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While residents in the northern part of St. Mary’s County enjoyed a parade and fireworks show in Golden Beach on Saturday, those in the middle and southern areas were treated to a carnival, live music and a fireworks show at the Hollywood Firehouse.

Gary Litten, standing in his yard, shows how close his neighbor’s abandoned and damaged house is to his property. While Friday’s storm took down trees across the county, this house still has trees on it from Hurricane Irene.

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The Golden Beach community went ahead with its annual parade, picnic and fireworks festival

on Saturday, after a surprise storm pounded the community the night before.

“Things are not as plentiful as the administration would have us believe.”

- Tommy Zinn, Calvert Waterman’s Association President, talking about the recent crab harvest.

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Back in February Hal Wil-lard and Chuck Jacobs, two men who work at the drill hall on Na-val Air Station Patuxent River, were told there was a problem with one of the players on the rac-quetball court.

They thought maybe it was an injured knee or someone got hit with a racquet; when they got there they found 50-year-old Rusty Medford unconscious face-down against the wall.

“I knew who it was,” Willard said. “He wasn’t breathing and he was starting to turn blue.”

Jacobs began to administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) while Willard ran back to get a respirator from his office, when he got back both men were able to revive Medford and save his life.

“It’s a day where you don’t want to lose, you want to win,” Jacobs said of those critical few minutes between life and death.

Both Willard and Jacobs received commendations this week for their actions.

Both were humbled by the accolades bestowed upon them by county and state elected leaders.

“I guess we did what we had to do but we certainly don’t deserve this,” Willard said as both received their awards.

Keith Fairfax, past president and now chaplain for the Bay Dis-trict Volunteer Fire Department, said that both men received life saving training that anyone can and should learn.

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Medford, who was not at the awards ceremony, released a state-ment praising and thanking both men for making sure he didn’t die that day.

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An unmanned air vehicle used in combat reconnaissance missions around the world by the U.S. military that crashed last month on the Eastern Shore has been cleaned up, officials with the U.S. Navy said Tuesday.

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The latest storms brought down still more trees in St. Mary’s County just like Hurricane Irene did back in August of last year, but on Point Lookout Road near Redgate Gary Litten has been contending with an abandoned property right next to his home with a tree that has been laying on it for a year.

The continued blight has put a blemish on the neighborhood, he said, and worse it has become a dumping ground and a haven for pests.

“It’s just sitting here in limbo, it just keeps getting worse,” Litten said. “This has been going on for years.”

Litten also suspects that vandals are attracted to the house for whatever may be left of any precious metals, as he has found wires leading to the house missing.

“It’s happening right under my nose either at night or when I’m not here,” Lit-ten said.

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Phil Shire, head of the land use depart-ment, said that because the home would be declared an unsafe structure the county could take action to at least board it up.

But short of being declared unsafe, the county’s regulations on such properties did not allow much enforcement.

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a list of recommendations from a task force assigned to look at the problem, but those recommendations have yet to be adopted, Shire said.

Shire said the home was set to be de-clared an unsafe structure Tuesday, and ef-forts would be made to contact the property owner.

Brian Taylor, code enforcement coor-dinator for the land use department, said the process to actually have an unsafe home demolished is a long and arduous one.

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guard against casual entry,” Taylor said. “It’s a long drawn out process … to get a judge to let us tear the house down.”

If the county were able to raze the structure, Taylor said, it would likely have to recompense the owner.

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Photo by Guy LeonardGary Litten, standing in his yard, shows how close his neighbor’s abandoned and damaged house is to his property.


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On the first day of August the Farm Service Agency (FSA) for Calvert County will close its doors and consolidate with its regional partner in St. Mary’s County, due to increasing budget pres-sures from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

“It’s all budget driven and it’s filtered down,” said Linda Slacum, acting executive di-rector for the Maryland Farm Service Agency. “Producers will still have the option to go to St. Mary’s, Charles, Prince George’s or Anne Arun-del counties.”

Slacum said that Calvert farmers will have to drive farther for services the agency provid-ed, such as critical record keeping of their crop yields year to year which are in turn used to cal-culate how much disaster aid they can receive if storm or drought destroy their work.

“We’ll continue to keep those records for them just in St. Mary’s County or in another county that they choose,” Slacum said.

If producers do not name a county office where they want their records kept they will by default go to the St. Mary’s office in Leonard-town located on Radio Station Way.

As the weather continues to heat up and rainfall remains in relatively short supply farm agencies are ramping up to administer more crop disaster funds should the federal government de-clare them necessary.

“Now that it’s getting dry we’ll be looking at that, too,” Slacum said.

No one who worked at the Calvert FSA will lose their jobs as a result of the office shutting down, Slacum said, but will be moved to other offices around the state.

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crabs for the 4th of July,” predicted Tommy Zinn, president of the Cal-vert County Watermen’s Association. “We’ve had a very slow June.”

Zinn said watermen have had only mediocre results with using crab pots to capture the popular crustacean while trotlines have yielded even less.

He said watermen in the South-ern Maryland area have reported get-ting only one bushel of legal crabs for a whole morning of trotlining, while they are only getting two bushels for every 100 crab pots put out in local waters.

Watermen have said they were skeptical of dredge surveys of the Chesapeake Bay and surrounding waters that claimed that the number of crabs was at the highest level since 1997.

“These things are not as plentiful as the administration would have us believe,” Zinn said.

The administration made their announcement back in April that the total crab population reached an esti-mated 460 million.

The 2011 yields for crabs were also high at 89 million pounds harvest-ed, they said, the highest since 1993.

The administration touted the restrictions placed on crab harvests in 2008 when populations were at an extreme low as contributing to the re-surgence in hard crabs.

The problem, watermen say, is that while the overall population of crabs may be high many of them are too young to bring to market legally.

“They’re just too small, some of them are just an inch-and-a-half,” said Mike Simmons owner of Crab Knock-ers in Leonardtown in St. Mary’s County. “There’s a scarcity of harvest-able crabs.”

An employee at his storefront said crabs have become so scarce in local waters that one waterman who usually brought in several bushels for sale only brought in six pounds worth one day last week.

The prices for jumbo crabs by the bushel was also close to $200, according to the price board at his establishment.

“It’s horrible,” Simmons said of the shortage.

Zinn said that crab harvests in places like the Eastern Shore have had their “peaks and valleys” with some good weeks and some slow weeks, while in the Potomac River watermen have reported an equally slow season with almost no profitability.

Small crabs continue to eat bait set out for the larger harvestable ones, he said.

“We’re glad to see little crabs but it doesn’t put any money in our pockets,” Zinn said.

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A study released by Change Mary-land, a think tank that opposes many of the economic and fiscal policies enacted by Gov. Martin O’Malley, stated that recent data shows some larger counties are losing more of their residential tax base than they are bringing in, but counties like St. Mary’s have some of the most robust growth in that category.

The study relies on statistics from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) taken from 2009 to 2010, and the study claims the data shows some Marylanders are leaving the state, putting its revenue gathering ability in the lurch.

“A growing tax base is the ultimate win/win situation in public policy,” said group founder Larry Hogan. “… conversely a shrinking tax base often leads to a trouble-some tax-and-spend downward spiral.”

The study shows St. Mary’s tax base grew by a little more than one percent for the time analyzed in the study, while Montgom-ery County, one of the wealthiest counties in the state and the nation has stumbled slight-ly, losing .07 percent of its tax base.

St. Mary’s tax base growth is the third highest in the state, according to the analy-sis, bested only by Kent County’s 1.55 per-cent increase and Worchester County’s 2.07 percent.

Baltimore County has faired the worst out of all 24 jurisdictions, with a 1.41 percent decrease in its tax base, the study claimed.

Change Maryland claims the state lost $1.7 billion of its tax base in the three years between 2007 and 2010, and in that period of time, 31,000 residents left the state, taking about $390 million in tax revenues with them.

Debate has continued in the past several years over whether increases in taxes, particu-larly on high-income earners, to bridge state deficits have encouraged many residents to leave Maryland for states that tax them less.

Todd Eberly, a professor of political sci-ence at St. Mary’s College of Maryland, said that there was “no question” that Maryland as a whole was less attractive than other states like Virginia when it comes to income tax rates.

“People are moving away from where it’s crowded,” Eberly said. “People also choose to live where their dollar goes further.”

Eberly said the study showed the “prom-ise and the peril of Plan Maryland.”

Plan Maryland is the O’Malley adminis-tration’s directive to restrict growth in more rural areas of the state and revitalize and reuse much of the infrastructure and development in the larger urban areas.

“Enacting policies contrary to where people want to live does not make sense,” Eberly said. “That’s one of the perils of Plan Maryland.”

Change Maryland spokesman Jim Pet-tit said that the study analysis was geared to-wards arguing against many of the state’s tax policies.

“They’re not working,” Pettit said. “We’ve raised taxes and fees 24 times since 2007.”

Local Tax Base Growth Among Best in State


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Fatal Motor Vehicle CollisionOn Saturday at approximately 10:15

p.m., a 2012 Ford Focus operated by Keith Raymond Hanson, 39, of Frisco, Texas, was traveling on First Colony Boulevard attempt-ing to make a left turn onto northbound Three Notch Road in California, when a 2002 Dodge Durango operated by Randy Phillip Whiten, 39, of Mechanicsville, was traveling southbound on Three Notch Road. Whiten failed to stop at a red light and collided with the Ford, police said, which was proceeding on a green light. Hanson was flown to Prince George’s Hospital Center’s Shock Trauma unit where he succumbed to his injuries. Pas-sengers in the Ford included a 39-year-old fe-male and an 8-year-old female both of Frisco, Texas, who were flown to area hospitals. The driver of the Dodge was treated and released at the scene. The Sheriff’s Office Accident Reconstruction Team assumed the investiga-tion. It does not appear alcohol was a contrib-uting factor, police said. Anyone who may have information concerning this collision please contact Sgt. Edward B. Evans at (301) 475-4200 Ext. 9018

Two Arrested in Pill StingVice narcotics detectives began com-

municating with suspect Lindsey Nicole Wil-liams, 20, about purchasing oxycodone. Wil-liams has a history of both selling drugs and stealing money of potential drug purchasers, police allege. A meeting was arranged and Williams was arrested. Detectives were able to identify a residence she was staying at in the Leonardtown area and with the assistance of

the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Emer-gency Services Team, a search and seizure warrant was executed. Detectives recovered oxycodone drug paraphernalia and suspected stolen items, police said. John Thomas Heis-ton, 29, was located inside the residence and he was arrested on open warrants from both Charles and St. Mary’s counties. Additional charges are pending against both suspects.

Woman Charged in Knife AssaultOn Monday, deputies responded to an

assault on Flower Drive in Lexington Park. The investigation revealed Angela Lee Kolbe, 20, of Lexington Park became involved in an argument with the victim which escalated when Kolbe retrieved a knife, pointed it at the victim and threatened to stab the victim, police alleged. Deputy Foor located the knife on Kolbe’s person, police said, and Kolbe was arrested and charged with first-degree assault.

Police: Man Chokes Teen GirlOn Monday, deputies responded to an

assault on Manor Road in Mechanicsville where the investigation revealed James Brett Reed, 52, of Mechanicsville became upset with the victim, a 17-year old female, and al-legedly pushed and choked the victim. Cor-poral Johnson arrested Reed and charged him with second-degree assault and child abuse.

Burnt Spoon Mark Leads to ArrestOn Friday, DFC Stone responded to a

suspicious activity call involving possible controlled dangerous substance violations

on Jonquil Lane in California. As Stone ap-proached the residence, he observed a male leaving. Stone made contact with Christopher Daniel Walker, 23, of Lexington Park and while speaking with Walker, Stone observed a burnt spoon mark with soot on Walker’s leg, police said. A probable cause search of Walker was conducted resulting in the recov-ery of two used syringes and an aluminum can with suspected oxycodone residue on it. A suspected suboxone dissolvable strip and oxycodone pill was also located on Walker’s person, police alleged. Stone arrested Walker and charged him with two counts of CDS

possession of paraphernalia and two counts of CDS possession – not marijuana.

Woman Charged in California AssaultOn July 2, 2012, deputies responded to

a domestic assault on Baringer Drive in Cali-fornia where the investigation revealed Tif-fany Rae Stiffarm, 29, of California, became involved in an argument with the victim which escalated when Stiffarm allegedly be-gan striking the victim and ripping the shirt from the victim’s body. Deputy Green ar-rested Stiffarm and charged her with second degree assault.

Thursday, July 5, 2012 14The County TimesSpotlight On

Learning to Fly

Federal Changes Affect Local Schools

Tech Center Students ‘Skilled and Motivated’

By Alex PanosStaff Writer

Kids from the tri-county area got a taste for the air on Saturday, as they soared 1,500 feet above the ground in free airplane rides, courtesy of the Experimental Aircraft Association chapter 478.

In recognition of Young Eagles Day, volunteer pilots – all licensed by the Federal Aviation Administration – took kids on a 20-minute tour in the sky to Broomes Island

and around Leonard-town, before returning to St. Mary’s Regional Airport.

In some cases, the kids even flew the pilots, EAA member Sid Wood said. The pilots showed each Young Eagle the basic steering mechanics and techniques. Once the kids felt comfortable in the air, Wood explained to The County Times, pilots gave up the controls and let the kids direct the

plane.Wood was in charge of providing pre-

flight instruction for the kids. Using a plane with no hood, leaving every wire and en-gine part visible to the wide-eyed children, he explained in basic terms how planes work.

Young Eagles Day coordinator Joe Spelz said 12 volunteer pilots took a total of 127 kids in the air throughout the day, the most during his tenure – and much more than the 80 to 100 participants the EAA was expecting.

On top of the large turnout, he said four of the sixteen expected volunteer pilots could not make the event because of storm related power outages the night before.

Despite it all, Spelz said the event was extremely successful, due in large part to all the help from the Civil Air Patrol and St. Mary’s County officials.

“They do a tremendous job every year,” Spelz said.

With the continued support of the community and similar organizations, St.

Mary’s County based EAA Chapter 478 continues to contribute to the always in-creasing 1.6 million kids the EAA has flown over the last 20 years.

While the number of children the EAA has brought in the air is impressive, the sta-tistic the association is most proud of, Wood said, is its perfect safety record.

“We take the time to escort everyone on and off the aircrafts,” Wood said. “It’s a bit more time consuming and not as ef-ficient, but it’s why we’ve never had an accident.”

Wood said that along with the impor-tance of safety, they are conscientious with each child because the main goal of Young Eagles Day is not only to educate young people on aircrafts, but to also inspire them to be all they can be.

“We’re not trying to make pilots,” Wood said. “We’re trying to show them there’s a whole bigger world they can’t imagine, and how to utilize it.”

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EAA Chapter 478 member Sid Wood gives kids an orientation before they took to the skies on Satur-day during the group’s Young Eagles Day.


The St. Mary’s County Board of Education learned recently they may lose up to 9 percent of government provided Title One funds due to the recently approved waiver in the 2001 Federal No Child Left Behind Program.

Title One funds are given to schools in the highest poverty areas to provide additional staff and materials to create as many opportunities for the kids to excel as possible. Currently, the four schools receiving Title One funds in St. Mary’s are Lexington Park, Carver, Green Holly and Park Hall elementary.

