The County Times 2008-12-11 B Section

Thursday, December 11, 2008

The County Times

By Chris StevensStaff Writer

ST. MARY’S CITY – As far as second halves go, St. Mary’s College women’s basketball coach Barb Bausch was pleased with the way the Seahawks stayed with Marymount University, ranked 15th nationally in NCAA Division III.

It was just the Saints’ hot-shooting first half that doomed the Hawks in an 89-66 loss Saturday afternoon that started a one-month break in between games for SMC.

“We played very well in the second half, it was only a two-point game,” Bausch said of the effort that saw them double their first half scoring total and at the very least, forced the Saints (5-0 overall, 2-0 in Capital Athletic Conference play) to work for their points. “The thing is with that team, if you stop the drive, they have at least four players that can shoot the three-pointer, and you can’t stop both.”

Try as they may, St. Mary’s simply could not stop Marymount from shooting a blistering 35 of 62 (56.5

percent) from the field for the game, led by senior guard Carolyn Riley’s 22 points. The Saints seized control from the start, with a Meredith Levinson three-ball rock-eting Marymount to a 14-2 lead just five minutes and 26 seconds into the contest. The Seahawks (2-6 overall, 1-1 in CAC action) would be within double digits just once in the game, as a Kiely Murphy three-pointer brought them to within 16-7 at the 13:09 mark of the first half, but the Saints just keep firing – and hitting.

”They’re averaging 80 points a game and shooting about 53 percent on the game, so we knew what they could do,” Bausch said of Marymount’s explosive offen-sive attack. “We tried to make them take tough shots, and when they hit them, there’s not much you can do.”

The Saints got 16 points from Riley and 10 from sophomore Kathleen Brown in the first half, as they went into the locker room with a 48-27 lead. Brown finished the game with 15 points, while Kathryn Wilson and Levinson joined Brown and Riley in double figures with 15 and 12 points respectively.


LEONARDTOWN – For 32 minutes on Friday night, friend-ships and pleasantries went out the window.

After that, hugs, smiles and embraces were plentiful, but only the St. Mary’s Ryken girls’ basket-ball team was pleased with the out-come; a 63-52 season opening win over Great Mills that pumped up the young Knights and may have served as a rude awakening for the defending 3A South Champion Hornets.

“There are a lot of things to work on,” said Hornets head coach Brian Weisner. “Maybe it’s a wake-up call for our girls that, hey, we just can’t walk into a gym and expect to win.”

“The girls played hard, I think this was a great first outing for both teams,” Knights coach Tara Everly said. “A lot of players stepped up for us in this game, and I don’t think you can ask for a better first night.”

Ryken controlled the game from the opening tip to the final buzzer, thanks in large part to the largeness of their front line. 6-foot center Erin Leddy paced all scor-ers with 17 points, while 6’2 sopho-mores Molly Grund and Calverton transfer Cierra Darden made life miserable for the undersized Hor-nets underneath the basket.

“The ball bounced their way more, because they worked hard-er,” Weisner said in complimenting the Knights’ effort. “They made

the extra pass, and the open man hit the shot. They went after it for four quarters. You have to give them credit.”

The Knights also had bal-anced scoring from top to bottom, as Sarah Combs fired in 10 points from the outside and freshman guard Kathleen McCormick and Grund added nine and eight points apiece.

“It’s great, because now we

don’t have to rely on just one per-son scoring for us,” Everly said of life after Laura Broomfield, who is now playing college ball for the University of North Carolina. “We have a lot of players scoring eight, nine, 10 points.”

The game was, as Zakiya Hunter termed it in last week’s County Times, a “family reunion,”


LEONARDTOWN – With three starters fouling out in the fourth quar-ter and an intense opponent in McKinley Tech closing in, the St. Mary’s Ryken boys’ basketball team got a boost from juniors Kamaron Barker


ST. MARY’S CITY – On the court Saturday night, Camontae Griffin reveled in the chants of “Iverson” from the St. Mary’s College student section, scoring at will and frustrating any Mary-mount University defender trying to at least slow the 5-foot-9 guard down.

Yet, after the ARC Arena cleared out follow-ing the nationally-ranked Seahawks’ 76-67 victory over the Saints, Griffin was decidedly subdued and humbled by the support he’s received from the SMC community since joining the team this season.

“I’m just worried about helping my team out,” Griffin said after his 25-point second half helped keep St. Mary’s undefeated. “I don’t want to disap-point my team, I’m here for them.”

With the Seahawks, ranked number 14 na-tionally by D3Hoops.com, in a dogfight with the Saints (4-3 overall, 1-1 in Capital Athletic Confer-ence play), Griffin scored 13 points in a decisive

21-12 second half run that opened up a 59-52 lead and propelled the Seahawks to victory. He con-nected on eight of 17 shots from the field and 14 of 17 from the free throw line for his season-high of 31 points.

“When he was getting those baskets,” said head coach Chris Harney, “he was getting them as a response to what Marymount was doing. They’re a great team that’s going to win some games this year, and Tae was remarkable tonight.”

“When we need a big shot, we’re very confi-dent in what Tae can do,” said sophomore swing-man Mike Fitzpatrick, who tied a season-high with 13 points. “He’s a heck of a player.”

While Griffin’s scoring kept the Seahawks (7-0 overall, 2-0 in the CAC) in the game, it was Fitzpatrick’s drives to the hoop that put the game away for St. Mary’s. He capped the 21-12 burst with an up-and-under dunk that drew a thunder-ous ovation and in Harney’s eyes, let conference observers know that Fitpatrick is more than just a

Knights Tower Over Great Mills

Junior AchievementBarker, Smith Rescue Knights in Season Opener

Sharp-Shooting Saints Cruise Past Seahawk Women

Height Advantage, Hustle Lifts Ryken to Victory

Griffin Keeps Seahawks PerfectJunior Guard’s 31 Points Silence Marymount

See Seahwak Women page B-10

See Mens Basketball page B-10

See Girls Hoops page B-2See Ryken Boys’ Basketball page B-2

Photo By Chris Stevens




Gorkin Siran Scored 15 points before fouling out in Ryken’s 85-75 win over McKinley Tech last Wednesday Night.

Erin Leddy’s 17 points propelled the St. Mary’s Ryken girls’ basketball team to a season-opening win over Great Mills Friday night.

Camontae Griffin’s 31 points helped the Seahawks beat Marymout University Saturday night, and keep them unbeaten at 7-0.

SMC’s Bethany Townsend prepares to score as Marymount’s Samantha Spencer gives chase.

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as several Knights and Hornets players grew up playing AAU summer ball together, and both teams, after a tentative first quarter, wasted no time in fighting each other tooth and nail for any advantage to help their respective squads win.

“When you’re playing with your friends, you want to go hard,” Leddy explained of the rough and tumble style of play that prevailed on the evening. “Everyone was so aggressive, it was definitely a fun and exciting game.”

The Knights led from start to finish, but re-ally did not put the game away until late in the third quarter.

The Hornets, led by 11 points each from Shamara Adams and Shawnese Taylor, got to within four points twice in the period, but a final minute burst, with baskets from Grund, Leddy, and a running, twisting short jumper by Hunter, pushed the lead back to 12. Then the Knights kept Great Mills, who got nine points from Ryshawn Butler and eight from Tori Bradburn, at bay for the final eight minutes, a quarter that Weisner hoped his team could learn from as they traveled to games at River Hill and Henry Wise later this week.

“I hope they wake up tomorrow and only

remember the last three minutes of the game, because that’s when we woke up and started to do the things that we are capable of,” he said.

For the youthful Ryken girls, Friday night’s win is hopefully the start of something big as they began their Washington Catholic Athletic Conference schedule this week.

“In order for us to have a successful sea-son,” said Zakiya Hunter, “we have to keep the momentum from tonight with us.”

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85-75 last Wednesday night.“I thought our guys

played hard and kept their composure when the calls weren’t going our way,” a po-litically correct Dave Tallman said of the 38 to 15 free throw advantage McKinley enjoyed on the evening in what was Ryken’s official season open-er. “Things were crazy and Kai Smith was the glue, he held us together.

“I just had to keep my head in the game and my teammates’ heads in the game,” said Smith, who scored 17 points in the con-test, and along with Barker played a critical role after R.J. Buck, Gorkhan Sonmez and Gorkin Siran fouled out in the final frame. “We had to step up and make the shots when the starters had foul trouble.”

Sonmez and Siran, the two Turkish transfer stu-dents, combined for 37 points

in their Ryken debuts, with Sonmez’s 12 first quarter points (he led the team with 22 points overall) jumpstart-ing the Knights to an 11 point lead at intermission.

The Trainers (0-2 on the season), led by Antonio Jen-ifer’s 22 points, clawed back into the game, shrinking the lead to double digits several times before two free throws by Deon Matthews and late lay-ups by Smith and Barker put the game away.

“I had to get on Kama-ron a little bit at halftime, be-cause we didn’t feel he was doing what we needed on the boards,” Tallman explained. “He took what we told him, and went out and did the job in the second half.”

“I just played hard and stepped up for the players who had to step out,” said Barker, who scored nine of his 13 points down the stretch when the Knights needed points the most.

“We just have to stay fo-cused and play the game, and play hard as a team.”

