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“If it’s about ethics it shouldn’t matter who’s in there … I find that reasoning very troubling.”

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By Guy LeonardStaff Writer

After the second round of tabulation for absentee and provisional ballots in the county election, Commis-sioner President Francis Jack Russell, the Democrat in-cumbent maintains a small lead over GOP challenger Thomas F. McKay by a 130-vote margin.

Last week’s count of ballots had Russell ahead by 128 ballots. Exactly 300 ballots were counted Wednes-day but 224, and perhaps more that may be in the mail, will be counted tomorrow.

McKay said that he would see the election counting through to the end in light of the close race and because of questions about the accuracy of the voting machine’s tallying.

During the first count of 266 ballots one of the bal-lots became stuck in the machine and was miscounted, this eventually led to a total of five counts that included changing to a new machine to verify the results.

The first vote count came out to 131 for Russell and 120 for McKay but the second count had Russell actu-ally lose one and McKay gain a vote.

The next two counts came out to 131 for Russell and 121 for McKay and the fifth count on the new ma-chine went back to 130 for Russell to 121 for McKay.

With the 34 provisional votes added in there was just a 10-vote difference between the two candidates.

“We had thought after today we would have a clear-er read of the voters wishes,” McKay said after the final tabulation. “But we’re going to wait for all the votes to be counted.”

McKay said that the irregular count provided by

the machines, even if by one vote, posed questions about the prior counts’ accuracy.

Attempts to contact Russell were not successful as of press time.

The numbers show that even one vote counts, with Russell in control of 50 percent of the vote and McKay narrowly behind with 49.58 percent.

“It does cause us to reflect on previous counts,” McKay said. “A lot of people supported us and we owe it to them to make sure everyone’s comfortable with the count.”

Wednesday’s vote count also shows that several races for state seats, though won by the incumbents, were much closer than in past years.

Del. John F. Wood (D-Dist.29A) has 6,851 St. Mary’s votes to Matt Morgan’s 6,435, while Del. John Bohanan (D-Dist.29B) had 7,599 votes to GOP candi-date Erik Anderson’s 6,892.

Despite the GOP wave of Nov. 2 that brought them four seats on the county commissioner board, incumbent Democrats here still managed to hold on to the their seats, bucking the national trend and showing that Maryland is still a deeply “blue” state.

Todd Eberly, political science professor at St. Mary’s College of Maryland, said that the personal contact the Democrat incumbents had with voters likely helped them weather the GOP storm.

“You still see evidence of the wave,” Eberly said. “In local government where you get to know your in-cumbent it’s that personal contact that helped them to survive in those races.”

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After waiting more than seven hours, local election officials, news reporters, citizens and elected officials crowd around a ballot counting machine last week to see printed results from absentee ballots.

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In the aftermath of House Majority Lead-er Steny Hoyer’s reelection to a U.S. Congress dominated by the GOP, the veteran lawmaker is now seeking to reclaim the post of minority whip he once held.

The minority whip is an influential posi-tion and is responsible for corralling votes on key legislative proposals.

But Hoyer is facing competition from the current whip and No. 3 Democrat in the House of Representatives Jim Clyburn of South Carolina who wants to keep his job.

Both men have been active in gathering votes in the Democratic Caucus since Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, who is about to lose her current post, has said she intends to remain the leader of her party after losing at least 60 seats to Republicans.

Hoyer has gained the support of at least 30 House Democrats so far; those party mem-bers signed onto a letter throwing their sup-port behind the 5th District representative in an attempt to get even more behind the cur-rent majority leader.

The elections in the Democratic Caucus for their new leadership will take place later this month.

The letter lauds Hoyer’s accomplish-ments in getting health care and Wall Street reform passed as well as his support of stimu-lus spending to help turn around the faltering economy.

“Majority Leader Hoyer helped make those accomplishments possible by bringing

our caucus together and forcefully standing up for the Democratic principles we share,” the letter circulated among Democrats read. “Steny is an outstanding listener and his openness to our caucus’ range of views has al-ways been greatly appreciated and respected.”

A source close to Hoyer said that he de-cided not to run against Pelosi because it was his belief that Democrats in leadership should step down a level after the GOP victory.

The source said that Hoyer had the votes to supplant Clyburn for the position.

“We are confident we have the votes,” the source said.

Todd Eberly, professor of political sci-ence at St. Mary’s College of Maryland said it was strange why Hoyer has not decided to challenge Pelosi, who has drawn the ire of her own party members for presiding over one of the worst electoral failures for Democrats in over a generation.

“He’s made it clear he won’t take her on,” Eberly told The County Times. “How she thinks she should be the leader of the Demo-cratic Party is beyond me. She is radioactive.”

But there is a substantial liberal element that remains in the Democratic Party, Eberly said, which would view not supporting Pelosi as minority leader as another loss for their wing of the party.

“It’s a major step down but it still puts him in the line of succession,” Eberly said. “It’s better to have someone in leadership than not.”

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Activists gathered in California on Tuesday to protest the use of an arsenic compound in chicken feed as a larger ef-fort to get the substance banned in the state of Maryland.

An attempt to ban the feed additive roxarsone, which contains arsenic, failed in the state legislature this year.

The additive is used to prevent cer-tain diseases in chickens, such as coccid-iosis, which can harm a chicken’s ability to absorb nutrients during its maturing pro-cess and poultry industry advocates have opposed the arsenic ban on that basis.

Shelley Alingas, a local community organizer with the Food And Water Watch organization, said that arsenic in chicken was detrimental to human health and that consumers often did not know that the heavy metal was a part of the poultry pro-duction process.

“We need to ban arsenic in our chicken production,” Alingas said during a press conference outside of DB McMil-lan’s restaurant.

Bob Lewis, executive director of the St. Mary’s River Watershed Association, said that arsenic in the poultry process eventually finds its way into the state’s wa-terways via chicken waste and can harm flora, fauna and the quality of the water.

“Arsenic in our waterways is not good,” Lewis said. “Fish with these toxins pass it on to us when we eat them.

“It’s unnecessary in poultry feed and it’s easy to regulate. Let’s ban it,” he said.

Food and Water Watch, based in the District of Columbia, reports that in 2007 Maryland sold nearly 300 million broiler chickens, marking it was one of the largest poultry producing states in the nation.

The Chesapeake Bay Foundation threw its support behind the renewed call for a ban on arsenic in chicken feed Tues-day, after the Food And Water Watch re-port claimed that the additive can increase the risk of cancer, heart and cardiovascu-lar disease and even diabetes.

While many in the poultry industry oppose the ban on arsenic-laden com-pounds in chicken feed, one of the largest in Maryland, Perdue, stopped using such chemicals about three years ago, accord-ing to news reports.

Christina Allen, a local organic farm-er and homesteader, said that chemicals like arsenic in chicken forced her and her family to seek healthier, additive free food alternatives.

“I’ve not eaten chicken form a gro-cery store or from a restaurant in years,” Allen said.

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Shelley Alingas, of Food and Water Watch, talks about efforts to push a ban on arsenic in chicken feed at a press confer-ence in front of DB McMillan’s restaurant in California.


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By Sarah MillerStaff Writer

The Hollywood Volunteer Rescue Squad and the Hollywood Rescue Squad Auxiliary held its 36th annual Instillation of Officers Banquet and Awards ceremony Saturday.

The ceremonies included the introduction and installation of the 2011 executive officers, 2011 line officers and 2011 auxiliary officers, as well as special awards and presentations.

Natalie Himes received the Squadsman of the Year award, as well as the Chief’s Award and the Top Runner award, having gone out on 640 calls.

During the ceremonies, the auxiliary presented a check to the squad for $30,000, which they collected during their fundraisers dur-ing the last year and will be used for the benefit of the rescue squad.

According to a report available during the banquet, the rescue squad was dispatched a total of 2,660 times and racked up 24,139 miles.

Also present at the event was the current St. Mary’s County Commissioners, with the exception of Kenny Dement.

Tommy Dean, the new president of the squad, said while the res-cue squad is a separate entity form the fire department, the fire depart-ment allowed them to use their facilities for the evening.

“We kind of help each other,” Dean said.Bailey’s Catering provided the food for the event.“A good time was had by all,” said Earl Newton, who was ap-

pointed as the Captain Training Officer during the event.

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A new law proposed at the county level that will be up for consideration in the state legislature in January would have the Metropolitan Commis-sion’s (MetCom) executive director, board members and employees all abide by St. Mary’s County ethics ordinance strictures, but officials with the water and sewer authority are balking at the potential change.

Kathleen Werner, chair of MetCom’s board of directors, told county commissioners and state del-egates Tuesday night at the county’s annual legisla-tive proposals meeting that such a law would likely result in Executive Director Jacquelyn Meiser’s leaving the agency.

Meiser also serves as the agency’s general coun-sel and maintains a private land use law practice, a situation a recent task force report states should end.

The new law would force Meiser to drop her outside law practice if a case had her dealing with county government, boards or commissions.

Werner also outlined a recently completed legal analysis of MetCom’s operations that stated it was more a state agency than a county-based one, and should remain under the statutes of the state’s ethics laws.

Werner also credited Meiser’s experience and skill in leadership as “a windfall to us all.”

House Minority Leader Anthony O’Donnell (R-Dist.29C) said that the MetCom leadership posi-tion against the law seemed to revolve around the actions of one person.

“If it’s about ethics it shouldn’t matter who’s in there,” O’Donnell said. “I find that reasoning very troubling.”

Commissioner Daniel H. Raley (D-Great Mills) said he often disagrees with O’Donnell but in the case of putting MetCom officials and employees under county ethics standards he concurred, despite MetCom being an agency that was started under the auspices of state law back in the 1950’s.

“I think Del. O’Donnell is correct,” Raley said. “It’s not about the individual… MetCom does its business in St. Mary’s County.

“You can never have too much transparency,” Raley said.

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A federal declaration calling St. Mary’s County, Southern Maryland and other parts of the state agricultural disaster zones fol-lowing a severe drought over the summer means farmers here could be eligible for federal funds to keep their businesses going.

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack declared Maryland a disaster zone Nov. 5, it is the second time Maryland has received the designation in three years. The summer drought and scorching heat of 2007 ruined many crops here and across the state.

Thomas Lloyd, chief of farm programs for the Maryland Farm Services Agency (FSA), said that the latest analysis of the corn crop yields was enough to have St. Mary’s County qualify for federal disaster funds.

The failing of corn crops also allows farmers to apply for disas-ter money to cover losses on all their other crops that were affected.

Soybeans, the other local money-making crop for farmers, also suffered this year, Lloyd said, but not as much as corn.

“We’ve got an estimated 70 percent loss for just the corn crop,” Lloyd said. “[For soybeans] it’s bad across the state of Maryland.”

The amount of money that local farmers would be eligible for depends on how much crop damage they suffered, Lloyd said, but local farm services officials say that it could be over a year before farmers see federal relief.

“The earliest farmers will see [federal funds] is January 2012,” said local FSA director Amelia Farrell.

The applications for funds will only be accepted by 2011, when farm revenue data required by federal law became available.

Farmers had reported earlier in the summer that their crops had begun to suffer after high heat and low moisture levels hit, this after a spring that allowed good weather conditions and the hope of a good harvest.

The results show how fast fortunes could change for farmers.Ben Beale, lead educator at the University of Maryland’s Co-

operative Extension for agriculture, said that the last three years had been particularly difficult for grain farmers since the lack of rainfall could not be offset by irrigation systems, which were not suitable here for large scale use.

The lack of corn meant that farmers missed out on potential profit making this year because of higher prices, Beale said.

“Our grain farmers are feeling the pinch right now,” Beale said. “Price levels were decent but we didn’t have the yields to make a good profit this year.”

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There are single people all over Southern Maryland.Debra Thomas has wanted to launch a dating service for a long

time, and she’s finally getting the chance to do so. “It’s been on my bucket list, but I kept putting it off, something

more important always needed to be addressed,” she told The Coun-ty Times.

She said there are plenty of matches for people who live in plac-es like Washington, D.C. or Atlanta, Ga., but there are few options for singles in the Southern Maryland area.

She said she thought to herself “you know, there’s a need.” Thomas has a speed-dating event planned in to take place in

Southern Calvert County to kick-off “Backyard Buddies”, which she has pushed back to allow people more time to sign up.

“Nobody wants to commit before the eleventh hour,” Thomas said.

She said in a speed-dating event, the participants are divided into age groups. While people of all ages are invited to participate, nobody will be paired with somebody who is significantly older or younger than themselves.

Examples of the age groups are people between the ages of 25 and 31, or 45 and 55.

Speed-dating events aren’t the only ones “simmering on the pot,” Thomas said. She’s also got New Years events, group volunteer events and weekend trips in the works.

“Whatever events people want, whatever people like to do, we’re doing,” Thomas said.

Backyard Buddies also offers personal agent services, to help people on a one-to-one basis, for a small fee. And even if people don’t pay for matchmaking, Thomas said she plans to use elements form personal matchmaking services during the events. She said she plans on being the intermediary person to introduce singles to each other and “break the ice” for them.

For more information, or to sign up for the next event, visit www.backyard-buddies.com or call 410-231-2668.

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Pictured above is Natalie Himes, who received the Squadsman of the Year award, as well as the Chief’s Award and the Top Runner award, having gone out on 640 calls. She received these awards at the 36th annual Instillation of Officers Banquet and Awards ceremony Saturday hosted by the Hollywood Volunteer Rescue Squad and the Hollywood Rescue Squad Auxiliary.


This years Bluegrass For Hospice, 2010 which was held on Saturday October 23, was another great success. I can’t say it enough, but thanks to the Community for helping make this event as successful as it was. From just under $8,000 last year, this year’s event made double that and more. The total money raised was $17,601.45!

I have so many people to thank, so please excuse me if I leave someone out and my apolo-gies to you.

Thanks to Johnny & Lorraine Armswor-thy, Tina Williams, her son Jim, and Barbara Robinson for getting 138 wonderful door prizes and silent auction items, to Betsy Voss for do-nating the McCormick Spice basket and cooler, and also to the businesses who donated the items and the Amish/Mennonite Community for there generosity.

