Cryers Takes First Semi-Final GameWilliams’ Pitching Effort Keys Opening Victory

Thursday, August 21, 2008

The County Times

By Chris StevensStaff Writer

LEONARDTOWN – While no one is ready to say the Cryers’ young men’s softball team holds a hammer over the heads of Shockers, a 5-0 record against one team in a season speaks for itself.

Led by Darrell Williams’ crafti-ness on the mound and consistent offensive production, Cryers took game one of the league best-of-five semi-final series at Back Road Inn by a 17-11 score, jumping out in front of what promises to be an interesting set of games.

“One game doesn’t mean any-thing,” said Cryers manager Jack Williams.

“[Shockers is] a good team and they’re going to score some runs, so it was good we won the first game.”

The Shockers’ offense, loaded from top to bottom, was able to strike for four home runs off Williams, but he effectively shut them down in key spots, something Shockers manager Dave Nelson hopes to see improve-ment in as the series wears on.

“They hit in their key spots, and we didn’t,” he stated plainly. “We had the bases loaded at one point, and runners at second and third an-other time, if we produce and score some runs, then it’s a different ball

By Chris StevensStaff Writer

When Jennifer Roby took over as coach of the Solomons Steelers cheerlead-ing team two years ago, she saw girls that were treated differently than the rest of their Southern Maryland counterparts.

“The program had been bashed and beaten by all the other programs,” Roby

said of the Steelers before she arrived. “I just wanted to do something different with the girls, so I took them outside of South-ern Maryland.”

And right into a national championship.

The Steelers, with just 13 girls on their roster, took Virginia Beach by storm back

By Chris StevensStaff Writer

Whether it’s a down-to-the-last-at-bat ral-ly or jumping out of the gates unchallenged, you’ll be sure to find Raley’s Furniture and Just Us near the finish line together. Along with Bud Light, the two aforementioned teams are in a dead heat for first place in Division I of the St. Mary’s County Softball League, and with make-up games winding down this weekend, the regular season champion should

be decided in time for the playoffs. Maybe. Raley’s almost loosened its grip on a share of first place Sunday afternoon before rallying for a dramatic 8-7 victory at Back Road Inn. Meanwhile, Just Us left little to the imagina-tion as an 11-run first inning propelled them to a 24-4 victory over Coors Light Monday Evening at Chancellor’s Run Park. For the third straight game, Just Us shortened a game to five innings via the 10-run rule, outscoring

Solomons Cheerleading Title Unexpected, But Right on Time

Women’s Softball Race Heats Up

Lace your running shoes and hit the roads! It’s not too late to start training for the inaugural Lower Potomac River 10-Miler on Octo-ber 12, 2008. The Chesapeake Bay Running Club’s new event is a com-panion race to their similarly-named marathon, a 26.2-mile race hosted each March by the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship. “Since I eliminated the two-person marathon relay in 2008 to make room for more marathoners, I wanted to offer short-er-distance runners an opportunity to run along the same course,” said Liza Recto, who conceived and di-rects the Lower Potomac River races. “Every year, marathoners rave about the scenery on St. George Island and along Lighthouse Road, so the 10-mile course will be scenic as well as flat and fast.” The course will also be USATF-certified, ensuring an ac-curately measured distance.

The Lower Potomac River 10-Miler, hosted by the Piney Point Lighthouse Museum, will start and finish at the museum park at the end of Lighthouse Road. At the 7:45 a.m. starting signal, runners will go up Lighthouse Road to Rte 249, run north for approximately 200 meters, cross Rte 249 and turn south to St.

Marathon To Be Held October 12th

See Cryers page B-2 See Marathon page B-�

See Women’s Softball page B-�See Cheerleading page B-2

Photo By Chris Stevens

Photo By Chris StevensPhoto Courtesy of Jennifer Roby

Darrell Williams was able to keep the hitters off balance, a key contribution in Cryers’ 17-11 win.

Raley’s Tricia Johnson holds on to the ball as Back Road’s Vicki Smith is out at first base.The much-improved Solomons Steelers cheerleading team became champions under new coach and coordinator Jennifer Roby.

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in May, earning a first place trophy, and giving the Steelers cheerlead-ers the honor of being the first team in the 20-year history of the pro-gram to win a title.

“It’s so significant because the girls are the underdogs of the cheerleading programs,” Roby said. “These kids have been sub-jected to years and years of losing.

“Last year they stepped out and surprised some people. It was a great morale booster for our cheer-leading program.”

Part of the reason for the turn-around is a clinic Roby will be run-ning for the second straight year this

coming weekend. To date, 120 girls have signed up for the clinic, which includes tutorials on tumbling, back handsprings and dancing. At the end of the weekend’s learning and practicing, the girls get to show their parents what they’ve learned in different routines as well as use them for upcoming games and events.

The clinic will also feature an appearance from two cheerleaders from the NFL’s Washington Red-skins. The young cheerleaders, who range from three to 15 years in age, are looking forward to “seeing the big girls, as they like to call them,” Roby said. The Redskin cheerlead-ers will not only help the Steelers improve their routines on the field, but it is Roby’s hope that they help the girls in gaining success off the

field as well. “We have a lot of touching sto-

ries on our team, so we hope that the cheerleaders can talk to the girls about self-esteem,” Roby ex-plained. “We’d much rather have the girls in a program like this than on MySpace or Facebook.”

Steelers’ president Chris Long, who oversees the Steelers football and cheerleading programs, feels that Roby’s leadership has been the best thing to happen to the Steelers family in a long time.

“It’s been a while since we’ve been able to compete with other clubs in the region,” Long said. “The program has continued to get bigger and better, and Jennifer has done a great job with the girls and we are proud of them.”

game.”“I faced them of a bunch of times before,” Wil-

liams explained. “You kind of know where to go with them – just pitch and let the defense work.”

“Darrell did a real good job,” said right fielder Larry Hayden, who homered and drove in three runs for Cryers on the evening. “I tip my hat to any pitch-er that takes balls at the feet. He got ahead of hitters, stayed ahead and did a good job.”

“Darrell’s comfortable out there, and he under-stands what he needs to do,” added Jack Williams. “You have to throw the ball a certain way to a team

like that.”Williams was not untouchable as evidenced by a

leadoff home run by Shockers center fielder Jason Far-rell, which sparked a four-run first. With little or no reaction to the big start, Cryers promptly came to bat and scored five runs of their own, aided by home runs from Mike Buck and first baseman Wayne Fowler.

Shockers briefly tied the game in the top of the

second on a home run by Steve Guy, another solo shot which Williams said he was thankful for.

Cryers then used a 12-6 burst from the bottom of the second to the bottom of the sixth inning to keep their opponents at arms’ length for the remainder of the game.

“It’s real big,” Larry Hayden said of jumping out to a 1-0 lead in the series, “because we want to have the advantage. We don’t want to lose any games in this series.”

Even though trailing by a game in the series, Dave Nelson, who by his own account has seen a lot of bat-tles in his time in softball, knows that this series is a long way from being decided.

“Until one team wins three games,” he said with a smile, “it is not over.”

High School Sports Schedule08/21-08/27/08

SPECIAL NOTE:

For all high school, recreational and youth league coaches and officials,

if you would like the scores and standings from your respective

leagues to be published in the County Times, contact Chris Stevens

at 301-373-4125 or at chrisstevens@countytimes.net.

Tuesday August 26th

Golf

Great Mills vs. Northern at Potomac Ridge, 4:00 p.m.

Men’s Soccer

Paul VI at St. Mary’s Ryken, 4:00 p.m.

Women’s Soccer

St. Mary’s Ryken at Paul VI, 5:00 p.m.

Wednesday August 27th

Golf

Chopticon vs. Westlake/La Plata at Wicomico Shores, 4:00 p.m.Leonardtown vs. Thomas Stone/McDonough, 4:00 p.m.

Recreational Sports Schedule08/21-08/27/08

Co-Ed Indoor Soccer League A (All Games At Leonard Hall)

Thursday August 21st

Purple Haze vs. United FC, 6:00 p.m.Mean Machine vs. Dew Drop, 6:45 p.m.

