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CounTy lookinG To CuT $3.8
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By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
Ellen Sauerbrey, two-time GOP candidate for Maryland gover-
nor and a former representative to the United Nations for the Bush
Administration, told St. Marys County Republicans that the nations
Constitution is being systematically dismantled by the Obama ad-
ministration and said that the president was surrounded by a cult-like
following edging towards those of past dictators like Juan Peron and
even Adolf Hitler.
Sauerbrey said she was not making a direct comparison between
Obama and Hitler, who orchestrated the genocide of Jews and oth-
ers during World War II, but rather that conditions were ripe in this
country, because of bad economic times and the perception of never-
ending crises, that a leader could easily usurp the rights of citizens.
She said that the Obama administration advanced fascist, so-
cialist ideals.
Im really afraid for the future of our country, Sauerbrey told
attendees at the annual Lincoln/Reagan Dinner on Sept. 12 in Cal-
laway. Our Constitution is indeed being dismantled.
The dinner was hosted by the Republican Central Committee of
St. Marys County.
Sauerbrey said that the recent takeover of car manufacturers, the
excessive printing of money and the spiraling national debt and def-
cit, along with the current administrations big-government answers
to problems like health care reform all pointed to the slow and sure
shrinking of individual liberty and prosperity.
She said she feared hyperinfation, which would greatly dimin-
ish the value of the dollar and could create yet another pretext for the
government to seize more control over the economy.
In a later interview she also chided the previous Bush adminis-
tration for pushing for bailouts of corporations stuck with toxic mort-
gage assets that are believed to have started the nations plunge into
a recession.
This is the most fscally irresponsible and reckless White
House administration in American History, she said of the Obama
camp. Hes a smooth talking guy who reads a teleprompter real well
and who has never even run a candy store.
Hyperinfation causes chaos, she said. Its the best excuse
any government ever had for taking away freedoms of the people.
Todd Eberly, a political science professor at St. Marys College
of Maryland, said that even thinly alluding to dictatorial regimes as
Sauerbrey did, when referring to any presidential administration, was
dangerous, though not new by any means.
Two years ago you could have heard those same statements spo-
ken by Democrats about George W. Bush, Eberly said. The rhetoric
is exactly the same as it was before, its just about different policies.
Its a sorry refection on where political discourse has fallen in
America.
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Speaker: Constitution Being Dismantled
By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
Economic times are tough, county unem-
ployment is a little more than 6 percent and
state cuts in aid to St. Marys total to about $8
million so far, but some county commissioners
say that the decision to buy several pieces of
land to meet long range goals was a good one.
County Commissioners Thomas A.
Mattingly and Daniel H. Raley, both Demo-
crats who cannot run for another term, said
that the purchases would turn out to be good
investments.
They spoke to an audience of civic and
business leaders at the State of the County lun-
cheon hosted by the St. Marys County Cham-
ber of Commerce at the J.T. Daugherty Center
in California Tuesday.
Mattingly (D-Leonardtown) said that the
decision to buy the Hayden Farm property on
the outskirts of Leonardtown for $5.2 million
provided the county with a future site for both
a new library and possibly two new schools.
He also defended the decision to purchase
the old strip club, Roses Place II, so the future
FDR Boulevard could be extended through to
the Lexington Park library.
They [the land acquisitions] are not just
happening, they are happening as they pres-
ent themselves, Mattingly said. They are not
easy, and theyre not cheap, but they are for
long range goals of the county.
Raley said that the $5.2 million price tag
for the Hayden Farm, which was higher than
the $3.5 million appraisal, had been reached
two years before the decision to buy was made
last year, thus locking in the price.
The money also came from a dedicated
capital improvement fund set aside for fnding
land for school sites.
Raley said that in the past the commis-
sioners had been criticized for not purchasing
enough land and now were being criticized for
attempting to solve that problem.
He said that the countys decision to hold a
public hearing on Christmas Eve of last year re-
garding the Hayden Farm was a P.R. mistake
but commissioners feared that court battles
between Hayden family members could have
sunk the land deal.
If wed waited till mid-January, I dont
believe the deal wouldve gone through, Raley
said.
Raley also said that the decision to pur-
chase land off of Indian Bridge Road, the Bea-
vans property, actually went in favor of the
county because it wound up paying $50,000
less than the assessments in the hopes it could
be developed for park land.
We didnt bail out a developer, we took
advantage of them, Raley said.
Todd Morgan, a president of the South-
ern Maryland Navy Alliance, said that buy-
ing land in tough economic times was a risky
proposition.
When you have to make these invest-
ments, theres a good time to make them and a
bad time to make them, Morgan said. Some-
times if you dont buy the property, you get
suckered into a deal where you say I wish Id
done this earlier.
Its really a hard question, Morgan said.
Commissioners Defend Land
Buys While Cutting Budgets
The Housing Authority of St. Marys County will hold a
public meeting on Thursday, September 17, about its plans to
meet housing and community needs in fscal year 2010 and fscal
years 2010-14.
The meeting will start at 4 p.m. at the Gateways Condomini-
ums, frst foor Housing Authority briefng room, at 21155 Lex-
wood Drive in Lexington Park.
Discussion topics will include local housing needs, fnancial
resources, policies on eligibility/selection/admissions, the Vio-
lence Against Women Act, rent determination policies, opera-
tions and management policies, homeownership and community
development.
The plans provide information about basic policies, rules
and requirements concerning the Housing Authoritys opera-
tions, programs and services and informs government housing
offcials, families served by the authority and members of the
public about the Housing Authoritys mission and strategies for
serving the needs of low-income families.
The plans will be available for public review on Sept. 15,
2009, at its main administrative offce located at 21155 Lexwood
Drive, Suite C., in Lexington Park.
Summaries of the plans will be at the countys Public In-
formation Offce, located at 23115 Leonard Hall Drive, in Leon-
ardtown and in each of the three public libraries in St. Marys
County during regular business hours.
The summaries may also be viewed at www.co.saint-marys.
md.us/housing/index.asp in the Announcements section.
Written suggestions may be submitted to the Housing Au-
thority of St. Marys County, Maryland, 21155 Lexwood Drive,
Suite C., Lexington Park, MD, on or before 5 p.m., Oct. 2, 2009.
Citizens with mobility, vision or hearing impairments
should contact the administrative
coordinator at the Housing Authority at 301-866-6590 ext.
1434, or the Maryland Relay Service at 1-800-735-2258 (V/TTY)
to make arrangements for any special needs.
Low-Income Housing
Subject of Public Meeting
Photo by Guy Leonard
Former ambassador to the United Nations Ellen Sauerbrey, right, and Del.
Tony ODonnell (R-Dist. 29C) meet at the countys Lincoln/Reagan Dinner
Sept. 12 in Callaway.
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Todays Newsmaker In Brief
By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
Following heavy cuts in state aid to the
county, the Board of County Commissioners is
looking to reduce its budget by about $3.8 mil-
lion to make up for the shortfall.
While no frm decisions have been made,
the consensus seems to be that cuts will have to
come from nearly all departments.
The commissioners met Tuesday during a
special budget work session to consider where
to take the money from, with large chunks
to be removed from the Offce of the Sheriff,
various county departments and the board of
education.
A large portion of the cuts will also come
from not flling certain vacant positions, said
Commissioner Lawrence D. Jarboe.
Because were freezing positions, some
people will be doing double duty, Jarboe told
The County Times.
The current hiring freeze would reduce the
budget by $750,000, while cuts to the sheriffs
budget would total about $301,000. County de-
partments will also be expected to fnd ways to
cut $300,000 from their budgets, by consoli-
dating efforts or cutting any frills, Jarboe said.
The Board of Educations allocation from
the county would also go down by $750,000.
Other proposed cuts include $450,000
in reductions on debt service by deferring
replacements of county vehicles, Jarboe
said, while the county works to hold back on
$289,000 in bond refunding by deferring some
capital projects.
The commissioners may also use $550,000
from their emergency reserve to help plug bud-
get holes, leaving about $200,000 in that fund,
Jarboe said.
Each one of these will come back as
budget amendments, he said about the an-
ticipated vote. You do it in order to survive in
government.
County fnance staff had suggested fur-
ther, more drastic cuts, such as reducing merit
employees health benefts, but those so far
have been rejected, Jarboe said.
Theyre not on the table, he said. We
shouldnt be going after merit employees.
Commissioners Consider Making
$3.8 Million In Budget Cuts
A story in the Sept. 10, 2009, edition
of The County Times, Residents Cash
In On Septic Tank Grant, on page 5, in-
correctly named the government agency
that is accepting grant applications to up-
grade failing septic systems. The correct
agency is the Maryland Department of the
Environment.
CORRECTION
Elms Hunting Compromise Back On The Table
By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
The campaign by hunters for bow hunting on
85 acres of county-leased land near the Elms En-
vironmental Education Center in Dameron could
succeed after all, following recent clarifcations in
positions held by government agencies.
A compromise between hunters, the school
system and offcials to allow bow hunting on the
85 acres fell apart in April, after indications that
the state Department of Natural Resources, which
leases the site to the county, would not manage
hunting on the parcel.
Offcials were concerned the hunting could
endanger students who regularly visit the center.
However, it appears the state is open to the
idea, which could result in a private group, such
as the Mattpany Bow and Black Powder Club,
taking over management of the parcel to enable
bow hunting.
Rich Johnson, a Valley Lee hunter and a can-
didate for commissioner, said that the most recent
development could be a happy one.
I think its a good thing for the hunters; we
have a party willing to do wildlife management
for free. Its a win-win for everyone, Johnson
said.
County government staff are expected to
talk to state Department of Natural Resources of-
fcials to fnd out what the state will now support
in the way of hunting on the county-leased por-
tion of the Elms property, which totals 476 acres.
A Sept. 3 letter from Steven Riley, a local
hunter and citizen advocate on the Elms Advi-
sory Committee, to Commissioner Lawrence D.
Jarboe (R-Golden Beach) details a conversation
between Riley and Paul Perditto, director of the
Wildlife and Heritage section of DNR, which
relayed that a perception that the entire 476-acre
site leased to the county had to be closed to allow
bow hunting on 85 acres of it was not true.
This misinterpretation, Riley said, was re-
sponsible for members of the committee he sits
on to
say in recorded
minutes from
July that hunt-
ing would no longer be allowed there in any
form.
This latest development, Jarboe said, could
allow commissioners to develop a memorandum
of understanding with a private group, which
would manage the 85 acres in place of DNR.
Evidently it reaffrmed they didnt have any
problem with the 85-acre compromise as long as
kids werent in the 85 acres, Jarboe said.
The July 15 draft minutes of the Elms Ad-
visory Committee reveal that county offcials
seemed to interpret correspondence from DNR
Secretary John Griffn as saying that the state
agency would not allow any private group to
manage hunting on the property.
Mr. [Derick] Berlage [director of Land Use
and Growth Management] stated that DNR will
not accept any private management of the prop-
erty, the minutes read.
The minutes went on to read that a major-
ity of the advisory committee voted to state that
no more could be done regarding hunting on the
county-leased portion of the Elms property
Berlage told The County Times: At that
meeting we were relying on the letter from Sec-
retary Griffn. If theres been a change in policy,
we dont know about it, but maybe Commissioner
Jarboe does.
Jarboe said that the prior interpretation of the
states position on the Elms hunting compromise
was fawed.
That totally defed logic, Jarboe told The
County Times. Especially since the adjacent
acreage [an additional 540 acres managed by
DNR for hunting] is being used for bow, shotgun
and black powder.
On the condition of Route 236
and its need for repairs
Its a mess. Its worse than any road
I can think of in the county.
Commissioner Lawrence D.
Jarboe (R-Golden Beach)
On the reception to the countys
proposed comprehensive plan
I call it the comprehensive plan; some people
call it the good, the bad and the ugly.
Derick Berlage, director of
the Department of Land Use
and Growth Management
The County Times
By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
Nearly 3,000 U.S. fags lined the campus of the Char-
lotte Hall Veterans Home on the eighth anniversary last
week of the 9/11 terrorist attacks to memorialize the loss of
American life that day in New York, Washington D.C. and
Pennsylvania.
But the attendees at the gathering, including many
veterans who lived at the home, chose not to mourn the
victims deaths so much as to honor their lives and the sac-
rifces they made.
Charles Lollar, general manager of Cintas uniforms
which donated the fags for the event, singled out Todd
Beamer aboard Flight 93 as a hero who with his fellow
passengers stood up to terrorist hijackers bent on murder
that day.
Beamer and the other passengers subdued their cap-
tors and all died that day where their plane crashed in
Pennsylvania.
He was an ordinary citizen called to do extraordinary
things in extraordinary times, said Lollar, a reserve Ma-
rine and candidate for Congress.
Sgt. Major Wallington Simms, the highest ranking
enlisted man with the Marine Corp aviation detachment
at Patuxent River Naval Air Station and
an Iraq War veteran, led the gathering in
moments of silence in remembrance of
those who lost their lives.
For him the 9/11 attacks struck close
to home, because the child of one of his
neighbors was killed on board one of the
fights hijacked by terrorists, he said.
It was more than a national tragedy
to me, it was personal, Simms told the
crowd.
The organizers of the event were two
16-year-old local girls, Keara Schmeiser
and Elizabeth Morrison, of Leonardtown
and Hollywood respectively, who had
attended a leadership conference near
Washington D.C. that challenged them
to make an impact in their community.
Were not here to celebrate one
person, but to celebrate America, Lollar
said. When all else fails, we all bleed
American blood.
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Memorial Honors The Sacrifce Of Those Lost On 9/11
By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
When the state legislature
passed a bill earlier this year set-
ting up a task force to study the
governance of the Metropolitan
Commission, the countys water
and sewer provider, it mandated
that the county put up more than
$17,000 to fund the staffng for the
group, with the staffng to be pro-
vided by the University of Mary-
land at College Park.
Maybe the writers of the bill
should have checked in with the
Board of County Commissioners
frst.
On Sept. 15, the commission-
ers voted 3-1 against a measure to
fund their half of the project. (The
other $17,000 was to be footed by
MetCom.)
Commissioner Lawrence D.
Jarboe (R-Golden Beach), along
with Thomas A. Mattingly and
Kenneth R. Dement (R-Tall Tim-
bers), voted against the memoran-
dum of understanding.
Commissioner President
Francis Jack Russell (D-St.
Georges Island) was the only
supporting vote.
The task force was formed to
study whether changes should be
made to the governance of Met-
Com; this is the frst time such
as study has been commissioned
since the agencys inception some
50 years ago.
Jarboe said that half the tab
should not have been forced on
the county without its consent.
Its an unfunded mandate,
Jarboe said. Its like the feds
requiring us to use ACORN for
something.
Mattingly (D-Leonardtown)
said that the county should have
been informed of the states in-
tentions to include staff from the
state university system well be-
forehand. He said the board would
probably bring up the funding
measure again for a vote in the
near future, but the outcome was
not certain.
It may get funded, Mat-
tingly said. But it was about a
point being made.
Jarboe said that there were
other groups that the county could
have engaged to provide the re-
search capability of the univer-
sity employees, but had they been
given the choice, they might have
gone with the university staff
anyway.
We dont feel comfortable
with a bubba deal, Jarboe said.
MetCom Task Force Not Funded
Col. J. T. Torres, USMC, commanding the marine aviation detachment at Patuxent River
Naval Air Station, talks with veterans living at Charlotte Hall Veterans Home during the
9/11 memorial service last Friday.
The County Times
By Catherine Krikstan
Capital News Service
ANNAPOLIS - U.S. Sen. Benjamin L.
Cardin, D-Md., wants to provide watershed
states from New York to Virginia with new
funding and incentives to improve water
quality in the Chesapeake Bay.
Cardins legislation, introduced last
week, would also give the Environmen-
tal Protection Agency the power to punish
states that fail to meet federal water quality
standards.
The bills inclusion of both standards
and penalties makes it probably the most
signifcant federal legislation for the Chesa-
peake Bay since the Clean Water Act itself
was passed in 1972, said Doug Siglin, fed-
eral affairs director for the Chesapeake Bay
Foundation.
Cardins amendment to the Clean Water
Act would give the EPA authority to penal-
ize non-compliant states by stepping in to
accomplish the cleanup or withholding fed-
eral funds. This would provide the EPA with
unambiguous authority over all sources of
pollution to the bay, Siglin said.
To encourage states to cooperate with
the cleanup, the bill would also authorize
more than $1.5 billion in grants. These ap-
propriations would fund projects like nutria
eradication, freshwater and estuarine moni-
toring and the implementation of cleanup
plans in municipalities.
Providing funding for cities is an impor-
tant step in combating stormwater runoff, a
major source of pollution in the bay, Siglin
said.
The bills additional provisions include
allowing for citizen suits and prohibiting
both the introduction of the Asian oyster and
the commercial harvesting of menhaden, a
fsh that is a key part of the bays food web.
The bill sets a deadline of May 2020 for
the new restoration efforts to be in place.
Cardin Pushes Clean Water
Act Amendment
By Sharmina Manandhar
Capital News Service
WASHINGTON - Experts agree that the
benefts outweigh the risks when it comes to
the new swine fu vaccines, expected to be
available in mid-October.
There is no scientifc rationale to believe
that the new vaccines are unsafe, said Dr. Wil-
bur H. Chen, assistant professor at the Universi-
ty of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore
and one of the researchers leading the national
study of the H1N1 vaccine conducted by the
National Institutes of Health. The swine fu
vaccines are manufactured exactly the same
way as the seasonal fu vaccine.
But despite health experts reassurance
and the safety record of the seasonal fu vac-
cines, the public continues to be concerned
about side effects of the new swine fu vaccine,
according to news reports.
The worries may stem from the vaccina-
tion campaign of 1976, when some of those
inoculated developed Guillain-Barre syn-
drome, a rare, transient neurological condition
that causes temporary muscle weakness or
paralysis.
This is a legitimate question, Chen said.
Since 1976, the scientifc community has been
on heightened alert and we look for such pos-
sibilities in all new vaccines and havent seen
anything yet in our studies.
So far about 2,000 people, aged 6 months
and older, have been immunized in fve differ-
ent clinical trials to determine the optimal dose
of the unique H1N1 vaccines manufactured by
Sanof Pasteur and CSL.
Three other companies -- Novartis,
GlaxoSmithKline and MedImmune -- have
been approved to manufacture the new swine
fu vaccines.
Manufacturers project that 45 mil-
lion doses of the vaccine will be available by
mid-October, according to Artealia Gilliard,
spokeswoman for the Centers for Disease Con-
trol and Prevention.
The swine fu threat seems to be drawing
public attention away from the threats of sea-
sonal fu.
Even though H1N1 has been getting a
lot of the top-line publicity, its important to
not lose sight of the fact that seasonal fu takes
its toll year in and year out, said Kathleen
Sebelius, secretary of the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services.
A similar recommendation was made by
Dr. Daniel R. Perez, associate professor at the
Department of Veterinary Medicine at Univer-
sity of Maryland, College Park.
I would absolutely recommend people to
get the new swine fu vaccine along with the
seasonal fu vaccine, said Perez, an expert on
swine and avian fu vaccine development be-
cause even though swine fu threatens to be
a pandemic, we cannot rule out the threats of
seasonal fu.
Experts: Benefts Outweigh
Dangers of Swine Flu Vaccines
BALTIMORE (AP) - The Maryland Pub-
lic Service Commission is opening a week of
hearings on Constellation Energys proposed
sale of nearly half of its nuclear energy busi-
ness to Frances EdF.
But if the deal isnt approved, EdF execu-
tive John Morris says in written testimony, the
company wont build a third nuclear reactor at
Calvert Cliffs.
Constellation says the joint venture with
EdF would enable it to build the reactor and it
would be more diffcult to do otherwise. The
company says the third reactor is needed to
meet future electricity demand.
Constellation had planned to complete the
$4.5 billion deal by Thursday. A fnal decision
from the PSC isnt expected until October.
Constellation has maintained the PSC
does not have jurisdiction over the deal be-
cause it does not affect BGE.
PSC Opens Hearings
on Constellation Deal
WHEN:
Tuesday, September 24
7-9:30 P.M.
