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– Commissioner Dan Morris on a Marlay-Taylor renovation to meet state environmental regulations.

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Plan StinksBy Alex PanosStaff Writer

County Commissioner Larry Jarboe said St. Mary’s has been confronted with two dis-tasteful options – renovate Marlay-Taylor sew-age plant to meet state environmental regula-tions at a higher than anticipated price or pay $100,000 monthly in fines to the state.

Maryland is requiring designs to be im-plemented at St. Mary’s County Metropolitan Commission’s (MetCom) largest sewage facil-ity that are more environmentally friendly and reduce nitrogen levels expelled into surround-ing bodies of water.

The sewage center’s renovations will cost $27.8 million, MetCom attorney Jacquelyn Meiserr told the commissioners on Tuesday, $3 million more than originally anticipated – but the upgrade will not increase the plant’s treat-ment capacity.

Jarboe and Commissioner Dan Morris ex-pressed frustration with the state mandate.

Jarboe said more efficient environmental investments could be made elsewhere, such as by putting in oyster reefs, and if the plant’s ca-pacity was being expanded there would be no argument from the board.

However, he conceded, in the interest of St. Mary’s, the board must comply, or face pay-ing “tremendous” fines.

Morris, who recently expressed concern with critical areas to the Chesapeake Bay be-ing based solely on theory, said this too lacks efficient scientific proof.

“It’s a complete and total waste of taxpay-ers’ money,” Morris said, “but I’m forced to vote for it.”

Commissioner President Francis “Jack”

Russell took to the other side of the argument.Sometimes the system must be trusted,

he said, and as a local waterman he has noticed fisheries going “downhill.”

“I can see some light at the end of the tun-nel,” Russell said.

Commissioner Todd Morgan understands MetCom must comply to the mandate or suffer the consequences, but is “disturbed” MetCom published their estimates for contract bidders to base their rates.

He thinks having knowledge of MetCom’s budget only hurt their ability to award a con-tract as low as possible.

Meiser, though, said the contract is only 7.8 percent off a “pretty reasonable” estimate, and MetCom will pay the increased project costs by using a collaboration of user fees.

Several weeks ago, MetCom Director Dan Ichniowski told the county commissioners that service rates are expected to raise 8.9 percent in the next year.

Carole Romary, a citizen residing in Cali-fornia, is outraged by the increasing rates and recently sent a letter to the MetCom board to voice her concerns.

“MetCom needs to look at ways to cut costs and keep expenses down, just as millions of Americans have been doing for the past sev-eral years,” Romary stated in the letter.

She also noted she hopes MetCom could be more like Southern Maryland Electric Co-operative (SMECO) and find ways to limit rate increases.

There is a premium for these types of ser-vices, Morgan said during the commissioners meeting, and MetCom has to get the job done.

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Budget Won’t Include Senior Tax Changes

By Alex PanosStaff Writer

St. Mary’s County commission-ers Dan Morris and Larry Jarboe urged for lowering the senior property tax rate from 70 years of age to 65 during Mon-day’s budget hearing, but the rest of the board decided the current policy is fair as it stands now.

Jarboe said providing tax relief would give St. Mary’s a tripod of revenue; citing Naval Air Station Patuxent River, tourism and revenues from senior citizens mov-ing to the county as three areas that could drive the county’s economy.

He noted that no other county is utilizing these three aspects to generate revenues.

“We could have unprecedented qual-ity of life here,” Jarboe said.

Morris said senior citizens moving into St. Mary’s would not provide any extra burden on its two biggest expendi-tures – the school system and the sheriff’s department, because they usually do not have young children and they are too old to run from the police.

Commissioners Todd Morgan, Cyn-thia Jones and Commissioner President Francis “Jack” Russell agreed they would like more research to be done before mak-ing a decision to lower the age.

Jones is curious to see how St. Mary’s is aging compared to other counties.

She also said St. Mary’s already has a very generous policy in place, adding “I think we have a very senior-friendly community.”

The final budget comes in at $222.9 million, a 5.3 percent increase from last year.

The budget had originally come in lower than last year’s, but Morgan noted the hike is due to the commissioners mov-

ing renovations at Spring Ridge Middle School up to fiscal year 2014.

In addition to the Spring Ridge ren-ovations and funding to build the new Duke Elementary school in Leonardtown, the board was asked to consider renova-tions at Fairlead Academy as well.

Morgan said the commissioners are doing everything possible to support the school system, and the entire spectrum of the commissioners concerns “isn’t singu-larly focused” on the school system.

Superintendent of schools Michael Martirano said he recognizes the com-missioners are doing all they can, and thanked the board for all their support.

“We recognize the big picture,” Mar-tirano said while looking in Morgan’s direction.

However, he continued, eventually down the road Fairlead will need funding because at-risk students are more likely to graduate out of the program than if they were left in one of the traditional high schools.

The county receives around $1.4 mil-lion of a $240 million state-wide grant for at-risk students.

Martirano said majority of at-risk funding goes to Baltimore City and Prince George’s County because the state considers each school system as a whole – a majority of St. Mary’s students are not at-risk.

The commissioners did not change their opinion on how to fund Tasers for the sheriff’s department.

They will remain funded using asset forfeiture, and Sheriff Tim Cameron said obtaining new Tasers remains a high pri-ority to the staff.

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The Healthy St. Mary's Partnership is forming a working group with the goal ofdecreasing the public health impact of tobacco use in St. Mary’s County.

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Del. John F. Wood Jr. is surprised Southern Maryland is receiving revenues from the recent tax increase on gasoline.

Initially, Wood thought all revenue from the gas tax would be used to build and maintain roads and monorails in ur-banized areas, but Gov. Martin O’Malley announced late last week that $20 million will be used for the design and engineer-ing phase of renovating the Gov. Thomas Johnson Bridge.

“It debunks the myth,” Del. John Bo-hanan said of the popular opinion locally that rural Maryland would not see money from the gas tax.

Bohanan acknowledged the tax is a very unpopular solution, as he has since the beginning of discussions, but it is the only way to fund such a large project.

The bridge cost $26 million to build when it first opened in 1977, according to Bohanan, and, before this year, the gas tax had not been raised since 1992.

Considering these figures, it would

be nearly impossible to renovate the bridge with today’s inflation.

The bridge has been estimated to cost $800 million to replace, and Bohan-an says O’Malley’s $20 million commit-ment is a promising start.

The engineering and design phase wasn’t approved for the plan to sit on the shelf, he said, “you’ve got to move ahead with it.

“This really represents the commit-ment to get the bridge done.”

Bohanan and State Sen. Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr. wrote a letter to the gov-ernor earlier this month outlining the im-portance to Southern Maryland of reno-vating the bridge.

Bohanan said the letter “really un-derscored” the need to get the Johnson bridge in the budget and get it funded as soon as possible.

But money to renovate the bridge was ultimately included in O’Malley’s new $1.2 billion transit package because majority of Southern Maryland delega-tion voted for the transportation bill, Bo-hanan said.

“It’s a step in the right direction,” Commissioner President Francis “Jack” Russell said of the commitment to repair the bridge. “It’s nice to see some of this has hope.”

Del. Anthony J. O’Donnell said $20 million is “probably a step in the right direction,” but it’s not much compared to the $800 million to $1 billion the project will demand.

He added, O’Malley’s money allo-cation doesn’t even cover the total funds required for design and land acquisition.

“People should not have the expec-

tation that the bridge is going to be built any time soon,” O’Donnell said.

Although Wood is pleased with progress with the bridge, he still believes the gas tax came at a bad time and other monies could have been used to repair the bridge.

“It doesn’t ease the pain that a lot of people are going to have over the next few years,” Wood said.

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For the second time in two weeks, Calvert Cliffs Unit 2 was powered down due to unforeseen circumstances.

“On May 21, 2013 at 5:45 a.m., op-erators manually shut down Calvert Cliffs Unit 2. Operators followed their training and procedures and the plant shut down as expected. The plant is in a stable con-dition. The plant’s safety equipment and systems responded as designed,” Calvert Cliffs Spokesman Kory Raftery said in an e-mail.

“The safety of Calvert Cliffs and the public was maintained at all times dur-ing the shutdown…Preliminary informa-tion on the cause of the manual shut down points to a failure of equipment associated with a Unit 2 Steam Generator Feed Pump (SGFP),” he said in the e-mail.

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“All plant systems responded as de-signed and there were no complications during the shutdown,” Sheehan said in an e-mail.

In a later interview, he said they have no target date for the reactor to be back on line. He said they will do a complete assessment, develop and execute a repair plan before powering the reactor up again. He sees no connection between the May 8 and the May 21 incidents.

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A summer festival featuring 10 one-act plays, all by Maryland playwrights, is coming to St. Mary’s College.

The first ever Watermelon One-Act Festival will fea-ture plays with a variety of topics, including a person be-coming a hero, an exciting discovery high in the Himala-yas, the revealing of a tragic childhood and an attempt to sabotage a religious-right political candidate.

Directors will compete for awards worth over $1,000.The performances will take place all day on Saturday,

June 1 and the finals round is slated for Sunday.Lisa Gregory, program coordinator, thinks people

should attend the festival because the audience will play an important role during the weekend – choosing the last “wild card” finalist to advance to Sunday’s final round.

She hopes people attend to support the local play-wrights, directors and actors.

Gregory began promoting individual work in 2009 as a member of The Newtowne Players.

She then started a play group known as the South-ern Maryland Originals the following year at CSM Leonardtown.

“One day, we hope to be that production where profes-sional publishers and producers actually bother to come and check out the new talent,” Gregory said.

She also hopes in the future to expand the student sub-missions, and potentially have an entire competition geared just toward students.

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LEONARDTOWN, Md. - For the fifth consecutive year, MedStar St. Mary’s Hospi-tal received the 2013 Workplace Excellence, the Health & Wellness Trailblazer and the EcoLeadership awards through the Alliance

for Workplace Excellence (AWE). New this year, the hospital also received

the inaugural 2013 Diversity Champion Award. AWE is a non-profit organization that focuses on making companies in the greater

Washington, D.C., area excellent places to work.

Given to companies based on programs in communication, diversity, employee growth and more; the first award, the Work-place Excellence Award, recognizes the hos-pital for, among other things, holding quar-terly meetings so hospital associates can ask questions of hospital President Christine R. Wray. Wray also leads department huddles to discuss time-sensitive information with the hospital’s leadership. MedStar St. Mary’s was one of 63 businesses that received the Workplace Excellence Award in the region.

The second award, the Health & Well-ness Trailblazer Award, salutes employers who offer programs for employee health and wellness. MedStar St. Mary’s offers Occupa-tional Health services with a nurse practitio-ner or registered nurse available to see associ-ates; free smoking/tobacco cessation medica-tion for associates and family members; and a Wellness Committee that focuses on devel-oping programs for employees, among a list of other benefits. The hospital was one of 35 companies that received the Health & Well-ness Trailblazer Award.

The final AWE award, the EcoLead-

ership Award, acknowledges the hospital’s commitment to an environmentally sustain-able workplace. The hospital, under the guid-ance of the Green Team, operates a large-scale recycling program; uses ecofriendly cleaning products, biodegradable cups and containers in the cafeteria that turn back into dirt in 45 days; and changed over to lower wattage, energy-efficient light bulbs. The hospital was one of 30 companies that re-ceived the EcoLeadership Award.

The final AWE award, the Diversity Champion Award, recognizes employers who are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce and work environment. With guidance of its Diversity Committee, the hospital offers education on cultural top-ics; hosts Diversity Fairs to celebrate associ-ates and their cultural differences; offers a language translation line for non-English speaking patients, among other programs. The hospital was one of 18 companies that received the Diversity Champion Award.

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Leonardtown is set to get a new Japanese style steakhouse called Sakura Bar and Grill.

The town council approved a letter of support for the steakhouse’s application for a liquor license from the county at their May 13 meeting.

The steakhouse will differ from other Japanese style restaurants in the county because there will not be the iconic individual grill tables where chefs prepare meals in front of customers while they watch.

Rather, chefs will cook meals in the kitchen of what was once the Rustic River restaurant that has remained vacant for months in the Leonardtown Shopping Center.

A series of restaurants has taken root there over the years, from a Perkins family restaurant to an Arizona Pizza.

Across town on Fenwick Street in the town square the ownership of the Brewing Grounds coffee house is changing hands, town officials said.

“We’re hoping to open up by the end of next month,” said Aaron Smiley, one of the owners and manager of the establishment.

Sushi will be included on the menu as well as hard crabs, shrimp and traditional Chinese dishes.

“It will be made fresh for you as you order it,” Smiley said. “You can pick what you like the best.”

Town officials said they were pleased to see a new business come to fill a vacant establishment.

The new establishment, to be named BTB Coffee Bar will have a revised food menu as well as a planned liquor license, town officials said.

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Fairlead Academy Salutes Its Students

Schools Renew Call for Security Funding


When they started their high school path four years ago, the 58 students at Fairlead Academy who are now set to graduate were facing plenty of challenges.

Often, they needed extra help with class work or they just needed attention to help them maintain focus on school.

Fairlead’s mission is to provide students, who in some cases were just waiting for the chance to drop out of school, a path to graduation.

Those 58 students, whittled down from 76 in 2009, were honored by the school system Monday night at the James A. Forrest Technology Center for their perseverance and dedication to learning despite all the challenges they had.

Schools Superintendent Michael J. Martirano told those students that their special status put them in one of his own personal files, and that meant the school system would not give up on them.

They just needed to not give up on themselves, he said.

“When you’re in that file, failure is not an op-tion,” Martirano said.

This year’s graduating class from Fairlead would enjoy a 90.6 percent graduation rate, Martiano said, putting it on a par with county high schools and much higher than the national average graduation rate of 72 percent.

“If someone says you can’t you turn around and say ‘I can,’” Martirano said.

Students received gifts personally from Marti-rano for their achievements and many were happy to have pushed through to be able to join their fellow classmates at their home high schools for graduation.

“The best part about Fairlead Academy was my grades getting better,” said Marcus Wade in a state-ment about his pending graduation.

Marcus Scriber, who helped kick off the eve-ning’s festivities, looked back on four years of mem-ories and to his immediate future.

“My experience was a blast,” he said to the packed conference room at the tech center. “And now I’m here ready to graduate.”