With Siran, Buck and Sonmez fouling out in a three-minute span, the Trainers made their run as an Anthony Myers tip-in shrunk the lead to 51-43 with just under six minutes to go in the game.

McKinley’s determined challenge was held off by Smith and Barker’s combined 19 fourth quarter points, as

well as solid defense from reserves Chris Robey and Devin Mackey.

The tall and athletic Trainers served as an early-season test for the Knights and Tallman, who believe McKinley is as good as any-one they will see once they begin their conference sched-ule later this week.

“That team we played was a WCAC caliber team,” he said of the Trainers. “They lost to Roosevelt, who won the DC public league last year, by two points.

“That team we played was a very good team, and I was proud of my guys for keeping their composure.”

Girls HoopsContinued from page B-�

Ryken Boys’ BasketballContinued from page B-�







Kai Smith’s 10 fourth-quarter points helped the Knights hold off McKinley Tech.

R.J. Buck drives on McKinley’s Calvin Banks.

Gorkhan Sonmez shoots for two of his 22 points over McKinley Tech’s Antonio Jenifer.


Kai Smith sets up the offense while being guarded by the Trainers’ Anthony Myers.

Great Mills’ Tylita Butler and the Knights’ Sarah Combs embrace following Ryken’s 63-52 victory over the Hor-nets Friday night.

The Hornets’ Ryshawn Butler prepares to shoot a free throw.

Tyneshia Baker leads the break for Great Mills during Friday night’s girls’ basketball game.

Thursday, December 11, 2008 The County Times Section B - �

Dec. 11

Boys’ BasketballPaul VI at St. Mary’s Ryken, 7:30 p.m.

Girls’ BasketballSt. Mary’s Ryken at Georgetown Visitation Invitational

Indoor TrackLeonardtown at the Prince George’s County Invitational, Prince George’s County Sports Complex, 4:30 p.m.

Dec. 12

Boys’ BasketballGreat Mills at Leonard-town, 7:30 p.m.

Girls’ BasketballLeonardtown at Great Mills, 6:30 p.m.St. Mary’s Ryken at Georgetown Visitation Invitational

Ice HockeyNorthern vs. Leonard-town at Capital Club-house (Waldorf), 5 p.m.St. Mary’s Ryken at Bowie High School, 7 p.m.

SwimmingGreat Mills vs. Mc-Donough (Charles County) at Lackey, 5 p.m.Chopticon vs. Calvert at Lackey, 7 p.m.

WrestlingLeonardtown at Mc-Donough (Baltimore County) TournamentSt. Mary’s Ryken/Chop-ticon/Great Mills at Lackey Tournament

Dec. 13

Girls’ BasketballSt. Mary’s Ryken at Georgetown Visitation Invitational

WrestlingLeonardtown at Mc-Donogh (Baltimore County) TournamentSt. Mary’s Ryken/Chop-ticon/Great Mills at Lackey Tournament

Dec 15

SwimmingChopticon/Thomas Stone/Westlake at Lack-ey, 5 p.m.

Dec. 16

WrestlingLa Plata at Chopticon, 7 p.m.Calvert at Great Mills, 7:30 p.m.Leonardtown/Patux-ent/Thomas Stone at Thomas Stone, 5 p.m.

Dec. 17

Boys’ BasketballNorthern at Chopticon, 7:30 p.m.La Plata at Great Mills, 7:30 p.m.Leonardtown at West-lake, 6:30 p.m.

Girls’ BasketballChopticon at Northern, 6:30 p.m.Great Mills at La Plata, 6:30 p.m.Westlake at Leonard-town, 7:30 p.m.

SwimmingLeonardtown at Great Mills, 5 p.m.

High School Sports Schedule 12/11-12/17/08

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12/05/08 690 8514 995 1986 03.11.18.34.36 15

12/06/08 375 8212 066 1277 08.19.30.38.39 28

12/07/08 203 8984 176 3576 11.17.21.26.30 34

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The trick to this wonder-ful holiday season is that for some folks, well…it’s not so wonderful. With the econo-my in full decline, seasonal depression is at an all time high, and understandably so. However, for those of us for-tunate enough to wake up and see another day in relatively good health (if you’ll remem-ber my column in the spring time about my good friend’s bout with Diabetes, I take that into consideration on the daily), we should be grateful that we’re alive to perhaps see or even enforce changes that will make our lives better.

So, there is a wonder-ful gift right there. Good old Santa Chris a.k.a Saint Huck (college nickname, don’t ask) is here to give out presents, goodies, and yes, lumps of coal to all of your favorite sports teams and newsmakers this Christmas season.

Digging into my big red bag, I have the timeless book, “How to win friends and in-fluence people,” and it’s for you, Jim Zorn. Sir, you are going to need it. In a game the Redskins simply had to have, you let the second-lead-ing rusher in the National Football League sit on the sidelines as the Ravens may very well have put the Skins out of their misery. You will need this book to convince

the players that you actually have a clue as to how to be an NFL coach and win games.

As an extension, I give to Clinton Portis a one-time pass to criticize Zorn for leav-ing the decision up to running backs coach Stump Mitch-ell whether Portis should’ve played the entire second half Sunday night. Use it wisely Clinton, and try to stay away from the dog-fighting com-ments this year.

What else do we have? Ho ho ho, it looks like I’ve got a lump of coal for one Plaxi-co Burress. What a naughty boy you’ve been, young Plax. First, you hold out for more dollars, trying to capitalize on your Super Bowl-winning touchdown catch. Then you skip team meetings and get suspended for a game, but oh no, that wasn’t enough. You shoot yourself in a New York nightclub and now face some serious time behind bars. I believe Santa Bloom-berg looks forward to making an example out of you with NYC’s new gun control laws, so hopefully, you spent Black Friday looking for a good lawyer.

For the four NBA coach-es that have been fired as of the day I’m handing out these gifts, I offer them condolences and a look on the bright side. For former Toronto Raptors coach Sam Mitchell, I offer you a thought that you should use if you get another job in

the league – “an arrogant fool and his job are soon parted.”

Sure off-season acquisi-tion Jermaine O’Neal injured his knee earlier this year, but you failed to capitalize on having one of the top young big men in the game in Chris Bosh, who will certainly bolt for the New York Knicks once his contract expires in 2010. Not listening to your play-ers or your assistant coaches on how to better manage a young but talented team will certainly get you the boot ev-ery time.

For ex-Wizards boss Ed-die Jordan, the best thing of all for you, my man, is no more Gilbert Arenas. Hav-ing to deal with an ego-ma-niacal shooting guard that can’t even keep his knees in shape to start a season, and an inept front office that has drafted useless big men and more shooting guards than the Texas Rangers definitely didn’t help your cause as the Wiz started 1-10 this season. Oh well, there’s always a bet-ter job somewhere. Maybe Toronto. I hear they’re look-ing for a coach.

For departed Oklaho-ma City Thunder (for those wondering when OKC got an NBA team, this particu-lar group of misfits used to be the Seattle Supersonics) Coach P.J. Carliesimo, there’s always this great fact: You weren’t choked by any players on your way out the door.

Finally, for Minnesota Timberwolves coach Ran-dy Wittman, who was fired Monday afternoon, the bright side for you is that T-Wolves head honcho Kevin McHale will soon be following you in the unemployment line. You can then rip him for trading O.J. Mayo on draft day this past summer and ignoring the Portland Trailblazers’ rising star Brandon Roy a couple of draft days prior.

For disgraced track and field star Marion Jones, I’ve got some common sense for you, young lady. How can you ask for a pardon from outgoing president George W. Bush, when you LIED about your performance enhancing drug use, only to plead guilty in a court of law and spend six months in a federal prison? If Sammy Davis, Jr. is playing up in Heaven, I can hear him singing now…”don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time, oh no…”

For Philadelphia Ea-gles quarterback Donovan McNabb, you get a one-way ticket out of Philadelphia, redeemable in places such as Minneapolis, Chicago and San Francisco. For all that you’ve given the Eagles fran-chise over the last 10 seasons, and to receive the treatment from the fans, the media and your own team that you’ve re-ceived is horrible. Therefore, you deserve a trade to either the up and coming Vikings, the desperate-for-a-leader 49ers, or your hometown Chicago Bears. That way, the world can understand that you still are a top-five quar-terback in the NFL and that Andy Reid should have dealt with his drug-smuggling sons instead of putting the pressure all on your shoulders as his epic-fail play-calling might have knocked the Eagles out of the playoffs for another year.

For Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops and Florida head man Urban Meyer, you two lucky young gentlemen get the right to face-off for the most mean-ingless national title in major college sports. To be fair, both of you won your conference championship games against strong and worthy opponents,

From The Sports Desk‘Tis The Season To Be Jolly…Really, It Is

but as long as a computer de-cides who gets to play for ma-jor college football’s national championship, it’s about as weak as an O.J. Simpson in-nocent plea right about now.

While it would take a Christmas miracle for a Divi-sion I-A college football play-off to occur in the future, I give shame to the NCAA and the Major College Confer-ence presidents who let their overriding greed rob America of a true national champion.

Although, I must admit, it has not worked yet if we’re still deciding championship par-ticipants by keystrokes and outdated formulas. Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!