WHERE:
Auditorium at HSMC
WHY:
The CDA will present the proposed schematic design for the replacement
of Anne Arundel Hall and the construction of the new Historic St.
Marys City Maryland Heritage Interpretive Center (Visitors Center).
In addition to updating the community on programs, scope, and
siting reviewed during the CDAs public presentations in August, new
information will be provided on site plans and preliminary architectural
designs. Feedback from the community is welcomed.
Youre Invited to an Open House
On the Proposed Schematic Design of St. Marys
College of Marylands Anne Arundel Hall Replacement
and the New Maryland Heritage Interpretive Center
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There are signifcant problems in many
schools throughout our nation related to bully-
ing. Like a virus, bullying spreads by people that
help it along. Like a virus, bullying mutates.
For example, there are now six known mu-
tations of bullying. They are:
1) Physical bullying, which includes any
physical contact that would hurt or injure a per-
son like hitting, kicking, punching, etc. Taking
something that belongs to someone else and de-
stroying it would also be considered a type of
physical bullying.
2) Verbal bullying is name calling, making
offensive remarks, or joking about a persons
religion, gender, ethnicity, socio-economic sta-
tus or the way they look.
3) Indirect bullying includes spreading
rumors or stories about someone, telling oth-
ers about something that was told to you in
private.
4) Social alienation is when a bully ex-
cludes someone from a group on purpose. It
also includes a bully spreading rumors and also
making fun of someone by pointing out their
differences.
5) Intimidation is when a bully threatens
someone else and frightens that person enough
to make him or her do what the bully wants.
6) Cyber bullying is done by sending mes-
sages, pictures or information using electronic
media, computers (e-mail, instant messaging)
or cell phones (text messaging and voicemail).
Cyber bullying can also include sexting, al-
though sexting is considered a criminal offense
by itself because it pertains to the possession
and or distribution of child pornography, which
is a serious offense under Maryland law.
If you or any of your friends encounter
any of these types of bullying, it should be re-
ported immediately to the principal. If you or
your parents feel the school system is not taking
your complaint of bullying seriously, than you
should report it to the Sheriffs Offce, particu-
larly if you believe someones safety could be in
jeopardy. Many schools have a school resource
offcer and most of you know who he or she is.
I have heard of many incidents of students
text messaging other students to alert them
of planned fghts. Use of a cell phone to plan,
organize and commit a crime is a very seri-
ous offense. If you pass along information that
you received about a fght or any other adverse
incident, and this information continues to get
passed along to others, arent you helping to
organize the crime? If you become the carrier
of the virus by passing it along, arent you then
part of the sickness of bullying?
Did you know that bullying, even when
students thought it was just playing around, or
having some fun, resulted in the death of young
people your age? Do you know how to stop the
virus of cyber bullying? Send the message to
your school resource offcer. He or she will in-
vestigate it. No one will know you sent it. And
the people that send these type of messages will
never know when the next cyber bullying will
be on the cell phone of a police offcer.
If you have been bullied, tell you principal
or a school resource offcer. Do not let it contin-
ue. Bullies are disturbed people and typically
need help themselves for a wide range of rea-
sons. Usually bullying, left uncorrected, will
continue and will probably get worse. Abra-
ham Lincoln said: Let no feeling of discour-
agement prey upon you, and in the end you are
sure to succeed. These are good words to live
by. It was true then, and remains true today.
Think of your school as a forest. In the
forest are a lot of trees. You are one of the many
trees that make the forest. On your tree are the
branches which are your arms and your hands.
On these branches are your leaves which are
your friends. Your branches reach out and shake
the hands of other trees which pollinate or cre-
ate a friendship. This in turn creates other trees
and friendships expand, creating a deep canopy
which your school as the forest can thrive and
grow upon.
However, if you allow bullying in your
forest, to reach out and touch your branches, it
may spread to other trees and the virus of bul-
lying will become a blight to all of the trees in
contact with it. And this virus can make any
forest become sick. Protect the other trees in the
forest and dont let any of your branches reach
out to a sick tree.
Roy Fedders
Member of Superintendents Safety and
Security Committee
Dameron, Md.
Students: Take Action to Stop Bullying
Its going to be diffcult for me to select
whom I will vote for in the coming 2010 and 2012
elections.
Will I choose a Democrat who calls me a
Nazi, a swastika waver, a tea baller, or any
one of several other derogatory names because I
disagree with someone I view as a potential de-
stroyer of the country that I gave 20 years of my
life to protect 11 of them serving overseas?
Or will I vote for a Republican whose advi-
sors call me a right-wing nut ball and a freak?
Its going to be a hard choice.
Nevertheless, Im going to try to formulate
some guidelines to help me make a sane choice in
spite of my deranged, nut ball, psychopathic, Nazi,
swastika and gun-toting, freakish inclinations.
My Whom I will Vote For guidelines will
state that:
My candidate must unequivocally be anti-
big government.
He must insist on lowering taxes.
He must consistently vote to rescind the
Obama stimulus-spending bill and cut off any
further spending of the stimulus funds.
He must either vote down the planned
Obama healthcare plan, or, if it has already been
passed into law, must work to rescind the plan
before it takes effect in 2011, 2012 or such other
years as it may become effective.
He must work to halt the power of the presi-
dent to appoint czars without a conformation
process.
He must have the power of the president to
establish a presidency-controlled military force
separate from the established military services
already in existence.
These are the minimum requirements I will
demand from the candidate for whom I will vote.
As we all know, only One Person was ever perfect.
Maybe I wont fnd a candidate who meets every
one of my demands. If that happens, Ill probably
accept the candidate who meets most of them.
One thing is for sure Im going to vote
against every politician who forgot that he or she
works for the people who pay them. Most of those
people have been elected so often that they believe
we work for them. They are not gods. They are not
all-powerful. They are only elected and they can
be dumped in the garbage when they fail to realize
that we, the people, run the country and they are
only supposed to represent our wishes.
James Hilbert
Mechanicsville, Md.
Criteria for Candidates
These are interesting times in the history of our nation. It is fair to say that we are seeing
a frustration by the electorate with the American Politician. Would anyone have predicted
these American Politicians would be calling the frustrated electorate un-American peo-
ple? It is hard to explain how an elected offcial can possibly call his or her own constituents
un-American because these constituents disagree with a public policy proposal that is un-
clear, untested, and unaffordable. It is even more diffcult to explain or accept that this elected
offcial is the Congressman that represents St. Marys County.
What offends you more, to be called a liar or to be called un-American? You can call
folks a lot of things, but how dare you call people who have fought in war for their country,
who pay taxes, vote, and are law abiding citizens un-American. We would ask Congress-
man Hoyer (D, Md.) to rise on the foor of The House of Representatives and apologize to
Americans for calling them un-American.
In no way do we defend Congressman Joe Wilson (R, S.C.) for calling President Obama
a liar while Obama was addressing a joint session of the United States Senate and United
States House of Representatives. On at least two different occasions President Bush was
called a liar in the same House chamber, we dont condone that either. Civility must be the
order of the day in the United States Congress.
Now some in Congress are making the argument that if you are white and you oppose
President Obamas policies, you are racist. Congressman Hank Johnson (D-Ga.) invoked the
Ku Klux Klan when referring to Wilsons remarks. Former President Jimmy Carter, who him-
self suffered the wrath of the public when he promoted policy that Americans didnt like, came
out and empathically pronounced white people who disagree with Obama as being racist.
Now if you disagree with Obama and you are white, you are an un-American racist.
These folks arent limiting their comments towards Congressman Wilsons remarks; they are
labeling dissenters in general.
The election of Barack Obama as President of The United States is a chance for our nation
to move past a period in our history that is troubling to most Americans. There are indeed
lingering consequences of our nations past that effect not just African-Americans but all mi-
norities still today. But Barack Obama can be more than our President; he can be the symbol
of our nations future, not our nations past.
Unfortunately, the early indications are just the opposite. And it is not because of the
people that disagree with the policies of Obama; it has more to do with the people who agree
with the policies of Obama, people like Hoyer, Johnson, and Carter who continue to use labels
and racist characterizations when describing dissenters.
The right of Americans to question, disagree with, and dissent from their governments
actions is fundamental to this free nation. It must remain fundamental no matter the race,
color, or gender of the President. If it is American to protest public policy against a white
President, then only when it is American to protest public policy against a black President
will we have reached the pinnacle of what most Americans hope will be our future.
Let the public policy debate rage on in this great nation, and let those who have the most
votes win. And if that policy fails, then let those who promoted it be held accountable for it.
Isnt that the way it has worked under white Presidents? Then only if it works the same under
a black President will our nation have gone beyond race. Only then will the dream of Martin
Luther King come true.
As King said, a man should be judged by the content of his character, not the color of his
skin. The use of labels and slurs against those who disagree with Obamas policies is wrong.
Using the race card to validate Obamas policies or to characterize his opponents moves our
nation backwards and sends the message that Americans should be somehow less dissenting
towards a black President than towards a white President.
The outcomes of the Obama presidency in terms of good or bad public policy for our
nation will be judged by voters in upcoming elections. The outcomes of the Obama presi-
dency in terms of moving this nation beyond the racial inequalities of the past, or a nation as
divided as ever by race will depend upon both Democrats and Republicans setting aside the
race card.
Congressman Hoyer should not only retract his un-American statement to the nation,
he should make clear that public dissent based upon differences in policy is legitimate, even
though he may disagree, that it is American Politics not American Racism.
If he, and Carter, and Johnson, and others like them can move away from stereotyping
Obama dissenters, and respect Americans rights to disagree with any President, no matter
the skin color or gender, then the Obama Presidency will prove to be benefcial to America,
regardless of policy outcomes.
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all repair facilities who wish to pursue service
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situation for everyone. The customer gets gas
at a discounted rate utilizing locally owned and
operated businesses. This partnership keeps
the money and business right here in St. Marys
County.
It has always been my intent to support
the local businessman frst. However, there are
times when the price or other conveniences
make you shop a national retailer where much
of your money leaves not only the county but
the state and country as well. Now I have no
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If a student in teacher Cynthia Badens
Academy of Finance class has a parent who is
a fnancial analyst, that student not only knows
what that job entails but also how much the
starting salary is and what classes are recom-
mended if that students also wants to become a
fnancial analyst.
The Academy of Finance is a four-year pro-
gram of classes focusing on money and fnance
that started last year at Chopticon High School.
Enrolled are students from all over St. Marys
County who have decided that they want to be
in business when they grow up.
To be accepted in the Academy of Fi-
nance, a student has to have a desire to be in
business, Baden said. They also need to have
a 2.0 grade average, and two letters of recom-
mendation. Then they have to submit a writing
sample.
Baden teaches 22 sophomores and another
teacher teaches about a dozen freshman who
started the program this year. The students are
in the program for the entire four years that they
are in high school.
Classes touch on things that will give them
a good background in any area of fnance, such
as principals of fnance and accounting, ethics
in business and a survey of fnancial services.
The students will also be expected to take one
college-level fnance course during their time in
the Academy of Finance, and will intern at a
local business between their junior and senior
year.
These are the future CEOs and business
owners in this classroom, said Garth Bowl-
ing, principal of Chopticon. We are the only
school in St. Marys County which offers this
program. If a student is interested in business,
but they are in the Leonardtown or Great Mills
school district, then they would make arrange-
ments to attend Chopticon so that they can take
advantage of the Academy of Finance. This
means that we have a nice mix here of kids from
around the county.
Justin Nicholson, 14, from Mechanicsville,
is a sophomore in the program, and hopes to
one day own his own business.
Last year, Justin worked at Forest Hall
Farms in Mechanicsville. While he was work-
ing there, he was able to study the farms busi-
ness plan, which had the farm go from a tobacco
farm, to a place that offers a corn maze and sea-
sonal produce to the community. He was able to
see what a specifc business did and it needed to
do to stay in business.
Justin liked the farm so much that he
worked for a week for free at the farm around
Halloween time. He then took what he learned
at Forrest Hall Farms, and wrote a report about
it. When he attended the Future Business Lead-
ers of America Convention in California last
year, he presented his report, and was able to
come away with a 10
th
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tional Competition.
The Academy of Finance is a good pro-
gram, Justin said. Some day I would like to
own my own business, and they are teaching
me how to do that right here.
Ashley Dorsey, 15, of Mechanicsville,
wants to be a CEO.
I would like to eventually work down at
Pax River for NAVAIR, Ashley said. This
program makes me feel more prepared. It is a
good way to learn about business and a great
way to learn about fnance. I feel more conf-
dent now that I can keep track
of my own money.
Gene Townsend, of GT Fi-
nancial Services in Hollywood,
is the chairperson of the adviso-
ry board for the Academy of Fi-
nance. The board is comprised
of local business people who
act as mentors for the students.
The list of volunteers is long,
and covers all aspects of busi-
ness, such as medical, real es-
tate, government, banking and
education.
Townsend has experience
teaching, having previously
taught classes for the Florida
Institute of Technology and
the College of Notre Dame at
the Southern Maryland Higher
Education Center in California,
Md.
This program gives kids
a practical understanding of
business, Townsend said. We
are able to give them more then
just theory here. This is really a
work force issue for the county.
We are able to keep and main-
tain students in the county this way. It is like
growing your own work force, creating a work
force right here in the county.
Part of what Townsend does as chairperson
is getting local business and fnance companies
in the area involved in this program.
I believe in extending the classroom for
our kids, Townsend said. After this program
they can continue their education at the Col-
lege of Southern Maryland or St. Marys Col-
lege or even the Higher Education Center. Now
our kids wont even have to leave town to get a
bachelors degree.
Daniel Russell, 14, of Leonardtown, hopes
that being in the Academy of Finance will look
good when he prepares his resume for colleges.
Even thought he has his hopes set on being a
professional football player, he took on the chal-
lenges of the Academy of Finance. He didnt
think that he would end up enjoying the pro-
gram as much as he did.
We took a feld trip to the base, and it
was really cool, Daniel said. We were able
to go into the hangars and see the airplanes up
close.
Business isnt as hard as I thought it would
be. Even though the topic is broad, when you
break it down, learning business is easy.
Finance the Focus at Chopticon
10th Grade
Principles of Finance
Advanced Finance

11th Grade
Business Economics
Ethics in Business
Principles of Accounting
Managerial Accounting
12th Grade
Financial Planning
Financial Services

Other
College-level Finance Course
Internship with local business
Academy of Finance Courses
Teacher Cynthia Baden, far left with arm upraised, talks to her Academy of
Finance students at Chopticon High School on Sept. 11.
Photo by Andy Phillips
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Harley Davidson HOG $24.97 $16.97 47.14%
Best Buy BBY $38.05 $28.11 35.36%
Lockheed Martn LMT $75.59 $84.08 -10.10%
BAE Systems BAESF $5.75 $5.41 6.28%
Computer Science Corp. CSC $52.33 $35.14 48.92%
Dyncorp Internatonal Inc. DCP $18.04 $15.17 18.92%
General Dynamics Corp. GD $62.44 $57.59 8.42%
Mantech Internatonal Corp. MANT $51.02 $54.19 -5.85%
Northrop Grunman Corp. NOC $48.90 $45.04 8.57%

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The local business community and regional
residents are invited to a panel presentation about
the F-35 Lightning II, also known as the Joint
Strike Fighter, on Wednesday, Sept. 23, at the
Patuxent River Naval Air Museum in Lexington
Park.
The event is hosted by the The Patuxent
Partnership and Patuxent River Squadron #18 of
the Association of Naval Aviation.
Americans appreciate the national defense
contributions provided by the Navy and Marine
Corps men and women who are serving in the
F/A-18 and AV-8B communities and transitioning
to the F-35, said Vice Admiral David J. Venlet,
Commander of the Naval Air Systems Com-
mand, in a press release.
I look forward to this discussion and de-
scribing these exciting times for NAVAIRs ac-
quisition and test teams, he said. They work
proudly in close collaboration with their industry
teammates. Soon the Joint Strike Fighter will be
arriving here at Patuxent River to begin the Inte-
grated Test phase of its development.
Representatives from the F-35 Joint Program
Offce, the Navy and Marine Corps Staffs in the
Pentagon, the Integrated Test Team at Patuxent
River, and the operational Fleet will accompany
VADM Venlet on the panel.
Biographies of confrmed panelists can be
viewed at www.paxpartnership.org.
The Joint Strike Fighter is coming to Pax
River, said Bonnie Green, executive director of
the Patuxent Partnership. It is very important that
our community understand this program, which
promises affordability reducing the develop-
ment cost, production cost, and cost of ownership
of the JSF family of aircraft while defning the
next generation strike aircraft weapon systems for
the Navy, Air Force, Marines, and our allies.
The panel will be hosted at the museum lo-
cated at 22156 Three Notch Road, beginning at
5:30 p.m.
The event is open to the public, including all
base personnel, for $10 per person, which includes
a donation to the museum and light hors doeuvres
and beverages. Advance registration is strongly
recommended at www.paxpartnership.org be-
cause the museum capacity is limited. Business
casual attire and fight suits are welcome.
Membership in the Association of Naval
Aviation is open to all. To join, visit http://www.
anahq.org/ and click on Membership.
The Patuxent Partnership (TPP) is a non-
proft organization with more than 350 members,
which advocates for the growth of the Southern
Maryland technology business base. For more in-
formation, visit www.paxpartnership.org or call
301-866-1739.
Joint Strike Fighter Focus of
Upcoming Panel
Discrete Event Simulations (DES), Lean
manufacturing and risk mitigation trade studies
are just a few of the processes Lockheed Martin
and United Space Alliance (USA) are integrating
into the Orion Assembly, Integration and Produc-
tion (AI&P) operational analysis to control the life
cycle costs of the spacecraft.
Targeted to launch its initial mission to carry
astronauts to the International Space Station in
2015, the Orion crew exploration vehicle is NASAs
fagship of the Constellation Programs plan to re-
turn humans to the moon and prepare for future
voyages to other destinations in our solar system,
Lockheed Martin said in a press release.
DES is a critical manufacturing Concept of
Operations (CONOPS) validation tool we are us-
ing to size the factory operations and provide op-
portunities for improvement early in Orions devel-
opment phase, stated Lloyd Gregg, United Space
Alliance Orion program manager, who presented
this concept this week at the AIAA Space 2009
Conference.
Gregg further explained that Lockheed Mar-
tin began this process two years before the frst
hardware is scheduled to arrive at Kennedy Space
Center so insight of the critical features and re-
quirements can be understood to discover potential
operability issues that can be mitigated in the de-
sign process. By leveraging USAs human space
fight expertise and utilizing lessons learned from
decades of shuttle processing, Lockheed Martin
has developed a tool that can adjust factory CON-
OPS to reduce vehicle cycle time and processing
costs, said Gregg. Essentially we will have virtu-
ally manufactured the frst Orion Flight Test Ar-
ticle for Ascent Abort 2 multiple times before the
parts actually arrive in Florida.
Orion will ultimately be assembled in the his-
toric Operations & Checkout Building at NASAs
Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The facility was
certifed earlier this year following the completion
of a $55 million renovation funded by the State of
Florida, Lockheed Martin and NASA to create a
state-of-the-art facility to support NASAs future
human space fight endeavors.
The O&C facility upgrades will enable on-
site manufacturing and assembly of the spacecraft
at KSC just before it is put onto the launch stack,
which is a frst for NASAs human space fight
programs. This capability will save a tremen-
dous amount of time and cost in preparing for a
launch since there is no cross-country shipment of
the vehicle requiring additional test and checkout
upon arrival at KSC, said Gregg.
USA has also been tasked by Lockheed
Martin to provide the design and fabrication of
the tooling structures for manufacturing in the
O&C. Signifcant time and cost savings have al-
ready been realized on Orion hardware now being
fabricated for the O&C facility. By implement-
ing Lean manufacturing* processes at our facil-
ity, we reduced the timeline for this project by
nearly 30 percent, said Jeff Flick of EMF, Inc.,
an Orion USA subcontractor located in Merritt Is-
land, Florida. By involving our quality assurance
staff in the procurement process, our purchasing
agents were able to make more informed decisions
which resulted in improved receiving, work fow
and fabrication operations. However, the most
surprising outcome was the positive effect on our
workforce morale due to better teamwork.