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Flying over a wildlife preserve in the African nation of Zim-babwe the pilot is busy trying to spot infant elephants that have wondered away from their mothers but the controls of what is es-sentially a motorized hang glider can be tricky.

Add to that you have to stay within the bounds of several yel-low blimps that mark safe zones or risk being shot at by poachers and the mission becomes even more complex.

Before you can correct your course to drop a GPS beacon near a scofflaw baby elephant your small air vehicle is riddled with machine gun bullets forcing you down in an emergency landing.

Soon, you are surrounded by poachers and your mission has failed.

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Being so close to Patuxent River Naval Air Station was a driving force behind establishing the academy, which will have its first students next school year.

Whitmer, former commander of the U.S. Navy Test Pilot School with a 28-year navy career, will guide them.

But it won’t be just fun and games, students will have to use their science, technology, engineering and math skills to learn about flight and also to plan out aspects like flight plans and fuel consumption to successfully complete simulated missions.

Aside from rows of computers there are three dedicated sim-ulators in the class, furnished and lighted like a real ready room on an aircraft carrier, to allow students a full panoramic view and to cooperate with their classmates to complete simulations.

“You want our youth to have a motivating factor to pursue aviation,” Whitmer said. “The future is aviation.

“They’re going to fly missions and work together to solve problems.”

If students work through their assignments throughout the week there could also be some time at the end for fun, Whitmer said, such as simulated dogfighting.

“It’s an ultimate gaming environment,” Whitmer said. “Almost any civilian or military plane you can name is in [the computer].”

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The school system is asking for 10 security as-sistants, at a cost of $300,000.

At first the cost would have been $365,000 but upon further calculation the school system told com-missioners that contracting the assistants would be $300,000.

“The major difference between the amounts is due to health care benefits,” wrote Superintendent Michael J. Martirano.

He asked the Board of County Commissioners this week to again consider extra funding for secu-rity assistants at all county elementary schools.

Martirano went on to state that even with the increase of 4 percent in funding the commissioners have agreed to, the Board of Education would have to cut an additional $3 million from the budget, an ad-ditional $244,000 from the state is going to fund ne-gotiated agreements with school system employees.

Martirano warned that the school system would not be able to absorb the costs of contract personnel for the fiscal 2014 budget.

The superinten-dent’s plan is to hire six security assistants “to provide adequate re-sources within the de-partment for enhanced security at all current elementary schools.”

Security assistants would be rotated on a varying schedule at each school.

In the second year of the plan four more assistants would round out the security detail and would be given some permanent as-signments based on “risk assessments” to include crime in the local community and school discipline data, Martirano stated.

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Lynden Whitmer, the new teacher at the Flight Academy at the tech center demonstrates a mission students will have a chance to fly next year as a simulation.

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Elon University sophomore Omolayo Ojo, a native of Tall Timbers, will spend her upcoming fall semester in the West African nation of Senegal with funding from one of the nation’s premier awards for undergraduate overseas travel and learning.

Ojo was named a recipient of a 2013-2014 David L. Boren Scholarship, which gives students financial backing to study the languages and cultures of Asia, Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, Eurasia, and Central and East-ern Europe.

Funded by the federal National Security Education Program, the scholarship requires recipients to work for at least one year after their college graduations in a govern-ment position related to U.S. national security. This year, 947 undergraduate students nationwide applied for the scholarship, of which only 161 were awarded.

Ojo, an international studies and strategic communica-tions double major, is the first Elon University student to receive the honor since the awards were first distributed in 1994.

Ojo is an Honors Fellow and recipient of the Kenan Scholarship, the university’s top award for incoming stu-dents that covers full tuition for four years. She is a member of the Periclean Scholars Class of 2015 as well as Sigma Iota Rho, the international studies honor society, and this spring was named one of 15 recipients of the Lumen Prize, Elon’s top award to celebrate undergraduate research and creative achievement.

“Receiving the Boren Scholarship is my go-ahead to continue learning as much as I can about West Africa,” she said. “I will have the opportunity to truly delve into the Wolof language and the Senegalese culture. In addition, the service requirement of the Boren, in which I may work for

the State Department for a year, will allow me to explore my interests in international relations.”

The Boren Scholarship will enable Ojo to take part this summer in the African Language Initiative at the Uni-versity of Florida. She will study the Wolof language for eight weeks using $7,400 from the NSEP before heading to Senegal.

Ojo’s research interests are in African Studies, partic-ularly West Africa and its diaspora communities. Ojo, who moved as a child to the United States from Nigeria, said the intersection of development and migration studies “really fascinates me” and she believes the topic is essential for the growth of several nations in the region.

Immigration is the focus of Ojo’s Lumen Prize proj-ect, which is funded with a $15,000 award to support her research, and her curiosity earned raves from her faculty mentor.

“She’s looking at this issue in the light of transnation-alism, a new approach to thinking about globalization,” said Associate Professor Tom Mould in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology. “She’s doing many of the things a master's or PhD student would be doing for their research - learning the local languages, immersing herself in the local culture, making personal connections with the major scholars in the field - but she’s doing it as an under-graduate. Even the nature and scope of her question is am-bitious beyond her years.

“At the heart of her research is this idea of ‘home.’ It's a theme that is relevant to her personally as well as intel-lectually. Her ability to bring that additional dimension to her research will be powerful, not just for her, but for the Senegalese people she works with.”

Ojo’s long-term plans are to pursue graduate study in

international relations, community development or interna-tional law, ideally after completing a Fulbright fellowship for which she plans to apply as a graduating senior.

On campus, Ojo is the co-founder and vice president of the Elon African Society, and she works through Elon Vol-unteers! as co-coordinator of student volunteers for Ashton Woods, a refugee community center in Greensboro, N.C. She also serves as a student assistant in Elon University’s Office of the President and in the Isabella Cannon Global Education Center.

“So many things stand out with Omolayo,” Mould said. “She has this intensely magnetic personality. To meet Omolayo is to feel like you know Omolayo. You think, ‘Now there’s somebody who has interesting things to say, she’s thinking about interesting things, and she’s going to do interesting things.'”

Ojo is the daughter of Valentine Ojo and Agathachris-ty Ojo of Tall Timbers, Md.

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The College of Southern Maryland celebrated 571 candidates for 852 degrees and certificates during its 54th spring com-mencement ceremony held May 16 at the La Plata Campus.

“Every one [of our graduates] has a story that I can tell. Every one has their own dreams and aspirations; every one has had their trials and tribulations and I wish that I could mention every single one of them,” said CSM President Dr. Brad Gottfried. The graduating class, CSM’s largest ever, consisted of students who while working, raising families and supporting their com-munities through volunteer efforts earned academic honors, said Gottfried.

In addition to work and other responsi-bilities, students with disabilities face vari-ous challenges that may impact their ability to navigate the education arena, but are able to successfully do so through assistance from Disabilities Support Services. This spring, CSM had its largest cohort of grad-uating students with disabilities, said Gott-fried. Their majors included engineering, history, information technology services and general studies with students receiving honors to highest honors.

CSM awarded 584 associate degrees and 268 certificates: 40 percent of the stu-dents receiving awards were from Charles County, 34 percent from St. Mary’s County and 21 percent from Calvert County with 5 percent from outside of the region.

Associate degrees were awarded pre-dominantly in the fields of general studies, business administration and nursing arts and sciences, while general studies: trans-fer, and general studies accounting: basic and advanced were the most predominant certificates. CSM’s spring graduation pro-duced the first graduates of the college’s Hospitality Management and Medical Lab-oratory Technology programs. Of the grad-uates, 62 percent were female. The ages of this spring’s associate’s degree candidates ranged from 15 to 63.

Special Recognitions and Speakers During the 2013 Spring Gradua-tion Ceremony

Youngest Graduate - Stephan WolskiOldest Graduate - Connie ShepherdMother, Daughter Graduates - Brenda, So-phia MinshallStudent Speaker - Christina RasmussenKeynote Speaker Calvert County Circuit Court Associate Judge E. Gregory WellsHonorary Degree to Michael BescheAnnual Faculty Excellence Award Honor-ing Permanent Faculty to Professor Wayne Karlin

Nursing Recognition Ceremony

During the nursing recognition cer-emony held earlier in the day, Michelle M. Parrott, of Prince Frederick, was rec-ognized with the Academic Achievement in Nursing Award, given to the graduate with the highest grade point average in the nursing class. Tiffani C. Pendleton, of Mechanicsville, was recognized with the Achievement in Nursing Award, presented to the graduate who demonstrates academic achievement, clinical competence, commu-nity service and leadership potential. This

spring’s nursing program graduated 39 students.

Honors Convocation

At the college’s May 15 Honors Con-vocation, 20 students were recognized for achieving highest honors (3.9-4.0 GPA), 27 for high honors (3.75-3.89 GPA) and 65 for honors (3.5 to 3.74 GPA).

Divisional awards were presented to the following students: Business Programs Student of the Year, Thomas E. West, of Loveville; George Flynn Memorial Ac-counting Award, Loretta L. McGrath, of Port Republic; Outstanding Engineering Technology Student, David W. Barnes, of Mechanicsville; Outstanding Computer Science Student, Matthew Allen Cox, of Waldorf; Outstanding Information Servic-es Technology Student, Mark A. Ledbetter, of Waldorf; Freshman Chemistry Award, Nicholas A. Makrakis, of Leonardtown; Excellence in Chemistry Award, Angela L. Wilt, of Mechanicsville; Excellence in Biology Award, Brigette M. Morton, of Waldorf; Distinguished Honors in History, Mary C. Gmaz, of Bryans Road; Distin-guished Honors in Music, Alyssa L. Car-man, of St. Leonard; Outstanding Art Stu-dent of the Year, Barbara Hance, of Hun-tingtown; Outstanding Physical therapist Assistant Graduate, Elizabeth A. Durik-Ha, of Waldorf; Outstanding Massage Therapy Graduate, Rebecca M. Tatro, of Prince Frederick; John Lamiman Writing Award, Ashton Meilinger, of Waldorf; Outstanding Music Student, Yonis I. Nur, of Waldorf; Outstanding Engineering Student, William R. Hamel, of Mechanicsville; Outstanding Physics Student, Alan M. Long, of Lusby; Mathematics Progress Award, Arthur W. Ellis, of Bel Alton; Outstanding Achieve-ment in the Social Sciences Award, Lucille A. Rattliff, of Upper Marlboro; Criminal Justice Award, Christina L. Graf, of Chesa-peake Beach; and Academic Achievement in teacher Education Award, Reva Joyce Smith, of Lexington Park.

During Honors Convocation, Profes-sor Emeritus status was awarded to former faculty members Daniel L. Williams, Dr. William Klink, Dr. Barbara Stephanic, and posthumously to Larry Chappelear.

National Society of Leadership and Success Induction Ceremony

CSM held an induction ceremony for 27 students to the CSM Chapter of the Na-tional Society of Leadership and Success (NSLS) on May 15. Special awards includ-ed Excellence in Teaching to Bruce Fried, Daphne Morris and Theresa Tipsword; Excellence in Service to Students to Nellie Pharr-Maletta and Heather Zeolla; Student Assistant of the Year Award to Jasmine Wade; Vice President’s Cup Award to De-veraux Smith and President’s Cup Award to Tia Dickerson. There were 32 students receiving national recognition as 2012-13 Who’s Who Among Community College Students.

For complete coverage on CSM’s commencement activities, including NSLS induction, honors convocation and nursing recognition, visit http://www.csmd.edu/News/MediaResources/13maygrad.html.

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College Awards 852 Degrees, Certificates to Largest Class EverCSM Observes 54th Spring Commencement

AvenueJennifer Ann Russell

BushwoodChristopher GuyAmanda Catharine Raley

CaliforniaMichael P. BrowMargherita Anfuso BrownAlisha Marie DesimoneCatherine Blair DoeringKayla Ashley DorseyCrystal Rose GergatsoulisErin Patricia GibbonsKathryn Elizabeth GossThelma Kamga FotueSabrina Lee LemireSandra K. LigonTimothy Alan McDon-ald Jr.Jon Michael MorrisonRobert Andrew NielsenJohn E. PlummerMaria C. SarloEllen Bonita ScottWilliam Henry StoneHeidi Elizabeth TalalemotuElizabeth Shannon Walters

CallawaySusan Gibson JohnsonRichard Daniel Page

ChapticoMiranda Lynne ReynaLauren R. Scott Young

Charlotte HallNathan AlveyBrittany Marie AmakerDavid Gerrie Jr.Brian Jeffrey TaylorLauren Elizabeth Wright

ClementsWilliam Kyle ClothierDaniel F. NelsonCiara Noelle NicholsJustin Michael RussellJason Schofield

DameronAllan Howard GoddardDeborah Lynn HitchcockJohn F. Kenney III

DraydenJessica Danielle MorrisSelina Marie RidpathChristine Mary Ridpath

Great MillsLaker Enjoli BarberYaneshia Chemere Briscoe- HoytYulissa Macciel BrownTiShawna Shaquale BushEdward Stephen Con-ner Jr.Erica Michelle EscobarAmanda Michelle HoffmanJoshua Keith HumphreysElizabeth Ashley KolbeElizabeth Anne LongTina R. RiceCharles John RichardsonAndria A. Jones RobertsAmanda Allysa SchrammSandra Lee Van Ostrand Spence

HollywoodRichard Soseipiriala BakayeBrittany Marie BeanCaitlin Ammon BrownLynn Marie ByersKyle Luke CorriganAnthony Joseph CucinottaErin Colleen HickeyKevin Anthony MattinglyStephanie Paiva MillerJohn O. MountjoyDarren Ryan PayneLindsay Erin PittSeow, Siew MayKatlind Elizabeth SmithAmanda Lacey ThompsonDavid Tyler Williams

LeonardtownNicholas Brewer ColvinKatie Jo CurrieJessica Marie DornTracey Elizabeth EllenSarah Elizabeth GeorgiouPaula M. GoldsboroughTikisha HallJuliet Lauren HoeyKellee JohnsonKathleen Elizabeth KleiberHanna Marie LloydRobert Allen Mathews Jr.Asma MubasharTaylor Olivia RumseyKatherine Lea SamourisCourtney-Sue Danielle SantoraTracy Lynn ShawAdeoluwa Adeshola ShonekanMegan Lynn StantonTimothy William Travis

Craig Alison Tyer IIAndrew Steven WhippleBryan Wood

Lexington ParkBrandon Jeffrey AksteterJason E. BartzAgnes C. BentleyMatthew Daniel BriscoeDeidra Ann CarrollWayne L. CourtrightNataly Cruz-CastilloAshley Renee DavisonChristina M. FosterChristopher Michael GainesCatherine S. GallagherTeresa L. GrayJustin Paul GroffBriana GrovesSuzanne J. HeatherDiana Louise HillAndrew L. HollopeterRossarin KaighnDawn KellyPeter Alan Madrigal Jr.Nicholas Maclean MesmerBrandon Scott NewmanKarl Ivan Amagna PalaroanNilay B. PatelDevin C. PlattAmanda Marie PurcellLuis Alberto RamosAnn Marie ReynoldsMichael Patrick RiceKelsey L. SaundersSamantha Danielle SchroeterAlicia M. ShanerConnie Lynn ShepherdReva Joyce SmithAllison Miller SmithReva Joyce SmithAllison Miller SmithGlenn Elliott Thompson IIDanielle Marie VogelsangJamar A. Winde, Sr.Christina Maria WolfrumEric Paul Zeiler

LovevilleThomas E. West Jr.