Thanks to the media: The Enterprise, Gary Dean and Sarah Miller of the County Times, Southern Maryland This Is Living and WMDM for the articles, interviews, ads, and announcements.

Thanks to the candidates of St. Mary’s County: RICHARD FRITZ, TOMMY MCK-AY, BILL MATTINGLY, MARY WASHING-TON, JOHN BOHANANAN, JR., JOHN F. WOOD, JR., ELFREDA MATHIS, and AR-THUR SHEPHERD. They support Hospice and I hope you considered them when you voted on November 2.

Thanks to Harry Landenberg Seamanship School for parking cars, Bubby Knott for allow-ing us to use the Flat Iron Farm, Herbie Smith and the staff at the Flat Iron Farm for setting up and making sure we had everything we needed. You made the arena a perfect setting, and thanks to Tony and Paul of Thompson’s Catering for the great food. It was awesome!! There were a lot of compliments received on the food this year.

Thanks to the great team of volunteers: Michelle Armsworthy for all that she has done. There’s no way I could have survived on that day without her. Debbie Johnson and Kellie Lewis for the great work they did on 50/50 raffles (You go

girls!!), Denise Bragg for selling the Spice Basket raffles and the $500.00 raffles, (Congratulations to Sherrie Read from Berkley Springs, WV who won the $500.00 raffle and thanks for donating half of it back to Hospice, as well as the folks that donated there 50/50’s back to Hospice!).

Thanks to a great team of organized Hospice volunteers: Lauri Busco, Jeanne Davis, Vince Merz, Irvanette Hall, Cindy & Tony Beakes, Ju-lieta Booz, Joan & George Springer, Eve Love, Kathy & Don Lefevre, Jimmie Parker, Kathy Franzen and Beth Joseph, who I enjoyed working with so much on this years event. Thanks for the support and faith in me to do this, Beth.

Thanks to Kerry, Jesse and the staff at the Printing Press for providing all of my printing needs and for there patience, Wayne Mass Signs in Chaptico for the vinyl banners, Wawa store #592 in California, MD for providing back stage refreshments, and to everyone that went out and sold tickets.

Thanks to all the bands that donated there time: David Norris, The California Ramblers, Jack Tippett, Spoon Creek, Bottom County Blue-grass, the members of my band, Eastern Tradi-tion, and Recent Addition, (St. Mary’s County is well supported with local Bluegrass talent!), Gracie Myles of Gracie’s Guy’s and Gals Dancers for bringing a talented group of young dancers (They were a big hit.), and the man that worked hard tweaking the knobs all day, Troy Jones for providing the sound, and the Grascals who did an exciting show and was well were worth the wait.

Last but not least, I’d like to thank the doz-ens of businesses for sponsoring the Bluegrass For Hospice 2010

Thanks for all the food donations that went to help the Southern Maryland Food Banks. It was delivered to the Helping Hands in Holly-wood. We have a generous community here in St. Mary’s County.

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Guest Editorial:Higher Taxes No Solution

With the election over, the truth can come out about the state of the state. It started trickling out last week at the Maryland Chamber of Commerce Business Policy Conference.

As Barbara Pash reported for Maryland Reporter, legislators said alcohol, gasoline, cor-porate income and sales tax increases will be considered in this year’s session.

The reason: “We need to figure out a way to close that deficit,” Sen. Richard Madaleno, D-Montgomery, said at the event. Deficits are projected to be over $1.5 billion in coming years.

It should surprise no one that legislators want to leech more money from taxpayers. Federal stimulus dollars are no longer flowing to the state, and elected officials either do not know how to or have no desire to align spending with revenue. In a state where many residents earn a living directly or indirectly from government, many do not want to restrain its growth, either.

The question is how many times our elected officials can keep turning to taxes as the answer without serious long-term consequences, however. A new migration tool from the Tax Foundation analyzing IRS data shows that Maryland lost about 85,000 people and $4.5 billion to other states from 2003 to 2008. The population is growing because of births, but thousands are leaving each year to lower-tax states such as North Carolina, Florida, Pennsylvania and Virginia. (Go to www.mytaxburden.org to compare Maryland to other states.)

As I pointed out in a previous column, the people leaving Maryland have higher incomes than the ones arriving. That pattern will create a “structural” problem as lower-income people produce less revenue for the state. If or when the housing market recovers, it will be interest-ing to see if the outmigration accelerates.

While multiple factors influence migration patterns, New York and California are prime examples of high-tax states losing billions of dollars and hundreds of thousands of people in recent years. Maryland should not try to copy their policies, as the only outcome will be a smaller, poorer population and declining tax revenue.

Besides, higher taxes do not fix budget problems. Just three years ago the legislature raised corporate, income, sales and cigarette taxes. Without federal government aid legisla-tors could not have balanced the budget in recent years and now they say more is necessary again.

Maryland’s main problem is passing legislation without having the means to pay for it. Mandatory spending increases for K-12 education passed in 2002 will crowd out spending for every other area of the budget. They are also totally disconnected from school performance.

Before legislators raise taxes, they should revisit whether higher and higher education spending each year will make Maryland smarter and better able to pay its bills. They should also prohibit any new legislation that does not have a revenue source.

Supporters of higher taxes say Maryland’s highly educated work force and top-ranked quality of life will continue to lure business to the state. But if high earners, the ones respon-sible for creating jobs, keep leaving Maryland, jobs will follow. Maryland does not exist in a vacuum, even if legislators would like it to.

Marta Mossburg is a senior fellow at the Maryland Public Policy Institute. She lives in Baltimore. ([email protected])

Bluegrass and Hospice – Another Successful Event

This is a belated “Thank You” to our community. We are so grateful for commu-nity support and assistance through United Way and the Day of Caring. I have learned to appreciate the generosity of St. Mary’s Coun-ty’s residents when they recognize the needs of their neighbors. At PCC, the financial and physical support of our community through United Way revitalizes and re-energizes us for our work with you, or your friends and neigh-bors. We encourage each member of our com-munity to support the United Way during this campaign period. People in our community have hills to climb and problems to sort out; we all have life struggles, in one form or another. And you and I know how very much we need

all the resources of our community to support one another and strengthen the ties that bind southern Maryland together. Through donors’ generosity, all of the United Way agencies are strengthened to further serve and enrich our community.

The Board of Directors, counselors, and clients of the Pastoral Counseling Center of St. Mary’s, Inc. (PCC) wish to express our grati-tude for volunteer contributions to the Annual Day of Caring for United Way of St Mary’s County. We are grateful for willing PCC vol-unteers: Brittanny Petrzala, Tim Gonzalez, Darrell Scott and counselors Arthur Scott, April Kriz and Veronica Gonzalez. The men came early in the morning to remove furniture

and equipment from our offices. PCC coun-selor Veronica Gonzalez and her husband Tim donated materials and installed frosted film on our entry door. Brittanny Petrzala, administra-tive volunteer and April Kriz enthusiastically assisted in cleaning and rearranging office fur-niture after the work projects were finished. We are so grateful for St. Mary’s Hospital’s (SMH) willingness to participate by donating time and labor of three employees to complete work projects for PCC. The SMH employees who provided this assistance are Ethan Leeman, Evelyn Campos Diaz and Sherri Newman. We are inspired by these employees’ willingness to participate and expressions of support for the work of PCC. Their enthusiastic, energetic

and competent efforts are appreciated.Since 1983, the Pastoral Counseling Cen-

ter (PCC), a United Way member agency, has been providing professional clinical counsel-ing from a Christian perspective to individu-als, families, and groups. And they’ve been doing this work for lots of members of our community at very affordable rates, using a sliding scale.

Again, thank you from all those who benefit.

Betty Joanne Scott, DirectorPastoral Counseling Center of St. Mary’s,

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In the wake of a draft report that recom-mended a two-year study of ways to shore up the eroding face of Calvert Cliffs, which puts 20 homes in immediate danger of going over the edge in the Chesapeake Bay, homeown-ers there are looking for the county govern-ment to issue emergency zoning permits to harden the cliff face on their own.

“We’re really just asking for permits to preserve our property, we’re not asking for money,” said David Ector, whose home on Laramie Lane in Lusby is a scant six feet from the edge of the cliff.

The draft report released in late October recommended that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers take two years to study the situa-tion at the cliffs and come up with long-term solutions to the erosion there; the report also recommended the county apply for $3 mil-lion in grants from the Maryland Emergency Management Agency to possibly help buy-out and relocate some of the residents in most immediate danger.

The idea of waiting two years for a solu-tion from government authorities, Ector said, was not something he had much faith in.

“My concern is that they’ll take $1 mil-lion of the $3 million and use it to fund the study,” he said. “You’d end up burning mon-ey instead of using it.

Cliff homeowners, 234 in all, that face eventual catastrophic erosion of the cliffs

have been denied permits to seek meth-ods to shore up the cliff face because of the population of Puritan tiger beetles be-lieved to call the cliff face home.

The species is named in the federal Endangered Species Act as protected, but homeowners there dispute that claim since the face of the cliff has never been officially designated as habitat for the beetle.

But that appears to have changed, said Calvert County planning and zoning director Gregory Bowen, because plan-ners now are seeking to help homeown-ers get through the process with state and federal agencies to declare an incidental taking of the land where the tiger beetle resides.

But, Bowen said, that allowance could be contingent upon finding new habitat for the tiger beetle to compensate for their loss of habitat.

Steven Waugh, who lives on Lara-mie Lane next to the Ectors, said that waiting two years could be an environ-mental catastrophe as well as a disaster for homeowners.

“In the next two years we’ll have homes in the bay,” said Waugh, who ran an unsuccessful bid for state senator. “We do not have two years to wait for a feasi-bility study.”

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Pepper’s Pet Pantry is opening a second branch in Callaway in order to better serve people living in St. Mary’s County.

Mary Beth Gates, the owner and opera-tor of Pepper’s Pet Pantry in Solomons, said she and her husband Don have been work-ing on getting the new location ready for a grand opening for about a month. The new store will be located at 20865 Callaway Vil-lage Way and is scheduled to open Nov. 20.

“We’re trying to get it open as fast as possible,” Gates said.

She first started the business while she was living in California, and sold items on-line. She said the whole idea started when she began making organic treats for a “stray dog that wandered into my life” named Pepper. Pepper’s Pet Pantry was started in 2002.

When Gates moved across the country to Maryland, she got the chance to own the first “brick and mortar” store.

“When this place came available, I in-quired and jumped on it,” Gates said.

Her new branch will cater to people who live “on the other side of the bridge,” in St. Mary’s County. The idea to open a branch in St. Mary’s County came from All Kinds Vet-erinary Hospital, which often sends custom-ers to Gates’ store to buy food for their pets. The second branch of Pepper’s will be right next to All Kinds.

Gate’s said about half of her clientele comes from St. Mary’s County. The problem is, while many people from Calvert County go to St. Mary’s for shopping and other rea-

sons, there aren’t as many people from St. Mary’s who travel to Calvert.

Running her own store is not easy, but Gates enjoys what she does.

“It’s a lot of hard work, but it’s worth it,” Gates said.

Gates also said it’s difficult for small businesses to stay open in the face of larger chain stores, but “a lot of people are com-ing to realize they have to support small business.”

Gates said a lot of the success of her store comes from the fact that she takes the time to get to know her customers and caters to their specific needs. She carries good qual-ity food and pet treats, as well as “pet-lover gift items.”

Pepper’s Pet Pantry also gets involved in several fundraisers, such as That Dog Gone Tiki Bar Family Pet Day.

“We pretty much work with all the local rescue groups,” Gates said.

In addition to the fundraisers, Gates regularly hosts people from the Patuxent Animal Welfare Society (PAWS), who often come into the store with animals who are available for adoption.

Emily Conrad, one of the representative form PAWS who was at Pepper’s Pantry on Saturday afternoon, said she likes coming to Pepper’s Pet pantry with the cats.

“I think it’s adorable, and it’s a nice environment for the cats,” Conrad said. She said PAWS also brings animals to Petco, but there are dogs there who make the cats more nervous.

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St. Mary’s County recently gained an Ital-ian restaurant in California, in the former loca-tion of Woodlands Grill in Wildewood.

La Tabella opened in

late October, said head Chef and Co-Owner Armand Ferraro. The menu consists of authentic Italian cuisine, Si-cilian-style pizza and New York-style pizza.

“It’s an opportunity we’ve always looked for,” Armand said. He owns the restaurant with his brother, Anthony Ferraro.

The food at La Tabella is made using local food.

“The idea was, we wanted to promote lo-cal farms and local produce,” Anthony said.

Armand said St. Mary’s county has need-ed something like La Tabella.

“The town needs decent pizza and good food,” he said.

Anthony said their entire family has chipped in time and money to get La Tabella open.

“It’s totally a family thing,” Anthony said. The initial idea came from Armand, who

is a trained chef who has worked in places such as Las Vegas, the Four Seasons in Washington, D.C., and the Filomena Ristorante in George-t o w n . For the past six years, Armand

was at St. Mary’s College of Maryland.

“I’ve been a chef all my life,” Armand said.

Getting the restaurant up and running took about four months.

“We kind of put a facelift on the place,” Armand said.

“It’s like a hidden gem,” said Jason Thompson, a patron of the res-

taurant and a friend of the family. He said he’s eaten at La Tabella six times since they opened.

“The food’s great,” he said, “it’s the best Italian food I’ve ever eaten.”

The customers aren’t the only people who are happy with the restaurant.

“It’s a phenomenal place to work,” said Jess Dahlstedt, an employee at La Tabella.

La Tabella is located in a gated commu-nity, but Anthony said all people have to do is pull up to the guardhouse and tell the speaker they’re there for the restaurant to get in. There is no password or key needed to go to La Ta-bella; the restaurant is open to the public.

The restaurant is equipped with WiFi ac-cess and a private dining room where Anthony said they can cater to private parties and busi-ness lunches. There is also an outdoor dining

area.The restaurant is currently open Tuesday

through Thursday from 11 a.m. until 10 p.m. and Friday and Saturday 11 a.m. through 10:30 p.m.