As the prime contractor to NASA for the
Orion Project, Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT]
is responsible for designing and building the
Orion crew exploration vehicle, a state-of-the-
art spacecraft that will have more fexible space
exploration capability than any previous human
space fight vehicle.
United Space Alliance is supporting Lock-
heed Martins Orion project in design and devel-
opment of hardware and software for both fight
and ground. USAs primary roles include: per-
forming the assembly, integration, and processing
of the Orion capsule at the Kennedy Space Center;
providing operations expertise to the Lockheed
Martin design and engineering team to ensure op-
timum operability and producibility; developing
the initial Orion avionics integration test facility
at the Johnson Space Center; and providing por-
tions of the onboard fight software.
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Doris L. Cunningham
Bean, 75
Doris L. Cunningham Bean,
75, of Valley Lee, MD died on
September 11, 2009 at St. Marys
Hospital. Born January 18, 1934,
she was the daughter of the late
William and Ruby Cunningham.
She was the loving wife of James
A. Bean, Jr. whom she married
on December 22, 1974 in Leonar-
dtown, MD. She is also survived
by her children; Tom Allwine of
Dunkirk, MD, Tim Allwine of
Sonoma County, CA, Jeff All-
wine of Waldorf, MD, Mindy
Rorabacher of Valley Lee, MD,
Robin Duke of Piney Point, MD,
Johnny Bean of Valley Lee, MD
and David Bean of Mechanics-
ville, MD as well as 17 grand-
children, 3 great-grandchildren
and her sister Sharon King of
Surprise, AZ. She was preceded
in death by her brother Kenneth
Cunningham. Mrs. Bean was
a graduate of Anacostia High
School in Washington, DC and
was currently a homemaker.
She belonged to the St. Marys
County Democratic Club where
she was a past president and
treasurer and St. Marys County
Democratic Central Committee.
She was an avid Redskin fan and
enjoyed playing cards.
The family received friends
on Monday, September 14, 2009
from 5:00-8:00 PM in the Mat-
tingley-Gardiner Funeral Home,
Leonardtown, MD where prayers
were said at 7:00 PM by Deacon
George LHeureux. A Mass of
Christian Burial was celebrat-
ed on Tuesday, September 15,
2009 at 10:30 AM in St. George
Catholic Church with Msgr. Karl
Chimiak officiating. Interment
followd in the church cemetery.
Pallbearers were Gregory Ad-
ams, Robert Puggie Russell,
Robert Lynch, Bobby Bean, Dave
Long, Johnny Adams. Honorary
pallbearers were The Honorable
Steny Hoyer, Senator Roy Dyson,
Delegate Johnny Wood, Gerry
Moran, Eddie Duke, George
Dowling, Danny Raley and John
Bohanon.
Contributions may be left to
2nd District Volunteer Rescue
Squad and Fire Department, P.O.
Box 1, Valley Lee. MD 20692.
Condolences to the family may
be made to www.mgf h.com. Ar-
rangements provided by the Mat-
P.A.
Grace Bertram Hilder,
92
Grace Bertram Hilder, 92, of
St. Marys County, MD died on
September 13, 2009 in Charlot-
tesville, VA. She was born on
January 4, 1917 in Portland, NY,
the daughter of the late Francis
and Donna Bertram. She was
preceded in death by her husband
of 48 years, Robert Alan Hilder.
She is survived by two
daughters; Marjorie Conrath and
husband Barney of Charlottes-
ville, VA and Janet Fiackos and
husband George of St. Marys
City, MD, six grandchildren; Pe-
ter Fiackos and wife Charlene,
Ann Zum Brunnen and husband
Stephen, Gregory Fiackos and
wife Debbie, Fred Conrath, Lisa
Summers and husband, John and
Susan Albaugh and husband Da-
vid, twelve great-grandchildren;
Robert and Gregory Fiackos,
Carlee and Caroline Loescher,
Zachary and Luke Zum Brunnen,
Emily and Andrew Fiackos, Ryan
and Jacob Conrath, Daniel Sum-
mers and Alexander Albaugh.
She was also the beloved aunt of
many nieces and nephews.
She was a member of Trin-
ity Episcopal Church, St. Marys
City, MD and served on the altar
guild. In 1978, she and Barbara
Townsend co-founded the Mul-
berry Shoppe; a gift shop operat-
ed by the church and managed it
for over 20 years. Her beautiful
needlework can be seen through-
out the church.
A Lifetime Member of the St.
Marys County Garden Club, she
was known for her award win-
ning f lower arrangements, sev-
eral of which were featured in the
National Federation of Gardens
Clubs calendars. She participat-
ed in many of the clubs service
projects in the community. She
sewed costumes for the Historic
St. Marys City Foundation. She
served as a volunteer for Meals
on Wheels for many years.
Family will receive friends
on Thursday, September 17, 2009
from 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. in
Trinity Episcopal Church, where
a Funeral Service will be con-
ducted at 11:00 a.m. with Rever-
end John Ball officiating. Inter-
ment will follow in the church
cemetery.
In lieu of f lowers memorial
contributions may be made to the
Grace B. Hilder Memorial Fund,
c/o Trinity Episcopal Church,
P.O. Box 207, St. Marys City,
MD 20686.
Condolences to the family
may be made at www.brinsfield-
funeral.com
Arrangements provided by
the Brinsfield Funeral Home,
P.A., Leonardtown, MD.
Ashley Marie Lowmiller,
20
Ashley Marie Lowmiller, 20,
of California, MD and formerly
of Lexington Park, MD died
September 8, 2009 in Baltimore,
MD. Born December 18, 1988,
she was the daughter of Debo-
rah Jean Goodwin of Leonard-
town, MD and Robert Lowmiller
of Lexington Park, MD. She is
also survived by her brother Dy-
lan Lowmiller, her grandparents
John and Dorothy Goodwin of
Lady Lake, FL, formerly of Col-
tons Point, MD and Robert and
Audrey Lowmiller of Berkley
Springs, WV. She was preced-
ed in death by her sister Shelby
Lowmiller. A lifelong resident of
St. Marys County, Ashley was
a Handyman for R.V. Lowmiller
for 5 years.
The family received friends
on Friday, September 11, 2009
from 5:00 8:00 PM at the Mat-
Leonardtown, MD where prayers
were said at 7:00 PM. A funeral
service was held on Saturday,
September 12, 2009 at 12:00 PM
at the Mattingley-Gardiner Fu-
neral Home with Fr. John Mat-
tingly officiating. Interment fol-
lowed in St. Francis Xavier Cem-
etery, Leonardtown, MD.
Contributions may be made
to BB&T Bank for benefit of
Ashley Lowmiller, Account #
0005157405731. Condolences to
the family may be made to www.
mgf h.com. Arrangements pro-
vided by the Mattingley-Gardin-
er Funeral Home, P.A.
Jeffery Daniel Milan, 25
Jeffery Daniel Milan, 25, of
Hollywood, MD died Tuesday,
September 8, 2009. He was the
son of Susan Eileen ORear of
Hollywood, MD and the late Jef-
fery David Milan.
Jeffery was a construc-
tion worker who loved cooking,
spending time with friends and
family, especially his girlfriend
Michelle Ritter and her children
Devan and Alyssa. He also en-
joyed skateboarding and learning
about history. He was a very lov-
ing young man who was tragical-
ly taken from us much too soon.
He will be missed by all who
loved him.
Jeffery is survived by broth-
ers, Jonathan Ryan Milan and
Kyle Patrick ORear both of Hol-
lywood, MD, grandparents, Wan-
da Dennison of Nanjemoy, MD
and Glen and Mary Ann Denni-
son of White Plains, MD.
Family received friends for
Jefferys Life Celebration on
Monday, September 14, 2009
from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m.
in the Brinsfield Funeral Home,
22955 Hollywood Road, Leon-
ardtown, MD 20650. A Funeral
Service was conducted by Rever-
end Michael Jones of the Patux-
ent Presbyterian Church on Tues-
day, September 15, 2009 at 11:00
a.m. in the Brinsfield Funeral
Home Chapel. Interment fol-
lowed in Charles Memorial Gar-
dens, Leonardtown, MD.
Serving as pallbearers were
Kenny Smythers, Jeremy Weller,
Ricky Rest, Tim Weitski, Jake
Weitski, Darious Varlack and
Rick Milan. Honorary pallbear-
ers will be Jonathan Milan and
Kyle ORear.
Arrangements by the Brins-
field Funeral Home, P.A., Leon-
ardtown, MD.
Thomas J. Murray, 62
Thomas J. Murray, 62, of
Leonardtown MD died Septem-
ber 11, 2009 in his home after
battling cancer for six years. He
was surrounded by his loving
family at his time of death.
Tom was born on Valentines
Day, 1947 in Pittsburgh, PA to
the late Joseph W. Murray and to
Jean Murray Leuthold (Charles).
He is survived by his loving
wife Maryann Murray, daughter
Aimee Yocum, son Eric Mur-
ray & daughter in law Kimberly
Murray, brother Kenneth Mur-
ray, sister Linda English, and
grandson Zachary Yocum. He
was pre-deceased by his sister
Patricia Murray.
Tom graduated from Geneva
College in Beaver, PA and taught
English, as well as coached foot-
ball at Great Mills High School,
Leonardtown High School and
Chopticon High School. He was
also a track coach and led the
Chopticon High School Track
Team to the state finals where
they placed 2
nd
in 1987. Tom had
always loved the water and that
is in part, why he has been here
in Southern MD for the last 30
years.
Family will receive friends
on Tuesday, September 15, 2009
for Toms a Life Celebration from
5p.m. to 8p.m. in the Brinsfield
Funeral Home, P.A., Leonard-
town, MD A Funeral Service was
held Wednesday, September 16,
2009 at 9:30 a.m. in St. George
Episcopal Church, Valley Lee,
MD with Reverend Greg Syler
officiating.
Interment followed in the
church cemetery.
Serving as pallbearers were
Dale English (brother in law),
Brian English (nephew), Lauren
English (niece), Jim McCann
(cousin), Michael Rosenzweig
(brother in law) and Steve Wams-
ley (friend).
Memorial contributions
may be made to the University
of Maryland Foundation Green-
ebaum Cancer Center, 22 Greene
St. Baltimore, MD 21201 or Hos-
pice of St. Marys, Inc., P.O. Box
625, Leonardtown, MD 20650
Condolences to the family
may be made at www.brinsfield-
funeral.com.
Arrangements provided by
the Brinsfield Funeral Home,
P.A., Leonardtown, MD.
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Aloysius Allie Francis Desales
Raley Sr., 71, of Avenue, MD died
September 8, 2009 in St. Marys Hos-
pital, Leonardtown, MD, surrounded
by family and friends. Born October
28, 1937 in Avenue, MD he was the
son of the late John Dennis and Mary
Evelyn Bailey Raley, Sr. He was the
loving husband of Joan Frances Mat-
tingly Raley whom he married on
April 4, 1959 at Holy Angels Catholic
Church in Avenue, MD. He was the
devoted father of fve children: Mary
Frances Bell and her husband T.W. of
Leonardtown, MD, Al Raley, Jr. and
his wife Cheryl of Mechanicsville,
MD, C.D. Raley and his wife Patty
of Avenue, MD, Bobby Raley and his
Fianc Laura Grandstaff of Morgan-
za, MD and Janet Phetteplace and
her husband Donald Duck of Cle-
ments, MD. He is also survived by
seventeen grandchildren, six great-
grandchildren and was the brother of
Julia Jones of Napa Valley, CA, and
Joseph Raley and his wife Frances of
Lake Charles, LA. He was preceded
in death by his siblings; John Dennis
Junior Raley, Jr., James K. Raley,
Walter Benna Raley, Shirley Ann
Norris and Barbara Clare Reds
Gasiewicz. Allie Raley was a full
time farmer and custom applicator.
His Favorite pastimes were plant-
ing a garden, fowers, and working
in the yard. He planted his garden
big enough for the entire 7th District
and many others. He enjoyed fshing,
hunting and spending time with his
family and friends. He had a special
place in his heart for every grandchild
and great-grandchild, he loved chil-
dren. He was a charter life and active
member of the 7th District Rescue
Squad, past chief of the 7th District
Volunteer Fire Department, Active
Delegate to the Southern Maryland
Firemans Association (SMVFA) and
was inducted into the SMVFAS Hall
of Fame, director of the Farm Bureau
Association and was an active mem-
ber of Holy Angels Parish. Allie shall
be remembered as a role model and
community leader for his many years
of tireless devotion and services.
The family received friends on
Friday, September 11, 2009 from
4:00 8:00 PM in Holy Angels Cath-
olic Church, Avenue, MD , where
prayers were said at 7:00PM. A Mass
of Christian Burial was celebrated
on Saturday, September 12, 2009 in
Holy Angels Catholic Church, Ave-
nue, MD, 10:00AM with Fr. Fr. Wil-
liam Gurnee offciating. Interment
followed in Sacred Heart Catholic
Church Cemetery, Bushwood, MD.
Pallbearers were his grandsons; Don-
ald Phetteplace, Jr., Charlie Raley, Jr.,
Ken Hall, Josh Phetteplace, Dylan
Raley and Michael Raley. Honorary
Pallbearers were his grandchildren,
7th District Optimist Club members,
7th District Rescue Squad and Sev-
enth District Fire Department.
Contributions may be made
to the 7th District Rescue Squad,
P.O. Box 7, Avenue, MD 20609
and/or Holy Angels Catholic
Church, 21335 Coltons Point
Road, Avenue, MD 20609. Con-
dolences may be left for the fam-
ily at www.mgf h.com Arrange-
ments provided by the Mattin-
gley-Gardiner Funeral Home,
P.A.
Four candidates for the presidency of St. Marys College will be visiting
the campus on different days during the next two weeks to meet with faculty,
staff, students and the public.
Members of the public will have a chance to meet them individually in
an open forum scheduled for each fnalist that will be held in St. Marys Hall
from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.
The colleges Board of Trustees is expected to announce its decision at its
next board meeting on Saturday, Oct. 3.
The person selected will succeed outgoing president Maggie OBrien, who
will represent the college as a professor in program of medieval and Renais-
sance studies in Oxford, England.
Below are the fnalists:
Katherine Conway-Turner
Thursday, Sept. 17 former provost
(2004-09) of the State University of
New York-Geneseo, a public liberal
arts college near Rochester.
Prior to that (2001-04), she was
dean of the College of Liberal Arts
and Social Sciences at Georgia South
University, located northwest of Sa-
vannah and part of the state univer-
sity system. She earned a Ph.D. in
psychology from the University of
Kansas and taught psychology at
Santa Clara University.
She is currently a founder of a
consulting company in Wilmington,
Del.
James Bacchus Tuesday, Sept.
22 a lawyer practicing in the Washing-
ton offce of Greenberg and Traurig, a
Miami-based frm specializing in inter-
national law. Prior to that (1995-2003)
he was chairman of the appellate body
of the World Trade Organization in Ge-
neva, Switzerland. He served in Con-
gress from1991-95 representing districts
in Florida. He graduated from Vanderbilt
University in 1971.
Mary Ann Baenninger
Thursday, Sept. 24 president of the
College of Saint Benedict located
northwest of Minneapolis since 2005.
From 2001-05 she served as execu-
tive associate director for the Middle
States Commission on Higher Edu-
cation, a regional accreditation orga-
nization in Philadelphia. She earned
a Ph.D. from Temple University and
was a professor of psychology for 10 years
at the College of New Jersey in Ewing, N.J.
She also taught at Philadelphia University in
Philadelphia and at Washington College in
Chestertown. She also serves on the executive
board of the Annapolis Group, an alliance of
independent liberal arts colleges.
Joseph Bruno Tuesday, Sept. 29
vice president of academic affairs at Wesleyan
University in Middleton, Conn., since 2006.
A chemistry professor, he was dean of natural
natural sciences and math at Wesleyan from
2003-06. After earning a Ph.D. in chemistry
from Northwestern University, he spent two
postdoctoral years at Indiana University be-
fore joining Wesleyan in 1984.
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The students at Chopticon High School in Morganza, under the di-
rection of Gina Dereng, student government adviser, made a replica of
the Twin Towers and the Pentagon to commemorate the 9/11 attacks this
year.
The students were able to place the names of the nearly 3,000 victims
of the tragedy on the monuments.
It is very sobering for our students when they walk by to see this,
said Garth Bowling, principal of Chopticon. Just the visual impact of see-
ing so many names. Plus so many people in this area had family or loved
ones who were affected by the day.
Dereng also was able to organize a memorial 11 Laps Around the
Track Event, where students who completed the entire 11 laps
donated $5 to a fund given to the 7th District Volunteer Fire
Department.
We were able to collect $150, which we chose to do-
nate to the 7th District VFD, because they are the closest in
proximity to our school, Dereng said. We are hoping that
we can do something like this every year for 9/11.
This is something that happened when some of our kids
were in the 1st grade, Bowling said. So many of them say
that they remember where they were when they heard about
the event. This just helps them to keep remembering.
Sailors from Leonardtown High School won the Challenge Cup in competition against St. Marys Ryken High
School during the Leonardtown Wharf celebration on Saturday.
Sailing for Leonardtown were A Division Skipper Edward Sierra and crews Brent Thorward and Ryan Beeves, as
well as B Division Skipper Grant Walters and crew Michael Daulo.
Sailing for St. Marys Ryken were A Division Skipper Mark Ragland and crew Albert Larsen, as well as B Division
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Students at Chopticon High School remembered the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks by attaching the victims
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10 a.m. to 1 p.m., and the second session is
from 5 to 7:30 p.m.
Approximately 100 colleges and universi-
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their location, and their costs.
College and university offcials will be on
hand to answer any and all questions from stu-
dents, parents, and guardians concerning their
schools.
All college-bound students in the tri-
county area, as well as those considering col-
lege, are encouraged to attend this event along
with parents or guardians. Admission is free
and more information is available from all
high school counselors in St. Marys County
and Calvert County, or by contacting the St.
Marys County Public Schools Department of
Student Services & Academic Support at 301-
475-5511, ext. 150.
The event is hosted by the St. Marys
County Public Schools, in collaboration with
Calvert County Public Schools, St. Marys
Ryken High School, the College of Southern
Maryland, and the St. Marys County Library
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By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
A house in Oakville that has been set
ablaze at least three times in the
past several years was the site of
yet another fre that has State Fire
Marshal investigators looking for a
cause.
But this will be the last fre
call for the house at the corner of
Route 235 and Sandgates Road,
since as of Wednesday it lies in a
heap after its owner tore it down
with a backhoe.
Daniel Ridgell, owner of Rid-
gell Oil, manned the backhoe him-
self as he tore away chunks of the
dilapidated structure.
He said he had purchased the
home from its original owners
more than a decade ago and had
commercial plans for it. Now hes
just going to be done with the prop-
erty, he told The County Times.
Im just going to sell this
property as soon as I get this mess
cleaned up, Ridgell said.
In the last month he said he had received
a letter from the county stating he would have
fnes levied against him because of the haz-
ardous condition of the property.
County Offcials confrmed the letter
stated $300-a-day fne were possible.
Im not paying anything, Ridgell said.
Ill see them in court frst.
A passerby on Route 235 spotted the fre
at about 1a.m. Sunday that brought 50 fre-
fghters from Mechanicsville, Hollywood
and Leonardtown volunteer fre companies to
spend fve minutes containing the blaze, said
state fre marshal spokesman Joseph Zurolo.
Zurolo said that investigators have not
determined what started the fre, which was
found to have started on the kitchen foor of
the dilapidated structure.
The last reported blaze at the home was
back in October of last year and that incident
was deemed an arson by fre marshals.
Police: Scoffaw Sex Offender Arrested
Local detectives have arrested a registered sex offender who allegedly failed to register a
change in his address.
According to a Bureau of Criminal Investigations press release, John A. Talley, 30, formerly
of Leonardtown, was found in a Great Mills residence Sept. 15. Detectives say that Talley had
returned to St. Marys County on Sept. 14 after staying in Virginia.
He was incarcerated at the county detention center.