Co-Ed Indoor Soccer League B (All Games At Leonard Hall)

Thursday August 21st

Giggity-Giggity vs. Lightning, 7:30 p.m.Green Door vs. V-22, 8:15 p.m.The Mix vs. Turn Keys, 9:00 p.m.Lunatics vs. Michelob Ultra, 9:45 p.m.Old Crew vs. Boas, 10:30 p.m.

Annapolis, Md. – The St. Mary’s College of Mary-land sailing teams will kick off the 2008-09 campaign in the Top 3 as both the coed and women squads were ranked second in Sailing World’s Preseason Sailing Rankings as determined by SW’s coaches panel: Mi-chael Callahan (Georgetown), Ken Legler (Tufts), and Mike Segerblom (USC).

The Seahawks wrapped up the 2007-08 season

with a third-place finish at the Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association (ICSA)/Gill Coed Dinghy Championships and a pair of sixth-place finishes at the ICSA Wom-en’s National and the ICSA/APS Team Race National Championships.

In the fall portion of the 2007-08 year, St. Mary’s captured the ICSA Sloop National Championships to bring its national title count to 13.

Preseason Sailing Rankings Released

St. Mary’s (Md.) Women’s Lacrosse Named an IWLCA Academic Squad

Charlottesville, Va. – The St. Mary’s College of Maryland women’s lacrosse team was one of 56 Division III institutions to have earned aca-demic squad honors from the Intercol-legiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association.

To be considered an IWLCA Aca-demic Squad, a team must have had a collective grade point average of 3.0 or higher.

Under the guidance of second-year head coach Carol Schmoeller, the Seahawks finished the 2008 campaign with their seventh appearance in the NCAA Tournament, advancing to the regional semifinals, or round of 16. St.

Mary’s posted a 15-6 mark on the year and ended with a final national rank-ing of No. 14. The Hawks also earned Capital Athletic Conference (CAC) Runner-Up honors for the second time in program history.

Incoming new head coach Kara Reber, who begins her duties on Au-gust 25, should have no trouble help-ing SMCM maintain its academic excellence as Reber’s former charges, the Lycoming College Lady War-riors, were also recognized as a 2008 IWLCA Academic Squad. She also had Kelly Mack named to the IWLCA Academic Honor Roll.

CheerleadingContinued from page B-�

CryersContinued from page B-�

Photo Courtesy of Jennifer Roby

Photo By Chris Stevens

Photo By Chris Stevens

Photo By Chris Stevens

The Solomons Steelers cheerleading team won a national tournament in Virginia Beach earlier in the spring.

Shockers’ Jason Farrell leads off the game with a solo homer.

Derek McLeod of Cryers’ follows the flight of the ball after contact.

Shockers’ Tony Bailey slaps a single into right field in Sunday evening’s Young Men’s Semi-Final game.

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George Island. They will continue directly south to the Chesapeake Bay Field Lab, co-beneficiary of the race. At this approximately halfway point, they will turn around and return to the finish

Top runners will compete for modest cash prizes, and age-group awards will be pre-sented to the top three finish-ers in ten-year age categories. At press time, top-seeded male runner is Vic Papagno

of Hughesville, MD. Papagno is president of the Chesapeake Bay Running Club as well as the two-time defending Club Champion of the Lower Po-tomac River Marathon. Top-seeded female is Katie Nowak of Rockville, MD, who was the 9th American finisher at the USA National Champi-onship 25K in Grand Rapids, Michigan in May.

Following the race, run-ners and volunteers will be treated to a cookout at the mu-seum park, hosted by the Pin-ey Point Lighthouse Museum and featuring grilled foods and assorted refreshments.

Spectators are encour-aged to come out and cheer on the runners. Local residents and organizations are invited to support runners on the course by staffing aid stations and monitoring traffic.

Anyone who would like to donate a few hours on race morning should e-mail the race director, Liza Recto, at cbrcliza@hotmail.com. For more details, and to sign up for the race, go to the Chesapeake Bay Running Club website at http://www.cbrcmd.org.

their opponents 74-13 in that stretch.“It’s very important that we win these

games,” said Just Us manager Lamont Saxon, “because these kinds of games prepare us for the playoffs.”

Just Us’ depth at the plate was on full dis-play Monday night as 12 of 13 batters collect-ed hits, led by second baseman Anita Nelson’s two homers and six RBIs. Karen Camp also homered for Just Us, who improved to 17-3 on the season. Each player contributing to the offense is something Saxon and his staff try to impress upon the team as an advantage that they have over their opponents. “Like we tell the girls, ‘not everybody can start, but every-body can finish,’” he says.

On the heels of taking an early 3-0 lead only to watch it disappear in the next frame, Coors Light co-manager Brian Burchett of-fered a real assessment of Just Us. “They can hit, man,” Burchett said plainly. “It’s all in where they hit the ball and they hit the ball in the right spots all night.”

Saxon hopes that this scorching pace his team is on can carry them to a championship repeat. “They’re really hot at the plate right now,” he said. “Hopefully they can continue to be hot all the way through the playoffs.”

While Just Us seems to be locked in ev-ery inning, it took a while longer for Raley’s to get their bats going. When they did, it was just another big inning on the way to improv-ing their record to 17-3 as well. Trailing 5-4 in the top of seventh, Back Road Inn pitcher Glady Hall seemed prepared to finish the job, retiring two batters rather quickly, and leav-ing Raley’s with just one out left to try and tie the score.

“I just let them play,” Raley’s manager

Juanita Redman said of the four-run rally with little margin for error and little prompt-ing from the third-base box. “At that point, you just have to let them hit, and thank God, that’s what they did.” After two Raley’s bat-ters reached base, Chandra Duke’s solid single into left center tied the game and second base-man Diane Polko’s two-run hit, along with an RBI triple from Tricia Johnson turned out to be just enough insurance for the victory.

“We knew they were going to have a big inning,” said Back Road Inn manager Jeff Gass. “We just didn’t know which inning. Turned out to be the last one.”

Back Road Inn scored two in the bottom of the ninth, but could not push the tying run across and Raley’s continued to hold their share of first place. Juanita Redman says that while regular season championships are nice to have, she and her team have a bigger goal in mind. “All things considered,” she said, “I’d rather have the County title than the divi-sion title.”

By Ronald N. Guy Jr.Contributing Writer

Americans J.R. Holden and Becky Hammon are living their Olympic dream. They are playing basketball in this summer’s Beijing Olympics. What makes their situation intriguing is Holden, a point guard hailing from Pennsylva-nia, and Hammon, a WNBA star and native of South Da-kota, will be playing for the Russian men’s and women’s basketball teams. Holden, a journeyman of European bas-ketball, has played in Russia since 2002 and became a Rus-sian citizen in 2004. Ham-mon plays in Russian during the WNBA offseason and had her Russian citizenship fast-tracked in 2007 to support her playing for Team Russia in Beijing. Certainly Holden had no opportunity to play for the USA’s 2008 version of the Dream Team. Hammon surprisingly was not invited to try outs for the American women’s team. But by vir-tue of their European basket-ball ties they were presented an opportunity to experience the Olympics wearing an-other country’s colors. They accepted.

Today’s Russia isn’t yes-terday’s USSR, but old feel-ings die hard. It has been 17 years since the Soviet Union fell and the Cold War end-ed but that hardly feels like enough time for American athletes to compete in the Olympics under Russia’s flag. And while much has changed since 1991, its safe to say many Americans and Russians, citi-zens and politicians alike, still view one another through a lens of skepticism. And right-fully so. Russia continues to be an antagonistic nation, not yet willing to wrap its arms around democracy and em-brace its former foes as global partners. As proof, one has to look no farther than Russia’s recent aggression toward Georgia. In the world’s dem-ocratic cul-de-sac, Russia is the neighbor that remains a bit of a mystery to the other resi-dents. We took them a plate of warm brownies and offered our support when they moved in, yet the evolution of our re-lationship is marked more by frustration than accomplish-ment. We might help each other shovel our driveways after a winter storm, but we won’t share a beer, or a vodka, when we’re done.