For more information, or to make a res-ervation, call La Tabella at 240-237-8333. The

restaurant is located at 23154 Wetstone Lane in California. Anthony said an official Grand Opening is set for Nov. 30.

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Woman Arrested For Peace Order ViolationOn November 7, 2010 deputies responded to a residence on Hermanville Road for a report

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A man charged with using his dog as a weapon against his own sister during an alter-cation over the weekend has been released on bond from the county’s detention center.

Shawn Lloyd Shaw was arrested last week on charges that he commanded his pit bull to attack his sister, Samantha Dawn Domm when she attempted to break up a fight between Shaw and her husband Mitchell Domm.

When police arrived, they found Saman-tha Domm limping outside the California resi-dence where the alleged attack occurred with a bite mark on her leg close to her femoral artery, charging documents stated.

The altercation occurred Nov. 5, court pa-pers state, when Shaw apparently became em-broiled in an argument with Mitchell Domm that escalated when Shaw allegedly tried to punch his brother-in-law.

Though he missed the first time, charging documents state, the fight continued and Shaw’s sister attempted to break up the fight.

When the sister was finally able to get the two combatants apart, Shaw allegedly com-manded his pit bull to attack his own sister, charging documents state, and the victim told police when they arrived that she was afraid

that Shaw would order his dog to attack her again.

M i t c h e l l Domm told po-lice that Shaw was able to strike him in the face sev-eral times and charging docu-ments noted the victim had nu-merous injuries to his face as a result of the al-leged assault.

Shaw faces one count of felony first-de-gree assault, which carries a maximum penalty of 25 years in prison, as well as two counts of second-degree assault.

Pit bulls are legal in St. Mary’s County, though in other jurisdictions such as Prince George’s County they are outlawed.

David Zylak, public safety director, said that the future of the animal used in the assault would be decided after a 10-day quarantine to ensure it does not have rabies.

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About two years ago, Ridge residents were worried that members of the national and regional gang known as MS-13 were claiming Point Lookout State Park as a haven for gang meetings.

Residents would call in with tips to local law enforcement about cars and groups of sus-picious people, and investigations ensued.

Now, reports Sheriff Timothy K. Cam-eron, the amount of MS-13 gang activity has been reduced at the park, due mostly to in-creased presence of both law officers and even the public at large.

Cameron credited a faltering economy with keeping residents here to spend their va-cation time at public parks instead of more ex-pensive trips out of state. The increase in pub-lic volume at the park, he said, made it more difficult for MS-13 to conduct meetings there in relative privacy.

“With more and more people being around they [MS-13] don’t want to be around,” Cameron told a group of Ridge citizens at a Nov. 5 community meeting.

“We also don’t see as much tagging or gang symbols.”

Cameron said that when reports from

the Ridge community first began to come in about suspected gang activity at the park, po-lice acted by increasing patrols there as well as providing more surveillance.

Gang members quickly picked up on the surveillance, Cameron said, and decided to move elsewhere.

MS-13 is a Hispanic gang with roots in El Salvador and has established criminal en-terprises on both east and west coasts includ-ing drug dealing, extortion, racketeering and murder. Violence in various and severe forms is one of the gang’s defining characteristics, though police here report that the gang has not set up a formal local organization, sometimes known as a franchise, in furtherance of orga-nized criminal activity.

While there are more than 60 document-ed nationally affiliated gang members who ei-ther live or have passed through the county’s detention center, Cameron said, local criminal organizations continue to be one of the most pressing problems.

“Our big challenge has been local gangs,” Cameron said.

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Investigators with the Maryland State Fire Marshal’s office are looking for a suspect or suspects in a vehicle arson in Lexington Park.

The fire was discovered Nov. 6 in the rear of Exploration Park Drive; and was started in the passenger side of a 1996 Ford Explorer, causing $1,800 in damage, fire marshal reports

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Blaine Whorl, 26

Blaine Reynolds Whorl, 26, of St. Mary’s County died suddenly No-vember, 2010, at his home in Lexing-ton Park.

Born October 1, 1984, in Georgetown, he was the son of Ste-ven Leonard Whorl and Leeanne Vera Carr.

Blaine is survived by his sister Mary Carrice Whorl; his parents; maternal grandparents Jerome and Judith Carr, and many aunts, uncles, cousins, and countless friends.

Blaine is preceded in death by his paternal grandparents Vernon and Lydia Whorl and his infant sister Carris Anne.

A graduate of St. Mary’s Ryken High School, Blaine was employed by Smartronix. He was a passionate Redskins fan and also enjoyed hunt-ing, fishing, and water sports. Blaine had an exceptional gift for making people laugh, and he loved sharing that gift with his family and friends. The moment he entered a room he filled it with joy.

The family received friends Fri-day, November 5 followed by a Life Celebration Memorial Service at the Brinsfield Funeral Home in Leonard-town, MD.

Arrangements provided by the Brinsfield Funeral Home, P.A., Leon-ardtown, MD

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to American Red Cross, 4700 Mount Hope Drive, Baltimore, MD 21215, St. Lucy’s School, 2320 Cota Avenue, Long Beach, CA, 90810, or St. Mary’s Ryken High School, 22600 Camp Calvert Road, Leonardtown, MD 20650.

Thomas Campbell, Sr., 66

Thomas Alvin Campbell, Sr., 66, of Leonardtown, MD, died No-vember 1, 2010 at his residence.

Born on July 12, 1944 in Ridge, MD to the late Fairfax and Helen Campbell, he was affectionately known as Tommy. He received his education from St. Peter Claver School. Tommy was a quiet person who loved people and loved spending time with his family and friends. He liked fishing, hunting and watching TMC and old westerns on TV.

He worked most of his life at Lexington Park Hotel and the A&E

Motel until he retired.Tommy’s legacy continues to

live through his children, grandchil-dren and great-grandchild.

He leaves to cherish his memory, wife and friend Alfreda (Tina), one daughter Yevette Campbell-Waul, three sons Thomas Jr. (Hucky), Troy and William (Terry) Campbell all of St. Mary’s County; seven grandchil-dren Dontae’, Denay, Thomas III, Daniel, Tiniha, Tiara, Ayden; one great-grandchild, Draquel; two hon-orary grandsons Trevor and Jordan; two brothers Fairfax Jr. (Margo) of Yucaipa, CA, Dawson (Deniece) of Oxon Hill, MD, three sisters Cath-erine Tuner of Rialto, CA, Cynthia Thompson (Raphael) of Ridge, MD, and Brenda Squire (James) of For-estville, MD; one uncle and aunt Charles and Estelle Kittrell of Ac-cokeek, MD; special friends Alex-ander Holley, Jerry Lloyd and Glen Fisher; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends; predeceased by three grandchildren, John, Devin and Danyelle one brother Herman and two sisters Lorraine and Caroline.

Family received friends on Sat-urday, November 6, 2010 with a Mass of Christian Burial celebrated at St. Peter Claver Catholic Church, 16922 St. Peter Claver Road, Ridge, MD. Reverend Scott Woods, pastor of the church was the celebrant.

Interment followed in the church cemetery with Malcolm Campbell, William (Terry) Campbell, Glen Fisher, Mike Herbert, Alexander Holley, and Jerry Lloyd serving as pallbearers.

Arrangements provided by the Brinsfield Funeral Home, P.A., Leon-ardtown, MD

Evelyn Gangloff, 93

Evelyne Kay “Evie” Gangl-off, 93, of Leonardtown, MD and formerly of Harrisburg, PA passed away on Sunday, November 7, 2010 at the Hospice House in Callaway, MD. Born on June 11, 1917 in Har-risburg, PA, she was the daughter of the late William Edward and Edna Marie Pettit Robison. Mrs. Gangloff was the loving wife of the late Har-old A. Gangloff whom she married on September 18, 1948 in the city of Baltimore. Mr. Gangloff preceded her in death on May 17, 2001. She is survived by her son; James W. Robi-son and his wife Barbara J. Robison of Leonardtown, MD, grandchildren; Robin M. Robison of Drayden, MD and James A. Robison of St. Leon-ard, MD and great-grandchildren; Evan Z. Robison of Drayden, MD, Lauren E. Robison and James R. Robison both of St. Leonard, MD. Mrs. Gangloff is also survived by her sister Alice Noss of Harrisburg, PA. In addition to her parents and hus-band, Mrs. Gangloff was preceded in death by her siblings; Frank Robison, Clyde Robison, William Robison and Lillian Robison.

Mrs. Gangloff graduated from John Harris Senior High School in 1934 and was a Secretary for the Federal Government for 54 years be-fore retiring in 1988. She moved to St. Mary’s County in 2005 and was a member of BPOE Ladies Auxil-iary and the Daughters of the Span-ish American War. Mrs. Gangloff

was also an honorary member of the Kissimmee, Florida’s sheriff’s department.

The family will receive friends on Thursday, November 11, 2010 from 12 – 1 p.m. in the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home, Leonard-town, MD where a Memorial Service will be held at 1 p.m. with Deacon George L’Heureux officiating. Inter-ment will be private.

To send a condolence to the fam-ily please visit our website at www.mgfh.com.

Arrangements provided by the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home, P.A.

Ethel Hewitt, 82

Ethel Schindler Hewitt, 82, of Tampa, FL (formerly of Hollywood, MD) died Saturday, October 30, 2010 at the University Community Hospi-tal in Tampa, FL. Born on March 14, 1928 she was the daughter of the late Jacob C. and Eva M. Schindler. She was the wife of the late Fred Hewitt. Since 1974 she was a full time home-maker and did volunteer work in Bushwood, Maryland. In 2004 Ethel moved to Tampa, FL where she was a resident there at St. Joseph�s, John Knox Village while continuing her volunteer work at the retirement cen-ter. She is survived by her sisters; Sister Carrie Schindler, M.H.S.H. of Baltimore, MD; Mary Mandzak of Washington, D.C., and her brother, Father Robert Schindler of Tampa, FL. In addition to her parents and her husband she was preceded in death by her siblings; William Schindler, Dorothy Aud and Edward Schindler.

The family received friends on Friday, November 5, 2010 in the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home, Leonardtown, MD where prayers were said. A Mass of Christian Buri-al was celebrated on Saturday, No-vember 6, 2010 in St. John�s Catho-lic Church, Hollywood, MD with Fr. Robert Schindler officiating and Fr. Raymond Schmidt as the Homilist and Concelebrant. Interment fol-lowed in Charles Memorial Gardens, Leonardtown, MD.

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Randolph Thompson, 50

Randolph “Randy” Scott Thompson, 50, of Mechanicsville, MD died October 21, 2010 at St. Mary’s Hospital, Leonardtown, MD. Born March 29, 1960 in College Park, MD, he was the son of Do-ris Thompson and the late Edward E. Thompson. He enjoyed working in auto mechanics and doing auto bodywork. He also liked demolition derbies,

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ried to Tracy Jean Vincent. He is survived by his children, Michelle Hall (Charles) and Matthew Thomp-son; grandchildren, Aiden, Kyler and Rheagan Hall; siblings, Ever-ett E. Thompson (Genevieve), Rory Thompson and Brenda Roper (Dave) and one niece and three nephews.

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field-Echols Funeral Home, P.A., 30195 Three Notch Rd., Charlotte Hall, MD. A wake service was held. Interment was private.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the St. Mary’s County Library, 37600 New Market Rd., Charlotte Hall, MD 20622.

Alice Quade, 95

Alice M. Morgan Quade died peacefully, surrounded by her be-loved family, on November 3, 2010, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Leonard-town. She was a life-long business owner and community member in the 7th District. She was born in Bushwood on January 15, 1915, the second of four children born to the late Eugene and Cora Morgan, living her entire life in Bushwood. She at-tended Bluff Point and River Springs Schools. Together with her husband George, they purchased what be-came Quade’s Store at Bushwood in 1935, which is still in operation today. Alice (first with her husband; then son and daughter-in-law, George and Diane; and finally her grandson George III) watched the business of Quade’s change from general mer-chandise brought in by steamboat, to a boat rental/general merchandise/snack bar establishment, and most

recently, a restaurant/bar. In recog-nition of her long service to the com-munity, Alice received many awards, including Merchant of the Century, St. Mary’s County’s Woman of the Year, and many proclamations and commendations from state and lo-cal government officials. Her life’s loves were her family, her extended Quade’s Store family and friends, and watching the sun set each day on the beautiful Wicomico River. Known as “Grandma” to many, she touched everyone who had the privi-lege of descending upon Bushwood Wharf over the last 75 years. Alice is survived by her son George, Jr. and wife Diane; her daughter Eleanor Clarkson and husband Joe; grand-children Susanne Bergling and hus-band Vince; Sara Vance and husband Mike; Sally Quade and Tim Cullins; George L. Quade, III and wife Jenn; Christa Jacobson and husband John; and Joseph E. Clarkson, Jr. and wife Stacey; great-grandchildren Mat-thew and Brian Tate; Wyatt and Hen-ry Bowling; Madeline and Caleigh Bergling; Josie Jacobson; and Nata-lie, Kate and George L. Quade, IV; and many extended family members. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, George L. Quade, Sr.; sister Grace Moore and husband Tom; brother Eugene “Buck” Morgan and wife Lillian; brother Richard; and great-granddaughter Sophia.

Visitation was Sunday, Novem-ber 7, 2010, with prayers said in the Mattingly-Gardiner Funeral Home, Leonardtown, Maryland. A Mass of Christian burial was held on Monday, November 8, 2010, in Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Bushwood, Mary-land with Fr. Francis Early officiat-ing; interment followed in the church cemetery.

Pallbearers were George L. Quade, III, Joseph E. Clarkson, Jr., Dr. Garner D. Morgan, Eugene Mor-gan, Benton Burch, and Billy Far-rell. Memorial contributions may be made to the Seventh District Res-cue Squad, P.O. Box 1, Avenue, MD

20609, The Seventh District Opti-mist Club, P.O. Box 53, Bushwood, MD 20608 and/or Mother Catherine Spalding Catholic School, 38833 Chaptico Road, Helen, MD, 20635.


