat Boys Country Store (Leonard-
town) 7 p.m.
Comedy Open Mic Night
Cadillac Jacks (Lexington Park)
8 p.m.
Karaoke On Demand
Cadillac Jacks (Lexington Park)
10 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 16
Fair Warning Irish Pub Band
Donovans Irish Pub (California)
5 p.m.
David Norris
DB McMillans Irish Pub (Califor-
nia) 6 p.m.
Bent Nickel
Toots Bar (Hollywood) 7 p.m.
Backstage Pass
Veras White Sands Beach Club
(Lusby) 9 p.m.*
The Craze
Memories (Waldorf) 9 p.m.*
DJ Mango
Heavy Hitters (Charlotte Hall) 9
p.m.
Karaoke
Club 911 (Mechanicsville) 9 p.m.
Highwire
Apehangers (Bel
Alton) 9 p.m.*
Idle Americans
Murphys Pub (Bryans Road)
9:30 p.m.
Karaoke On Demand
Cadillac Jacks (Lexington Park)
9:30 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 17
Too Many Mikes
CJs Back Room (Lusby) 3 p.m.
Captain John
DB McMillans Irish Pub (Califor-
nia) 5:30 p.m.
Crossre
Elks Lodge #2620 (Prince Freder-
ick) 8 p.m.
The Not So Modern Jazz
Quartet
Westlawn Inn (North Beach) 8
p.m.
Open Blues Jam
Fat Boys Country Store (Leonard-
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Regency Furniture Stadium (Wal-
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S.T.O.R.M.
Hulas Bungalow (California) 8
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Bent Nickel
CJs Back Room (Lusby) 8:30
p.m.
Blackout Brigade
Hotel Charles Front Bar (Hughes-
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Karaoke with DJ Tommy T and
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Applebees (California) 9 p.m.
No Limits
Cryers Back Road Inn (Leonard-
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Nuttin Fancy Band
Scuttlebutts (Cobb Island) 9 p.m.
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Cuisine
& More
Cuisine
On The Vine
Healthy Bites By MICHELLE LOCKE
Associated Press Writer
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) If youre still using plain old vanilla marsh-
mallows at your campre or in your cocoa, youre out of touch.
The next generation of marshmallow lovers is amping the avor of
their puffy confections, taking their smores to new heights with tricks like
slicing and stufng them. And the marshmallow industry is taking notice.
Long a xture in the baking aisle, marshmallows have been mak-
ing their way back to candy land lately, thanks in large part to swirled,
avored, stuffed and otherwise jazzed up versions intended to appeal to
consumers ever on the prowl for new tastes.
Like chocolate with your marshmallow? Consider the chocolate-driz-
zled marshmallows called Zebras launched last year by Doumak Inc., the
Chicago area-based maker of Campre brand marshmallows.
I gotta tell you, people are going bananas over it, says Mark
Schuessler, vice president of sales and marketing for Doumak.
Prefer your chocolate or jelly on the inside? Try Keith Basketts
creation, stuffed marshmallows that he modestly declares the best thing
that ever happened to the marshmallow.
Retail marshmallow sales (excluding Walmart) totaled about $146
million in 2008, up from $141 million the year before, according to market
research rm Information Resources Inc.
Thats a fraction of the billions spent on chocolate, but there are op-
portunities because were back to looking at marshmallows less as a bak-
ing ingredient and more as a treat, says Bernard Pacyniak, editor-in-chief
of Candy Industry, a Deereld, Ill.-based trade magazine.
Baskett says his stuffed puffs, sold under the GudFud label, were in-
spired by mochi, a Japanese rice cake often stuffed with a lling such as
sweetened red bean paste.
Baskett, who has loved marshmallows since the early days of be-
ing around campres, decided to make the concept a little ufer, then
stuffed them with chocolate or grape, orange or strawberry jelly.
Launched in 2007, the stuffed marshmallows are sold in brightly dec-
orated packaging that combines Japanese-style graphics each product
has a different face and Germanic type. There are umlauts over the us
in GudFud.
Reaction to GudFud seems to depend on how mad you are for marsh-
mallows says candy blogger Rosa Li of Rochester, N.Y., who tried out some
samples on her friends.
I thought they were OK, she said. For a lot of my friends that I
shared with, some of them loved them and most of them didnt seem to
think that highly of them. But the ones that liked them really liked them.
According to candy lore, marshmallows date back to ancient Egypt
with a sweet made from the sap of the mallow plant yes, it grows in
marshes that was deemed t for pharaohs.
This was not like they were selling it out on the street corner; this was
a real delicacy, says Schuessler.
In the 19th century, French confectioners took the
sap and whipped it with other ingredients, making a uff-
ier version. Eventually, gelatin replaced mallow root sap,
though the name endured.
The foodie movement also has brought a re-
newed interest in homemade marshmallows and gourmet
versions.
Ann Hickey-Williams, president of Sherman Oaks-
based Plush Puffs Gourmet Marshmallows, sees the
marshmallows rise as part of a general interest in
revisiting and reinventing comfort food classics.
Adding a gourmet touch, like the caramel swirl
and chocolate chipetta versions sold by Plush Puffs,
catches the consumer eye, she says. They go, Huh,
look what somebody did with marshmallows.
Even that down-home delight, the smore, has
gone upscale. Recchuiti Confections in San Fran-
cisco sells a kit featuring handmade vanilla bean
marshmallows and a bittersweet 85 percent
chocolate bar.
The origin of smores (as in some more,
please) arent clear, but the rst known recipe for
the treat came in a 1927 publication Tramping
and Trailing with the Girl Scouts, says Michelle
Tompkins, spokeswoman for the Girl Scouts of
the USA.
It was the beginning of gooey, chocaolatey
history.
Marshmallows bring joy and happiness to
everyone, Tompkins says.
Recipe Ideas for
Pumpkin Seeds
By VICTORIA BRETT
For The Associated Press
Youve crafted the perfect grue-
some or goofy jack-o-lantern. But
what to do with all the glop you
scraped out in the process?
Dont even think of tossing it.
Pumpkin seeds are a great healthy
snack and a delicious addition to sal-
ads, granola or trail mix.
``I look at pumpkin seeds like
popcorn. They can be spiced and
seasoned so many different ways,
says Lucinda Scala Quinn, execu-
tive editorial director of food at Mar-
tha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc.
``And spicy pumpkin seeds are per-
fect for munching.
But before you can munch, the
seeds need to be cleaned.
Traditionally, you separate the
seeds from the brous strands and
clean them with water before roast-
ing. One way is to scoop the whole
mess into a colander and run it under
cool water. The seeds and bers will
separate if you swish them with your
hands.
To toast the seeds, arrange them
in an even layer on a baking sheet and
bake for 10 minutes at 350 F. If not
perfectly golden, leave them in the
oven and check every minute until
done.
``Pay attention, says Quinn.
``When cooking any nuts or seeds,
you cant walk away or get side-
tracked on the telephone.
But Quinn prefers a simpler
method for cleaning her seeds. Rath-
er than wash the bers off the seeds,
she toasts everything.
``I throw the whole mess in the
oven and once they are dried out, it
separates very easily, she says. If
you go that route, roast them spread
in an even layer on a baking sheet at
375 F until the bers dry out and
fall away from the seeds.
Once clean, transfer the seeds
to a bowl and toss with olive oil,
peanut or saffron oil. Then add
your spices. Quinn suggests:
_ Olive oil and salt
_ Grated Parmesan cheese,
black pepper and salt
_ Cayenne pepper, lime juice,
brown sugar and salt
_ Cinnamon, brown sugar,
powdered ginger or cloves, and pinch
of salt
If you clean and season your
seeds before roasting (the water
washing method), be sure never to
add sugar. The sugar will burn in the
oven and should only be added after.
And with any sweet spicing, dont
forget to add a pinch of salt, says
Quinn.
Pumpkin seeds seasoned with
olive oil and salt are great in granola
or on top of a salad. They also are
great mixed with dried fruit (such as
cranberries, cherries and raisins) to
make a quick trail mix.
``That salty, sweet and chewy is
a great combination, says Quinn.
Halloween Wines Go Red,
White and Boo
On The Menu
Taking Pumpkin Beyond the Pie
By JIM ROMANOFF
For The Associated Press
Pumpkins arent just an icon of Hal-
loween. They also are a sign of healthy
eats.
Like carrots, pumpkins are loaded
with the antioxidant beta-carotene, potas-
sium and ber. Plus, with only 49 calories
per cup (cooked), this tasty squash is a great
t for a healthy diet.
Fresh pumpkins can be peeled, seeded
and diced, then used just as you would oth-
er winter squashes, such as butternut and
acorn. Just be sure to use sugar (sometimes
called baking or pie) pumpkins. Pumpkins
intended for carving wont taste good.
Sugar pumpkins can be cooked and
pureed for a mashed-type side, or processed
further to become the base of a velvety,
low-fat soup. Pumpkin also can be roasted,
which will bring out its natural sweetness
and enhance its deep, earthy avors.
This recipe for pasta with roasted
pumpkin and plum tomatoes uses this
technique to boost the avors of all the
vegetables. The addition of fresh or dried
sage infuses the hearty dish with a familiar
taste of autumn.
When selecting cooking pumpkins,
look for those that still have a full, long
stem attached to the top, which usually in-
dicates the esh will be fresh and store well
without deteriorating quickly.