Kelly Hall, Director of Elementary Educa-tion, Title 1 and the Judy Center, said the fed-eral government informed the St. Mary’s School Board they may give them as much funding as they received last year, but to be prepared for a as much as a 9 percent sequester of funds.

To compensate for this uncertainty, Hall is preparing two plans moving forward. Plan A as-sumes all they will realize the entire 9 percent reduction, and Plan B assumes the county will receive all of the Title 1 funds it did last year.

“We’re in a time of tremendous transition,” Hall said.

The waiver to the 2001 Federal No Child Left Behind Program gives public schools in Maryland some breathing room.

The state is no longer required to have all students be proficient in math and reading by 2014.

The program’s waiver cuts the target rate of 100 percent proficient students in two years to a more realistic timeline.

Director of Teacher Learning and Profes-sional Development Jeff Maher said the baseline

for the program is now set at last year’s data, cre-ating a more sensible standard for the progress expected to be made by the students. Schools will now adjust annual goals based on the data of previous years.

While schools throughout the state must adapt to the new waiver in different ways, Mher said schools here will be focusing primarily on working towards a transition to “common core” state standards – a more universal set of stan-dards that has been adopted by multiple states in order to create more consistent curriculum.

Maher also explained the transition allows teachers and principals in the public school sys-tem to transfer their energy to the new curricu-lum. Each school will identify progress based on year-to-year statistics as opposed to compari-sons with other schools that may have different demographics.

“It will increase the productivity,” Maher said.

The waiver also replaces the Maryland School Assessment (MSA) test with the Partner-ship for Assessment of Readiness of College and Careers (PARCC) exam. Maher said the PARCC exam is expected to prepare the students with material used by multiple states – similar to the common core concept – and will allow principals and teachers to focus on the new curriculum.

Maher believes the program “absolute-ly” gives flexibility to St. Mary’s County as they transition to a new method of identifying progress.

“We are glad to have the opportunity to move to new standards toward targets of contin-ued improvement,” Maher said.

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Students from the James A. Forrest Career and Technology Center put their skills on display in Kansas City, Mo., last week at the National Leadership and Skills Conference.

The participants included three students involved in skills com-petition who qualified for the event by winning first place at the Mary-land state competition, as well as five students who participated in the leadership conference.

Mayokun Ojo was elected as a Skills USA National Officer.Liza Grider, dental assisting participant, won the national silver medal for her

field. A recent graduate of Leonardtown High School, Grider has been honing her craft at the Tech Center for the last two years.

Amber Major, FirstAid/CPR participant, finished sixth and Nick Fernald put three years of knowledge to the test in the Aviation Maintenance Technology competition.

Ryan Sclasky, Markya Reed, Alyssa Sullivan and Alex Theriot rounded out Southern Maryland’s representation as National Voting Delegates.

Skills USA advisor Bonnie Skinner said the competition floor was the size of 16 football fields. Hundreds of people, including many employers, were on hand spec-tating throughout the week. Grider and Fernald hope to use the experience to propel them into potential job opportunities.

“Liza met a lot of people, so did Nick, where they could get jobs,” Skinner said. Theriot told the County Times the experience and knowledge she has gained

throughout the Skills USA program has been valuable, and has given her opportuni-ties to meet industry professionals.

“This experience has taught me how to present myself professionally as well as how to reach the top in today’s job force.”

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Bottom from left Nick Fernald, Liza Grider, Ryan Sclasky, Markya Reed. Top from left Amber Major, Mayokun Ojo, Alex Theriot, Alyssa Sullivan, advisor Bonnie Skinner

Thursday, July 5, 201215 The County TimesSpotlight On

Local Teens LEAD the WayBy Carrie MunnContributing Writer

Forty-seven students from Calvert, Charles and St. Mary’s counties arrived at LEAD camp on Sunday, June 24, with enthu-siasm for the journey they were about to un-dertake. For the third year, LEAD offered a chance for the region’s teens to develop their communication, teamwork and leadership skills, enabling them to carry those lessons forward into their schools and communities.

The camp is a four-day, three-night learning opportunity offered by Leadership Southern Maryland (LSM) and the Maryland Leadership Workshops (MLW), held at St. Mary’s College of Maryland.

In many ways, the LEAD camp draws from the same principles as LSM, an in-dependent non-profit which offers a nine-month leadership development program in the tri-county area. But instead of executives, the camp is geared specifically toward 10th, 11th and 12th grade students, enabling them to learn what leadership really is and gain a heightened awareness of the critical issues af-fecting these neighboring counties.

Counselors not only instruct the LEAD delegates through a series of workshops and activities, but they also develop a rapport with the teenagers and help them see just how far their newly-acquired skills can take them.

Kori Jones has participated in MLW programs for seven years and is currently a program manager for Howard County’s De-partment of Recreation and Parks. He said the transformation in these delegates in a short period of time is intense, adding it’s a rewarding experience to witness that growth.

Sterling Grimes, an eighth year staffer, is currently a teacher in Philadelphia. Calling himself “ancient” at age 23, he said he and the other counselors are able to relate to the delegates. “We try to bring in a good level of rigor,” Grimes said. “These kids can take the skills they gain here and use them every-where … these professional concepts won’t be foreign to them and they’ll go out and be ahead of the pack.”

This year, thanks to the generosity of business and community sponsors, 15 stu-dents, 32 percent, were able to receive full or partial scholarships to attend the camp.

The delegates took a day to get ac-quainted with their surroundings, the rules and the basic concepts of what leadership means and the many perspectives that shape its broad definition. They participated in ice-breaker activities, getting to know their peers

and counselors in small groups.Workshops taught the delegates more

about self awareness, group dynamics, lead-ership roles and styles, effective communica-tion and presentation skills, project manage-ment and diversity. And during their social activity and recreation time, friendships were established and strengthened.

Molly Cook, a Leonardtown High School junior, said she enjoyed the intellectu-ally challenging experience the LEAD camp offered, adding she planned to follow it up with a more physically strenuous camp this summer.

Many students said they had participated before and enjoyed the experience or gained so much they decided to attend again. Many staffers, like Donald Shubrooks and Amanda Werrell, also said LEAD had brought them back in a different capacity.

“I just love the program and the rest of the staff, so getting to come back and work with them again is just great,” said Werrell, a Leonardtown graduate and current sopho-more at Middlebury College.

An added feature to this year’s LEAD experience was a hands-on field trip that took delegates across campus to the water-front, where they learned and worked along the St. Mary’s River Watershed Association (SMRWA) in a full-scale oyster restoration lesson and restoration effort.

500,000 local, cage-grown oysters were “planted” in the St. Mary’s River with the help of LEAD delegates and a bevy of volunteers.

Environmental and aquatic life experts oversaw oyster dissections, lessons on the Marylanders Grow Oysters program, spat counts, water quality sampling, seining and species identification. The tactile experience brought delegates up close and personal with creatures and the concern for clean water-sheds throughout Southern Maryland.

“I don’t think [SMRWA Executive Di-rector] Bob Lewis really knows how much what he’s doing impacts our program,” said Grace Fischer, LSM Program Manager.

By Wednesday, the delegates’ last day at camp, many whom started off shy had found a friend or two to share laughs with between and during activities.

Fifteen-year-old Tysonia Gorrick said, in addition to learning how to make smart goals and accomplish them, how to work well in groups and to identify her own leadership style, she really enjoyed meeting all the other students. “I made a lot of friends and became closer with some of the ones I already had,” she said.

St. Mary’s Ryken junior Caitlyn “Kim-my” DeLuca shared that one of many great memories from LEAD experience this year was when her team, counselors included, gathered in a circle, wrapped their arms around each other and sang “Lean on Me”.

Others seemed to exude confidence when it came time to present their group synthesis projects. In front of their peers, parents and a panel of LSM board members, the two groups offered thoroughly thought out solutions to shared problems. One group focused on the lack of awareness about the oyster restoration effort and the degrading environment while the other tackled the lack

of adequate and variety-conscious recreation facilities for teens in Southern Maryland.

A secret ballot on the last day was taken to see who had grown the most during the camp and that winner, to be announced Aug. 18, will be granted a full scholarship to MLW next summer.

LSM Executive Director Karen Hol-comb said each year the group is honored to work with the terrific teenagers and caring families in our communities. “It’s always a renewing experience for everyone associated with the LEAD program,” she said.

“Our future is bright with such capable young adults in our midst.”

Photos by Carrie MunnLEAD 2012 delegates aid in the local oyster restoration effort, one cage at a time, during their collabora-tion with the St. Mary’s River Watershed Association.

A group of Southern Maryland high-schoolers join their Maryland Leader-

ship Workshop counselor and exercise their group work skills during an

"action planning" period.


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What Does a Judge Actually Do?

Silver Lining?

Mission of Mercy

Anyone driving the roads in St. Mary’s County must know that there is an election coming up for Judge of the Circuit Court. Judges are an important part of our govern-ment and before making a decision on which candidate I would support, I thought I would do a little research.

I was wondering what kinds of things a judge in circuit court would be dealing with. I found it hard to believe that all they did was run trials and sentence people to jail. I looked up a court docket to see exactly what was go-ing on. This is what I found.

Most of the cases, more than 70 per-cent, didn’t involve criminals. They covered child and elder guardianship, divorce, spousal abuse with restraining orders, child support, disputes over services and money, estates and

wills, real estate matters, employment con-tracts, sales contracts, bankruptcy, personal injury, insurance and other non-criminal matters.

Now, there are a few people I would like to strangle at times, but don’t really expect to do so, so I don’t expect to appear in court as a criminal. I can, however see myself in a dis-pute over payment for services, or maybe a problem with a real estate contract, or guard-ianship of a relative, or since I bicycle some and have almost been run over a couple of times, personal injury.

Now I ask myself, who would I like to be sitting as a judge in these cases should I end up in front of one? A judge who has experi-ence in these types of things would most like-ly understand the circumstances and nuances

involved. Situations in life are almost never black and white and fairness, impartiality and experience are important to “get it right.

Of the two folks running for the judge-ship, one clearly has the experience to deal with the multitude of things called for, both criminal and non criminal. The other has a good reputation in handling criminal situa-tions, but no experience in the non criminal side of the job. I believe that we need some-one with experience in both aspects of the job.

I will vote for David Densford. I think that Joe Stanalonis is doing OK where he is and it would be better for all if he continued as he is.

David KelseyHollywood, MD

Is This Real Freedom?

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Legal Notice

7-5-2012

What has happened to our coun-try? In 1776, we fought a war for our independence from the British rule. We were being over taxed. We won our independence and started our own country by writing a Constitu-tion to control our own destiny.

Today we are faced with a choice of two men running for President. Both men have spent billions of dol-lars to become candidates for both parties. Is this real freedom to elect a president? We are forced to choose between two men neither seems to be qualified to run our country. They only seem to favor the elite of our country, the upper class. Who repre-sents the lower classes, the poor and the badly beaten middle class? Nei-ther candidate has ever been in our shoes.

Our ancestors would be shocked to see what our nation has become. A ruling one percent, a royal congress and a dying middle class now consti-tute our nation.

We have made a full circle from the War for Independence to back where we started. We are now a na-tion equal to what we were before 1776. What progress have we made to benefit the working class? They call this a democracy? Read the Constitution!

We could pray to God to help our country, but it is against our laws.

Daniel J. WilsonLeonardtown, MD

With the passage of the ObamacarebBill and decision by SCOTUS that it does NOT fall under the Commerce Department, but is a TAX, a variety of pundits are finding a “Sil-ver Lining.”

“It limits what Congress and the Presi-dent can do!” they cry. “You can’t make peo-ple buy anything they don’t want by trying to use the Commerce clause!” they shout.

And they’re right. However, let’s say Mrs. Obama wakes up tomorrow morn-

ing, shakes Barack Hussein awake and says, “Hey! It would be good for the country if ev-erybody had to buy cauliflower and eat it at least three times a week.”

He looks at her groggily and replies, “Good idea! I’ll mandate that today and get Congress and the Senate to pass a bill requir-ing everybody to buy cauliflower.”

By the end of the week, the mandate is signed. Congress and the Senate write the bill and pass it. Now everybody either buys cauli-

flower and eats it at least three times a week or they get TAXED for non-compliance.

Never in the history of our country have Americans been taxed for NOT doing some-thing. Passage of the Obamacare bill made that possible. Ridiculous, you say? Don’t be-lieve me. Check it out. And watch and wait for the next thing that will be crammed down our throat.

James H. HilbertMechanicsville, MD

On Saturday, June 23, I got up early to drive to Chopticon High School in St. Mary’s County to observe the Southern Maryland Mis-sion of Mercy. Before I went, I tried to imagine what this Mission would look like. Nothing I imagined prepared me for what I saw.

I knew the Mission of Mercy was well-organized when I was met by volunteers who were helping with parking. They directed me to the sign-in table outside. I saw a Calvert County Public Transportation Bus as I was led inside by a volunteer “guide.” In the school lobby, a waiting area was set up for those who had finished their treatment and were waiting for family members or friends to finish theirs. Computer stations were checking folks in and then directing them to the first pa-tient waiting area for either triage or dental cleaning.

Upon entering the gymnasium, I had to stop and take in the whole picture of 65 dental chairs, all occupied by dental patients, with

chairs on the side of the room for recov-ery. The command post was manned by Carol Ann Hall. She ran through the statistics: 640 volunteers, includ-ing dentists, hygienists, dental students, oral surgeons, dental assistants, pharma-cists, lab technicians, runners, and many others. Led by Dr. Garner Morgan of Mechanicsville, with the assistance of 3 other dental team leaders, and comple-mented by the many volunteers, with as-sistance from the Health Officers of all three Southern Maryland Counties, the Southern Maryland Mission of Mercy raised $65,000 in donations over the last two years to provide an average of $600 of free dental care to about 900 people over two very long days.

That critically-needed dental care

culminated a years long wait for many of those who simply could not afford to pay for the dental services they needed. Untended dental prob-lems affect a person’s general health. Some were homeless; some were disabled; some were unemployed; some were employed at low wage jobs; some were retired on fixed incomes that do not stretch to cover dental care. All were grateful for the opportunity to improve their health and well-being in an environment of respect and understanding.

It is hard to describe the high level of organization present. Dif-ferent dental specialties wore different colored t-shirts under their sur-gical garb to designate their role. This finely-tuned operation wasted no time. Patients moved up in line from triage to cleaning to fillings to oral surgery, if needed, to extraction, if needed, to repair of dental appliances to recovery and pharmacy. Last stop was health literature, including information to stop smoking, if needed.

Funds raised went to rent the dental chairs, to pay for supplies, to pay for sterilization of equipment (which involved an elaborate system of processing the dental tools). Time and compassion were donated, along with pharmaceutical medications.

When I asked where they found all the volunteers, I was told that they were school personnel, health employees, church members, and lots of other caring citizens. The dental professionals came from all over the state, and even out of state. What a life-changing difference they made over those three long days (one to set up, two to treat.)!

Once again, the citizens of Southern Maryland looked out for their neighbors! My admiration and gratitude is extended to Dr. Morgan, his core team, and ALL the volunteers. The next Southern Maryland Mission of Mercy will be planned for 2014, as the whole organizing and fundraising cycle starts again to fill a critical community need. (I particularly want to thank Dr. Steven Dargan, Dr. David Rogers, and Leo Mallard, pharmacist, from Calvert County).