Man Accused Of Assaulting, Threatening Victim
On Sept. 12, 2009, Deputy Thomas Seyfried responded to the Lexington Park Ford dealer-
ship for a report of a fght in progress. Upon arrival Seyfried met with the victim who reported he
was in a verbal altercation with Joseph Wade Barnes, 47, of Lexington Park. The verbal altercation
became physical when Barnes allegedly punched the victim in the mouth. Barnes then allegedly
brandished a silver pocketknife and threatened the victim. The victim fed. Barnes also is alleged
to have retrieved a metal baseball bat and pursued the victim. The victim was able to fee from
Barnes and contacted the Sheriffs Offce to report the assault. Barnes was still at the location
when Seyfried arrived. Barnes was interviewed, arrested and charged with frst- and second-
degree assault.
Man Charged With Fleeing Police, Resisting Arrest
On Sept. 12, 2009, Raymond Louis Holt, Jr., 44, of Mechanicsville was operating a vehicle
and was observed by Deputy H. Allen committing an alleged traffc violation. Allen attempted
to stop Holts vehicle by initiating the emergency equipment on her marked St. Marys County
Sheriffs Offce cruiser, but Holt allegedly refused to stop. Holt abruptly stopped his vehicle and
fed on foot, police state. Allen gave chase and apprehended Holt. As Allen was attempting to
handcuff Holt, he refused to submit and tried to pull away from Allen, police state. Allen was able
to subdue and handcuff Holt. Holt was charged with driving while intoxicated, feeing and eluding
and resisting arrest.
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By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
A major investigation into an alleged far-
reaching drug ring based in Southern Maryland
has resulted in the indictment of 12 defendants,
seven of them from St. Marys County.
The three Southern Maryland sheriffs,
U.S. Attorney Rod Rosenstein, as well as law
enforcement agents with the U.S. Drug En-
forcement agency made the announcement at
a Wednesday press conference in Leonardtown
as the latest development in a case dating back
to late 2006.
This is a major narcotics investigation
that has begun to unfold in St. Marys, Calvert,
Charles and Prince Georges counties, said St.
Marys Sheriff Timothy K. Cameron. This
will have a signifcant impact in St. Marys and
make it a safer county, as it will in Charles and
Calvert.
The seven local defendants indicted are
Rodney Mathew Estep, Jr., 33, and Glenn Ed-
win Buckler, 34, both of Mechanicsville, Jona-
than Latif Chase, 35, of California, Donald An-
tonio Townsend, 31 of Bushwood, James Walter
Ball, 34, of Great Mills, and Darrell Alphonso
Carter, 42, of Abell, and Travis Jamar Mills, 21,
of Hollywood.
Rosenstein said that due to the number of
defendants from St. Marys, the focus of the in-
vestigation was here, though the ring allegedly
spread throughout Southern Maryland.
Federal indictments allege that the defen-
dants were involved in a conspiracy to possess
and distribute cocaine from November of 2006
to September of this year. The federal indict-
ment, which was returned Sept. 2 and unsealed
Sept. 10, did not list specifc amounts of cocaine
distributed, only that it was an amount over fve
kilograms. The indictment also alleges they
conspired to distribute more than 50 grams of
crack cocaine as part of the alleged on-going
criminal enterprise.
Rosenstein did reveal, however, that the
alleged conspiracy was proftable to the defen-
dants so much so that his offce is seeking the
forfeiture of $1.5 million in proceeds from the
defendants.
The indictment is also seeking the forfei-
ture of a home in Mechanicsville tied to the al-
leged drug dealing operation.
Rosenstein said the operation was a com-
bined effort between local law enforcement, his
offce and DEA agents using electronic surveil-
lance and wiretaps to gain evidence against the
defendants.
Rosenstein added that agents also seized
an additional $200,000 in cash, $30,000 from a
bank account, automobiles, motorcycles, racing
car engines, jewelry and 15 frearms.
The goal is to seize all the profts, to take
the money out of crime, Rosenstein said. The
goal is to uproot entire drug organizations.
The defendants in the case face a minimum
of 10 years in prison if convicted and up to life
behind bars, Rosenstein said.
He said he expected more indictments as
the investigation continued.
This investigation is on-going, Rosen-
stein told reporters. This is not the end of the
road for us.
The remaining defendants indicted include
Shawn Theodore Whittington, 29, of Waldorf,
Anthony Levi Taylor, 41, of Lusby, Anthony
Maurice Thomas, 49 and Nathaniel Christo-
pher Ford, 39, both of Waldorf and Christopher
Tyrone Brown, 39, of Capitol Heights.
Seven County Residents Among Dozen
Defendants Indicted For Drug Conspiracy
Eyesore Home Now Demolished
Daniel Ridgell tears down the house on Route 235 in Oakville that
has been vacant for years.
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On The
Cover
By Virginia Terhune
Staff Writer
People who live in St. Marys County dont
have to trek to Washington to go to the theater.
The county has one of its own that is about
to fnish its ffth season with a production of
Harvey that starts Friday and runs through
Oct. 4.
In early November the Newtowne Play-
ers it will start their sixth season in the Three
Notch Theater in Lexington Park with the The
Fantasticks.
Its already been cast and in rehearsals,
said Valarie Green, a volunteer, actress, producer
and member of the board of directors.
Its remarkable, said Bill Scarafa, presi-
dent of the board of directors, about the troupes
progress since it secured its building on South
Coral Drive the old Lexington Park library
from the county in 2004 and began producing
plays there in 2005.
Since then the theater has managed to put
on fve plays a year and maintain a level of qual-
ity doing it, despite an uncertain funding stream
and an all-volunteer crew.
Theyre hardworking people, said Scara-
fa, who is also president of the St. Marys Coun-
ty Chamber of Commerce.
I didnt know when I became president last
October that this would turn into a part-time job,
he said laughing about his role with the theater.
The productions, fundraising and building
maintenance are all done by a mix of volunteers
with some outside fnancial help from the kind-
ness of strangers (and friends) who donate ev-
erything from cash to ceiling tiles.
While actors and the stage crew work on the
production, the board of directors is working be-
hind the scenes and out in the community raising
awareness and also raising money.
Corporate sponsors, for example, are al-
ways welcome to help cover overhead costs,
which run $1,500 a month for electricity not to
mention fuel oil.
Board members are also called upon to fll
in the gaps when necessary.
Right now the theater is looking for a volun-
teer box offce manager and
the board members are rotat-
ing the duties.
The theater can always
use skilled carpenters and
seamstresses to build sets
and sew costumes, Green
said. Also on the list are ush-
ers, stagehands and people to
help clean and maintain the
building.
Were happy to accept
anybody in any capacity,
she said laughing.
A theater major in col-
lege in Michigan, Green pre-
viously worked with an es-
tablished community theater
that was 60 years old.
Its very different than
a fedging theater which is
struggling to get on its feet,
she said.
She sometimes runs
into people who dont know
the county has a community
theater.
Theater? What the-
ater? I didnt know there was
a theater, she says about the
response.
Others [wrongly] per-
ceive that because its com-
munity theater, it cant be
good.
Not true, says Scarafa.
Were not a bunch of
neighbors who decided one
Saturday to put a play on,
he said.
Productions draw on a
talented pool of set design-
ers, performers and others
with a range of experience, said Green.
Besides putting on quality productions, the
trope also wants to make the theater a pleasant
place to visit.
Once Harvey fnishes its run, the theater
will undertake some renovations thanks to do-
nations. One businessman has already replaced
the ceiling tiles in the lobby. Meanwhile, the cast
of an earlier production, Shakespeare in Holly-
wood, raised $500 to repaint the bluish lobby an
off-white color.
We want to warm it up and make it pretty,
Green said.
Plans also call for remodeling the bar in the
lobby, where theatergoers gather during inter-
mission. Someone has also offered to help paint
the inside walls of the theater, something that
will have to be done between productions.
Broader Offerings
When the new season starts
in November, one of the goals will
be to offer a more diverse list of
productions, Scarafa said.
Right now the theater has loy-
al following of older people, many
of whom enjoy musicals and com-
edies, and theres nothing wrong
with that.
Comedies are what sells,
thats what pays the bills, Green
says.
But the troupe is also seeing
some new and younger faces com-
ing to performances and stopping
by to volunteer, Scarafa said.
They might be new to the
county and checking out the Three
Notch Theater to see what going
on, he said. Or sometimes theyre
just looking for something to do.
In any case, the goal is to ca-
ter to a diverse audience.
Our mission is to bring the-
ater here, which is more than musi-
cals and comedies, he said.
Scheduled for next May is
Wit, a play by Margaret Edson
about an Engish professor facing
terminal cancer that won the 1999
Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
The theater is also reaching
out to the community by taking its
show on the road.
The Seventh District Optimist
Club has asked it to perform of its
original one-act plays the hu-
morous The History of St. Marys County in
23 Minutes at the Blessing of the Fleet event
on Oct. 3-4 at the St. Clements Island/Potomac
River Museum in Coltons Point.
Down the road, Scarafa envisions the the-
ater growing and adapting to the changing popu-
lation of the county, which includes newcomers
who are clamoring more culturally-oriented
things to do.
Its an additional qualify of life that we can
offer, he said.
For more information, go to www.new-
towneplayers.org or call 301-737-5447.
Treading the Boards in Lexington Park
The Newtowne
Players
2009/2010
Season
The Fantasticks Nov.
6-22, 2009

Over the River and
Through the Woods Jan.
22-Feb. 7, 2010

The Importance of Being
Earnest March 26-April
11, 2010
Wit May 14-30, 2010
Laundry & Bourbon/
Lone Star Aug. 6-22,
2010
Bill Scarafa, president of the board of directors of the Newtowne Players, sees a bright future ahead for countys com-
munity theater. One goal is to add another play to the current list of fve a year and another is to add variety to the
offerings.
Valarie Green wears many hats as a board member with the New-
towne Players. She has also performed in plays and produced them.
P.J. Baker, 24, director of Harvey, now showing at the Three Notch Theater,
is pursuing a career in theater and flm. A graduate of St. Marys College, he
has a particular interest in the technical side of production.
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under way next month.
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in October.
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Oct. 15, and Sebelius said it should be avail-
able at 90,000 sites around the U.S.
``We will have enough vaccine available
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The government has ordered 195 million
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Its 2 a.m. and you still havent fallen
asleep. Its been a similar situation night after
night. Dont worry, youre not alone.
Every year millions of people report hav-
ing frequent sleep disturbances, say statistics.
Women are generally more apt to having a sleep-
ing problem than men or children. In a search
for relief, some people try over-the-counter
sleep remedies while others suffer night after
night. Others still seek help from their family
doctor by the way of prescription medication.
All of these remedies have their risks.
Doctors generally agree that sleeping pills
are a short-term solution to a sleeping problem.
In fact, some drugs may have side effects that
are troublesome or mask underlying symptoms
of insomnia, such as apnea. The U.S. Food and
Drug Administration (FDA) has asked manu-
facturers of sedative-hypnotic sleeping pills to
warn consumers and health professionals about
potential risks like sleep-driving, anaphylaxis,
cooking and eating food, and making phone
calls while asleep all situations that have been
documented in recent years. Drugs, even over-
the-counter ones, may have a certain measure
of dependence or addictiveness.
As a result, many women have begun
seeking alternative, drug-free solutions to their
sleeping problems. They could nd that mak-
ing a few lifestyle changes, such as limiting
noise in the bedroom, is all thats needed to
get some rest. Loud noises, be it from barking
dogs, morning garbage trucks or the ever-pres-
ent snoring of spouses, are often at the root of
female insomnia.
Sleep Pretty in Pink(R) Ear Plugs, for
example, have grown in popularity thanks in
large part to word of mouth, and doctor recom-
mendation. These ear plugs are tailor made for
womens smaller ear canals and reduce noise
by 32 decibels.
I recommend the Sleep Pretty in Pink
ear plugs to all of my female patients, says Dr.
Marc Darrow. These cute little pink ear plugs
are a drug-free solution that helps women fall
asleep fast and stay asleep longer.
Other natural and healthy ways to combat in-
somnia include:
Regular daily exercise: As little as 30 min-
utes of exercise per day can make it easier to
fall asleep and stay asleep. While daily exer-
cise can be effective, dont exercise too late at
night, as such a schedule will raise your body
temperature, perhaps adding to your existing
difculties with insomnia.
Eliminate nap time: Busy professionals
often nd a short nap can help them make it
through the day. However, such naps can prove
too energizing, making it more difcult to fall
asleep at bedtime.
Block out light: Light that shines into the
room by a street lamp or even cars in the neigh-
borhood could be disruptive to sleep. Install
darkening curtains to limit light in the evening
and early morning.
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A House is
a Home
Fact
un In the weightlessness of space a frozen pea
will explode if it comes in contact with Pepsi.
Most people have a vision in
their head of what they feel to be the
ideal bedroom. Oftentimes that ideal
includes a king-sized bed, a walk-in
closet and a bathroom connected di-
rectly to the bedroom.
While those desires are nice,
theyre rarely reality. In most cases,
simply tting a king-sized bed is lux-
ury enough for homeowners who may
nd the room is a tad small for the
extra amenities. For renters, this is es-
pecially the case, as rental properties
rarely boast master bedrooms, mak-
ing it harder for renters to create their
dream room for rest and relaxation.
Fortunately, there are ways to
turn a small bedroom into a personal
oasis and maximize whatever space is
available. It just takes a little hard work
and some trickery to pull it off.
Shelves
Shelves can help make any bed-
room seem larger, and shelving units
typically take up very little space. Me-
mentos from past vacations, pictures
of family and friends, books, and even
an alarm clock can be placed on shelv-
ing units, negating the need for various
small tables strewn about the bedroom
that take up space.
Bedding
Another great way to save space
in the bedroom is to purchase a storage
bed. These are beds that have drawers
built into the bed frame. While these
frames are typically large, for those
with ample closet space (be it in or out
of the bedroom) to store their clothing,
the storage provided by a storage bed
can remove the need for a dresser, sav-
ing signicant space in the process.
Another way to create space with
bedding is to purchase a platform
bed. These beds are generally smaller
and low to the ground, which makes
the room appear larger as a result. Of
course, the bed will be smaller and
might not actually increase space in
the room, but it will give the appear-
ance of a larger room.
Conventional beds that are high-
er off the ground can also save space.
Because conventional beds are raised
higher, the area underneath can be
used to store items such as luggage,
shoes or anything else doesnt require
daily use and can be easily slid under
the bed.
Mirrors
Mirrors can also be used to make
a small bedroom appear larger. Again,
the mirrors will not increase the ac-
tual space in the room, but when prop-
erly placed about the bedroom, they
can create a doubled-look effect that
makes the room appear larger than it
actually is.
Furniture
While it might not seem as though
adding furniture to a small room can
make it appear larger, small furniture
arranged in the right way, often at an-
gles meant to distract attention from
the walls, can give a small bedroom
the appearance of being larger. Also,
for those who like to read or work in
their bedroom, adding small furniture
might be a necessity and not just on
the wish list. Just be sure to arrange
the furniture in a way that doesnt
make the room feel or appear cluttered
or small.
Wallpaper
Bedrooms can also appear larger
depending on the wallpaper. Horizon-
tal patterns, for instance, tend to make
a room appear larger. If wallpaper isnt
an option, consider hanging smaller
pictures or artwork that make the room
appear larger. The bigger the picture
or artwork, the smaller the wall will
appear, making the room seem more
conned in the process.
Typical of many homeowners upon buying a new home is the idea
that many things must now change. Rare is the homeowner who doesnt
immediately begin transforming the new home in his or her own image.
One of the projects many new homeowners are quick to consider if
not undertake concerns the homes exterior. This typically comes down to
siding versus painting a home. Those wondering which way to go should
take the following things into consideration.
Change: Those homeowners who are fond of change, such as those
who routinely move around the furniture in a room, are likely better off
painting instead of siding a home. Thats because paint is far more ex-
ible, and homeowners who enjoy change can change the color and trim
of their home as often as theyd like so long as they can afford to do so.
Siding is far more permanent.
Money: The cost of siding versus painting is perhaps the foremost
thing to consider for homeowners when making a decision. Siding ini-
tially costs much more than painting. However, manufacturers often guar-
antee siding for as much as 50 years. So homeowners who know they
will be sticking with a particular color for their home might want to go
with siding, as the cost will not be as much when looked at as a long-term
investment.
Durability: Along those same lines, the durability of siding is often
far more than that of paint. Those who live in areas where Mother Nature
can be especially harsh might prefer siding over painting. Siding isnt im-
mune to weather, but it tends to fare better through typical weather pat-
terns than does paint.
Clean-up. Both siding and painting need to be maintained. How-
ever, maintaining a paint job on a home is more tricky than maintaining
siding. Siding can often be thoroughly cleaned by power washing, where-
as power washing a painted home can cause the paint to chip or crack.
Siding does, however, tend to show dirt and grime more than a home that
has been painted.
Make the Most of Your Small Bedroom
Things to Consider When
Choosing an Exterior
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By Linda Reno
Contributing Writer
This is the story of a pair of gold spurs that
were made in 1863 as a gift for General Rob-
ert E. Lee. They were smuggled from Prince
Georges County into St. Marys County, to
Virginia, and ultimately into the hands of Gen-
eral Lee.
The cover story was that the spurs were
a gift from the ladies of Baltimore, but they
werent. They had been made at the request
of William Alfred Jarboe (son of Matthew Jar-
boe and Elizabeth Nelson of St. Marys Coun-
ty) who was then Register of Wills for Prince
Georges County.
Only a small number of those who could
absolutely be trusted were permitted to sub-
scribe to a fund for the purchase of the gold
spurs. George M. Graham, then a prosperous
farmer in the county, and secretly an ardent
secessionist, gave $50 toward the project, but
the greater portion of the purchase price was
defrayed by Mr. Jarboe.
Jarboe entrusted the spurs to Capt. Charles
Caywood, a native of Charles County.
the treasured spurs were placed in
Caywoods possession by Jarboe, who admon-
ished him never to part with them while he lived
until they were given over to General Lee. This
caution was unnecessary, as the Confederate
spy had often declared
that he would never be
taken alive.
Capt. Caywood
made his way to the
plantation of William
Joshua Cartwright and
his wife, Martha Ann
Maddox in St. Marys
County.
He was accom-
panied by Capt. Sims,
Amos Fauquier, and
another man, and in
addition to the gold
spurs, they had a
splendid new musket
which Prince Georges
County friends had
purchased for Capt.
Dement of the Confed-
erate Army, and had
sent it to him for use
against the Federals.
It was the intention of Capt. Caywood and
Capt. Sims to proceed on their journey that
night after partaking of dinner, but a violent
storm set in and they were compelled to re-
main until the following day. Capt. Caywood
called his host to one side and showed him the
spurs [asking him] to put them away in a safe
place for the night. Calling Mrs. Cartwright,
her husband told her the story of the spurs and
conded them to her keeping.
Mrs. Cartwright hid them in her wardrobe
and the new musket was placed in a corner
by the replace. After a hearty dinner and
a pleasant evening, Mr. and Mrs. Cartwright
and their guests retired for the night. As they
slept, one of the slaves was en route for the
nearest Federal post.
The morning dawned bright and clear.
Capts. Caywood and Sims, under the guise of
taking a stroll around the estate, were quietly
scanning the coast to see if any bluecoats were
near at hand ready to capture them.
Just as breakfast was ready to be placed
on the table, one of the children glanced out
the window and saw that the house was sur-
rounded by Federal cavalry, who were pre-
paring to dismount. Instantly the child gave
an alarm. Mrs. Cartwright hurriedly locked
the front and back doors of the house, and then
proceeding upstairs, she secured the spurs and
secreted them in the bosom of her dress. Then
she took the heavy musketabout as much
as she could liftand hid it in the chimney, a
loose brick furnishing a support. Returning
downstairs, she joined her husband, and was
the least agitated of any of the party.
A search ensued and the Union troops
never found Capts. Cawood or Sims, the spurs
or musket, but they seized what they consid-
ered to be contraband goods.
Mr. Cartwright, Amos Fauquier, and
the other man were arrested and taken by the
Federals to Point Lookout. Mr. Cartwright
was able to prove that the goods that had been
seized were his private property-- he had pur-
chased them with the intention of opening a
store on his plantation. After being detained
for about a week, he was permitted to return
home.