Holden and Hammon are both 31 years old. They are old enough to be aware of the history between the United States and Russia, but per-haps not old enough, absent of some proactive study of his-tory, to fully comprehend the American rivalry with the So-viets. During the Cold War, the Olympics were more than an athletic event. The Games were a stage on which politi-cal ideologies clashed. Make no mistake about it, it was Communism vs. Democracy. The Games were also used as a Cold War chess piece, with the United States boycotting the 1980 Summer Games and the Soviet Union returning the favor by boycotting the 1984 Summer Games in Los Angeles. And when the two superpowers did meet as ath-letic combatants, it was his-toric. Many American sports fans will tell you that one of their most painful moments was the loss to the Soviets in men’s basketball in the 1972 Games. Likewise, for my money, the 1980 United States hockey team’s “Miracle on Ice” is inarguably our nation’s finest athletic moment. That’s not just because of the im-probability of a rag-tag bunch

of American college students winning gold; it was because our boys stuck it to the Red Army’s finest. In fact, it’s merely a historical footnote that defeating the Soviets only ensured a silver medal (we had to beat Finland to win gold).

With this historical back-drop, it’s difficult to under-stand how Holden and Ham-mon could compete for Rus-sia. To be completely fair, this situation isn’t unique or terribly uncommon; many athletes compete in the Olym-pics for non-native countries. In fact, as a nation of immi-grants, one could argue that the United States invented the concept. But Russia? When questioned, both simplisti-cally cite the Olympic op-portunity Russia provided. For both athletes, the Olym-pic experience seems to have trumped any residual hard feelings from the Cold War. I get that it’s unlikely that two 31-year-olds harbor any deep ill-feelings for Russia, but I doubt either is comfortably ig-norant about this complicated endeavor. This isn’t simply taking advantage of an oppor-tunity. So maybe they don’t remember the Cuban Missile Crisis, but did they at least see Rocky IV??? Come on, who didn’t love Rocky kicking the Soviet’s butt and winning over the stoic Soviet crowd with his gutsy, relentless, de-cidedly American spirit? Yet, for a few weeks this August, Holden and Hammon will be Olympians first, Americans (or Russians) second.

What are we to make of Holden and Hammon? Should we be outraged by their appar-ent lack of patriotism? Should we check their genealogy for links to Benedict Arnold? I admit the thought of Ameri-cans competing for Russia rubbed me wrong initially. There’s no way I could do it. But I grew up in a time when the Olympics were a battle of good (us) vs. evil (the Soviet Union). Given some time to reflect on the situation, maybe I’m the one that has it wrong. It is worth asking: if you find the athletes at fault, are you doing a disservice to our great country and the advancement of democracy by maintaining prejudices toward a country that is still wrestling with its authoritarian past and demo-cratic future (hopefully)? Per-haps what the advancement of democracy needs most is a country whose citizens are willing to let go of the past and embrace a challenging, uncomfortable new world order. Point blank, America and Russia are stronger as allies. While we are wise to view our former Cold War foe with trepidation, perhaps these two Americans’ will-ingness to compete for Russia will change a few attitudes on both sides of this complex re-lationship. If, in some small way, that serves the advance-ment of democracy and pro-motes a focus on our common interests, it will hardly matter who wins an Olympic basket-ball game.

Extra Innings: The legacy of Barry Bonds, Rog-er Clemens, Mark McGwire shoulda, coulda been baseball excellence. Instead they are synonymous with the steroid era in baseball. I thought it would end there. What I un-derestimated was their influ-ence on the minds of sports fans. I am trying really hard to allow my national pride to swell, unfettered, over the accomplishments of Olym-pic swimmer and Baltimore, Maryland native Michael Phelps. He broke the 1972 record of Mark Spitz by win-ning 8 Gold Medals in a sin-gle Games. He did so in 8 events. A perfect 8 for 8…the dude is unreal. So what’s the problem? Well, in his 8 events he set 7 world records and 1 Olympic record. Instead of being fired up about one of our own coming up large on the world’s stage, a part of me feels like I’m watching the sci-ence-aided home run derbies of the early century or Barry Bonds hitting 73 juice-infused homeruns all over again. I ab-solutely hate that I’m thinking that. I have no reason to be-lieve that Phelps is doing any-thing but naturally laying an American smack down on the world. But I’ve been duped once. It left me a little jaded. Thanks again Barry, Roger and Mark. I can’t even sing my national anthem without a dash of unfounded cynicism.

Send your comments to rguyjoon@yahoo.com

A View From The BleachersThe Olympic Experience Trumps National Pride

Women’s SoftballContinued from page B-�

MarathonContinued from page B-�

Photo By Chris Stevens

Photo By Chris Stevens

Photo By Chris Stevens

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Glady Hall of Back Road Inn fires a pitch to home plate.

Khourtni Hester of Raley’s Furniture swings at a pitch as Back Road Inn catcher Tracy Guy looks on.

Fanta Gray of Just Us swings at a pitch.

Diane Polko makes contact in the first inning of Sun-day’s Women’s League game at Back Road Inn.

Thursday, August 21, 2008

The 2008 Summer Reading Program has ended. A big thank you goes to the 178 teen volunteers who donated more than 2500 hours helping to make the programs run

smoothly and to our numerous sum-mer sponsors.

Charlotte Hall’s Metamorphosis grand prize winners were: Lauren Blizek – iPod; Kristina Cole - iTunes

gift cards; Ben Harris – Headsets; Brandon Lehoskay – Camera; and Jennifer Maxey - Audio rocker. Leonardtown’s winners were: Sarah

Summer Reading Programs Are Huge Success

Katherine Socha, assistant pro-fessor of mathematics at St. Mary’s College of Maryland (SMCM), was honored with the Henry L. Alder Award for Distinguished Teaching and the Lester R. Ford Award by the Mathematics Association of Ameri-ca (MAA) at MathFest 2008 in Mad-ison, Wisconsin. The MAA is the world’s largest organization devoted to the interests of college mathemat-ics. Socha, of Hollywood, Maryland, is credited with classroom teaching that successfully incorporates in an exceptional manner a wide variety of teaching techniques. She is one of only three national recipients of the 2008 Alder Award, which hon-ors early-career college or university faculty whose teaching has been ex-traordinarily successful and whose effectiveness in teaching undergrad-uate mathematics is shown to have influence beyond the classroom.

Socha’s list of accomplishments include serving as project co-direc-tor of the Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics’ whydomath, a national program aimed at increas-ing the number of science students choosing to study mathematics; be-ing a co-director of the WomenMath

Poster Project sponsored by the As-sociation for Women in Mathemat-ics; serving as director for SMCM summer research experience for undergraduates for first- and sec-ond-year under-represented students sponsored by the MAA; co-direct-ing MAA PREP workshops on es-tablishing and running an effective Emerging Scholars Program; and establishing a summer science camp at SMCM for underserved eighth-grade girls.

Socha received her bachelor’s degree from Reed College, her master’s degree from Portland State University, and her doctorate in mathematics from the University of Texas at Austin in 2002. She spent two years as a faculty member of the Lyman Briggs School of Science at Michigan State University before ac-cepting a position at SMCM.

The Alder Award was estab-lished to honor young mathematics professors whose teaching strate-gies have proved to reach beyond the walls of their classroom. Socha said she is “deeply honored to receive the Alder Award, and very grateful for the collaborations, encouragement, and support I have received from

the mathematics community, from my many mentors, and from my colleagues.”

The Ford Award was estab-

lished to credit outstanding authors of articles in The American Math-ematical Monthly or Mathematics Magazine. Socha’s article “Circles

in Circles: Creating a Mathemati-cal Model of Surface Water Waves,” published in The American Math-

SMCM Professor Wins Mathematics Association of America Awards For ‘Exceptional’ Teaching Techniques and Outstanding Authorship

Summer may be winding down but activities at the Leonardtown Wharf are just getting underway with a Waterfront Celebration on Sat-urday, September 13, 2008 from 12 p.m. till 5 p.m. commencing with St. Mary’s Ryken Pep Band, the first ever St. Mary’s Ryken / Leonardtown High School Challenge Cup PHRF Handicap Sailboat Races and a unique exhibit on the James Adams Floating Theatre on Its Visits to Leonardtown 1915-1935 at Tudor Hall presented by the St. Mary’s County Historical Society.