Susan Shaw, District 2Calvert County Commissioner


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In the world of show business and pa-rades, no matter what, the show must go on. Golden Beach held their annual parade, picnic and fireworks festival on Saturday, after a surprise storm pounded the commu-nity the night before.

According to Dale Antosh, president of the Golden Beach Patuxent Knolls Civic Association, the staff volunteers for the event had been up since 6 a.m., clearing the parade route of fallen trees.

“We also had no power after the storm until right before the parade, so a lot of the volunteers are here today without show-ers,” Antosh said. “The fire truck that was supposed to be pulling one of our floats had to leave, as they had a call to go to. In fact, all the fire engines that are usually in the parade are all out on call. But even with all that, we are still able to put on the parade regardless. We do this for the community, and only something like a safety issue would make us decide not to have the pa-rade. I am sure a good time will be had by all.”

Even without most of the fire trucks, the parade had the usual classic cars, the convertibles with the candidates for Miss Golden Beach, bikes, four-wheelers, golf carts and go-carts, all decorated with a pa-triotic theme.

There were Boot-Scooters and politicians.

There were quite a few dogs in the pa-rade and along the parade route, some rid-ing in trucks, and two Pugs in sunglasses and goggles riding in the saddle bags of a motorcycle.

One of the more unusual entries was the 1983 Police Armored Response Convoy

Carrier, owned by Larry and Lisa Paschal. “We have been going to the Golden

Beach Parade for three years now,” Larry Paschal said. “This year is the first year we have been in the parade where we are able to show off our custom paint job.”

Paschal had the carton character Taz painted on his tank, along with Taz touches such as custom license plates that say “Run with Taz”. The gun turret, which still works and swivels, has Taz painted on it.

“We have had 25 people in here be-fore,” said Lisa Paschal. “The tank is the new mini-van.”

This wasn’t the first event this year that the Taz tank was in though.

“We got Best in Show down at MIR in May with this in the category of Unique Vans and Pick-ups,” Larry Paschal said.

Just in case you are thinking of getting your own tank, Paschal said he gets seven miles to the gallon.

There were four Miss Golden Beaches this year, and they presided over the pa-rade, waving to the crowds from the back of old classic convertibles. Brianna Snead, 10, was Miss Golden Beach, Alyssa Jett, 9, was Miss Tween Golden Beach, and Sisters Danni Fellner, 8, and Ryan Fellner, 5, were Miss Junior Golden Beach and Little Miss Golden Beach, respectively.

Alexis Holloway was Miss Golden Beach two years ago, and this year she was driving in the parade with her family in a red, white and blue pa-triotic themed golf cart, topped with large inflat-ed cans of Beer.

“I enjoy the pa-rades every year,” Alex-is said, “but it was more fun to be Miss Golden Beach.”

Bill Raddate came all the way from Cali-fornia, Maryland to be in the parade. “It is something to do for the Fourth of July,” Raddate said. “I want to be able to show my patriotism.”

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“This is a 2011 Shelby Cobra Mustang,” Willen-borg said. “I also have a ’93 GT Cobra and a black and gold Cobra 2.”

Willenborg’s car fit in well with all the waxed and shined classic cars on display.

Not every vehicle was bright, shiny and pretty, though. J.W. Hancock, 16, of Golden Beach, was rid-ing his four-wheeler in the parade with his friends. The only red white and blue present were the guy’s shirts, and the four-wheeler was crusted with mud.

“We just want to be different,” Hancock said. “We are having fun. The mud on our four-wheeler is simple and effective. It is the natural look.”

A good turnout of local politicians came to be in the parade, even though the early a.m. temps were in the 90’s.

Dave Densford, who was appointed as a circuit court judge for St. Mary’s but is also running for the position in this election, came partly to politic, but also because Golden Beach brought back memories for him.

“I delivered newspapers here 40 years ago, “Dens-ford said. “This place has grown up a lot since then, but the people have been here a long time. It is just wonder-ful to see the same folks and have a chance to talk to them. I hope to come back many more times.”

Dave and Diane Thomas have been back many more times. They have been to 33 of the parades in Golden Beach, to be exact.

“Sometimes the parades are huge, and sometimes not so big.” Diane Thomas said. “You see a lot more political stuff around the elections. I personally like to see the Harleys and the motorcycles, although there weren’t that many this year.”

“It is a community event, Dave Thomas said, “and we just like to support it.”

By the time the evening rolled around, the fire trucks were freed up and were back at the beach, wait-ing like everyone else for the fireworks.

Debbie Gragon of Clements came with three gen-erations of her family to see the fireworks in Golden Beach for the first time.

“It’s a smaller crowd here then they usually have at Hollywood,” Gragon said. “We didn’t want to fight the crowds at Hollywood. “

Kathy Owens, treasurer of the association, said she thought the crowd was a little smaller than usual this year, but the volunteers working the crowd were still able to sell out of glow-lights well before the fire-works started.

“We sell the glow lights here to raise money for the next years fireworks,” said Carolyn Livingston, who sits on the board of directors of the Beach Man-agement Corporation. “I think the fireworks this year are supposed to be better than last years.”

The crowd had to wait a little longer than normal to see if the fireworks were better than last years.

“We are holding oof for a few minutes”, Owens said. “The Fire Marshall said when the flag stops wav-ing, that means the breeze has died down enough to do the fireworks.”

The breeze stopped, the flags quit waving, and the fireworks went off.

After the show, Gragon was able to rate her first Golden Beach fireworks.

“That was excellent,” Gragon said. “They do a fantastic job down here.”

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E r m e n e g i l d a (Nini), Dreossi-Shapi-ra, wife of the late Col. Norman I Shapira, passed away on June 26, 2012.

She was born April 12, 1923, in At-timis, an alpine vil-lage in the Friuli Re-gion of northeast Italy.

In 1917, six years before her birth, 11,000 soldiers were killed less than 18 miles from her home, in Caporetto, a town Hemingway made fa-mous in his novel A Farewell to Arms. This was akin to being born in Emmitsburg, Md., just south of Gettysburg. In other words, war and the military would etch the arc of her long life.

She survived Allied bombing raids on Turin, SS officers who tried bribing a starv-ing girl with chocolate bars to disclose the location of her Partisan brother Cian and suffering the loss of two brothers and a sister who perished during the war. At just 23 years old, she saw her Partisan brother ultimately decorated for his loyalty and her older sister survive and prosper.

Two years after the war, in 1947, at the age of 24, she met and married an American soldier, Col, Norman I. Shapira.

He was Jewish by birth and although an entire Nazi campaign of discrimination and murder had distorted perception during those tumultuous years, she never gave his religion a second thought. Her tremendous spirit brought her to the United States where she raised 10 children, nurtured 12 grand-children and 7 great grand-children. She was proud to be an American Citizen, tak-ing her new country to heart.

On the outside an Italian beauty, those that came to know her well understood that her beauty rested in her heart. They under-stood the meaning of friendship as they felt the warmth of her trust and company. Oth-ers, well, she could be gracious or quite deliberate. To paraphrase Virginia Woolf: Women have served centuries as looking-glasses possessing the magic power of re-flecting men at twice their normal size. Nini did this to everyone. She had strength of will that sustained her throughout her life-time, and the courage to undertake the im-probable direction of her life. But most of all, she was unconditionally steadfast in her devotion to her family.

She was the loving mother of Frank, Carla, Albert, Lee, V. Charles, E. Susan, Frederick, David, Paula, their families, and preceded by her son Donald (1956-2009).

Neil Gordon, 79

Neil Bennett Gordon, 79, died at St. Mary’s Hospital in Leonardtown, MD on June 25, 2012.

Born September 30, 1932, in Norwalk, Connecticut, he was the son of the late Leo H. Gordon and Chris-tel D. Erickson.

Neil worked for the U.S. Government as an Aircraft Equip-ment Specialist for nearly forty years after becoming a resident of St. Mary’s County in

1954. He was a member of the Open Door Bible Church in California, MD where he enjoyed attending Bible Study. Neil also enjoyed watching old movies, reading, and spending time with his grandchildren, with whom he created special memories of their family trips to IHOP.

Neil is survived by two children, Holly Ollom of Leonardtown, MD, and Leo H. Gordon of Pineville, LA; a sister, Patricia Prestegaard of Montana; eight grandchil-dren, Felicia Ollom, Jeffery Ollom, Joshua Ollom, Lizzy Ollom, Rebecca Ollom, Daniel Ollom, Travis Gordon, and Carly Gordon. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Nancy Ruth Gordon, and a brother, Norman E. Gordon.

Services will be private.Condolences to the family may be

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Gladys Hardisty, 88

Gladys Gracey Hardisty, 88, of St. Leonard, passed away peacefully on July 1, 2012 at Calvert Coun-ty Nursing Center.

She was born on November 23, 1923, in Scottsville, Va., to the late Charles Franklin Taylor and Eva Taylor (nee Woody).

Besides her parents, Gladys is prede-ceased by her husband, Charles William Hardisty, her twin sister Ruby Bright and sister Louise Scott.

Gladys was a homemaker and a devot-ed wife and mother. She lived for the happi-ness of her children and family.

Beloved mother of Thomas Hardisty and his wife Marilene of Solomons, MD, Brenda Baugher and her husband John of Port Republic, MD, Charles Hardisty and his wife Sandy of Owings, MD, Katherine Hinkston and her husband Jack of St. Leon-ard, MD and George Hardisty and Fred of Annapolis, MD. Grandmother of 16, Great grandmother of 24, she is also survived by a sister, Joan Taylor, and brothers Bobby and Danny Taylor.

The family will receive friends at the Rausch Funeral home, P.A., 4405 Broomes Island Road, Port Republic, MD on Friday July 6, 2012 from 10- 11 AM where service will follow at 11 A.M. Interment will be in Southern Memorial Gardens, Dunkirk MD.

Her great grandson, Steven Birchfield will play the bagpipes for her service.

Leonard Love, 89

Leonard John Love, 89 of Lusby, MD, formerly of Princeton, WVa., passed away on June 30, 2012 at Cal-vert Memorial Hospital in Prince Frederick, MD.

He was born on December 15, 1922 in New York City, NY to the late Alice Elizabeth and George Gil-bert Love. He was the beloved husband to Mary Dawson Love whom he married in Rye, NH on May 27, 1943 and she preceded him in death on December 20, 2002.

Leonard graduated from Hempstead High School in 1940 and went on to join the US Navy. He served honorably from March 19, 1942 to January 13, 1948 completing seven submarine war patrols in the Pacific Theater during WWII. He received a Navy Unit Commendation, WWII Victory Medal, American Area Ribbon, and Asiatic-Pacific Ribbon. After returning home, Leonard became an Insurance Adjuster for General Adjustment Bureau where he worked for 28 years and retired in 1987. He was a mem-ber of the Submarine Veterans of WWII, American Legion, Elks, and Moose Lodges. He enjoyed painting pictures, woodworking, playing pool, and driving around in his car.

Leonard is survived by his sons, Pat-rick Love of Charleston, WV and Timothy Love and his wife Margaret of Lusby, MD, and one grandson, Ryan W. Love of New York, NY.

He was preceded in death by his par-ents, wife, and brother, George C. Love.

All arrangements will be private. Ar-rangements provided by Rausch Funeral Home, P.A., Lusby, MD.

John Moyer, 48

John Leo Moyer, 48, of Mechanicsville, MD, formerly of La Plata, MD, passed away at home on June 28, 2012 at 11:11am. Throughout his valiant six-year battle with two primary cancers, he never wavered from the uncompromising optimism, courage, and faith that defined his character, and the quick wit and enduring smile that reflected his personality.

He is survived by his beloved wife, Louise Bianco Moyer, precious children, Amanda Moyer, and Andrew Moyer, dearly loved step-daughters, Angela Cisneros and Cassandra Carr (Stephen), loving mother-in-law Angela Bianco, cherished “Big Broth-er” Brigadier General Stephen L. Huxtable (Vera), Ret. Virginia Army National Guard, and his many, many wonderful true friends.

Born in Newport News, VA on March 2, 1964 to the late Mary Ann Dinova Moyer (Edwin) and the late Michael Yhelka, he is also survived by his real big brother Mickey Moyer (Georgia), twin sister Mary Flem-ing, niece Sara Moyer, and nephews Mike Moyer, David Heiderscheibt, Rodney Blair, Mark Blair, Matt Blair, and Danny Fleming, all of Richmond, VA. He was preceded in death by his parents, sister Anna Wood, and father-in-law Anthony Bianco.

John possessed an infectious joy for life and a love for people that became even more magnified in the last six years. Extremely intelligent with a wonderful sense of humor, John was an inspiration to many. He carried a powerful Message of Hope in the way he lived his life and will always be remembered for his spirit, integrity, honesty, and wisdom.

John was an avid ice hockey fan and he greatly enjoyed his years as a season ticket holder for the Washington Capitals and his Section 419 family. A skilled bass fisher-man, other favorite passions included golf-ing, camping, traveling, and riding his Har-ley – many of the things that his “Big Broth-er” Steve did with him when he was young.

His wife and family are profoundly grateful for the immeasurable outpouring of support received during his illness. A cele-bration of John’s life will be held on Sunday,

September 2, 2012, arrangements are pend-ing. If so inclined, please consider making a donation in John’s memory to Big Brothers Big Sisters of America.

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Mary Nutwell, 88

Mary Eleanora Nutwell, 88, a life long resident of Deale, MD passed away June 26, 2012 at Anne Arundel Medical Center, An-napolis, MD.

She was born November 15, 1923 in Deale to Alvin Owen and Grace Violetta (Rogers) Phipps.

Mary attended Anne Arundel County schools. She married Ralph Coleman “Pe-ter” Nutwell on April 12, 1942. Eleanora worked for Wheeler Hardware for many years and later owned and operated the store. When she sold the hardware store she wasn’t quite ready to retire, so she went to work as a clerk at High’s.

She was a member of the Deale Volun-teer Fire Department Auxiliary.

Grama Ellie, as she was known in the neighborhood, was loved by all. She was an excellent cook and enjoyed sharing her fa-mous chocolate cake and sugar cookies with her great nieces and nephews and the neigh-borhood children.

She was preceded in death by her be-loved husband Ralph C. “Peter” Nutwell on March 20, 2005 and a sister Marie Hardesty on September 15, 2010.

Surviving are a sister Betty Brown of Deale, MD; nephews Robert L Brown and his wife Katie of West River, MD, E. Glenn Brown and his wife Sheila of Reva, VA , Richard Hardesty and his wife June of Deale, MD; nieces Kathleen Wilkerson and her husband Spot of Tracy’s Landing, MD and Frankie Marshall of Ft. Myers, FL.

Friends were received on Sunday, July 1, 2012, at Rausch Funeral Home, Owings, MD where services were held Monday, July 2. Interment followed at the Quaker Burial Grounds in Galesville, MD.

Arrangements by Rausch Funeral Home, Owings, MD.

William Raley, 95

William Ross Raley, 95, of Ridge, MD, passed peaceful-ly on June 28, 2012, at his home surrounded by his loved ones.