Capts. Caywood and Simms, who had
seen the arriving Federals in time to conceal
themselves in the thick brush on the edge of
the river, remained in hiding until nearly dusk.
As soon as it was dark they secured the spurs
from Mrs. Cartwright, also the musket, and
departed for the Confederate lines, which they
reached without much further trouble.
The spurs were at last delivered to Gen-
eral Lee. Although some claim he wore them
when he surrendered his Army at Appomattox,
he did not. In fact, he is never known to have
worn them. The spurs remain in the ownership
of the Lee family and are currently on display
at the Visitors Center at Stratford Hall.
The inscription inside the spurs reads
Semulus Det Virtus. Presented to Gen. Rob-
ert Lee, by his friends and admirers of Prince
Georges County, Maryland. Latin transla-
tion: Valor has provided [his] spurs.
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By Christie Lemire
AP Movie Critic
LOS ANGELES
(AP) Jennifers Body,
the second screenplay
from Diablo Cody follow-
ing her Oscar-winning
debut smash Juno, is so
chock full of her quirky trademarks, it almost plays like a
parody of something shed write.
The self-consciously clever dialogue, the
gratuitous pop-culture references, the made-
up phrases intended to convey a specic high
school ethos theyre all there. Even though
fembot Megan Fox is an excellent t to spit out
these witty quips, its all so familiar, it makes you
wonder whether Cody has any other weapons in
her arsenal.
Part of the allure of the Showtime series
Cody created, The United States of Tara be-
yond the versatility of its fabulous star, Toni Col-
lette is the humor she nds in everyday sub-
urbia, the reality and the absurdity. And thats
actually the best part of Jennifers Body, too.
Never mind that its a mash-up of horror
ick and teen comedy: When her characters
are talking about regular stuff like toxic female
friendships, awkward adolescent sex and high-
school dances, its funny in a relatable way. Its
when Cody tries too hard to dazzle us that she
loses her footing; meanwhile, director Karyn
Kusama (Girlght, Aeon Flux) struggles in
her own way to nd the right tone amid these two
divergent genres.
The result: Jennifers Body is never scary
and its only sporadically amusing.
Fox is a great choice, though, to play Jen-
nifer, the queen bee who longs to ee the small
town of Devils Kettle. Here, the Transformers:
star gets to show what she can do when given
the chance to speak, and not just run from angry,
shape-shifting trucks in a tight denim miniskirt.
Granted, playing a sexy, popular cheerleader probably
wasnt a huge stretch for her, but hey it works.
One night, after attending a concert by her favorite
band that goes disastrously awry, Jennifer seems ... dif-
ferent. This is immediately obvious to her childhood best
friend, the nerdy Needy (Amanda Seyfried, rendered
vaguely mousy beneath glasses and stringy hair). But even-
tually the whole town realizes something is wrong when
boys bodies start turning up bloodied and eviscerated.
Jennifer, meanwhile, is more radiant and condent
than ever _ and strangely indifferent to the campus-wide
catharsis in which everyone else is wallowing, a group-
think phenomenon that was parodied so well in Heath-
ers and the recent Worlds Greatest Dad.
Trouble is, we all know what the deal is. Theres no
mystery to engage us, no real frights to jolt us, just a wait-
ing game until the rest of the town catches onto Jennifers
homicidal tendencies. The explanation of whats gotten
into Jennifer, courtesy of the bands lead singer (Adam
Brody in eye liner), provides a good little dig at the posers
who populate indie rock.
Seyfried, with her petite frame and big eyes, is a great
choice to play an unlikely heroine who nds unexpected
inner strength. The interaction Needy has with her shy,
sweet boyfriend (Chip Simmons) helps provide the lm
with some substance. But then the much-hyped make-
out session between Needy and Jennifer comes out of
nowhere, feels wedged-in and provides no insight on the
intensity of high-school girls relationships, as Cody has
said she intended.
Instead, like the rest of the movie, its just not as hot
as it could have been.
Jennifers Body, a 20th Century Fox release, is
rated R for sexuality, bloody violence, language and
brief drug use. Running time: 100 minutes. Two stars
out of four.
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Jennifers Body
Not as Hot as
it Should Be
By Chris Stevens
Staff Writer
With rap going through a transitional stage thanks to the
studio software device Autotune, hip-hop legend Jay-Z brings
a breath of fresh air back to the rap game with The Blueprint
3, his 11th studio album.
The albums lead single, D.O.A. (Which stands for
Death of Autotune) is a scathing lecture to young rappers who
rely on computerized voices to sell records instead of tradi-
tional rap ows, quality lyricism and, in Jays words lack of
aggression.
On a thumping, wiry guitar-sample-anchored beat craft-
ed by veteran producer No I.D. (who co-produced much of the
album with Kanye West), Jay attacks every current trend
from Autotune to men wearing skinny jeans.
As for the rest of the album, there is no shortage of
guest appearances, as artists from Alicia Keys (Empire
State of Mind) to Jays Roc Nation Records protege J.
Cole (A Star is Born) to hip-hop rookie-of-the-year can-
didate Drake (We Off That) contribute their voices to
the album.
The production is stellar, as Kanye West and his
mentor No I.D. team up to provide Jay-Z with varying
styles of beats to match his versatile ow. Other produc-
tion contributions come from frequent collaborators Tim-
baland, Swizz Beats and the Neptunes.
Some of the standout cuts from the album include the
seduction-charged battle of the sexes Venus vs. Mars,
on which Jay-Z cites the differences between men and
women, using a relationship to tell the story of how, well,
women are from Venus and men are from Mars.
Run This Town, is an all-star cut, with pop princess
Rihanna singing the chorus and Kanye West contributing
a witty, punch-line lled verse on one of his own creations,
while Real As It Gets pairs Jay-Z with Atlanta heavyweight
Young Jeezy, and both rappers trade bragadocious lyrics over
an epic track produced by The Inkredibles, and up-and-com-
ing production team from Richmond, Va.
Much like his two previous Blueprint efforts, Jay-Zs
Blueprint 3 showed up at a time when rap needed a monster
album to force rappers to re-evaluate their game plan and try
something new. And if Jay-Z has his way, Autotune will be a
thing of the past.
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VIDEO OF THE YEAR:
Beyonce, ``Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It).
BEST FEMALE VIDEO:
Taylor Swift, ``You Belong With Me.
BEST ROCK VIDEO:
Green Day, ``21 Guns.
BEST POP VIDEO:
Britney Spears, ``Womanizer.
BEST MALE VIDEO:
T.I. featuring Rihanna, ``Live Your Life.
BEST HIP-HOP VIDEO:
Eminem, ``We Made You.
BEST NEW ARTIST:
Lady Gaga.
BEST VIDEO THAT
SHOULD HAVE WON A
MOONMAN:
Beastie Boys, ``Sabotage.
BEST BREAKTHROUGH
VIDEO:
Matt and Kim, ``Lessons Learned.
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PG-13, 99
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Cloudy With
a Chance of
Meatballs
PG, 81 min
Starts on
Fri, Sep 18
Gamer
R, 95 min
The
Informant!
R, 108 min
Starts on
Fri, Sep 18
Inglourious
Basterds
R, 152 min
Jennifers
Body
R, 102 min
Starts on
Fri, Sep 18
Sorority
Row
R, 100 min
Tyler Perrys
I Can Do
Bad All by
Myself
PG-13, 113
min
Whiteout
R, 106 min
Thursday, Sept. 17
David Norris
Corbels Fine Dining & Spirits
(Leonardtown) 5 p.m.
Fair Warning Irish Pub Band
CJs Back Room (Lusby) 5 p.m.
UpStroke
Vincenzos Restaurant (Lusby)
6:30 p.m.
Black Box Theater: Laughing
Daughter a musical
Indian Head Center for the Arts
8 p.m.
$10 All-You-Can-Drink Ladies
Night
Big Dogs Paradise (Mechanics-
ville) 8 p.m.
Ladies Night with DJ Pablo and
DJ Marc Shubrooks
Hulas Bungalow (California) 8
p.m.
Karaoke
Cadillac Jacks (Lexington Park)
9:30 p.m.
Virgil Cain
Crossing at Casey Jones (La Plata)
9:30 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 18
The Newtowne Players:
Harvey
Three Notch Theater (Lexington
Park) 8 p.m.
The Pulitzer Prize-winning
comedy by Mary Chase about El-
wood P. Dowd, a polite and cheer-
ful and his best friend, an invisible
6-foot-tall rabbit named Harvey.
Performances are Sept. 18
through Oct. 4 at Three Notch The-
atre. Curtain is at 8 p.m. Thursdays
through Saturdays and at 3:30 p.m.
on Sunday afternoons. Tickets
are $15 for adults; $12 for seniors,
students and the military; and $10
for children. All tickets are $10 for
Thursday performances. Light re-
freshments and beverages are also
available for purchase at the theatre.
For ticket reservations or informa-
tion, please call 301-737-5447.
Bach Concerto in F minor and
Beethoven Concerto No. 5 The
Emperor
Montgomery Hall (St. Marys Col-
lege) 4 p.m.
Fair Warning Irish Pub Band
Donovans Pub (California) 5 p.m.
David Norris
DB McMillans Pub and Grill 6
p.m.
Matt Garett Acoustic
Brewskis Tavern (Loveville) 8
p.m.*
Nuttin Fancy Band
Mechanicsville Moose Lodge 8 p.m.*
Bent Nickel
Toots Bar (Hollywood) 9 p.m.
DJ Dance Party
Apehangers Bar (Bel Alton) 9
p.m.
Permanent Damage
Murpheys Pub (Bryans Road) 9
p.m.*
No Green
JellyBeenz
Heavy Hit-
ters (Char-
lotte Hall)
9:30 p.m.
No Limits
Calypso Bay (Tracys Landing)
9:30 p.m.
Karaoke
9:30 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 19
Fractal Folk
Annmarie Garden (Dowell) 4 p.m.
Captain John
DB McMillans Pub and Grill
5:30 p.m.
Airmen of Note Jazz Concert
Great Mills High School 7 p.m.
Legend
Ranch Club (Lusby) 7 p.m.
Southbound Band
Charles County Fair 7 p.m.
Pool Tournament
7 p.m.
Harvey
Park) 8 p.m.
Open Blues Jam
Fat Boys Country Store (Leonard-
town) 8 p.m.
Crazy Craigs Karaoke
VFW Post 2632 (California) 8:30
p.m.
Backstage Pass
Blue Dog Saloon (Port Tobacco)
9 p.m.*
Car 54
Bostons Gourmet Pizza & Sports
Bar (Waldorf) 9 p.m.*
Four of a Kind
Port Tobacco Tiki Bar 9 p.m.
Jazz After-Hours and Dancing
Caf Des Artistes (Leonardtown)
9 p.m.
Impact
Crooked I Sports Bar & Grill
(Chesapeake Beach) 9 p.m.
Korupt
Memories
(Wal-
dorf)
9 p.m.*
Matt Garett Acoustic
Applebees (Prince Frederick) 9
p.m.*
Reckoning
Apehangers (Bel Alton) 9 p.m.*
Road House Band
Lone Star Caf (Indian Head) 9
p.m.*
Signature Live!
Hotel Charles Front Bar (Hughes-
ville) 9 p.m.*
Nuttin Fancy Band
Scuttlebutts (Cobb Island) 9 p.m.
Vs. The Earth
Hotel Charles Party Room
(Hughesville) 9 p.m.*
Karaoke w/ DJ Tommy T &
DJ T
Applebees (California) 9 p.m.
Smith-Tucker Band
Drift Away Bar & Grill (Cobb Is-
land) 9 p.m.
WildGood
Cryers Back Road Inn (Leonard-
town) 9 p.m.
Full Steam
Veras White Sands Beach Club
(Lusby) 9:30 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. 20
Bottom County Blues Band
p.m.
Harvey
Park) 3:30 p.m.
Monday, Sept. 21
No Limit Texas HoldEm
Bounty Tournament
St. Marys County Elks Lodge 7
p.m.
Tuesday, Sept. 22
Karaoke
7:30 p.m.
Pool Tournament
p.m.
Wednesday, Sept. 23
Captain John
DB McMillans Pub and Grill
5:30 p.m.
Special Olympics No Limit
HoldEm Tourney
Bennett Building, 24930 Old Three
Notch Rd. (Hollywood) 7 p.m.
DJ Katie
Chefs American
Bistro (Califor-
nia) 8 p.m.
Wolfs Music Open Blues Jam
Beach Cove (Chesapeake Beach)
8 p.m.
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Cuisine
& More
Cuisine
On The Vine
On The Menu
Healthy Bites
By VICTORIA BRETT
For The Associated Press
So youve made sauce and pies and mufns
and quick breads. Youve done plenty of snack-
ing and packing them into lunch boxes. Maybe
youve even offered them up as fodder for fon-
due. Yet a few spare apples still linger from your
picking excursion.
It is the true cook who can look into the
fridge and come up with recipes when all that
remains in the fruit bin are apples, says Ruth
Cousineau, Gourmet magazine test kitchen
director.
She suggests several quick and easy ways
to use spare apples to give new dimension to
your food.
Finely chop an apple, then toss with sliced
onion, diced jalapeno and a squirt of lime juice
for a zesty salsa that would be excellent with
chips or spooned over grilled sh.
Jazz up an old-fashioned Waldorf salad
with leftover chicken, celery, apples and horse-
radish mayo.
For breakfast or brunch, grate apples into
pancake batter with a pinch of cinnamon. Top
with a syrup made from chopped apples, brown
sugar, butter and cinnamon. Or spoon the syrup
over yogurt or ice cream.
For unexpected deliciousness, stick a few
slices of apple under some havarti for a great
grilled cheese sandwich.
And if you cant resist
cranking out another pie,
Cousineau suggests us-
ing apples that keep
their shape, such
as Galas, Golden
Delicious, Jona-
than and Granny
Smith.
And while
nothing beats
a crisp autumn
MacIntosh or Ma-
coun for eating out
of hand, they mush
down when baked, so
save them for making apple
sauce, she says.
By MICHELLE LOCKE
Associated Press Writer
EMERYVILLE, Calif. (AP) - Forget
wine chateaux shimmering under the Napa
sun. A new wave of vintners is choosing
city life over the green acres of wine coun-
try, setting up shop in warehouses, business
parks and other locales that offer more grit
than glamour.
The idea is to bring wines closer to their
key demographic _ well-heeled city-dwell-
ers _ and take advantage of lower overhead
costs and a better infrastructure than can be
found in the small and expensive towns that
make up established wine country.
Grapes care a lot about where theyre
grown. They dont care at all where theyre
made into wine, points out Brendan
Eliason, owner and winemaker at
Periscope Cellars, housed in an
old World War II submarine re-
pair facility on the shores of the
San Francisco Bay that is also
home to another winery, Ur-
bano Cellars.
Its hard to say exactly
how many city wineries ex-
ist, but there are clusters to
be found from Seattle to New
York. In the San Francisco Bay
area alone more than a dozen
operate inside San Francisco city
limits and more than 20 in the east bay
area.
Even in wine country, some are moving
to digs that are more practical than palatial.
Id say theres a denite trend, says
Pat Roney, principal owner of Girard win-
ery, which has a tasting room in the pictur-
esque wine country town of Yountville, but
moved its winemaking facilities into a busi-
ness park in Sonoma three years ago. ``Its a
lot more cost-effective and if you want to sell
your wines at prices that are reasonable and
affordable for consumers, you cant afford a
lot of the trappings of the estate wineries.
No ones singing a requiem for wine
country just yet.
At the Napa Valley Vintners, spokes-
man Terry Hall contends there is value in be-
ing close to the grape source. For one thing,
the winemaker/owner can monitor the fruit
every day. He agrees you dont need a cha-
teau to make wine, but says not many people
in the valley do so since a lot of the wineries
are small, family-owned businesses.
Robert Smiley, director of wine indus-
try programs at the University of California,
Davis, Graduate School of Management,
sees the urban wineries as a ``small niche,
but one thats been growing.
With the economy in a tailspin, its
harder to get the kind of credit needed to
invest in wine countrys still very expen-
sive real estate. Meanwhile, city warehouse
space is suddenly opening up at low, low
rates.
This is a low cost way to get into the
business, says Smiley.
Periscopes Eliason worked in wine
country for years. And never even consid-
ered trying to build his own Tuscan-style
villa there.
Thats one of the big differences be-
tween winemakers and winery owners, he
says with a laugh. If you actually make the
wine, those places look not only vaguely
grotesque but just bizarre. They bear no
resemblance to the actual winemaking
process.
He had three criteria when scouting his
winery location: good electricity, good wa-
ter supply and a good back story, and found
all three in Emeryville.
Im not here by accident, says Eliason.
I really love the East Bay. I really wanted to
have a winery here. I really wanted to tie it
in with the history of my community and the
history of my neighborhood.
Its about a three-hour drive to all the
states prime growing regions, which means
grapes arrive fresh. And working in a space
designed for heavy industry means never
being pressed for space. I can back two 40-
foot container trucks side by side at my back
door, he says with quiet pride.
Spacious quarters also mean grapes
can be crushed indoors and dont wilt out-
side in the hot sun.
Thats a bonus for Girard, also, which
has 35,000 square feet in a relatively new
210,000-square-foot building. Energy ef-
cient and temperature controlled, the win-
ery doesnt have the romance of caves chis-
eled into a mountainside. But it does have a
humidied storage facility that, says Roney,
is better than caves.
Among the new urban wineries is Rock
Wall Wine Co., operating out of a converted
40,000 square-foot airplane hangar on an
old Naval base in Alameda, an island city on
the eastern shores of the San Francisco Bay.
(The facility is home to a number of other
small wineries.)
You always catch peoples reaction. A
winery in Alameda? No way, says Shauna
Rosenblum, winemaker for Rock Wall.
Among the founders of Rock Wall is
Rosenblums father, Kent Rosenblum, who
staked out urban winery territory three
decades ago as founder of Rosenblum Cel-
lars, a well-regarded producer that began
in Rosenblums basement and last year was
sold to a large wine conglomerate.
Shauna Rosenblum likes to visit wine
country as much as anyone. But she doesnt
feel she needs to live there to make good
wine.
You dont have to own a chateau on
that mountain in Napa. You can be in a
shack in Emeryville or Alameda or wher-
ever. The place of the winery, it turns out, is
kind of irrelevant.
On the Net:
Periscope Cellars:
http://www.periscopecellars.com
Rock Wall Wine Co.:
http://www.rockwallwines.com
Girard Winery:
http://www.girardwinery.com
New Vintners Set Up Shop In The City
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1/4 cup nely chopped toasted pecans
1/4 cup pitted and nely diced Medjool dates
Zest and juice of 1 orange
3/4 teaspoon cinnamon, divided
1/4 teaspoon salt
4 baking apples, such as Pink Lady, Pippin or
McIntosh
1 tablespoon butter, melted (optional)
2 cups unltered apple juice
2 tablespoons brown sugar
2 teaspoons cornstarch
1 tablespoon cool water
Heat the oven to 350 F.
In a small bowl, stir together the pecans,
dates, orange zest and juice, 1/4 teaspoon of the
cinnamon and the salt.
Core the apples, leaving 1/2 inch at the bot-
tom, and peel the top edges. Stuff the apples with
the pecan lling, then brush the tops with the melt-
ed butter, if using.
Arrange the apples in an 8-by-8-inch baking
dish. Add the apple juice to the bottom of the dish,
then cover it tightly with foil. Bake until the apples
are tender (but not mushy) when pierced with a
fork, about 35 to 45 minutes.
Transfer the apples to serving plates. If de-
sired, place the plated apples in the oven (with the
heat turned off) to keep warm.
Transfer the juices in the baking dish to a
small saucepan over medium. Simmer for 5 min-
utes, or until reduced by half. Add the brown sugar
and remaining 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon. Simmer,
stirring constantly, until the sugar is dissolved.
In a small glass, mix the cornstarch and wa-
ter. Add the mixture to the saucepan, then heat
until thickened. Serve the apples drizzled with the
thickened sauce.