6 cups peeled and cubed sugar
pumpkin or butternut squash
2 medium yellow onions, peeled
and thinly sliced
2 1/2 tablespoons extra-virgin
olive, divided
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt (or to
taste)
1/2 teaspoon ground black pep-
per (or to taste)
4 plum tomatoes, cored and
diced
1/3 cup fresh sage leaves or 1
tablespoon dried rubbed sage
12 ounces whole-grain spiral
pasta
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
Heat the oven to 450 F. Posi-
tion a rack in the lower third of
oven.
On a rimmed baking sheet,
toss the pumpkin with the on-
ions and 1 1/2 tablespoons of the
oil. Season with salt and pepper.
Spread the pumpkin in an even
layer and roast until the veg-
etables are beginning to brown,
about 15 to 20 minutes.
Stir in the tomatoes and
sage, then roast, stirring once,
until all the vegetables are
browned and tender, about 10
minutes longer.
Meanwhile, bring a large pot
of salted water to a boil and cook
the pasta according to package
directions. Drain and toss with
the remaining 1 tablespoon of
oil. Add the roasted vegetables
and toss gently to combine.
Season with additional salt
and pepper, if desired, and serve
sprinkled with cheese.
Nutrition information per
serving (values are rounded to
the nearest whole number): 483
calories; 111 calories from fat;
12 g fat (3 g saturated; 0 g trans
fats); 5 mg cholesterol; 83 g car-
bohydrate; 18 g protein; 10 g -
ber; 859 mg sodium.
SPIRAL PASTA WITH
ROASTED PUMPKIN AND
PLUM TOMATOES
Start to nish: 45 minutes (25 minutes active)
Servings: 4
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Thursday, October 15, 2009 27
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Have a Little Faith
by Mitch Albom
c.2009, Hyperion $23.99 / $29.99 Canada 288 pages
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By Shelby Oppermann
Contributing Writer
*** My husband sounded like Mr. Bill from
the old Saturday Night Live shows the other morn-
ing. I said isnt it great? Fall is starting, the leaves
are changing, and before I could nish he yelled
loudly Ohhh Nooooo!! The bear is again getting
ready for his winter hibernation. Ohhh Nooooo!
***
As you know, I am trying to lead a healthier
lifestyle. I have been sidetracked on the walking
for a bit, due to some knee problems, but the pain
has subsided into a twinge now. The funny thing
is that I didnt hurt my knee walking it has some-
thing to do with the way I sleep at night (when I
do). I dont think Im kicking my husband, but who
knows for sure. Thank goodness hes a jock and
used to pain.
My focus right now is on trying to continue to
eat healthier foods. We began our switch to label
reading, and cutting out just about all fried foods
after my husbands heart attack several years ago.
We still like our beef once or twice a week, and may
have to cut back on that. I just got my rst semi-bad
cholesterol score: 33 points over on the bad choles-
terol side. I feel like that oatmeal commercial where
your cholesterol number hovers above your head at
all times. Now I have feelings of guilt, like Im a
bad person with my new bad number. So, what
to do?
I know, one of the answers is to add more veg-
etables into my diet. The problem is that I am not
a big vegetable fan. I like a big juicy burger over
anything. Two months ago, I went with two church
friends to lunch at one of great well-known burger
joints. I knew I should order one of the healthy sal-
ads on the menu, but kept wavering back and forth
between burger or salad. It happened also to be the
last day before school started, so the restaurant was
lled with groups of teachers on their last day of
freedom. I watched as each table was served ve
or six heaping plates of salads. Inwardly I groaned.
When our waitress came to take our order my two
friends of course ordered salad. The table next to us
was also being served the rst of their orders all
salads. Darn, how could I order my big juicy burger
now. I might get stares of disapproval or worse. The
waitress waited patiently until I nally said. O.k.,
Ill have the rabbit plate special, no I mean Ill have
that salad with all the fruit, steak, chicken and
shrimp on it. I gured the best I could do was hide
as much of the lettuce as possible, and try to fool
my stomach into thinking I was having my normal
food. Lettuce and I just dont agree. I had to keep
telling myself, eat healthy enjoy it. A second after
I ordered, the second part of the next tables orders
arrived. Salad, salad, salad, salad, and one big,
juicy burger! I said out loud, I could have ordered
a burger! I looked over at the brave woman at
the other table and saw the happy look in her eyes.
But, I knew it was only a matter of time, before
she too might soon forego her hamburger passion
for greens. She was a teacher, I knew she had read
Lord of the Flies. Pack mentality would eventu-
ally win out.
Over the weekend, I drank lots of the V8 Fu-
sion drink. Youve probably seen those commer-
cials too. Those are the other commercials where
they have numbers hovering over your head. Now I
had to make room in my visualizations, not only of
the oatmeal number, but also the ipchart vegetable
serving number. It was starting to get crowded up
there. Every time I had a glass, I would mentally ip
my number. People at our Fall Festival were start-
ing to ask me, What do you mean theres number
two, theres number three?
I think what messed me up on vegetables
was the ways my mother would try to get me to
eat them. I think she must have gotten wise to
my bulky napkins, or the veggie smelling burps,
among other things, emanating from our dogs. I
can not eat cooked spinach. I actually do really like
it raw. But in the 60s, I dont think that was the way
to eat spinach. We had the stinky boiled down ver-
sion that tastes to me like I am eating a tire. One
of the ways my Mother would get me to eat it was
by mixing it with applesauce. I guess she thought
it would work because my Father and I would eat
sardine and applesauce sandwiches on white bread.
Lets just say it wasnt a good idea, and no, I havent
touched a sardine since childhood either. Once in
awhile my husband and his Mother will cook some
spinach. I have to ask them to keep it on their side
of the table. The worst way my Mother tried to get
spinach in me was with the creamed spinach reci-
pe. My Mother was Hungarian, and she grew up on
creamed vegetables. I still remember sitting at my
Great Grandmothers table in Jersey City, New Jer-
sey staring at the steaming bowls full of creamed
vegetables, thinking, I have to eat that?
I seem to have better luck eating soy foods
though I havent gotten into soy burgers yet.
Maybe Ill start making Portobello burgers again.
When cooked properly, they can mimic a burger
almost perfectly. Im not working today and have
been invited to lunch with two of my other friends;
my willpower will again be compromised. I was
thinking of grabbing one of my husbands ball caps
and taping a written +33 on it, so I am constantly re-
minded of my score. I realize you cant wear a hat in
a restaurant that wont work. I think Ill see if the
bartender can make a V8 martini problem solved.
To each new days healthier adventure,
Shelby
Please send comments or ideas to: shelbys.
wanderings@yahoo.com.
of an
Aimless
Mind
Wanderings
By Terri Schlichenmeyer
Contributing Writer
It was a lesson you learned
the moment you were old enough
to sass back: always respect your
elders.
When Grandma spoke, you
listened. If Grandpa said to do
something, it was as good as done.
If you valued your life, you an-
swered Mom or Dad respectfully,
and Heaven help the kid who spoke
to a neighbor in a snide manner.
Always respect your elders.
But what if the elder makes a dif-
cult request? In the new book
Have a Little Faith by Mitch
Albom, it took eight years
to make good a promise.
Albert Lewis almost
wasnt a Rabbi. Having
failed Divinity School, he
almost gave up but was en-
couraged to try again. Lat-
er, when he nally got his
own synagogue, the tiny
congregation consisted of
just a handful of families.
One of them was Mitch
Alboms.
As a child, Albom
remembered the Reb as
an imposing man with an
inexplicable love of song
and of sermon; basically,
someone to avoid. Despite
his parents anchoring and
years of lessons, Albom
grew up and grew out of
his faith, learning that
mouthed prayers, uttered
mechanically, were some-
how acceptable. He moved
away from home and looked upon
religion as quaint, invisible.
So Albom was surprised when
Rabbi Lewis asked him to do his
eulogy.
Because one cannot speak
well about a man without knowing
him, Albom agreed to the request,
but told the Reb that they needed
to set meetings so that questions
could be answered. And it came
to pass that Albom made the trek
from his home in Detroit to New
Jersey several times a year for
eight years.
Back in Detroit, the economy
was lashing at the city, jobs were
lost, and so were homes. But in a
sagging old cathedral near Tiger
Stadium, a former drug dealer was
feeding the homeless and preach-
ing the gospel, all but abandoned
by his Mother Church, trying to
do good with what God was giv-
ing him.
As Albom began to examine
the disparity between the congre-
gations the wealthy synagogue
and the poverty-stricken inner-city
shelter-church - he began to won-
der about God, trust, and faith.
And he learned a lesson you wont
soon forget.
I wasnt crazy about this book
at rst. Author Mitch Albom, like
one of his subjects, loves to savor
an anecdote before he lets it go,
and that bogs down the beginning
of this book. But once you get past
the stage-setting and you move a
few pages in, Have a Little Faith
soars.
By telling the story of two
men who are similar but different,
Albom forces his readers to exam-
ine their own beliefs, as well as the
meaning of hope and miracles. I
wont tell you how this book ends,
but sufce it to say that youll come
away with your heart lifted to the
rafters.
Fans of Alboms rst book and
anyone whos ever pondered the
nature of belief will want to make
room on their bookshelf for a new
favorite. Have a Little Faith is a
book I believe youll love.
Why cant I eat what I want?
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Thursday, October 15, 2009 28
CLUES ACROSS
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6. _____itan: benefactor
11. Behind the scenes backer
14. Arrived extinct
15. Top Chefs Lakshmi
16. Cost, insurance and
freight, (abbr.)