Throughout the day there will be guided Kayak/Canoe excursions by McIntosh Outfitters along the shores of Breton Bay with hands-on work-shops, exhibits, crab races, along with age appropriate arts and crafts for all. Sit a spell for a special story hour presented by the St. Mary’s County Library Leonardtown branch.

Climb aboard for a tour of the Samuel Bailey (buy boat) and Frisky (work boat with clam rig) and set your sights on maritime objects from the Calvert Marine Museum, St. Clements Island and Piney Point Muse-

Inaugural Waterfront Celebration At Leonardtown Wharf

11 Laps to Remember(Recognition Walk for 7th anniversary of 9/11/2001)When:

Patriot Day, Thursday, Septem-ber 11, 2008

Where: Leonardtown High School Track

& Great Mills High School Track

Registration: 5- 6 p.m.Registration forms may be

picked up in advance at Leonard-town High School or Great Mills

See Socha page B-7

See Laps to Remember page B-5

See Waterfront Celebration page B-5

See Summer Reading page B-7

Mya and Corinne Mahaffey took a moment to enjoy their last summer reading prize, a new book, at the Charlotte Hall library. More than 5,000 children from babies through teens participated in St. Mary’s County Library’s 2008 Summer Reading Clubs, an increase of 24% over 2007. The various summer programs were attended by almost 12,000 children and their families.

St. Mary’s College of Maryland Professor Katherine Socha in the classroom. Photo Courtesy of Marc L. Apter/SMCM

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With summer entering its stretch run, many people are scrambling to spend as much time outdoors as they can. The end of summer may only yield a few weeks of fall before the winter weather again forces you to go hunting for the sweaters and blankets.

As a result, the backyard or outdoor party tends to hit its stride when people start to re-alize there isn’t much time left to bask in the summer sun. Though outdoor parties are of-ten informal affairs, there are a few things to consider before hitting the lawn and firing up the grill.

* Arrange some activities for your guests. During an indoor affair you can simply dust off some board games or turn on a ballgame to entertain your guests. But when outside, es-pecially if you have a lot of space, be it in the backyard or at the park, you’ll need to provide your guests with something more sufficient. Relaxed games such as horseshoes or bad-minton are typically popular fare for summer festivities, as they aren’t too competitive and won’t leave your guests sweating up a storm. Be sure to provide games that both adults and kids can enjoy.

* Have lots of water on hand. When host-ing a party indoors, water is not something you’ll likely need a large supply of once the party moves away from the dinner table. However, when the party heads outside, es-pecially in the late summer months when the temperatures are often at their hottest, you’ll want to have enough water on hand to keep

your guests refreshed and ensure no one de-hydrates under the hot summer sun.

* Have outdoor lighting ready to go. If the party is scheduled to start in the afternoon, don’t ensure that it will end prematurely when the sun goes down simply because you don’t have any lighting. If everyone is still enjoying themselves when the sun sets, you won’t want to see a good time come to end. Tiki torches or candles of varying sizes are popular for summer parties because they create a relaxing atmosphere while providing sufficient light. If you’re hosting a party at a nearby picnic area, be sure to know what time the park or pic-nic area closes. You won’t want to be forced out just when everyone is settling down to eat their dinner.

* Set aside a place for the pooches. One of the things dog owners love most about outdoor parties is the chance to bring along man’s best friend to join in the festivities. However, since dogs aren’t potty trained, it’s a good idea for hosts to designate an area for pets before the party starts to avoid anyone’s shoes finding a dog’s mess. If you have a fenced-in backyard, for instance, keep the dogs in the backyard if there’s ample room for them to run around and enjoy themselves. If you can’t guarantee that dogs will do their duty in an area away from your human guests, have cleanup mate-rials on-hand so no one’s shoes need replacing by the end of the night.

ums, Chesapeake Bay Field Lab, Blackistone Lighthouse Foundation, Antique Boat and Motor Collections, Pow-er Squadron, Lower Tribu-tary Team, Maryland Dept of the Environment, Depart-ment Natural Resources, Sultana Project, St. Mary’s County Recycling and Solid Waste Advisory Council will educate us on simple steps to reduce, reuse and recycle, “It all ends up in the Chesapeake

Bay” and more… Keep an eye out for

“Crabs Alive” a one-act play about the 21st Century chal-lenges facing waterman to-day, performed by the New-towne Players.

Take the helm and sail our way to the Leonardtown/St. Mary’s Ryken Breton Bay Challenge Cup. Sailboat rac-es begin at 1:00 p.m. on the Breton Bay. There will be keelboat and dinghy races, open to all. The Saturday afternoon sailboat races will run from September to No-vember. The proceeds from the sailing event will benefit both of the high school’s sail-

ing programs. To top off the event, stroll-

ing mistral, David Norris will perform from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. followed by awards presentations for the sailboat races for both classes.

As the starts to set, we’ll hear shanty songs and tunes echoing from the waters edge from Leonardtown’s High School band and the school’s 22-member choral group “Potomac Voices” directed by James Bowser.

Contact: 301-475-9791 ~ Leonardtown.commission-ers@verizon.net ~ Leonard-town.somd.com

High School. You may also register at the walk.

Fee: $5.00 per person; family of 4 or more is

$20. All proceeds will be donated to local fire and rescue squads (additional donations gladly accepted)

Activities:• Opening Ceremonieso ROTC color guardo National Anthemo Pledge of Allegiance

• Memorial wall to sign• Center two lanes reserved for run-

ners, outer lanes for walkers.

Attire: Please demonstrate your American pride

by wearing Patriotic dress/colorsSponsors: LHS/GMHS is accepting

monetary donations for the Fire and Rescue Squads. Businesses donating $100 or more may place their banner on the track fence dur-ing festivities.

For more information, Leonardtown contact: Megan Shelton

(301-475-0200) (mkshelton@smcps.org) Great Mills contact: Tamarah Dishman

(301-863-4031) (tcdishman@smcps.org)

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Laps to RememberContinued from page B-�

October 11 and 12, 2008 – Saturday and Sunday at the 11th Annual Southern Mary-land Farm Life Festival at the John Knight Parlett Farm in Charlotte Hall, Maryland. Saturday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 10’X

20’ spaces for one day $25.00 and for both days $40.00. This event to benefit Christ-mas in April * St. Mary’s County. For more info call: 301-884-5678 or email jboh-le@md.metrocast.net.

Antique And Craft Market Vendors Needed

Community Yard SaleSeptember 27, 2008 8:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.

2nd District Fire Depart-ment & Rescue Squad, Valley Lee, MD Fund raising activity to support our local Fire De-partment and Rescue Squad For more information, please call For Application and Re-serve Space $10.00 Please contact Georgia Wheeler 301-994-1960 or Darlene Johnson 240-434-1095. Sponsored by the 2nd District VFD&RS Auxiliary.

GymnasticsUnique Sports Academy, 109D Post Office Rd, Waldorf, is

holding an Open House on Saturday, September 13th, in cel-ebration of National Gymnastics Day. Registrations for gym-nastics boys and girls recreational classes will be from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Please call 301-396-4934 for more info or visit www.uniquesportsacademy.com

Salsa Dance ClassSalsa Dance Level 1. Mon-

days, Sept. 8 - Oct. 27, 6 to 7 p.m. and 7 to 8 p.m., House of Dance, 25741-C Three Notch Road, Hollywood. From ener-

getic and passionate, to subtle and sensual, learn to dance the salsa in any social set-ting. This class is designed for those who have

never danced salsa or danced with a partner. All lev-els are welcomed. Sponsored by the College of Southern Maryland. Fee. 301-934-7652, 301-870-2309, 443-550-6199 or 240-725-5499, Ext. 7652 or email vickieg@csmd.edu.

Dining Out on a Diet: Choose Smart FoodsDining out at a restaurant

is a treat for many people in this country, while for others it has become a way of life. In a time-crunched society, res-taurant-prepared and com-mercially offered foods offer convenience for people who simply are not cooking at home. However, with larger portion sizes and a greater amount of sodium and fat, among other downsides, eat-ing out poses challenges for those watching their weight.

Consider these eye-open-ers regarding favorite foods at national restaurant chains and popular eateries:

* A restaurant-sized or-der of the Italian dish fet-tucini alfredo weighs in at 1,500 calories and 97 grams of fat. Almost half of the fat is saturated.