Born January 7, 1917, in Dameron, MD, he was the son of the late William Cal-vert Raley and Nettie Marie Raley.

Ross married the late Mary Frances Hilton on June 30, 1945 at St. Michael’s Church in Ridge, MD. They celebrated 58 years of marriage prior to her death on July 15, 2003. He lived his entire life in St. Mary’s County with a tour of duty (4 years) in the Army during World War II. He was honorably discharged in October 1945. He received several medals, which included the American Theater Service Medal, Europe-an African Middle Eastern Service Medal,


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Ross is survived by his son, Ray Raley (Mary) of Ridge, MD; four grandchildren, Jennifer Hollingsworth (Brian), Amy Oest (Steve), Ben Raley and Jason Raley; five great-grandchildren, Allison, John and Will Hollingsworth, and Nathan and Nicholas Ross Oest; his sister, Audrey Marie Norton of Ridge, MD, and many nieces and neph-ews. He also leaves behind with deep grati-tude his loving caregivers of many years, Carolyn Curtis, Salinda Carroll and Jean Cooper-Harmon. In addition to his parents and wife, he is also preceded in death by sib-lings, Marguerite Stone, Dorothy Mae Ral-ey, Joseph Francis Raley and Robert Walter Raley.

Family received friends for Ross’ Life Celebration on Sunday, July 1, 2012 with prayers recited by the Reverend Lee Fang-meyer, at St. Michael’s Catholic Church, 16555 Three Notch Road, Ridge, MD 20680. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated by Reverend Lee Fangmeyer on Monday, July 2, 2012 at the St. Michael’s Catholic Church. Interment immediately followed in the church cemetery.

Pallbearers were Jason Raley, Dan Raley, Keith Raley, Bruce Raley, Brian Hol-lingsworth and Steve Oest.

Memorial donations may be made to Hospice House of St. Mary’s, P.O. Box 625, Leonardtown, MD 20650 and the Ridge Volunteer Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 456, Ridge, MD 20680.

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Timothy Rogers, 65

Timothy Rog-ers, 65, of Mechanic-sville, MD formerly from Myrtle Beach, SC. passed away sur-rounded by his loving family on June 26, 2012 in Leonardtown, MD. Born on April 6, 1947 in Myrtle Beach,

SC, he was the son of the late John and Al-ice Cleo Wise Rogers. Timothy was the loving husband of Catherine Rogers whom he married in Myrtle Beach, SC on May 8, 1971. Timothy is survived by his children Cedric Rogers (Stacy) of Clarksburg, MD., Eric Rogers of Reynoldsburg, OH, 3 grand-children; Cymone Leigh - Alice Rogers, Erica Lavonne Rogers, Timothy Jermaine Rogers, 4 nieces and 1 nephew. Mr. Rogers is also survived by his siblings; John Rog-ers of Upper Marlboro, MD., and Barbara Johnson of Myrtle Beach, SC. Timothy graduated from Whittemore High School on June 1, 1965 and he also graduated from Alabama State University in 1969 and Southern Illinois University in 1975, earn-ing his Bachelor of Science in Music and Master of Education.

Mr. Rogers served in the United State Army beginning on December 5, 1969, dur-ing the Vietnam War and was Honorable Discharged in September 7, 1971. Timo-thy moved from Saginaw, Michigan to St. Mary’s County in 1993. Mr. Rogers worked as an Educator/ Teacher for Prince George’s County and Charles County Public School System for 30 years retiring in 2010. Timo-thy was an avid golfer, enjoyed playing mu-sic on various instruments, member of the Gamma Sigma chapter of Omega Psi Phi, and founding member of Alabama State University Chapter at Kappa Kappa Psi.

The family received friends on July 2, 2012 in the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home, Leonardtown, MD. A Funeral Ser-vice was held in the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home with Revered-Doctor Syl-vester Washington officiating. Interment followed in Charles Memorial Gardens, Leonardtown, MD. Pallbearers were Eric Rogers, Cedric Rogers, Arthur Johnson, and Phil Bennet.

Richard Thomas, 73

Richard Leroy Thomas, 73, of Wal-dorf, MD died peace-fully on June 27, 2012 at Genesis Health Care Center in Waldorf, MD. Born April 7, 1939 in St. Michaels, MD in the Eastern Shore he was the son of the late John Wes-ley and Mary Louise Moaney.

After graduation from Moton High School on the Eastern Shore, he enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps in 1957 upon gradu-ation from basic training; he was assigned to Field Music School and entered Parris Is-land where he assisted the Drum and Bugle Corps for parade and ceremonies. Early in 1958, he was assigned to Marine Barracks at the Naval Ammunition Depot “Earle” outside Red Bank, New Jersey as a Field Music Bugler and additional duties as the Morale, Welfare Recreation NCO, then as Lance Corporal he requested assignment to and transferred to Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina in 1960 where he spend one year with the Military Police as a Field Music Bugler. He request-ed reassignment to the Third Marine Divi-sion, in Okinawa, Japan.

Upon his arrival in Okinawa, he be-came a member of the Third Marine Drum and Bugle Corps, then as a Corporal he par-ticipated in the Exercise “Tulongan” Land-ing in the Philippines Island.

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January 1963, he was assigned to the Sec-ond Marine Division Drum and Bugle Corp. Six months later he was screened by a team for duty and was accepted for the Commandant’s Own Drum and Bugle Corp at Marine Barrack located in Washington, DC.

For the next six years he underwent ex-tensive travel thought-out the United States and abroad for engagements …to name a few…World’s Fair, State Fair, Presidential State Arrivals under three sitting presidents …White House Television shows includ-ing the Art Linkletter show and countless others.

Time and grade a Staff Sergeant and about 10 years as a Musician, he accepted orders to FMP at PAC, Camp Smith, Hawaii in October 1969. A desire to make a career transition was fulfilled with the approval of a Sergeant the same year, he became the Production Chief. After completing the Navy’s Illustrator Draftsman course and the Army’s Audio Visual Equipment Training Course, he was transferred to the training support center, Quantico during November 1973.

After 2 years stationed at Quantico, he received orders to Recruiter’s School and was assigned to RS, Baltimore, MD from December 1975 to July 1979 upon release from recruitment duty, he was assigned to OTS, H2MC for duties as an Action Officer for Audio Visual TMC buys generated from field command.

Selected for Master Gunnery Sergeant in 1981, he later received orders for Quan-tico and subsequently became the Audio Visual Chief for the Training and Audio

Visual Support Center until transferring to the FMCR in June 1984 until his retirement. Richard retired after 28 faithful years of serving his country.

In 2011, Richard accepted Christ as his Lord and Savior and was water baptized. He had a love for attending church services ev-ery Sunday and even though he was ill, he attended services on Father’s Day. Richard was a very kind and gentle man who had a talent for wood making and loved being around family and friends. He was an avid Health “nut” and Fitness guru, who ran over 5 miles per day even up until his late sixties.

Richard is survived by his devoted wife of 47 years the former Frances Bris-coe, from that union they produced 3 sons, Richard, Jr. (Jackie), Reginald (Lisa) and Randall (Stephanie), and Sister Brenda Brummell (John), Uncle Robert and Aunt Arlene Thomas and eleven grandchildren. Brothers in Law, Oscar (Stacey) and David (Michelle) Briscoe. Sisters in Law Violet Thomas, Gloria Caldwell, Teresia, Carolyn and Catherine Briscoe and a host of neph-ews and nieces.

In addition to his parents he was pre-deceased by his Brothers Bernard and John and Sister-in-Law Ann Saxon and Brothers-in-Law Harold, Robert, Garland, Milton and Joseph Briscoe.

Visitation will be on Thursday, July 5, 2012 at 10:30 a.m. until time of service at 11:30 a.m. at Briscoe-Tonic Funeral Home Chapel, 2294 Old Washington Rd., Wal-dorf, MD. Interment will follow at Chelten-ham Veterans Cemetery, Cheltenham, MD.

Arrangements by Briscoe-Tonic Fu-neral Home, Waldorf, MD


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Sitting in her Lexington Park office, Linda Gribben never expected to see two dogs tied together and puppies laying in the trash when she casually glanced out her window. Unable to fathom the spectacle, she raced across the street to aid the fenced in dogs.

“I went up to the person’s house and basically said ‘hey can I buy your dogs,’” Gribben said.

She brought every dog back to her home, the start of what has now become “Doodledawgs,” a 15-year, and counting, volunteer rescue effort to shelter aban-doned dogs and find them new homes. Gribben has saved close to 1,400 dogs, an average of 80 to 100 per year.

While Gribben acknowledges her ef-fort can appear overwhelming to some, in-cluding even her at times, she always has a driving force to keep her going.

“I’m doing this for three reasons,” Gribben said, “… end suffering, save lives, and bring joy to people.”

Ending suffering – unfortunately, Gribben told The County Times, finding puppies laying in trash is not nearly as un-

common as she would hope. Gribben even went as far as to say “we live in a throw-away society.”

“I heard one time of a story where peo-ple left their old dog at the pound because they got a new one for Christmas,” she said.

Her goal is to rescue and bring hap-piness to as many dogs as possible. Some-times that means driving many miles to visit a family, or sharing her home with the dogs, to help avoid being euthanized until someone welcomes them into their family.

A whopping 90 percent of her foster dogs come from the kill shelters, and the Tri-County Animal Shelter continues to overflow; a result of over breeding.

“Spaying and neutering the dogs is also important for bringing less cruelty into the world,” she said.

Saving lives – rescuing the dogs is one thing, saving them is another challenge. Gribben has to make sure each dog she gives away is going to a good home so they don’t end up back at the pound. She spends hours each night, after a full day at the of-fice, on the computer researching potential adopters.

Gribben only sends dogs to quality homes, and there have been instances when she turned people away.

“I’m very particular,” Gribben said. “I make sure the home is safe for the animals;

that’s really important.”Bringing joy to people – for Gribben,

one of the most satisfying moments of her efforts is to see people smile when she gives away the dogs. She said people travel to St. Mary’s from Connecticut all the way down to North Carolina to adopt a new companion.

An older dog, Lulu, was unlikely to find an adopter due to her age, but Gribben still took her home because she was on the cusp of being euthanized. Not too long after returning home, Gribben received an email from a woman in New York City who al-ready had an older dog and was seeking a friend for him.

“We call (Lulu) the mail-order bride,” Gribben joked.

The woman traveled from New York City to Gribben’s home in Hollywood, played with Lulu for a few hours and fell in love with her. The reward that comes with watching a perfect match travel home to-gether makes all the long hours, research and hard work worth it for Gribben.

“They go off to their new homes and live happily ever after,” she said. “I’m try-ing to meet a need, and I feel like this is my calling.”

Of course, Gribben is not alone in her efforts to minimize animal cruelty. She said Tri-County Animal Shelter Manager Kim Stephens and Rescue Coordinator Amy Howard are crucial pieces to her efforts.

“Both ladies work tirelessly to run a good adoption program within the shelter, and also find outside rescue groups,” she said.

Well Pet Clinic of Lexington Park’s co-owners Kathy and Irma Delozier also make large contributions. Every time she accepts a new dog, the clinic examines and vacci-nates the animals before Gribben temporar-ily fosters them in her home. The Delozier’s also run a rescue group called Animal Re-lief Fund, an adoption fair for dogs and cats, every Saturday.

“I couldn’t do this without their clinic being there,” Gribben said.

Vera MacNamara aids her with foster-ing dogs and handles adoptions. She also said MacNamara is responsible for provid-ing much needed moral support.

Alison MacPherson has adopted two dogs, and lends a helping hand whenever she can.

Gribben said Doodledawgs is always accepting of donations to aid in the rescue

mission. Simple items such as dog food, collars, chews, bedding, paper towels and cleaning supplies can go a long way.

Due to her physical stature and the size of her home, Gribben is only able to focus on the rescue of small breeds. She said if animal cruelty is to be eliminated, the effort is going to take more than just her.

“I’m just a little person, in a little building, with little dogs.”

To potentially adopt a dog, visit www.doodledawgs.petfinder.com for more information.

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The members of the Cedar Point La-dies Golf Association (CPLGA) wish to thank everyone that either contributed to or participated in the RALLY FOR THE CURE Golf Tournament at Cedar Point GC on Tuesday, June 19. Because of the many corporate sponsors, local busi-nesses and community members who all contributed to this very worthy cause, the CPLGA was able to raise just over $4100 for Rally and CPLGA also contributed funds to round the total to $4500. The funds have been earmarked for use in our community here in St. Mary's County.

Corporate sponsors included The Brick Companies of Edgewater, Eagle Systems, Groton CPO Club, Aguinaldo Group, Guy Distributing, Boeing, Nanbo Music, Tammy Gladstone State Farm Insurance, Chick-Fil-A, Wyle, Chesapeake Pet Resort and Adams Golf. PGA/LPGA sponsors included Paula Creamer, Phil Mickelson, Mark Calcavecchia, Keegan Bradley, Brittany Lincicome, Stacy Lewis, Blair O'Neal, Anna Nordqvist, Chris-tie Kerr, Ernie Els, Natalie Gulbis, Greg Norman, Lexi Thompson, and John Daly.

Joe Romano to perform magicJoe Romano will perform Green

Magic at the July 9 Professional Perfor-mance. Charlotte Hall Library’s pro-gram will be at 10 a.m. at White Marsh Elementary School, Leonardtown Library’s will be held at 12:30 p.m. at Leonardtown Elementary, and Lexing-ton Park Library’s will be held at 3 p.m. at the library. The programs are free and are being funded in part by a grant from St. Mary’s County Arts Council.

Those attending are asked to bring a nonperishable food item for the local food pantry.

Libraries hosting Traveling Planetarium

Children five and older will take a brief tour of the universe inside the COSMIC Adventures Traveling Plan-etarium on July 12. Charlotte Hall Library’s will be at 10 a.m. at White Marsh Elementary School; Leonard-town’s will be at 2 p.m. at Leonardtown Elementary School, and Lexington Park’s will be at 6:30 p.m. at Bay Dis-trict Volunteer Fire Department.

Due to space limitations only 55 individuals can attend each library’s performance. Additional restrictions are posted on the website and in the li-brary. Free tickets will be distributed at the library starting one hour before each performance and must be picked up by the individual. No tickets will be dis-tributed at the site of the performance.

Various programs planned for children

LEGO Fun is scheduled on July 10 at Leonardtown library at 10 a.m. for children ages 3 through 6 and at 2 p.m. for ages 6 and up.

Children and their parents can drop in from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. on July 12 at Lexington Park branch or on July 18 at the Charlotte Hall branch and en-joy fun reading activities together at the program, Read. Learn. Grow.

The following computer classes are being offered for children ages 9 through 12: Introduction to Word 2010 at 2 p.m. at Charlotte Hall branch on

July 11 and at Leonardtown on July 19 at 2:30 p.m. and Introduction to Power-Point 2010 at Charlotte Hall on July 12 at 2 p.m. and at Leonardtown on July 26 at 2:30 p.m. Registration is required for each session.

Charlotte Hall branch will host the stuffed animal sleepover on July 19. After a storytime at 6 p.m. children will leave their animal for a sleepover at the library. When they pick up their ani-mals the next morning, they can view a slide show of what the animals did at the library.