18. Ancient Ethiopian capital
21. A bewitched state
23. Eurasian wheat
25. A place to practice art
26. Groundnut vine
28. Letter wax
29. Degendering an animal
31. Soda
34. Siemens
35. Electrocardiogram
36. Heat-generating
39. Yellow fruits
40. Rock hollows
44. Talked pompously
45. Money hoarder
47. Staffs
48. Lean end of the neck
50. Shoshonean people of
Utah
51. Data point
56. By way of
57. Rescue from disaster
62. Ragout
63. He designed chairs
CLUES DOWN
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2. Lincolns state
3. One of the six noble gasses
4. Element 105 (abbr.)
5. School organization
6. Every citizens uncle
7. Macaws
8. Metric ton
9. Article
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11. Lordships jurisdiction
12. Palladium
13. Making angry
14. Algerian dinar
17. Beat with a cane
19. Ref
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21. Look at with xed eyes
22. Hungarian sheep dog
24. Director Howard
25. Date regularly
27. Slang for trucks with
trailers
28. Calm acceptance of fate
30. Ultrahigh frequency
31. Cure-alls
32. Choc_____: cacao candy
33. Cornbreads
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37. Radioactivity unit
38. Computer aided mfg.
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42. 100 centavos (abbr.)
43. Hitec robot motors
46. Atmospheric water drops
49. The 4th state (abbr.)
51. Comedian DeLuise
52. Black tropical American
cuckoo
53. Atomic #52
54. Utilize
55. Licensed for Wall Street
58. Veterans Administration
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60. Morning
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approximately three year old male German
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try my best to please. Im presently living in
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Community
5K Run/Walk to Benet the Ripple Center
The Lexington Park Library will host an
Emergency Preparedness Fair on Friday, Oct.
16, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Lexington
Park Library in Room A, where visitors may
talk with the experts from St. Marys Hospi-
tal, the St. Marys County Sheriffs Depart-
ment, the Red Cross and other community
agencies.
Learn about general emergency pre-
paredness and nd answers to your pandemic
u questions. Children will be able to par-
ticipate in hands-on activities to increase their
awareness of emergency preparedness. Also
enjoy free refreshments and home reference
materials.
Seasonal u shots will also be available
for $20 each for individuals ages 18 and over.
First-aid manual
Emergency telephone numbers
List of allergies and medications
Antibiotic ointment
Acetaminophen, ibuprofen and aspirin
Bandages and gauze of various sizes
Medical-exam gloves
Elastic wraps
Adhesive tape
Antiseptic wipes
Cold packs
Thermometer, tweezers and small scissors
Source: National Safety Council
A 5K Run/Walk will be held on Saturday,
Oct. 17 at the Harry Lundeberg School of
Seamanship in Piney Point, MD. This
event is being sponsored by the Friends of Rip-
ple, and all proceeds will benet the Vivian C.
Ripple Center in St. Marys County. The Ripple
Center is the only Adult Day Service program
in St. Marys County, and is under the umbrella
of the Department of Aging. The Friends of
Ripple is a community-based organization
whose sole purpose is to help support the Cen-
ter, and funding for the Center is currently in
jeopardy.
The Run/Walk registration begins at 7 a.m.
with the event start at 8 a.m. Registration for
the Run/Walk may be completed by going
to www.active.com. Pre-registration is $20 per
individual (event day the registration fee is $25),
and $30 for families. The route of the 5K will
begin at the Harry Lundeberg School and con-
tinue to the Piney Point Lighthouse and back.
For more information, call Carol Evans at
301-994-0352 or Sam Brown at 410-610-8964,
or go to www.stmarysmd.com/aging/docs/
5kRace.pdf.
The Center for Life Enrichment, a not-for-prot organization in Hol-
lywood that supports adult individuals with disabilities, held a dedi-
cation ceremony on Sept. 16 for the centers new barrier-free front
entrance. The entrance was dedicated to long-term board member
Purnell Frederick and all individuals with disabilities in the tri-county
area. Pictured are members of Mr. Fredericks family, as well as invited
guests (including Marilyn McKay, center, in white sweater) and the
general public.
The Ridge Volunteer Fire Department Auxiliary will be selling
Good Ole Southern Maryland Stuffed Ham Sandwiches at the Fire
House in Ridge on Tuesday, Nov. 3, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at $4 per
sandwich. Advanced orders are requested and desired. Pre-orders
must be placed prior to Oct. 27 at auxiliary@ridgevfd.org, 301-872-
5671 or 301-872-5090 in order to guarantee availability. Pre-orders
must be picked up no later than 12 noon on Tuesday, Nov. 3, unless
prior arrangements have been made.
Preparing for
Emergencies
Emergency First Aid
Kit For Home or Car
Apple Festival Fun
For Everyone
Above: Anna Hill of Holly-
wood dips her brush while
painting the face of Emily
Qude of Brandywine at the
second annual Apple Fes-
tival held at the Our Lady
of the Wayside Church in
Chaptico on Oct. 11. Part
of the proceeds will go
to the St. Vincent de Paul
Society.
To the right: Billy Hill of
Mechanicsville takes a
bite out of an apple
Patrick, Devin and Nicholas Buckler and Hunter Quade, all from Chaptico,
enjoy themselves at the second annual Apple Festival held at the Our Lady
of the Wayside Church in Chaptico on Oct. 11.
Center for Life
Enrichment
Dedication Ceremony
Stuffed Ham
Sandwiches in Ridge
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Thursday, October 15, 2009 31
Thursday, Oct. 15
St. Michaels School and Parish
Meeting
St. Michaels School Gym (Ridge) 7
p.m.
There will be a meeting to dis-
cuss the current state of St. Michaels
School and St. Michaels Parish. The
public is greatly encouraged to attend
and discuss the schools future. Call
301-872-5454.
School Advisory Group Forming
Dr. James A. Forrest Career & Tech-
nology Center, Leonardtown 3 p.m.
Information meeting about form-
ing an advisory group that would in-
clude students, parents, alumni and
business people who would act as men-
tors and help raise money for the career
program, which focus on job training,
leadership and community service. Call
301-475-0242 or go to http://schools.
smcps.org/tech/.
Wing Night
VFW Post 2632 (California) 5 p.m.
2
nd
Annual Going Green Expo
Dr. James A. Forrest Career & Tech-
nology Center (Leonardtown) 5 p.m.
Local and regional companies,
vendors and experts will be on hand
to provide attendees with information
on green development, green build-
ing technologies and sustainable prac-
tices that homeowners can use to save
environmental resources and save on
energy costs. Information on solar hot
water heaters, boiler thermostats, high
efciency heaters, gas replaces, duel
ush and low-ow toilets and much
more. Light refreshments will be pro-
vided. Call Jada Stuckert at 301-485-
4200 ext. 1505 or e-mail jada.stuck-
ert@co.saint-marys.md.us.
(Classes) Yoga with your Journal
& Yoga for Beginners
Joy Lane Healing Center (Holly-
wood) 5:30 p.m. (Journal) and 7 p.m.
(Beginners)
Journal Class, Series 4 is $60,
drop in students pay $15 per class. Call
301-373-2522.
Progressive Salsa Level 1
House of Dance (Hollywood) 6 p.m.
Ghosts of Sotterley Tours
Sotterley Plantation (Hollywood) 7
p.m.
Admission is free but reservations
are required. Call 301-373-2280.
Auditions: Over the River and
Through the Woods
Three Notch Theater (Lexington
Park) 7 p.m.
The Newtowne Players will
host open auditions for their upcom-
ing production of Over the River and
Through the Woods by Joey DiPietro.
Call 240-298-1037 or go to http://new-
towneplayers.org/.
Voices Reading Series: E.
Ethelbert Miller
St. Marys College (Daugherty-Palmer
Commons) 8 p.m.
Poet, author and literary activ-
ist E. Ethelbert Miller will read from
his work at 8:15 p.m. Often heard on
National Public Radio, Miller is chair
for the Institute for Policy Studies, a
progressive think tank in Washington,
D.C. The reading is free and open to the
public.
Friday, Oct. 16
Texas HoldEm Tournament
VFW Post 2632 (California) 5 p.m.
Steak & Shrimp Dinner
American Legion Post 221 (Avenue)
5 p.m.
Herrmanns Royal Lipizzan
Stallions
Flat Iron Farm (Great Mills) 6 p.m.
The original Lipizzan Stallions of
Austria will perform Oct. 16 - 18. Tick-
ets are $12 for adults and $8 for chil-
dren and are available at Great Mills
Trading Post, Jan Barnes at Century 21
in California, and at Burchmarts in St.
Marys County. All proceeds will go to
Hospice of St. Marys.
CSMs Connections Literary Se-
ries: Fred DAguiar
CSM Leonardtown Campus (Building
A-Auditorium) 7:30 p.m.
Novelist and playwright Fred
DAguiar will read and discuss his
works. Admission $3. Visit www.csmd.
edu/connections.
Garage Sale
Leahs House shelter, Valley Lee 10
a.m.-6 p.m.
Restaurant equipment, kitchen ap-
pliances, ofce furniture, clothes, toys.
Parking lot at 45200 Happyland Road.
Proceeds benet homeless people. Call
301-994-9580.
Texas HoldEm Tournament
VFW Post 2632 (California) 5 p.m.
Steak & Shrimp Dinner
American Legion Post 221 (Avenue) 5 p.m.
FOP-7 Poker Leader Board
Challenge
FOP-7 Lodge (Great Mills) 7 p.m.
Ghosts of Sotterley Tours
Sotterley Plantation (Hollywood) 7 p.m.
Admission is free but reservations
are required. Call 301-373-2280.
Saturday, Oct. 17
11 Hours to Uganda (endurance
cycling event)
Knights of Columbus (Ridge) to Leon-
ardtown 6 a.m.