* A typical order of fried rice from a Chinese food take-out adds up to 1,480 calories.

* Choosing a Caesar Side Salad from Boston Market dishes up more calories than other seemingly diet-distas-terous sides on their menu, such as Old-Fashioned Potato Salad or Creamed Spinach.

* Contrary to popular be-lief, selecting a cheeseburger from McDonald’s is a bet-ter option than the Chicken McGrill. The burger has 330 calories versus the chicken sandwich’s 410.

* When dining out at chain steakhouses, you’ll want to pass on those bat-ter-dipped fried onion appe-tizers. Most rank in around 2,130 calories and 163 grams of fat. When choosing a cut of steak, opt for the filet mignon, which is the leanest.

* Shakes at the major-ity of the fast-food eateries,

including White Castle, Mc-Donalds, Burger King, and Hardees, to name a few, are typically 1,000 calories or more.

While it may seem it would be impossible to dine out and avoid destroying diet plans, there are techniques to consider that can keep you on track.

1. Make friends with broiled, boiled, or roasted

foods. These are some of the healthiest ways to have foods prepared if you’re calorie-conscious. Ask that oils be used sparingly if not removed completely. Simply dabbing meats that look like they may be a little bit more greasy than you would like with a napkin can also trim off a couple of unnecessary calories.

2. Fill up on the good stuff.

Get the Most Out of Your Next Backyard Bash

A staple of summer, outdoor parties become even more popular as summer begins to wind down and people want to make the most of the time they can spend outdoors basking in the sun.

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Ingredients

1/2-cup water1 pkg. (16 oz.) frozen whole green beans or frozen cut green beans1/2 cup KRAFT 2% Milk Shredded Reduced Fat Mozzarella Cheese1 medium tomato, seeded, chopped (about 1/2 cup)1/3 cup KRAFT FREE Italian Fat Free Dressing

Directions

1. BRING water to boil in medium saucepan. Add beans; cover and cook 6 min. or until ten-der. Drain.2. STIR in cheese, tomato and dressing. Serve warm.

Caesar PotatoesFrom kraftfoods.com

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1 env. GOOD SEASONS Caesar or Italian Salad Dressing & Recipe Mix1/4-cup vinegar1/4-cup oil1-1/2 lb. red potatoes, cut into 1-inch cubes1 medium onion, coarsely chopped1 medium red or green pepper, coarsely chopped

Directions

1. MIX salad dressing mix, vinegar and oil until well blended.2. POUR over remaining ingredients in large bowl; toss lightly. Spoon evenly onto large sheet of double layer heavy-duty foil; wrap up to form tightly sealed pouch.3. GRILL over medium coals 30 to 35 minutes

or until potatoes are tender, turning halfway through grilling time to prevent burning.

Creamy Pasta PrimaveraFrom kraftfoods.com

Ingredients

3 cups penne pasta, uncooked2 Tbsp. KRAFT Light Zesty Italian Reduced Fat Dressing1-1/2 lb. boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into 1-inch chunks2 zucchini, cut into chunks1-1/2 cups cut-up fresh asparagus (1-inch lengths)1 red pepper, chopped1-cup fat-free reduced-sodium chicken broth4 oz. (1/2 of 8-oz. pkg.) PHILADELPHIA Neufchatel Cheese, cubed1/4 cup KRAFT Grated Parmesan Cheese

Directions

1. COOK pasta as directed on package.2. MEANWHILE, heat dressing in large skillet on medium heat. Add chicken and veg-etables; cook 10 to 12 min. or until chicken is cooked through, stirring frequently. Add broth and Neufchatel cheese; cook 1 min. or until cheese is melted, stirring constantly. Add Par-mesan cheese; mix well.

3. DRAIN pasta; return to pot. Add chicken and vegetable mixture; toss lightly. Cook 1 min. or until heated through. (Sauce will thick-en upon standing.)

Spicy Tomato Cheese BreadFrom kraftfoods.com

Ingredients

1-1/2 cups KRAFT 2% Milk Shredded Re-duced Fat Sharp Cheddar Cheese4 slices OSCAR MAYER Turkey Bacon, cooked, crumbled1/2 tsp. ground red pepper2 cups chopped tomatoes1 loaf (16 oz.) French bread, cut into 20 slices

Directions

1. MIX cheese, turkey bacon and pepper.2. PLACE bread slices on baking sheet. Top evenly with tomatoes; sprinkle evenly with cheese mixture.3. BAKE at 350°F for 10 minutes or until cheese is melted.

Mexican Layered DipFrom kraftfoods.com

Ingredients

1 pkg. (8 oz.) PHILADELPHIA Neufchatel Cheese, softened1 Tbsp. TACO BELL® HOME ORIGI-NALS® Taco Seasoning Mix1 cup TACO BELL® HOME ORIGINALS® Thick ‘N Chunky Salsa1 cup drained canned black beans, rinsed4 green onions, chopped1 cup KRAFT 2% Milk Shredded Reduced Fat Cheddar Cheese1 cup shredded lettuce2 Tbsp. sliced black olives3 pkg. (13 oz. each) baked tortilla chips

Directions

1. BEAT Neufchatel cheese in medium bowl with electric mixer until creamy. Add season-ing mix; beat until well blended. Spread onto bottom of serving plate or 9-inch pie plate.

2. TOP with all remaining ingredients except chips; cover.3. REFRIGERATE at least 1 hour before serv-ing. Serve with the chips.

Marbled Chocolate TreatsFrom kraftfoods.com

Ingredients

8-1/2 HONEY MAID Honey Grahams, bro-ken in half (17 squares)6 squares BAKER’S Semi-Sweet Chocolate1/2-cup creamy peanut butter3 squares BAKER’S White Chocolate

Directions

1. LINE 13x9-inch pan with foil, with ends of foil extending over sides of pan. Arrange gra-hams on bottom of pan, cutting as needed to completely cover bottom of pan; set aside.2. MICROWAVE semi-sweet chocolate and peanut butter in medium microwaveable bowl on HIGH 1-1/2 to 2 min. or until chocolate is completely melted when stirred, stirring every 30 sec. Stir until well blended. Pour over graha-ms; spread with spatula to cover completely.3. REPEAT microwave-melting steps with the white chocolate. Drop spoonfuls of the white chocolate over chocolate-covered grahams. Immediately cut through the chocolate mix-tures with knife several times for tiger-stripe effect.4. REFRIGERATE at least 1 hour or until

firm. Use foil handles to remove dessert from pan. Peel off foil. Cut dessert into bars. Store in tightly covered container in refrigerator.

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cause sulfur is naturally oc-curring and thus adheres to organic guidelines.

However, Fletcher says that when sprayed, sulfur can kill all kinds of beneficial in-sects. Terlato does not spray with sulfur, but instead uses a targeted compound that works on mildew alone and doesn’t harm insects. It’s man-made, and two times more expen-sive than sulfur, but in the end, Fletcher believes it’s bet-ter for the environment.

Gourmet food is also go-ing green -- the right way. If we consider the environment when buying organic veggies and antibiotic-free chicken, it only makes sense to con-sider the environment when purchasing luxury items, like caviar. The Little Pearl, a Massachusetts-based caviar purveyor, developed a tech-

nology to farm fish on land in greenhouses.

By doing so, it alleviates the pressure on wild fisher-ies, reduces the amount of feed necessary to farm cav-iar, and helps protect endan-gered sturgeon in other parts of the world. When asked if sustainability means sacrific-ing quality, The Little Pearl’s founder and CEO, Richard Brauman, says quite the contrary.

“To me, fresh and sus-tainable caviar is more luxu-rious than traditional caviar because when a customer indulges in the exquisite ex-perience of eating it on blini with creme fraiche and cham-pagne, they no longer have to worry about health or the environment.”

Like Brauman, Joe Whin-ney, the CEO/founder of an

organic and fair trade-certi-fied gourmet chocolate com-pany called Theo Chocolate, believes social responsibility only enhances his product.

“There’s no luxury in products that harm many and harm the environment in or-der to satisfy an elite few,” he says. “Some cocoa farmers earn less than a dollar a day. How can you enjoy a three or four dollar bonbon knowing others are being harmed?”