Poetry Open Mic open to all ages

Leonardtown library will host a Poetry Open Mic for all ages on July 11 at 6:30 p.m.

Minute to Win It, video editing and scavenger hunt planned for teens

Teens can participate in the li-brary’s version of Minute To Win It at Charlotte Hall library on July 16 at 2 p.m. Teens will have 60 seconds to com-plete each of six challenges using house-hold items. Registration is required.

Leonardtown branch will offer a Video Editing workshop for teens on July 20 at 2:30 p.m. No camera is re-quired, as they will learn to how to cre-ate and edit camera-less videos. Regis-tration is required.

The Virtual Scavenger Hunt is underway with a different hunt held each week. Daily clues are posted and accessible from the teen webpage. Weekly prizes are awarded in a random drawing of those participating.

Discovery of Maryland animals

On July 19 at 6 p.m. St. Clements Island Museum staff will present a pro-gram on Maryland animals that work at night at the Leonardtown library. The program is free but registration is required.

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Members of CPLGA prepare for the Rally For The Cure Golf Tournament. From left is Nancy Favor, Pat Schroeder, Priscilla Cruz, Marieta Beery, Elaine Fasone and Shirl Vatter.

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Thursday, July 5• Zumba FitnessHollywood Volunteer Rescue Squad (23469 Rescue Lane, Hollywood) – 5:45 p.m.

Hollywood Volunteer Rescue Squad Fundraiser Zumba Fitness Classes. Ev-ery Tuesday and Thursday from 5:45-6:45 p.m. The cost is $7 per class or $25 for five classes. For information call 301-757-2336.

Friday, July 6• River Concert Series St. Mary’s College (18952 E. Fisher Road, St. Mary’s City) – 5 p.m.

The Chesapeake Orchestra will play John Williams’ celebrated motion pic-ture themes for “Superman” and “The Patriot,” followed by Hilary Kole’s vocal accompaniment to classic American jazz pieces. The “1812 Overture” and a fire-works display will close the night.

The weekly celebration includes world-class music and delicious food from local vendors. Gates open at 5 p.m. and concerts start at 8 p.m. Renowned guest artists, including jazz vocalist Hilary Kole, pianist Brian Ganz, and jazz musician Don Stapleson will join music director Jeffrey Silberschlag and the Chesapeake Orchestra. The outdoor concerts are free and open to the public, and picnic baskets are welcome. This summer, the evening celebrations of music include works from the Czech Re-public, France, and Germany performed by international artists including mezzo-soprano Edita Randova, pianist Cziky Boldizar, and tenor Roger Isaacs. An In-dependence Day celebration will include some of John Williams’ famous movie themes and classic American jazz music, concluding with the “1812 Overture” and fireworks. On July 20, the Chesapeake Orchestra welcomes the River Concert Series Festival Choir. The grand finale on July 27 will showcase an abundance of jazz, Blues, and folk artists. For more in-formation, visit the River Concert Series website at www.smcm.edu/riverconcert.

• First Free Friday in LeonardtownLeonardtown Square – 5-8 p.m.

July’s First Friday is going to be even Better than June’s! Friday, July 6th is going to have everything June First Fri-day was going to have – except the rain! Leonardtown Business Association First Friday Committee is once again hosting live music, Info Share on The Square, a Summertime Raffle, and a new char-ity drive supporting Hope Phones. Local Classic Rock ‘n’ Roll cover band GeeZer has agreed to come back and play their “Music for the Middle Aged” - songs from bands like the Beatles, Bob Dylan, Santana, Johnny Cash, Jimmy Buffet, the Eagles – but with enough variety to please fans of all ages. Information tables

for LBA members like Craft Guild Shop and the Leonardtown Arts Center, as well as Medstar St. Mary’s Health Connec-tions, will be set up in the Square. Sum-mertime Raffle tickets are on sale at Port of Leonardtown Winery, Fuzzy Farmers Market, North End Gallery, and Fenwick Street Used Books and Music - $1 each or 12 tickets for $10. Prizes include gift cards from LBA businesses and a Grand Prize - a gorgeous, hand-crafted coffee display table built by artisan carpenter Rob Seltzer of Herring Creek Furniture. Raffle prizes will be displayed on a rotat-ing basis at local participating business-es. Go to www.leonardtownfirstfridays.com for more information and the display schedule.

• Melissa Kriz Book SigningFenwick Street Used Books & Music (41655A Fenwick Street, Leonardtown) – 5-7 p.m.

First Friday is just around the corner! Melissa Kriz will be back to sign copies of her book “Three Stones of Asche.”

• Auditions for “Steel Magnolias”Three Notch Theatre (21744 South Coral Drive, Lexington Park) – 7 p.m.

The Newtowne Players announce open auditions for the upcoming produc-tion of Steel Magnolias by Robert Har-ling. Concerned with a group of gossipy Southern ladies in a small town beauty parlor, the play is alternately hilarious and touching — and, in the end, deeply revealing of the strength and purpose-fulness that underlies the antic banter of its characters. There are parts for six women. People interested in helping with the technical and support crew are also welcome. The show runs Sept. 21 to Oct. 7, 2012.

Auditions will be held July 6 at 7 p.m. and July 7 at 10 a.m. Callbacks will be held July 9. Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script.

Roles are as follows:• Truvy Jones (40-ish) — beauty

shop owner • Annelle Dupuy-Desoto (19) —

beauty shop assistant• Clairee Belcher (66-ish) — wid-

ow of former mayor; grande dame• Shelby Eatenton-Latcherie (25)

— prettiest girl in town• M’Lynn Eatenton (50-ish) —

Shelby’s mother; socially prominent ca-reer woman

• Ouiser (pron. “Weezer”) Bou-dreaux (66-ish) — wealthy curmudgeon; acerbic but lovable

If you cannot make these audition dates/times but wish to work either on-stage or backstage for this production, contact the director, Kerry Robinson, at [email protected] or 240-317-5794.

For more information about volun-teer opportunities or other upcoming programs, please visit www.newtowne-players.org or www.facebook.com/newtowneplayers.

• North End Gallery Presents “Mirage”North End Gallery (41652 Fenwick Street, Leonardtown) – 5-8 p.m.

Come to the North End Gallery dur-ing the month of July for an All Member Show titled “Mirage.” This theme will highlight visible interpretations of heat and the distortions of visibility due to heat. The show runs from July 3 until July 29.For more information, call 301-475-3130 or visit www.northendgallery.org.

Saturday, July 7• Wizard of Oz Meet and GreetGreat Mills High School Cafeteria (21130 Great Mills Road, Great Mills) – 10 a.m.-12 p.m.

Come join us for some great fun! Meet the characters of this year’s Sum-mesrtock production of the Wizard of Oz! This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Summerstock production. Children of all ages will enjoy food, crafts, music from the show and the chance to meet Dorothy, the Tin Man, the Scarecrow, the Lion and many more characters! Bring your camera for pictures. A costume contest is included in this event. The best dressed characters will win a prize! Tick-ets for this event will be sold in advance only. Tickets will not be sold at the door. Please note that all children must be ac-companied by an adult. Children cannot be dropped off. Space is limited for this event so register soon! Tickets are non-refundable. For more information log on to www.stmarysmd.com/recreate.

• River Concert Series on Location in Leonardtown Leonardtown Square - 7–8 p.m.

Cap off Independence Week with a free evening concert on Saturday, July 7th from in historic downtown Leon-ardtown! The St. Mary’s College River Concert Series Brass Ensemble will be performing a variety of tunes for your enjoyment. Invite your friends, grab din-ner from one of Leonardtown’s fine res-taurants, bring a chair or blanket, sit back and relax! For more information, call 301 475-9791.

• Indoor Flea MarketSt. Mary’s County Fairgrounds (42455 Fairgrounds Road, Leonardtown) – 8 a.m.-12 p.m.

The St. Mary’s County Fair Associa-tion is having an indoor Flea Market at the Fairgrounds. All vendors and Craft-ers are welcome. An 8X10 space with one table may be rented for $20. For information, or to reserve a space, call 301-475-9543.

• Pack 1786 Carwash FundraiserHooks and Hangers (29940 Three Notch Road, Charlotte Hall) – 9 a.m.-12 p.m.

Boyscouts/Cubscouts Pack 1786, based out of Mechanicsville Fire House. They have scheduled a car wash behind Hooks and Hangers in Charlotte Hall. There is no price for the car wash how-ever, but donations are readily accepted. They will also have baked goods avail-able for purchase.

Sunday, July 8• Margaret Fuller and The Human HeartHollywood Recreation Center (24400 Mervell Dean Road, Hollywood) – 10:30 a.m.

Worship Service Topic: Marga-ret Fuller, once called “America’s first famous European revolutionist since Thomas Paine,” taught America how to think, feel, and act with non-dogmatic, life-affirming spiritual integrity. She showed Americans how the human heart transforms liberal faith into action. Can she help us today to find our religion of the human heart? Everyone welcome! Sunday School available. Visit http://www.uufsm.org for details.

• Kevin Grote Book Signing Fenwick Street Used Books & Music (41655 Fenwick Street, Leonardtown) – 12-2 p.m.

Kevin Grote will be signing cop-ies of his books – “Tally-Ho!,” “Tyburn” and “Skye.” Grote was born in Western Pennsylvania near the Chestnut Ridge. He resides in Southern Maryland. He graduated from the United States Coast Guard Academy in New London, CT. Kevin served as an Engineering Officer in the Coast Guard on several cutters. Af-ter the Coast Guard, Grote went to work at the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Indian Head. Grote worked for the Navy, until his retirement from Federal Service. Grote has a US Patent, and has authored many technical papers on electronic de-sign, software engineering, and infor-mation systems. Grote has been an avid reader his entire life. His favorite authors are Sir Walter Scott, Jules Verne, H.G. Wells, Robert Louis Stevenson, Charles Dickens, Bernard Cornwell, Patrick O’Brian, John Keegan, and James Feni-more Cooper. Kevin grew up in an area steeped in the French and Indian War. This series of novels reflect that time pe-riod as his characters mature into adult-hood against the backdrop of the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745-46.

Monday, July 9• Low Cost Rabies ClinicSt. Mary’s County Fairgrounds (42455 Fairgrounds Road, Leonardtown) – 6-8 p.m.

Pet owners are welcomed to join us for a low-cost rabies clinic at the St. Mary’s County Fairgrounds Auditorium

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Vigil Mass: 4:30 pm SaturdaySunday: 8:00 amWeekday (M-F): 7:30 amConfessions: 3-4 pm Saturday

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Building. Vaccinations are $10 per pet. Please bring your pet on a leash or in a crate. In order to receive a 3-year vac-cination, proof of current rabies vacci-nation is required via a written vaccine form signed by a licensed vet. If your pet is uncomfortable around others, the vet will come outside to provide his/her vaccination. Simply have someone come inside to register, and someone else to stay outside with your pet. The Rabies Clinic is volunteer effort provided by the St. Mary’s Animal Welfare League. For more informaiton, call 410-474-2958.

• Vacation Bible School - Sonrise Na-tional ParkHollywood Church of the Nazarene (24710 Sotterley Road, Hollywood) – 6 p.m.

Join us for our free Vacation Bi-ble School this week at the Hollywood Church of the Nazarene.

Tuesday, July 10• Nature Time at Greenwell CampGreenwell State Park (25420 Rosedale Manor Lane, Hollywood) – 10 a.m.-2 p.m.Session 1- July 10, 11 & 12 Session 2 - July 31, Aug. 1 & 2

Love Nature Time at Green-well? Now your child can enjoy even more outdoor fun with Nature Time Camp! The Greenwell Foundation is offering two sessions of this new camp during the summer of 2012. Each session is four hours per day, three days a week.

Nature Time Camp is based at Greenwell’s air-conditioned Nature Center. From there campers will embark on outdoor adventures and discover their natural world through games, crafts, short hikes, exploration and more. Each session is limited to 10 campers ages 4 years old at time camp begins and 5 years old who have not yet at-tended kindergarten. Nature Time Camp is a perfect way to introduce your child to summer camp - it’s a shorter day and a shorter week than Greenwell’s traditional camp offerings. And with only 10 children per ses-sion, your child will have lots of hands-on opportunities to make new friends, interact with nature and their environment, and re-ceive focused attention from the Nature Time Camp counselors.

For more information and to register for Nature Time Camp, visit www.greenwellfoundation.org.

Wednesday, July 11

• Greenwell Foundation for a Spirit Night FundraiserChick-fil-A (First Colony Center, 45150 First Colony Way) – 5-7 p.m.

A portion of the evening’s proceeds benefit the Greenwell Foundation. Please join us and help support the inclusive pro-grams at Greenwell State Park

- summer camps, therapeutic and rec-reational horseback riding, and Nature Time.

Thursday, July 12• Zumba FitnessHollywood Volunteer Rescue Squad (23469 Rescue Lane, Hollywood) – 5:45 p.m.

Hollywood Volunteer Rescue Squad Fundraiser Zumba Fitness Classes. Every Tuesday and Thursday from 5:45-6:45 p.m. The cost is $7 per class or $25 for five class-es. For information call 301-757-2336.

Friday, July 13• Free Meals for Cow CostumesChick-fil-A (First Colony Center, 45150 First Colony Way) – 5-7 p.m.

Chick-fil-A at First Colony Center is offering free meals to Cow-clad Custom-ers on Cow. If you are planning to steer clear of black cats and sidewalk cracks on Friday the 13th, why not change your luck completely by dressing as a cow instead? Chick-fil-A will celebrate is annual Cow Appreciation Day event by offering a free meal to any customer fully dressed as a cow. Customers dressed “head to hoof” in cow attire will be rewarded with a FREE Chick-fil-A meal (breakfast, lunch, or din-ner), which includes an Entrée of choice, a side item and a 20 oz. beverage of choice. For those “too chicken” to wear full cow costumes, Chick-fil-A will award a com-plimentary Entrée to customers dressed in partial cow attire, such as a spotted scarf, purse, hat or other accessory. Chick-fil-A created a website dedicated to the occasion, www.cowappreciationday.com, which can be found on our facebook page, Chick-fil-A at First colony Center. On this website you can find costume ideas, downloadable spots, masks, and other bovine themed

accessories. Chick-fil-A at First Colony Center will

have a costume contest that will be decided by our facebook fans. The categories are, Best Calf (kid cow), Best Cow (adult), and Best Dressed Herd (3-10). We will also have games and photo ops. Prizes will be awarded for every 100th customer.

• River Concert SeriesSt. Mary’s College (18952 E. Fisher Road, St. Mary’s City) – 5 p.m.

The evening’s program will feature music by George Frideric Handel, with guest performances from countertenor Roger O. Isaacs and soprano Joan McFar-land. St. Mary’s College’s own Larry Vote will take over conducting duties for Jeffrey Silberschlag, who will play the trumpet. The Chesapeake Orchestra will be accom-panied by the River Concert Series Festival Choir, made up of talented area high school students, members of the St. Marie’s Mu-sica, and the St. Mary’s College Choir and Chamber Singers. Roger Isaacs, who hails from South Africa, has performed as a so-loist with many of the area’s most promi-nent choral groups. He has performed a wide range of musical acts and has been active in opera. He currently performs both as a soloist and with various ensembles. Joan McFarland has been a member of the St. Mary’s College faculty since 2002. She sings with professional ensembles and es-pecially enjoys performing and recording the music of J.S. Bach and the French ba-roque. McFarland also conducts children’s choirs and directs college productions. The River Concert Series is free and open to the public.