This event will help fund the
adoption of Joe, a former child soldier
from Uganda, by the Cardwell family.
To read the whole story go to www.
bwcumc.org/content/gods-nudges-stir-
blessing. Registration and check-in be-
gins at 6 a.m., ride starts at 7 a.m. Price:
$50 per rider. Ride-day registration is
available by cash or check only. E-mail
questions to Michael@macarts-md.org
or visit www.macarts-md.org/uganda.
St. Marys County Oyster Festival
County Fairgrounds (Leonardtown)
10 a.m.
Nine nalists will compete to de-
termine the nations premier oyster chef
in the National Oyster Cook-off begin-
ning at 10 a.m. in Building 16, compet-
ing in three areas hors doeuvres,
soups and stews, and main dishes for
a panel of six judges. Oyster-cooking
demonstrations will be held at 12:30,
1:30, and 2:30. Preliminary heats for the
U.S. National Oyster Shucking Cham-
pionship Contest will be held from 3:30
to 5 p.m. Gates open from 10 a.m. to
6 p.m. Admission is $5 for adults, free
for children 12 and under. Free parking.
Call 301-863-5015 or go to www.usoys-
terfest.com.
Desegregation at Great Mills High
School
Documentary 6 p.m.
With All Deliberate Speed, One
High Schools Story, tells the tale of
desegregation that occurred at Great
Mills High School in the 1950s and
1960s. It will be shown on the
County Government Channel 95
at 6 p.m. and rebroadcast each week;
check the Ch. 95 schedule at the coun-
tys Web site at www.stmarysmd.com.
Crafters and Vendors Needed
Bay District Volunteer Fire Depart-
ment 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Crafters and vendors needed.
$30 per space. Call Mallory Evans at
301-737-5242.
Garage Sale
Leahs House shelter, Valley Lee
7:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
Restaurant equipment, kitchen ap-
pliances, ofce furniture, clothes, toys.
Parking lot at 45200 Happyland Road.
Proceeds benet homeless people. Call
301-994-9580.
5K Run/Walk
Harry Lundeberg School of Seaman-
ship (Piney Point) 7 a.m.
Pre-registration is $20 per indi-
vidual ($25 on event day) and $30 for
families. The route will begin at the
Harry Lundeberg School and continue
to the Piney Point Lighthouse and back.
All proceeds will benet the Vivian C.
Ripple Center in St. Marys County.
Call Sam Brown at 410-610-8964 or go
to www.stmarysmd.com/aging/docs/
5kRace.pdf.
Summerseat Annual Quilt Auction
Summerseat Farm (Mechanicsville)
9 a.m.
Handmade quilts and other crafts,
food and drink will be available. Auc-
tion will be held at 10 a.m. Event is free.
Call 301-481-9189 or go to www.sum-
merseat.org.
SMAWL Pet Adoptions
PetCo (California) 10 a.m.
Hazardous Waste Day
St. Andrews Landll 8 a.m.-4:30
p.m.
The countys Household Hazard-
ous Waste Day is a chance to safely dis-
pose of toxins, including pharmaceu-
ticals, disinfectants, paint (all kinds),
stains and polish, solvents
and thinners, caustic cleaners (for
toilets, tile masonry, ovens, etc.), pool
chemicals, lawn care chemicals, pet
care chemicals, pesticides, fungicides
and herbicides, batteries (all kinds),
thermometers, thermostats, uorescent
light bulbs (all contain mercury), aero-
sol cans, old gasoline, kerosene, and
other fuels (even mixed with water).
Go to www.stmarysmd.com or call
the Department of Public Works and
Transportation at 301-863-8400.
Sheriffs Ofce & Maryland State
Police Open House
St. Marys County Sheriffs Ofce
(Leonardtown) 11 a.m.
The open house will include activ-
ities for all ages, including a McGruff
Safety Talk and Halloween Coloring
Contest, D.A.R.E. presentation, a Taser
demonstration, explosives robots, a
moon bounce, face painting and more.
Call 301-475-4200 ext. 1910.
Mt. Zion United Methodist Men
Chicken BBQ & Fall Festival
Mt. Zion Methodist Church (Mechan-
icsville) 12 noon
Steak Night
VFW Post 2632 (California) 5 p.m.
Bluegrass Gospel Express
Mt. Zion United Methodist Church
(Mechanicsville) Family Life Center
6 p.m.
An Evening of Elegance & Jazz II
Crystal Room (Callaway) 7 p.m.
All proceeds will benet the 2010
Juneteenth Festival. Advanced Res-
ervations Required. Admission. Call
301-862-4868 or 240-538-5681, or go to
www.ucaconline.org.
Community Yard Sale
Hollywood Volunteer Rescue
Squad Auxiliary is sponsoring a yard
sale 7-11 a.m. at the Rescue squad
building on Route 235. Food will be
available. Call 301-373-3833 to rent a
table; rental is $10.
Sunday, Oct. 18
St. Marys County Oyster Festival
St. Marys County Fairgrounds (Leon-
ardtown) 10 a.m.
Womens nals in the U.S. Na-
tional Oyster Shucking Championship
Contest begin at 3 p.m. and mens nal
at 3:30 p.m. At 4 p.m., the womens
champion and the mens champion will
square off head to head for the U.S.
championship crown and the right to
represent the United States in the Inter-
national Oyster Shucking Competition.
Gates open 11 a.m to 6 p.m. Ad-
mission is $5 for adults, free for chil-
dren 12 and under. Free parking. Call
301-863-5015 or go to www.usoyster-
fest.com.
Mechanicsville VFD Open House
Hills Club Drive, Mechanicsville 10
a.m. through day
At 10 a.m. memorial tribute for
members of M.V.F.D and M.V.F.D.L.A.
who have died in the past year. Vehicle
extrication, re extinguisher demo, in-
door guided history tour with photos of
our past, indoor re truck pull, re pre-
vention demos with Freddie the baby
re truck, burn trailer demo, roof venti-
lation demo and live vehicle extrication
with entrapment and EMS assistance.
Childrens area, moon bounce, door
prizes and 50/50 rafe. Call 301-884-
4709 or visit www.mvfd.com.
Texas HoldEm Tournament
FOP-7 Lodge (Great Mills) 2 p.m.
Annual Fall Dinnerfeast
St. Marys Parish, Bryantown 12-5
p.m.
All-you-can-eat, buffet style, ca-
tered by Thompsons Seafood. Menu:
fried oysters, crab balls, fried chicken,
pulled pork, parsley potatoes, green
beans, cole slaw and all the xings.
Adults and carryouts, $21; children
6-11, $8; children 5 and under, free.
Featuring country store, silent auc-
tion, bake table, 50-50, pull tabs and
childrens game room. Proceeds to
benet St. Marys Parish Restoration
funds. Call the rectory at 301-870-2220
or 301-274-3187, Mon.-Fri. 9:30 a.m. to
3:30 p.m.
Monday, Oct. 19
No Limit Texas HoldEm Bounty
Tournament
St. Marys County Elks Lodge 7
p.m.
Democratic Club of St. Marys
Meeting
Do Dah Deli (Leonardtown) dinner
at 6 p.m., meeting at 7 p.m.
Call Cindy at 301-737-7978.
Tuesday, Oct. 20
Nature Time at Greenwell
Greenwell State Park (Hollywood)
10 a.m.
This weeks theme is Nature
Portraits. Participants are welcome to
pack their own picnic lunch. Pre-reg-
istration is required no later than 24
hours in advance. Call 301-373-9775 or
register by e-mail at lpranzo@green-
wellfoundation.org.
Special Olympics No Limit
HoldEm Tourney
Bennett Building (24930 Old Three
Notch Rd, Hollywood) 7 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 21
Computer Science Open House
St. Marys College (Schaefer Hall)
4:30 p.m.
Companies hoping to employ
SMCM computer science students for
summer and full time work are invited
to attend this open house. Simon Read,
SMCM associate professor of computer
science, will describe how the program
works and employers will get a chance
to meet with students. For more infor-
mation contact lefranzen@smcm.edu
or call 240-895-3220.
R&B Line Dancing
House of Dance (Hollywood) 5:30
p.m.
Special Olympics No Limit
HoldEm Tourney
Bennett Building (24930 Old Three
Notch Rd, Hollywood) 7 p.m.
Poker Leader Board Challenge
FOP-7 Lodge (Great Mills) 7 p.m.
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Thursday, October 15, 2009 32
By Andrea Shiell
Staff Writer
Instead of spending the rst part of her ju-
nior year at Great Mills High School with her
friends, Katie Morgan is getting a crash course
in lawmaking as a student page during argu-
ably one of the most heated and contentious
policy battles over health care in recent memory,
though she said tempers have been remarkably
restrained on the House oor since she arrived
in Washington, D.C., in August.
They maintain their composure. They
have rules about it and theyre really strict, and
if they mess up, they get called out for it, so on
the House oor they keep it really professional,
she said.
Morgan said she was nominated for the po-
sition by her Advance Placement Government
teacher, Luanne Ruonavar, who heads the social
studies department at Great Mills High School.
She learned about her nomination near the end
of July.
My teacher called my house and asked me
if I was interested in doing it, so I talked it over
with my parents and we researched it and we
gave her a call back, she said.
Morgan was chosen from a group of 10 -
nalists, at which point she was invited to apply to
the Page School, which is located in the attic of
the Library of Congress.
Morgan said her days in Washington typi-
cally begin around 5 a.m.