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Session 1

Preston, sophomore Aaron Page (Keene, N.H./Keene), junior Cam Buckingham (Sil-ver Spring, Md./Blake) and sophomore Jack-son Webb (Leonardtown, Md./Leonardtown) picked up 24 points with their seventh-place finish in the 200 free relay (1:32.49).

Preston then added 15 points to St. Mary’s point total with his fourth-place finish in the 500 free with a time of 4:55.20.

The foursome of sophomore Gabe Grace

(Baltimore, Md./Baltimore Tech), Page, fresh-man Troy Kent, and Preston teamed up for a sixth-place finish in the 400 medley relay with their time of 3:50.49, adding 26 points to their total.

Through five events, the Seahawks were seventh with 65 points, 10 points ahead of McDaniel College.

Session 2

Grace, Page, Kent, and Preston took sixth in the 200-medley relay with their time of 1:43.11 to notch another 26 points.

Buckingham added 13 points to the Se-ahawk total with his sixth-place finish in the 400 IM in 4:28.70, while Kent and Webb com-bined for five points with their 13th (56.37) and 16th (57.37) place finishes in the 100 fly.

Preston was seventh in the 200 free as he swam a 1:49.19 to pick up 12 more points, while Page came in 16th in the 100 breast in

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57.80, while Buckingham, Webb, sophomore Kalvin Day (Hagerstown, Md./North Hager-stown), and Preston swam a 7:38.53 to finish sixth in the 800 free relay and add another 26 points to the team total.

The Seahawks remained in seventh place through 12 events with 152 points, increasing their lead over McDaniel to 26.

Session 3

Grace started off the third and final ses-sion for the Seahawks with a 14th-place finish in the 200 back in 2:05.10.

The Seahawks took eighth, ninth, and 10th in the 200 fly as Webb came in eighth in 2:09.29, Buckingham was ninth in 2:09.54, and Kent took 10th in 2:10.53. The trio com-bined for 27 points.

The Seahawks added 28 points to their

team total with a fifth-place finish in the 400 free relay as the foursome of Preston, Page, Buckingham, and Webb swam a 3:23.72.

Senior Joey Quase (Montgomery Village, Md./Good Counsel) placed ninth in the 1650 free with his time of 18:21.51, while senior Chris Cammarata (Towson, Md./Loyola) was 12th (18:37.84) and freshman Ron Michael (Sykesville, Md./McDonogh) came in 13th (19:09.76) as the trio combined for 18 points.

The Seahawks will now be idle until the New Year when St. Mary’s heads down to Florida from Jan. 6 – 15 for its annual winter training trip.

Story Courtesy of St. Mary’s College De-partment of Sports Information

Lancaster, Pa. - The St. Mary’s College of Maryland women’s swim team finished fourth at the two-day, nine-team Franklin & Marshall College Invitational as senior cap-tain Brie McDowell (Doylestown, Pa./Hat-boro-Horsham) and junior Rachel Hotchko (Yakima, Wash./A.C. Davis) captured a com-bined total of five events and recorded three NCAA ‘B’ cuts between the three of them.

Session 1

The foursome of senior Brie McDowell (Doylestown, Pa./Hatboro-Horsham), junior Rachel Hotchko (Yakima, Wash./A.C. Da-vis), sophomore Arielle Webster (Jarretts-ville, Md./North Harford), and senior Eleanor Koerner (North Potomac, Md./T.S. Wootton) swam a 1:40.02 to capture the 200 free relay and pick up 40 points.

McDowell finished second in the 200 IM with her time of 2:12.28, while sophomore Sofia Sokolove (Bethesda, Md./Bethesda-Chevy Chase) placed 12th in 2:21.80 as the pair added 17 points to the Seahawk total.

Koerner and Hotchko tied for fourth in the 50 free as both registered a time of 25.26,

notching 29 points for St. Mary’s.McDowell , Sokolove , Hotchko , and Ko-

erner came in second in the 400 medley relay in 4:03.12 for another 34 points.

The Seahawks were in fourth with 125 points after the first five events.

Session 2

McDowell, Sokolove, Hotchko, and Ko-erner picked up a second-place finish in the 200 medley relay with their time of 1:50.83 to add 34 points to their score.

Freshman Katie Serfling (Frederick, Md./Urbana) placed 15th in the 400 IM in 5:07.98.

Hotchko captured the 100 fly in 58.00, just .04 seconds off the school record set by Beth Dobson in 2006 (57.96). Hotchko’s time was also an NCAA provisional cut. Junior Anna Chiplis (Silver Spring, Md./Montgomery Blair) came in seventh in the same event in 1:03.43, while freshman Christine DiMenna (Baltimore, Md./Notre Dame Prep) was 14th in 1:05.19. The Seahawks racked up 35 points in this event.

Sokolove took ninth in the 100 breast in 1:12.49, while freshman Amanda Pazouki

(Silver Spring, Md./JFK) was 13th in 1:14.19 as the duo helped the Seahawks notch 13 more points.

McDowell won the 100 back with her NCAA ‘B’ cut of 58.54, while Koerner took 14th in 1:06.82 and the duo added 23 points.

In the last event of Session 2, the Se-ahawks tallied 28 points as senior Nat Schae-fer (Newtown, Pa./Council Rock North), ju-nior Monika Disque (Annapolis, Md./Annap-olis), junior Laura VanBlargan (Harrisburg, Pa./Central Dauphin), and freshman Kate-lyn Grue (Ellicott City, Md./Mount de Sales Academy) swam an 8:33.21 to finish fifth in the 800 free relay.

Through 12 events, the Seahawks re-mained in fourth place with 260 points.

Session 3

McDowell kicked off the third and fi-nal session with a first-place finish in the 200 back with an NCAA provisional cut of 2:08.91, while Disque came in 11th with her time of 2:20.62. McDowell and Disque com-bined for 26 points in the event.

Koerner placed second in the 100 free in

55.10 to add 17 points to the Seahawk total.Sokolove was ninth in the 200 breast with

a time of 2:38.44, while Pazouki finished 10th in 2:39.27 to pick up 16 points for SMCM.

Hotchko captured the 200 fly with her time of 2:12.61, while Chiplis placed seventh in 2:21.70 and Serfling took 13th in 2:29.97 for a combined total of 36 points.

The foursome of McDowell, Hotchko, Disque, and Koerner swam a 3:40.43 to place second in the 400 free relay and rack up 34 points.

Schaefer wrapped up Seahawk competi-tion with her eighth-place finish in the 1650 free as she swam a 19:07.44 for 11 points.

The Seahawks will be back in action in the New Year when St. Mary’s heads down south for its winter training trip in Florida from January 6 to January 15.

Story Courtesy of St. Mary’s College Department of Sports Information

St. Mary’s Takes Seventh at F&M Invitational

Seahawks Finish Fourth at F&M Invitational

Buzzed Driving is Drunk Driving

The holiday season can be a time of greater stress for many people. Walden/Sierra would like to remind members of the Southern Maryland community that its crisis hotline is available 24 hours a day to provide confidential help and support. Walk-in services are also provided at several locations in St. Mary’s County, including Walden’s California, Leonardtown and Char-lotte Hall offices.

Heightened stress can result from a variety of difficult personal, financial and family issues around the holidays. The need for crisis in-tervention, counseling and referrals to other community resources is of-ten greater this time of the year.

Walden’s hotline counselors help individuals facing depression, family violence, substance abuse, homelessness and more. Emer-gency assistance and trauma coun-seling are also available to victims of domestic violence and sexual assault.

To reach the Walden hotline, call 301-863-6661.

Walden/Sierra is a nonprofit behavioral health agency that has been providing comprehensive sub-stance abuse treatment, crisis in-tervention and trauma counseling services for St. Mary’s County and surrounding communities since 1973. The 24-hour crisis hotline is sponsored by the St. Mary’s County Government.

Thursday, December 11, 2008

Santa’s little helpers have once again arrived at the St. Mary’s Coun-ty Circuit Courthouse to spread the Christmas spirit. This is more than just a gesture of holiday cheer; it is a love story, for Santa’s little helpers are Dave and Mandy Koenig. Dave is a Security Specialist with the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office as-signed to Courthouse Security and Mandy is a Legal Assistant II with the St. Mary’s County State’s Attorney’s Office, Child Support Enforcement Division. Dave and Mandy met in the St. Mary’s County Circuit Courthouse lobby in January of 1995. They went on their first date April 29, 1995 and were married two years later on April 29, 1997 by the Clerk of the Court, Sarah Woodburn.

For the past six (6) years, Dave and Mandy have arrived before dawn and/or stayed past dusk to decorate the front lobby of St. Mary’s County Circuit Courthouse with Christmas lights, a Christmas tree, wreaths, red bows, a giant Santa Claus and packages. The decorations were ac-quired through donations made by the St. Mary’s County Circuit Court Clerks Office, State’s Attorney’s Of-fice, Circuit Court Judge s Chambers, various local law offices and personal donations.