Francis Wathen, 85

Francis “Douglas” Wathen, 85, of Charlotte Hall, MD and formerly of Leonardtown, MD passed away on November 7, 2010 at Charlotte Hall Veterans Home, Charlotte Hall, MD. Born on August 19, 1925 in Leonard-town, MD, he was the son of the late Victor E. and Lola B. Wathen. Mr. Wathen is survived by his siblings; Sr. Jeanne Mary Wathen of Louis-ville, KY, Stephen Wathen, Paul A. Wathen and Adrienne M. Wathen all of Leonardtown, MD. Mr. Wathen was a lifelong resident of St. Mary’s County. He enlisted into the United States Army in 1942 and was sta-tioned in Europe and was honorably discharged in 1945. He was also a member of the Knights of Columbus.

The Family received friends on Wednesday, November 10, 2010 in St. Aloysius Catholic Church, Leonardtown, MD where a Mass of Christian burial was celebrated with Fr. John Dakes officiating. Interment followed in the church cemetery.

Contributions in Memory of Mr. Francis “Douglas” Wathen can be made to St. Aloysius Catholic Church, P.O. Box 310, Leonardtown, MD, 20650.


Nell Wood, 75

Nell Woodall Wood, 75 of At-lantic Beach, FL formerly of Califor-nia, MD died November 5, 2010 in Atlantic Beach, FL.

Born October 29, 1935 in Lynch-burg, VA, she was the daughter of the late Robert Neal Woodall and Cath-erine (Harnsberger) Woodall.

Nell was a graduate of Duke University. She was an artist who especially enjoyed portrait painting.

Nell is survived by her daugh-ters, DuVal Malone of Jacksonville, FL, Jennifer Malone and Mary Nell Malone both of Newnan, GA, step son, James A. Wood of Alpharetta, GA, and grandchildren, Matthew Malone of Oxford, MS and Mary Catherine Webb of Athens, GA. She was preceded in death by her hus-band, Rev. Dr. Eager Wood.

A Funeral Service was held on Wednesday, November 10, 2010 at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, California, MD. Interment followed in the church cemetery. A reception was held in the parish hall.

Condolences to the family may be made at www.brinsfieldfuneral.com.

Arrangements by the Brinsfield Funeral Home, P.A., Leonardtown, MD.

Rosabelle French, 85

Rosabelle Brown French, 85, of Lusby, MD formerly of Hins-dale, NH passed away peacefully at her residence on November 3, 2010. She was born on Decem-ber 11, 1924 in Hinsdale, NH to the late Flora C. and Hubert L. Brown.

She was the beloved wife of Ian M. French, Sr. whom she mar-ried on February 20, 1949 in Hin-sdale, NH.

Rosabelle graduated from Hinsdale High School in 1942 and went on to graduate from the University of New Hampshire in 1948. She worked at St. Eliza-beth’s Hospital in Washington, DC as an Occupational Therapist until her retirement. Rosabelle moved to Lusby, MD from Suit-land, MD in 1990. She always enjoyed cooking, entertaining, gardening, reading, holidays, and most of all her family.

She was preceded in death by her parents and two siblings, Ra-chel E. Brown and Ronald Brown.

Rosabelle is survived by her husband of 61 years Ian M. French Sr. of Lusby, MD; children, Ian M. French, Jr. of Lusby, MD and Elizabeth Gelestino of Lexington Park, MD; grandchildren, Martha B. Homan of Lusby, MD and Da-vid M. Brent of California, MD; niece, Bonnie Brown of Lynn, MA; nephew, Philip Brown of NH; great niece, Barbara Cox and great nephew, Christopher Brown both of Salem, MA.

In lieu of flowers the family request contributions are made in Rosabelle’s memory to the American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 22718, Oklahoma City, OK 73123-1718 or the American Heart Association, National Center, 7272 Greenville Avenue, Dallas, TX 75231.

A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. Nov. 13 at Rausch Funeral Home, Lusby. Inurnment will be private.


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One major theme that came up during Wednesday’s school board meeting was the growing student population and where to put students in schools that are approaching and exceeding capacity.

One of the major items discussed was the need for a new elementary school and approving the Local Capital Improvements plan.

Brad Clements, the chief operating officer for St. Mary’s County Public Schools, said the first priority is getting planning approval for a new elementary school by 2012.

There is also a third elementary in future plans and the first elementary to be planned, Evergreen Elementary, has been completed. Over the next six years, Clements said the district will need another elementary and a middle school.

“We have a need that’s going to be at the high school that we’re hoping to manage with these schools,” Clements said.

Projections presented at the meeting showed that by 2020 there will be upwards of 800 students that there is simply not enough space for, which is enough to fill a whole new middle school.

Clements said one problem they are running into is funding for building two new schools. In an ideal world, the school district would be able to build the new elementary schools and a middle school.

The state government is not willing to put forward the money until the dis-trict can show that there is the need for at least 50 percent of the school’s capac-ity and school will be filled the rest of the way shortly after the school is built.

Clements said it’s not a firm 50 percent, “if they see you’re growing rap-idly.” The state may be willing to approve the money and construction at 25 or 30 percent if they see projections and know the need will continue to increase.

“They want to make sure if you build it, you can fill it and use it,” Clem-ents said. This is understandable considering a new elementary school will cost around $25 million and a middle school will cost between $45 and $50 million.

“As you can see from the magnitude of these dollars, these are serious decisions,” Clements said. “They’re a lot of dollars that we have to be held ac-countable for.”

He said the proposed middle school would possibly be a transitional

school, where students would come in at the sixth grade level and remain for seven years. At that point, it may be transitioned into being a high school or re-main a middle school. The reason for this is high school students are generally reluctant to change schools in 10th or 11th grades, and the school district would like to keep things as low impact as possible on the students.

The school board approved the capitol Improvements Plan by a unanimous vote, and Clements said the plans will remain under scrutiny as it goes before the county commissioners. Eventually, they will also get a plan together that will go before the state government, called the State Improvements Program.

“The needs are not going away,” said St. Mary’s County Public school superintendent Michael Martirano.

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native who attends Ridge Elemen-tary was recently honored at a state-wide awards ceremony for gifted children held by The Johns Hop-kins University Center for Talented Youth (CTY).

Cannavo was invited to par-ticipate in the awards ceremony because of his performance on an above-grade-level test given to talent search students in grades 2 through 8. These tests included the SAT or the ACT for 7th and 8th grade students.

Between 2009 and 2010, over 53,000 students participated in the Talent Searches offered through CTY. About 30 percent of the 2nd and 6th graders and 25 percent of the 7th and 8th grade students who tested received an invitation to CTY’s Awards Ceremony.

Students can also earn recog-nition at CTY’s awards ceremonies, and their test scores may qualify them for CTY’s summer programs and distance education courses.

“With our annual award cer-emonies, we’re committed to giv-ing these exceptional young people a stage on which to recognize their academic achievements,” said CTY executive director, Lea Ybarra.

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The children at Lettie Marshall Dent El-ementary School will be holding their annual concert to honor veterans Friday.

There will be two concerts, one at 9:30 a.m. featuring the morning pre-kindergarten students through the 2nd grade students and the other at 2:15 p.m., featuring the afternoon pre-kindergar-ten students and grades 3-5. The concert will be held in the auditorium, which doubles as the caf-eteria, said Gail Tyler, a music teacher with Lettie Marshall Dent elementary.

“I decided since we’re so close to the vet-erans home, we needed to do something for the veterans,” Tyler said.

Tyler splits the conducting duties with Lynn Hudak, another teacher in the music department.

The whole community is invited to attend the concert, and there will be special seating for veterans, Tyler said. There are several students who have parents who are either active members of the military or veterans form the service who will also be at the concert.

Veterans from the Charlotte Hall Veterans Home will also be in attendance at the concert. Tyler said when the preparations for this concert began in September, the people from the school worked with the veterans home to set a date where the veterans would also be able to attend the concert.

Tyler said all the students will be singing patriotic songs. These songs include “This Land is Your Land,” “Grand Old Flag,” “I Love Amer-ica,” “Yankee Doodle” and “The Star-Spangled

Banner”. The local Brownie and Cub Scout troops

will also be getting involved with the event.Gene Campbell, an art teacher with the

school, helped with designing the programs and any other artwork that was needed, Tyler said.

“We need to honor people who are protect-ing our freedom,” Tyler said.

For Kelly Courtney, the new school princi-pal, this is her first time seeing the concert and she’s looking forward to it.

“I’ve heard such good things about the pro-gram,” Courtney said.

Austin Knick, a student from Christine Stachelczyk’s fourth grade class said he’s excited about the concert because “there will be a lot of people in front of us when we’re singing.”

Knick said his mother and maybe his father will be attending the concert. He also said he has an uncle who is serving in the military.

Hudak agreed with Courtney, and thinks it’s good to honor the soldiers and veterans.

“It’s a nice thank you, because I think they don’t get thanked enough,” Hudak said.

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Gail Tyler rehearses “This Is My Country” with Christine Stachelczyk’s fourth grade students.

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Students from Leonardtown Elementary School will be partici-pating in the Veterans Day celebrations in Leonardtown Square today. During the event, the winning essays from a contest at Leonardtown Elementary School will be read by the students who wrote them.

The essay contest was open to all students in the 5th grade at Leonardtown Elementary, according to Lynne Morgan Smoot, the su-pervisor of Fine Arts with St Mary’s County Public Schools. This year, 101 students participated in the contest, Smoot said.

The winner’s of this year’s were Eloisa Chueb, Madeleine Sawici-ki, Bryce Evans and Sydney Smith. They wrote on the topic of what it means to be a veteran.

“The speeches the students write are very heartwarming,” Smoot said. The theme of the essays is “What Veterans Day Means To Me.”

Larry Smith, the father of Sydney Smith, said he was pleased that his daughter has the opportunity to read her essay.

“I’m very proud, and I was amazed at how relevant their feelings are,” Smith said.

The students themselves were happy to have been chosen.“I didn’t think I was going to win at first, but then I was really,

really excited” Sawicki said.Evans said he was nervous to speak in public at first, but he’s got-

ten over his fears.“I didn’t think I’d be there, but it looks like I am,” Evans said.St. Mary’s County School Superintendent Michael Martirano was

present yesterday when the students read their speeches for the school board at the school board meeting. He said he was “very proud of our students” and thought it said a lot for the students and the school dis-trict for them to be able to recognize veterans and what they gave for American’s freedom.

He said the students are also lucky to live so close to an active military base, and that they live in a country where people honor their veterans.

“It’s young people like you who are the spark,” Martirano said.

In addition to reading their essays, Smoot said the students get the chance to ride on a f loat in the Veterans Day Parade and partici-pate in the other Veterans Day festivities in the Leonardtown Square.

“It’s a really great event and the students enjoy participating in it,” Smoot said. Other schools in the St. Mary’s school district cel-ebrate Veterans Day in different ways, such as with art projects or social studies classes devoted to the events around Veterans Day.

Laurie Wood was the one to help the students develop their public speaking skills and assist them in converting their essays to speeches.

J. Harry Norris, mayor of Leonardtown, said the essay contest has been a part of the Veterans Day event in Leonardtown for around 20 years, while the event itself was begun 35 years ago.

Clancy Lyall, a WWII veteran of the Army’s 101st Airborne Division, was the one to help get the ceremony started, in conjunc-tion with other veterans groups in the area, Norris said. He said one thing that makes the event in Leonardtown special is the moument in the square, which is dedicated to veterans and soldiers killed in war. Norris said the monument was dedicated on the same day as the one in Arlington.

This year, Norris said Tom Warren and Connie Pennington took over the major planning from Lyall, though he was still involved in the event.

“To have the parade and to have the program in the square is very appropriate,” Norris said.

The ceremony is what Norris described as “solemn.” It consists of the parade, the laying of the wreathes at the statue to honor all vet-erans and speeches. The children’s essays will be read as part of the speeches. Other speakers will include Steny Hoyer, Roy Dyson, Jack Russell and Naval Air Station Commander Capt. Stephen Schmeiser. There will also be a playing of Taps by Leonardtown High School.

“The highlight of the event is the 5th grade speeches,” Norris said. He finds it interesting to see what 11 and 12 year old students have to say about Veterans day and what they draw from their per-sonal experiences.

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Veterans DayBy Madeleine SawickiWhat is Veterans Day? Veterans Day is the

day we celebrate the veterans who fought for our freedom, our rights, and for our country. Can you believe how brave veterans are? They leave ev-erything and everyone they know to go to war, to protect our rights and freedom. Can you imagine your mom, dad, or even your siblings going out to war and maybe dying? I could never think about that without crying.

I know what it is like to have a veteran close to me because my dad is in the Navy. My Great-Grandpa Castle fought in World War II and my Grandpa Castle was in the military. I like having a veteran close to me because it makes me feel happy. It also makes me proud of them so I honor them and hope like them that I will do great things one day. So today, we are here to celebrate all of those brave people who went to war or who were in the military. To celebrate the soldiers who died, you should go to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers. It is a place to celebrate the soldiers who died on the battlefield. The great silence is a way to honor the veterans. This is when you don’t talk for at least two whole minutes.

Thank you for coming here today to celebrate all of our veterans.

What Veterans Day Means to MeBy Eloisa ChubbVeterans are significant so now is the time to honor them.Some of you may ask, what is a veteran? A veteran is any

person who is part of the Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, Navy, and don’t forget the Coast Guard. So now that you know what a veteran is, take some time to think of veterans you know.

My veteran heroes are my dad (Navy), my aunt (also Navy), my grandpa (He is a Marine.), my uncle who is in the Army, and “Molly Pitcher.” You may think, “Who is “Molly Pitcher”? She was a veteran, too. During the Revolutionary War, she would go around and offer soldiers water, tend wounds, and carry them on her back to get them to the field hospital! When she found out her husband was wounded she helped him and then she took over his cannon! At one point a cannon ball shot right through her skirt! She was lucky it only went through her skirt.

What could we do to support our veterans? We could always just say or send a simple “thank you” or “you do such a great job.” Something that would make them happy. If you live with a veteran, give them a hug or say “thanks for being a veteran.”