We have to be at school by 6:35, sometimes
earlier depending on the activities you have I
do yearbook, so sometimes we meet earlier to
get the yearbook stuff done, she said,.
On Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays pages
get off at 11:30 a.m. and go straight to work. On
Wednesdays and Thursdays when theyre in ses-
sion, we get off at 9 so we can be there when they
start proceedings, she said.
Morgan said that each day the pages have
different jobs, from running documents between
the House and Senate members ofces, commit-
tees and the Library of Congress; preparing the
House and Senate chambers for each days busi-
ness by distributing the Congressional Record
and other documents related to the days agenda;
and providing assistance in the cloakrooms and
chambers. Pages also help transcribe speeches
and statements for House members.
Morgan said that she will have breaks
at Thanksgiving and Christmas, and can
take some weekends off to spend at home
with her parents, Jay and Annmarie Mor-
gan, but the rest of her time is spent in the
city, where she stays mere blocks away from the
Capitol with her roommates.
The duties seem pretty complicated, but
theyre really not. Theyre pretty simple, said
Morgan, adding that she was more excited to
learn about the daily activities of her leaders.
Its something you do every day, talking
with them and experiencing their work, she
said. Ive met cabinet members, the secretary
of labor and I shook hands with John Kerry
and Hillary Clinton, she said, adding that some
of her cohorts have been able to talk and shake
hands with President Obama as well.
Morgan said she had always been interest-
ed in public service, but she is more interested in
studying business in college.
For more than 175 years, pages have served
the United States Congress. Currently there are
62 young men and women from across the na-
tion serving as pages, but there can be as many
as 100 at any given time. Katies service as a stu-
dent page will run from Aug. 31, 2009 to Jan.
22, 2010.
For more information on the Congressional
Page Program, visit http://pageprogram.house.
gov/index.html.
andreashiell@countytimes.net
ewsmakers
Bowles Farms 2009
Corn Maze & Pumpkin Farm
Southern MDs Largest Corn Maze
& Pumpkin Harvest is BACK!!!
Tis years 2009 maze design will celebrate St. Marys county 375th Birthday
Operating Dates: September 26th to October 31st, 2009
Hours Of Operation
Mon Fri: By Appointment Only
Saturday: 10:00 AM to 8:00 PM
Sunday: 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM
Rates
Admission: $10.00
3 and Under FREE
Croup Rates Available (15 or more)
Admission To Te Farm Includes
Corn Maze, Petting Zoo, Wagon Rides,
Mini Straw Maze, Childrens Corn Box,
Childrens Barrel Rides, Straw Mountain
Crop Displays, Special Weekend Events
Oce: 301-475-2139 Email: bowlesfarm@rcn.com
Directions: The farm is located at: 22880 Budds Creek Road, Clements, MD 20624
For More Details Visit Us At:
www.bowlesfarms.com
Host Your: Team Building Event or Birthday Party Here!!
Decorating Supplies:
Mums, Corn Stalks, Straw,
Gourds, and Indian Corn
Food & Refreshments On-Site
Large Covered Picnic Area
Air-Conditioned/Heated Restrooms
We have acres and acres of pumpkins of every
shape & size available for a small additional fee.
Childrens Barrel Rides Pumpkin Painting
Petting Zoo
Wagon Rides
Pick Your Own
Come see why
getting lost means
having fun.
Sunday, October 18th
SOUTHERN KNIGHTS ROD
& CUSTOM CAR SHOW
Check out the Street Rods, Customs, Antiques and
Muscle Cars. You pick the winners.People Choice
Saturday & Sunday,
October 17th & 18th
ANTIQUE TRACTOR PULL
Sat - Weight Class 2,500 to 5,500
Sun - Weight Class 6,000 to 10,500
3 3
Question
Interview
Joe Orlando, 56, has lived in St. Marys County
since 2001 and owns the Fenwick Street Used
Book shop in Leonardtown. He is also an ordained
minister who performs weddings on weekends.
He took some time out of his day to share some
of his passions with The County Times.
CT: What appealed to you about running a used
bookstore?
JO: I had been wanting to do it for a long time. I
love books. Ive traveled a lot and visited a lot of
bookstores and I always had the desire to share
literature thats been around for ages with new
readers, helping people discover things that they
might be interested in and that they didnt know
about before.
CT: Who are some of your favorite authors?
JO: Probably Robert Heinlein was what struck
me the most when I was young. Stranger in a
Strange Land really had a great effect on me
but I read everything no wait, I dont read ev-
erything. I dont read romance novels.
CT: Whats the worst book youve read and
why?
JO: Dan Brown, The Da Vinci Code. I couldnt
even read it. I got through the rst chapter, may-
be the second chapter, and theres Web sites
dedicated to pointing out his worst sentences
and he teaches English! I cant believe that hes
even allowed to write!
Interviewing: Joe Orlando
Local Student Serving
on Capitol Hill
Great Mills High School junior Katie Morgan has
been selected to serve as a Congressional page
in Washington, D.C., from Aug. 31 to Jan. 22.
Photo Courtesy of Jay and Annmarie Morgan
The County Times
Thursday, October 15, 2009 33
U.S. Baseball Academy has announced
St. Marys College of Maryland will be a site
for the academys 2010 spring training pro-
gram at the beginning of the new year, accord-
ing to a press release.
The session in St. Marys City will run
Jan. 3 to Feb. 7 at St. Marys College of Mary-
land. St. Marys College Head Coach Lew
Jenkins will direct the program.
Instructors will include a staff of the ar-
eas top high school and college coaches.
With a player-coach ratio of 6 to 1, each
player gets individual attention in a small-
group atmosphere. In addition to instruction
by some of the areas high school and college
coaches, players get a preseason tune-up that
helps them enter team practice in mid-season
form. With numerous age-specic sessions,
instruction is specially tailored for each abil-
ity level. Overall, its the type of intense, pro-
fessional instruction young players just cant
get in a summer league.
Since 1988, U.S. Baseball Academy has
run hundreds of camps and clinics for thou-
sands of players nationwide. Each week, hit-
ters rotate through a series of supervised sta-
tions, including indoor batting cages, with
each drill designed to teach a different aspect
of hitting. Players enjoy participating in hit-
ting games and unique stations used by top
high school and college programs. The pro-
gram is designed to improve pitch and strike
zone recognition, timing, balance, power,
situational hitting, bunting, and other aspects.
Pitchers work under the supervision of coach-
es who can help with all aspects of pitching,
from fundamentals and mechanics to more
advanced concepts. Drills and repetition will
improve a pitchers speed and control.
The catchers camp covers all aspects of
being behind the plate. Players will get in-
struction on stance, signs, receiving, framing,
blocking, throwing, elding bunts, tags and
the mental aspects of dealing with pitchers.
Registration deadlines are approximately
six weeks before each session begins, but last
years camps sold out much earlier. Because of
the low player-coach ratio, spots in each ses-
sion are limited.
Complete details and times for each site,
as well as registration forms, are available on-
line at www.USBaseballAcademy.com or by
phoning toll free 866-622-4487.
Trossbach Tournament In
Various Locations this Weekend
The 12th annual
Trossbach Softball Tour-
nament takes place with
qualifying happening at
three elds on Saturday
starting at 10 a.m., with
the championship series
(double elimination) tak-
ing place on Sunday at the
Brass Rail, with time to be
determined). The round
robin sites are the Brass
Rail, Back Road Inn and
Captain Sams. For more
information, contact Chip
Raley at 301-862-2024.
Brass Rail
Here for Beer (Jerry Johnson)
Triple Ks-C.A. Bean Excavating (Steven Rice)
Big Dogs Paradise (Ray Copsey, Jr.)
Carrolls Equipment (Janice Wood)
Back Road Inn
Cryers (Mike Digilumio)
Swampys (Jeff Quade)
Hits Lips (Brad Coons)
Seabreeze (Ricky Ryce)
Captain Sams
Capt. Sams On-Site Rentals (Tony Bailey, Jr.)
Softball Elite (Sean Ritchie)
Dew Drop Inn (Dale Farrell)
MYT Trucking (Bucky Stone)
Volleyball Tournament For
Breast Cancer Research
The rst annual Volleyball for Tatas tour-
nament will take place at Ronnie and Cheryl
Derbys house off of Steer Horn Neck Road
in Hollywood. The tournament is scheduled
to begin this Saturday, Oct. 17, at 9 a.m. with
all proceeds from registration and food and
beverages going to breast cancer research. For
more information, e-mail tournament organiz-
er Brandy Sutor at bjsutor@hotmail.com.
Lacrosse Clinic To Be
Held at Dorsey Park
Diesel Lacrosse will be hosting a girls lacrosse clinic for 9th-12th graders, Sunday Oct. 25,
9:15-4:30, Dorsey Park, Hollywood. Cost is $90. For more information, go to www.diesellacrosse.
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high-level girls lacrosse staff.
Baseball Academy Coming
to St. Marys College
The County Times
Thursday, October 15, 2009 34
Thurs., Oct. 15
Field Hockey
Elizabeth Seton at St. Marys
Ryken, 4 p.m.
North Point at Great Mills, 6
p.m.
Football
Chopticon at Calvert, 7 p.m.
Volleyball
Great Mills at North Point,
5:30 p.m.
Fri., Oct. 16
Boys Soccer
Bishop Ireton at St. Marys
Ryken, 3:30 p.m.
Football
Leonardtown at Great Mills,
7 p.m.
Girls Soccer
St. Marys Ryken at Bishop
Ireton, 4 p.m.
Volleyball
Bishop McNamara at St.
Marys Ryken, 5:30 p.m.