Dave’s and Mandy’s co-workers report that the Koenigs are just like big kids with huge hearts. Each year the Koenigs add a little something extra to the decorations. This year the Koenigs are asking co-workers to bring in photographs of their children and grandchildren in the holiday spir-it to decorate a lobby door, and Dave is in the process of trying to decorate the glass partition in the front lobby with a giant candy cane. Candy canes

Christmas Spirit at the St. Mary’s County

Courthouse – The Koenig’sFlu shots will be available at the 2nd Annual Shop for a Cure event at Leonard Hall Junior Naval Acad-emy in Leonardtown on Saturday, Dec. 6 from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The event is a benefit fundraiser for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.

St. Mary’s Hospital nurses will administer the flu shots for $20 to anyone who is 18 years of age or older at the event. The Mobile Out-reach Center, which is a joint ven-ture between St. Mary’s Hospital’s Health Connections, the St. Mary’s County Health Department and the Department of Social Services, will also carry the flu shots until the sup-ply runs out.

Who should get vaccinated this season?

In general, anyone who wants to reduce their chances of getting the flu can get vaccinated. However, it is recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Advisory Committee on Im-

Flu Shot Still Available

Walden Offers Crisis Support During Holiday Season

The holiday season can be one of the deadliest and most dangerous times of the year due to an increase in impaired driving. Impaired driv-ers are a danger on our County’s roadways and have claimed the lives of more than 2,000 people in the State of Maryland since 1998.

That’s why St. Mary’s Coun-ty Highway Safety, including St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office, Maryland State Police Leonard-town, Department of Natural Re-sources Police and DOD Police are joining with National, State and local highway safety officials to remind everyone who will be cel-ebrating during the Holidays that Buzzed Driving is Drunk Driving and to never forget to plan a safe way home before the festivities be-gin. Expect to see more officers on the roadways looking for impaired drivers, during routine patrols, satu-ration patrols and conducting sobri-ety checkpoints. Officers will also be continuing their partnership with licensed establishments conducting Cops in Shops, a Century Council program, looking for persons un-derage attempting to purchase al-cohol and adults furnishing alcohol for persons under the age of 21.

“The consumption of alcohol, drugs and driving just don’t mix,” said Tim Cameron, Sheriff, St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office. “Whether you’ve had way too many or just one too many, it’s not worth the risk of killing yourself or some-one else. Don’t ever get behind a wheel of a vehicle when you are impaired.”

There has been an increase in partnerships over the past years to address and raise awareness to prevent impaired driving. Look for tree tags with impaired driv-ing messages and safe driving tips at various locations on Christmas trees. Check with bartenders when needed about the Tipsy Taxi or oth-er sober ride programs. Military personnel should contact the duty officer or barrack staff if a sober ride is needed. Variable Messaging Signs will be used throughout the county during the Holiday season reminding the public not to drive impaired.

Following these easy steps, drivers can enjoy a safe and festive holiday without jeopardizing their

Our Lady of the Wayside Soup Kitchen Donation

By Gabrielle Cory Chaptico Chargers 4-H Club Reporter

Our 4-H club the Chaptico Chargers saw that many of the soup kitchens were in need of food to give the many local families in needs. So we decided at our Oc-tober club meeting to pitch in and help the Our Lady of the Wayside Soup Kitchen in Chaptico, Maryland. So on October 20th our club went to BJ’s to buy some things for the soup kitchen. We bought many canned goods such as vegetables, ravioli, spaghetio’s, canned pie mix, and

canned fruit. We also brought many noodles and cereals, Vienna sausages, pudding, juice, peanut butter and jelly. We delivered the food on October 21 to the soup kitchen to Mr. Dennis Cantwell and Mrs. Mary Lou Gough vol-unteers at the soup kitchen who were there to receive our donation. The volunteers at the soup kitchen were very thankful for the donation of food and said we had replen-ished the stock of many items they didn’t have available. Those who come to the food bank will be happy to have a variety of items to receive. We really enjoyed doing this and hope to do something like it in the future.

lives and the lives of the others who may be on the road: • Plan a safe way home before the festivities begin; • Before drinking, please designate a sober driver and give that person your keys; • If you’re impaired, use a taxi, call a sober friend or family member, or use public transportation so you are sure to get home safely;Ask your bartender - St. Mary’s County Highway Safety offers Tipsy Taxi sober ride program offering FREE taxi rides home; If you are military contact the base duty officer or your barrack for a so-ber ride; • If you happen to see a drunk driver on the road, don’t hesitate to contact your local law enforcement; • And remember, if you know some-one who is about to drive or ride while impaired, take their keys and help them make other arrangements to get to where they are going safely.

Remember, our community members killed in crashes involv-ing impaired drivers represent loved ones, family members, friends and co-workers whose memories de-serve to be honored throughout the entire year. St. Mary’s County will preserve the memory of impaired driving victims and will work dili-gently to eliminate incidents of drunk driving.

“Saving lives on our roads is a top priority and we need everyone’s help to do it,” LT. Michael Thomp-son, Maryland State Police Leonard-town. “This holiday season; don’t let your year end in an arrest—or even worse, death. Make smart decisions. Plan ahead, so you can assure a safe way home.”

Whether you’ve had way too many or just one too many, it’s not worth the risk. If you’re over the lim-it, you’ll be under arrest.

For more information, contact your local Community Traffic Safety Program Coordinator, Department of Human Services, Ms. Jacqueline Beckman at 301-475-4200 ext. 1850 or email [email protected].

Shown in photo back row from left to right Daniel Clarke, Cody Spalding, Caitlin Clarke, Victoria Hall, Courtney Buckler, and Kyle Wood. Shown in photo front row from left to right are Gabrielle Cory, Beau Hall, Lindsey Wood, Britney Lyon, Kayla Lyon, and Sam Hall. All are members of the Chaptico Chargers 4-H club.

See The Koenig’s page B-6

See Flu Shot page B-6

SectionB-� The County Times Thursday,December11,2008

Christmas Tree Sale FundraiserThe Mechanicsville Optimist Club annual

Christmas Tree Sale Fundraiser will begin on Saturday, December 6 through December 23 with lots in Mechanicsville (next to DJs One Stop) and Charlotte Hall (at McKay’s). Trees are fresh cut (cut on December 4) and all proceeds from the sale will benefit youth and community programs in our area. Lot hours are Monday through Friday from 5 a.m. - 9 p.m., Saturday from 9 a.m. - 9 p.m. and Sunday from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Stop by to get in the spirit of the holidays and support our community. For more information, contact Cindy Dixon at 301/904-9101. Happy Holidays From The Me-chanicsville Optimist Club.

Holiday Pet Portraits With Santa

Enjoy the holidays and get a great new photo of your Furry Friends for all your Christ-mas cards. Second Hope Rescue and Petco in California, MD, will be offering wonderful pet portraits with Santa this Saturday, December 13, from 11am to 4pm. The cost will be $8.50 plus tax and a portion of the proceeds will go directly to the rescue animals of SECOND HOPE RESCUE. For more information, please call Petco at 301-862-9630. For more informa-tion about SECOND HOPE RESCUE, please call 240-925-0628 or email [email protected].

Flea Market/ Yard SaleSt. Mary’s County Fair Association is hav-

ing a Flea Market / Yard Sale at the Fairgrounds on Saturday, December 13, 2008 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Crafters are welcome. An 8 X 10 space may be rented for $15.00. For informa-tion or to reserve a space call 301-475-9543.

Christmas MusicalLeonardtown Baptist Church extends a

special invitation to the community to join us for our free children’s Christmas musical on Dec. 13th at 2PM and Dec. 14th at 7PM, “The Mystery of the Manger”.

Cookie SaleA Christmas cookie sale will be held on

Saturday Dec. 13th from 9 a.m. until sold out. At Hollywood United Methodist Church. An assortment of homemade cookies can be pur-chased for $8 per container. These make nice gifts for friends and family. For more informa-tion call 301-373-2500.

Hughesville Baptist ChurchInvites everyone to come to our Christmas Worship Services: Sunday, December 14, 2008, at 6 p.m. is our Children’s Program “The Christmas County Spelling Bee.”Sunday, December 21, 2008, at 10:30 AM is our Adult Musical “Unspeakable Joy.”Christmas Eve Services are on Wednesday, December 24, 2008, and 7 PM and 11 PM. Come and take part in these events. Regular Worship Services are at 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m., our Children’s Worship Service is at 10:30 AM and Sunday School Classes are at 9:15 AM and 10:30 AM Preschool. We are located in Hughesville at: 8505 Old Leonard-town Rd. For more information call the Church at (301) 884-8645 or (301) 274-3672, or Email [email protected] Pastor Keith Corrick

Brown Bag AuctionDecember 14th from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Come tell Santa what is on your wish list!!! Brown Bag Auction drawing begins at 1 p.m. Tickets 6 for $5 or $1 apiece. Something for everyone: Gif Certificates, Toys, Jewelry, Christmas Items, gift baskets, homemade crafts and many other Great items. Hot Dogs and Chicken Salad Sandwiches & Bake Sale. Proceeds from the Auction/Bake sale Benefit Ridge Volunteer Rescue Squad.

Breakfast With SantaThe Hollywood Volunteer Rescue Squad

is sponsoring “Breakfast With Santa” an All You Can Eat Breakfast on Sunday, December 14th 2008 from 7:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. at the Rescue Squad building on Route 235 in Holly-wood. The menu will be: Sausage Gravy and Biscuits, Sausage Links, Bacon, Scrambled Eggs, Fired Potatoes, Pancakes, French Toast Sticks, Escalloped Apples, assorted juice, cof-fee, tea and hot chocolate. The cost will be adults: $8.00; children ages 5-12 years $4.00 and children under age 5 are free.