Nutrition information per serving (values
are rounded to the nearest whole number):
308 calories; 76 calories from fat; 9 g fat (2 g satu-
rated; 0 g trans fats); 8 mg cholesterol; 62 g carbo-
hydrate; 2 g protein; 6 g ber; 130 mg sodium.
(Recipe adapted from Rebecca Katz The Can-
cer-Fighting Kitchen, Celestial Arts, 2009)
BAKED APPLES WITH DATES AND PECANS
Start to nish: 1 hour (10 minutes active) Servings: 4
The County Times
Fact
un The orangutan is the largest fruit-eating animal in the
world and it rarely comes out of the trees.
By Shelby Oppermann
Contributing Writer
On one of my walks the other day, I kept
hearing what sounded like popcorn popping in
the trees. I thought it must be the wind rustling
the leaves. Every few houses the sound could
be heard again. Then when I arrived back in
my own yard, I found that a few of our trees
also were extremely noisy. I have never heard
this before, and I am out in our yard a lot. I
realized after looking up while standing near
one tree that it was the squirrels chattering and
dropping nuts down from the branches. I know
this is what squirrels do; I must have some-
how never been a witness to the process. The
tree was loaded with squirrels. This must be
what it sounds like when the Keebler Elves are
working in their tree. The squirrels are so in-
dustrious, they just know by instinct that they
must work and save. They all drop nuts at the
same time, and a few hours later, all the squir-
rels are on the ground scurrying around to nd
hiding places. Unfortunately most of their hid-
ing places are still in my potted plants.
At one of the local plant nurseries, I spoke
to a man about the problem. He directed me to
a powdered squirrel deterrent that I should try.
The squirrels dug around in the mixture same
as before, and still pawed their noses at me in
disrespect. I have found that the squirrels do
not bother my lemon mint plants, but love the
apple mint. They also wont go near the rose-
mary or sage plants. Its probably too late
this year, but next Spring when I start plant-
ing again, I am going to surround every at risk
plant with herbs smelly ones.
I thought I would never see a squirrel fall,
but I witnessed that spectacle a few weeks ago.
I rst heard the loud rustling in the top of a tall
tree, then as I watched, a squirrel came tum-
bling down - all fours outstretched attempt-
ing to grab a branch. It reminded me of my
dog Tidbits toy called Hurl-a-Squirrel. The
stuffed toy squirrel has a crazy expression,
and all four extremities are attached to a ring
you throw like a Frisbee. The falling squirrel
most likely had that same crazed expression.
I caught my breath thinking it would hit the
ground, but within a few feet of Earth, it sud-
denly caught something, and scampered back
up the tree trunk. I guess squirrels live by that
old axiom, if you fall off a bike, get right back
on. It seems squirrels do have quite a bit to
teach us.
I do love to watch squirrels scamper
around with their babies (kittens) attached to
them. It amazes me how the young are able
to hold on. I watched a baby looking about
while the parent (I assume it was the Mother,
but squirrel parents may share equally in par-
enting responsibilities) raced around on the
ground and up and down trees. It didnt look
as if the Mother was searching for anything in
particular, more like she was entertaining her
youngster. It might be like when we take our
infants for a ride in the car to soothe them so
they will nap.
I wrote a few weeks ago how Tidbit and
friends were attacked by yellow jackets in our
front yard. Tidbit is still eating bees and such,
but she is a little more careful of avoiding the
main nests in the yard. All my husband has to
do is make the bzzzz sound, and Tidbits eyes
get all buggy and her head whips around to see
if her back is getting stung. We have tried a
few things to get rid of the yellow jackets, to
no avail. I bought a beehive looking glass jar,
which you add nectar to in hopes that all the
yellow jackets will make a beeline to, and thus
get trapped. So far a good number of our ant
population has made it in there, but only one
yellow jacket.
I looked out our ofce window awhile
back, and noticed movement out of the corner
of my eye. I saw that the movement was a fran-
tic squirrel hopping up and down, side to side
around the yellow jacket nest. The squirrel
was hopping and turning its head to look at its
back, just as Tidbit does. Finally the squirrel
staggered a few feet away as if it were drunk.
Then it sat still for a moment or two to recoup.
One foot away from that squirrel sat another
squirrel munching on one of the fallen nuts; he
stopped munching for a moment and looked
like he was communicating something to the
dazed squirrel. The dazed squirrel lunged for-
ward a bit, and the munching squirrel backed
up. I can just imagine the hurt squirrel ask-
ing, Why did you just stand there and not help
me? And the munching squirrel replying,
I didnt think youd make it, so I took your
nut. Well, maybe squirrels shouldnt teach us
everything.
To each new days adventure,
Shelby
Please send comments or ideas to:
shelbys.wanderings@yahoo.com.
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Mind
Wanderings
Acting Squirrelly
By Terri Schlichenmeyer
Contributing Writer
What would you do if an old friend
asked you to lie?
Just a little white lie who would
know? One tiny b is nothing, and it
wont hurt anybody. A little voice in
your head says Go ahead. Do it.
But something stops you. You
know it isnt the last youll hear of
this story. This time, youve got your
friends back but it might mean a
knife in yours later.
And thats what happened to Dai-
sy Fothergill. One lie
is all it took, and in the
new book Alibi by
Teri Woods, the cov-
er-up made Daisy go
undercover.
The break-in was
supposed to be quick
and simple; the pay-off,
thousands of dollars
and several pounds of
cocaine. It shouldve
been an in-and-out job
but when the smoke
cleared, three men lay
dead on the oor and
Nard was holding the
last gun. He saw big
trouble coming.
Sticks was sup-
posed to have been
there, watching the
window, but he wasnt
so he felt duty-bound to
help Nard out. Nard was
a good soldier, and it
wouldnt make the boss
happy if one of his best
runners sat in prison.
Sticks knew a girl who
would lie for him, and
Nard needed an alibi.
When Sticks of-
fered Daisy two grand to
meet with an investigator, she couldnt
believe her luck. Two thousand dollars
to say Nard was with her that night?
That was more money than she made
dancing at the Honey Dipper.
Unfortunately, it was almost the
exact amount needed to bury her moth-
er. It was back to the Honey Dipper for
Daisy.
Detective Tommy Delgado felt
sorry for the stripper when he and his
partner, Merva Ross, questioned her.
Even though he never frequented plac-
es like the Honey Dipper, this Daisy
looked familiar. Ross thought he was
getting soft, but Delgado knew this
girl was lying and he knew she needed
compassion, not jail time.
But one small lie needs an even
bigger one to back it up and Daisy took
notice of the people who were dying to
hide the truth. So when $47,000 showed
up in her dead mothers bank account,
she took it to cover her backside, and
ran for her life.
I sat down with this book at 8
oclock on a Monday night.
I was still reading at midnight.
Bedtime could wait; I had to know
what happened in this fast-paced,
cant-stop-reading book.
Alibi is one of those street-
smart novels that really gets in your
face. Focusing more on the criminals
than on the cops charged with catch-
ing them, author Teri Woods builds the
story at just the right pace, never let-
ting us know how things are going to
end for the one character weve oddly
come to care about. Add in a couple of
well-turned plot lines, and youve got
a book that will keep you up all night,
too.
Pick up a copy of Alibi and hang
on to your blankets. This is one novel
youll want to read in one sitting, cover
to cover.
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14. Apple, pear, quince
15. Perfect
16. Chimich_____: fried
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17. Pitcher
18. Apiece
19. Comb-plate
20. Moonlighting star
23. Most rational
24. Dined
25. Afrmative
26. OK to take out
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36. R____se: let go of
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43. Canadian bodybuilder
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4. Of the genus serinus
5. New York neighborhood
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41. Type or variety
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The Maryland Freemasonry
Child Identication Program will be
providing free ID kits for children
at no charge to the public at the St.
Marys County Fair set to run from
Sept. 24-27 at the fairgrounds in
Leonardtown.
The kits provided to parents
and guardians contain a
variety of information
that police can use
in cases where
a child is re-
ported lost or
abducted.
Its a tool
parents can do
in the event
s o me t h i n g
does happen,
said county coor-
dinator Don Hines
with the Thomas J.
Schryock No. 223 Ma-
sonic lodge in Hollywood.
The lodge is looking for volun-
teers to help prepare kits at the state
fairs taking place in the three South-
ern Maryland counties.
Two training sessions for vol-
unteers are scheduled for Saturday,
Sept. 19, at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. at the
lodge at 24410 Mervell Dean Road in
Hollywood. The sessions last about
an hour.
It takes 10 to 15 minutes for a
child and parent to proceed through
several stations, where
volunteers collect in-
formation. The par-
ent or guardian of the
child must also sign a
permission slip.
Included in the kit are photos
of the child, identifying information
(such as scars, hair and eye color)
and digitized ngerprints. Informa-
tion is put on a CD that can be given
to police in case a child is lost or
abducted.
Also created is a dental im-
pression wafer that pro-
vides information
about the shape
of the teeth, as
well as a sa-
liva sample that
provides DNA
i nfor mat i on
and a scent for
use by tracking
dogs.
Volunteers
with MdCHIP
will also be a the
Charles County Fair
on Sept. 17-20 and the
Calvert County Fair Sept.
30-Oct. 4.
For more information about
volunteering at the St. Marys
County Fair, call Don Hines at
301-481-0375.
For more about the Charles
County Fair, call Steve Shlagel
at 301-643-4820. For more about
the Calvert County Fair, call Mike
OKelly at 410-535-3472.
For more about the MdCHIP
program, go to www.mdchip.org.
Free ID Kits for Kids
Sheriff to Unlock St. Marys City Chapel
In 1704, Maryland Gover-
nor Seymour ordered the sheriff
to lock the brick, Roman Catho-
lic chapel at St. Marys City and
make sure it was never again
used for worship.
With that action and subse-
quent Protestant control of the
Maryland colony, the colonys
experiment in religious freedom
ended.
Now, 305 years later, the
county Sheriff Timothy Camer-
on will ceremoniously unlock the
massive oak and pine doors of
the reconstructed chapel that sits
on the foundations of the original
chapel on Sunday, Sept. 20, at 5
p.m.
The rebuilt chapel stands as
a symbol of liberty of conscience
and separation of church and
state, which were practiced in the
1600s in Maryland far ahead of
laws and practices in other New
World colonies, according to a
press release from Historic St.
Marys City.
The event is free, and light
refreshments will be served.
Researchers and builders
will also be there to answer ques-
tions about the projects, and arti-
facts from the chapel excavations
will be on display.
For more information, go
to www.stmaryscity.org or call
240-895-4990.
Interpreters Coby Treadway and Kathy Gallagher leave the recently reconstruct-
ed chapel built on the foundations of the original Catholic chapel built in St.
Marys City in the 1600s as part of Marylands rst English colony.
Photo Courtesy of Historic St. Marys City
Anyone who wants to per-
form his or her original songs at
the County Fair needs to reserve a
space quickly before the fair starts
on Thursday, Sept. 24.
Nearly a dozen singer-song-
writers will perform original songs
this year as part of the ongoing
celebration of Marylands 375th
Birthday.
The concert will be on Satur-
day, Sept. 26, at the Fairgrounds and
will begin just after the Fair Parade
ends. The singers will be perform-
ing on the parade reviewing stand
located in front of the auditorium.
The preliminary list of artists
includes Joe Norris, Krys Baker,
Patty Dorsch, Scott Harsha, Catsh
Joe, Ben Connelly, David Flood,
Lissie Deere, David Norris, Robin
Guyther and Carol Schlachter.
Songs will be in tradition-
al, contemporary and humorous
veins.
Anyone who would like to
perform should call Robin Guyther
at 301-904-4452 or e-mail drguy-
ther@cs.com.
Discounted tickets to the Riverside Wine-
Fest on Saturday, Oct. 3, and Sunday, Oct. 4, at
the Sotterly Plantation in Hollywood are avail-
able for $17 through Sept. 25. Tickets at the
gate will be $20.
The event will be held from noon to 6 p.m.
on both days.
New this year will be an Antique Show
in the barn with experienced local antique
dealers.
Visitors will also have a chance to taste
the offerings of 17 Maryland wineries (with no
tasting tickets). There will also be demonstra-
tions and exhibits including vendors selling
for crab cakes, fried oysters, pit-roasted meats,
stuffed ham, wraps, freshly made ice-cream
and more.
Also featured will be free face painting
and colonial games; music, including jazz to
1950s classics to Rock & Roll to International
Folk; and art from artists with The Color &
Light Society.
Radio 98.3 Star FM celebs T-bone &
Heather will also be there with T-shirts and
prizes for the crowd on Saturday from 2-4
p.m.
Diehard football fans will be able to watch
the Washington Redskins play (and beat) the
Buccaneers on Sunday at 1 p.m. down on the
eld on a big-screen television.
Tickets for designated drivers are $15,
ages 6-20 are $5, and children under 6 are free.
To purchase tickets in advance (VISA or Mas-
terCard only) or to nd out more information,
visit www.sotterley.org or call 301-373-2280
or 800-681-0850.
The Kiwanis Club of St. Marys County will present The Spirits of Point Lookout event
at Point Lookout State Park on Friday, Oct. 23, and Saturday, Oct. 24, rain or stars. The event
evokes some of the areas legendary tragedies and hauntings with some sudden loud noises.
There will also be music and concessions. Tours leave every 10 minutes from 7 p.m. till 10 p.m.
each night. Tickets are $11 in advance, $15 at the gate. Information about the event and how to
purchase tickets is available at www.stmaryskiwanis.org (click on Purchase Tickets Online)
or (301) 866-0145. Some Spirits tickets are also available at McKays stores in Wildewood and
Lexington Park.
Sign Up
Now to
Sing at Fair
Discounted Tickets
to WineFest
Tickets for Spirits of Point Lookout
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Thursday, Sept. 17
MCAA John Glenn Squadron
Golf Tourney
Cedar Point Golf Course (NAS Pax
River) 7 a.m.
California Business Referral
Breakfast Group
Coffee Quarter (San Souci Shop-
ping Center) 9 a.m.
BNI is a business & profes-
sional networking organization that
offers members the opportunity
to share ideas, contacts and most
importantly, referrals. For more in-
formation contact Randy Schultz
(President) at rjschultz@erols.com
or Michelle Renee Myers (Secre-
tary) at michellerenee@myarbonne.
com, or call 301-737-2550.
Lecture: The Summer of 1787
The Men Who Invented the
Constitution
Cole Cinema (St. Marys College of
Maryland) 4:30 p.m.
A talk about the struggle to cre-
ate the worlds rst constitutional
democracy. This day is Constitution
Day, the 222nd anniversary of our
founding document. For further de-
tails, contact mjgcain(at)smcm.edu,
240-895-4215.
Why Snooze When You Can
Crooze
Arbys Restaurant Parking Lot
Wing Night
VFW Post 2632 (California) 5
p.m.
Drop-In Salsa, Level 1
House of Dance (Hollywood) 6
p.m.
Learn how to look and feel your
best on the dance oor to todays lat-
est Latin hits. No experience nec-
essary. No partner necessary. For
more information, contact House of
Dance at 301-373-6330.
VOICES Reading Series: Alicia
Shandra
Daugherty-Palmer Commons (St.
Marys College) 8 p.m.
The St. Marys College of
Maryland annual VOICES Reading
Series kicks off the literary season
with a reading by ction writer Ali-
cia Shandra Holmes at 8:15 p.m. at
the Daugherty-Palmer Commons.
This reading is part of the Eng-
lish department-sponsored reading
series and is free and open to the
public.
Back-to-School Basket Bingo
Basket Bingo to benet St.
Johns Catholic School in the Mon-
signor Harris Center. Doors open
at 6 p.m. Bingo starts at 7 p.m. Ad-
mission is $20 per person, includes
one admission ticket and one pack
of cards for 20 games. Additional
cards are $5 per pack. Kids must
purchase an admission ticket and
be accompanied by a paying adult.
For reservations call Lindagreer@
gmail.com or call 301-373-5871.
Friday, Sept. 18
Texas HoldEm Tournament
p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 19
Community Yard Sale
Yard Sale in the St. Marys
Square Shopping Center 7 a.m.-1
p.m. St. Marys Square Parking lot
adjacent to the new McDonalds.
Call Tina at 240-577-0955 to reserve
a space.

Alzheimers Walk
Walkers can participate at ei-
ther Asbury-Solomons Island in
Solomons or the Richard R. Clark
Senior Center in La Plata. Check-
in begins at 8:30 a.m. and the walk
program starts at 9:30 a.m. To start
a team, register or make a donation,
contact the Alzheimers Association
Southern Maryland ofce 800-331-
7299 or email Dorothy.ynn@alz.
org.
7th District Volunteer Rescue
Squad Garage Sale
Rescue Squad Building (Avenue)
7 a.m. 7 p.m.
Lighthouse Challenge
Point Lookout State Park (Scotland)
8 a.m.
Annual Lighthouse Challenge
sponsored by the Chesapeake Chap-
ter USLHS. Admission. 301-872-
5688. www.cheslights.org.
SMAWL Pet Adoptions
PetCo (California) 10 a.m.
Poker Run for Wounded
Marines
Seabreeze Restaurant (Mechanics-
ville) 11 a.m.
Registration at Jaags Cycle in
Hollywood, MD @ 11:00. $25 per
rider, $10 for passenger. Shirts for
riders, and $250 for best hand. Party
@ Seabreeze w/ Six Gun South 4:00.
Proceeds go to Injured Marines
Semper Fi Fund. For more info, con-
tact Billy Breslin @301 904 5412 or
billybreslin@hotmail.com.
Steak Night
p.m.
Centennial Gala Leonard Hall
Junior Naval Academy
J.T. Daugherty Conference Center
6 p.m.
The Centennial Gala is an his-
toric celebration for Leonard Hall
Junior Naval Academy. Tickets can
be purchased at the school for $65 a
person. Please call 301-475-8029 or
email lhjnaad@yaho.com.
Airmen of Note Jazz Concert
Great Mills High School 7 p.m.
The Airmen of Note is the pre-
mier jazz ensemble of the US Air
Force. This free concert is part of
the Leonardtown Rotary Clubs Per-
forming Arts Series. Tickets for this
concert are available on a rst come,
rst served basis. Season ticket hold-
ers for the entire series will receive
tickets for this event as part of their
series tickets. For more information
please call 301-475-6999 or go to
www.leonardtownrotary.org.
Swing & Ballroom Dance
St. Johns Church (Hollywood) 7
p.m.
Learn beginner-level steps in
Salsa and Waltz from 7-8 p.m. and
then stay for dancing to music of all
kinds from 8-11 p.m. No experience
required! Singles always welcome!
Bring a snack to share; water and
soda will be provided. $8/person,
$15/couple, $5/seniors and students.
Sunday, Sept. 20
A Taste of St. Marys
Washington Street (Leonardtown
Square) 12 noon
Sotterley Plantation Speaker
Series
Sotterley Plantation Barn 3 p.m.
Sotterley is partnering with
The Boeing Company in continu-
ing the 2009 Speaker Series with
three highly respected authorities on
archaeological programs, Edward
E. Chaney, Julia King, and Patricia
Samford. Free to the public. Please
call for reservations: 301-373-2280.
5 OClock Somewhere Cruise
Cheeseburger in Paradise (Califor-
nia) 5 p.m.
Monday, Sept. 21
Blood Drive
The American Red Cross will
be holding a blood drive at the 2nd
District VFD and Rescue Squad
in Valley Lee from 2 to 7:30 p.m.
Donors may call 301-994-1038 to
schedule an appointment or for in-
formation. Walk-ins are welcome.
Democratic Club Meeting
The St. Marys Democratic
Club will meet on Monday, Sept. 21,
at the Do Dah Deli in Leonardtown.
The guest speaker will be Susie
Turnbull, Chairman of the Maryland
Democratic Party. Meet for dinner
at 6 p.m. The meeting will begin at 7
p.m.. Call CIndy at 301-737-7978.
No Limit Texas HoldEm
Bounty Tournament
St. Marys County Elks Lodge 7
p.m.
Tuesday, Sept. 22
Nature Time at Greenwell
Greenwell State Park (Hollywood)
10 a.m.