• Author S.E. Simpson Book Signing EventQutie Pies (20855 Callaway Village Way, Callaway) – 5-7 p.m.

S. E. Simpsonwill be available to sign copies of her book, Ginger & the Bully.

From the book: My name is Lucretia Virginia Ryan, and if you think it’s easy to go through life with a name like that, then you probably think doing a no-handed cart-wheel is easy. At least I have a nickname that suits me: Ginger.

Ten-year-old Ginger Ryan is dread-ing starting fourth grade. She and her best friend, Melody, have been split up for the first time since kindergarten, and Ginger has the meanest teacher in school, Ms. Lin-dell. Just when she thinks things couldn’t get any worse, they do. The new kid in school shares the same last name as Gin-ger, so he sits right next to her. Typically, he turns out to be the class bully. Todd Ryan makes it his goal in life to make Ginger’s life a living nightmare. As if that’s not bad enough, Ginger is also dealing with a pesky older brother and a best friend who has turned into a snob. Fourth grade is sup-posed to be fun. So how could things go so horribly wrong?

Ginger tries everything from ignoring Todd to purposefully throwing up on him, but Todd is relentless. Will Ginger and the Bully survive the fourth grade?

Saturday, July 14• Schwan’s Truckload FundraiserRidge Volunteer Fire Depatment (13820 Point Lookout Road, Ridge) – 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

The Ridge Volunteer Fire Depart-ment Auxiliary will be holding a Schwan’s Truckload Fundraiser on the second Satur-day of each. Schwan’s will be available to fill orders. To guarantee the availability of the items, pre-orders may be made on their website at www.schwansfundraising.com/orderForm.aspx using Event ID 39903. The next date is July 14th. Catalogs may also be requested via their website. See you there. Contact 301-872-5671 for additional information.


Luke Bryan Coming to Calvert County

The County Times is always looking for more local talent to feature! To submit art or band information for our entertainment section,

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By Sarah MillerStaff Writer

Since 2005, St. Leonard Volunteer Fire Department has brought high quality entertainment to Southern Mary-land to heat up the summer. With a sold out Luke Bryan concert this weekend, Lynyrd Skynyrd coming back for a return engagement July 22 and Big and Rich rounding out the summer on Sept. 1, this summer looks to be no exception.

Concert co-coordinator Roberta Baker said they take suggestions from the public and listen to the radio to see what’s popular. Traditionally, country acts have drawn larger crowds so they try to book a couple of those per summer.

Luke Bryan’s appearance at the Bayside Toyota Pa-vilion is completely sold out. Bryan is a country singer and songwriter made popular by songs like “All My Friends Say” and “Rain is a Good Thing.” He has been perform-ing since the mid-2000s. The opening act for Luke Bryan will be the River City Gang. Gates open at 5 p.m and the concert starts at 7 p.m.

“I don’t have one more ticket to sell,” Baker said. They have had sellouts before, but normally there are a couple to sell in the days leading up to the concert. Baker said she knew Luke Bryan would be popular, but she didn’t know he’d be this popular.

Lynyrd Skynyrd is a southern rock group active since the 1960s with hit such as “Free Bird,” “Sweet Home Ala-bama” and “Gimme Three Steps.” The opening act will be Drake White. Ticket prices for Lynyrd Skynyrd are $56 for premium seats, $46 for reserved seats and $41 for gen-eral admission.

Big & Rich has been releasing hit after hit since 2004 and is known for “Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy),” “Co-min’ to Your City” and “Lost in this Moment.” Opening acts for Big & Rich include Cowboy Troy and Bradley Gaskin. Tickets are $50 for premium seats, $45 for re-served seats and $40 for general admission.

Traditionally, St. Leonard hosts three concerts per summer. Last year there were only two, and this year the number was four, including Eric Church on June 2. She said Eric Church was a surprise. Early in the year, they send out queries to several agencies for a band to appear at the fire station. Sometimes they get refusals, but more of-ten they hear nothing if St. Leonard doesn’t fit into a band’s schedule.

Baker said they inquired about Eric Church but got no reply, so they booked the other three bands assuming he would not be coming out. Then they got a call from his agency with a proposed date, and added it to the sum-mer lineup.

The money made goes to the headliner, opening acts and the lighting

and stage guys. The remainder goes to the fire station to buy equipment and tools that normally wouldn’t be in the budget.

“Fundraising is an integral part of firefighting,” Bak-er said.

Items purchased include thermal imaging equipment that can differentiate between body heat and heat from a fire, making it easier and quick-er to find people and animals

trapped in a burning building. They also purchased LED lights for their trucks so when they are pulled over on the side of the road they are easier to spot.

“Safety is paramount,” Baker said.

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Live Music: “Gretchen Richie: The Songs of Sinatra”Ruddy Duck Brewery (13200 Dowell Road, Dowell) – 6:30 p.m.

Free Comedy NightDB McMillan’s (23415 Three Notch Road, California) – 8:30 p.m.

Friday, July 6

Live Music: “River Concert Series: That Independent Feeling”St. Mary’s College of Mary-land (18952 E. Fisher Rd St. Mary’s City) – 8 p.m.

Leonardtown First Friday(Town Square, Leonardtown) – 5 p.m.

Live Music: “Jennifer Cooper & Carl Reichelt”Port of Leonardtown Winery (23190 Newtowne Neck Road, Leonardtown) – 5:30 p.m.

Live Music: “257th Army Band”Calvert Marine Museum (14200 Solo-mons Island Rd., Solomons) – 7 p.m.

Live Music: “Swing Away”Ruddy Duck Brewery (13200 Dowell Road, Dowell) – 8 p.m.

Live Music: “John O’Loughlin and the Blarney Stones Band”(St. Charles Towne Center, Waldorf) – 7 p.m.

Live Music: “Luke Bryan”St. Leonard Volunteer Fire Deartment (200 Calvert Beach Road, St. Leon-ard) – 7 p.m.

JeffPatPark First Friday TourJefferson Patterson Park (10515 Mack-all Road, St. Leonard) – 9 a.m.

Texas Hold’Em TournmentVFW Post 2632 (23282 Three Notch Road, California) – 7 p.m.

Live Music: Kappa Danielson and Paul LarsonThe Westlawn Inn (9200 Chesapeake Avenue, North Beach) – 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, July 7

Live Music: “Big Money Band”Toot’s Bar (23971 Mervell Dean Road, Hollywood) – 8:30 p.m.

Live Music: “River Concert Series on Location in Leonardtown”(Downtown Leonrdtown) – 7 p.m.

Live Music: “A Day Off Earth”Fat Boys Country Store (41566 Med-leys Neck Road, Leonardtown) – 9p.m.

Live Music: “Redwine Jazz Trio”The Westlawn Inn (9200 Chesapeake Avenue, North Beach) – 7:30 p.m.

Piano Festival By The WaterSt. Mary’s College of Mary-land (18952 E. Fisher Rd St. Mary’s City) – 7 p.m.

Live Music: “TD MacDonald”Ruddy Duck Brewery (13200 Dowell Road, Dowell) – 8 p.m.

Sunday, July 8

Piano Festival By The WaterSt. Mary’s College of Mary-land (18952 E. Fisher Rd St. Mary’s City) – 7 p.m.

Live Music: “Jennifer Cooper & Carl Reichelt”Running Hare Vineyard (150 Adelina Road, Prince Frederick) – 1 p.m.

Monday, July 9

Monday Morning MoviesCalvert Library Prince Frederick (850 Costley Way, Prince Frederick) – 10 a.m.

Piano Festival By The WaterSt. Mary’s College of Mary-land (18952 E. Fisher Rd St. Mary’s City) – 1 p.m. and 5:30 p.m.

Tuesday, July 10

CSM Twilight ChautauquanCSM LaPlata Campus – 6:30 p.m.

Open Mic NightRuddy Duck Brewery (13200 Dowell Road, Dowell) – 6:30 p.m.

Live Music: “Fair Warning”DB McMillan’s (23415 Three Notch Road, California) – 4 p.m.

Wednesday, July 11

Live Music: “Sabor Trio”St. Mary’s College of Mary-land (18952 E. Fisher Rd St. Mary’s City) – 7 p.m.

Beginner Line Dance LessonsHotel Charles (15110 Burnt Store Road, Hughesville) – 7 p.m.

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Ruddy Duck Turns ThreeBy Alex PanosStaff Writer

Sitting in an apartment five years ago, Ruddy Duck co-founders Carlos Yanos and Mike Kelley put their heads together to begin creating the area’s only microbrewery. On June 27, after three years in business, The Ruddy Duck cel-ebrated bringing award-winning hand-crafted beer, great food and live music to Southern Maryland.

The commemorative night featured discounted food, prizes – including t-shirts, hats, gift certificates and wine glasses – and live musical performances from the acoustic stylings of the Dave and Kevin Trio, and music by Justin Miles, Dylan Galvin and Rusty Williams band.

Yanos and Kelley said it was a proud night for them, and they were “very grate-ful” to be so embraced by the community.

“It’s a milestone most restaurants don’t reach,” Kelley told The County Times last Wednesday night, while sit-ting in his buzzing establishment. “It af-firms the community was looking for us.”

Their success, which Kelley pro-claimed is a combination of knowing how to produce a quality product and efficient-ly run a business, hinges on providing not only great food and masterly beer, but also a tremendous listening atmosphere.

Franny Bailey, The Ruddy Duck’s hostess all three years in business, said the Duck’s commitment to perfecting the restaurant’s acoustics is one of the biggest investments she’s witnessed the owners make. During her tenure, Bailey has watched The Ruddy Duck transform into a listening Mecca.

“We’ve had so many improvements to the sound quality,” Bailey said of Solomons’ only brewery. “It has turned around 100 percent.”

The sound “used to bounce all around” the restaurant, Yanos and Kelley explained, so the decision was made to administer incremented sound improve-ments. Overtime, acoustic panels were strategically set up around the restau-rant, carpet was placed in some of the most critical areas, a glass was set up be-tween the bar and the dining room, and stone walls were constructed to eliminate reverberation.

These improvements filter sound coming from the roar-ing, grooving bar area to keep the dining room comparatively muffled for patrons wishing to enjoy a quiet dinner.

Now the “sound stays” in areas they want it to, Yanos said.

As a result of their acous-tic supremacy, the Duck has become a top venue for local bands. Yanos said they have musicians featuring rock, southern rock, jazz, blues and country bring their talents to the brewery’s stage. Popular groups in the Ruddy Duck’s rotation include the Sam Grow Band, the Piranhas, The Dave and Kevin Trio and Hydra FX.

While occasionally a band may come in from Annapolis or Baltimore, for the most part Yanos and Kelley agreed their preference is to feature groups whose roots are here in Southern Maryland’s backyard.

“We try to support local bands,” Kelley said, as Southern Maryland’s own Dave and Kevin trio covered a classic Led Zeppelin tune “Going to California” in the bar area.

In addition to its popularity as a live music hot spot, The Ruddy Duck has be-come famous for its award winning beer brewed right in the restaurant.

Two of their homemade beers have received best tasting beer in Maryland – the Helles, a smooth light-colored beer, and the Festbier, a German Ocktoberfest-style brew.

Yanos said they are able to harness more flavor by not filtering the beer, which is a key aspect of their brewing process. While filtering beer preserves it, Yanos and Kelley elect not to filter the brews be-cause it “gives it more character.”

Even though the unfiltered beer will not remain fresh for as long, Kelley told the County Times any concern about the beer spoiling is a moot point.

“(The beer) sells so fast, it can’t be around long enough to go bad,” Kelley said.

In fact, public approval of their beer has the Duck’s owners hoping to expand

in as little as six months, but not necessarily by opening a new location.

“By 2013, we’re going to start bottling our beer,” Kel-ley said, adding that they plan on bottling be-fore they pursue starting a sec-ond restaurant.

U n l i k e most breweries, the Duck has something for all ages – the duck mascot “Ruddy” walks around the diner and meets with kids.

Care and quality are The Ruddy Duck’s two most important principles, and are main rea-sons why people keep coming back to the pub. Different from owners of other restaurants, Yanos and Kelley are at the Duck every day. They, and every single person they employ, are concerned with each customer that walks into the brew-ery – just one of several factors as to why the co-founders believe people love The Ruddy Duck.

“We have a very friendly atmo-sphere, we’re family oriented, we have quality beer and food at a great value,” Yanos said before quipping, “and because the owners are cool.”

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A good road trip can be the ultimate spring or sum-mer experience. With the open road ahead, life’s trou-bles seem to melt and there’s just the oneness of the driver and the road.

For a road trip to be suc-cessful, it’s not just a matter of taking to the road and put-ting the pedal to the metal. There are a host of consid-erations to make, which can ensure safety and peace of mind when beginning your excursion. The hot sun that can bake the roadway -- and

your body -- can also take its toll on your car, contributing to breakdowns. And there are other factors to be aware of.

Maintenance should never be overlooked when it comes to prepping for a road trip. At the least, The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration recommends that drivers have their tires, battery, belts, fluids, and air conditioner checked by a qualified mechanic prior to starting any long trip. But the list does not stop there. There are many other precautions to heed before taking to the road.

* Be sure to have all necessary documents on hand. Nothing can stall a road trip faster than getting pulled over by a police officer and being without your license, registration and proof of insurance. These are required documents to operate a vehicle, and it’s definitely worth a second check in your wallet and glove compartment to be sure they are where they should be.

* Get an oil change. Driving long intervals can be taxing on a car engine, as can the start-and-stops associated with getting stuck in road trip traffic. Do yourself and your car a favor by getting an oil change to ensure there will be proper lubrication of the engine and that thick, old motor oil won’t contribute to a breakdown.

* Update your GPS. If you will be using a GPS device as your primary tool for navigation, update the device’s maps before departure. Roadways are always being changed, and without downloading the proper updates, you could end up driving in circles instead of moving on to your destination. In addition, many GPS models come equipped with pinpointing points of interest, or POI, such as restaurants, tourist areas, hotels, and rest stops, which should be update before beginning the trip. Follow the guidelines spelled out in the owner’s manual that comes with your GPS unit. Consumer Reports also advises knowing the local ordinances regarding GPS use. For example, a windshield-mounted unit is not allowed while driving in Minnesota.

* Plan who will drive when. A long road trip -- one that will be done primarily in one day -- could necessitate splitting up the trip between two or more drivers. Not only does this banish boredom, it also reduces the risk of driver fatigue. NHTSA estimates that approximate-ly 100,000 police-reported crashes in the United States each year involve drowsiness and/or fatigue.

* Protect your eyes. The weather and the position of the sun could change depending on where you are driving. If you wear glasses or contacts for driving, be sure you have them with you. Keep a few pairs of sunglasses in your car to shield your eyes from sun glare. If the sun proves problematic, pull over for a little while or try an alternate route that prevents oncoming sun on the windshield. While you are packing sunglasses, also be sure to bring along -- and wear -- sunscreen, as the sun’s rays can be magnified through the window glass.