All marketing termi-nology and scientific jargon aside, going green is really very simple. It’s about the environment. “Sustainable, organic or biodynamic, we all want to head to the same spot,” Fletcher says. “The objective is to leave the en-vironment in which we find ourselves in better condition than we found it.”

ematical Monthly, was about observing patterns of water waves and how they can be explained by mathematics. Socha said she is “thrilled to

join the prestigious list of Ford Award recipients.”

The Mathematical Asso-ciation of America is devoted to mathematics at an under-graduate level. It was created to “advance the mathemati-cal sciences, especially at the collegiate level.” Core mis-

sions include education, re-search, professional develop-ment, public policy, and pub-lic appreciation. The MAA has more than 100 national committees and 29 regional sections.

Quade - iPod & iTunes Card; Henson Amarles –iTunes Gift Card; Tysonia Gorrick –

iTunes Gift Card; Sean Biglin – Headphones; Katie Dowdle – Camera; and Nick Dowdle

– Audio Rocker. Lexington Park’s winners were: Kiley Beall – iPod; Jessica Gardiner – iTunes Gift Card; Gavin Ha-meed – Audio Chair; Casey Scheetz – Camera; and Kate-lyn Sinclair – Headphones.

Woman charged with disorderly conduct

On August 15, 2008 at 1:35 a.m. deputies responded to a report of a disturbance in the parking lot of Big Dogs Paradise in Mechanicsville. While investigating the dis-turbance Kristine Kirby, 32, of Waldorf was observed shout-ing profanities and acting in a disorderly manner. After giv-ing Kirby several warnings to stop her actions she continued and was subsequently placed under arrest by Deputy J. Graves. Kirby was charged with disorderly conduct, fail-ure to obey the lawful order of a police officer and hindering an investigation.

Man charged with being drunk and disorderly

On August 15, 2008 at 7:12 p.m. Sdfc. C. Safford re-sponded to the parking lot of the Wildwood Center for the report of a disorderly subject throwing clothing at vehicles. Investigation revealed Joseph L. Taylor, 61, of no fixed ad-dress was observed to be extremely intoxicated and throwing clothing at a passing vehicle.

Woman charged with theft of vehicle validation sticker

On August 13, 2008 at 7:30p.m. Sdfc. C. Safford responded to a report of a suspicious vehicle in Spring

Valley Apartments in Lex-ington Park. Investigation revealed Shawn L. Gantt, 32, of Lexington Park was alleg-edly in possession of a stolen motor vehicle registration validation sticker which was being displayed on her mo-tor vehicle. The validation sticker had been reported sto-len in Calvert County. While conducting the investigation Gantt began acting in a dis-orderly manner by shouting profanities and yelling in the parking lot. After being in-structed several times to stop she continued and was placed under arrest. Gantt was sub-sequently charged with theft, disorderly conduct and trans-ported to the detention cen-ter pending an appearance before the District Court Commissioner.

Domestic Assault

On August 14, 2008 at 1:45 a.m. Deputy T. Seyfried responded to a residence in Hollywood for the report of a domestic disturbance. Investigation revealed the victim and suspect were in-volved in a verbal alterca-tion at which time George R. Thornton, 61, of Hollywood allegedly pushed the victim down and struck her hand causing minor injuries to her hand. Thornton was placed under arrest without incident, charged with second-degree assault and transported to the detention center pending an appearance before the Dis-trict Court Commissioner.

Theft Over $500

On August 11, 2008 at

8:24 p.m. Sdfc. B. Connelly responded to the Ross de-partment store in Califor-nia for the report of a theft. Investigation revealed an

employee of the business, Donald R Millsaps III, 30, of Lexington Park, had al-legedly engaged in a theft scheme which resulted in the

theft of approximately $1300 from his employer over a two month period. Millsaps was placed under arrest, charged with theft over $500 and en-

gaging in a theft scheme over $500 and was incarcerated in the detention center pending an appearance before the Dis-trict Court Commissioner.

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Leonardtown will begin offering comput-er classes in September using wireless laptops in the meeting room. An Open House, sched-uled from 2 to 4 p.m. on Sept. 2, will kick off the classes. Customers can drop in and try out the laptops as well as find out about upcoming classes. In October the laptops will travel to Charlotte Hall so classes can be offered at that branch. The laptops were purchased through the Laptop Lab Grant funded by the Institute for Museum and Library Services through the Library Services and Technology Act.

Teens invited to TAG meeting “Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie” by Da-

vid Lubar will be discussed as part of the next TAG (Teen Advisory Group) meeting at Lex-ington Park on Sept. 2. The meeting will start at 4 p.m. Teens can meet other teens, play Wii and help plan teen library activities.

Library offers book discussionsDrop in for any of the following book

discussions: Michael Chabon’s book, “The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay” on August 21 at 7 p.m. at Leonardtown and Greg Mortenson’s book, “Three Cups of Tea” at Lexington Park on Sept. 8 at 6 p.m. Charlotte Hall will not have a discussion in September.

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Green has become glam-orous. From high fashion, to luxury travel, eco-friendly has become an entire life-style, especially among those with the cash to spend.

A recent study by Syno-vate, a marketing research company, found 73 percent of those surveyed with an in-come over $75,000 said they care about purchasing envi-ronmentally friendly prod-ucts. Of those, 92.5 percent said they would be more like-ly to purchase a luxury wine

if it used sustainable tech-niques in growing the grapes and crafting the wine.

One company taking note of that sentiment is Terlato Wine Group, owner of win-eries in Napa, Sonoma and Santa Barbara, Calif., includ-ing such labels as Chimney Rock, Rutherford Hill and Sanford. From growing the grapes, to crafting the wine, to creating a healthy envi-ronment for their workers, to using recycled shipping ma-terials, Terlato believes small

steps can add up to make a genuine difference.

In fact, Doug Fletcher, Terlato’s head winemaker, is interested in looking at the whole. “To me, sustainabil-ity means we should look at all the things that we do and how those things affect the eco-system.”

Fletcher warns against assuming organic or biody-namic mean more eco-friend-ly. He says many vineyards spray grapes with sulfur to protect against mildew be-

Gourmet Goes Green: Study Confirms Luxury Wanted With Good Conscience

Terlato Wine Group’s head winemaker Doug Fletcher oversees the growing process careful to integrate environ-mental stewardship into sustainable farming practices. Anthony Terlato, Terlato Wine Group chairman supports this dynamic approach to organic farming that allows access to modern advances.

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End Unit Townhouse. Conveniently located in Great Mills, MD minutes from NAS Pax River and Solomons Island. Out-side is a covered porch that includes the private entrance and a fenced-in backyard with updated landscaping. Inside are two large bedrooms (each with full bath), dine-in kitchen, living room with wood-burning fireplace and built-in bookcase, basement with cellar door to backyard and a one car garage with private driveway. Included are a brand-new 13-SEER heat pump, washer and dryer and kitchen appliances. $239,900 – (314) 985-0629 – ljeight3@hotmail.com.

3rd (top level) Wildewood Condo. 2 bedroom 1.5 bath with laundry room off of hall bathroom. New full sized stackable washer and dryer. New dishwasher. Apartment has been painted and carpets steam cleaned. Convenient to several local shopping centers and minutes from Pax River. This is a great starter home. Why pay rent when you can buy your own home! Moti-vated seller due to recent job relocation. $2,000 in closing help provided by seller. To schedule an appointment to see condo please call Bill at 804-445-5519 or email at wthenley4@hotmail.com. NOTE: Owner will consider renting property or a rent-to-buy option. Price: 169,000.

For sale by Owner--- Delightful corner lot colonial home located in Historic Leonardtown within walking distance of all services, stores, restaurants, pubs & hospital. This spacious home includes Master Suite with adjoining sit-ting room and walk in closet, 2 additional Bed-rooms plus a finished 20’ X 14’ bonus room, 2 1/2 baths, hardwood floor-ing throughout, gas fire-place, 2 car side loading garage, paved driveway, rear deck, detached stor-age barn and many more amenities. Just a 15 mile commute to PAX River Naval Base. Please call (301) 997-1035 to sched-ule your private viewing of this property. Price: $439,000.

