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St. Mary’s County residents, tourists, dignitaries, and history buffs seemed happy and relaxed as they gazed out over the Lower Potomac, perched on a series of wobbly water taxis plowing towards St. Clements Island for Sunday’s festivities.

All were gathered to celebrate the opening of the newly recon-structed Blackistone Lighthouse.

There were many there who may not have anticipated this project actually being completed. It started with $5,000 and an idea to build a park bench or plant a tree to honor Josephine Mattingly’s grandmother, Josephine McWilliams Freeman, one of only a few women who were allowed to serve as lighthouse keep-ers in her day.

It took many years, but the project eventually blossomed into a complicated and ambitious $600,000 mission to reconstruct the beacon that once lit the waters for Mary-

Reconstructed Blackistone Lighthouse Opens To The Public

By Guy LeonardStaff Writer

Local law enforcement has suspected merchants of dealing in counterfeit goods at the Charlotte Hall Farmers Market and a clothing store in Lexington Park, so for the past two months they have sent in undercover officers to make controlled buys of the items, said the county’s top detective, in an effort to prove their case.

Lt. Rick Burris, commander of the St. Mary’s County Bureau of Criminal Investigations, said the raids at the two county locations turned up significant quantities of counterfeit items ranging from shirts, jeans and hats to music, movies and handbags.

“We started getting quite a few citizen complaints about counterfeit items being sold there,” Burris said of the Charlotte Hall Farmers Market. “We conducted an operation there several years ago.”

Raid Nets Suspected Counterfeit Goods, 20 Arrested


Detectives with the St. Mary’s County Bureau of Crimi-nal Investigations are searching for suspects in the death of a Lexington Park man who died possibly after being robbed at gunpoint in Leonardtown June 20.

Billy Gene Gurley, 75, who lived in the Town Creek area, told police who responded to the parking lot of the Dabbs Dental Building in Leonardtown that he was having chest pains shortly after being robbed by an assailant in a black hooded shirt, ac-cording to police reports.

Police describe the reported assailant as a male, but offer no other description. Lt. Rick Burris, commander of the investiga-tive unit, said detectives were unable to talk to Gurley before

Police Investigate Man’s Death After Alleged Robbery

See Lighthouse page A-5

See Raid page A-7

See Gurley Death page A-7

Andrea ShiellStaff Writer

Some call it Freedom Day, others call it Emancipation Day, but the catchier title, Juneteenth,

rang loudest on Saturday when St. Mary’s County residents came to celebrate the abolition of slavery with food, perfor-mances, and history. Among

Emancipation CelebrationResidents Gather for Fun and Reflection During 5th Annual Juneteenth Festival

See Celebration page A-6

The commander of the vice/narcotics unit of the St. Mary’s County Bureau of Criminal Investigations says that several home and property seizures are in the works in an effort to combat drug dealers and their local operations.

One such home is a suspected crack house on Colton’s Point Road in Avenue that was raided several weeks ago but, according to police has been a chronic problem spot in that community for nearly two decades.

“We’re in the process of filing on that home for seizure and forfeiture,” said Lt. Daniel Alioto, adding that the house could only be seized through court action. “We’re prepared to go to trial.”

Alioto said that the house most recently raided was just one example of attempts to take away the base of operations of suspected drug dealers through common nuisance laws; it’s a strategy that narcotics officers plan to use more, Alioto said.

“The way we’re policing narcotics has changed,” he said. “[Nuisances created by reputed drug houses] just can’t go on.

“If it’s worth something to them, it’s worth something to us and we’re taking it if we can. The days of them watch-ing their five plasma screen TVs thinking they’ve got it easy are over.”

Alioto said that one other drug house has been seized so far by the county, and one is already in the process.

There are two or three other properties that narcotics officers are also looking into for possible seizure, Alioto said.

Alioto said that State’s Attorney Richard Fritz has been “phenomenal” in supporting vice/narcotics efforts to seize properties they claim constitute a common nuisance.

Home, Property Seizures In Drug Cases May Become More Common

“He was well-liked. He was Number One.” – Tournament Organizer Teddy Stalling

Buddy Joy Tournament To Be Held This Weekend

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The St. Mary’s Board of County Commission-ers put to rest on Tuesday a piece of budgeting that has been many months in the making, approving the Board of Education’s proposed 2009 budget for public schools, to include $5,807,144 in non-re-curring costs, and $4.3 million in assistance from the county to help fund OPEB obligations. Of the county’s contribution, Chief Financial Officer Daniel Carney said, “we’re getting out in front of the problem…we’re way ahead of other people on this.”

It has been a long battle, but after 32 versions of the budget were systematically combed and re-vised, the final draft was approved at Tuesday’s meeting, putting the long process to bed until next year.

Commissioners Approve SMCPS2009Budget

After a year under construction, and many more years in planning, the historic reconstruction of Blackistone Lighthouse was opened to the public on Sunday.

Children ride a train at Saturday’s Juneteenth Festival.

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ByGuyLeonardStaffWriter

AsJuly1approachessodoesthestate-mandateddeadlineforoperatorsofvideobingo termi-nalstoshutdownthemachinesontheirpremises.

Whilethedeviceshavebeena source of controversy aboutpotential social ills that gam-blingbrings,somestillsaytheybrought a valuable source ofrevenuetothecounty’scharitiesandnon-profits.