MechanicsvilleRhonda L. AdamsJeffrey Scott BarberDavid W. BarnesRyan J. BlizekChristina Marie BoswellChristopher E. BrownKristy Leigh BurchLora Michele ClarkeDaniel Nicholas Clausius

Caitlin Alexandra CusickRyan Christopher DrakeMelissa Christine FortneyLynn Michelle FoxCorrinne Elizabeth FreySadie Marie GallionChristen R. GetscherKyla Danielle GillTimothy A. HamiltonLura Michelle HerrimanMichael Allen HinmanBrittany Leigh HookerDouglas Alan JarmanVelvet Norreen Johnson IIAnthony Jay LawrenceNicole Marie LeonardVictoria Anne MarkleyPaul Christopher MayRobert S. McGannPaige Marie MillerBrenda Rae MinshallSophia Amara MinshallTiffani Cheree PendletonVirginia Elizabeth PhalenLatosha Ann PlaterSean Robert PurdyWilliam Justin RayleCourtney Rae RayleDenise L. ReichardTaylor Brooke RobertsLindsay Michele RussellHayley Rose RussoCharles Marvin Seifert IIIRandal Lyle SlaughterLorian R. SloperJulie Andrea ThomasAshley Danielle ThompsonStephanie Marie TownsendRobert S. UrlockerJoshua Walter WilsonAngela Lynn WiltChelsea Wood

Patuxent RiverShadeequah I. Curry

Port RepublicStormy J. C. Dale

RidgeFrenshesca Mercedes Donahue

Saint InigoesHollie Marie Ridgell

Tall TimbersRaymond BadiaChristine Huong Le

Valley LeeLydia Louise BakerI. Philip Holzbauer

St. Mary’s County CSM Graduates


Academy of Health Professions

Bodecker, Jessie LynnBolen, Hannah Sue

Buckler, Melanie MarieCabiness, Jasmine

CharmaineGank, Bethany CarolynJenifer, Kayla Nichele

Knight, Catherine Ellen Louise

Lagana, Lorraine ElizabethMaharaj, Jessica Deenah

Mattingly, Chelsea BrookeNoar, Brianna

Norris, Courtney AnneOjo, Omomayokun Emeka

BrunoReed, Hannah ReneeReed, Heidi Elaine

Stewart, Terrice Sue-AnnWood, Heather Denise

Automotive Refinishing & Repair

Adams, Daniel BrysonBehr, Justin Blake

Knott, Garrett NathanielLaungayan, Manuel

ThomasMeans, Treshawn Marcel

Nelson, Tyler AnthonyVaresko, Steven Kane

Walker, III, Daniel Whitman

Wyne, Jonathan Lee

Automotive Technology Dietrich, Thomas AnthonyHobbs, Jr., Larry Wayne

Mackall, Justin RyanPolk, Kellen Bradley

Wade, Marcus AntonioWillamson, Ian Leonard

Lewis

Aviation Technology Anderson, Jacob TylerByram, John MichaelGross, Demetri KavonMeador, Travis WayneMidgett, IV, William

JenningsSarlo, Gabriel Christopher

Smith, Antonio DonteSorenson, Dylan JamesTopolski, Bryan Erik

DespresToscano, Michael Anthony

Trowell, Marcus XavierWilliams, Conor James

CarpentryAllshouse, Kevin Andrew

Drury, Chandler WoodHarim, Garret Brady

Harley, Chistopher AntonioKennedy, Nicholas Luke

Lettau, Gabriel RayPreston, Darnell Saquan

JonesRister, Zachary Tyler

Spencer, Jr., James AllenThomas, Lawrence Bryan

Ward, Ashley NicoleWilliams, Tyshon Ahmad

Computer Aided

Drafting & DesignBarber, Raymond Keith

Baumann, Matthew William

Beery, Leslie ReneeBurch, Austin Lyle

Burnett-Parker, Travis Jordan

Coluzzi, Caelan SkylerDonahue, Jasmine HopeFaubion, John Marshall

Hobbs, Adam BlakeKnoefel, Shannon Michelle

Kurley, Brandon Tyler

Letourneau, Jr., Joseph Ralph

Marsh, Jesse MichaelMorrissette, Tymara DenisePatel, Sagar Upeshkumar

Stephens, Maximilian KurtSwann, Morgan Eugene

Computer NetworkingAbell, Vincent AlfredAbrams, Jared Lamar

Brooks, Mackenzie DavidByran, III, John Samuel

Guyther, Andrew McNeyHarris, Corey AshtonLaw, Jedediah RichardMcCoy, Joseph Louis

Myers, Alexander WilliamNash, Lucas Macgregor

Pitt, Justin AnthonyProffitt, Austin Larry AllenSwain, Thomas TheodoreTaylor, Frederick NormanThompson, Allison MaeWhitley, Kevin Michael

Zhao, Andrew Jesse

Criminal JusticeAnderson, Megan LynnBeeson, Bradley ScottBoyce, Shane Thomas

Brandon, Alexus DionneCardona, Catlin PeterCarter, Briana Lissette Carter, Wayne Allen

Finley, Deanna RenaeGoode, Brittany Renee

Gram, Kathleen-Christine Marie

Jackson, Emani NicoleMcKay, Chadwick Reese

McKoy, Emily LaurenMorris, Charles WalkerOwens, Adriene TaylorParent, Kaylyn MarannRickson, Mark StevenScott, Sabrina Tyler

VanDevander, Jr., Steven Michael

Watts, Jeremiah Scott

Culinary ArtsBlanks, Aliyah Michelle Brown, Megan ElizabethCamp, Jr., Julius Lamund

Cruz, Aliana NohelyDennis, Tyler Chase

Gallo, Erin LeeGreenwell, Kwin Allen

Greissinger, James RobertJohnson, Ryan Michael

Macrae, Callan ElizabethMahaffey, Amanda ReneeMead, Mackenzie BrookeRayford, III, Jesse James

Redman, Kaitlyn ElizabethReyna, Justin MatthewRussell, Ashley Susan

Russell, Morgan NicoleRutt, Reagan Justine

Schroeder, Hannah KateSidney, Ayana-Nahyamka

AlesisWilhelmi, Sara Nicole

Woodland, Myresha DionnaYellman, Alison Nicole

Zurkowski, Megan Katherine

Dental AssistingBelfield, Jessica AnnColvin, Carly KateJulian, Katie Marie

Myles, Samantha Ruth Camalier

Rice, Caitlin LateteRizkowski, Stephen Joseph

Smith, Tiffany LeighWalter, Nathalie Katherine

Whalen, Alexis JanaeWilliams, Sharita Eileen

Woodland, Tyniece Lavonne

Diesel TechnologyBradburn, Robert Melvin

Britt, Tyree AllenBusl, Daniel Lindwood

Collins, Jr., Joseph LouisGoode, Matthew AllenHayden, Ellis MichaelLatham, James Tyler

Lawrence, Brett RobertLayman, Jr., David Louis

Raley, Robert MorganStewart, Stephen PatricStewart, Tyree Jamal

Trossbach, Joeseph Clark

EngineeringBarber, Adonnis Oneal

Baumann, Douglas Mitchell

Combs, Christopher AustinDeJesus, Raymundo

MaregmenHolcomb, Christopher

BryceIngram, John AltonJones, Alfred NolanLemmon, John Dane

Lindsey, Zachary ThomasMace, Jacob CameronMedlock, Kyle Ellis

Paz, Sabrina Beatrice Roemer, Rachael Anne

Small, Alexander TimothySnipes, George Christopher

Sweeney, Benjamin Michael

Turner, III, Ronald Walter

Fire & Rescue/EMSAck, Austin David

Barnaby, Kyle TaylorBuckler, Matthew Victor

Burch, Susan MarieCarter, William JosephClifton, Amy SuzanneFoley, David MichaelHayden, Kyle Edwin

Herlihy, Conner MatthewKenney, William KolsonKetner, Alexander DaniloLowmiller, Robert Dylan

Lyon, Jared AnthonyMetcalfe, Mirranda Leigh

Rowan, Colin JeffreyVanness, Steven Michael

Graphic CommunicationsBirkhimer, Logan IlanaBurnette, Lauren GeniseButner, Rebecca LynnDean, Roxanne AshleyDonato, Daynaira-Xara

ChyaneEichel, Alison MurphyFustino, Tashana MariaMonda, Brittany RachelMorgan, Mary KatherineMueller, William Stuart

Prettyman, Samuel BryceQuade, III, John Morris

Scott, Samantha LeeValentine, Jordan

ChristopherWillette, Joeseph Mangan

Wood, Nikolas ScottWyrick, Jessie Marie

HorticultureCopsey, Ashley Lynn

Fitzgerald, Trevor PatrickGray, Elizabeth IreneHarman, Jacob Alec

Jordan, Dion MauriceMcKay, Kaitlyn Lea

Rundquist, Jessica ReySpence, Justin Louis

Valentino, Gina RaquelVanecko, Rachel Elizabeth

Hospitality & TourismBond, Gabrielle Makayla

Bowman, Kendrah

ChirrieceFord, Brandy Nicole

Heinrich, Kimberly AnnHughes, Chelsea Kay

Hutcherson, Breianna MaeJames, Akeera DianeMoore, Imari LigouriNiles, Aaliyah Ganay

Strozier, Taylor MonaeThomas, Elaina JanellTipton, Brittany Nicole

Wallace, Michaela DawnWeber, Kathleen Marie Ellyn

Widmayer, Peter Robert

Individualized Products & Services

Blackstock, Mariah NicoleBoyer, Shelby NicoleBoyle, Patrick John

Braswell, Tyreak OtisBrown, Andrea MarieDickerson, Jr., James

DonaldGray, Arielle Kristen

McCarthy, Bryan PatrickMcGowan, Kenneth DavidMurphy, Shannon Leigh

Ringgold, Angelica MarieRussell, Kyle MatthewWilliams, Jake Andrew

Masonry Bonds, Delante DavidDalton, Tabitha ReneeHill, Markeese Trevon

Hopewell, Brian KayShaunMitchell, Nicholas RudyMorgan, Martez JuwanScriber, Marcus Levi

Natural Resources Management

Anderson, Corey AllenBadovski, Alexis MarieBrown, Jessica Noemi

Burnette,Nathan EdwardBurroughs, Christopher

AllanDorsey, Jennifer Marie

Haynes, III, Charles JeromeIrby, Jr., James EdwardKoenig, Chad Joseph

McKenzie, Christopher Michael

Nimmerrichter, Jr., Richard Lee

Rapczynski, Katelyn Virginia

Rivera, Alexis MarieSvoboda, Megan Alexandra

Thomas, Anna PavlovnaTrombino, Brittany

RachelleWillett, Levi Austin

Production EngineeringAbell, Gunnar Nash

Bennett, Bryson AlexanderBlyler, Aaron Geoffery

Broome, Connor BraedenBrown, Patrick DavidChapman, William

AlexanderClyburn, Demetrius

DeSalesDockery, Justin Nathaniel

Heron, Raven ShayHolden, Alexander NikolasHorton, Nathaniel CristenHudgins, Zachery David

Isom, Christopher MichaelKravats, Justin Matthew

LaBatt, Rachel LynnLawson, Alyssa NoellMoore, Brian Thomas

Morris, Nicholas AnthonyParcell, Jonathan GreyPearson, Joseph Kekoa

Polca, Bradley RaymondSelph, Chad Morton

Smith, Trawn De’AndreStone, Joseph Hunter

Summers, Landon TylerWathen, Bradley Joseph

Williams, Brennan ScottWood, Joseph Kyle

van de Veerdonk, Alec

Residential WiringAbell, Matthew DavidAdams, Justin Scott

Baker, Jr., Eric Tyrone Elliot, Tyler RaymondGleason, Jonah Luke

Haffer, Travis EdwardHall, Joseph PatrickHiggs, Spencer Guy

Hogue, Cameron JamalHoll, Frank Anthony

Holton, Marcus RashadMcGregor, Wesley William

Morris, Bradley Tippett Riley, Shawn Patrick

Sellner, Jr., Randy MichaelStillwell, Steven MichaelWathen, Dillon MatthewWolthers, Travis James

Sheet MetalBehr, Brian Jacob

Brindle, Robert AnthonyCarter, III, James Gantt

Farrell, Brenton Thomas- Allison

Gantt, Tibiage LemarGuy, Tyler Nathaniel

Knott, Kenneth JamesPope, Alexander WayneRidgell, Dustin Edward

TV/Video ProductionAbrams, Dashawn MontrelBalazs, Michael WilliamBremby, Khaleel AntwanBritto, Aaron Jean MarcChase, Julian LawrenceFilomena, Tiffany Nicole

Foster, Tyler AlanGatton, Jocelyn Denise

Goldsborough, Shirley AnnHill, Quinn Robert

Johnson, Shayla MarieMattingly, Alex ChristopherPiaquadio, Damon Bradley

Quade, Sarah AnnReed, Markya DanielleRhine, Ridge Martin

Theriot, Alexandra ConnerWilson, Kyle Bash

Wright, III, Eugene Edward

WeldingBrady, James Christopher

Brown, Joshua HunterDeese, Deven EdwardDowd, James Russell

Filler, Levi AaronGoldsborough, Chase

ManningGreen, Jacob Austin

Guertler, Miguel Jose, Kamakani

Guy, Jason TimothyGuy, Robert Dylan

Kammerer, Dylan KeithMartin, Joseph Spencer

McAuley, Tyler CampbellMoore, Brandon AllenQuade, Marc Anthony

Reaume, Jr., Ronald PaulRye, Jr., Timothy AllenSneden, Michael ElroyWalker, Benjamin ScottWood, Brandon Aaron

Wietzke, Benjamin DavidYoung, Allen Joshua

Directed StudyClark, Haley Elice

Davis, Kaitlin EileenEchols, Avery Bryce

Holden, Alexander NikolasJackson, III, Jay LelandLane, Arielle Carolyn

Ramsey, Mickayla BreanneShores, Alexander JamesSullivan, Alyssa MarieTucker, Damian Tyrone

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367 Graduate from the Tech Center

Photos by Sarah Miller

By Sarah MillerStaff Writer

Senior students from the James A. Forrest Career and Technology Center gathered at Leon-ardtown High School on May 22 to celebrate the completion of their various programs, such as culi-nary arts, graphic communications and production engineering.