What do veterans mean to me? Veterans mean a lot to me. My dad is a veteran, my aunt, my uncle, and my grandpa! They’re probably more than I expect to be in my family. I like how my family has veterans. I admire them. They give us freedom, free public schools, and a choice of what religion we want to be. That is why I like them so much because they give us freedom.

So now that you know what a veteran is say hello to them. Respect them.

What Veterans Day Means to MeBy Sydney SmithWhere would we be without veterans?

Veterans fight for our country to be free. Vet-erans can be men and women and even people that are close to you and that you love. Without veterans we wouldn’t have any freedom. We wouldn’t be able to go to the school you want, believe in the religion you want, or go to the church of your choice. Because of veterans we can do all of these things and make our own decisions.

Fighting in a war isn’t easy for the soldiers. Imagine waking up to the sound of bombs crashing. BOOM! BOOM! They have to get armed and quick! Someone got injured and is being carried to go get healed. They could get injured and possibly even die. Veterans love our country so much that they risk their lives for us.

Imagine waking up in the morning not seeing mommy or daddy and not knowing if you will ever see them again. Not knowing that if when they come back if they will be injured or if you will ever see them the same again.

Veterans sacrifice many things to help our country be free. It is not easy for them to leave their families and risk their lives but they save our country and give us freedom! I like having freedom and I respect the veter-ans highly for letting us have this freedom. So on Veterans Day we need to thank them for all the things they sacrifice for us.

You might not know it, but there is some history behind Veterans Day. After World War I President Wilson made Veterans Day a holiday. How-ever, before that it was called Armistice Day. We celebrate Veterans Day on November 11th. Most people are off from work or school on this special day. To commemorate the veterans and celebrate this day, some people go to parades and some people leave their lights off for the whole day to remember what veterans went through. But I commemorate the veterans through the great silence. The great silence is when you take two minutes of silence to remember the veterans. These are all ways to commemorate the veterans.

Veterans Day makes me realize how much the veterans adore our country, and I honor them for that. The veterans are brave, heroic, and gen-erous. We need to thank them for that. So always remember on November 11th to celebrate this special day whether it’s leaving your lights off, going to a parade, or participating in the great silence and remember the soldiers.

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Veteran’s DayBy Bryce EvansAs soldiers salute and families are torn apart by war

and everyone is devastated for how bad the war has been, let’s remember how many people have died through the last 100 years.

So many people serve our country every day and night.

So many people give their lives for us everyday.I’ve read books about the Navy, Army, Air Force, and

Marines.I can’t imagine how bad the wars have been in Iraq,

Vietnam, World War One and Two, and the War of 1812.I know what it is like to lose someone close to you. It is hard to watch friends and family die before your eyes. So I want to thank all of the soldiers and veterans of war for fighting for our free-

dom and giving their lives, health and time away from their loved ones to save the day.I wish there weren’t any such thing as war and hope that our soldiers are taken care

of from the past and the present.My dear friends Christi and Chris are being deployed shortly to Iraq and I hope

and pray that they come back safe and sound.Let’s end wars forever and bring our soldiers home and take care of those who

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Parents, teachers and alumni of Our Lady Star of the Sea School in Solomons are rallying together for a major fundraising drive to raise $165,000 by January to assure the school stays open and independent.

The school and church parishioners found out on Oct. 7 that a merger consider-ation is on the table that could potentially join Our Lady and St. John’s School in Hollywood into one school – being one potential solution to lagging enrollment and revenues.

“The next morning, we all started brain-storming,” said Carmen Gerber, a Spanish teacher at Our Lady Star of the Sea school and the head of the fundraising taskforce.

“We are going to do everything in our power to reach that goal,” Gerber said. “We’re in the process of finalizing all the fundraiser events that we’re doing, Gerber said.

Some current planned fundraisers in-clude a School Roy Rogers Spirit Night on Nov. 17, the annual Solomons Christmas Walk on Dec. 3 and 4, the Candy Canes and Cocktails Silent Auction and Fundraiser on Dec. 11, the 5K Inaugural Run/Walk on Dec. 11 and the Christmas Bazaar on Dec. 18.

Gerber said ideas for fundraisers have come from “everybody,” including parents, teachers, parish members and other members

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“Anybody who wants to be involved in the school is involved,” said Beth Oster, a parent helping with the fundraising. Oster is the mother of four alumni of the school, two current students and she’s about to put her youngest child into the school.

“We really want to see the school stay independent,” says Brendan Sweeney, father of an Our Lady Star of the Sea graduate “It (Our Lady) provided such a great foundation in both faith and academics for my daughter. I am looking forward to sending her younger sister and brother there in the years to come.”

Last year, the school ended with a deficit of $181,745 and the administration expects a current year deficit of about $120,000 in spite of a teacher salary freeze and tuition increase.

“The deficit is greater than our parish reserves,” documents from Our Lady Star of the Sea state. “We will not be able to pay our bills without special fundraising or taking on additional loans.”

Parishioners from St. John Vianney Catholic Church in Prince Frederick are also being asked to help. “It seems Catholic churches should help each other succeed and that is the purpose of continuing our faith for generations to come,” said Suzanne Puc-

ciarella, parent of two children at Our Lady Star of the Sea. The preschool at St. John Vian-ney, Christian Be-ginnings, is where several children in the Our Lady kin-dergarten program got their start.

Diane Allen, mother of three Our Lady Star of the Sea students who have attended since kin-dergarten, says she will do whatever is necessary to help the school remain open. She’s lead-ing the efforts on a Christmas Bazaar and holiday gift sale.

“Solomons is a beautiful place for a run/walk – even in chilly weather!” Gerber said. “So come out and join us because it is go-ing to be a great time.” Rumor has it that Santa Claus may even make a personal appearance.

Another fundraiser our Lady Star of the Sea will be doing is the Build-A-Boat pro-gram at Calvert Marine Museum. The 8th grade students will be building a 16-foot long canoe while the rest of the school designs a mural that will be painted on it. The canoe will be revealed at the schools Christmas event and raffled off at the end of December. Tickets for the raffle are $25 and all proceeds go to benefit the school.

For more information on getting raffle tickets, contact Stephanie Frats, the coordi-nator for the Build-A-Boat, at 410-610-0862.

With 77 years of history in Solomons Island, parents and alumni are confident that money can be raised to keep their school open and improve efforts to educate the com-munity about the school’s valuable attributes and success.

Mary Collins, owner of the Lusby Town Square shopping center, says, “It’s the oldest Catholic school around and it’s such a fixture on Solomons Island. Of course, as an alumni myself, it means a whole lot to me.” Collins has two children at the school now.

“Right now, there’s so much energy to-ward the fundraising that that’s where the fo-cus it,” Sister Carolyn Marie, principal of the school, said when asked about other options facing Our Lady school, the oldest Catholic school in Calvert County.

There’s “a lot of heat” behind the fun-draising effort, and Sister Carolyn Marie is optimistic about the future.

“All of our ducks are in a row now, we just have to get them to march,” she said.

For more information or to offer a dona-tion, please call Our Lady Star of the Sea at (410) 326-3171.

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Principal of Our Lady Star of the Sea, Sister Carolyn Marie, sits with students on the steps of the old church on Monday with teachers and staff.

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All ages are invited to party with “Harry” in celebration of the release of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1.” The celebrations will be on Nov. 13 at 2 p.m. at Leonardtown, Nov. 17 at 5:30 p.m. at Lexington Park, and Nov. 18 at 6 p.m. at Charlotte Hall. Registration is required for these free programs.

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St. Mary’s County Public Schools will conduct the last Community Awareness Forum on Youth Cyber Safety on Nov.15 at Charlotte Hall at 6:30 p.m. Michael Wyant, Director of Safety and Security with St. Mary’s Coun-ty Public Schools, will present the program and will be emphasizing cyber bullying.

• Book discussions conducted at branches

Each branch offers a monthly book discussion, which is open to the pub-lic. The upcoming discussions are: Alexander Pope’s book, “The Rape of the Lock” on Nov. 18 at 7 p.m. at Leonardtown, Elisabeth Hyde’s book, “In the Heart of the Canyon” on Dec. 6 at 7 p.m. at Charlotte Hall and Luis Albertio Urrea’s book, “The Hummingbird’s Daughter” on Dec. 13 at 6 p.m. Books are available for checkout at the host libraries.

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Florida Tech held its 57th graduation ceremony at the J.T. Daugherty Center on Saturday, Oct. 16, and pre-sented master's degrees to 12 local residents in attendance. Currently Florida Tech has confirmed master's degrees to a total of 30 local residents for our Spring and Summer 2010 terms.

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The Leonardtown High School Dance Team has been invited to dance at the Orange Bowl in January. A total of $15,000 is needed to make the trip possible. They are having a Basket Bingo to help raise money for the trip. The prizes to be won are genuine Longaberger baskets and Longaberger products.

The Basket Bingo will be held on Saturday Nov. 13, at the St. Mary’s County Fairgrounds, 42455 Fair-grounds Rd in Leonardtown. The doors will open at 3:00 pm and the games start at 4:00 pm. Tickets are $20 in advance or $25 at the door.

The price per person includes 20 regular games and 4 specials, each additional pack-age of 20 regular games may be purchased for $5 and additional specials will be sold for $1 each.

There will be door prizes and raffles of-fered throughout the event. All children must be at least 7 years of age and accompanied by an adult and must have a $20.00 paid ticket to enter. Bingo Daubers will be available for sale as well as refreshments and snacks.

Some of the regular game baskets will include: Bittersweet Basket, Metropolitan Baskets, Flare Baskets, Mosaic Hurricane,

Medium Market Basket, Bronze Leaf Wine Holder, Crescent Baskets, and many more. The special games will offer a Bronze Leaf Lamp, Large Metro Basket, Small Village Basket, and a Large Leaf Basket. There will be raffles for a 2010 Holiday Hostess Large Falling Snow Bundle and a 3 Level Organiz-er Rack with a Woodcraft Shelf.

This Basket Bingo is in no way affili-ated with or endorsed by the Longaberger Company.

For more information or reservations, please contact Denise Bragg at 301-373-2921 or email [email protected].

The November Branch meeting of the American Association of University Women will be on Tuesday, Nov. 16 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Prince Frederick campus of the College of Southern Maryland in Room 119.

The program will be a presentation on preparing pathways to professional careers in Science, Technology,

Engineering, and Mathematics or STEM. Joann Roberts, STEM coordinator for the Calvert County Public Schools, will moderate a panel of three young STEM pro-fessionals working at the Patuxent River Naval Air Station who will share their career experiences. Also, Vincent Hungerford, direc-

tor of the College of Southern Maryland STEM Institute, will explain the role of the Institute in advancing the ca-reers in STEM.

This free program is open to all students in middle school, high school, and College of Southern Mary-land to learn and ask questions about careers in these fields. Parents are encouraged to attend. Professionals in STEM careers and other experts will explain how to pursue professional jobs in these fields.

For 130 years, AAUW’s members have been ad-vancing equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, and research. AAUW meetings are open; please join us. For details about this program, call Marie Andrews at 410.394.3441. Check the web-site for infor-mation about AAUW: www.aauw-paxriv.org.


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Thursday, Nov.11• Young Professionals Initiative Hosts YP-Hi Health InitiativeSouthern Maryland Higher Education Center (44219 Airport Road, California) – 6 p.m.

The YP-Hi will be holding a discussion about upcoming events and member updates. There will be a health fair following the meet-ing with health professionals from St. Mary’s County such as yoga instructors, massage ther-apists and nutritionists as well as people from the United Way, the Red Cross, St Mary’s Hos-pital and the Department of Heath.

• Texas Hold ‘EmR.T.S. Building, next to Cadillac Jacks (21367 Great Mills Road, Lexington Park) – 7:30 p.m.

Tournament buy-in is $30. Blinds start at 25/50 and go up every 20 minutes. The number of players determines payouts. Food and drinks will be available. Proceeds from the tourna-ment go to benefit the Road to Scholarship in St. Mary’s County.

• Politics and Art IntertwinedAuerbach Auditorium, St. Mary’s College of Maryland (18952 E. Fisher Road, St. Mary’s City) – 8 p.m.

University of Texas at Austin Professor of Latin American Studies Andrea Giunta will be giving a lecture entitled “The Politics of Rep-resentation: Art and Human Rights in Latin America.” The presentation is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Adri-ana Brodsky at 240-895-4108 or [email protected].

Friday, Nov. 12• Jazz Concert at St. Mary’s College of MarylandMontgomery Hall Room 25, St. Mary’s Col-lege of Maryland (18952 E. Fisher Road, St. Mary’s City) – 8 p.m.

Don Stapleson will be conducting a jazz concert at St. Mary’s College of Maryland. The event is free and open to the public. For more

information, call 240-895-2000 or e-mail [email protected].

• Longaberger Basket Bingo St. Mary’s County Fairgrounds (42455 Fair-grounds Road, Leonardtown) – 3 p.m.

There will be a Basket Bingo to benefit the Leonardtown High School Dance Team, which has been invited to perform at the Orange Bowl in January. They have to raise $15,000 to be able to go to the Orange Bowl. Tickets are $20 in advance or $25 at the door. This covers 20 regular games and four special games. Addi-tional games and specials will be available for purchase. For more information, or to make a reservation, contact Denise Bragg at 301-373-2921 or e-mail [email protected].

Saturday, Nov. 13• Harry Potter PartyLeonardtown Library (23250 Hollywood Road, Leonardtown) – 2 p.m.

The Leonardtown Library will be hosting a party with “Harry” to celebrate the release of the 7th movie, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1”. The event is free and regis-tration is required. For more information, call 301-475-2846 or visit www.stmalib.org

• Public AuctionStauffer Brothers (41400 Friendship Court, Mechanicsville) – 8:30 a.m.

There will be a consignment sale and auc-tion for St. Mary’s County. Items up for sale will include produce supplies, farm equipment, nursery stock, sporting goods, household items and even a load of driving horses. The auction-eer will be Mel Hoover. For more information, call 717-354-8397 or 717-354-6431. For ques-tions on the day of the sale only, call Mel at 717-989-8050 or Lucy at 717-989-8051.

Sunday, Nov. 14• All-You-Can-Eat BreakfastHollywood Rescue Squad (23469 Rescue Lane, Hollywood) – 11 a.m.