Charming 3 Bedrooms and Den Rambler. 2 Bathrooms. Shed in back-yard. Close to shopping, schools, playground. Community swimming pool and tennis courts. Walking paths through-out community. Why rent when you can pur-chase. No real estate fees permitting you to own. Call to make an appoint-ment to see the home at your convenience. Price: $265,000. Call for more information, 301-843-7157.

Nice Updated Brick Townhome with large fenced yard, 1 mile from PAX, new carpet, all ap-pliances replaced. If in-terested, please call Beth at 301-904-4764 for more info. Price: $149,900.

Enjoy this peaceful quit setting of this home lo-cated in the Chesapeake Ranch Estates. This 3 bedroom/1 bath with washer and dryer home has a double lot with lots of room for a detached garage or shed. The house has water view in the fall/winter and is walking distance to Driftwood Beach. Please call or send me an email to view this home. 443-295-6563 (h) wendyrush70@yahoo.com. 443-624-9632 (c). Price: $195,500.

This home is situated on over 4 acres of level land in Hollywood. It features commercial grade stain-less steel appliances, gran-ite counter tops, custom cabinets, stone fireplace in kitchen, fireplace in 1st floor family room, dual staircase, two story octa-gon shaped room with an overlook in second floor, 4 large bedrooms, 3.5 baths, hardwood in most of first floor, audio wir-ing throughout the whole house including backyard and in 3 car side loading garage, approx. 650 sq. ft. children’s retreat on second floor. This home has way too many fea-tures to list. Call for more information or to view the home. Ask for Scott 301.904.0982! Owner is a licensed Agent. Price: $689,900.

MAJOR PRICE RE-DUCTION/ PRICED TO SELL! Spacious 4 bedroom 2 1/2 bath colo-nial in pristine condition. 2.5 acres on cul de sac, private backyard, Boliv-ian Rosewood hardwood floors, exceptionally large master suite, mas-ter bath has double sink, garden tub w/ ceramic tile surrounding and separate shower, 8ft deep front porch with ceiling fans, 12 x 24 Amish built shed with loft, walking dis-tance to St. Mary’s River State Park, SMECO power saver home. Call 301-904-2650. Price: $419,900.

Wonderful Waterfront on St Mary’s River. 100’ of riverfront with plenty of land to build your dream home. Quiet, se-rene and peaceful wih beautiful views. Ap-proved perc. Permit pre-viously obtained for 4BD custom home. Close to NAS Pax River and St Mary’s College. Priced below appraised value of $350K. Ready to build on. www.heronlane.com. Price: $339,000. Call 240-298-7303 fore more information.

For sale or rent by owner. Ready for immediate oc-cupancy. Home located in desirable dorchester neighborhood. Within walking distance of westlake school. Close to shopping, schools, and playgrounds. Perfect for first time homebuyers. No brokers. Owner and buyer will realize savings. Price recently reduced to $265,000. Also available for rent at $1450.00 Per month. Call Marie today for a showing of this won-derful find. If interested, please call 301-752-1273 for more information.

Fully furnished one bed-room apartment above professional office. Month to month lease ($900 per month) or annual ($800 per month) available. All utilities and high speed internet included. Call Jessie at 301-863-9920.

LARGE Basement Apartment. Private en-trance. Private setting, close to Dunkirk Center and 20 minutes from AAFB or the Beltway. Electric and basic cable included. Propane or fuel required for majority of heat. W/D References or proof of employment re-quired. No smoking, No pets. Apartment perfect for adult room-mates or a couple. Year lease. Se-curity deposit and first months rent due upon occupancy. Price: $1100. Call 301-351-6956.

Newly renovated ram-bler. Quite neighborhood. Freshly painted through-out, new appliances, new floors. Updated Kitchen. Water privileges. Patio with arbor. LR, DR, 3BR, 2Baths. New Heat Pump and Andersen windows so energy efficient. Min-utes from NAS back gate. City water and sewage. Connections for both CATV/Internet and DISH installed but will need to be activated. Con-nections for washer and dryer. Renter responsible for utilities. Credit check required. No pets, no Smoking. Price: $1300. Call 301-863-5883.

Spacious 2008 built 4 bedroom, 3.5 bath single family home available for rent in Wildewood. Just minutes from PAX/NAS. Two car garage with automatic garage openers. Hardwood floor on the entire first floor. Large open kitchen with granite countertops. Rear deck with woods facing and a walk-out basement. Washer & dryer conve-niently paced upstairs. Interested, please call 240-538-1082 or at 301-737-2924. Price: $2,350.

3BR/1BA, w/d, a/c, and deck. $1200/month Avail Immed. Call 443-295-6563 or email wen-dyrush70@yahoo.com. Price: $1200.

Single family home for rent on a month to month basis. Large back yard with a large shed. Walk-ing distance to water. Split level with basement. Very private street. You can call Dave at 443-956-2509. Price: $1200.

End Unit Townhouse for sale or rent by owner. Conveniently located in Great Mills, MD minutes from NAS Pax River and Solomons Island. Out-side is a covered porch that includes the private entrance and a fenced-in backyard with updated landscaping. Inside are two large bedrooms (each with full bath), dine-in kitchen, living room with wood-burning fireplace and built-in bookcase, basement with cellar door to backyard and a one car garage with private driveway. Included are a brand-new 13-SEER heat pump, washer and dryer and kitchen appli-ances. $239,900 / $1,600/mo – (314) 985-0629 – ljeight3@hotmail.com.

One Bedroom Apartment in Historic Leonardtown. This apartment is one of six located above retail space on Fenwick Street just off the Square in Leonardtown. Walk to St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Southern Maryland, Courthouse, a variety of restaurants, coffee shops, and unique shop-ping. Easy commute to Pax River and St. Mary’s College. Credit check required. Rent includes water, sewer and trash pickup. Price: $775. If interested, please call 301-475-8899.

LARGE 2BR Basement Apartment. Private en-trance. Private setting, close to Dunkirk Center and 20 minutes from AAFB or the Beltway. Electric and basic cable included. Propane or fuel required for majority of heat. W/D References or proof of employment re-quired. No smoking, No pets. Apartment perfect for adult room-mates or a couple. Year lease. Se-curity deposit and first months rent due upon occupancy. Price: $1100. Please call 301-351-6956.

Very cute shabby chic semi- basement apart-ment! The apartment has many architectural features such as a crown molding, fireplace mantle and glass front storage cabinet. The apartment has windows that bring in a lot of light. The apartment has a private entrance and has to be seen to be appreciated. All utilities are included in the rent. Looking for a professional single person that does not smoke or have pets. Please contact Jani at 301-475-1811 or email me at tomandjani@msn.com. Price: $1,000.

Lovely basement apart-ment in White Sands community. This com-pletely furnished apart-ment with it’s own en-trane comes with all utilities including cable, electric, long distance phone, laundry. Sorry, no smoking or pets. Call for more details. 410-586-9735. Price: $800.

Affordable 1 Bedroom Apartment for Rent. For an immediate response please call (vs e-mailing) Jimmy at (240) 538-8772. Less than one year old mobile home. Washer and dryer included. A one year lease a must. No pets and no section 8s. Price: $775.

STUDIO APARTMENT: Willows, Chesapeake Beach. Available imme-diately. Private Beach, Waterview, Fireplace, W/D, Full Kitchen, Pri-vate Entrance. $900.00 including utilities (except phone line). First month’s rent and security deposit required upfront. Call 410-535-1600 x2369 or 410-535-9373. Price: $900.

Recently remodeled room. Located in quiet neighborhood. Utili-ties included. Room is furnished with Full-size bed, linens, TV, Satel-lite, VCR/DVD Player, Phone. Will eventu-ally share main bathroom with another roommate. Non-smoker. Price: $650. Please call 301-884-8150.

Customer Service Rep-resentative . Fast pace propane company seeks energetic, organized pro-fessional for immediate opening. Requirements include: customer service experience, data entry skills, telephones, typing, and multi-tasking abili-ties.Please email resume along with references and salary requirements to karmstrong.taygas@hotmail.com or mail to 21541 Great Mills Road, Lexington Park, MD 20653.

La Plata law firm seeking full time Receptionist to work Monday through Friday, 8:30-5:00. Pri-mary duties include an-swering multi-line phone system, taking messages, greeting clients, and clos-ing files. Must be pro-fessional and courteous at all times. Experience preferred. Please for-ward resume and salary requirements to katie@muddmuddfitz.com or fax 301.934.8178.