Before graduating, students received congrat-ulations from officials such as Forrest Center Prin-cipal Theo Cramer, St. Mary’s County Commis-sioner President Jack Russell and Superintendent Michael Martirano.

Martirano told the assembled students they are the future and the center is their first step to-ward a job they will love.

“If you find the job you love, you’ll never have to work again,” he said.

In addition to the Forrest center graduation, students will walk with their graduating class at their respective high schools.

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Leonardtown Middle SchoolProfile

Fast FactsPrincipal: Lisa BachnerAssistant Principals: Don Hollaway and Andrea SmithMascot: JaguarSchool Population: 931Feeder Path: Leonardtown, Benjamin Banneker, Oakville, Hollywood, Evergreen and Piney Point elementary schoolsLeonardtown and Chopticon high schools

Leonardtown Middle SchoolLeonardtown Middle School works hard to create a

climate for both students and staff that fosters an environ-ment of life-long learning. We recognize the achievements of our students and staff both academically and socially. We work to know our students as individual learners and celebrate the diversity and gifts that each student and staff member brings to our school.

Our school has recently been renovated and we are always proud to show off our school as well as the accom-

plishments of the students who call LMS their home. With the renovation to the building including new heating and cooling systems, fresh floor and wall surfaces, and new furniture, also came wireless capabilities. This ability to increased access of technology has truly changed the in-structional delivery at LMS as well as how the students show what they know.

We at LMS utilize teaching teams to meet our stu-dents’ instructional needs. Currently, we have two sixth,

two seventh, and two eighth grade teams at our school. Each team is comprised of two Language Arts, two Math-ematics, one Social Studies, one Science and one Special Education teacher. In addition to these content classes, students also have a lunch/recess period as well as an arts elective that alternates on an A/B schedule with Physical Education. We are teaching the Common Core curricu-lum, including the Literacy Standards, as well as imple-menting county initiatives such as STEM for All and Di-versity Awareness.

Leonardtown Middle School also supports numer-ous after-school programs that emphasize academics, rec-reation, civic and social skills. These include but are not limited to National Junior Honor Society; Math Counts; Fall, Winter, and Spring Intramurals; Student Government Association and Yearbook. Recently, we had our Theatre production of The Little Mermaid which was a wonder-ful way to reach out to our larger school community. We saw many “future students” in attendance during these performances.

Our staff is committed to the academic achievement of our students while also focusing on the development of strong relationships with students and families. We val-ue parental involvement and work closely with our PTA throughout the year. Our PTA supports the students and staff of LMS initiating many activities, including staff ap-preciation celebrations to purchasing “wishes and wants,” while always supporting our needs.

Leonardtown Middle School is a great place to learn and work.

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Library itemsLibraries Receive $31,000

The Friends of the Library do-nated $31,000 to the library at their annual dinner. Each branch received $10,000 and the WoW! Van Service received $1,000. The funds for these donations were from the profit of the Friends Book Sale in March.

Publisher Class Offered

Both Leonardtown and Lexing-ton Park libraries are offering an in-troductory class to Publisher 2010 on June 3. Leonardtown’s class will be at 2 p.m. and Lexington Park’s at 5:30 p.m. Adults must know basic com-puter skills to register.

Mobile Career Center Visits Set

The Southern Maryland Job-Source Mobile Career Center will be at the Leonardtown branch from 1 to 4 p.m. on May 29 and on June 4. Charlotte Hall branch will host it on June 6 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The JobSource Coordinator will provide assistance with job searching using the Maryland Workforce Exchange.

Summer Fun Begins June 3

Summer Reading programs for babies through teens begin June 3 and will help children maintain their reading skills over the summer. Kids and teens can sign up online or at any library and earn prizes, tickets and a book by completing fun reading activities.

Summer storytimes for babies and preschoolers begin June 3. Days and times are posted on the library’s website. Evening storytimes will be held at Leonardtown branch on June 4 and Charlotte Hall branch on June 6 at 6 p.m. LEGO fun follows both sto-rytimes at 6:30 p.m.

Parents and children can drop in and enjoy some hands-on fun at a program offered at Lexington Park library on June 6 at 10:30 a.m. They will learn a new story, make a craft, and enjoy activities that encourage fun with books.

Libraries Participating in Pilot Global Library Book Club

Unlimited copies of Michael Malone’s book, “The Four Corners of the Sky,” can be checked out and downloaded from the library’s web-site through June 1 as part of the first Big Library Read, a global library book club. Library users around the world will be downloading and read-ing the eBook simultaneously. The book can be downloaded to a com-puter if a customer does not have an eReader.

Scott, left, and Eric Johnson two of the more than 18,000 who crawled over cargo nets, under barbed wire and jumped over flames during the second Warrior Dash hosted at Budd’s Creek on May 18 and 19. The third annual Warrior Dash at Budd’s Creek is already scheduled for May 10, 2014.

Kittens are here. Feral Cat Rescue has many kittens up for adoption.

They are all adorable, loving kittens. They will be fully vetted which includesspay/neuter, rabies vaccine, three distemper vaccines, microchip, combo tested for aids and feline leukemia and dewormed. Kittens cost $125 or two for $200.

Please fill out an application at www.feralcatrescuemd.org and email to [email protected]. If you have questions, please contact Diane at 301-481-0171. Adults need homes also and cost $75. They are also fully vetted.

We are also looking for foster families to socialize kittens and to provide temporary homes.

On June 8, the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) will provide airplane rides for young people (ages 8 to 17) from the St. Mary’s County Regional Airport. The flights, to be scheduled between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m., are free, safe and flown by FAA licensed and experienced volunteer pilots. Registration for the flights will be accepted on a first come, first served basis, at the Captain Walter F. Duke Terminal Building by 9 a.m. and will be subject to weather conditions

The EAA Aviation Foundation’s Young Eagles program has introduced young people to the world of flight since its founding on July 31, 1992. The program recorded one million Young Ea-gles flown by Dec. 17, 2003, the 100th anniversary of the Wright brothers’ first powered flight. The volunteer Young Eagles effort

has now reached over 1.7 million youth in 90 countries. The EAA is a growing and diverse organization of mem-

bers with a wide range of aviation interests and backgrounds. The organization was originally founded in 1953 by a group of individuals in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, who were interested in building their own airplanes.

The program is sponsored by the Experimental Aircraft As-sociation (EAA) Chapter 478 based in St. Mary’s County and is supported by the Commissioners of St. Mary’s County, the Department of Public Works & Transportation, and the Airport Advisory Committee.

For more information about Chapter 478 and the Young Eagles rally, please visit www.478.eaachapter.org.

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After serving nearly a year as a U.S. Army cavalry scout in Afghanistan Ja-cob Satterfield, who now lives in Sun-derland, is not the man he used to be.

He says he wouldn’t change his ser-vice, where he saw combat in rugged hills against a determined and danger-ous enemy. But the stress he suffered led not only to a heart condition at 28 years of age but a personality that is no longer laid back and most importantly unable to deal with everyday life outside of the military.

“I’ve had a lot of emotional prob-lems,” Satterfield said. “Problems I haven’t dealt with until this past year.”

Satterfield said he was discharged in June 2011 and has struggled to keep a home and a job since then.

For months after his separation he went from Colorado back to Maryland in a wayward state, he said.

“I was sleeping in my parents apart-ment parking lot, I was sleeping in my

truck,” he said. “I didn’t know how to function. I didn’t know where to begin. I wasn’t exactly focused on myself.”

Satterfield still struggles with de-pression and anxiety as well as with em-ployment, despite being intelligent and articulate.

Satterfield’s story is like many oth-er veterans in Southern Maryland who come home from the war zone and are often unable to cope simply because of the stress combat induced.

Aaron Awkward, program man-ager at Three Oaks Center in Lexing-ton Park, said veterans’ homelessness is often compounded by the fact that vet-erans often have little to no idea about services they are entitled to.

“Employment, those are the big challenges and the benefits, too,” Awk-ward said. “A lot of them are unaware of the benefits that are available to them.”

Awkward said that the often-abrupt separation soldiers get at the end of a combat tour leaves them feeling as if the military is simply discarding them.

Moreover, there is often very little

in the way of mental health diagnoses from the Veterans Administration, he said, once the servicemen and service-women are separated.

Awkward said he knew of one fe-male veteran who sought out her own diagnosis and treatment when the VA failed to do so beyond a cursory debriefing.

“There’s no follow up, there’s no af-ter care,” Awkward said.

Three Oaks Director Lanny Lan-caster said: “There isn’t anybody at the VA who doesn’t care about veterans, that’s not the case.

“The case is the red tape and the bureaucracy, it makes it difficult for one person to navigate.”

Satterfield was one of those vet-erans who got help from Three Oaks staff to get housing and assistance but his struggles with getting benefits continues.

“Somebody says they’ll call you in 10 days but they don’t,” Satterfield said. “They still owe me $1,000 in retroactive pay.

“All of us [veterans] are having is-sues with records and just getting help.”

The latest survey of the homeless in the tri-county area shows about 50 veterans are without a permanent resi-dence, officials said, but they believe there may be more.

The problem lies in the way num-bers are collated — in a one-day point in time survey — which amounts to a head count of the region’s homeless.

“There’s a lot of people to reach and it’s not something we can do in one day for all veterans,” said Erin Mendicott with the state’s Maryland’s Commit-ment to Veterans office.

Using that office’s numbers for Au-gust of 2012 through January, Lancaster said there were 1,006 calls from veter-ans for service assistance with 104 link-ages to housing and another 44 success-ful linkages to employment.

It still leaves many looking for help.Lancaster said a full 30 percent

of those calls come from Southern Maryland.

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housing, employment or mental health assistance, which are often closely con-nected, are men, said Mendicott, but the other side of the equation is growing.

“The growing number is female veterans who are single mothers,” she said.

And Southern Maryland is likely to see more veterans with problems since the areas relative affluence is an attractant.

“People will always flock towards resources,” Mendicott said.

And those resources for veterans who know how to get them can be con-siderable — the G.I. Bill living allow-ance alone for a veteran seeking an edu-cation can be as much as $1,600 a month for Lexington Park, she said.

The difficulty for veterans is not al-ways knowing who to turn to find out what those resources are, but they can

be as close as the local Veterans of For-eign Wars post.

“Sometimes you just need someone to point you in the right direction,” Men-dicott said.

But not every veteran returning from combat is ready for that, Lancaster said, since the affects of posttraumatic stress disorder leaves them unwilling to seek contact with people much less help from a housing or mental health program.

“[Some of them] are paranoid, they live in the woods,” Lancaster said, add-ing that if they sought help earlier they would improve sooner. “But a lot of them aren’t there yet.

“Sometimes you have to go talk to them 30 times.”

Satterfield still feels the stress of having been in combat. He tells a story when he and just two other scouts were on a hill and found themselves in a fight for their lives with 30 Taliban fighters who had encircled them.

Running gun battles like that left him scarred and he’s carried it over into civilian life.

“I’m not as care free or trusting in the environment I’m in,” he said. “I per-ceive everybody as a threat that I don’t know until I see otherwise.

“I feel like I don’t know myself. It disturbs me.”

He’s come to realize that there is a link between those who’ve served in close combat with the enemy and not be-ing able to cope once they return home.

“Real combat guys, those are the ones who end up homeless,” Satterfield said. “There are so many stories that have never been told.

“That’s why I’m apprehensive about telling my story because their story dwarfs mine.”

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CommunitySuperheroes vs. Cancer


Superheroes of Southern Maryland led a battle against cancer last weekend by hosting a fundraiser event for five local kids suffering with the disease.

The superheroes brought the com-munity together, as kids enjoyed a meet and greet, took pictures and received auto-graphs from their favorite comic book su-perheroes at the Mechanicsville volunteer firehouse.

The event raised money to help the families of Kayla Kiley, 14, Maddie Grace, 7, Gianna Grace, 1, Adam Lumpkins, 6, and Serena Wade, 16, all going through various cancer treatments.

Throughout the day, over 2,000 people filtered through the venue, while Sam Grow Band, Justin Crenshaw and Jim Goldberg dressed up as Elvis Pressley played music.

Kids also enjoyed pony rides, an in-flatable moon bounce and face painting.

But all eyes were on Captain America, Batman, Batgirl, Iron Man, Spiderman and the Storm Trooper when they arrived in “The Hero Hummer.”

“It was a big entrance,” Mike Koslof-sky, better known during the event as Bat-man, said. “When we saw all those people, it was emotional.”

For Koslofsky, the most memorable part of the day was watching three kids who have had ongoing battles with cancer spend time enjoying the day.

Whether it was Maddie selling lem-onade, Kiley riding a pony or Wade face painting, watching the kids be actively in-volved was the entire point, Koslofsky said.

The superheroes have already been doing many benefits locally, and will now make this fundraiser an annual tradition.

“We want to help in our own way,” Ko-slofsky said.

The event was such a great success, he continued, that the superheroes plan to make the fundraiser event an annual occurrence.