Greenwell Holds Annual Holiday Open House

Join the Greenwell Foundation on Sun-day, Dec. 14, from 1 – 4 p.m. for Greenwell’s Annual Holiday Open House at historic Rose-dale Manor. Enjoy hot chocolate, cider, light refreshments, holiday music and tours of the manor house. Gift certificates for Greenwell’s programs will be available for sale. Small na-ture-related gift items will be available for sale too.

This event is the December feature of Sun-

days in the Park, a monthly event held on the second Sunday of every month when historic Rosedale Manor House opens its doors to the public from 1pm - 4pm. Community members are invited to tour the manor and learn about all the programs, activities, and site rental op-portunities at Greenwell. More information is available at www.greenwellfoundation.org or by calling 301-373-9775.

Youth Memorial Vigil Remember the deceased youth of St Mary’s

County at the St. Mary’s County Youth Memo-rial on National Youth Memorial Day, Sunday, December 14th. The vigil will be held from 7 to 8 p.m. Bring a votive candle or small taper candle that will burn for about an hour as the names of the people are read. The memorial is located on Route 5 just south of the Intersec-tion with Great Mills Road on the left.

Tri-County Youth Services Bureau

Community members are invited to join the Family ACCESS Center and its partner agencies for a Winter Wonderland Family Fun Night on Tuesday, December 16, from 4 to 6 p.m., at the Jarboe Family Education and Head Start Center (21161 Lexwood Drive in Lexington Park). Enjoy games, arts and crafts, puzzles, stories, snacks, and information on community resources as you spend time with your family. For more information, please call the Family ACCESS Center at 301-863-2254. There is no fee to participate.

Open AuditionsThe Newtowne Players (NTP) announces

open auditions for the upcoming production of “Sylvia” by A.R. Gurney. There are parts for two or three men and three or four women. People interested in helping with the technical and support crew are also welcome. The play, directed by Keith Williams, will be performed March 20 through April 5, 2009. Auditions will be held Dec.16-18 from 7-9 p.m. at Three Notch Theatre, 21744 South Coral Drive, Lex-ington Park. Callbacks will be held Saturday, Dec. 20, from noon to 2 p.m. Auditions will be readings from the script; no prepared material is necessary. If you cannot make these times but wish to work either onstage or backstage for this production, please e-mail Williams at edrft_99@yahoo or call 301-737-5447.

NARFE, Chapter 969 MeetingDecember 17th, 10 a.m. is the deadline for

making reservations for the St. Mary’s County Chapter 969 of the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association (NARFE) meeting in December.

The December meeting will be held at Olde Brenton Inn in Leonardtown, Friday December 19th. The cost of the special luncheon will be $18.00. Due to limited seating, only members and their spouses will be allowed to attend. No other guests will be allowed. The social hour begins at 11a.m. and lunch at noon.

Entertainment will be provided by several of our chapter members.

Reservations for lunch are required and may be made by calling Pam Allgood, 301-862-7778, or Janet Tippett, 301-373-8583. Members will be charged for lunch if reservations are not kept or cancelled by the deadline. If interested in only attending the meeting, it begins at 12:45 p.m. Anyone interested in membership can call Shirley Carroll, first vice president, mem-bership, at 301-884-4869.

Community DinnerThe St. Vincent de Paul Society of St.

Aloysius Church is sponsoring its 5th Com-munity Christmas dinner on Thursday, De-cember 25, 2008, Christmas Day from 2 – 6 p.m. at Father Andrew White School in Leon-ardtown, Maryland. This dinner is FREE and for anyone desiring a good meal and/or want-ing to share the spirit of Christmas with others within our community. All are welcomed to attend. Anyone requesting a dinner delivery or transportation to and from dinner will need to contact us by Monday, December 15, 2008. For more information, call St. Vincent de Paul Society at 301-481-2942.

All You Can Eat BreakfastThe Hollywood Volunteer Rescue Squad

Auxiliary is sponsoring an All You Can Eat Breakfast on Sunday, January 11, 2009, from 7:30 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. at the Rescue Squad building on Route 235 in Hollywood. The menu will be: Sausage Gravy and Biscuits, Sausage Links, Bacon, Scrambled Eggs, Fired Potatoes, Pancakes, French Toast Sticks, Es-calloped Apples, assorted juice, coffee, tea and hot chocolate. The cost will be adults: $8.00; children ages 5-12 years $4.00 and children under age 5 are free.

Members NeededWe need members!! The regular monthly

meeting of the Hollywood Volunteer Rescue Squad Auxiliary will be held on Wednesday, January 14th 2009, at 7 p.m. at the Resuce Squad building on Route 235 in Hollywood. Anyone wishing to become a member of the Auxiliary is encouraged to attend. For more

Calendar of EventsLIBRARY ANNOUNCEMENTSLibrary announces closings

Charlotte Hall will be closed this Friday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. for staff training. Leon-ardtown and Lexington Park will be open.

The libraries will be closed Dec. 24 through Dec. 26 for Christmas and will be open on Sat-urday and Sunday as usual. They will close at 5 p.m. on New Year’s Eve and be closed New Year’s Day reopening on Jan. 2.

Last week to buy raffle ticketsThis is the last week to purchase chances

for the Blackistone Lighthouse print being raf-fled to benefit the library’s Technology Fund. The drawing for the framed print valued at $250 will be Dec. 16. Raffle chances are $5 or three for $10 and can be purchased at any branch.

Children’s holiday parties planned

Children of all ages are invited to an eve-ning of holiday fun with stories, crafts and more at the libraries’ holiday parties. Charlotte Hall’s will be Dec. 11 at 6:30 p.m., Lexington Park’s Dec. 15 at 6:30 and Leonardtown’s Dec. 18 at 6 p.m. Registration is requested for these free programs.

Library partners with Discover U Children’s Museum

The library is partnering with Discover

U Children’s Museum to offer their first Mu-seum on the Go program, a free workshop for children in third through sixth grade on how to create their very own computer game. The workshop will be taught by Deb Daniel and will be offered at each branch: Dec. 22 at Char-lotte Hall, Dec. 23 at Lexington Park and Dec. 30 at Leonardtown. All three start at 1:30 p.m. and will end at 3 p.m. Space is limited. Regis-tration is required.

Children can learn to drawLocal artist John Busby will conduct a

free workshop for children ages 6 to 12 on Dec. 22 at 10 a.m. at Lexington Park. He will give a mini drawing lesson and then draw par-ticipants’ favorite characters. Space is limited. Registration is required.

Free movie matinee offeredA free movie matinee is being offered on

Dec. 22 at 2 p.m. at the Lexington Park branch. Tim Burton’s Nightmare Before Christmas, a PG rated movie, will be shown. No registra-tion is required.

Weekly story times end tomorrow

The fall session of weekly story times will end tomorrow and will resume the week of Jan. 12.

Chaptico Chargers 4-H Club Collect Pull Tabs

By Gabrielle Cory Chaptico Chargers 4-H Club Reporter

For a service project the Chaptico Char-gers 4-H club has been collecting pull tabs since the beginning of this year. The club has saved pull tabs decided to donate for the Ronald McDonald house. Ronald McDonald House uses money raised from pull-tabs to buy supplies for families of children who are and staying at their facilities. On October 21st

club members presented the pull tabs to the St. Mary’s County Farm Bureau president Mr. Joe Wood and members at their monthly meeting. They added our pull-tabs with those collected by the farm bureau members and transported them to a local Ronald McDonald house. Our club saved a total of 35 pounds of pull tabs. Our club members were amazed at how many pull tabs saved and thought this was a great way to help our community by doing a simple job that was a lot of fun.

munization Practices that certain people should get vaccinated each year, including:• People 50 years of age and older• People of any age with certain chronic medical conditions • People who live in nursing homes and other long-term care facilities • People who live with or care for those at high risk for complications from flu, including household con-tacts and out-of-home caregivers of children less than six months of age (these children are too young to be vaccinated)

When and where will the Mo-bile Outreach Center visit?

Flu shots available until supply runs outCost: $20 per vaccine, cash or checkDecember 5 — Leonardtown Li-brary - 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.December 9 — St. John’s Pharma-cy, Hollywood - 10 a.m. to noonDecember 9 — Millison Plaza, Lexington Park - 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.December 11 — McKay’s, Char-lotte Hall - 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.December 18 — McKay’s, Leonar-dtown - 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

For more information, please call the St. Mary’s Hospi-tal Health Connections office at 301-475-6019.

are also placed upon the Christmas tree, and children are given the opportunity to take a candy cane as they leave the Courthouse.

Those who enter the Circuit Court lobby often com-ment on the beauty of the decorations and the warm feeling that is provided, but few know the history and love story associated with what has unwittingly become tradition. The mystery has now been solved.

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The Koenig’sContinued from page B-�

From left to right are Christina Goldring, James Goldring, Cody Spalding, Victoria Hall, Sarah Straub, Joe Wood. All are member of the Chaptico Chargers except for Joe Wood who is president of the St. Mary’s County Farm Bureau.