Receptionists needed for our Prince Frederick and Leonardtown locations. This position is entry level and requires expe-rience with multi-line telephones, filing, data entry, scheduling, and knowledge of insurance processing. Candidate MUST be professional in attitude and appear-ance, punctual, respon-sible, team player, good work ethic, willing to go the extra mile and have a stable work history. Prince Frederick – Part-Time shifts to be filled are Monday through Thursday, 8:30 to 2:30 or 2:00 to 8:00, with an oc-casional Saturday and the availability to work both shifts, as needed. Leonar-dtown – Full-Time shift, Monday through Friday 8:30 – 5:00. Please email your resume to Perkins@center-for-children.org. Serious inquiries only, please.

Regional Home Builder seeking full time sales agent in St. Mary’s Coun-ty. Must be MD real es-tate licensed or eligible to activate a license quickly. Sales agent will work from builder’s sales cen-ter and will be assigned a community to list and sell. Must have excellent writ-ten and verbal communi-cation skills, professional appearance, positive at-titude, and outstanding customer service skills. Basic knowledge of real estate/real estate financ-ing is preferred. Posi-tion is commission-only. Please submit profes-sional resume with letter of interest to lindseycz-mano@yahoo.com.

Little Flower School located in Great Mills, Maryland, is seeking a PreK Paraprofessional/Aide to work with our four-year-old program. The candidate must be knowledgeable about the development of young children and willing and able to work under the direction of the class-room teacher. Previous experience is preferred.If interested, please send a cover letter and resume to: LFSOffice@adwschool.org.

American Dreams, Inc. is currently seeking expe-rienced, enthusiastic and hard working sales indi-viduals. Primary duties include presenting prod-uct features, designs and benefits to potential home buyers to capture new home sales. Successful candidates must possess strong organizational and communication skills be self-motivated and be able to work Saturdays. The company provides a com-petitive earning potential, in addition to an excel-lent benefits package. For consideration, please sub-mit resume with salary requirements to office@americandreamsinc.net or fax 301-274-0906.

St. Mary’s Lighting & Electrical Supply in Lex-ington Park, MD is look-ing for a full-time book-keeper. Duties include A/R, A/P, bank reconcili-ation, payroll processing, payroll taxes, adjusting journal entries, and work-ing knowledge of Micro-soft Office. Accounting background preferred. Please email resumes to dbridgwater@stmarys-lighting.com.

Excepting applications for experienced automo-tive mechanic,must have your own tools ,valied drivers lic, able to pass drug screening test. Ap-ply M-F 9am to 5pm at 21899 Budds Creek Rd Ste 109 Leonardtown, Md 20650 or call 301-997-1122. Salary based on experience, willing to train the right person that has an interest and the will to learn the trade. Some experience in this feild is a plus.

2006 Polaris Ranger 4X4. Only used around the house, low milage. If interested, please call Tommy at 240-298-2006. Price: $8700.

1997 GMC Yukon 1500. Needs Motor. Good Condition, Leather Inte-rior, Body in Good Con-dition, bought another vehicle. Price: $1500. If interested, please call 301-741-1879.

1989 Jeep wrangler. Jeep is a project almost done runs great and drives ,has had a fuel injected 4.0 motor swap. Body aside from some nicks or scrathes is in excelent shape. No rust any where.has slight damage on front of front fend-ers.new exhaust. Has hard half doors and soft top uppers and soft top frame.needs new canvas. Has 30/9.50 bfg tires in ok shape. Drivers seat has tears, no carpet. Needs little to finish would be great start for rock crawl-er or to finish as just for fun.no warrenties and sold as is. Price: $1400 obo. If interested please call 240-925-3018.

1993 Mazda 626. I have for sale a 1993 Mazda 626. It is a 5 speed, 4 cylinder. It has aprox. 186xxx miles on it. It does run, but needs a little bit of exterior work. It needs tires, and a paint job. the interior is in good shape, no tears or burns. The engine runs good, but it does burn a very small amount of oil due to the oil retaining ring on the pistons. the car smokes until it is at regular op-erating temperature, but only burns a small amount of oil, practically unnoticeable. Asking $650 firm. Please call if interested, 240-222-2592.

1999 Ford F250. DIE-SEL!! 138K Miles 7.3L --This truck is really nice. It has a 4” lift kit, 35” tires, and a 4” exhaust. It looks and runs GREAT! Price: $11,500 OBO. If interested, please call 240-691-2636.

1989 Chevrolet 2wd st. cab long bed. Good reli-able truck, runs strong, 350 motor, dual exhaust, new brake master cylin-der and booster. Has bed-liner and a kenwood cd player. Power windows, locks,steering, Abs. Two tone blue and black paint. Has damage two right front. Will include new hood and grille. If inter-ested, please call Dan @ 301-885-6435 or email me - naquindan@yahoo.com for pics. Price: $800.

1983 Honda CX650 Cus-tom. Good condition, runs well. Just rebuilt carbs. And new tires. $1500 OBO. 301-653-8038

1995 Harley David-son Road King, 53,000 miles, black and silver, great condition, ape han-gars, some custom parts, $8900. 240-298-4119.

Suzuki GSXR 600-SRAD. 99 with only 15K miles. Jet kit, GSXR lowering links, tinted windscreen, integrated blinkers, customer mir-rors, rear seat and cowl, wig wag lights, micron exhaust and more. Please call with an offer! Bumble bee colors. If interested please call Angie at 443-532-8976. Price: $3800 OBO.

2006 Harley Davidson Dyna Street Bob, 5,600 miles, extended warranty until Febuary 2013, Black Denim in color, 6 speed trans, fuel injected, fac-tory alarm, Harley high flow, Kuryakyn Silver Bullet halogen turn sig-nals, Joker Machine le-vers, Harley bicycle style grips, 1-1/4 diameter handle bars and risers. $11,500 or best offer. If interested, please call 410-586-0577.

1998 Suzuki Katana. Blue and black in color, custome exhaust, bike is lowered, comes with aftermarket blinkers and brake light, will give stock parts, for pics or other questions call Joey at 904-238-4994 or 240-925-5108. Price: $3500 OBO.

2004 Yamaha WARRIOR 350. Like new 2004 Red and White Yamaha War-rior 350. Call for details and pictures, 301-536-2331. Price: $2000.

This 2005 Yahama PW80 is great for beginners! The color of the bike is an iroc blue! My son rode it for one year and is now riding my bike. The bike is in very good condi-tion! Please email me for pictures. Please contact Mike Bailey between 7:30am-4:30pm at 240-298-6161 or after 6pm at 301-373-9731. Price: $800.

Before and After Shcool Care Needed. Perfect for college student between classes. We are looking for someone to come to our home in Hollywood Md to put our 7 year old son on the bus in the am and get him off the bus in the pm. Hours would be 7am-8:30am and 4pm-5:30pm. $100/week. Please email me at me-lissa@tristarmgt.com if interested.

I am a registered Child-care provider located off Chancellors Run Rd. I have an immediate open-ing for infants and tod-dlers. I am CPR, and First Aid certified. I provide breakfast, lunch, and 2 snacks per day. I am open Monday thru. Friday from 6:00am to 5:00pm. Also avalible on some week-ends. I am in the Carver school disrict and 5 min. from Pax River Base. I offer a learning curricu-lum including A,B,C and 1,2,3 and arts and crafts, also I have a huge indoor and outdoor play area with appropriate toys for all ages. Please if interest-ed feel free to call for an interview 301-737-4958.

Experiened responsible, individual to take care of your child in your home fulltime. Refer-ences are available. I live in counrty lakes perfer in the area or close by. 301-884-3316.

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6 piece outdoor patio furniture; glass top rect-angular table, approx. size 5x3 ft, seats 6; 6 gray metal chairs with cush-ions, dark/light gray; in good condition, matching umbrella. Price: $75 obo. Call 301-520-3622.

Recumbent bike for sale, good condition with no scratch. It possess two color Red and Black !! Ready to go for $700!! I just bought a new one. Email if interested, gti_travels @ yahoo.com.

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