Browne was particularly moved when Kiley got on stage to sing “Now or Never,”

with Sam Grow Band on stage, and Maddie helped with a cover performance of Justin Bieber’s “As Long As You Love Me.”

The turnout and support from the community have made a forever lasting im-pression on Kathy Browne, Kiley’s mother.

“Especially for them [the com-munity] to come out on a rainy day,” Browne said. “That will be remembered forever.”

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THE COMMISSIONERS OF LEONARDTOWNNOTICE OF BUDGET HEARING

The Commissioners of Leonardtown will hold a public hearing on Monday June 10, 2013 at 4:15 p.m. at the Town office at 41660 Court-house Drive, Leonardtown, MD. The purpose of the hearing will be to receive comments on the Recommended Budget for Fiscal Year 2014. Copies of the recommended budget will be available June 3 online at http://leonardtown.somd.com or at the Town Office between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.

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On May 3, Patuxent Habitat for Humanity hosted The 5th An-nual ReCycled Art Show and Benefit Auction. On behalf of the Board of Patuxent Habitat for Humanity I would like to express our sincere gratitude to the many sponsors, donors, volunteers, and, of course, bidders, who together made it possible.

The Recycled Art Show is an important fund raiser that we also hope raises the visibility of our Restore and the benefits to the com-munity of donating and shopping at our Restore in Lexington Park, Md. A significant number of the pieces offered at the auction origi-nate in our Restore. Local artists contributed their time and extraor-dinary talent to produce imaginative collectables starting with items as basic as tables, chests, or windows. Accordingly, a special thank you goes to over 35 artists from Calvert and St. Mary’s counties whose contributions make the entire show possible. Our auction also benefited significantly from special gifts to our Live Auction such as weeks at vacation homes and a sailing outing.

We would like to recognize those organizations and groups who helped make this show such a success: Our host Crossroad Christian Church of St. Leonard, Blue Wind Gourmet, DJ Johnny G, Century 21 New Millennium of California, Md., Heaven & Earth Medi Spa & Laser Center, Fitzgerald Realty & Auctioneer, BB&T, Wentworth Nursery, Wyle, and the St. Mary’s Ryken Habitat chapter. Also, a special thanks to our loyal volunteers and our office and Restore staff.

Proceeds from the auction will support numerous projects this year. We are building a new home in Prince Frederick, and restor-ing a donated home. Our work through our Veterans Program will mean that five St. Mary's County veterans see critical home repairs completed this year as well. We partnered with Christmas in April working on 15 homes last month.

Habitat's efforts to provide affordable, decent housing for local residents depend on the support of our community. What a differ-ence you make in the lives of your neighbors! For information about our mission, our Restore, and volunteer opportunities please call us at 301-863-6227 visit us at www.patuxenthabitat.org, or Like Us on Facebook. Thank you.

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The Suttler Post Farm Clydesdales were in-vited this year to take part in the 138th Preakness. Wayne Mast and his crew moved the gentle giants into Pimlico racetrack, in Baltimore, Md. on Tues-day afternoon to prepare for the events that week. On Wednesday morning the Clydesdales were part of the Sunrise tours at Old Hilltop, where hundreds of people observed the morning routine with these magnificent animals. The tours continued through-out the week with the number of people increase by the hundreds each day. Daniel Mast, Wayne’s son, talked to most of the groups and explained what their horses are used for and spoke to the groups about how much they eat and what it takes to get these ani-mals ready for show.

After the tours concluded on Friday, the crew prepared for the first appearance on the track for the Maryland Black Eyed Susan Day that afternoon. This day was dedicated to breast cancer awareness and the track was decorated in all pink. So what bet-ter way to celebrate then to dress the horses in pink as well. The horses wore pink mane rolls, pink roses and the driver and co-driver dressed in pink attire to ride on the wagon. The crowd cheered them on as they paraded in front of the Grand Stand and pro-jected on all the jumbotrons across the track.

Saturday, the day of the Preakness Stakes race, the crew prepared the horses once more to make

an appearance on the track. The six horse hitch of Clydesdales made their way through thousands even to get to the track as the people where chanting then on and cheering from the top of their lungs. Once on the track, all you could hear was the roar of the crowd as the horses stomped their way through the sandy track in front of 165,000 plus people.

“It was a feeling I have never experienced be-fore,” said Daniel as he drove the horses just feet from the people in the stands.

Since there appearance at the Preakness, Suttler Post Farm Clydesdales has been receiving calls and emails request for events all over the USA. Many stat-ing they didn’t even know there were other Clydes-dales besides Budweiser Clydesdales. It has been and honor and a privilege for this local group to take part in one of Maryland’s largest equine events and hope to see them back next year at the 139th Preakness.

Suttler Post Farm Clydesdales would like to give a special thanks to their crew who helped them at this event and the ones who helped prepare their new 53’ semi trailer as the Preakness was the revealing of there new trailer. Cullin’s Tarping, Flooring Max, JD & Cindy Elrod, Mike Gray, John Joy, Wayne’s Signs & Engraving Inc. employee’s, Nikki Smith, Adam’s Family, Jaime Finley, Logan Behn, Dr. Marla Ste-vens, Jim Schaffer and all of the Mast Family. Thank You!


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Vice/narcotics detec-tives arrested a woman who had been working as a reg-istered nurse at St. Mary’s Hospital on an open war-rant from the state of Cali-fornia on drug charges.

Tricia Nicole Gregory, 32, was the subject of a felony complaint while she had been working as a nurse in Cali-fornia and was charged with divert-ing hydromorphone, also known as dilaudid, a narcotic.

Gregory is currently being held in the county detention center and is awaiting extradition to California.

When she was located here Gregory was served with a 39-count indictment from that jurisdiction, vice/narcotics offices reported.

Court records show that Gregory had worked for the hospital in Leon-ardtown for eight months before re-signing May 2.

Capt. Daniel Alioto said Greg-ory had been tak-ing the prescrip-tion narcotics for herself while in

California.“She was successful at it before

she fled the west coast,” Alioto said.The vice/narcotics commander

said detectives were investigating Gregory’s time here as well.

“We recovered evidence that supported the case in California,” Alioto said.

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St. Mary’s sheriff’s deputies have arrested a man for allegedly assaulting a victim with a baseball bat by hitting him in the face.

Kenneth Wayne Price, 53, faces first-degree assault charges after an al-tercation with the victim Justin David Raley at an address on South Springs-teen Court in California just before mid-night May 17.

According to charging documents filed against Price in District Court the argument started when Price’s grandson called Raley his “daddy.” When Price heard this he told the child he should not call Raley his father.

After several more mentions of this, charging documents revealed, Price confronted Raley saying that he was not the child’s father.

Raley reportedly yelled back “I’m more of a father to him than you’ve ever been.”

The two separated for about an hour but then Price is alleged to have come back into the room with a baseball bat and began striking Raley.

Raley fought back by attacking

Price’s face, charging documents stated.When police arrived they found a

large crowd of people in the front yard of the home; Raley told responding dep-uties that Price had assaulted him with the bat.

Police reports stated Raleys’ eye was almost completely swollen shut and that his head was bleeding profusely.

When police encountered Price they reported he had a strong odor of alcohol emanating from his person and that he was covered in blood “that did not appear to be his own.”

Price was suffering from a nose in-jury with some blood police said.

Raley told police that Price had been drinking all night.

Police detained Price and took him to the detention center after charging him in the assault.

Once there he “spontaneously ut-tered he was in the right” when he struck Raley, police reported in charg-ing documents.

“He went on to say Raley shouldn’t have been messing with his grandchild and that he was not in the wrong,” charging papers stated.

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Summer is quickly approach-ing and the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office is again seeing a rise in thefts from motor vehicles throughout St. Mary’s County. The majority of these thefts occur in vehicles, which are left unlocked, and the valuables were in plain view. Examples of items taken during these thefts include:

1. Purses and Wallets2. US Currency3. Cellular Telephones4. GPS and other navigation systems 5. Electronic devices such as IPODS and MP3 players

Sheriff Timothy Cameron would like to stress the importance of following these precautions:

1. Lock your vehicle2. Make sure windows are completely up and secured3. Lock passenger compartments inside of your vehicle such as the glove box and center console

4. Never leave valuable items in plain view. Remove the items from the vehicle or secure them in the trunk5. Park in well-lit areas

Be aware of their surroundings and re-port any suspicious activity such as unfamiliar persons and/or vehicles in the area. Proactive crime prevention and reporting suspicious persons and/or incidents is extremely helpful in identifying criminal activity and solving crime. The non-emergency number to report suspicious activity is 301-475-8008. If you believe a crime is in progress please call 911. When in doubt, report the information to the Sheriff’s Office.

Sheriff Cameron and the men and women of the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office are committed protecting property and maintain-ing safe communities.

Tricia Gregory


NewsmakersRadio is More than Music

By Kimberly AlstonContributing Writer

The Calvert Amateur Radio Asso-ciation (CARA) is about finding alternative ways to communicate without hooking into the power grid, according to Repeater Com-mittee Secretary, Robert Sheskin.

If there was ever an emergency or natural disaster where phone lines and In-ternet cables were down, radio frequencies would not be affected, Sheskin explained. Through DXing, or identifying and re-ceiving radio signals, two or more stations would be able to make contact and trade important information.

Although broadcast radio is ideal for listening to music, person-to-person com-

munication is key for amateur radio. CARA is made up of different people

with different backgrounds who all share the same love, communication, Sheskin ex-plained. Amateur radio is a group of people who communicate with wireless technol-ogy. Amateur just means that the person communicating is doing so for personal use only, not for commercial broadcasting.

Granted, that is not the only use for amateur radio. Most people that join CARA simply enjoy communicating with other people. Talk Local, for example, is similar to a party line, where people that have the same frequency can “tune in” and converse without the use of a phone, through use of a “repeater,” a device that transmits a weak radio signal on a higher level so that the sig-

nal can cover long distances.Because in the United States it is man-

dated to have an amateur radio license, CARA also provides classes that teach the basics of FCC regulations and radio station operation and safety considerations. The association has classes for several different licenses including talk, local reporters and emergency communications. Technician classes are available on Wednesdays from 7 to 9 p.m. at the County Services Building in Prince Frederick, and licensing exams are held on Saturdays following full class ses-sions. According to the CARA website, ses-sions are once a week for eight weeks, and include basic regulations, operating prac-tices and electronics theory, but not Morse code. With a license, it is possible to oper-ate above 30MHz and 2-meter bands.

Membership for Amateur Radio lasts a calendar year, and costs $15. Members have certain privileges, such as voting and office positions. Meetings are gener-ally held the first Thursday of each month at the County Services Building in Prince Frederick, and are open to the public. For information on membership, attending said meetings is highly recommended.

This year, the CARA Field Day will be held June 29 and 30, at a location to be determined. According to Sheskin, Field Day consists of clubs, demonstrations and

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What can I do?From My Backyard to Our Bay offers tips for living in harmony with the Bay. It explains how you can contribute to the health of your local watershed,

maintain an environmentally-friendly lawn, and manage stormwater runoff, wells, and septic systems – all in ways that will reduce the flow of nutrients and sediment into the Bay.

Restoring the Chesapeake BayThe Chesapeake Bay is a national treasure that desperately needs our help. Experts agree that there is only one way to restore the Chesapeake Bay, and that’s “one river at a time.” But the problems don’t start in the rivers; they start on the land surrounding the rivers – their watersheds. You live in a watershed. We all do. The way we treat the land in our watersheds affects the health of our streams, our rivers, and ultimately the Chesapeake Bay.

What is a Watershed?A watershed is all the land area that drains to a given body of water. Topography (the elevation and the contour of the land) determines where and how fast stormwater runoff will flow and eventually drain to a surface water body such as a stream, creek, or river. Every resident of St. Mary’s County lives in a watershed that drains to the Chesapeake Bay or one of its tributaries.This is the first in a series of articles that Mary Ann Scott ([email protected]) has adapted from From

My Backyard to Our Bay in the hopes of increasing awareness of the little booklet that could do so much to help the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries. Look for the next article in next week’s County Times!

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Marlene Vanessa Ford, 45

Marlene Vanessa Ford, 45 of Waldorf, Md., (formerly of Great Mills, Md.) passed away peace-fully on Sunday, May 12. Vanessa, the eldest child, was born on September 7, 1967 to Charles and Agnes Ford.

Vanessa enjoyed life. She loved peo-ple and music, especially Michael Jack-son. Vanessa touched the lives of many and will truly be missed.

Family united with friends on Sat-urday, May 18, for visitation at 10 a.m. until time of service at 11 a.m. at Gospel Tabernacle of Prayer Church. Interment followed at Charles Memorial Gardens, Leonardtown, Md.

Arrangements by Briscoe-Tonic Fu-neral Home, Mechanicsville, Md.

Dorothy Mae Fleury, 71

Dorothy Mae Fleury, 71, of California, Md., died May 8, in Leonardtown.

Born February 14, 1942 in Versailles, Mis-souri, she was the daugh-ter of the late Henry “Jack” Bellamy and Velma “Grace” Wright.

She was the beloved wife of William Lester Fleury whom she married No-

vember 18, 2005, in a “Hot Air Balloon” over Napa Valley, California, at sunrise. She and her husband lived in California, Md., their entire marriage.

She worked at numerous occupa-tions in retail sales, real estate, and owned/operated a dog breeding business prior to her marriage to William.

She enjoyed cooking, gardening, traveling, crocheting, and especially, working with animals of all breeds. She loved her two dogs, “Maggie Mae”, a West Highland Terrier, and “Kali”, a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel.

Dorothy is survived by her children, Dwayne “Eddie” Meyer, of Booneville, Missouri, and Douglas Meyer and his wife Liliana, of Lake of the Ozarks, Mis-souri. She is also survived by her sisters Jenny (Cricket) Renzelman and husband Gary, of Carrollton, Missouri, Velma (Penny) Land and husband Bobby, of Carrollton, Missouri, Paula Fricke, of Sweet Springs, Missouri, and Alberta Noah, of Carrollton, Missouri. She is also survived by her brothers Ronnie Bellamy, of Marshall, Missouri, and Richard Bellamy, of Kansas City, Mis-souri. She was preceded in death by her brothers Herbie Bellamy, Henry Bellamy and Albert Wright.