* Bring along refreshments. Frequent stops for bathroom breaks and simply to stretch your legs are adviseable, but limit rest-stop fare whenever possible. Not only do these foods tend to be unhealthy, they are often expensive. Keep your road trip budget down by packing healthy food and drinks that you can enjoy on the go.

* Keep on top of your car’s fuel level. Play it safe when gassing up the car. On rural roads or stretches of country with which you are unfamiliar, you never know how far away filling sta-tions might be from one another. That means you should take the opportunity to top off the gas tank whenever you get the chance. This way you always will be confident you have enough gas to get to the next station. Don’t risk coasting into your destination on fumes, unless you want to arrive at your destination hitched to a tow truck.

* Be wary of hitchhikers. Although hitchhikers are few and far between nowadays, there is still the possibility of coming across someone thumbing for a ride on the side of the road. Do not pick up a stranger who is hitchhiking, no matter how reputable the person may seem. If you come across someone who has broken down, offer to call for help instead of allowing the person into the car.

* Use the bathroom at every stop. You never know how few and far between restrooms will be. Unless the idea of a road-side pit stop is high on your list of road trip excitement, play it safe and use the restroom whenever stopping. Few things can make a stretch of road seem more interminable than the pressure of a full bladder.

* Plan for sightseeing. Part of the enjoyment of a road trip is to actually take the scenic route and enjoy roads which you may have never traveled before. This is not a race and no awards will be given out at the end for making good time. Therefore, slow down and enjoy the scenery. Isn’t that why you’re driving, after all?

Road trips seem to be an essential part of the spring and summer season. They can be all the more fun and safe when you heed a few road trip rules of the road.

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Fuel prices have traditionally been at their highest during the summer months. That's unfortunate for vacationers and road trip enthusiasts who must budget the cost of fuel into their vacation expenses. Those costs can be consider-able, especially if gas continues to hover around $4 per gallon as it has for much of 2012.

But as costly as gas has become, drivers can still mitigate those costs by employing a few strategies aimed at increasing their driving efficiency. The fol-lowing are a few ways drivers can offset high fuel costs regardless of the time of year.

1. Maintain a consistent speed. Though it might be hard to maintain a con-sistent speed when driving during rush hour, it should not be too difficult to do so when hitting the open road. If most of your driving is done on the highway, go easy on your engine by maintaining a consistent speed. The easier you are on the engine, the less taxed that engine will be and the less fuel it will need as a result. If going on a long road trip or if your daily commute involves long stretches of highway driving, rely on your vehicle's cruise control function to make things easier on your engine and conserve fuel.

2. Don't drive when you can walk or bike. It might sound simple, but the best way to conserve fuel is not to use it at all. During the warmer months, walk or ride your bicycle when performing local errands. This is especially beneficial during the summer, when gas prices are typically higher. Save a few gallons of gas by running errands on foot or on your bicycle. If a physical condition makes it hard for you to walk or bike, make use of public transportation when you need to travel locally.

3. Obey the speed limit. The open road entices many drivers to put the pedal to the metal, but driving over the speed limit is both illegal and expensive. The U.S. Department of Energy notes that drivers pay an additional $0.31 per gallon for every five miles they drive over 60 mph. Since gas prices have already hov-ered around $4 per gallon for much of the year, drivers would be wise to obey the speed limit and conserve their fuel as well as their money.

4. Don't make your vehicle into a traveling closet. Many drivers keep excess materials in their cars, whether it's a cooler for picnics, a set of golf clubs or an old baby stroller. Excess weight will rear its ugly head at the pump. The DOE notes than an extra 100 pounds in a vehicle can reduce its miles per gallon by as much as two percent. Before hitting the highway, check your trunk and the backseat and remove any unnecessary items.

Drivers spend a considerable amount of money at the gas pump each week. But a few simple strategies to conserve fuel can save money and help the planet at the same time.

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By Linda RenoContributing Writer

C h a r l e s County citizens joined with those in St. Mary’s and presented Gov-ernor Wright to their own Grand Jury saying “Therefore, we (the Grand and Petit Jurors of

Charles) do enter our most solemn op-position in the said pardon as danger-ous and mischievous precedent, and re-quest our delegates to the next General Assembly to enquire into the grounds causing such an extraordinary and un-warranted execution of the prerogative, and to suggest which measures as will

in future restrain the nature within its natural limits.”

Gov. Wright became the first Mary-land governor to ever resign. This oc-curred on May 6, 1809, but the ever-arro-gant, self-assured Wright had a plan. He thought he would get himself appointed by the Legislature as a justice of the Court of Appeals representing Queen Anne’s County, telling them that he “would have no serious competition for the appoint-ment.” The Legislature didn’t agree and he did not receive the appointment.

The newspapers of the day had a field day. The Salem Gazette (Massachusetts) of June 20, 1809 said it the best.

“The Ex-Governor Wright, of Maryland, if his own words may be tak-en for it, (and who shall dare to doubt the veracity of a man when he testifies to the excellence of his own character himself), is one of the first patriots that

ever existed. It is pleasing in such de-generate times as the present, for the eye to be relieved now and then by such fair specimens of human virtue, worthy of the proudest days of Greece and Rome. Who can disbelieve the disinterested-ness of a man who when about to resign one office convokes the Legislature for no other purpose but to appoint him to another?

That very Legislature shews their sense of his worthy by appointing an-other person to the office; and so the poor Governor, who has testified such wonderful anxiety to serve his coun-try, is left by that ungrateful body to his patriotism and his private life. Strange that such a wonderful round of services so important should receive no other re-ward! Now, his country having afforded him leisure to become the heralds of his own worth, he pops upon us with all the

majesty of consummate patriotism and benevolence. After a perusal of a letter like the foregoing, even if his adminis-tration had been ten times more turbu-lent than it was, the community, we trust, will join with us and him in the ascrip-tion to it ‘to the weakness of his head.’ Whether the ‘recording angel has actu-ally inscribed the purity of his admin-istration on the records of Heaven,’ we know not, but shall suspend our belief until he produces a certified copy. The letter we present as a political instance of genuine chrononhotonthology.”

His disgrace appears to have been short lived because in 1810 he was select-ed to fill a vacancy in the U. S. House of Representatives. In 1823 he was appoint-ed associate judge of the district court. He died in 1826.

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Wanderings A Question of DatesBy Shelby OppermannContributing Writer

How will you celebrate the 4th of July this year? We have so many options in Southern Maryland, and for the hale and hearty there is always A Capital 4th in D.C. I have thought about going to the D.C. festivi-ties a few times over the years, but you can’t convince me that they have enough port-a-potties for everyone. It just isn’t possible. I’ll stay around here thank you very much. Hol-lywood Firehouse has a great night planned on June 30th for all. I love standing out under the stars, seeing the fireworks, and listening to No Green Jelly Beans. And yes, I am sure I will cry again this year. The St. Mary’s Riv-er Concert Series will offer jazz music and beautiful sunset views as a backdrop for the evening of Friday, July 6th. John Phillip Sou-sa traditional patriotic music will play during the fireworks display.

I can’t imagine why we would even have to leave the three counties at all. In Cal-vert County, the towns of Solomons Island and Chesapeake Beach have many Indepen-dence Day activities planned. Chesapeake Beach’s Rod and Reel has an entire week of music and fireworks planned. The actual fireworks display will be on Tuesday, July 3rd. Solomons always has a spectacular night of fun for the 4th of July, and we have attended the events held there for many years. Lots of great memories.

Charles County seems to have the most events, but they are all on the 4th. A few could be combined however. The Independence Day Watermelon Bash at the La Plata Town Hall is from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. Then you could either travel to the fairgrounds in La Plata to see the fireworks with fun starting at 5 p.m., or travel to The Blue Crab Stadium for a fun-filled fourth starting at 4:30 p.m. with fireworks later in the evening. For a little

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Book Review

By Terri SchlichenmeyerContributing Writer

The weather might be nice. The sun’s shining and people are walking around outside, the temperature’s com-fortable but you’re completely frozen.

Once upon a time, you were able to take risks. Then, you seized opportunity. Now, though you know things could be better, something’s holding you back. You’re stuck, but you don’t know why.

The reason is fear, says Gordon Livingston, M.D., and it’s affecting your ability to think clearly. In his new book “The Thing You Think You Cannot Do,” he tells you how to overcome your situation.

Fear was once a good thing. It saved our ancestors from being eaten but now, it’s “corrosive” and exploited. The fear we feel today, says Livingston, only makes us preoccupied with safety, but total safety is impossible because life “is intrinsically unsafe.”

It’s so unsafe, in fact, that we’re all going to die. We can exercise, eat all the “right” foods, give up our vices, follow doctor’s orders to the letter, withdraw completely from society to avoid conta-gion, and we’ll still die. It’s inevitable.

The best we can do, Livingston says, is to find “the courage required to confront adversity of all sorts.” Coura-geous behavior involves a combination of choice, risk, and willingness to ben-efit others, and it ultimately gives life meaning. It also allows us to conquer fear, which we must do because fearful people “do not make good decisions” and “fear is the death of reason.”

It’s easy to think, in this search, that

we have courage because we’ve been through extreme travails and survived. The problem, Livingston says, is that we are not “heroes” for doing some-thing we have no choice in completing, and we have never “suffered enough.” Likewise, we won’t find courage in bely-ing our age or staying “stupid,”

and we don’t get credit for effort.In life, things are going to go wrong,

Livingston says, and we may as well face the fact because the “only way to over-come fear is to confront it.” Meanwhile, keep a sense of humor, nurture hope in your life, and learn to treat others well because we’re “all in this together.”

Feeling a little bit of inertia in this time of uncertainty? “The Thing You Think You Cannot Do” will help you get off your fanny, but be ready for some controversy.

Author Gordon Livingston, M.D. writes with conviction and a no-non-sense manner. His thoughts are well-conceived, they make sense, and they’re empowering. His words offer the hope about which he writes, and that’s very comforting.

But beware, because Livingston has some blunt things to say about reli-gion, military service, and our definition of “heroes.” He isn’t very complimen-tary about many aspects of today’s so-ciety, either, but his opinions are backed by his experiences in war and in his practice, which gives this book a certain solidness.

“The Thing You Think You Can-not Do” takes no prisoners, accepts no whining, and it won’t make friends. But if you’re stuck in life and need a nudge, reading it may be the best thing you can do.

“The Thing You Think You Cannot Do” by Gordon Livingston, M.D.

c.2012, DaCapo Lifelong $19.99 / $23.00 Canada 199 pages

more small town feel, you could drive down to the town of Indianhead’s celebration and fireworks starting at 3:30 p.m. Two bands will be performing at that event. You could have fun somewhere different every night!

Once in a while you hear that all that people think of anymore with regard to the 4th of July is hot dogs, hamburgers, and fireworks without thinking about the war that was fought for independence, and the subsequent wars fought, and still fought, in America’s name and for her honor. But, I don’t believe that. I think most people think about the deep-er reasons for the holiday, and use the festivi-ties to experience those feelings in a commu-nity of spirit and excitement.

You could also celebrate on July 2nd and be perfectly correct. We really don’t hear about this controversy now, but John Adams pushed very hard for July 2nd to be the actual festival day to commemorate the vote on the Declaration of Independence. He even wrote to his wife Abigail that, “July 2nd will be cele-brated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival”. July 4th was the formal adoption day of the Declaration of Indepen-dence. Mr. Adams (Mr., since he would not be our second president for another twenty years after this) even refused to attend July 4th fes-tivities. And as many know, the irony is that both John Adams and Thomas Jefferson died on July 4th, 1826; the 50th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence.

When Thomas Paine first wrote the pamphlet “Common Sense” in 1776, he had only lived in the colonies two years, and wrote

his pamphlet anonymously to the American people from an Englishman in order to incite the colonies. Though he does ask in one part: Reconciliation or Revolution? The War for In-dependence had already been going on for ten months prior to this. Not everyone, of course, was for revolution; the loyalists were fine with the status quo. I have not read all of Common Sense, but have covered several sections. No wonder it caused such a stir; Paine’s sections on the Kings of England (specifically George the III without stating his name) tell of an un-feeling and uncaring monarch. George the III, known as “The Mad King” ruled for 60 years and was seen to have lost America for Britain. Many of the first years celebrating the 4th of July in America, were spent holding mock-funerals for King George III; quite a bit different from how we celebrate now.

Nearly 100 years later, in 1870, congress would make July 4th a federal holiday, and in 1941, much to the happiness of government employees, congress declared that it be a paid federal holiday. I’m going to talk to my boss about this matter. I hope you get a chance to enjoy either one or several of the local 4th of July celebrations, and think back to the roots of how we fought to self-govern ourselves. Self-governance is a basic human desire whether individually or nationally; one paid for in integrity and lives. Happy 4th of July!

To each new day’s adventure, Shelby

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Food Safety is Important When

Entertaining

Snacking Doesn’t Have to be Unhealthy

Understanding protein’s role in your diet

Entertaining at home is one of the ways friends and families spend time together, and food is often at the center of such gatherings, acting as a conversation starter or even the central component of the festivities. But food can also make your gathering memorable for all the wrong reasons.

Forty-eight million people get sick from contaminated food each year, according to the National In-stitutes of Health. Statistics Canada says that roughly 13 million Canadians succumb to some sort of food illness each year. Common causes of food-borne illnesses are bacteria, parasites and viruses present in improperly handled food. Some foods also contain contaminants that result from the growing or packaging process.

Salmonella-laced spinach and cantaloupe, pink-slime beef and scores of other food-related concerns pop up every year. However, keeping guests and yourself healthy requires knowledge of some basic food safety rules that are important throughout the year.

* Wash your hands thoroughly before handling any type of food.* Avoid cross-contamination of foods by using utensils for only one type of food (e.g., separate cutting

board and knives for meat and produce).* Cook foods to proper internal temperatures.* Keep foods thoroughly chilled to prevent bacteria growth. Do not over-stuff a refrigerator, or it may

not be able to retain a cold enough temperature necessary to inhibit growth of microorganisms.* Store raw meats on the bottom shelf of the refrigerator so they don’t accidentally leak or drip onto

other foods.* Keep hot foods hot and cold foods cold during serving. Use chafing dishes or bowls or bins of ice if

necessary.* Discard any leftover food that has been sitting out if it hasn’t been placed in a container and refriger-

ated or frozen within two hours. If it’s especially hot outside, discard after one hour.* Keep foods covered when serving outdoors. Insects, notably flies, carry harmful bacteria, which can

be transferred to food from saliva or body contact.* Thaw foods in the refrigerator, not on the counter.* Sanitize kitchen surfaces with bleach and water to kill any residual bacteria from food preparation.* Do not use meat, poultry or seafood marinades again to baste cooking foods.* Regularly clean out the refrigerator and wash down the bins and trays.* Wash all fruits and vegetables prior to cooking. Fleshy fruits can become contaminated simply from

a knife coming in contact with the rind and then the fruit pulp.* Be extra careful with known food-borne illness suspects. These include eggs, ground meats, seafood,

and poultry.Safety precautions when preparing and storing food can safeguard hosts and their guests from food-

borne illnesses.