Enjoy the wonders of nature
at Greenwell State Park through
games, crafts, stories, movement,
and exploration. Nature Time is a
program for young children and
their families/caregivers. Visit www.
greenwellfoundation.org or call 301-
373-9775 for more information.
Fall Equinox Celebration &
Ceremony
Joy Lane Healing Center (Holly-
wood) 5:30 p.m.
Equinox Ceremonies are held
on in the evening of the actual day,
beginning with a potluck at 5:30 pm.
Please bring food for the potluck to
share with others. After dinner we
will go outside (weather permit-
ting) to the Fire Circle to celebrate
the seasonal transition and recogni-
tion of the suns position in our sky
with stories, songs, drumming and
dancing. Please contact the Center,
Marin Goldstein at 301-373-2522 or
email info@joylanehealingcenter.
net for additional information.
Wednesday, Sept. 23
Flu Shots
Reynolds Pharmacy located at
22694 Washington Street in Leonar-
dtown will offer u shots from 1-5
p.m. Cost will be $25 for the inu-
enza vaccine (this does not protect
against the H1N1 virus) and $45 for
pneumonia vaccine, which will also
be available. Vaccinations are done
by Quaker State Medical Services.
We accept cash, checks, and Medi-
care Part B only. To use Medicard
Part B, Medicare must be your pri-
mary insurance. Please bring your
Medicare card with you. If you have
any questions, call Reynolds Phar-
macy at 301-475-5557.
St. Marys County Fair Entry
Day
County Fairgrounds (Leonardtown)
1 p.m.
Entry Day Bring your exhibit
to the Fair, Check the catalog for
entry rules and times: www.smcfair.
somd.com.
Why Snooze When You Can
Crooze
Arbys Restaurant Parking Lot
Special Olympics No Limit
HoldEm Tourney
Bennett Building, 24930 Old Three
Notch Rd. (Hollywood) 7 p.m.
Cards for St. Marys College library
From Sept. 14 through Sept. 27, St. Marys County residents can obtain
a library card for use at St. Marys College of Maryland in St. Marys City.
All that is required is an identication with proof of address.

Song Yet Song available
James McBrides book, Song Yet Sung has been selected for the 2009
One Maryland One Book community read during Sepember and October.
Books, audio books and readers guides are available at the libraries, and the
book can also be downloaded from the librarys Web site.
Book discussions will be held Thursday, Sept. 17, at 7 p.m. at Leonard-
town; Sept. 21 at 6 p.m. at Lexington Park; and Oct. 5 at 7 p.m. at Charlotte
Hall.

Home school workshop
Students who are homeschooled and their parents can learn about the
services and resources the libraries offer at a workshop offer Friday, Sept.
18, at 10 a.m. at Charlotte Hall and at 2 p.m. at Leonardtown. Lexington
Parks will be held Sept. 25 at 2 p.m. Registration is requested.
Story times resume
Fall story times for babies, toddlers and pre-schoolers will resume the
week of Sept. 21 at all three branches. Times and themes are posted online
on the Kids Page. Flyers listing fall programs for children and teens are
available in the libraries and posted online.

Family game night
Families invited to family game night at Charlotte Hall on Sept. 24,
5:30-6:30 p.m. Snacks provided.
Who Done It? Mystery
Children ages 7-12 can explore the science of forensics while solving a
fun Who done it? mystery during the free science programs on Sept. 25, 10
a.m., at Charlotte Hall and 2 p.m. at Leonardtown. Registration required.

Charlotte Hall offers fun teen activities
Teens are invited to a PG-13 movie about a high school senior who is
determined to get a day off from school by outwitting his principal on Sept.
25 at 1 p.m. at Charlotte Hall. Snacks will be provided.
On Sept. 30 teens can challenge other teens at a gaming night planned
on Sept. 30 from 4 to 6 p.m. at Charlotte Hall. Snacks are provided. Teens
are asked to register.
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kindhearted Americans all across the country to become
Friends of the Poor, too. Pledges made on behalf of reg-
istered walkers in a given community will benet those
most in need in that same community.
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On September 26th, 2009 at Father Andrew White School
in Leonardtown, Maryland at 9:00 AM,
the Society of St. Vincent de Paul will hold its
Annual Nationwide Friends of the Poor Walk
Please register at
www.svdpfriendsofthepoorwalk.org.
Same day registration begins
at 7:30 am.
2009
Taste Of St. Marys
Sunday, September 20th
12:00 ~ 5:00 PM
On the square in Historic Leonardtown, MD
Sample entree items, desserts and appetizers from local
restaurants and caterers serving St. Marys County
Family Event ~ Free Admission ~ Free Entertainment
Food tickets starting at $1 each.
Local Man Creates Weather Web Site
By Sara Campbell
Contributing Writer
Software consultant Jim Wyman of
Lexington Park has always had a passion
for weather. Recently he decided to turn
that passion into a hobby, creating a weather
station and Web site specically for south-
ern Maryland.
Wyman started his Web site, www.
somdweather.com, in the spring of 2006.
It is updated automatically from his home
weather station every 10 seconds and in-
cludes alerts from the National Weather
Service that pertain to Calvert, St. Marys
and Calvert counties.
He said that it is particularly useful for
people who commute from the tri-county
area into D.C.
People like to know if theres a storm
front coming through, said Wyman. If
theyre driving a long distance, they might
want to leave the ofce a little earlier.
Wymans weather Web site has other
features as well, including radar data from
a main weather station in the Midwest, and
color coded weather warnings: White means
no warning, green means low hazard, such
as fog or frost, yellow is a watch condition,
and red is a warning condition.
Sensors in, on and outside his house
continuously transmit data wirelessly into
the ofce in his house where he works on
the site. In exchange for providing data to
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad-
ministration, he has permission to use some
of the agencys graphics for the site.
Outside the house are devices that
transmit wirelessly into the house data
about temperature, humidity, wind speed,
wind direction and rainfall.
Wyman also has two Web cams, one
of which broadcasts images of his neigh-
bors American ag waving in the breeze
and the ever-changing weather conditions
and cloud formations above his neighbors
house.
Besides commuters to D.C., Wyman
said that he knows many people who work
on Patuxent River Naval Air Station who
are regular users of his site.
I have about 100 unique visitors per
day, new users, he said. When the weath-
er conditions are severe, that number can
jump to 200.
Wyman is currently employed by
Booz-Allen and works as a contractor in
shipboard equipment at Webster Field in
St. Inigoes, but he hopes to take his love
of weather in a professional direction. He
is planning to take Penn State courses
towards a Certicate of Achievement in
Forecasting.
When I earn this certicate, I
can move on to weather forecasting,
Wyman said.
Photo by Virginia Terhune
Jim Wyman, a software consultant who works at Webster Field in St. Inigoes, has two Web cams near his
hummingbird feeder that transmit images of weather conditions above his Lexington Park neighborhood to
the weather Web site he runs from inside his house.
The County Times
By Doug Watson
Potomac Speedway
BUDDS CREEK Stevie Long of Mechanicsville
captured his second feature win of the season in last Friday
nights 25-lap limited late model headliner at the Potomac
Speedway.
Tommy Wagner Jr. and Derrick Quade lead the eld to
the green ag. Quade would take the top spot and lead the
events rst two circuits until Wagner swept by to snare the
race lead on lap three. Meanwhile, Long had reached second
by lap seven and would make what would be the winning
pass of leader Tommy Wagner Jr. on lap nine. From that
point on it would be a race for second as Long would race
unchallenged to score the win.
At rst I gured we had a second or third place car,
but when we got around Derrick and Tommy going into turn
three, I wasnt sure if we had the lead, but we did, and I knew
if I could stay smooth wed be all right, Long said.
The car was a little loose but I tried to make it as wide
as I could because If anyone was going to pass me, they
would have to use the top and we were pretty good on the
bottom.
Derrick Quade would hang on for second, Tommy Wag-
ner Jr. wrapped up his second consecutive track champion-
ship with his third place effort, Kyle Lear recovered from an
early race spin to collect fourth and Sommey Lacey rounded
out the top ve. The lone heat for the 11 cars on hand went
to Mike Latham.
Kurt Zimmerman continued his late-season rush as he
posted his seventh feature win of the season in the 16-lap
street stock main event. Zimmerman took the lead from
Kevin Cooke on lap seven and would drive off uncontested
to post the win.
Cooke would hang tough for second, Craig Tankersley
took third, Kyle Nelson, who scored the 2009 street stock
title by seven points over Kurt Zimmerman, rallied back to
fourth after an early race tangle sent him to the pits with a
at tire, and JR Guy lled the front ve. Heats went to Mike
Reynolds and Kyle Nelson.
Elsewhere, Bud Pickeral took the win in the 25-lap
Dale Moore Sr. memorial hobby stock event after apparent
winner Kevin Nelson failed a post-race inspection. With his
ninth place run, Josh Dotson claimed the 2009 hobby stock
track title.
Kyle Vantassel won the battle and the war as he came
from 21st to score his fourth win of the season and his sec-
ond championship in a row in the 20-lap strictly stock fea-
ture. Buddy Dunagan was victorious for the sixth time this
season in the 10-lap hornet main, claiming his second con-
secutive track title as well.
Limited Late Model Feature Finish
1. Stevie Long 2. Derrick Quade 3. Tommy Wagner Jr.
4. Kyle Lear 5. Sommey Lacey 6. Mike Latham 7. Ben
Bowie 8. Paul Cursey 9. PJ Hatcher 10. Brandon Long
11. Fireball Latham
Street Stock Feature Finish
1. Kurt Zimmerman 2. Kevin Cooke 3. Craig Tanker-
sley 4. Kyle Nelson 5. JR Guy 6. Chris Nelson 7. Mike
Reynolds 8. Country Prince 9. Jason Murphy 10. Phil
Lange 11. Scott Wilson 12. Stephen Quade (DNS)
Diesel Lacrosse will host a girls lacrosse clinic for 9th-
12th graders on Sunday, Oct. 25, 9:15 a.m.- 4:30 p.m. at Dorsey
Park in Hollywood. Cost is $90. For more information, go to
www.diesellacrosse.com or www.leaguelineup.com/somdwo-
menslaxclub for sign-up sheet, clinic schedule and High Level
Girls Lacrosse staff.
Ice Hockey Registration
Registration is under way for Southern Maryland Sabres
recreational ice hockey. Register in person between 7-9 p.m.
on Sept. 10 at the Capital Clubhouse in Waldorf or register on-
line at www.somdsabres.org.
The Southern Maryland Sabres Hockey Club recreational
program is designed to provide hockey players an opportunity
to learn and develop skills in a team setting; it is also designed
to assure equal opportunity to participate for all skill levels.
Players of all skill levels are welcome; no tryouts
required.
The cost is $500 for the Mite/Atom Cross-Ice Program
(18 practices, jamborees, monthly skills clinics) and $750 for
the Squirts/PeeWee, Bantam program (18 practices, 8 home
games, tournament). The season begins in October and runs
through the end of February/early March.
Rec teams participate in the Capital Corridor Hockey
League, which is part of the Southeastern District of USA
Hockey (www.usahockey.com). The Sabres home arena is the
Capital Clubhouse in Waldorf (www.capitalclubhouse.com).
Ospreys Conducting Tryouts
The Southern Maryland Ospreys (Fast Pitch Softball
Travel Team) 18U team is searching for enthusiastic, hard-
working players to join the team. We currently have two
openings. Tryouts will be held on Monday and Wednesday
evenings from 6-8 p.m. at John Baggett Park. We are also
building a 10U team and have ve openings for new players.
Tryouts for the 10U team will be Saturdays from 10 a.m. to
noon at John Baggett Park beginning Sept. 19. If you have any
questions, please call 301-904-1654, or go to www.eteamz.
com/SMOSPREYS/.
Special Olympics Golf Tourna-
ment Registration Under Way
Registration for the 18th annual golf tournament to benet
Special Olympics St. Marys County and The Center for Life
Enrichment is open. The tournament will be held at Wicomico
Shores Golf Course on Friday, Oct. 2. It will be a Captains
choice foursome event with a shotgun start time of 9 a.m. Priz-
es for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place teams, putting contest and other
events will be awarded. Fee includes green fees, cart, refresh-
ments (during play) and a luncheon reception after the tourna-
ment. For more information or to register, call Laurie at 301-
373-8100 ext. *814.
Trossbach Co-Ed Tournament
Looking For Teams
The 12th annual Trossbach family memorial co-ed softball
tournament will be held Saturday, Oct. 17, and Sunday, Oct. 18,
at Chancellors Run Regional Park in Great Mills. Registration
is still open, but there is a 16-team maximum for the tourna-
ment. The rain dates are Saturday, Oct. 24, and Sunday, Oct.
25. The tournament, dedicated to the memory of David Tross-
bach and Bobby Wood, will hand out male and female MVP
awards as well as sponsor trophies handed out to the top four
teams. For more information, call Chip and Mary Lee Raley at
301-862-2024.
High School Lacrosse
Clinic Registration
Mechanicsvilles Long Grabs Second
Win in Potomac Regular Season Finale
The County Times
Thurs., Sept. 17
Boys Soccer
Westlake
at Chopticon, 6 p.m.
Leonardtown
at Great Mills, 6 p.m.
Girls Soccer
Chopticon
at Westlake, 6 p.m.
Field Hockey
St. Marys Ryken
at Good Counsel, 4 p.m.
Football
Great Mills
at Lansdowne, 5 p.m.
Chopticon
at Huntingtown, 7 p.m.
Fri., Sept. 18
Boys Soccer
St. Johns
at St. Marys Ryken, 4 p.m.
Girls Soccer
St. Marys Ryken
at St. Johns, 4 p.m.
Sat., Sept. 19
Football
St. Marys Ryken
at Bishop OConnell, 2 p.m.
Mon, Sept. 21
Boys Soccer
Great Mills
Field Hockey
St. Marys Ryken
at Elizabeth Seton, 4 p.m.
Leonardtown
Girls Soccer
Huntingtown
Volleyball
St. Marys Ryken
at Bishop McNamara,
5:30 p.m.
Tues., Sept. 22
Boys Soccer
Bishop McNamara
Girls Soccer
St. Marys Ryken
at Bishop McNamara, 4 p.m.
Girls Tennis
St. Marys Ryken
at Good Counsel, 4 p.m.
Wed., Sept. 23
Boys Soccer
Chopticon at Lackey, 6 p.m.
McDonough
Leonardtown
at Thomas Stone, 6 p.m.
Girls Soccer
Chopticon
at North Point, 6 p.m.
Thomas Stone
at Leonardtown, 6 p.m.
Field Hockey
Great Mills
Leonardtown
at Thomas Stone, 6 p.m.
Golf
Great Mills vs. Lackey/Mc-
Donough/Thomas Stone
at White Plains Golf Course,
4 p.m.
La Plata/Leonardtown
at Chopticon, 4 p.m.
Volleyball
Huntingtown
Bishop OConnell
Thomas Stone
at Leonardtown, 6 p.m.
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 pub-
lished, contact Chris Stevens at 301-373-
4125 or at chrisstevens@countytimes.net
SPECIAL NOTE:
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Temper, Temper
By Chris Stevens
Staff Writer
Life is frustrating, plain
and simple. We all have situ-
ations on a day to day basis
that do not work out in our
favor, leaving us feeling less
than our best. Sometimes,
we express ourselves in less
than rational ways. In a span
of ve days last week, we had
a legislator, a tennis star, and
a hip-hop egomaniac all, as
my grandmother used to say,
show their natural behinds in
a public setting that neither
was timely or appropriate.
We all saw Joe Wilson
of South Carolina call Presi-
dent Obama for all intents
and purposes a liar during
Obamas health care reform
speech last Wednesday. It
was an unexpected shock, not
because of what was said, but
the tenor in which the charge
was made. It was a loud burst
of fury, a momentary loss of
self-control. Wilson has since
apologized.
Late Saturday night at
the U.S. Open in Flushing,
N.Y., Serena Williams was
the next to go off, as she was
involved in a controversial
foot-fault call during her
semi-nal match again Bel-
gian Kim Clijsters.
Williams had already
been warned earlier in the
match for racket abuse (wont
someone think of the rack-
ets, please), but went over the
edge when the fault, which
appeared to be a bad call,
gave Clijsters match point.
Williams began using abu-
sive language towards the be-
leaguered lineswoman, at one
point saying she was going to
stuff a tennis ball down your
(expletive) throat.
The unsportsman-
like conduct penalty was
enough to give Clijsters the
win (she would go on to be-
come the rst mom to win
a United States Tennis As-
sociation Grand Slam match
since 1980) and left Ser-
ena $100,000 lighter in the
wallet.
However, the lowest of
them all happened Sunday
when Kanye West, an award-
winning hip-hop producer/
artist interrupted rising star
Taylor Swifts victory speech
at the MTV Video Music
Awards this past Sunday.
West cut the young country
singer off, saying that his
friend Beyonce had one of the
greatest videos of all time,
Single Ladies. The visibly
shaken Swift was given a
chance to have her moment,
when Beyonce graciously
stepped aside after she won
an award to let Taylor give
her speech.
They say death comes
in threes. Well, apparently
we can add unnecessary
outbursts to the list. Wilson,
Williams and West failed to
keep their emotions in check
and as a result, must suffer
the consequences from their
thoughtless tirades. Yes, life
is unfair, yes we all do things
we dont want to do ALL
of us. However, if we all just
went around ranting, raving
and throwing tantrums in
public view, our professional
and personal lives would not
live to see the light of the next
day.
Emotions are no excuse
for anyone to act a fool and
embarrass themselves and
others with their actions.
Hopefully the three snap
artists will learn this lesson
sooner rather than later.
Comments, questions,
complaints? Send em all
to Chris at chrisstevens@
countytimes.net.
09/17-23/2009
Fact
un Soccer is the worlds most popular sport. It is played by more
than 20 million people in more than 140 countries.
The County Times
Atlantic Baseball League Standings
(For games through Tues., Sept. 15)
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Second Annual Paint
the Park Pink Event Dubbed
A Major Success by Team Ofcials
The old adage of, He would give you
the shirt right off his back was evident re-
cently at Regency Furniture Stadium in
Waldorf as Southern Maryland Blue Crabs
fans expressed their passion for their favorite
player and raised $6,400 to help ght breast
cancer. As part of the teams second annual
Breast Cancer Awareness Night, Blue Crabs
players wore pink jersey tops and used pink
bats. Dozens of fans bid on these one-of-
a-kind items through the end of the fth in-
ning of Saturdays second game of a double-
header. When the game ended, and as the
total was announced to the crowd of over
5,300 fans, the players took off their jersey,
autographed it, and turned it over to the high
bidder. Civista was the games presenting
sponsor.
Hospital ofcials will earmark half of
the auctions proceeds to local breast cancer
survivor groups. The dollars will be used
for grassroots activities to further spread
the word about the dangers of the disease.
The other half of the money will be going to
the Brandon Greening Foundation for Male
Breast Cancer. In September of 2007, Bran-
don, who works locally as a driver for UPS,
was diagnosed with the disease more typi-
cally associated with females. Rather than
sit idly by, Brandon and his wife Connie de-
cided to ght back and spread the word that
men can get breast cancer too. They estab-
lished a foundation and use football as the
way to spread their message to a predomi-
nately male audience. For many years Bran-
don has coached football in Calvert County.
Blue Crabs Manager Butch Hobson
said that he and all the members of the team
were more than willing to paint the park pink
for this popular promotion. Hobson said,
My guys all have moms, wives, sisters, or
girlfriends too. Many families have been
touched by breast cancer in some form or
fashion. Hobson added, Last year, when
we used the pink bats we won that game 14 to
1. Hopefully the good luck will continue into
the playoffs. Unfortunately, the Blue Crabs
came up short in the nightcap of Saturdays
twin-bill. The Crabs lost to the Somerset Pa-
triots by a 3-2 nal score.
Between the two games, a group of
breast cancer survivors, including one local
woman who has been cancer free for 50-
years, received a standing ovation at home
plate from Blue Crabs fans. On cue the
women released several dozen pink helium
lled balloons into the night sky honoring
those who lost their battle to breast cancer.