The Menu will include sausage gravy and

biscuits, sausage links, bacon, scrambled eggs, fried potatoes, pancakes, escalloped apples, assorted juices, coffee tea and hot chocolate. Breakfast will be $8 for adults, $4 for children between the ages of five and 12 and free for children under the age of five.

• Turkey Shoot7th District Optimist Club (21804 Colton Point Road, Bushwood) – 12 p.m.

The rules involve- all guns must be a 12 gauge, 20 gauge shells mush fit through the barrel, all guns will be checked, no barrels over 32 inches are allowed, all shooters must be on line at the time of the shoot, if there is a tie in targets there will be a shoot off, if somebody shoots someone else’s target they may be dis-qualified, anyone caught cheating will loose all the prizes they have won, no tripod stands will be allowed and people are responsible for their own guns. For more information, call Eddie Mayor at 301-769-3396.

Monday, Nov. 15• Kid’s Yoga ClassJoy Lane Healing Center (43288 Joy Lane, Hollywood) – 5:30 p.m.

A four week yoga class for children be-tween the ages of 8 and 12. The price per child is $45. For more information, call 301-373-2522 or e-mail [email protected].

• No Limit Texsa hold ‘Em “Bounty” TournamentSt. Mary’s County Elk’s Lodge (45779 Fire Department Lane, Lexington Park) – 7 p.m.

Buy in is $25. Blinds start at $25/$50 and progress every 20 minutes. People earn points for every tournament they participate in. The number of points a person earns depends on how many people were eliminated before them. People with the most points earn a free roll to the $150 Leader Board Challenge Tour-nament scheduled for February. Side games will be available. Food and beverages will be available for purchase. For more information, call the lodge at 301-863-7800 or Linda at 240-925-5697.

Tuesday, Nov. 16• Discussion for Off the Beaten Path: Hik-ing, Biking and Paddling in St Mary’s CountySouthern Maryland Higher Education Cen-ter (44219 Airport Road, California) – 7 p.m.

There will be an evening program to dis-cuss the best places to get in touch with the natural world. There will also be information abut the new public property, 770 acres of land touching Breton Bay, St. Clements Bay and the Potomac River at Newtowne Neck.

• Financial Aid NightPatuxent High School (12485 Southern Con-nector Boulevard, Lusby) – 7 p.m.

Parents and students are invited to attend financial aid nights in Calvert County. For more information, call 410-474-0742.

• Open Choir Rehearsal for Handel’s “Messiah”Lexington Park United Methodist Church (21760 Great Mills Road, Lexington Park) - 7 p.m.

Anybody interested in singing pieces from Handel’s “Messiah” is welcome to par-ticipate. No audition is necessary. For more information, contact Maureen Wysham at [email protected].

Wednesday, Nov. 17• Screening of “Tar Creek”St. Mary’s College of Maryland, Cole Cin-ema (18952 E. Fisher Road, St. Mary’s City) – 6:30 p.m.

St. Mary’s College of Maryland will be filming a documentary about the ecological disaster at the Tar Creek Superfund site.

• Financial Aid NightCalvert High School (600 Dares Beach Road, Prince Frederic) – 7 p.m.

Parents and students are invited to attend financial aid nights in Calvert County. For more information, call 410-474-0742.

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Pastor Keith CorrickAssociate Pastor Kevin Cullins

• Sunday Morning Worship 10:30am• Sunday School (all ages) 9:15 am• Sunday Evening Worship & Bible Study 6:00 pm• Wednesday Discipleship Classes 7:00 pm (Adults, youth & Children)

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

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By Shelby OppermannContributing Writer

Tidbit is waiting to take me on a walk. She runs to her toy basket now and grabs her yellow leash. Then she keeps it next to her on the floor, or if the door is open she will take it outside until she convinces me that it is time for my walk. I appreciate that Tidbit is concerned with my health, and thinks of me as her walking companion. I do have a bit of a hitch in my giddy-up this morning, so a walk would probably be a good thing. I’ve tried to tell Tidbit that I really want to walk at Chaptico Park, or maybe even go for a ride (I love to go bye bye in the car) to Gilbert Run Park in Charles County. No matter what, Tidbit is letting me know she is ready, and getting impatient. She is so bossy.

I suppose I do need to get outside – it will take me away from those gummy spi-ders, worms, and smarties leftover from Halloween. Please someone call and say they really need Halloween candy !! It’s all free to a good home. I just thought of some-thing. I could place a giveaway ad on the St. Mary’s County Freecycle site. Freecycle is a great online place to get rid of, or swap your unwanted items. Why not candy – someone might save my life by taking it. If it was all chocolate I might be okay (my husband wouldn’t though). But, gummies, watch out!

I recently heard in conversation about recipes that use leftover Halloween candy. So I checked into that. I found a great site called www.cdkitchen.com. Some of the recipes mentioned are “Apple candy bar

salad”, “Bit-O-Honey pumpkin cake with cream cheese frosting”, and “Halloween haul poke cake”. I had never thought of this before. I normally bag it up and take it to work so it can tempt me there as well. Once in awhile someone will come in and raid the bowl for their favorite candy. I hope so. None of this really matters, because these recipes are still desserts and I still shouldn’t eat them. The candy will probably stay good for another few weeks, and then I can make some interesting desserts for Thanks-giving. I really want to try the “Kitty Litter cake” recipe. And wouldn’t you know it - one of those pop-up ads for Jillian Michaels appears to make you feel even more guilty.

Tidbit and I went outside to clear our heads from all this candy talk, are back in for a little bit. What a beautiful day! I want to spend extra time with Tidbit, since this weekend I will be away at our church’s women’s retreat at Loyola over in Charles County. This year we have a retreat leader who is a Spiritual Director and Jungian Dream Psychotherapist. I can’t wait to learn how to interpret some of my dreams, especially the ones that are like two-hour action movies.

A few weeks ago, I had a long dream that ended with a beetle turning into a transformer. You have heard, I’m sure, over the years about Transformer toys for children. It was quite eerie with the claws turning into bright blue Transformer claws and reaching for me. I don’t remember if I stepped on it or not. I think I just woke up. For some reason I cannot get that image out of my head. People have weird dreams like that, I suppose that is normal. Well, maybe

Soldiers from St. Mary’s County have been fighting through-out our history, some-times on the “other side.” Last month I wrote about Zephaniah Williams, a Revolu-tionary War soldier who was captured at

the Battle of Camden, SC and later joined the British forces. He did so to save his own life. He wasn’t the only one.

1793: The Auditor General is requested to issue a Certificate of Depreciation to John Baptist Armsworthy late a private in the Maryland line inlisted the 22d April 1777

and mustered--missing the 16 August [1780] and supposed dead and the said Auditor is also requested to deliver the same to the Treasurer of the Western Shore which he is hereby ordered to pay to Henry McPherson in virtue of a power of Attorney from Althalia Armsworthy who appears to be the sister and next of kin to the said John Baptist Armswor-thy. Armsworthy was living in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, Canada as late as 1835.

Another one was Philip Barton Key (April 12, 1757-July 28, 1815), uncle of Fran-cis Scott Key, who served as a Captain in the Maryland Loyalists Battalion [British] from 1777-1781 when he and his battalion were captured by the Spanish in Pensacola, Florida. He was held as a prisoner in Cuba,

paroled, and sent to New York City for the re-mainder of the war. He then went to England but returned to Maryland in 1785 and prac-ticed law in Leonardtown from 1787-1790.

On July 4, 1790 Key married Ann Plater, daughter of Gov. George Plater of “Sotterley.” He then served in various offices including the Maryland House of Delegates, Mayor of Annapolis, and in 1801 was nominated by President Adams and confirmed by the U.S. Senate as Chief Judge of the U.S. Circuit Court of the Fourth Circuit.

Key was elected to the U.S. Congress in 1806. His seat was contested, partly on the ground that he was not a citizen of Mary-land (because of his service with the British Army). On this occasion he said in a speech, “I had returned to my country like the prodi-gal to his father, had felt as an American should feel, was received and forgiven, of which the most convincing proof is--my elec-tion.” He was seated and served until 1813.

Philip Barton Key died July 28, 1815 near Georgetown, Washington, D.C.. “As a politician, he was eminent; as a lawyer, he stood in the first rank of his profession; as a gentleman, he was greatly respected.”

After his death his nephew, Francis Scott Key, took over his law practice.

There are some who believe we should never acknowledge the men who fought on the “other side.” Know what? I didn’t live when they lived and I don’t know every single reason why they made the decisions they did. You don’t either.

Were it left to the hate-spewing, self-righteous crowd, we would have only their version of history and learn only about those whom they deem appropriate. If your ances-tors don’t meet their supposed standards, hide them, forget about them and hang your head in shame. No thanks!

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just for me. What was weirder is that one of my friends came in the shop, and told me about one of her dreams. Yes, she dreamed about a bug that turned into a Transformer. How many people dream of that? Could it have been because we both are the Mothers of two sons? Or because, somewhere deep down in my sub-conscious, I feel like the bugs won the war with me this year. I don’t know. I’m worried now about all those bug shaped gummies in the candy bowl. I can see my next dream featuring gummies that come to life – probably thousands of brightly col-ored gummie-bug transformers chasing after

me. Wait, this might be the perfect way to kick the Halloween candy habit.

To each new day’s transforming adventure,Shelby

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The difference between a Jazz Caba-ret and a typical jazz session is the fact that there is only one person on the stage, said Gretchen Richie, a local jazz singer and the featured entertainer at Café des Artistes for 10 years.

“It’s a much more intimate thing be-tween the performer and the audience,” Richie said. While pure jazz has a lot of room for impro-visation, songs in a jazz cabaret have a definite beginning, middle and end. While there is a lit-tle room for spon-taneity, for the most part the songs will sound the same each time they are performed.

Richie said she has been per-forming since she was in the second grade.

“I was picked out of my class to do a solo verse of Billy Boy,” Richie said.

Richie said when she was in junior high school, she was in a chorus and a band called “Me and the Other Guys.” With that group, Richie played at school dances and church functions.

“It was the first time I ever got paid,” Richie said.

She began working seriously as a songwriter and performer in 1975, when she was living in California and perform-ing in coffee houses and pick-up bands in a college town. Around the same time, Richie moved to Los Angeles, where a sponsor who paid for her cost of living for six months so she could devote all her time and energy to getting a demo tape together approached her. She said the sponsor was her “guardian angel.”

Richie said she cut a demo tape and sent it around Los Angeles, where it got some attention but nothing really came of it. Eventually, she took on a full-time day job to continue supporting herself.

In 1988, Richie said she moved back to Maryland. Her husband is a jazz pianist, and they began performing together around their regular jobs.

“We started fitting it in here and there,” Richie said.

She and her husband moved to St. Mary’s County in 1996. Richie said when she first moved to St. Mary’s, “there was hardly anything here.”

They played their first gig at The Wil-lows, which no longer exists, during a New Years Eve party.

“We started getting out act together,” Richie said. She found it ironic that it took moving away from the larger city, to a place with a significantly smaller number of ven-ues, for her and her husband to begin focus-ing more on their music.

While people who perform songs by rock or county artists call their pieces “cov-

ers,” Richie said when somebody performs a jazz piece by another artist, the piece is called a “jazz standard.”

“It’s almost like the classical music,” Richie said. People don’t “cover” Mozart or Beethoven. The music is also very adaptable, Richie said. Peo-ple can substitute instruments in or out to get differ-ent sounds and change the tempo for a different feel to the song.

“The reason they’re hits is not because they’re catchy, but because they’re great,” Richie said.

Richie said many jazz standards are a part of the “Great American Songbook.” These are songs by people like George Ger-shwin and Frank Sinatra, which are heard everywhere and have influenced music of all different genres. The songs can also be dissected and each piece can stand alone.

“It all just holds up,” Richie said.People wanting to experience a live

Jazz Cabaret, Gretchen Richie can be found regularly at Café des Artistes in Leonard-town a couple times a month, The West-lawn Inn in North Beach once a month or the Back Creek Bistro in Dowell a once times a month, among other performances.

Some of Richie’s performances have specific themes, like her upcoming concert on Nov. 18 where she will be performing “The Music of Gershwin” at Café des Ar-tistes. She has also put out two CDs- “Close Your Eyes” in 2001 and “It Could Happen to You” in 2005.

Richie’s next scheduled performance is “Jazz After Hours with Dancing” at Café des Artistes on Nov. 13 at 8 p.m.

For a full calendar of performances, or for information on CD purchases, go to www.gretchenrichie.com.

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Thursday, Nov.11• Dave NorrisDB McMillan’s (23415 Three Notch Road, California) – 5 p.m.

•Smoke CreekBack Creek Bistro (14415 Dowell Road, Dowell) – 6:30 p.m.

•Live music with Jim Weller and CathyRuddy Duck Brewery (13200 Dowell Road, Dowell) – 8 p.m.

•Performance by US Navy Band WindjammersCollege of Southern Maryland, Building A, Auditorium (22950 Hollywood Road, Leonardtown) – 8 p.m.

• Ladies Night with DJ ChrisBig Dogs Paradise (28765 Three Notch Road., Mechanicsville) – 8 p.m.

• $10 Bottomless DraftsApehangers Bar and Grill (9100 Crain Highway, Bel Alton) – 8 p.m.

•Martini Karaoke with DJ SteveMartini’s Lounge (10553 Theo-dore Green Boulevard, White Plains) – 9 p.m.

Friday, Nov. 12•Art Exhibition by Carrie Pat-terson and Matthew StackSt. Mary’s College of Maryland (18952 E. Fisher Road, St. Mary’s City) – 3 p.m.

• Dave NorrisDB McMillan’s (23415 Three Notch Road, California) – 5 p.m.

•Randy Richie with special ap-prarences by Lissie DeereCafe Des Artistes (41655 Fenwick Street, Leonardtown) – 6:30 p.m.

•Live music with Benjamin ConnellyRuddy Duck Brewery (13200 Dowell Road, Dowell) – 7:30 p.m.

•Jazz Combo ConcertSt. Mary’s College of Maryland (18952 E. Fisher Road, St. Mary’s City) – 8 p.m.