Thursday, December 11, 2008 The County Times Section B - �

Four arrested for weapons violations

On December 6, 2008 at 3:03 a.m. Cpl. Grumbles ob-served and stopped a silver Chevy Tahoe at Three Notch Road and Blimpies in Lex-ington Park for operating in a suspicious manner. Grumbles noticed the four occupants moving around inside prior to and during the stop. Other deputies arrived on the scene to assist. The driver was iden-tified as Malcolm Omega Reynolds, 27, of Colton’s Point. Investigation revealed Reynolds was operating a ve-hicle while allegedly under the influence of alcohol and sub-sequently arrested. A female passenger, identified as Tosha Denise Gallagher, 30, of Fort Meade, became very uncoop-erative and disorderly, accord-ing to police. Gallagher and the other two passengers were ordered from the vehicle so it could be searched incident to the arrest of Reynolds. Once outside the vehicle, Gallagher became even more uncoop-erative and disorderly, police said. Gallagher was arrested for hindering. The remain-ing two rear-seat passengers, identified as Jason Earl Wil-liam-Jones, 27, of Lexington

Park and Justin Lemar Hill, 26, of Waldorf were detained outside the vehicle during the vehicle search. The search revealed a loaded 12-gauge shotgun and a loaded 9mm pistol within the reach of the occupants of the vehicle. Bu-reau of Criminal Investiga-tions, Vice / Narcotics, and Assistant States Attorney Daniel White were contacted and apprised of the situation. White responded to the scene. The firearms were seized, the vehicle was stored and all four occupants arrested.

The suspects were charged as follows:

Reynolds: Driving under the influence of alcohol, handgun in vehicle, illegal possession of a regulated firearm, and two counts having a concealed weapon.

Gallagher: Hindering, failure to obey a lawful order, having a handgun in the vehicle, and two counts of having a con-cealed weapon

Jones: Illegal possession of a regulated firearm, having a handgun in the vehicle, and two counts of having a con-cealed weapon

Hill: Illegal possession of a regulated firearm, having a handgun in the vehicle and two counts of having a con-cealed weapon

Operation nests narcotics arrests

During a two-day en-forcement operation on De-cember 4-5 by the St. Mary’s County Vice Narcotics Di-vision, the following arrests were made.

Beginning in June 2008 until the end of the summer Vice Narcotics detectives were making purchases of co-caine from a group of related individuals in the Sandgates area of St. Mary’s County. The suspects utilized the parking lot of a bar to conduct their alleged illegal drug deal-ing. Over the course of several months detectives made nu-merous purchases of cocaine. William Herman “Billy” Tip-pett, 34, Russell Wilfred Du-four, 45, David Jodie Quade, 41, and Donald Joseph Taylor Jr., 32, were indicted on sev-eral counts of conspiring to distribute and distribution of cocaine. They were arrested on no-bond warrants.

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Ingredients

1 pkg. (6 oz.) STOVE TOP Stuffing Mix for Chicken1-1/2 cups hot water40 fresh mushrooms (about 2 lb.)2 Tbsp. butter2 cloves garlic, minced1 pkg. (10 oz.) frozen chopped spinach, thawed, well drained1 cup KRAFT Shredded Low-Moisture Part-Skim Mozzarella Cheese1 cup KRAFT Grated Parmesan Cheese Directions

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medium heat. Add chopped stems and garlic; cook and stir until tender. Add to prepared stuffing along with spinach and cheeses; mix well.2. SPOON evenly into mushroom caps. Place, filled-sides up, in shallow baking pan.3. BAKE 20 min. or until mushrooms are ten-der and filling is heated through.

Cheesy Hot Crab and Red Pepper Spread

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Ingredients

1-1/2 cups KRAFT 2% Milk Shredded Mozzarella Cheese, divided1 pkg. (8 oz.) PHILADEL-PHIA Neufchatel Cheese, softened1 tsp. garlic powder1 tsp. Italian seasoning

1 medium red pepper, chopped1 small onion, finely chopped1 can (6 oz.) crabmeat, drained WHEAT THINS Crackers Directions

1. PREHEAT oven to 375°F. Remove 1/2 cup of the mozza-rella cheese; cover and refrig-erate until ready to use. Mix all remaining ingredients except crackers until well blended.2. SPREAD into 9-inch pie plate.3. BAKE 20 min. or until crab

mixture is heated through and top is lightly browned. Sprinkle with reserved ½ cup mozzarella cheese. Garnish with chopped fresh parsley, if desired. Serve hot with the crackers.

Cheesy Mashed PotatoesFrom kraftfoods.com

Ingredients

1-1/2 lb. Idaho potatoes, peeled, cut up (about 4 cups)1 cup CHEEZ WHIZ Cheese Dip¼ cup OSCAR MAYER Real Bacon Bits2 Tbsp. milk1 Tbsp. sliced green onion Directions

1. PLACE potatoes in large saucepan. Add

enough water to completely cover potatoes. Bring to boil on medium-high heat. Reduce heat to medium-low; cook 20 minutes or until potatoes are tender.2. DRAIN potatoes; return to saucepan. Mash well.

Baked Apricot SpreadFrom kraftfoods.com

Ingredients

1 pkg. (8 oz.) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese Spread, softened1 cup KRAFT Shredded Cheddar Cheese½ cup BREAKSTONE’S or KNUDSEN Sour Cream½ cup sliced dried apricots1/3 cup PLANTERS Sliced Almonds RITZ Crackers Directions

1. PREHEAT oven to 350°F. Mix cream cheese

and Cheddar cheese in medium bowl until well blended. Add sour cream and apricots; mix well.2. SPREAD into 9-inch pie plate; sprinkle with almonds.3. BAKE 25 to 30 minutes or until almonds are lightly toasted and spread is heated through. Cool slightly. Serve with crackers.

Easy Roasted PorkFrom kraftfoods.com

Ingredients

1 boneless pork roast (3 lb.)¾ cup KRAFT CATALINA Dressing, divided4 medium each: potatoes, beets, onions and carrots, quartered Directions

1. PREHEAT oven to 350°F. Place pork in large lightly greased roasting pan; brush with 1/2 cup of the dressing.2. PLACE vegetables in large bowl. Add re-maining 1/4 cup dressing; toss to coat. Add po-tatoes and beets to pork in pan. Bake 15 min.

Remove pan from oven.3. ADD onions and carrots to ingredients in pan. Bake 1-1/2 hours or until pork is cooked through (160°F), basting occasionally with the pan juices. Let stand 10 min. before cutting pork into slices. Serve with the vegetables.

Sparkling Tree CakesFrom kraftfoods.com

Ingredients

1 pkg. (2-layer size) yellow cake mix¼ tsp. green food coloring1 pkg. (8 oz.) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened1 cup powdered sugar1-1/2 cups thawed COOL WHIP Whipped Topping16 peppermint sticks (3 inch)½ cup BAKER’S ANGEL FLAKE Coconut2 squares BAKER’S Semi-Sweet Chocolate, chopped¼ cup PLANTERS Dry Roasted Peanuts, choppedAssorted Christmas candiescolored sugar Directions

1. PREHEAT oven to 350°F. Grease and flour two 9-inch round cake pans; set aside. Prepare

cake batter as directed on package; tint with food coloring. Pour evenly into prepared pans.2. BAKE as directed on package. Cool in pans 10 min.; remove to wire racks. Cool completely.3. BEAT cream cheese and powdered sugar with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended. Stir in whipped topping with wire whisk. Spread onto tops and sides of cakes.4. CUT each cake into eight wedges to resem-ble Christmas trees. Insert peppermint stick into curved side of each cake for the tree trunk. Decorate with remaining ingredients. Store in refrigerator.

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Very nice 3 bed 1.5 bath town house for sale in Columbia Commons. This is an end unit up on the left as you turn on to Columbus Drive. Washer Dryer, recent up-grades. Owner is highly motivated and is going to pay all closing costs to help turn this property. Price is $140,000. Call 301-481-0751.

Colonial style 4 Bed-room/3.5 Bath Home for sale, rent or lease to own in Apple Greene Subdivision in Dunkirk. $465,000/negot iable. Lease to own with 3-5% down + monthly rent of $2100-$2500. Rent var-ies depending on down payment amount. The more you can put down, the less your rent will be. Or you can rent this home with a $5000 deposit and $2500/month. *Available Immediately. Some ame-nities of the home include: 2 Car Garage, Fully Fin-ished Basement, Separate Dining Room, Could be a 5th bedroom, Wide coun-try porch, Hard wood floors, Large brick fire-place, Almost two acres! Fenced back yard, In-ground swimming pool. And much more! Call 410-586-0841.

Very nice single family home with covered front porch, hardwood floors, master bedroom with full master bath, eat in kitchen, doorway to new deck and fenced in back yard. Great location! Just minutes from the Patux-ent Naval Air Station. Home has new kitchen and baths with recessed lighting, ceiling fans and stainless steel appliances. If interested, please call Paul @ 240-538-1281 or email @ [email protected]. Price: $229,900.