Sat., Oct 17
Boys Soccer
North Point at Great Mills,
11:30 a.m.
DeMatha at St. Marys Ryken,
12 noon
Mon., Oct 19
Boys Soccer
Chopticon at McDonough,
6 p.m.
Field Hockey
The Calverton School at St.
Marys Ryken, 4 p.m.
Patuxent at Great Mills, 6 p.m.
Girls Tennis
Good Counsel at St. Marys
Ryken, 4 p.m.
Tues., Oct. 20
Boys Soccer
St. Marys Ryken at St. Johns,
4 p.m.
La Plata at Great Mills, 6 p.m.
Field Hockey
North Point at Leonardtown,
6 p.m.
Girls Soccer
Leonardtown at North Point,
4 p.m.
St. Johns at St. Marys Ryken,
4 p.m.
McDonough at Chopticon,
6 p.m.
Great Mills at La Plata, 6 p.m.
Volleyball
St. Marys Ryken at Bishop
OConnell, 5:30 p.m.
Leonardtown at North Point,
6:30 p.m.
Wed., Oct. 21
Boys Soccer
St. Marys Ryken at Archbish-
op Carroll, 3:30 p.m.
North Point at Leonardtown,
6 p.m.
Cross Country
Chopticon/North Point/
Northern at McDonough,
4:30 p.m.
Great Mills/Leonardtown at
Huntingtown, 4:30 p.m.
Field Hockey
Chopticon at McDonough,
6 p.m.
La Plata at Great Mills, 6 p.m.
Girls Tennis
St. Johns at St. Marys Ryken,
4 p.m.
Volleyball
McDonough at Chopticon,
6 p.m.
Great Mills at La Plata, 6 p.m.
10/15-21/2009
Fact
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All high school, recreational and youth league
coaches, if you would like the scores, statistics
and standings from your respective games and
leagues to be published, contact Chris Stevens at
301-373-4125 or at chrisstevens@countytimes.net
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By Chris Stevens
Staff Writer
If youve walked around
any store with a magazine
stand or rack over the last
couple of days, youve prob-
ably been caught off guard by
ESPN The Magazines bold
covers featuring the ripped
and chiseled physiques of var-
ious standout athletes, from
NFL running back Adrian
Peterson to the powerful Ser-
ena Williams in the nude.
The Magazine is call-
ing these covers and stories
within The Body Issue, and
while admiring and dissect-
ing the form of these athletes
makes for interesting reading
(and for some, eye candy),
my personal hope is that it
doesnt give rise to another
kind of body issue that people
from all walks of life deal
with everyday.
In these days in times,
everybody feels they can im-
prove on their physical stat-
ure, and many go to gyms
several times a week and
watch what they eat in order
to shave inches, pounds and
fat off of their bodies. Its a
noble concept, but many are
doing it under the intense
pressure of tting what soci-
ety deems to be healthy and
attractive, which quite frank-
ly, is unreasonable.
While no one says that
unhealthy eating and lack of
activity is the way to go in
terms of living a long life, so-
ciety fails to realize that not
everybody is meant to have
the muscle tone and mass of
professional athletes, actors,
models, whomever. Yet and
still, people who fall short
(be they skinny or fat) are
more than likely the targets
of insults and late-night info-
mercials that tout magic pills
and creams that will Whip
your sorry, lazy, wimpy in-
signicant self into top-notch
shape!
This is why young wom-
en have various eating dis-
orders such as bulimia and
anorexia trying to t in with
the skinny glamour girls that
are seen on television and in
magazines. This is also why
young men take these unsafe
dietary supplements and seri-
ously overdo it in the weight
room for fear of being con-
sidered weak and too small
or out of shape to gain the at-
tention of the young women
who are starving themselves
for the popular and t guys
attention. Notice the vicious
cycle?
While this maybe looked
at as a rant against people
who are in decent shape (if
youve seen me around at a
sporting event or even around
town, Ill never be confused
for Terrell Owens, although I
will pull a Sharpie out of my
sneakers and sign something
if you would like), its also a
plea for young and old folks
alike to not fall into the trap
of feeling insignicant or
lowly because you arent cut
like a diamond.
If we were all meant to
be the exact same way, could
you imagine how boring
life would be? Everybody is
unique and different, not just
in build, but in personality, in
character and in spirit. Em-
brace that and that will make
you feel good about yourself,
even though youll never be
naked on the cover of a na-
tional sports magazine.
Comments, questions,
complaints? Send em all
to Chris at chrisstevens@
countytimes.net.
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The County Times
Thursday, October 15, 2009 35
St. Marys City, Md. Sophomore forward
David Sterngold (Muncy, Pa./Muncy) picked
up his fourth goal of the season to lead No. 12
Swarthmore College to a 1-0 non-conference
mens soccer victory over St. Marys College of
Maryland Tuesday afternoon on Senior Day.
With his back towards the goal, senior for-
ward Omari Faakye (Kwahu-Nkwatia, Ghana/
Herman Gmeiner International College) icked
a loose ball to his right where Sterngold drove
it just inside the left post at 9:03.
St. Marys junior goalkeeper Paul Sprank-
lin (Columbia, Md./Oakland Mills) notched a
career-high 12 saves, including several diving
stops, in keeping Swarthmore scoreless for the
remainder of the contest.
The Garnet (12-1) posted 25 shots to St.
Marys nine, while Swarthmore garnered a 7-2
margin in corner kicks.
Junior goalie Zachary Weimar (Rutledge,
Pa./Friends Central) made two stops in regis-
tering his rst shutout of the season.
Prior to the start of the contest, St. Marys
recognized its lone senior, Benard Agyingi
(Baltimore, Md./Dunbar). A three-year letter-
winner, Agyingi has notched 16 points on six
goals and four assists in 39 games played. Last
year, he earned All-Capital Athletic Confer-
ence Second Team honors.
The Seahawks will return to action in a
week when St. Marys travels to Rocky Mount,
N.C. to face N.C. Wesleyan College in non-
conference action on Tuesday, October 20 at
4:00 pm.
Courtesy of St. Marys College of Maryland
Department of Sports Information
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ATHLETE
OF THE MONTH
HONOR ROLL
FIELD HOCKEY: LAURIANN
PARKER, Fr., Forward (Wood-
bine, Md./Glenelg)
SAILING: MIMI ROLLER, So.,
Skipper (St. John, US Virgin
Islands/Antilles)
MENS SOCCER: TED SCHARF-
ENBERG, So., Forward (Hol-
brook, N.Y./St. John the Baptist)
WOMENS SOCCER: SOPHIA
ESPARZA, Sr., Midelder (Silver
Spring, Md./Montgomery Blair)
Agyingi Honored as Seahawks
Come up Short to Nationally-
Ranked Swathmore
Kodan Named SMCM
Athlete of the Month
St. Marys City, Md. - Claire Kodan (Olney, Md./
Sherwood) of the St. Marys College of Maryland vol-
leyball team was selected by the Department of Athlet-
ics and Recreation as the rst athlete of the month of the
2009-10 year for the month of September.
This is Kodans second career athlete-of-the-month
selection as she was also the September athlete of the
month in 2007.
A 5-foot-11 junior outside hitter, Kodan helped the
Seahawks to a 10-7 record during the month of Septem-
ber, including a 2-1 mark in Capital Athletic Conference
action. She notched 11 double-doubles on kills and digs,
upping her career total to 15 double-doubles.
In 17 matches, Kodan tallied 227 kills for a .221 at-
tack percentage and a 3.60 kill average. She also served
up 24 aces, while averaging 3.22 digs per set.
Kodan had a career day in a ve-set victory over
Goucher College as she notched 21 kills and 24 digs. She
matched her career-best with ve aces in a 3-2 win at
Lynchburg College, while picking up a season-best 5.0
blocks in a sweep of Susquehanna University.
Kodan was named to the All-Tournament Team at
the Susquehanna University Invitational after totaling 63
kills, 39 digs, ve block assists, and two service aces and
leading the Seahawks to a third-place nish. She also
registered two double-doubles during the two-day, four-
match tournament.
Kodan is currently ranked 44th in Division III in
kills per set with a 3.69 average, while ranking second
in the conference in kills and eighth in digs with a 3.33
average.
Courtesy of St. Marys College of Maryland Depart-
ment of Sports Information
Benard Agyingi
The County Times
Thursday, October 15, 2009 36
By Chris Stevens
Staff Writer
MECHANICSVILLE While North
Point High School came away with the South-
ern Maryland Athletic Conference team title
Tuesday afternoon at Wicomico Shores Golf
Course, the local schools did well, as Chopticon
and Leonardtown nished in the top ve, while
Great Mills nished one stroke behind Leonar-
dtown in sixth place.
I think we can compete with these teams
on most days, said Raiders head coach Ben
Weiland. For us to nish in fth place is pretty
good.
The Raiders were led by Ryan Fenwick,
who shot an 80 despite ghting with a nag-
ging knee injury he suffered last spring playing
baseball for LHS.
I just tried to shoot the best I could for
my team, said Fenwick, who has not
had surgery for the injury. Its not
Ryan Fenwick golf, its Leonard-
town golf.
Fenwick was joined in
the 80s by Brady Jameson
(83) and Matt Richards
(84), along with St. Marys
County champ Catherine
Gonzalez rounding out
the top four with a score
of 90.
Chopticon, the
host school for the
tournament, nished
fourth overall with
a total score of 327.
Senior Tyler Hall led
the way with a score
80, including a 35 on
the front nine, which
had him in conten-
tion for the individual
conference title until
a little trouble on the
back nine set him back
a ways.