Snacking often elicits mixed reviews. Some health plans say that it is important to eat several small meals or snacks during the day to keep metabolism rates in check. Other information states that snacks can be a person’s undoing, causing unneces-sary weight gain -- especially when snacking is frequent. These mixed feelings can be a little confusing.

The National Health and Nutrition Survey supports snack-ing. The survey found that people who eat snacks in addition to three meals a day had higher levels of nutrients in their diets. But not all snacks are a good idea. Consuming a fattening bag of potato chips is an unhealthy approach to snacking. However, a piece of dark chocolate or a handful of nuts can add essential nutrients to a person’s diet.

Many different snacks make healthy additions to a person’s diet. Two to three snacks a day may be all that’s needed to help keep a person feeling satiated and less likely to overeat at meals. Here are some healthy snack ideas.

* Olives: A handful of olives can quench a salty craving and provide essential fatty acids that may help to improve heart health.

* Hummus: Hummus is made from chickpeas, which are naturally low in fat and high in fiber. This dip will keep you feeling full.

* Edamame: These are a variety of soybeans that are sweet-er, larger and more easily digested than other soybeans. They are a natural source of antioxidants and isoflavones.

* Banana and chocolate:

Fitness afficionados have grown increasingly reliant on pro-tein to supplement their workouts. Protein can help in the building of lean muscle and, when eaten after a workout, can help aid in muscle recovery.

While protein is a valuable component of a healthy diet, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention note that many adults already get enough protein to meet their needs. That’s because protein can be found in so many different types of foods, includ-ing meat, poultry, fish, dry beans and peas; eggs, nuts and seeds; and milk and milk products. Some vegetables and fruits even pro-vide some protein, though it’s far less than other foods.

When examining protein as part of a person’s diet, the sourc-es of protein are labeled according to how many essential amino acids they provide. Essential amino acids are those that the body cannot make on its own, so a person’s diet must provide them.

A complete protein source is one that provides all of those essential amino acids. These sources are often referred to as high quality proteins. Animal-based foods such as meat, poultry, fish, eggs, and cheese are considered complete protein sources.

An incomplete protein source is one that’s low in one or more of the essential amino acids. However, two or more incomplete protein sources can be combined to meet the body’s needs for es-sential amino acids. Though it was once believed that these com-plementary protein sources must be eaten during the same meal, more recent studies have shown they are just as effective as long as they’re consumed within the same day.

Fruit and vegetables remain some of the more healthy snacks a person can enjoy.

Don't have guests walk away from your party with a poor parting gift, such as a food-borne illness.


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St. Mary’s Department of Aging Programs and Activities

Loffler Senior Activity Center 301-737-5670, ext. 1652; Garvey Senior Activity Center, 301-475-4200, ext. 1050Northern Senior Activity Center, 301-475-4002, ext. 1001; Ridge Nutrition Site, 301-475-4200, ext. 1050.

Visit the Department of Aging’s website at www.stmarysmd.com/aging for the most up-to date information.

Farmer’s Market CouponsA limited number of Maryland Depart-

ment of Agriculture’s 2012 Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program Coupons are available at the Garvey Senior Activity Cen-ter on Tuesday, July 10 beginning at 9:00 a.m. Coupons may only be used at partici-pating Farmer’s Market locations. Those re-ceiving coupons must be 60 years of age or older and have an income that meets Federal Poverty Guidelines-185%. Proof of age is re-quired and applicants must sign an affidavit for the Department of Agriculture attest-ing to eligibility. For more information, call 301.475.4200, ext. 1072.

Riverside Dinner Theater bus trip to see Phantom is Wednesday, August 8.

Help us fill the bus as we travel to see a popular production, based on the Phantom of the Opera, with music from the original production. The $90 price of the trip in-cludes bus fare, snacks on the bus, lunch served to you at your table at Riverside Din-ner Theater, admission to the show and even the tip for the bus driver. Hurry, a minimum number is required by July 13 for this trip to

be a go. Your seat is reserved when your pay-ment is received. Call Joyce at 301.737.5670, ext. 1656 for details.

Here’s a great opportunity to improve your health

Take part in “Living Well…Take Charge of your Health” at the Northern Se-nior Activity Center beginning Wednesday, July 12 and continuing each Wednesday through August 16, from 1 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

The workshop is for any person who has one or more chronic conditions and who wants to learn to live more healthfully. Care-givers of a person with a chronic condition are also invited to attend.

At the “Living Well…take Charge of your Health” workshop, you will learn how to manage symptoms, communicate ef-fectively with doctors, lessen frustration, fight fatigue, make daily tasks easier, and get more out of life! Workshops run for 2 ½ hours, once a week, for 6 weeks.

To ensure that you get the most out of the program, attendance is recommended at all six sessions. The workshop is free, but registration is limited, so sign up now by

calling 301.475.4002, ext. 1001.

Ice Cream Social FundraiserNeed to cool off this summer? Take a

break from the heat and help raise funds for entertainment and special events at the Gar-vey Senior Activity Center. In celebration of the invention of the ice cream cone in July of 1904, the Garvey Senior Activity Center will serve ice cream on your choice of cone; waffle, sugar, or wafer on Friday, July 13 from 1 to 3 p.m. Cost per cone is $2.00. Also available will be ice cream sundaes for $3.00 and brownie sundaes for $4.00. For more in-formation, call 301.475.4200, ext. 1050.

Art Workshop on July 20Paint a landscape with Faith Gaillot.

Faith will show you how to use watercolor with wet-on-wet techniques as well as a sponge technique that is used to paint trees. Painting also includes some dry brush work. This class will take place on Thursday, July 20 (if you are not finished on Thursday, you will have the opportunity to come back the next day and complete your painting). Be-ginners as well as those with intermediate

level experience are welcome. Cost is $40 which includes instruction and all materials needed to complete your painting. To sign up or for more information call 301.737.5670 ext. 1658.

Get Your Tickets for the Loffler Luau Now

July 26 is the date Loffler will host its annual Loffler Luau. The fun begins at 10 a.m. and continues until 2 p.m. This party will be sprinkled with dancing (Music by DJ Mean Gene), a hula demonstration, fash-ion runway (wear your best tropical garb in case you are asked to stroll down our run-way), 50/50 Raffle, and a feast prepared by our own chef which will feature Huli Huli Chicken, Rice Pilaf, Pineapple Chunks, Ses-ame Cabbage Salad, Cucumber Salad and Key Lime Pie. Tickets ($8 suggested dona-tion) are required and are available at Loffler Senior Activity Center. We will meet you at the door with a lei hand-selected to comple-ment your outfit. For more information call 301.737.5670 ext. 1658.


By Keith McGuireContributing Writer

Who can think of any-thing more fun to do for the Independence Day Holiday than fishing? There are several places that provide public access to the wa-ter where there are actually some fish to be caught. Check out the fishing piers at Point Lookout and Solomon’s. There are also areas where the public can access the water’s edge at St. George’s Island, Chaptico Wharf, and Wicomico Shores. If you must have a boat, there are places at Point Lookout and Solo-mon’s where small boats and kayaks can be rented for a fee.

If catching fish is not on your list of fa-vored activities, dining on seafood may be. Checkout any of the local restaurants for fine local seafood specialties including fish, crabs and other dishes. It’s what makes the holiday grand in Southern Maryland.

A lot of the best fishing right now is near shore. Ken Lamb, proprietor of The Tackle Box in Lexington Park, says, “White perch are everywhere. If you can see water, you are in the presence of perch.” White perch are the best eating fish that the Bay and riv-

ers have to offer and they can be caught by several different methods, making them a fun fish to catch for the whole family. White perch will hit small jigs and spinner baits cast around shorelines and structure. Those who like casting in these areas are in for a thrill. White perch will also hit bottom rigs with #4 hooks baited with bloodworm, shrimp, peeler crab or Fish Bites™. On top of that, they are running big this year. A 12 inch white perch is not that unusual. Six white perch over 10 inches long will provide a dinner with more fish than two people can eat.

While you’re fishing the near shore ar-eas for white perch, don’t be surprised if you catch a few other species of fish including stripers (rockfish), small red drum, bluefish, spot and croakers. Remember that rockfish and red drum have to be at least 18 inches long to keep them, and croakers have to be 9 inches.

A lot of croakers to 14 inches are being caught upriver on the Potomac near Wicom-ico Shores and Chaptico Wharf, and on the

Patuxent near Benedict and Sheridan Point. In a couple of locations on the Bay and in the rivers, croakers as big as 17 inches have been reported. Most successful anglers targeting croakers are fishing with bottom rigs and bait. Bloodworms, squid strips, shrimp, peel-er crab and other baits seem to do the trick.

Rockfish are out there, but many are running a little small. Summer feeding pat-terns have schools of breaking stripers and bluefish ready to jump onto almost any lure tossed into the mix. Some anglers lucky enough to catch a few spot are live-lining these small fish for rockfish. Trollers are having some success with bigger stripers up to 30 inches, along with bluefish up to about 3 pounds. Some anglers are still catching

speckled trout over on the Eastern Shore side of the Bay and into Tangier Sound. Some of these anglers are casting colorful lures and jigs to finesse the trout to bite, while others are using minnows rigged “Carolina” style.

I have no reports of flounder catches. Remember to take a picture of your

catch and send it to me with your story at [email protected].

Keith has been a recreational angler on the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries for over 50 years; he fishes weekly from his small boat during the season, and spends his free time supporting local conservation organizations.

Independence Day

Don’t Forget to Protect Skin When Sailing

Angler AnglerThe Ordinary

Ken Lamb, proprietor of The Tackle Box in Lexington Park, the self-proclaimed “King of the white perch-ers” is having a wonderful year.

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Few activities embody the spirit of summer like sailing. Smelling the ocean air while catching some fish or preparing the boat for a fun-filled day on a nearby lake are activities synonymous with summer relaxation.

As enjoyable as sailing can be, it's in

the best interests of sailors and their passen-gers to take certain precautionary measures to ensure everyone makes it back to shore safely. One such measure is protecting skin from the sun. When sailing, men, women and children spend a significant amount of time soaking up the sun's rays, which can

lead to chronic skin damage or even skin cancer for those who don't take steps to protect themselves. The following are a few ways boaters can ensure their next sailing trip is as safe as it is fun.

* Don protective clothing. When sail-ing, women might be tempted to wear a bikini while men might prefer to wear some swim trunks and nothing else. Such attire might be relaxing, but it's not very safe. Instead of beach gear, wear protective clothing, including long-sleeve t-shirts and wide-brimmed hats that protect both the top of your head, your neck and your face from sunburn. Sunglasses will also protect your eyes from overexposure to the sun's rays.

* Be even more diligent when sailing. When sailing, it's important for sailors and their passengers to be especially diligent with regards to skin protection. Sand and water reflect the sun's rays, increasing a per-son's risk of sun damage. So be even more careful and protective of your skin on the water or at the beach than you would be if relaxing in the backyard.

* Apply a broad-spectrum, water-re-sistant sunscreen. The American Academy of Dermatology recommends a generous application of a broad-spectrum, water-

resistant sunscreen with an SPF, or Sun Protection Factor, of at least 30. Re-apply the sunscreen every two hours, and imme-diately after going into the water or if you find yourself sweating. Be sure to use a sunscreen that is "broad-spectrum," as this means it protects your skin from both UVA and UVB rays.

* Spend some time in the shade. Even though you're on a boat, there are oppor-tunities to escape the sun. Sit in a shaded area on the boat, especially during certain hours of the day when the sun's rays are at their strongest. The AAD notes that the sun's rays are strongest between the hours of 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. One trick of the trade is to always seek shade when your shadow is shorter than you are.

* Be prepared. A boat carries a host of supplies so sailors don't end up stranded at sea. But don't forget to stock up on pro-tective items just in case some sailors for-get to bring along sunscreen or protective gear. In addition to packing extra bottles of sunscreen, store some extra long-sleeve t-shirts and wide-brimmed hats so friends and family don't fall victim to the sun or feel as thought they need to sit in the cabin or out of the sun for the duration of the trip.

Donning appropriate attire, including wide-brimmed hats, is one way to protect skin from overexposure to the sun when sailing.


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Learning to boat or sail is similar to learning to drive an automobile. Neither one happens overnight. Learning to get around on the water can be exciting, but it can also be intimidating to take over the reins of a boat for the first time.

Though beginners might be apprehen-sive when they first start to boat or sail, there are some tips that can make it a little easier for those new to captaining their own ship.

* Start small. Much like teenagers learning to drive are often more comfort-able learning behind the wheel of a com-pact car, boating beginners might be more comfortable learning to sail on a small boat. Smaller boats are easier to maneuver, mak-ing even the most nervous novice a little more comfortable.

* Choose calm waters in which to prac-tice. According to the United States Coast Guard, in 2010 there were more than 4,600 recreational boating accidents that involved 672 deaths. Though boating accidents in both the United States and Canada, where the Canadian government expected roughly 200 boaters to die on the water in 2009, have been on the decline, accident statistics illustrate just how dangerous it can be even for fully licensed and experienced sailors to operate a boat. That said, beginners should always practice in calm waters that don't boast big waves or lots of fellow boaters. This gives beginners the chance to learn the feel of the boat without the added pressure of handling choppy waters or traffic.

* Read the weather reports. Veteran boaters struggle with inclement weather from time to time, so beginners should ex-pect to struggle with adverse conditions as well. But don't be caught off guard by bad weather. Always check the weather reports before going out, and be sure to bring along appropriate attire and gear.

* Don't go it alone. Boating and sailing come with their own terminology, which beginners are typically unfamiliar with. Before heading out on the water, learn as much of this terminology as possible, be it by studying manuals or books, or even ask-ing experienced friends for help. When tak-ing to the water, bring those friends along.

* Respect other boaters. Boating is a hobby enjoyed by millions, and boaters should always respect that there are other people on the water as well. Whether you're out in the middle of the ocean or relaxing at the pier on your docked boat, respect the other boaters by keeping the music down and always discarding of trash in a respon-sible way. Far too many boaters or boat pas-sengers dump their garbage over the side of the boat, so always be sure you and your passengers are respectful of Mother Nature and other boaters.

Boating Tips for Beginners

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Boating 101

Fish as pets are common in homes around the world. Fish can live in fresh water, saltwater or a combination of both, and depending on the type of fish, can be a relatively easy pet to maintain. Here are some fascinating facts about fish, large and small.

* Fish can taste without opening their mouths.* The clown fish has the ability to change its gender and sexual organs depending

on what is needed to breed.* Fish range in size from microscopic creatures to gigantic organisms.* The whale shark is the world's largest fish. It feeds on microscopic plankton and

probably wouldn't make a good home aquarium pet coming in at 65 feet long.* Fish do not have 3D vision and predominantly use other senses.* Some fish swim backward, sideways and upside down. The Upside Down Catfish

spends most of its time belly-up.* It is estimated that there may still be more than 15,000 fish species that have not

yet been identified.* Tropical fish are one of the most popular pets in the United States.* Most aquarium fish are harvested from the wild in Africa, Asia and South

America.* Improper housing and nutrition is the common form of mortality among pet fish.* Some tropical fish are known as mouth brooders, where the young grow and de-

velop while inside of their mother's mouth. African cichlids are a breed known to do this.* Feed fish well, but don't overfeed. Some breeds resort to canibalism if there isn't

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