According to gures from the American
Cancer Society over 40,000 American wom-
en die each year from the disease, making it
the second deadliest form of the disease in
women, surpassed only by lung cancer.
Blue Crabs General Manager Chris Al-
len said, The success of our two silent auc-
tions this past weekend are indicative of the
true colors of the fans that we are so fortunate
to have. Friday night our fans stepped up
and gave over $5,400 to support the Charles
County Hospice House. On Saturday, fans
dug deep into their wallets again, this time
raising $6,400 to ght breast cancer. Thats
close to $12,000 in only two days. All of
us associated with the Blue Crabs thank the
people of Southern Maryland for this great
support. Its humbling and it shows what be-
ing a supporter of Crustacean Nation is all
about.
BLUE CRABS FANS
RAISE $6,400 TO FIGHT
BREAST CANCER
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By Chris Stevens
Staff Writer
M O R G A N Z A
Chopticon eld hockey
coach Anne Valland-
ingham, by her own ac-
count, never rests during
a match.
Im never comfort-
able until the nal whis-
tle, Vallandingham said
after her Braves shut out
Huntingtown 2-0 Friday
afternoon, earning their
rst win of the 2009 sea-
son. Two goals is never
all youll need.
Turned out to be that
way, as the Braves scored
twice in the games rst 10
minutes, and let their suf-
focating defense handle
business from there.
We really wanted
to beat them, said senior
forward Nikki Downs,
who got the game-win-
ning goal just three min-
utes and 55 seconds into
the rst half. We played
Huntingtown in a scrimmage, they are a good team.
Downs attributed her goal to a wild scramble in front of the net and
just taking her best shot.
I didnt even think it was going to go in, she said. But it did.
Six minutes later, Jordan Grifth added another tally to make it 2-0
Chopticon, and the nal 50 minutes was a stalemate as both teams entered
each others territory, but never came close to scoring.
Vallandingham was proud of her teams effort, coming off a 4-1 loss
to defending SMAC champ Patuxent, citing that Huntingtown is always a
tough match-up for Chopticon (1-1) overall, 1-1 in conference play).
We always have good games with them, they always come ready
play, she said. But this team is gritty, thats my word for this season.
We feel real good, Downs says about the start of this current season.
We feel if we can compete with these teams, we can take on anybody.
Pax River Rugby Wins Opener
Saturday Sept 12, 2009 started the fall season for
Patuxent River Mens Rugby Football Club (RFC) host-
ing Rappahannock Rugby Football Club. Patuxent River
RFC plays all it home matches at the eld down by the
boat ramp on Clarks Landing Road.
The match started at 1 p.m. with the visiting team
from Fredericksburg, Va. Rappahannock kicking to
Patuxent River. It was a very intense defensive battle with
Rappahannock with
the Pax Men having
to pull together very
early to keep their op-
ponent from scoring
rst. The Pax Men
had been awarded a
penalty option and a
kick for points was
selected. Nate Feath-
erstone approached
the ball and the kick
was off its mark, play
continued on. Later
Pax was awarded an-
other penalty option
and Rookie tight head
prop Cory Donahoo
attempted a kick for
points. The ball had the
distance but missed it
mark. At the 25-min-
ute mark, Pax River
was able to break the
scoreless match with
the rst try of the day.
The try was awarded
to Brian Fox Hamlet
with Nate Featherstone
attempting the points
after try kick again the
kick missed it mark.
With about three minutes left in the half Pax River had a
try by Mike Lehman called back with the Referee calling
a knock-on by Pax and a scrum awarded to Rappahan-
nock. They were able to move the ball out of their end of
the pitch and the rst 40 minute half ended with the score
Pax 5, Rappahannock 0.
After a brief ve-minute half time break, Pax River
kicked off to Rappahannock to begin the second 40 min-
ute half. Twenty minutes into the second half Pax Rivers
left anker Brian Postus was able to receive the ball after
Rappahannock miss handled the ball and score the sec-
ond awarded try of the day. Nate Featherstone set up and
made the points after try kick. This made the score Pax 12
and Rappahannock 0.
Stephen Burso, Pax Rivers right anker, had a try
called back after picking up a ball that came out the side
of the scrum. The referee called the try back stating that
the ball had not been played by either of the teams front
row players. At the 31-minute mark, Pax Rivers fullback
Greg Renwick came at a full burst to receive a pass from
Right Flanker Stephen Burso just before being tackled.
Nate Featherstone set up and made the points after try
kick. This made the score Pax 19 and Rappahannock 0.
Just before this last try Pax River had one other try by
Right Wing Kenny Etheridge called back when he recov-
ered a ball along the touch line. The touch judge stated
that Kenny had stepped on the touch line and the Referee
awarded a line out Rappahannock at the spot that touch
was called.
Final score Pax 19, Rappahannock 0
For more information, go to www.paxrugby.com
Photo Courtesy of Larry Donmoyer
Photo Courtesy of Larry Donmoyer
Pax Winger Kenny Etheridge tackles a Rappahannock ball carrier.
Pax #8 Brian Fox Hamlet picking the ball from the back of the scrum being supported by Flanker Brain Postus.
Braves Blank
Huntingtown For
First Win
Photo By Chris Stevens
Sarah Jenkins of Chopticon moves the ball up
eld.
Chopticons Cheyenne Faunce and Huntingtowns Grace Fadley duel for pos-
session of the ball.
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Sp rts
By Chris Stevens
Staff Writer
LEONARDTOWN Hannah Thomas goal nine min-
utes and 50 seconds into the second half was the difference
that edged Bishop Ireton past St. Marys Ryken 2-1 in girls
soccer action Tuesday afternoon.
Its unfamiliar territory right now, rst-year head coach
Gena Miller said of rotating different players in different po-
sitions. Its not that Ireton had an advantage, we were at a
disadvantage because were trying to nd new positions for
the players.
The Knights scored rst when junior Alysse Houston
beat Cardinals goalie Joanna Faletti to the left corner nine
minutes and 10 seconds into the game. Just under seven min-
utes later. Ireton forward Gabriella Goddette took advantage
of a wild scramble in front of the net to tie the game at 1.
Early in the second half, Thomas shot from the right side
switched directions in the air and eluded goalie Kristina Bilos
grasp for the winner.
The result was dis-
appointing, but Miller
believes the Knights
are improving each day
and will break through
soon enough.
Each game,
although the score
doesnt reect it,
theyre nding con-
dence, Miller said.
Theyre playing
well together and nd-
ing each other.
chrisstevens@coun-
tytimes.net
By Chris Stevens
Staff Writer
LEONARDTOWN Due to rain-
fall at various points of the preseason
schedule, the Leonardtown boys soc-
cer team is now just getting in some
playing time.
If the Raiders 5-1 win over Cal-
vert Monday night is any indication,
they are indeed fast learners.
We didnt have any scrimmages
because of the weather, the Northern
game (a 4-1 loss on Sept. 10) was our
rst time on the eld, said Leonard-
town head coach Matt Reber. Today
was much better than that game. Were
getting used to each other.
The Raiders jumped out to an
early lead when junior Brendan Powell
scored just 20 seconds into the match.
Powell and senior Chris Jones scored
two goals each and Matthew Malone
added a goal for Leonardtown, Class
4A Eastern Region nalists one year
ago.
Were more than hungry, Jones
said of the desire to get back to the re-
gional nals. We want SMAC, but
our goal is to win every game and put
some goals in the back of the net.
The younger guys who were
here last year know what that experi-
ence was like, Powell said. Thats
where we expect to be and we want to
beat Severna Park or whoever it is we
play. Were really focused.
They see that it takes hard work,
Reber said of making a long postseason run. Every-
body, with each practice, theyre getting better.
Before they can get to that point, the Raiders (1-1
overall, 1-1 in conference play) will take on Great Mills
tonight at Hornet Stadium at 6 p.m. The two schools
have a budding rivalry, and with added incentive, Reber
is looking forward to the contest.
Its going to be nuts, he said. That was a great
game (a 1-1 tie) we played last year, so its unnished
business.
We play on the same club teams and we see them
out and about all the time, Powell said of Great Mills.
We dont want them to hold that game against us, so
itll be an intense week of practice.
The two teams will be playing in the rst-ever Bat-
tle of the Boot, with a trophy going to the winner.
Coach [Matt] Taggart and I have really worked
on getting this rivalry going, Reber said of the trophy
coming into play this season.
This game is what weve been looking forward to
since we started.
Knights Fall Short
Against Ireton
Raiders Roll Over Calvert,
Prepare For Great Mills
Photo By Frank Marquart
Photo By
Frank Marquart
Calverts Chris Roof and Matt Colon of Leonardtown eye possession
of the ball.
Chris Jones scored two goals as Leonardtown defeated
Calvert 5-1 Monday night in boys soccer.
Leonardtowns Andrew
Potts kicks the ball away
from the Cavaliers
Matthew Harris.
The Knights Dani Smith
dribbles the ball past Bish-
op Iretons Ciana Puglise.
Alysse Houston scored the Knights only
goal in a 2-1 loss to Bishop Ireton Tues-
day afternoon.
The County Times
Sp rts
High School Football
By John Hunt
Contributing Writer
The Leonardtown Raiders continued their tour
of Calvert County with a visit to Lusby last Friday
night to play the Patuxent Panthers.
Rain on Thursday and throughout the morning
on Friday made for a sloppy eld but the Panthers
controlled the ball
throughout the night
for a 41-0 victory.
Raiders coach
Anthony Pratley
said before the game
that the keys would
be controlling the
line of scrimmage
and stopping run-
ning back Frank Tai-
tano, as he had car-
ried for 279 yards on
29 carries in a Sept.
4 loss at Lackey.
Leonardt own
went three downs
and out on the rst
series, then the
Patuxent offensive
line went to work,
opening holes for
the quick Taitano as
they went down the
eld, and the drive
ended with a ve-
yard scoring run by
Taitano.
With 7:12 re-
maining in the sec-
ond quarter, with
the Raider defense
keying on Taitano,
quarterback Ed
Massengill faked
the inside handoff
and sprinted to the
outside for a 21-yard
touchdown run. Af-
ter a turnover and
a couple of
u n -
timely penalties on the Raiders, Taitano scored again
on a 12-yard run.
Tight End Brandon Hillegas nished the rst half
scoring for Patuxent with a ve-yard TD reception.
The second half started off with a long scoring
drive by the Panthers, highlighted by a 50-yard keep-
er by Massengill and was capped off with a nine-yard
TD pass to Hillegas. Massengill nished the game
with 132 yards
rushing on six car-
ries and was 7-of-
13 passing for 69
yards.
Taitano n-
ished off the scor-
ing with a 62-yard
TD run late in the
3rd quarter.
His game to-
tals included 142
yards on 23 carries
and a fumble recov-
ery on defense.
The Panthers
starters came out
of the game for the
entire 4th quarter
and the
Raiders had
their best opportu-
nity to score with 30
seconds in the game
after Wysocki led
them down the eld
to the six-yard line
and hit his receiver
on a perfect slant in
the end zone but the
pass was dropped,
ending the threat.
W y s o c k i
nished with 36
yards rushing de-
spite having two
long runs called
back by penalties
and he was 5-of-13
passing.
The Raiders
will play at home
for the rst time
this season against
Northern
Tonight at
7 p.m. Northern
starts off the season
at 0-2 with losses
to North Point and
Huntingtown.
johnhunt @coun-
tytimes.net
By Chris Stevens
Staff Writer
Looking to build on their season-opening win, the Great Mills
football team was undermined by a questionable late call and offensive
mistakes, as Calvert took a 21-14 decision from the Hornets Friday
night.
We played
well offensively,
we just made
a couple of
turnovers after
long drives,
said Hornets
head coach Bill
Grifth. We
cant blame it on
that one call.
The call in
question came
after Calvert
missed a eld
goal attempt
late in the
fourth quarter
that would have
given the Cav-
aliers a 16-14
lead. Howev-
er, the Hornets
were called for
a roughing the
kicker penalty,
giving Calvert
a new lease on
life.
Caval iers
senior running
back Daiquan
Garner scored
his second
touchdown of the game from 10 yards out to give Calvert, who has
beaten Leonardtown and Great Mills in successive weeks, the win.
The ball just seems to be bouncing their way right now, Grifth
said of the Cavaliers fortunes against St. Marys County to start the
season. Theyre just getting some good bounces and good breaks.
Grifth was still pleased with the effort, but realizes the team still
has some work to do.
I cant stay down on them for long, they played their butts off
tonight, Grifth said. Weve got a short week ahead, so well get
back to work tomorrow.
Brian Jenner ran and threw for both Great Mills touchdowns on
the evening, and now the Hornets will turn their attention to Lansd-
owne High School of Baltimore County. The game will be played
at Lansdowne this evening at 5 p.m.
Theyll run a 3-4 defense at us, they run a lot of option like
we do, so were very similar, Grifth said. Well make our ad-
justments and be ready to go.
Calvert 21, Great Mills 14
1 2 3 4 Final
Calvert High (2-0) 0 0 13 8 21
Great Mills (1-1) 6 0 8 0 14
Great Mills - Jenner 1 run (kick failed)
Calvert - Garner 1 run (kick good)
Great Mills - Wilkerson 10 pass from Jenner (Johnson pass from Jenner)
Calvert - Johnson 11 pass from Lanham (kick failed)
Calvert - Garner 1 run (Johnson pass from Lanham)
Panthers Run Over Leonardtown
Mistakes Cost Hornets
Against Calvert
Patuxent 41, Leonardtown 0
1 2 3 4 Final
Leonardtown (0-2) 0 0 0 0 0
Patuxent (1-1) 7 21 13 0 41
Patuxent Taitano 5 run (Maratta Kick)
Patuxent Massengill 12 run (kick failed)
Patuxent Taitano 12 run (pass failed)
Patuxent Hillegas 5 pass from Massengill (Massengill run)
Patuxent Hillegas 9 pass from Massengill
(Brand pass from Massengill)
Patuxent Taitano 62 run (kick failed)
A host of Raiders
bring down Patux-
ents Frank Taitano
in Friday Nights
SMAC football
game.
Leonardtowns Drew Wysocki hands the ball off
to Michael Molina.
Brian Jenner accounted for two touchdowns in Great
Mills 21-14 loss to Calvert.
The County Times
Sp rts
High School Football
By John Hunt
Contributing Writer
When the season started, Chopticon
Coach Tony Lisanti knew he had a tough battle
ahead after losing 20 of 22 starting players to
graduation.
On top of that, the Braves have to face
what another SMAC coach called the tough-
est schedule in the state with games to begin
the season against Westlake, Gwynn Park,
Huntingtown and Northpoint as well as games
against McDonough and Patuxent.
Lisanti saw improvement on Saturday by
his team even though it was
not shown on the scoreboard in a 33-0
loss at home to Gwynn Park.
After the heavy rains of Thursday and
Friday, the game was pushed back to Satur-
day morning under beautiful sunny skies. The
eld was sloppy and there was some hope that
the conditions would slow down the speedy
Yellow Jackets.
Gwynn Park comes into this season with
a new spread-type offense with all plays be-
ing called at the line of scrimmage with sig-
nals by the coaches. Early in the game the
Jackets seemed confused as they ran off
large chunks of clock just getting set to
run the plays. After they gured it out,
however, the balanced offensive at-
tack took over.
In the rst quarter running
back Khalek Shepherd took charge
behind a
small, but technically sound,
offensive line, rushing for touch-
downs of 12 and eight yards.
Chopticon had its opportuni-
ties in the rst half, but turnovers
and untimely penalties ended two
drives.
Gwynn Park started to use
their passing game in the second
quarter with quarterback Mark Lu-
cas connecting on a scoring pass of
36 yards to Al Green. The third quar-
ter started with a long Jackets drive
culminating with a 34-yard pass by Lu-
cas to Aaron Lewis for a touchdown. Lu-
cas completed 11 of 16 passes for 176 yards.
Midway through the 4th quarter, Shep-
herd scored again getting outside on a 75 yard
TD run. Shepherd nished the game with 172
yards rushing on 15 carries.
After the game Lisanti said he was hap-
py with the fact that his players did not give up
and were starting to complete their blocking
assignments better.
Week three brings another tough running
back to face Chopticon as the Braves head
to Huntingtown tonight at 7. Huntingtown is
2-0 after knocking off Northern 36-7 behind
the 197 yards rushing and 3 TDs by Greg
Goodwin.
johnhunt@countytimes.net
Publishers Note: John Hunt is the father of
Chopticon quarterback Matthew Hunt
By Chris Stevens
Staff Writer
LEXINGTON PARK It may not have been their regular stadium, but the St. Marys Ryken
football team made themselves right at home at John G. Lancaster Park Friday night.
With a rejuvenated running game, the Knights picked up their rst win of the season, a
dominating 40-0 triumph over Mt. Zion Baptist Academy, setting a team record for points in a
game in the process.
This win was good for the kids, said Knights head coach Bob Harmon. Weve had some
troubles, but tonight we played WCAC football.
Football in the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference is run-based. With the Knights
top two running backs (John Smith IV and Marlowe Wood) injured, Ryken turned to freshman
Aaron Carroll, who picked up his rst varsity touchdown on a ve-yard run to the left side to give
the Knights a 14-0 cushion early in the rst quarter.
Aaron stepped in and played really well, said senior receiver Wayne Hicks, who caught a
seven-yard touchdown pass from Chris Rixey to open the scoring. He stepped u p
real big and played great.
Aside from Carroll, senior Peter Martin, who normally lines up as
a wide receiver on offense, saw signicant time at running back, help-
ing Ryken total 115 yards and four scores on the ground.
Im a spread guy, I like the throw the ball, Harmon admit-
ted. But for us to succeed, weve got to run the ball.
Its really important, Rixey said of Ryken establishing
a ground attack. We saw it was really working for us and it
helped us out tonight.
Thats not to say Rixey didnt have his chances to air it
out. Aside from his rst-half scoring toss to Hicks, Rixey
also completed a 53-yard catch and go with Aaron GoFreed
that triggered a running clock after the Knights took a 40-0
lead.
It feels like a weight has been lifted off your shoul-
ders, Rixey said of the teams rst win in 2009. We know
if we come out, play aggressive and stay focused that we
can compete with anybody.
For Bob Harmon, the celebration for him was short, as
he told his team to prepare for a trip to Bishop OConnell this
coming Saturday at 2 p.m.
I denitely want our kids to enjoy it, Harmon said of
the win. Tomorrow, were right back to work.
Chopticon Shutout by Gwynn Park
Gwynn Park 33, Chopticon 0
1 2 3 4 Final
Gwynn Park (2-0) 13 7 6 7 33
Chopticon (0-2) 0 0 0 0 0
Gwynn Park Shepherd 12 run (kick failed)
Gwynn Park Shepherd 8 run (Carson kick)
Gwynn Park Green 36 pass from Lucas (Carson kick)
Gwynn Park Lewis 34 pass from Lucas (kick failed)
Gwynn Park Shepherd 75 run (Carson kick)
Photo By John Hunt
Photo By John Hunt
Chopticon and Gwynn Park battle for position on the eld Saturday afternoon.
Chopticons Matthew Hunt hands the ball off to
running back Nick Fuhrman.
St. Marys Ryken 40, Mt. Zion Baptist 0
1 2 3 4 Final
Mt. Zion (0-3) 0 0 0 0 0
Ryken (1-2) 14 19 7 0 40
Ryken - Hicks 7 pass from Rixey (Anderson Kick)
Ryken - Carroll 5 run (Anderson kick)
Ryken - Rixey 8 run (Anderson kick)
Ryken - Martin 10 run (kick failed)
Ryken - Rixey 9 run (kick failed)
Ryken - GoFreed 53 pass from Rixey (Anderson kick)
Knights Cruise In
Home Opener
Photo By
Chris Stevens
Knights quarterback
Chris Rixey barks
out signals during
Rykens 40-0 victory
over Mt. Zion Baptist
at Lancaster Park
Friday night.
The St. Marys Ryken defense suffocated Mt. Zion Baptist all night long as the Knights picked up their
rst win of the season.
THURSDAY
September 17, 2009
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at Local High School
Local Man Running
Weather Web Site
Ryken Thumps Mt. Zion
in Home Opener
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