I think I played
pretty good on the front
nine, but that nine on 12
and the seven on 13 really
killed me, Hall said. I also
hit three balls out of play. I
wouldve been close.
Hall felt the team did really
well, with home-course advan-
tage helping their cause.
It helps that we play and practice
on this course every day, Hall said of
the friendly connes of Wicomico Shores.
We know this course like the back of our
hands.
Hall led the way with his 80, and also
got help with Tony Jerome shooting an 81
as well as Mitchell Seifert and Dillon Bur-
roughs shooting dueling 83s to lift the Braves
into fourth place, behind SMAC powers Mc-
Donough, La Plata and North Point.
We did well today, Hall said, but I
think we could have done better.
Great Mills nished in the top half with
a team score of 338, one stroke behind the
Raiders for fth place, making third-year head
coach Chris Davies a happy man.
They did an excellent job today, Davies
said, crediting his two seniors, Cody Hicks
and Sam Elliot with leading the charge. This
is a great team, they work well together and
they enjoy the game, and thats whats most
important.
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County Teams Swing Well at SMAC Golf Tournament
North Point 302
La Plata 321
McDonough 324
Chopticon 327
Leonardtown 337
Great Mills 338
Huntingtown 339
Northern 354
Calvert 359
Thomas Stone 369
Patuxent 372
Lackey 430
Westlake 448
Chopticons Tyler Hall hits a ball out of the rough. Halls 80 helped Chopticon nish fourth in the
SMAC team standings at Wicomico Shores Tuesday afternoon.
Photo By Frank Marquart
Photo By Frank Marquart
Photo By
Frank Marquart
Tyler Mattingly of Great
Mills follows through on a swing
during the Southern Maryland Athletic
Conference golf tournament at Wicomico Shores.
The Leonardtown golf team, led by Ryan Fenwicks (center)
80 nished fth in the SMAC team standings.
The County Times
Thursday, October 15, 2009 37
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Wed., Oct. 7
Boys Soccer
Great Mills 3, Chopticon 0
Field Hockey
Calvert 2, Chopticon 1 (Penalty Strokes)
Leonardtown 9, Westlake 0
Girls Soccer
Chopticon 0, Thomas Stone 0
Volleyball
Calvert 3, Chopticon 1
Paul VI 3, St. Marys Ryken 0
Thurs., Oct. 8
Boys Soccer
Leonardtown 4, Patuxent 0
Girls Soccer
St. Marys Ryken 3, Episcopal 0
Field Hockey
Good Counsel 1, St. Marys Ryken 0
Volleyball
Great Mills 3, Chopticon 1
Fri., Oct. 9
Boys Soccer
St. Marys Ryken 2, Gonzaga 1
Field Hockey
Great Mills 1, Chopticon 0
Football
Chopticon 16, Northern 12
Patuxent 43, Great Mills 13
La Plata 31, Leonardtown 3
Liberty Christian Academy 49, St. Marys Ryken 8
Girls Soccer
Chopticon 4, Great Mills 0
St. Marys Ryken 5, Holy Cross 3
Volleyball
Holy Cross 3, St. Marys Ryken 1
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By Chris Stevens
Staff Writer
GREAT MILLS In
a series that saw the pre-
vious two games decided
by a single run, Southern
Insulations offensive per-
formance Monday night
left no room for drama.
Southern scored 18 runs
in the fth and sixth in-
nings to vault themselves
to a 29-12 win over Just
Us, taking a 2 games to
1 lead in the St. Marys
County Womens Softball
Championship Series.
We knew we had
to hit because Just Us
can hit, said rst base-
man Tricia Johnson, who
started the avalanche with
an inside-the-park home
run to lead off the top of
the fth inning. We had
to get as many runs as
possible.
Runs were not hard to
come by Monday night, as
both teams seemed poised
for another close battle.
Just Us, the defending
league champions, scored
ve runs in the third inning to take an 8-5 lead
after Southern jumped out to a 5-2 lead in the
rst inning. Southern came back in the fourth
with six runs to claim an 11-8 lead.
In the bottom half of the fourth, Southern
got two before Karen Camp, Anita Nelson and
Angelita King connected on run-scoring sin-
gles to give Just Us their last lead of the game
at 12-11.
Johnson led off the fth with a searing
drive that got between the outelders, and she
hustled all the way home to even the score. That
was just the beginning as Southern plated seven
runs in the fth, and came back in the top of
the sixth with 11 runs, as outelder Sam Long
drove in ve by herself, with a two-run triple
and a three-run, inside-the-park home run for
the nal margin.
Every player, all 14 players on the team,
they have roles, said Southern manager Paula
King. Sam was just awesome tonight.
Its nice to have the advantage, said Long
of taking the series lead. We just knew we were
going to have to hit.
For King, even though Southern was one
win away from a title in their rst season (Game
Four was played Wednesday, too late for inclu-
sion in this edition of The County Times), she
refused to let the potential of a championship
overwhelm her.
I still say you cant count your chickens
before they hatch, she said. Just Us is a great
team and this series is not over.
Just Us manager Lamont Saxon attributed
Southerns offensive outburst to a lack of funda-
mentals on his teams part.
We just didnt make the routine plays, he
said before agreeing with King that the series
was far from nished. Were not out if yet, we
havent done it easy all year, so Im condent
well play hard from the rst inning to the last,
he said.
chrisstevens@countytimes.net
St. Marys County Recreation
and Parks Co-ed Volleyball
League Standings
Serves you right 3-0
Spence electrical 2-1
Chesapeake Customs 2-1
Center for Cosmetic Surgery 2-1
Well Pet 2-1
Dig This 2-1
St. Marys Automotive 2-1
Dicks Diggers 1-2
CBL 1-2
Gridiron Grill 1-2
Dirty Half Dozen 1-2
Geezer World 1-2
Team Dumpy 1-2
Block Party 0-3
St. Marys County Womens
Volleyball League Standings
R & S Bus Service 3-0
Easy Wash 3-0
Yellow Bus 2-1
Pinebrook 2-1
Spalding Consulting 0-0
NBE 1-2
Safe Sets 1-2
ABC Liquors 0-3
Ritas of Solomons 0-3
Southerns Offensive Explosion Puts
Them One Win Away from Title
Photo By Chris Stevens
Southern Insulations Jessica Bowles unleashes a pitch during Southerns 29-12 win over Just Us in the Womens Softball
Championship Series.
The County Times
Thursday, October 15, 2009 38
By John Hunt
Contributing Writer
Homecoming and
a beautiful, crisp fall
night, had the crowd at
Raiders Stadium ready
for an exciting evening of football. With
LaPlata coming in with only one victory, the air
was ripe for a big win, however, the Warriors (2-4)
had other ideas, ruining the celebration by taking
a 31-3 victory.
Despite the score, the Raider defense had a
great night, allowing only 48 yards rushing and
80 yards passing, led by John Connors six tackles
and two assists.
The problem for the Raiders (1-5) came from
every coachs biggest nightmare, not protecting the
ball, giving away ve turnovers. LaPlata scored af-
ter every one of them.
Leonardtown started out by taking a 3-0 lead
in the second quarter on a 26-yard eld goal by
Adam Phifer.
Late in the second quarter LaPlata scored on
a one-yard run by Lamont Yates. To end the rst
half, Joey Higgs picked off Leonardtown QB Drew
Wysocki and ran it 20 yards for the score. Wysocki
had a tough night, nishing 3 of 19 passing for 68
yards and three interceptions.
To start the second half, the Raiders seemed to
have the running game of Martez Allen and Dar-
ren Reed clicking, until Madison Townley picked
up a fumble and ran it 35 yards for a LaPlata touch-
down. Allen nished the game with 101 yards on
20 carries and Reed added 63 yards on nine car-
ries. Townley scored again in the third quarter on a
13-yard reception from
QB Vince Hall. Hall
completed the scoring
in the fourth quarter
with a 15-yard strike to
Charles Keeve. He n-
ished the night complet-
ing 7 of 15 passes for 70
yards.
Friday night, the
Raiders face off in a
county battle at Great
Mills against a squad
that comes into the game
with a county leading
three wins. Game time
is at 7 p.m. Next week,
Leonardtown heads to
Waldorf for their battle
at North Point.
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High School Football
Raiders Homecoming
Spoiled By Warriors
Hornets Suffer Letdown
in Loss to Panthers
Patuxent 43, Great Mills 14
1 2 3 4 Final
Great Mills (3-3) 0 6 0 8 14
Patuxent (4-2) 20 7 3 13 43
Patuxent Taitano 75 run (Maratta kick)
Patuxent Taitano 12 run (Maratta kick)
Patuxent Taitano 66 run (kick failed)
Patuxent Taitano 2 run (Maratta kick)
Great Mills Johnson 15 pass from Jenner (kick failed)
Patuxent Maratta 24 eld goal
Patuxent Williams 6 run (Maratta kick)
Great Mills Anderson 25 pass from Jenner (Johnson pass
from Jenner)
Photo By Frank Marquart
By Chris Stevens
Staff Writer
After a heart-stopping 34-25 home-
coming loss to Lackey on October 2, Great
Mills football coach Bill Grifth char-
acterized Fridays 43-14 loss to Southern
Maryland Athletic Conference contender
Patuxent as a game that got away from the
Hornets early due to the previous weeks
tough battle.
I think we
had an emotional
letdown from the
Lackey game, and we
just came out at,
Grifth said. We
didnt have that re
weve had for the last
few weeks.