The family recieved friends for Dorothy’s Life Celebration on Tuesday, May 21, from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Brinsfield Funeral Home, with prayers recited at 7 p.m. A memorial service will be cel-ebrated in Carrollton, Missouri, on June 8, 2013.

Memorial contributions may be made to the American Diabetes Society.

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

Arrangements by the Brinsfield Fu-neral Home, P.A., Leonardtown, MD.

Francis J, Mattingly, 93

Francis J. “Matt” Mat-tingly, 93, of Leonardtown, died on May 15, at his home.

Matt was born on July 2, 1919 in Compton, Md. He is the son of the late Zacha-riah Milton Mattingly, Jr. and Catherine Palace Pope Mattingly.

Matt attended Margaret Brent School before working various jobs as a mechanic. During World War II, he worked at the Martin Aircraft Factory until he was able to enlist in the U.S. Marine Corp. After the war, he and his brother, Leo ran a gas station in D.C., and later he owned and operated a gas station in Leonardtown, Md with his brother, John. In 1968, the gas station was sold and he worked at the St. Mary’s County Board Of Education’s Maintenance De-partment until he retired in 1985.

In 1940, he married Nettie M. Hazel Mattingly and the following year they were blessed with the birth of their son, Jeffrey. The pride of his life was his fam-ily, especially his grandsons and great grandchildren. Matt was an amazing and talented mechanic who enjoyed using his skills with racecars and boats along with working on cars of friends. He was an avid follower of NASCAR.

Matt is survived by his son, Jeffrey L. Mattingly and his wife, Debra M. Mattingly, of Leonardtown, MD; grand-sons, Sean M. Mattingly, of Odessa, DE, Christopher M. Mattingly, of Grants-ville, Md; five great grandchildren; and his sister, Evelyn Mattingly Ridgeway, of Deland, FL. He was preceded in death by his loving wife, Nettie M. Hazel Mat-tingly on November 22, 2002. Matt was also preceded in death by his siblings, Williams Jennings “Bones” Mattingly, Joseph Woodley “Tom” Mattingly, Al-berta Mary “Bert” Mattingly, Leo Mar-tin Mattingly, Charles Elmer “Bee” Mat-tingly, James Zachariah “Pappy” Mat-tingly, George Aloysius “Albees”, Jr., Bernard Ignatius “Nace” Mattingly, and John Gibbons Mattingly.

Family recieved friends for Matt’s Life Celebration on Sunday, May 19, from 2 to 5 p.m. at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, with prayers recited at 4:00 p.m. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated by Reverend Brian Sander-foot on Monday, May 20, at 10a.m. at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church. Inter-

ment will follow in the church cemetery. Memorial contributions may be

made to Francis Xavier Catholic Church, 21370 Newtowne Neck Rd., Leonard-town, MD 20650 or the Wounded War-rior Project, P.O. Box 758517, Topeka, KS 66675.


Arrangements by the Brinsfield Fu-neral Home, P.A., Leonardtown, Md.

Charles Willian Shorback, 69

Charles William “Char-lie” Shorback, 69, of Lex-ington Park, MD died May 13, at MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital in Leonardtown.

Born September 28, 1943 in St. Mary’s County, Md., he was the son of the late William Shorback and Eleanor Margaret Trossbach Shorback.

Charlie was a graduate of St. Mi-chael’s School. On May 4, 1969, he married his beloved wife, Doris Frances Shorback. Together they spent 44 won-derful years together. He was employed for over forty years as a maintenance su-pervisor for Larry Millison. He enjoyed fishing and cheering on the Baltimore Ravens. He also enjoyed traveling to the Blue Ridge Mountains. He loved spend-ing his time with his family, especially his grandson, who was his pride and joy.

In addition to his wife, he is survived by his children, Robert Shorback of Las Vegas, NV and Laura Bowles (Danny) of Dameron, Md.; his brothers, Lawrence Shorback (Aurora) of Hollywood, Md. and Louis Shorback (Laura) of Wilming-ton, DE; and his grandson, Evan Bowles. He is preceded in death by his parents and his brother, Ralph Shorback.

Family received friends for Charlie’s Life Celebration on Thursday, May16, from 5p.m. until 8 p.m. with prayers re-cited at 7 p.m. at St. Michael’s Catholic Church. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated by Reverend Lee Fangmeyer at 11 a.m. on Friday, May 17, with inter-ment following in the church cemetery.

Serving as pallbearers were Gordon Aldridge, Garrell Mercer, Nicky Car-roll, John Biscoe, Sr., Eddie Adams, and Eddie Willenborg. Serving as honorary pallbearers will be David Hansen, Don-ny Willenborg and David Willenborg.

Memorial contributions may be made to St. Michael’s School, 16560 Three Notch Road, P.O. Box 259, Ridge, MD 20680.


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Outlaw Drag Radial & Grudge Racing at MIR this weekend

Long Island - 4, Blue Crabs - 3 - GAME RECAP

Long Island - 5, Blue Crabs - 1 - GAME RECAP

Bridgeport - 7, Southern

Maryland - 8 - GAME RECAP

WALDORF, Md. – The Southern Maryland Blue Crabs defeated the Bridgeport Bluefish 8-7 with a walk-off single by Jose Salas in the bottom of the ninth inning on May 21 at Regency Furniture Stadium. After playing a game of back-and-forth ball through the midway point of the game, the Bluefish would break away by scoring five runs in the sixth to take a 7-4 lead. Southern Maryland would quickly an-swer back however, as their three-run seventh kept the game locked at seven. The Blue Crabs would then blank the Blue-fish in the eighth and ninth, as Southern Maryland managed to get runners in scoring position for Salas who sealed the deal with a single to left field in the bottom of the inning.

With Southern Maryland ahead 4-2 heading into the sixth the Bluefish would gain momentum by taking advan-tage of the Blue Crabs bullpen in the top of the frame. Blue Crabs manager Patrick Osborn would turn to relief pitcher Kyle Mertins halfway through the sixth inning, but starting pitcher Daryl Thompson, Mertins and Beau Vaughan, who would also make an appearance in the sixth would com-bine for five runs, four hits and three walks in the inning as Southern Maryland trailed 7-4. The Bluefish’s bullpen would have trouble of their own in the seventh however, as a bad throw by Bridgeport’s catcher Yusuf Carter on a dropped third strike would leave Blue Crabs Jose Julio-Ruiz safe at first with one out. Relief pitcher Mickey Jannis would then allow three runs to score off of two hits, while walking one as Brandon Jones, Wladimir Sutil and Renny Osuna all picked up RBIs with the game locked at seven after seven. The game would remain scoreless until the bottom of the ninth inning when outfielder Cyle Hankerd came to the plate with his hitting streak on the line. Hankerd would single and be replaced in favor of pinch runner Jeremy Owens. Catcher Alvin Colin would then hit a single, moving Owens to third. Two batters later Salas would slice a single down the third base line in left field to edge the Bluefish 8-7.

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This Friday night, May 24, MIR will host the Speed Unlimited Midnight Madness Series. The Midnight Madness series is a great place to check out street legal drag racing, hang out with your friends, enjoy great food, meet new people, and cruise the pits. You can even enter your own streetcar or street bike into the event for time runs, grudge runs, or trophy racing. It’s safe, fun, affordable, and legal. Plus, this Friday night will feature the Outlaw Drag Radial heads-up class. Gates will open at 6:30 p.m. and first round eliminations will start at 10 p.m. for all classes. General Admission for adults is $10, and kids 11 & under are free. Race Entry Fee is only $20.

On Saturday, May 25, MIR will host the Speed Unlimited ET series. The event will feature Top E.T., Mod E.T., Motorcycle, Jr. Dragster, and Test & Tune. The Summit Super Series pro-grams will be in effect this Saturday. Points leaders Tommy Lago, Jake Milstead, Mike Jackson, Michael Herman Jr, and Robert Estevez will be defending their positions on top of the MIR Championship points program. Gates will open Saturday at 1pm with time runs starting at 2pm. J/D Eliminations will start at 4pm and eliminations for all other classes start at 6pm. General Admission for adults is $15, and kids 11 & under are free.

On Sunday, May 26, MIR will host the 5th annual Custom T’s DC Doorslammer Nation-als! The event will feature the Homeboy Shootout, Quarter Mile Brother Top Sportsman, A Gamblers Race, Pro Mod Bike, Top Sportsman, After Dark Grudge Races and a full day Test & Tune. In addition to the great racing there will also be a custom car show. Gates will open at 9 a.m. Racer entry is $30 and spectators are $20 each. For more info on this event visit www.customtsracing.com

For more detailed information on these events call the 24-Hour Dragline Hotline at 301-884-RACE or visit us at www.mirdrag.com

WALDORF, Md. – The Southern Maryland Blue Crabs were upset by the Long Island Ducks 4-3 on May 19 at Regency Furniture Stadium after a late inning home run gave the Ducks their first lead in the contest. Despite having the score in favor of the Blue Crabs for a majority of the game, pitcher Gaby Hernandez blew Southern Maryland’s 3-2 lead as he made his first relief appearance of the season. Long Island’s Joash Brodin tallied his fourth RBI of the series as he hit a two-run home run with two outs in the eighth to give Long Island the one-run edge.

The Blue Crabs and Ducks would play a game of back and forth ball to start as each team notched at least one hit in every inning except for one through the first five frames. Southern Maryland would take a 1-0 lead early in the game as first baseman Ryan Mulhern hit his team-high fifth home run of the season with two outs off of former National League Rookie of the Year Dontrelle Willis in the first. After just one hit through two innings, Long Island would add their first tally in the third to tie the game. The Blue Crabs would answer back immediately in the bottom of the inning and again in the fourth compliments of Sean Smith and Cesar Nicolas, whose hits in the third and fourth would score two runs. The Ducks second baseman P.J. Philips would work his way around the bases in the fifth for his second run in as many games and leave Long Island trailing by one, followed by two scoreless innings of ball. Brodin would then give the Ducks the one-run lead and eventual final in the eighth as he homered to center field.

WALDORF, Md. – The Southern Maryland Blue Crabs were defeated by the Long Island Ducks 5-1 Saturday night at Regency Furniture Stadium in front of 4,118 fans. Long Island wouldn’t relinquish an early lead in the second, as they added three more runs throughout the game to secure the victory. Blue Crabs pitcher Michael Ballard suffered his second loss in as many starts as he allowed three runs (three earned) off of eight hits in five innings. Despite dropping the contest to the Ducks, six of nine batters for Southern Maryland managed at least one hit, including Jose-Julio Ruiz who’s now boasting an eight-game hitting streak.

Long Island took their first lead against Southern Maryland in the series in the top of the second in-ning when P.J. Phillips hit a two-run home run for the 2-0 lead. The Ducks would then score another run off of Ballard in the third and relief pitcher Logan Williamson would surrender two runs of his own in the seventh as Long Island further increased their lead to 5-0. The Blue Crabs then took advantage of the Ducks decision to put the game in the hands of their relief in the bottom of the frame after starting pitcher Connor Graham allowed just three hits and no runs through six innings. Outfielder Cyle Hankerd led off the bottom of the frame with his Atlantic League-leading 11th double of the season in the seventh, which would turn into the first tally of the game later in the inning for the Blue Crabs and the 5-1 score. That would be the lone tally for the Blue Crabs however, as they left seven on base throughout the game.


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Budds Creek, Md. - Collegeville Pa.’s Alex Bright snapped the three-race win streak by former ARDC champion Steve Buckwalter with his first win of the season in last Friday nights 25-lap ARDC Midget feature at Potomac speedway.

ARDC rookie Tony DiMattia and Brett Arndt lead the field to the initial green flag of the event. As the mob roared off turn-two third-starting Shawn Jack-son zipped into the race lead. As Jackson lead 12th-starting Alex Bright was on the move. Bright made his way to second by lap-11when a timely caution slowed the field. Jackson now had Bright in his tire tracks for the re-start and Bright made the most of his good fortune as he shot by Jackson to take the race lead heading into turn-one. Bright would go on to lead the distance, but would have to survive a late race flurry by PJ Gargiulo to post the popular win. “I love racetracks like this.” Bright stated during his post-race interview. “We got a little behind in qual-ifying which put us in mid-pack for the start, but this car was awesome and I just want to thank my mom and dad and all the crew for this win tonight.” A lap-23 caution made bright get up on the wheel over the final two-circuits. “I saw PJ there in second on the scoreboard and he’s tough.” Bright stated. “I knew if I could protect the bottom PJ would have a tough time up top and it all worked out. It feels great to win.” 2012 Potomac ARDC win-ner Trevor Kobylarz came from eleventh for third, ninth-starting Ryan Greth took fourth with fourteenth-starting Steven Drevicki rounding-out the top-five. Heats for the 21 cars on hand went to Brendan Bright, Jimmy Glenn and Shawn Jackson.

Mike Latham became the sixth-dif-ferent winner of the season with his first win of 2013 in the 16-lap Street Stock feature. Latham, who lined-up third for the start, took the race lead from Barry Williams on the sixth-lap and would race uncontested for his 29th career Potomac feature win. Williams held on for second, point-leader Darren Alvey was third, Chuck Bowie took fourth with Kyle nel-son rounding out the top-five. Bowie was the heat winner.

Jonathon Raley scored his second feature win of the season in the 15-lap Hobby Stock main. Sam Archer shot into the top-spot at the drop of the green and lead for the first seven-laps. Raley would then over-haul Archer on lap-eight to become the new leader and race his way over the final eight-laps to post the win. Archer held on for second, John Burch was third, Jamie Sutphin took fourth with Brian Adkins rounding out the top-five. Sutphin was the heat winner.

Tom Paddock became a two-time Potomac winner with his win in the 20-lap U-Car nightcap. Paddock, Kevin Oates and Mark Pollard all swapped the top-spot during the event before Paddock assumed the race lead for good on lap-fourteen. As Paddock took the win Mark Pollard came home second with Kevin Oates third, point leader Ryan Clement fourth and Speed Alton completing the top-five. Heats went Pollard and Paddock.

ARDC Midget feature finish1. Alex Bright 2. PJ Gargiulo 3.