Waterfront home for sale in St. Mary’s County, Virginia. Conveniently located near Soloman’s Island and Lexington Park, this picturesque house has recently been renovated to include new flooring, wiring, plumb-ing, appliances, and win-dows. There is a deep wa-ter pier also included to enjoy the beautiful creek the house is positioned on. The home needs to be seen to be appreci-ated for its simplicity and elegance. The home can also be rented for $1450/M. Price: $580,000. If interested, please call 804-224-1555.

Beautiful rambler offers lots of living space with over 1550 square feet. Home has been recently renovated throughout. 3BR/2BA. Large liv-ing/family room with fireplace. Beautiful din-ing room with hardwood floors. Kitchen features plenty of counter space. Sunroom looks over large backyard. Home has a full basement partially-fin-ished with 1 car garage, work shop area, large rec room and den with wood stove. Lots of freedom with no covenants or Ho-meowner Assoc rules. Great convenient loca-tion with only 6 miles to downtown Leonardtown and 7 miles to Pax River. Leonardtown Middle and High School District. This home is ready for immediate move-in. Al-most 1 acre of peaceful living awaits you. 240-925-6790. $255,000.

Gorgeous & Custom 5BR/4BA home in Desir-able Leonardtown on a quiet street, end lot with large fenced in private backyard, Formal DR, Family Room w/built in white entertainment cen-ter w/Fireplace below, Gourmet Kitchen featur-ing granite countertops, Stainless Steel Appli-ances, Under the Cabinet Lighting, Breakfast Area, Main Level Luxury Mas-ter Bedroom and Bath, 2 bedrooms including Master on main level and 3 on second level, Hard-wood, Crown Molding, Nickel Hardware/Light Fixtures, Cathedral Ceil-ing, Concrete Driveway, Rear Trex Deck, 2 Car Garage, Vinyl Fencing, Custom built Shed, Up-grades galore. Never any pets or smoking in home. 2-10 Home Warranty. call 301-481-6429 to schedule your private viewing of this property. $529,900.

A buyer’s dream - only 3 miles from NAS Patux-ent River in the sought after neighborhood of Greenview West at the end of a quiet cul-de-sac. 5 Bedrooms, 3 Full Baths, 2 car garage, open floor plan with ca-thedral ceilings, lots of living space, gas fire-place, screened in porch, large deck, den area, and plenty of storage. All new wall to wall carpet and tile, freshly painted, newly landscaped, move-in condition. Call us at 301-863-2975 (house) or 301-602-0220 (cell). Price: $339,000.

Great Mills Area, 3 Bed-room 2 Bathrooms, Heat and Water furnished. No Section 8 & No Pets. Lease and Security De-posit Required. Call Dorothy at 301-862-5119. Price: $1,100.

Great family neighbor-hood in Essex Woods. 4 Bedroom, 3 full baths, split-level with 2 car ga-rage, porch, family room, etc. New heat pump/AC, new carpet, new roof. Discount for active mili-tary. Available Jan 1. Call 301-481-7171. Price: $1350.

3 bedroom 2 bath house located 15 miles from the Patuxent River Naval air station and 3 miles from Calvert Cliff Power Plant. The house has a large storage shed, full wrap around deck with covered patio area, 24’ by 24’ ga-rage, and 1/2 acre of land. A new 13 sear heat pump and air handler unit has just been installed. Call Richard Dole at 301-980-2020 or 410-326-0666. Price: $1250.

3 bedroom, 2 bath rambler - Recently renovated with newly finished hardwood floors. Large workshop with electric and heat and storage shed. No Section 8 or Housing Programs. Credit Report Required. $1,350.00 per month + Security Deposit. If in-terested, please call 301-472-4310 for more infor-mation. Price: $1,350.

Spacious 3 bedroom, 2 bath home for rent locat-ed in Hollywood Shores Waterfront Community. The house sits on approx. 1/2 acre of fenced in yard. Dishwasher, Electric Stove, Frig, etc. in kitch-en. Central A/C and Heat throughout house. It also has a large bonus room on one side of the house, could be used as another bedroom. Need to pro-vide your own washer and dryer. Boat ramp and community pool avail-able for a small yearly fee. Small shed located in yard. Large deck on back of house. Cable avail-ability if wanting to get either metrocast or Direct TV hookup. Will except up to 2 dogs but ABSO-LUTELY NO CATS! Please contact Barbara at 240-298-0642 after 5pm. Price: $1275.

Beautiful single story home with a wonderful view of, and access to, the water!! MUST SEE ! Located in St. Mary’s Co. just off Route 4 near the Solomon’s bridge. Small subdivision with no through traffic. Large lot. Newly added family room. No smokers please. Will allow spayed, de-clawed cat. Good credit only. Call Dave at 240-538-5554. Price: $1295.

Great space for single professional person. Basement apartment in quiet subdivision. One bedroom plus office, family room w/fireplace, kitchen, bath & stor-age. Furnished except for bed. Off-steet park-ing for 1 vehicle. Pet al-lowed based on compat-ability with large dog in residence. Fenced yard, private patio. All utili-ties included, additional charge for laundry privi-leges. Includes cable & high-speed internet. Security deposit & refer-ences required. If inter-ested, please call Deb for details - 301-643-8468. Price: $900.

2 Bedroom apartment, 1 bathroom, washer/dryer, cable tv, storage area, trash service, large kitch-en and dining room, cen-tral air conditioning, no pets, no section 8. $900 a month plus 1 months se-curity deposit. Reference required. If interested, please call 301-994-2908 for more information. Price: $900.

Beautifully secluded one bedroom apartment situated on wooded lot with a pond view. Cen-trally located just three miles north of Callaway Village Center on Point Lookout Road (Rt. 5) only six miles from Pax River. Newly renovated second floor apartment great for the single pro-fessional. Laundry and dry cleaning just min-utes away. Only $850 per month including utilities! Non-smoking and no pets. Call John today at 240.538.8777 for an im-mediate viewing!

Furnished bedroom avail-able in a waterfront home overlooking the Potomac River in the Valley Lee area. Quite neighborhood located approximately 20 minutes from the Navy Base. The bedroom is $500 payable in advance and suitable for one pro-fessional adult. Utilities are included. Refrigerator, cable TV and High Speed Internet are available. No pets and no smoking. Call Jeanne at 301-994-1557. Leave a message for a re-turn call.

1 bedroom, 1 bathroom, 1000 sq ft apartment with fireplace. New appli-ances. Ceramic kitchen floors, new carpet. Over-looks harbor with steps to private beach. No smok-ing. $1200 per month in-cludes all utilities, cable, and high speed inter-net. Call 410.535.3768 if interested.

Basement Apartment. Utilities included / cable / wood stove. $650 per month. If interested please call 410-326-7179, ask for Joe.

Local community bank branch located in Dunkirk, MD is seeking a Customer Service/New Accounts Representative. Applicant must possess outstanding customer service skills and the ability to build customer relationships. Applicant must be able to multi task and be very flexible with schedule. Position requires previous bank-ing experience. Satur-days are required. Call 301-627-3504.

We are looking for an individual to help with daily construction duties that include all aspects of residential & light com-mercial construction. Experience is helpful but not necessary. We are willing to train the right individual. The success-ful candiate MUST BE DRUG FREE, honest, intelligent and have a professional attitude & appearance. A clean, valid drivers license with transportation is also required. Please follow the link to our website to download and an employ-ment application. Email the completed application and resume(optional) to [email protected] or fax it to 301-994-0271. Partially completed applications without sal-ary requirements and references will not be considered. We will be interviewing candidates beginning Thursday 12/4.

Animal Care Assistant: Small veterinary office looking for self moti-vated, reliable, hardwork-ing, creative and flexible individual to fill imme-diate part-time position, 8 a.m. - 2 p.m.and occa-sionally 1 p.m. - 6:30 pm, Mon-Fri. Duties include general cleaning, animal care and handling, as-sisting Veterinarian and veterinary technicians. Good phone manners and computer skills a plus. Send resume, At-tention: Kathy J. Bennett, DVM,Manager -to 21367 Great Mills Road, Lex-ington Park, Md. 20653 or e-mail to [email protected]

Tech Wizards, Inc., a software engineering company, has an imme-diate need for an entry to mid level Flash program-mer to support Web-Based training develop-ment in Dahlgren, VA. Candidate should have a working knowledge of Flash ActionScript 2.0 and be willing to work in a team environment. Candidate must be able to obtain a DOD secret clearance. Tech Wizards, Inc. is an employee ori-ented company and of-fers an excellent benefits package. All interested candidates should submit their resume to [email protected]. (www.tech-wizards.com)

New dermatology prac-tice in Waldorf, MD looking for an energetic, compassionate, level-headed team player for a receptionist position. Ex-perience with the medi-cal field, insurances and being attentive to people will all be factored into the selection. Please email your resumes to [email protected]. Microsoft Word please.

Smart Start Daycare is now hiring for Senior Staff must be 19 years old, meet OCC require-ments and have Orange Card. Also hiring for experienced Aide Staff. Salary is based on experi-ence. Must be motivated, dependable, and reliable. For more information please call Melissa Fitz-patrick 301-373-7882.