• All You Can Drink Night with DJ ChrisBig Dogs Paradise (28765 Three Notch Road., Mechanicsville) – 8 p.m.

• Old School Dance Jam with DJ WorkLexington Lounge (21736 Great Mills Road, Lexington Park) – 9 p.m.

•360Martini’s Lounge (10553 Theo-dore Green Boulevard, White Plains) – 9 p.m.

•Live EntertainmentGilligan’s Pier (11535 Popes Creek Road, Newburg) – 9:30 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 13•Mike RuoccoGilligan’s Pier (11535 Popes Creek Road, Newburg) – 4 p.m.

• Fair WarningDB McMillan’s (23415 Three Notch Road, California) – 6 p.m.

•Lissie DeereBack Creek Bistro (14415 Dowell Road, Dowell) – 6:30 p.m.

•Randy Richie with special ap-pearances by Lissie DeereCafe Des Artistes (41655 Fenwick Street, Leonardtown) – 6:30 p.m.

• Eddie Miles “A Salute to Elvis and Country Legends”- Leon-ardtown Rotary Club Perform-ing Arts SeriesGreat Mills High School Audi-torium (21130 Great Mills Road, Leonardtown)-7 p.m.

•Live music with Jennifer Ann Cooper BandRuddy Duck Brewery (13200 Dowell Road, Dowell) – 7:30 p.m.

•Not So Modern Jazz QuartetThe Westlawn Inn (9200 Chesa-peake Avenue, North Beach) – 7:30 p.m.

• True Blue CountrySt. Mary’s Landing (29935 Three Notch Road, Charlotte Hall) – 7:30 p.m.

• Nuttin’ FancyCryer’s Back Road Inn (22094 Newtowne Neck Road, Leonard-town) – 8 p.m.

•Gretchen RichieCafe Des Artistes (41655 Fenwick Street, Leonardtown) – 8 p.m.

• Bent NickelAnderson’s Bar (3945 Colton Point Road Clements) – 8:30 p.m.

•360Martini’s Lounge (10553 Theo-dore Green Boulevard, White Plains) – 9 p.m.

•American GiantHotel Charles (15110 Burnt Store Road, Hughesville) – 9 p.m.

• KaraokeCalifornia Applebee’s (45480 Mi-ramar Way, California) – 9 p.m.

• Too Many MikesFat Boy’s Country Store (41566 Medleys Neck Road, Leonard-town) – 9 p.m.

• KaraokeLexington Lounge (21736 Great Mills Road, Lexington Park) – 9 p.m.

• Full SteamBig Dogs Paradise (28765 Three Notch Road., Mechanicsville) – 9:30 p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 14•NFL at the DuckRuddy Duck Brewery (13200

Dowell Road, Dowell) – 6 a.m.

• Big Dog ZoneBig Dogs Paradise (28765 Three Notch Road., Mechanicsville) – 11 a.m.

Monday, Nov. 15• Mason SebastianDB McMillan’s (23415 Three Notch Road, California) – 5 p.m.

• $2.50 MargaritasBig Dogs Paradise (28765 Three Notch Road., Mechanicsville) – 8 p.m.

•Salsa NightRuddy Duck Brewery (13200 Dowell Road, Dowell) – 8 p.m.

Tuesday, Nov. 16•Leonardtown Campus TourCollege of Southern Maryland (22950 Hollywood Road, Leonar-dtown) – 2 p.m.

• Fair WarningDB McMillan’s (23415 Three Notch Road, California) – 5 p.m.

• Open Pool TablesBig Dogs Paradise (28765 Three Notch Road., Mechanicsville) – 7 p.m.

• Anthony RyanRuddy Duck Brewery (13200 Dowell Road, Dowell) – 7:30 p.m.

•Live music with Anthony RyanRuddy Duck Brewery (13200 Dowell Road, Dowell) – 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Nov. 17•Anime Club MeetingCollege of Southern Maryland, Building C, Room 301 (22950 Hollywood Road, Leonardtown) – 2:30 p.m.

• Captain JohnDB McMillan’s (23415 Three Notch Road, California) – 5 p.m.

•Video Gaming Club MeetingCollege of Southern Maryland, Building C, Room 203 (22950 Hollywood Road, Leonardtown) – 5 p.m.

•“Tar Creek” ScreeningSt. Mary’s College of Maryland (18952 E. Fisher Road, St. Mary’s City) – 6:30 p.m.

• Karaoke with DJ HarryBig Dogs Paradise (28765 Three Notch Road., Mechanicsville) – 7 p.m.

• Band in a BoxSt. Mary’s Landing (29935 Three Notch Road, Charlotte Hall) – 7:30 p.m.

• Karaoke with DJ HeatherApehangers Bar and Grill (9100 Crain Highway, Bel Alton) – 8 p.m.

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Tori Eskay (Damascus, Md./Urbana) of the SMCM women’s soccer team was voted by the Department of Ath-letics and Recreation as the Athlete of the Month for the month of October after leading the Seahawks to a 3-1-1 re-cord in conference action.

The 5-8 sophomore forward tallied 16 points during the month on seven goals and two assists as the Seahawks went 4-3-2 in October. Eskay also earned two Capital Athletic Conference Women’s Soccer Offensive Player of the Week honors on October 4 and November 1.

She started the month by scoring all four goals in the Seahawks’ 4-1 league victory over Hood College for her sec-ond career hat trick. Eskay ended the month by propelling St. Mary’s to the CAC semifinals, scoring twice in the team’s 3-1 win over University of Mary Washington in CAC first round action.

In nine outings, Eskay recorded a .591 shots-on-goal percentage while picking up two game-winning goals.

She is currently third in the conference in goals with 13, fourth with 29 points, and tied for eighth in assists with three.

Seahawks Swim Coach Reaches 100 WinsThe St. Mary’s College of Mary-

land men’s and women’s swim teams helped head coach Andre Barbins (Cleveland, Ohio) reach a career coach-ing milestone. With four wins Saturday, Barbins attained his 100th career vic-tory and then some.

Barbins entered yesterday’s dou-ble-dual meet with Gallaudet Universi-ty and Goucher College with 99 career wins after women’s swimming claimed a 114-91 victory at Randolph-Macon College Friday evening.

The 13th-year head coach now owns 103 career victories through yes-terday’s meet – a career that has been spent entirely at St. Mary’s. Sixty-eight of his 103 wins have come with the women’s program.

Barbins has three times been selected as the Capital Athletic Conference Women’s Swimming Coach of the Year, receiving the honor in 2004, 2008 and 2009.

The women have set 52 school records since his arrival in 1998, including establishing 16 of 19 pos-

sible SMCM records during the 2008-09 season, and have had six Seahawks qual-ify for the NCAA Championships, while the men have broken 27 school records.

The Seahawk swimmers have also excelled out of the pool as the women have been tabbed as a College Swim-ming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) All-Academic Team during all 12 years of Barbins’ tenure while the men have earned the honor five times.

A 1993 graduate of Ohio Wesleyan University, he was a four-year letterwin-ner and team captain for the Battling Bishops. After leaving OWU, Barbins

spent one season as the head coach at Regina H.S. in Euclid, Ohio, and one season as an assistant coach at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland.

He left Ohio for Washington (Md.) College in Chestertown where he earned a master’s degree in psychology while serving as a graduate assistant coach for two seasons. After his stint at Washington, Barbins spent a year and a half as an assistant coach at the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee.

Seahawk Sailors Claim Match Race TitleThe second-ranked St. Mary’s College of Mary-

land sailing team claimed the first-ever MAISA Match Race Championship, earning the right to com-pete at the ICSA Match Racing Nationals hosted by the US Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point on November 19-21. The Seahawks also notched a fifth-place finish at the MAISA Women’s Fall Champion-ships and took eighth at the Hap Moore Team Race.

Great sailing conditions and close racing was on hand for the eight teams from MAISA compet-ing in the inaugural MAISA Match Race for the right to qualify for the ICSA Match Racing Nationals at Kings Point on November 19-21.

On Saturday, teams were seeded into two groups of four and sailed a double round robin in their group to determine the top two teams that would advance to the semifinals. Racing was very close in Group A and saw St. Mary’s winning with a 5-1 record while Kings Point won the tiebreaker over Old Dominion University for second place. Navy excelled in Group B going undefeated while Georgetown University took second.

The semifinals paired St. Mary’s against Georgetown and Navy against Kings Point. The teams raced a knockout series to three points. After three races in the semifinals on Saturday, St. Mary’s led Georgetown 2-1 in their semifinals while Navy led KP by the same margin.

On Sunday, the Seahawks needed a win to wrap up their half and led wire-to-wire against George-

town. Things were not quite as simple in the Navy-KP semis, where Kings Point managed to eke out a victory in the fourth race of the semis, putting the final qualifying berth on the line for the final race. Kings Point sailed on to win the race and get to three points, winning their side of the semis.

In the finals, St. Mary’s went 2-0 and secured the championship. Leading the Seahawks to victory were senior skipper Michael Menninger (Newport Beach, Calif.), sophomores Kayla McComb (New-port Beach, Calif.) and Ben Lezin (Santa Cruz, Calif.) and first-year John Wallace (St. Petersburg, Fla./St. Petersburg Catholic).

The MAISA Women’s Fall Championship, host-ed by Old Dominion University, is a qualifier for the Women’s Atlantic Coast Championships to be hosted by Eckerd College on November 13-14. St. Mary’s finished fifth in the 11-team field but had previously qualified for the Women’s Atlantic Coast Champion-ships with their sixth-place finish at the Navy Fall Women’s Intersectional on October 9-10.

In A Division, senior skipper Mimi Roller (Cor-al Bay, St. John, Virgin Islands/Antilles) and sopho-more crew Lauren Schoene (Annapolis, Md.) picked up seven top 3 finishes for a third-place finish with 38 points in 11 races.

Sophomore skipper Ainsley Thomson (Princ-eton, N.J.) teamed up with sophomore crew Nina-Mercedes Rabin (Branford, Conn.) for an eighth-place finish in B Division with 79 points.

Eskay earns SMCM Athlete of the month honor

Winter youth Indoor Soccer RegistrationAges 4 and Up both boys and girls

November 11,16 and 18 from 7 to 9 p.m. at Leonard Hall Recreation Center or during the week of the 15th through 19th between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. at the Recreation and Parks main office in Leonardtown. Cost $55.00 per player or $550.00 per team need-ing shirts and $490.00 per team not needing shirts.

Divisions U6, U8, U10, U12, U14, U16 and U18Cut off date December 31st of 2010 and you can register online.

Also youth roller hockey registrationAges 8 thru 14 both boys and girls

November 10 and 17 from 7 to 9 p.m at the Leonard Hall Recreation Center or during the week in the Recreation and Parks main office from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. during the week of the 15th. Cost is $75.00 per player and you can also register online.

County Rec and Park Sports

Registrations Coming Up

Youth basketball registration3rd grade thru 8th grade both boys and girlsCost $70.00 per player

• Monday November 15th Esperanza Middle 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.

• Tuesday November 16th at Lettie Dent Elem. 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.

• Thursday November 18th at Leonardtown Elem 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.

Come to the recreation and Parks main office during the day between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. the week of November 15th to register or register online.

For more information, contact Kenny Sothoron at 301-475-4200 ext. 1830.

Thurs., Nov. 4Girls’ Soccer

Good Counsel 3, St. Mary’s Ryken 1

Fri., Nov. 5Boys’ Soccer

Good Counsel 3, St. Mary’s Ryken 2

4A East SemifinalsBroadneck 2, Great Mills 0

FootballChopticon 41, Leonardtown 6

Huntingtown 35, Great Mills 20

Girls’ Soccer

4A East SemifinalsLeonardtown 1, South River 0 (double

overtime)

Volleyball

3A South First RoundChopticon 3, Westlake 0

4A East First RoundChesapeake 3, Great Mills 0

Sat., Nov. 6Boys’ Soccer

3A South SemifinalsNorthern 4, Chopticon 1

FootballBishop Ireton 34, St. Mary’s Ryken 21

Mon., Nov 8Girls’ Soccer

WCAC Play-In GameSt. Mary’s Ryken 1, Bishop McNamara 0

Volleyball

3A South QuarterfinalsHuntingtown 3, Chopticon 1

4A East QuarterfinalsLeonardtown 3, North Point 1

Tues., Nov. 9Girls’ Soccer

4A East Championship GameLeonardtown 2, Severna Park 0

Fri., Nov. 12Football

The Bullis School at St. Mary’s Ryken, 7 p.m.

3A South SemifinalsFriendly at Chopticon, 7 p.m.

Sat., Nov. 13Girls’ Soccer

Maryland Class 4A State SemifinalsLeonardtown vs. Bethesda-Chevy Chase

at Richard Montgomery High School (Rockville, MD), 2:30 p.m.

Mon., Nov. 15Winter Sports Practice Begins

SMCM to host baseball spring

training programSt. Mary’s College of Maryland will

host a six-week Spring Training 2011 base-ball program for players in grades 1 through 12 from January 2 to February 6. St. Mary’s College head coach Lew Jenkins will di-rect the program in conjunction with U.S. Baseball Academy. Sessions are offered in advanced hitting, pitching and catching les-sons at a cost as low as $99 for six weeks. Space is limited. Registration is now un-der way. For more information, visit www.USBaseballAcademy.com or call toll-free 866-622-4487.


By Chris StevensStaff Writer

LEONARDTOWN – After a one-year absence, the Leonardtown girls’ soccer team will be playing for a state championship once again.

Lauren Snyder and Alyssa Bois each scored first half goals to lift the Raiders to a 2-0 win over Severna Park Tuesday night, winning the 4A East region championship

for the third time in the last five seasons.“It’s great to beat South River and Severna Park,” se-

nior Lauren Donovan, who assisted on Snyder’s goal at the 16:48 mark of the first half. “The South River loss last year was disappointing, so we had to play well.”

After an early goal by Lindsay Egbert was disallowed, the undaunted Raiders came at the Falcons in waves, break-ing through when Donovan’s crossing pass hit Snyder in stride for the first goal.