Trevor Kobylarz 4. Ryan Greth 5. Steven Drevicki 6. Steven Bull 7. Carey Becker 8. Brett Arndt 9. Tony DiMattia 10. Steve Craig 11. Dusty Heistand 12. Billy Court-wright 13. Brian Gilmore 14. Brendan Bright 15. Shawn Jackson 16. Randy Reid

17. Bruce Buckwalter Jr. 18. Greg Fitz-patrick 19. Kyle Lick (DNS) 20. Jimmy Glenn (DNS) 21. Mark Gilmore (DNS)

Street Stock feature finish1. Mike Latham 2. Barry Williams

Sr. 3. Darren Alvey 4. Chuck Bowie 5. Kyle Nelson 6. Mike Raleigh 7. Scotty Nelson 8. Dale Reamy

Hobby Stock feature finish1. Jonathon Raley 2. Sam Archer 3.

John Burch 4. Jamie Sutphin 5. Brian Ad-kins 6. Matt Tarbox 7. Matt Krickbaum 8. Tommy Randall 9. Ken Sutphin 10. Greg Morgan 11. Jerry Deason

U-Car feature finish1. Tom Paddock 2. Mark Pollard 3.

Kevin Oates 4. Ryan Clement 5. Speed Alton 6. Erica Bailey 7. Max Martin 8. DJ Powell 9. Megan Mann 10. Mikey Latham 11. Charlotte Ball 12. Cori French 13. Sam Raley 14. Corey Swaim 15. Billy Hill (DQ)


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Thursday, May 23• Tell Us Your Story About...13920 H.G. Truman Rd, Solomons, 2 to 3 p.m.

Join us for a discussion about the his-tory of Calvert Library and tell us your story about your library memories.

Friday, May 24• SMTMD HomeSpun CoffeeHouse Concert Christ Church Parish Hall, 37497 Zach Fowler Road, Chaptico, 7 p.m.

The Southern Maryland Traditional Music and Dance HomeSpun Coffee House will sponsor a concert featuring Stephen Bennett. According to the info at www.harpguitar.com, Stephen Bennett is an extraordinary musician, an acknowledged master of the harp guitar, a challenging teacher, a gifted composer, and a performer of astounding sensitivity. The Toronto Fin-gerstyle Guitar Association calls him “the Jedi Master of Fingerstyle Guitar.”

The music starts at 7:30 p.m. Admis-sion is $10 for members, $12 for non-mem-bers. Refreshments are available (donation requested). For more information and di-rections, go to www.smtmd.org.

• Go Wild for a Great Cause at the 7th Annual Potomac River Waterfowl ShowSt. Mary’s County Fairgrounds, 42455 Fairgrounds Road, Leonardtown, 10 a.m.

Retriever Dog Demonstration, Decoy Auction and more - Tickets are now on sale

On May 24 and 25, artists and wild-life enthusiasts alike are invited to attend the 7th Annual Community Foundation of Southern Maryland Potomac River Waterfowl Show. The show features doz-ens of award-winning artists showcas-ing their world-class wildlife art both at a dinner reception and daytime fair. Tickets are now on sale for the Cattails and Cocktails Reception and Dinner on

Friday evening from 6 – 9 p.m. For $50 per person, enjoy a sit down Outback Steakhouse dinner, beer, wine and bever-ages. Tickets must be purchased by May 17. Seating is limited. Tables of eight are $400. Individual tickets, tables or sponsorships may be purchased online at www.cfsomd.org/waterfowlshow, or mail a check payable to the Community Foundation of Southern Maryland.

• GRRSM FundraiserRita’s in Solomons, 5 to 7 p.m.

Golden Retriever Rescue of Southern Maryland (GRRSM) will be holding a fun-draiser at Rita’s in Solomon’s. A portion of the sales during this time are donated to the Rescue. All proceeds go directly to the rescue and care of the dogs. Feel free to bring your pups, there is a nice size sidewalk where they can share in on a cold treat. Golden Retriever Rescue of South-ern Maryland is a non-profit 501(3)(c) all volunteer organization dedicated to find-ing homes for golden retrievers in need in St. Mary’s, Calvert and Charles counties. www.goldenretrieverrescueofsouthern-maryland.org

Saturday, May 25• American Legion Post 221 Pork & Beef Sandwich Sale 25/26 May American Legion Post 221,21690 Colton’s Point Rd (Rt. 242), Avenue, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

American Legion Post 221 is spon-soring a pork loin and beef sandwich sale. Pork loin, sliced roast beef, and BBQ beef sandwiches will be sold on both Saturday and Sunday; sandwiches will cost $5 each. Call (301) 769-4569 for further informa-tion. You can also visit our website at www.alpost221.webs.com.

• The War of 1812 Living History: The ChoiceSotterley Plantation, 10 a.m.

“The Choice - Risking Your Life for

Freedom” - Sotterley Plantation presents a living history event written by Dale Jones. This interactive experience will take the audience on a journey from the perspec-tive of the enslaved at Sotterley during that summer of 1814.

The story of Sotterley Plantation dur-ing the War of 1812 is a human story. There were no great skirmishes, naval battles or major monuments burning. The British used an even greater weapon: they offered freedom to slaves. Sotterley and other plan-tations in the region suffered great finan-cial loss, but the long term impact was the loss of their labor force. Sotterley’s story is one of decision, struggle, resistance and courage of enslaved African-Americans who saw an opportunity, faced the un-known, and took their chances to gain their freedom. For additional details visit www.sotterley.org.

• Casino Night SaturdaySouthern Maryland Higher Education Center, 44219 Airport Rd, California, 4 p.m.

Featuring blackjack with Vegas rules, live hold ‘em games with dealers, three card poker, roulette with Vegas odds. Free admission, door prizes and food. For more information, call 240-437-6396.

Sunday, May 26• Cat Adoption Center OpenCallaway Village Shopping Center, Calla-way – 11 a.m.

Cats at the Cat Castle are in enclo-sures so you can actually interact with them. Children are welcome with parents. The Cat Castle is open every Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Visit www.smawl.org for more information.

• Elks Hold ‘em “Bounty” TournamentSt. Mary’s County Elk’s Lodge, 45779 Fire Department Lane, Lexington Park, 2 p.m.

A $60 buy in purchases 5,000 chips. Another $5 buys 1,000 additional chips and

a chance to win half of the add on pool. Top 10 percent places paid. This tournament is part of the spring/summer Leaderboard challenge. Earn one point for every player that busts out before you. You do not need to participate in the leaderboard challenge to come out and play. Earn a bounty chip worth $10 dollars for every person that you bust out of the tournament. Food and Bev-erage are available for purchase. For more information, call 301- 863- 7800, James Dean at 240-577-0828 or e-mail [email protected].

Tuesday, May 28• Hot Steppers Spirit NightPizza Hotline, Charlotte Hall – 2 p.m.

Pizza Hotline is sponsoring the Hot Steppers Relay for Life team to help raise money for the American Cancer Society. Please order your pizza between 2 and 10 p.m.. A percentage of the sales will be do-nated to the American Cancer Society.

• Zumba FitnessSt. Mary’s Sunshine Center, 22995 Moak-ley Street, Leonardtown – 6 p.m.

Come out for Zumba Fitness, a fun, energetic Latin inspired work out for all skill levels. Zumba is held every Tuesday and Thursday from 6 to 7 p.m. The cost is $5 per class or $25 for a six class pass.

Wednesday, May 29• Free Beginner Line Dance LessonsHotel Charles, 15100 Burnt Store Road, Hughesville – 7 p.m.

The Boot Scooters of Southern Maryland offer free line dance lessons every Wednesday night from 7 to 7:30 p.m. at Hotel Charles. Guests may stay and watch or participate in dancing af-ter lessons. For more information, visit www.bootscootersofsomd.blogspot.com.

• White Marsh Elementary School’s Relay For Life FundraiserFiesta Café, 28255 Three Notch Road, Mechanicsville, and Tequila Grill & Cantina, 30320 Triangle Drive, Char-lotte Hall – 11 a.m.

Whether it is dine in or carry out, stop by either restaurant and have a good meal to help support such a great cause. A percentage of the proceeds raised on this date will go towards the fundraising efforts of the White Marsh Elementary School’s Relay For Life Team/American Cancer Society.


Skin Cancer Prevention, Detection and Treatment

Skin cancer is the most common of all cancer types and the number of skin cancer cases have been on the rise for the past few decades. Currently, more than 1 million skin cancer cases are diagnosed each year in the United States. Dr. George Verghese, local der-matologist and skin cancer expert, will provide an interactive discussion on the prevention, detection and treatment of skin cancer at the Garvey Senior Ac-tivity Center on Wednesday, May 29 at 10:00 a.m. Following the presentation, Dr. Verghese will be available to pro-vide FREE basic skin cancer screen-ings to anyone who attends the presen-tation. To sign up for this presentation please call 301-475-4200, ext. 1050.

Fishing on the ‘Patty Lee’

Enjoy a morning fishing aboard the “Patty Lee”, a 40 ft., Baybuilt, Coast Guard-licensed charter boat on Wednes-day, June 19, from 8 a.m. until noon. Captain Paul Kellam will navigate the waters in the area near Pt. Lookout to bottom fish. Tackle, bait, and ice are furnished--as are bottled water and snacks. You supply your own cooler to carry your catch home. Boat departs from Scheible’s Fishing Center in Ridge, MD promptly at 8:00 a.m. and returns around noon. Please call 301-475-4200, ext. 1063 to register. The fee is $35.

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Call 301-475-4002, ext. 1001 or stop by the front desk. Cost is $10 per person; all money will be used for rec-

ognition prizes, which will be based on total scores, strikes and spares for the top two in each category. Play begins on Fri-day, June 14 from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and continues each Friday through July 19. Recognition Day is July 26. If you have any questions, contact Pat at 301-884-8714. Deadline is Friday, May 24, to sign up for the Wii Bowling League at the Northern Senior Activity Center.

Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Classics

On Monday, June 3, starting at 10:30 a.m., the movie ‘The Sound of Mu-sic’ will be shown at the Northern Senior Activity Center, taking a break for lunch at 11:45 and resuming after lunch. The following movie classics will be shown each Monday through July 1. Rodgers & Hammerstein’s movies include State Fair, The King and I, Carousel and South

Pacific, in that order. Special bonus fea-tures are available for anyone interested in viewing behind the scenes footage, screen tests, photo galleries and more of what was involved in making the movie production. Don’t miss the cinematic experience of watching these digitally re-mastered films on a large wall for the best effect.

Breakfast Café

On June 5, at 9 a.m., let us do the cooking and cleanup in the morning while you enjoy a great start to your day and good conversation with others at the Northern Senior Activity Center. A ham, scrambled eggs, home-fries and toast breakfast will be served with compli-mentary beverages. Cost is only $2 per person and sign up and payment is due by noon the day before. Please call 301-475-4002, ext. 1001 with any questions.

SENIOR LIVINGSt. Mary’s Department of AgingPrograms and Activities

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

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

By Linda RenoContributing Writer

The children in this picture were identified by Nancy (Newell) Quade. Stanley Long identified the teacher as Miss Virginia Gardiner. The school stood just a few hundred feet from the intersection of Route 235 and Route 6. The home built by Melvin and Margaret Ann (Pilk-erton) Wood now stands where the school once did.

Oraville was named for Ora Marie Hopkins (1884-1970), daugh-ter of Nicholas S. Hopkins and Mary Frances Harding. Mrs. Hopkins became the first postmistress there in 1904 in the house where she lived and also operated a millinery store.

In 1935 Mrs. Hopkins was succeeded as postmistress by Mrs. Frances Flora (Mar-shall) Newell who served until the post office was abolished in 1959.

A Journey Through TimeA Journey Through TimeThe Chronicle

Oraville School, 1939

Photo Courtesy of Tony and Nancy (Newell) Quade


Summer Concert Series UnderwayBy Alex PanosStaff Writer

PNC Waterside Pavilion was packed Friday night, as a sellout crowd danced and sang along to a perfor-mance by country music group The Band Perry – kicking off Calvert Ma-rine Museum’s summer concert series.

This year’s lineup features an act to accommodate three different groups; The Band Perry for families and young children, Daughtry and 3 Doors Down for people in their 20s and 30s and Bad Company to appeal to the older market, according to museum

concert promoter Vanessa Gill.Daughtry and 3 Doors Down tick-

ets are already on sale, and are lighting up the box office.

Gill says around 200 tickets sold last weekend, and the museum is al-ready approaching a sellout with weeks remaining before the show.

“They are flying out the door,” Gill said of the tickets to see 3 Doors Down, famous for their hit single “Kryptonite”, and Daughtry.

Tickets for Bad Company go on sale June 11, and Gill is expecting an-other sellout to see the legendary rock group, who will be on their 40th anni-

versary tour this summer.“These types of shows do

very well for us,” she said of all classic rock performances.

Gill says the concerts are vital to the museum’s success, because any new activities the museum wants to offer depend on funds raised dur-ing the concert season – all revenues go to new programs, educational activities and ex-hibits at the museum.

Gill explained, concert organizers focus on keeping prices low on site, in order to

make it more convenient for patrons.Refreshment prices are capped

at $5, because Gill knows what how awful it can be to fork over $9 for a drink at entertainment venues in large stadiums.

We don’t want our members and ticket buyers to feel they are getting robbed, Gill said.

Additionally, parking is kept to a $2 donation that the museum and Na-

val Air Station Patuxent River – which help coordinate the parking services – use to continue serving the locals.

Gill enjoys seeing world famous bands from around the world come and “fall in love” with Calvert Marine Museum.

Last year, Tom Scholz, guitarist of the band Boston, wrote a generous do-nation check after touring the museum.

This year, Gill got a kick out of watching members of The Band Perry play with the otters.

Gill also takes satisfaction out of the completed product on show nights, seeing the community come together at the concerts and continuing to im-prove the summer program, now 30 years in the making.

“It’s been getting smoother and smoother,” Gill said, who could not have asked for a better night Friday. “The weather gods shined down on us.”

The goal at the beginning of the bidding season for the concerts is to book bands that appeal to a variety of demographics.

But it doesn’t always work out that way – sometimes, as last year, the mu-seum features similar groups.

“Last year was not an ideal sea-son,” Gill said, “but this year is.”

Daughtry and 3 Doors Down take the stage on July 5, while Bad Com-pany with Paul Rodgers will play on August 2.

Visit calvetmarinemuseum.com for more information or to purchase tickets for upcoming shows.