Patient Oriented Oral/Maxillofacial Surgery practice searching for an experienced Dental Assis-tant with Oral Surgery or nursing experience a plus! We are looking for a pro-fessional, hard-working, energetic team player who loves what they do. We are a fee for service practice that focuses on quality pa-tient care not quantity of patient care. Main Quali-fications needed: MUST be X-ray certified, MUST have Anesthesia experi-ence, Impression taking and dental labratory ex-perience a plus. Hours are: Tuesday-Thursday 7:30-5:30, Friday 7:30-3:00. Benefits include: Employee Health Insur-ance, Vacation/Sick Pay, 401K, and Profit Sharing. If this sounds like you, come join our dynamic team and learn about state of the art Maxillofacial Surgery! Email your re-sume to [email protected].

Are you sitting around waiting for Customers? We’ve got traffic!!!!!!! Toyota of Waldorf is looking to hire sales people for both New Cars and for Used Cars Dept. Experience preferred,but we will train the right people.Great working enviroment,Pay plans ,and Benefits. Closed on Sundays, For a Confidential Interview contact Ed Richardson 301-843-3700.

The Mixing Bowl is Hir-ing! We are seeking moti-vated workers to assist in various kitchen related du-ties. There are three main positions available. Seek-ing any who are trustwor-thy and reliable. If this sounds like you, please come down! On the job training available. Please stop by between 1pm and 3pm on weekdays to fill out an application. We are located adjacent to the Peking Restaurant, behind Domino’s Pizza on Great Mills Rd. The street address is 21797 N. Coral Dr, Lexington Park, MD, 20653.

Need to replace long-time employee due to relocation. Established full-service catering and meeting facility and off-premise catering. Person is responsible for hiring, scheduling and supervis-ing waitstaff and bar-tenders for setup, service, etc., working closely with clients, coordinating staff and logistics for off-prem-ise catering and more. FT management position WITH BENEFITS. Flex-ible Schedule Necessary. E-mail resume to [email protected].

2004 Dodge Dodge Ram 1500. This is a well main-taned Dodge Ram with a BRAND NEW dealer in-stalled engine. It only has 3000 miles on it. It has on the fly 4 wheel drive. drop in bed liner and soft ton-nue cover. All four tires were replaced last year. It has a Infinity sound sys-tem. If interested, please call 301-994-9344 for more information. Price: $11,000.

1986 Ford RANGER. Runs good with good engine. We had the truck inspected 9/05 and drove only 6 months and not many miles. The side window was removed so it needs a passenger side window but other-wise should pass inspec-tion. Price: $800/OBO. If interested, please call 301-645-2150 for more information.

2000 express van. Work-ing TV, VCR, Rear AC/heat, captain chairs in middle and power bench seat that convert to a bed in back. Rear mood lights and reading lights. You can stand in this van with the high top. Many new parts were added to this van in last year to pass MD inspection. Michelan tires, new water pump, drag link, ball joints and various steering parts in-spection station made me change. Stainless steel exhaust. Gets 17-20mpg. This van has a towing package and class 3 hitch. Great for travel with kids. Price: $4000 obo. If interested, please call 301-994-0498 for more information.

1999 Chevrolet 1500. Truck is wrecked but fixable. Has a clear and clean title. Has a vortec 350 motor. New trans-mission. Four brand new wrangler tires on chrome rims. New shocks. Slid-ing back window. Power everything. Alarm sys-tem. Selling whole truck $2500. If interested, please call 301 627-2895 for more information.

1981 Honda CB 900 Custom. Want lots of Power?? This is your bike!! New brakes, new front shocks,1000 miles on front tire. 10 speed transmission--LOTS of power!! Great everyday ride. Please call 315-276-6239. Price: $1500.

2006 Harley David-son Super Glide Cus-ton. Chrome Chrome Chrome, forward Con-trols, 5 speed, 2 seats, detactable sissy bar, pwr commander race tuner, python pipes, chrome al-loyed wheels, custom pin striping, serviced every 5 thousand miles, clean bike, garage kept, selling due to never have time to ride, must sell, SERI-OUS INQUIRES ONLY please. Many extras to go with bike. Will sell open trailer with bike if want-ed. Call 443-532-0737. Price: $16,500.

2007 Kawasaki NINJA ZX-6R,2007 Green Ka-wasaki ZX6R with 394X miles. The title is clean and clear for this bike. This is an absolutely amazing bike. I am only selling because I am no longer able to ride. The bike has been well main-tained. The bike has been broken in as per the own-ers manual. It has always been kept in my shed. Bike had its oil changed at 600mi, 1,000mi and every 1,000 mi after. The bike has never been laid down or even seen rain. The bike is in excellent condition. Please feel free to contact me if there are any questions. Call 540-903-9748. Price: $6800.

2006 Kawasaki KFX 400 real nice bike, hardly riden. Looks like brand new. If interested, please call Rick @ 301-884-4700. Price: $3800 obo.

1985 Yamaha xj700. Runs, Drives and was drivin all summer. Call, come take a look and make an offer. 240-298-0161.

Experienced licensed family daycare provider has full time infant open-ing for $150.00 per week. I am very flexible with the hours. I offer a very homelike and loving en-vironment with many toys and activities. I have a large daycare room and lots of outdoor space for play. I also may have room for one more child ages 2 and up depending on the hours needed. Please call if you have any questions or would like to set up an interview. 301-290-1576. Thanks and happy holidays!

Openings for 2 and up. Home daycare provider located in Chesapeake Beach has openings for ages 2 and up. Bayview Hills subdivision/Beach Elementary School dis-trict. I provide meals and snacks and many educational activities. Please call for interview 443-550-3694.

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Ashley Dark Choco-late Leather Couch, Love Seat, Reclining Chair. Signature Design. Bought brand new from Regency Furniture on 28 Oct 08. Comes with 5 year warranty and origi-nal receipt. Tags still on item. Couch and love seat also recline. Price: $1500 or best offer. (Bought for $2100). Must be able to pick up and deliver on your own. Also selling two Pier One Imports Bar Stools (Leather seats) for $100 (Bought last month for $200). Please email if interested, jarat99 @ hot-mail.com.

Like new oversized La-Z-Boy recliner is in excel-lent condition, super com-fortable and has attractive blue cloth material. From non-smoking home with no pets. Asking $375 or best offer. Please call (301) 872-4261.

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The Seahawks were led by senior forward Allie Scott’s 15 points and 10 rebounds, while

sophomore point guard Jamie Roberts pitched in a season-high 14 points and Murphy added 10.

The Seahawks were only outscored 41-39 in the second half, a development that Bausch sees as cause for optimism for a team that is

just starting to get used to playing with one another.

“We play against teams with lesser expe-rience and we didn’t execute very well,” she explained. “We executed very well against the Number 15 team in the country and I’m very happy with that.”

In what could be a blessing for SMC, they will have ample time to improve several facets of their game and get Saturday’s contest out of their system – they won’t step on the court again until Jan. 5, when they host Misericordia College in a non-conference game.

”We can use it to our advantage to get ev-eryone some experience and fix everything that we need to work on,” Bausch said of the four-week layoff.

three-point threat.“He’s really matured

this season compared to last year, when he was still figur-ing things out,” Harney said. “We’ve known that he’s a great shooter, but the drives to the hoop kind of put the league on notice that he’s not just a catch and shoot guy.”

SMC jumped out to a 25-12 cushion early in the first half, but the Saints, led by the bruising frontcourt tandem of Mike Gray and Sam Sentz, closed the lead to just three points at halftime. Then, fresh-

man forward Tarek Ammoury started to get hot, as he scored 12 of his team-high 17 points in the second half, giving the Saints a 40-38 lead on a driv-ing lay-up with six and a half minutes gone by in the period.

Alex Irmer, who scored 11

points and pulled down eight rebounds, put the Seahawks ahead to stay on a short jumper over Sentz at the 10:02 mark. Then Griffin and Fitzpatrick combined for 24 of SMC’s final 26 points, which was enough to continue the best start in team history.

Being the defending con-ference champions and a na-tionally ranked team early this season, the Seahawks know they have a bull’s eye painted on their backs. But, they are also aware that teamwork and confidence in each other are the keys if they plan to make it back to the NCAA Division III tournament this coming March.

”Everybody knows their role,” Griffin said of the team’s execution of Harney’s game plan so far. “We just play to our strengths, and we know what we’ve got to do to win.”

“I don’t know if I’m ready to crown us as a DIII power,” Chris Harney said with a cau-tious grin.

“But we are making strides.”

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Do you love playing soccer? Want to play soccer at a more competitive level? If you’re a U-9 to U-19 player then North-ern St. Mary’s Select Soccer Club has an opportunity for you - tryouts for Northern Lightning.

New boys and girls’ teams are being formed and existing teams are filling openings. Make plans to attend at least one of the tryouts. NSSSC is the select/travel soccer arm of St. Mary’s Northern Soccer League.

The tryout sessions take place Dec. 6 and 13 from 1 – 4 p.m. at the Fifth District Park (behind Lettie Dent Elemen-tary). The rain date is Dec. 20.

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Photo By Chris StevensAlex Franz of St. Mary’s College keeps a close eye on Marymount’s Shaun Ingram.

The Seahawks’ Calvin Wise eyes the basket.

The Seahawks’ Jamie Roberts is double-teamed by Marymount’s Carolyn Riley (14) and Terrel White.

Allie Scott of St. Mary’s College defends against a pass from the Saints’ Julie Tomesheski.

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