“That showed us that we could score against them and that we had to keep the pressure on,” Donovan said. After Hayley Wilson’s perfect corner kick al-lowed Bois to head in the second goal of the half less than eight minutes later, the Raider defense took over, allowing Severna Park just three shots on goal the en-tire game, making for another light night for senior goalkeeper Sadie Lowe.

“I love my defense, I couldn’t do this without them,” said Lowe, who stopped all three shots that came her way. “They were on against South River [Fri-day] and they were on tonight.”

Henderson was pleased with her team’s early game effort as they started Friday’s semifinal game sluggish, but were able to defeat South River 1-0 on Erin Kelly’s goal in the final minutes of overtime.

“Anytime you can come out with strong intensity, you’ll be well-off,” she explained.

“They had a two-hour busride and they never played here before, so we wanted to test them early on.”

The Raiders will play 4A West champion Bethes-da-Chevy Chase Saturday afternoon (2:30 p.m.) at Richard Montgomery High School in Rockville and the Raiders are ready for the challenge of the state tournament.

“I’m confident that we can go all the way,” Lowe said. “All I’ve thought about is regionals and states.”

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Bruins Eliminate Hornets In Region SemisBy Chris StevensStaff Writer

GREAT MILLS – It took an aggressive second half from Broadneck High School to defeat the Great Mills boys’ soccer team 2-0 in the 4A East semifinals Friday evening, but Hornets head coach Matt Taggert was happy with the success his team had in 2010.

“This is one of the best seasons Great Mills has had in some time,” said Taggert, who played for the Hornets from 1998-2001. We haven’t had 13 wins in a season in a long time or made it this far, so the guys have a lot to be proud of.”

After a scoreless first half, neither team seemed likely to dent the scoreboard until Evan Camm’s corner kick eluded the grasp of Jeremy Wallace with just under 16 minutes to go in the game. Camm added another goal during stoppage time send the Bruins back to the regional final. Broadneck defeated Leonard-town 1-0 in the 4A East championship game last year.

“We knew we weren’t playing our best so at halftime, we said that we would work hard for each other,” Camm said.

Taggert was happy with the play of his goalie, who he credited with saving Great Mills’ season at times.

“Jeremy thought he should’ve had that one, but he’s made saves that have kept us in games and won games for us,” he said.

“Great Mills was very fast, their forwards did well up top,” Bruins head coach Sean Tettemer said. “I thought we had more to offer in the second half and we’ve played better the last couple of games. That’s what you want in the playoffs.”

Taggert may have been disappointed in the result, but overall, 2010 was an exciting year for him and his team.

“I’m disappointed in the result, but I’m extremely proud of the way they performed,” he said.

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Leonardtown’s Cameron Errington dribbles the ball downfield during Tuesday’s 4A East Girls’ Soccer championship match.

Great Mills’ Billy Zeba chases down Colin Rowe of Broadneck during Friday’s 4A East semifinal match.

Erin Kelly of Leonardtown defends the Falcons’ Rachel Hendryx closely during the Raiders’ 2-0 win in Tuesday’s 4A East championship match.

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LEONARDTOWN – With pesky North Point breathing down the necks of the top-seeded Leonardtown girls’ volleyball team Monday night, it was up to senior Corrine Williams to take the pressure off.

“North Point had a lot of good hitters, so it was up to myself and [sophomore] Jessie [Harris] to take care of that,” Williams said after the two compiled 10 blocks and 14 kills to help the Raiders (14-2) hold off the Eagles 3 games to 1 in Monday’s 4A East Quarter-final match. Head coach Steve Correll was pleased with the play of Williams and Harris that lifted the Raiders to their eighth straight win at home.

“Jessica and C had a great game block-ing for us,” he said. “Jessica brings a lot to the table offensively but that gets overlooked be-cause she blocks so well and C brings so much energy when she’s subbed into the game.”

“I’m extremely proud of them,” added ju-nior Loren Day. “It was nice to have that from them tonight.”

Leonardtown won the first two games (25-18 and 25-14), but North Point rallied to take the third set 25-22 and had an early lead in the fourth game before the Raiders settled down and picked up the win.

“We had a lot of little things that hurt us in the third game, but I was glad to see us take the win back,” Williams said.

“We had a mental breakdown. I was shocked,” Correll admitted. “I do give credit to North Point – they didn’t stop playing and we have a lot of respect for them.”

The Raiders were lifted several notches by their home crowd, and Day was very thank-ful for the support.

“It’s so nice to see the fans that come out and cheer us on, we really appreciate it,” Day said.

“It’s almost like this is setting us up for victory,” Williams added. “Being home is great – I like playing at home.”

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By Keith McGuireContributing Writer

Autumn is a time of high anxiety for me, especially when chores that have to be done in advance of winter have been put off for too long. The early duck season caught up with me before my fishing season ended. The early muzzleloader deer season slipped in before the

duck season ended. Now the peak of deer activity approaches as the rut

begins – a utopian time for archers – and the middle duck season is scheduled to start on No-vember 13th!

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I remind myself that my boat still needs to be cleaned from the last fishing trip and then winterized for storage, fishing equipment needs to be stored, the snow blower needs to be brought out and tweaked for the coming winter, the ATV needs an oil change, and both vehicles need rou-tine maintenance and cleaning.

Why be prepared? I’ll get to that stuff when I get to it! I have to move a ladder stand today that was poorly placed for the early season. Be-sides, the car and pickup truck are still running, the boat isn’t going anywhere, the ATV really doesn’t need an oil change, the leaves are still falling, it isn’t going to snow for a while, and we still have central heat. I can buy a turkey anytime!

With many dead deer along the side of the road I am reminded of one of the dangers of the rut. Even in populated areas – like the area near the Esperanza intersection on Rte 235 – big deer attempt to cross the road without regard for traf-fic. I haven’t had any close calls, but that cer-tainly hasn’t been true for all drivers. Maryland DNR has issued the following advice:

During the fall breeding season, deer travel more often and their behavior can be un-predictable. Male deer are particularly prone to traveling without concern for roadways and automobiles.

DNR offers drivers the following tips to avoid a deer-vehicle collision:

• A deer standing near the road may sud-denly move in front of a moving vehicle. Drivers should slow down and sound the horn to scare the deer away from the road.

• If a driver sees a deer crossing the road ahead, the driver should slow down and scan for more deer. Deer often travel in groups and oth-ers may be out of view nearby.

• Drivers should slow down and brake to avoid hitting a deer, but do not swerve. Swerv-ing may cause a driver to lose control of the ve-hicle, increasing the chance of personal injury or death.

• Throughout the year, drivers need to increase awareness for deer in the hours of early morning and late afternoon. Deer commonly move between daytime resting areas to evening feeding locations.

• Drivers must be more alert and slow down in areas where deer-crossing highway signs are posted. These warning signs indicate locations of frequent deer crossings.

I thought about moving a ladder stand nearer to a deer-crossing highway sign, but the “House Commander” said that I’d better rake leaves!

I will be offering stories of hunting adven-tures in future articles for this column. If you have a particularly interesting story or a picture of a particularly impressive harvest, drop me an email at [email protected]. Be safe and enjoy the season.



Leonardtown Holds off Eagles in Volleyball Quarterfinals

The Raiders’ Emily Wilkinson prepares to serve during the second set of Monday’s 4A East volleyball quarterfinal match.

Loren Day (14) and Monica Zwolinski (3) of Leonardtown try to block a kill attempt by North Point’s Shae Gutrick.



MORGANZA – It may have looked easy to the casual observer, but Chopticon foot-ball coach Tony Lisanti felt the Braves had some work to do after their 41-6 win over coun-ty rival Leonardtown Friday night, closing their regular sea-son with a 7-3 record overall.

“I think we need to do a better job of playing a clean game,” Lisanti said. “We left too many plays on the field and we had to many mistakes. I’d like to see a lot better focus.”

The Braves (5-3 in South-ern Maryland Athletic Confer-ence games) only led 6-0 after the first quarter, but exploded for 27 points in the second, scoring three rushing touch-downs and Cody Douglas con-necting with Sterling Miles on an eight-yard touchdown pass with 36 seconds to go in the first half.

The credit for the Braves’ offensive outburst the last month (223 points in five games) has gone in large part to their offensive line, which has had two crucial injuries (Vinny Wroble and Kyle Clothier) but have kept Douglas and the run-ning backs safe the last half of the regular season. They range from the rather large variety (6’5, 245 pound Jonathan Oli-

ver) to average (5’11, 215 pound Kyle Tennison) who absolutely love their jobs.

“It’s great because you knock a guy down, then you look up and see Cody, Josh [Gray] or one of the running backs going in for a touch-down,” Oliver says.

“We’re like a brotherhood,” Tennison adds. “We couldn’t do it without each other.”

The brotherhood also has a unique way of tracking their dominance – P.A.T.Y., short for “Pancaking all them youngins,” is a season-long contest that keeps track of the pancake blocks (so called because it flattens a defender) the unit has during each game.

The two seniors are also fired up because the win gave the Braves a 3A South playoff con-test at home Friday night. Chopticon will host Friendly (Prince George’s County) at 7 p.m. and the winner will face the Westlake-Huntingtown winner for the 3A South regional championship.

“We haven’t been to the playoffs since our freshman year and our hard work is paying off,” Oliver said.

Tennis simply said that going back to the playoffs was “the greatest feeling in the world.”

For Leonardtown, head coach Mike Nines felt 2010 was a year the players – and coaches – could learn from for next year.

“I do not think I have ever grown more in my life as I did throughout this season,” Nines said. “ We played a lot of underclassmen and a lot of players got a tremendous amount of play-ing time because of injuries. We are ready to move to year two in our system and as a team. We will be ‘Extreme’ next year. Overall I was happy with the men and think they performed admirably.”

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Chopticon 41, Leonardtown 6 1 2 3 4 TotalLHS (2-8, 1-7 SMAC) 0 0 0 6 6CHS (7-3, 5-3 SMAC) 6 27 8 0 41

CHS – Douglas 1 run (kick failed)CHS – Douglas 3 run (pass failed)CHS – Adams 19 run (Palmer kick)CHS – Quade 14 run (Palmer kick)CHS – Sterling Miles 8 pass from Douglas (Palmer kick)CHS – Gray 33 pass from Douglas (kick failed)CHS – Safety, Gallagher tackled in the end zoneLHS – Hoffman 15 pass from Wysocki (kick blocked)

Cody Douglas scores a touchdown in Chopticon’s 41-6 win over Leonardtown Friday night.

The Raiders’ Ryan Gallagher moves downfield during Friday night’s football game.

The Braves’ Stephen Quade applies a stiff arm to a Leonardtown defender.




Bishop Ireton jumped out to a 34-0 halftime lead and held on for a 34-21 win over visiting St. Mary’s Ryken Saturday afternoon.

Sophomore quarterback P.J. Zingler completed 19 of 22 passes for 263 yards and two touchdowns, becom-ing the first Cardinal quar-terback to throw for 2,000 yards in a single season.

Ryken’s three fourth quar-ter touchdowns came from sophomore quar-terback Zach Snell had scoring runs of 20 and 65 yards and senior fullback Michael Link reached the end zone from a yard out.

Snell completed 22 of 35 passes for 275 yards and no interceptions and Joe Marino led the Knights’ receiving corps with 13 catches for 195 yards on the afternoon. Ryken also ran for 196 yards as a team with Austin Deppe, John Houston and Aaron Carroll combining for 97

yards between them.The Knights will close the 2010 season at

Ryken Stadium Friday night at 7 p.m. against the Bullis School. Ryken defeated Bullis 23-22 in Potomac, MD last November and the Bull-dogs are coming off of a 7-6 win over Episco-pal last Friday night.

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Jordan Hurt and Aaron Wilk-erson threw touchdown passes and Kenny Daniels added a 60-yard scoring run, but it wasn’t enough as Great Mills fell to Huntingtown High School 35-20 Friday night, ending the Hornets’ season at 5-5.

The Hurricanes needed a vic-tory to make the 3A South playoff and were able to do so, jumping out to a 19-0 halftime lead.

The Hurricanes (7-3 overall, 5-3 in Southern Maryland Athletic Confer-ence games) got 307 yards rushing on the eve-ning, with Andrew Bose leading the way (16 carries, 169 and four touchdowns). Davonte Fletcher added 95 yards on 19 carries for Hun-tingtown, who will now play top-seeded West-lake in the 3A South semifinals Friday night at 7 p.m.

Hurt and Wilkerson both connected with Anthony Smith for touchdowns in the fourth

quarter and Daniels got Great Mills on the board with his touchdown in the third quarter.

Hurt completed eight passes for 172 and also ran for 72 yards on seven carries as the Hornets ran for 208 yards overall. Smith lead the team in receptions, catching five passes for 110 yards and two touchdowns.

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Season at Home Friday

Hornets Fall to Hurricanes in Season Finale

Bishop Ireton 34, St. Mary’s Ryken 21 1 2 3 4 TotalRyken (3-6) 0 0 0 21 21Ireton (2-6) 14 20 0 0 34

Ireton – Rivers 4 run (Daubresse kick)Ireton – Westbrook 17 run (Daubresse kick)Ireton – Williams-Price 89 pass from Zingler (Daubresse kick)Ireton – Bladen 10 run (Daubresse kick)Ireton – Gallinaro 31 pass from Zingler (pass failed)Ryken – Snell 65 run (Laco kick)Ryken – Link 1 run (Laco kick)Ryken – Snell 20 run (Laco kick)

Huntingtown 35, Great Mills 20 1 2 3 4 TotalGMHS (5-5, 3-5 SMAC) 0 0 6 14 20HHS (7-3, 5-3 SMAC) 7 12 0 16 35

HHS – Ersoy 13 run (Smith kick)HHS – Bose 9 run (kick failed)HHS – Bose 3 run (kick failed)GMHS – Daniels 60 run (kick failed)HHS – Bose 1 run (Bose run)HHS – Bose 14 run (Fletcher run)GMHS – Smith 35 pass from Wilkerson (Daniels run)GMHS – Smith 22 pass from Hurt (run failed)

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Catching a Playoff Spot

THURSDAY November 11, 2010

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