[email protected]

The Band Perry

Photos By Valerie Gorman

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[email protected]. Please submit calendar listings by 12 p.m. on the Tuesday prior to our Thursday publication.

Thursday, May 23• Mixed Business with Dominic FragmanRuddy Duck Brewery (13200 Dowell Road, Dowell) – 8 p.m.

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

• Wes Ryce Acoustic SoloTequila Grill & Cantina (30320 Triangle Drive Charlotte Hall) – 7 p.m.

• The Justin Myles ExperienceToot’s Bar (23971 Mervell Dean Road, Hollywood) – 8:30 p.m.

Friday, May 24• Casino Night FridaySouthern Maryland Higher Education Center (44219 Airport Road California) – 4 p.m.

• Texas Hold ‘em TournamentThe Firefighters of Mechanicsville (28165 Hills Club Road, Mechanicsville) – 6 p.m.

• Tonight’s AlibiRuddy Duck Brewery (13200 Dowell Road, Dowell) – 8 p.m.

• Some AssemblyThe Westlawn Inn (9200 Chesapeake Avenue, North Beach) – 7:30 p.m.

• R&R TrainToot’s Bar (23971 Mervell Dean Road, Hollywood) – 8:30 p.m.

• Sara GrayThe Blue Dog Saloon and Restau-rant (7940 Port Tobacco Road, Port Tobacco)

Saturday, May 25• Kappa Danielson and Paul LarsonThe Westlawn Inn (9200 Chesapeake Avenue, North Beach) – 7:30 p.m.

• No Green Jelly BeenzVera’s White Sands Beach Club (1200 White Sands Drive, Lusby) – 9:30 p.m.

• Diane Daly with Brandon CochenourRunning Hare Vineyard (150 Adelina Road Prince Frederick) – 12 p.m.

• Four Of A KindToot’s Bar (23971 Mervell Dean Road, Hollywood) – 8:30 p.m.

• Too Many MikesCryer’s Back Road Inn (22094 Newtowne Neck Road, Leonardtown) – 9 p.m.

• Downtown TunesLeonardtown square – 6 p.m.

• Casino Night SaturdaySouthern Maryland Higher Education Center (44219 Airport Road California) – 3 p.m.

• The Andy Poxon BandFat Boy’s Country Store (41566 Medleys Neck Road, Leonardtown) – 8 p.m.

Sunday, May 26• Hot Tub LimoVera’s White Sands Beach Club (1200 White Sands Drive, Lusby) – 9:30 p.m.

• David FloodLotus Kitchen (14618 Solomons Island Road, Solomons) – 2 p.m.

• Mike ButlerRunning Hare Vineyard (150 Adelina Road Prince Frederick) – 1 p.m.

• Too Many MikesSeabreeze Bar (27130 South Sandgates Road, Mechanicsville) – 6 p.m.

• Harmony GritMorris Point Restaurant (38869 Morris Point Road Abell) – 6 p.m.

Monday, May 27• Family KaraokeTequila Grill & Cantina (30320 Triangle Drive, Charlotte Hall) – 7 p.m.

• Karaoke with a Band in a BoxToot’s Bar (23971 Mervell Dean Road, Hollywood) – 9 p.m.

• Justin Myles AcousticRuddy Duck Brewery (13200 Dowell Road, Dowell) – 7 p.m.

• Gerry SwarbrickRunning Hare Vineyard (150 Adelina Road Prince Frederick) – 1 p.m.

• Superheroes of Southern Maryland Meet and Greet with Iron ManTequila Grill & Cantina (30320 Triangle Drive, Charlotte Hall) – 5 p.m.

Tuesday, May 28•Fair WarningDB McMillan’s (23415 Three Notch Road, California) – 5 p.m.

Wednesday, May 29•Mason SebastianDB McMillan’s (23415 Three Notch Road, California) – 5 p.m.

•Mike Dameron Open Mic Night and Team TriviaToot’s Bar (23971 Mervell Dean Road, Hollywood) – 8:30 p.m., trivia sign up at 6:30 p.m.

Book Review

By Terri SchlichenmeyerContributing Writer

The Christmas tree is long gone.It shed its last needle on the curb

more than four months ago, looking sad without baubles on branches or gifts around its trunk. It’s probably mulch now, and that’s okay: the bau-bles are in a box in the garage, the gifts half-used or half-forgotten already, and you’re thinking summertime, not Yuletide.

But what if it was Christmas ev-ery day? In Christmasland it is, and in the new novel “NOS4A2” by Joe Hill, the holiday’s a scream.

For her eighth birthday, Victoria McQueen got exactly what she want-ed: a Raleigh Tuff Burner mountain bike. For a kid whose parents fought a lot, the bike meant freedom and es-cape that summer, and a different kind of adventure: accidentally, Victoria found a bridge didn’t really exist, that followed her whenever she went across it and took her where she needed to be, when she needed to be there. But since the bridge wasn’t real, Vic figured her memories of it weren’t, either. It was like a dream: touchable, but not quite.

Charles Talent Manx loved chil-dren. He loved them so much that he tried to protect them from their par-ents because Manx knew that tattooed women and preoccupied fathers meant trouble. So he enticed children into his 1938 Rolls Royce Wraith, promising that they’d live with him at Christ-masland, where there were gifts every morning and candy every night. No child could resist Christmasland.

And no child came out of it the same.

Vic McQueen knew this because she once escaped Christmasland by a hair. She was just seventeen then, had learned about Manx and found something that disturbed her deeply. Her visit to Christmasland was a big mistake, yet it ultimately led to good things in her life: a man she loved and a son she loved even more.

But because she’d escaped (and her magic was a threat), Manx wanted to kill Vic. He would do anything to get her. He’d even take her son. And so, Victoria McQueen went back to the bridge that didn’t exist.

She pointed her motorcycle to-ward the other side and hit the gas…

Well, then. Let me just start by saying that you’re in for something good when you jump out of your skin on page 5 and you’ve got 688 pages left to read.

The funny thing is that “NO-S4A2” is a novel that’s basically about good and evil, but it’s not the characters that make it so. Yes, au-thor Joe Hill created a vile creature that’ll make you wince and a heroine who’s reluctantly heroic, but what re-ally makes this book unsettling is that we never know where Hill hides the horror. We’re prepared for blood-and-guts, not for things dangerously innocent.

Add a few inside-jokes for read-ers, an ending that goes past the last page (keep reading!), and can’t-be-co-incidental nods to both Hill’s parents and you’ve got an absolutely squirmy novel that’s better than anything Santa ever brought you. If that sounds like your kinda book, then “NOS4A2” is a ho-ho-whole lotta creepiness.

“NOS4A2: A Novel” by Joe Hill

c.2013, William Morrow$28.99 / $31.99 Canada

692 pages


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Laura JoyceContributing Writer

As retirement

plans go (or savings schemes, or invest-ment options), I think it’s safe to say that buy-ing a Powerball ticket is perhaps not the most sensible approach. When it’s more likely that you’ll be hit by an asteroid, attacked by flesh-eating bacteria, or devoured by wild animals (twice), it may be worth considering a reliable paycheck deduc-tion instead, or even giving up Starbucks and tucking away what you save under the mattress. Your logical brain knows this, and so does mine.

Perhaps you’re wondering, then, if that really was me you saw at the Early Bird, handing over a twenty and walk-ing out furtively with that ticket in hand? Ah. Well. That was for research purpos-es, so I could write a column about the lottery. That’s it! (That’s the ticket!) So, let me tell you what my totally detached, couldn’t-care-less-who-wins research

determined.First, I am not 590 million dollars

wealthier today. However, I also haven’t been hit by asteroids, eaten by bacteria or digested by wild animals (twice—in fact, not even once), so there’s that. Can you imagine if one of those awful things happened and you still didn’t win? Now that’s unlucky.

Second, for about 24 hours, it was at least possible that I could win. Like-ly? Of course not. Remotely likely? Not even that. What are you willing to pay, though, for it to be possible? For me, that amount was $20, although I wouldn’t be willing to spend that weekly, or even monthly. But, for a period of time I was entertained by the idea that I could write and run a foundation helping children from a terrace overlooking the Gulf of Mexico, while my butler, Arturo, brought me fresh-squeezed orange juice with a paper umbrella to keep it cool. I also spent some time imagining hand-ing my family and closest friends checks that would let them indulge their dreams, and that was fun too.

The third thing I learned is that I didn’t actually lose $20. I won back $15

of it; I had the Powerball number twice, and one ticket matched three of the five numbers (ouch! Just two more and…well, never mind). While “only” losing five dollars is hardly a strong economic argument for playing, it made me feel better.

This morning, when I turned on the news, I learned the fourth thing about the Powerball seduction, because this morn-ing, someone in Florida won. That some-one, an actual person, and presumably someone who wasn’t inherently more or less lucky than I am (until today), won. And that’s how they get you.

Next time the Powerball is big like this, don’t worry if you see me at the Early Bird; I’m probably just buying lunch (they make a great BLT). Just like you, though, I might play again; after all, someone’s going to win. Why not you? It’s a reasonable thing to ask, and the only good answer I can think of is an-other question: why not me?

I love hearing from you; feel free to contact me at [email protected] if you have comments or questions about the column.

Wanderings

By Shelby OppermannContributing Writer

Well, this past Monday turned out a lot better than my Monday three weeks ago when I had my little car incident. And yes I’ve heard all the jokes asking if that was my car that landed on the boat in Solomon’s Island earlier in the week. No! It wasn’t. This time I made a similar loop around the county, but made it safely. When I saw it was another rainy morning, I was a little worried at first, especially driving the much larger Ford Flex rental car.

First, I received pretty good news at the po-diatrist’s office. Dr. VanFosson said I could start shifting out of my walking boot to regular shoes, but keep the boot with me at all times if I start to hurt. Yay!!! My foot (3rd metatarsal) is still frac-tured, but healing. I was actually already starting to walk around some without the boot. In fact, I had Dr. VanFosson write me a note at my last ap-pointment to show to my husband that said I was allowed to take off the boot at home because I knew he wouldn’t believe me if I said it. On the day before Strawberry Festival I found it was much easier and quicker to get around without the boot, but boy was I a hurting puppy by Saturday evening.

One unforeseen problem with being able to wear two shoes again instead of one is that I have to go around the house, and in all the fabric bags I carry and find all my left shoes. I would bring them with me a lot of times in case I thought I might need to use them. But the left shoes just started hiding from me. My husband bought me a new pair of black, soft fuzzy Skechers clogs that I love, and I have been wearing the right one for weeks. Now I have one right well-worn looking grayer clog and one left, pure black clog.

My second good news was that my Hyundai Santa Fe was ready over at Two Guys Collision Center in California. I couldn’t wait to get down there. They let me drive it around the parking lot first so I could get used to it again. Now, the Santa Fe was used when we got it, but now, once Two Guys has finished with it, my little car/crossover looks and feels better than it did when we got it. It truly seems brand new to me. They fixed ev-erything, painted the car, and detailed the inside. Wow, I can’t say enough how beautiful she (my car) is. Two Guys, Enterprise Rental, and Nation-wide have been great! I’ve only had a few cars in my life, so I know I will keep this one for a long time to come – or at least until my husband finally gets his way and gets the Kia Sorrento he still wants.

The only thing I left out of my Monday loop this time was getting coffee for my sons at their work places, and going back to Dyson’s Lumber and Hardware for my project wood. My supersti-tions won out. I think another day in the week is sounding better for those errands – why tempt fate.

To each new day’s adventure, Shelby

Please send your comments or ideas to:[email protected] or find me on facebook: Shelby Oppermann

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A Much Better

Monday Loop

By Debra Meszaros CSNwww.MXSportsNutrition.com

Can the kind of water you drink pollute, clog, or hinder your body’s performance?

Which variables affect which functions?

Can you still be dehydrated even if you drink plenty of water?

All water is not created equal. Making sure you are con-suming the correct kind of water can de-termine how effective it will be in carry-ing out the functions that it is responsible for. Many of you drink plenty of water but are still dehydrated because the qual-ity of your water is just as important as the quantity in which you consume.

Pure water is necessary for the transportation of nutrients and oxygen into your cells but water that is not in a pure state, slows down this process. Tap water often contains chlorine, fluoride, and a host of other chemical additives. Chemicals clog, pollute, and slow down cellular communication. Carefully select your bottled water, as often a majority of bottled water is just tap water or filtered tap water. Clean water is needed to cush-ion your joints, hydrate your skin, and remove waste from the body. Joint issues and premature winkling are often signs of long term dehydration.

Do you wait until you’re thirsty to have a drink?

If waiting until you feel thirsty is your cue to have a drink, you’re prob-ably already slightly dehydrated. Ad-ditionally, as you get older the body has

a tougher time sensing dehydration and is less able to send signals to your brain. Relying on feeling thirsty to regulate your intake of water will not be effective to properly hydrate the body.

What, when and how much.The average person not exercising

requires approximately half their body weight in fluid ounces of pure water dai-ly to maintain a hydrated state. If you ex-ercise, one needs to add an additional 8 ounces or water per every 20 minutes of exercise. For every glass of diuretic bev-erages: caffeine [coffee, tea, and soda] or alcohol, you need to add an additional glass of water. When you fly in a plane, one should consume 8 ounces of water for every hour you are flying.

Proper hydration is achieved when you drink pure water throughout the day, in smaller doses, and in greater frequen-cy. Avoid drinking the majority of your water during your meals. Drinking the proper quantity of water quickly, in one or two shots, will not properly hydrate the body.

The type of water you consume can really make a difference in hydration and performance. The ultimate form of water is water that has been microfiltered, gone through reverse osmosis and ultraviolet exposure for purification, then electro-lyte infused with calcium, magnesium, potassium, and sodium. The next pro-cess would be to add ionic separation which removes the lower, acidic PH ions so the water contains a high PH and is alkaline to the body. In ionic form, min-erals are much easier to absorb and are quickly utilized by your body’s cells. As an added bonus the water tastes great! This type of water is also great for in-

dividuals who either do not like to drink water or experience stomach discomfort when they drink water. Something about the ionic form of minerals that tends to adjust ones perception of water and you begin to crave it. A quick Google search for reverse osmosis, electrolyte infused, ionic separated water should provide you with brands to choose from.

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