The Hornets
(3-3 overall, 1-3 in
conference play)
were blitzed from
the start, as Panthers
senior running back
Frank Taitano scored
four touchdowns in
the rst half on runs
of 75, 66, 12 and 2 yards. Taitano carried
eight times for 160 yards, helping the Pan-
thers roll up 326 yards in rushing offense
on the evening.
We usually play Patuxent really
tough, Grifth said, but it was like we
hadnt seen a football eld all year.
Senior quarterback Brian Jenner
threw his seventh and eighth touchdown
passes of the season, a 15-yard toss to Mi-
chael Johnson in the second quarter and a
25-yard completion to senior receiver Will
Anderson to close the scoring.
Grifth believes that while putting
the previous game out of sight and out of
mind his important, he did tell his players
that this weeks practices in preparation for
county rival Leonardtown would be a re-
turn to ways that got the Hornets off to a
3-1 start this season.
We told the guys that this week in
practice that were going back to basics,
he said. Right now, our season starts over.
Were 0-0.
chrisstevens@countytimes.net
By Chris Stevens
Staff Writer
Leonardtown head football coach An-
thony Pratley has already told his players
what to expect from the Great Mills foot-
ball team tonight at Hornet Stadium.
Ive said to the guys,You beat them
the last two years, but you can throw those
records out the window, Pratley said of
tonights county rivalry contest, set to kick
off at 7 p.m.
This is not the same Great Mills foot-
ball team; they are loaded with talent and
speed, and they will run you down.
Hornets head coach Bill Grifth is
aware of the way the rivalry has gone
the previous two seasons, especially last
seasons 21-12 loss at Raider Stadium that
left both teams physically and mentally
exhausted.
Were really looking forward to it,
because its always a good game, Grifth
said. Hopefully we can get back on the
winning track.
To get back on the winning track,
Grifth knows the Hornets will have to
nd a way to slow down the unique Pistol
Spread Option offense that Leonardtown
has run with success against the Hornets
since Pratleys arrival in 2007.
It leaves a lot of options open,
Grifth said. The quarterback can run or
he can pass to the receiver. They have a lot
of options to use.
Were very unpredictable, Pratley
said of his creation. It really has helped us
the last couple of years against Great Mills,
and the big play has worked very well for
us against them.
For Pratley and his players, the up-
coming rivalry games with Great Mills
and Chopticon (Nov. 6) will be the high-
light of their season as the quest to improve
the Raider football team continues.
This is our season, pretty much, he
said. These games are our Super Bowl.
chrisstevens@countytimes.net
Notes:
Great Mills leads the all-time series
19-12, but the Raiders have won the last
two contests, 19-0 in 2007 and 21-12 last
year Leonardtown comes into the game
1-5 after losing homecoming 31-3 to La
Plata Friday. The Hornets are coming off
of a 43-13 loss at Patuxent, their largest los-
ing margin as well as most points allowed
this season.
Raiders Prepared For Different
Hornet Team In County Battle
Dillon Wise of La Plata
is brought down by the
Raiders Logan Trifone.
La Plata 31, Leonardtown 3
1 2 3 4 Final
La Plata (2-4) 0 12 12 7 31
Leonardtown (1-5) 0 3 0 0 3
Leonardtown Phifer 26 eld goal
La Plata Yates 1 run (kick Failed)
La Plata Higgs 20 interception return (pass failed)
La Plata Townley 35 fumble recovery (pass failed)
La Plata Townley 13 pass from Hall (kick failed)
La Plata Keeve 15 pass from Hall (kick good)
Photo By Frank Marquart
Leonardtowns Alan Payne challenges a pass by La Plata quarterback
Vince Hall.
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Thursday, October 15, 2009 39
workhorse running
back Dijon Clayton
scored a one-yard
touchdown. Chop-
ticons struggles
inside the red zone continued keeping the
score close as the Braves defense had to
shut down numerous Northern drives with
big plays.
The biggest play of the game came
when Michael Bam Wroble jumped the
route run by the Northern wide receiver
and with a convoy of Braves surrounding
him took it 66 yards for the pick six.
Wroble was all over the eld, mak-
ing 12 tackles and assisting on numerous
others.
Turnovers and bad decision-making
by the Braves offense kept the Patriots in
the game.
Douglas nished the game 12 of 27
passing for 199 yards three interceptions
and a fumble.
Chopticons running game was only
able to muster 34 yards on 15 total carries.
Northern made the game close on a
45-yard pass from quarterback Phillip Tay-
lor to Clayton.
Both teams had opportunities to score
throughout the fourth quarter, but it was
the Chopticon defense getting a big play
every time it was needed to hold off the
Patriots.
Chopticon continues their tour of Cal-
vert County with a trip tonight to Prince
Frederick to face Calvert (3-3) at 7 p.m.
The Braves return home to Morganza for
the nal time this season next Friday night
in a big county rivalry game against im-
proving Great Mills (3-3).
johnhunt@countytimes.net
By John Hunt
Contributing Writer
The Chopticon Braves took their longest road
trip of the season looking for their rst victory to
Northern High School in Owings and came away
with a tough 16-12 win.
Chopticon coach Anthony Lisanti preached the
same sermon his players heard all season long say-
ing, If we can protect the football, we will get the
victory.
Northern coach AJ Berbian knew the Braves
would come in red up after their tough start and
his team would need a great effort to get a win.
Chopticon started the scoring with a 33-yard
eld goal from kicker Christopher Palmer in the
rst quarter.
Northern brought constant pressure, giving
QB Cody Douglas problems until an under-thrown
ball bounced off the hands of defensive back Patrick
Cleary ahead into the arms of Douglas favorite re-
ceiver, Josh Gray for a 60-yard touchdown, giving
the Braves a 10-0 lead. Gray nished the night with
ve catches for 133 yards and is currently the sec-
ond leading receiver in the state of Maryland with
26 catches. Ronnie Harris of
Arundel leads the state with 47 receptions.
Michael Gilmartin Jr. added four receptions
for 33 yards. Later in the second quarter, Northerns
By Chris Stevens
Sports Writer
LEXINGTON PARK
It didnt turn out as well
as St. Marys Ryken head
football coach Bob Harmon
had hoped, but considering
Friday nights opponent, the
Knights have nothing to be
ashamed of.
Thats the best foot-
ball team youre going to
see in Southern Maryland
this year, Harmon said of
Liberty Christian Academy,
who coasted to a 49-8 victo-
ry over Ryken at Lancaster
Park. Were not going to
make excuses, they were
just a better football team
than we were tonight.
The Bulldogs, mak-
ing the trip to St. Marys
County from Lynchburg, Va., rocketed out of the
starting gates on a 64-yard scoring run by senior
running back Desmond Rice, his rst of four
touchdowns in the half. Liberty Christian also got
rst-half scores on a 17-yard interception return
by Jordan Turner and a three-yard keeper up the
middle by senior quarterback Mike Rocco.
As the Bulldogs moved the ball up and down
the eld and kept the explosive Ryken offense
from breaking free, Harmon saw a glimpse of
what he feels his team can be in the near future.
They are a well coached
team and they recruit well, and
thats where wed like to be in a
couple of years, Harmon said.
I think we can do that.
The Knights were able to
break in the scoring column
with a 13-play, 80-yard drive
that consumed nearly nine min-
utes of the fourth quarter clock.
Peter Martin, taking snaps at
quarterback in place of the in-
jured Chris Rixey, red a three-
yard scoring pass to receiver
Wayne Hicks on fourth and
goal to make the score 49-8.
The Knights (2-4 on the
season) will have another off week before head-
ing over into Virginia to play Pope John Paul the
Great on Saturday, Oct. 24 at 2 p.m. Harmon ex-
pects to have Rixey ready to roll for that game. In
the meantime, the coach didnt nd any fault with
his teams performance.
Im proud of our kids, they didnt back
down, Harmon said. We wanted to go out there
and score and have fun, and thats what they
did.
chrisstevens@countytimes.net
Sp rts
High School Football
Braves Edge Patriots for First Win
Ryken Drops First
Home Game to Powerful
Liberty Christian
Liberty Christian Academy 49,
St. Marys Ryken 8
1 2 3 4 Final
LCA (5-1) 28 14 7 0 49
Ryken (2-4) 0 0 0 8 8
LCA Rice 64 run (Gregory kick)
LCA Turner 17 interception return (Gregory kick)
LCA Rice 26 pass from M. Rocco (Gregory kick)
LCA Rice 60 run (Gregory kick)
LCA Rice 52 run (Gregory kick)
LCA M. Rocco 3 run (Gregory kick)
LCA Harrington 7 run (Gregory kick)
Ryken Hicks 3 pass from Martin (Hicks pass from Martin)
Chopticon 16, Northern 12
1 2 3 4 Final
Chopticon (1-5) 3 7 6 0 16
Northern (1-5) 0 6 0 6 12
Chopticon Palmer 33 eld goal
Chopticon Gray 60 pass from Douglas (Palmer kick)
Northern Clayton 1 run (kick failed)
Chopticon Wroble 66 interception return (kick failed)
Northern Clayton 45 pass from Taylor (kick failed)
Photo By Chris Stevens
Photo By John Hunt
St. Marys Rykens Marlowe Wood is corralled by Liberty Christians Cody
Williams.
The Chopticon foot-
ball team prepares
to take the eld at
Northern High School
on Friday night.
Big County Rivalry
Games Closing
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THURSDAY
October 15, 2009
Photo By Frank Marquart
SMACING
IT OFF THE TEE
AT WICOMICO
Great Mills Streetscape
Project Moving Ahead
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Varied Agendas On
Legislative Proposal List
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