Del. John Wood (D-Dist.29A) said, however, that thestate legislation that outlawedthem fromSt.Mary’swas fun-damentally unfair, since thesamekindofdeviceswere stillallowedtooperate,insomecas-esasmuchasayearbeyondJuly1, in Baltimore, Anne ArundelandCalvert counties aswell asBaltimoreCity.

“It’snotrightbutthat’scor-rect,” Wood said of the bill’sprovision, passed in the latestAnnapolis legislative session.“It wasn’t right that St. Mary’scouldn’t keep them [like oth-er jurisdictions]; what’s goodfor the goose is good for the

gander.”The gaming devices, which

resemble slot machines, werelast year deemed legal to op-erate here in St. Mary’s by theState’s Attorney’s office but inMarchanopinionfromthestateAttorney General’s office sug-gestedtheymightbeillegal.

St. Mary’s Sheriff Timo-thy Cameron had the machinesshut down after a local inves-tigation in March but a Mayruling by Circuit Court JudgeKarenAbramsstated thatsincethemachines had a set numberof victories in them, and not arandomnumbergenerator, theywere games of chance but notslot machines and therefore le-galtooperate.

Thelawsuittoallowthema-chinestobeturnedbackonwasbroughtbyBobSorrells,ownerof Fred’s Liquors in CharlotteHallandseveralnonprofitsthatbenefited from the machines’operationathisstore.

Local law enforcement sawproblemswithhowtheproceedsfrom the machines were beinghandled, however, and chaffedat the amount of profit beingmade by the store owners and

machinevendorswhileaseem-ingly small percentage wasgivenovertothenonprofitsandcharities.

Still, Wood said, the gam-ingmachineswereavitalfund-raisingtoolforthecharitiesandnonprofits, who often struggleformoney.

“They were doing a lot ofgood for the charitable organi-zations and non-profits and thesmalloperators,”Woodsaid.

Billy Hill, owner of St.Mary’s Landing restaurant inCharlotte Hall said that whilethemachineswereturnedoffhelostatleast$60,000inrentrev-enuefromtheiroperations.

“It’s come up [revenue] tojust about where it was,” Hillsaidnowthatthemachineshavebeen on for about two months.“Thecharitiesaremakinggoodmoney and I’ll be sad to seethem[gamblingdevices]go.

“OncetherevenuestopsI’llhave to let fiveorsevenpeoplego.”

Byeliminatingthegamblingmachines here, Wood said, lo-calcharitiesandevenparochialschoolswere in danger of seri-ousfundingcutsiftheslotsref-

erendum is not successful thisNovember.

He said the chances of get-ting laws passed to bring themachines back if the referen-dumfailswere“veryslim.”

“It’s going to have a tre-mendous affect,” Woods saidof the success or failure of theslotsmeasure.“There’salotrid-ingonthatbillpassing like thestate’sbudgetsituation.

“Once the revenue [fromlocal gambling devices] goesthey’ll be struggling; if slotsfailsthennon-profitsandchari-ties will also get cuts in statefunding.”

Thegamingdevicesallowedhere were heavily opposed bySen.RoyP.Dyson(D-Dist.29)andSenatePresidentThomasV.“Mike” Miller (D-ChesapeakeBeach).

Millerwas criticized by lo-cal store owners and gamblingmachine operators for wantingtoeliminatecompetitionforanyincoming slot machines whilepushingabillthatallowedpolit-icalallieswhohadhadthegam-ing machines for years to keeptheirsalittlewhilelonger.

One was the owner of the

RodN’Reelrestaurantandmay-orofChesapeakeBeachGeraldDonovan.

“If it’s OK to keep his itshould be OK to keep ours,”WoodtoldTheCountyTimes.

Del. John Bohanan (D-Dist.29B)saidthatitwasproperto allow jurisdictions that hadthe machines “for years andyears” todisposeof themmoreslowly.

“I think that’s fair to allowthem a longer time,” Bohanansaid.“There’snosmoothwayoftransitioning away from thesethings when people have beenmaking lots of money fromthem.”

WoodsaidAbrams’decisionto allow the machines here tobereactivatedhadadividedre-sponse in the local Democraticparty,buthebelievedshemadetherightdecision.

“Therewere a lotofpeoplewhowerepleased,”Wood said.“Some people thought it was aslapinthefacetoMikeMiller…butIdon’tthinkso.”

ByGuyLeonardStaffWriter

Officials at St. Mary’s College of Mary-landsaytheever-increasingpopularityoftheRiverConcertseries,nowgoingonits10thsea-son, isbringingan increasingarrayofprob-lemswithit.

Its current location on the Town HouseGreen,saysCharles“Chip”Jackson,associatevicepresidentofPlanningandFacilities,istoosmallforgrowingcrowdsandnotsafewhenitcomestostormyweatherconditions.

Also, it is impossible for the college tobuildanamphitheateronthecurrentsitesinceit would intrude into the buffer of the criti-calarealandsthataredesignedtoprotecttheChesapeakeBay.

Sotheanswer,atleastasaproposalright

now,istobuildamorepermanentstructureonapieceof landcloser inside thecampusandfartherawayfromtheriver,JacksontoldTheCountyTimes.

“We’vehadtocancelanumberofconcerts[inpreviousseasons]justasthey’regettinggo-ing,” Jackson said Monday. “When a stormcomesupthere’snoplaceforpeopletogotogetshelter.”

The newly proposed site would be on a“quad” bounded by Montgomery, SchaefferandGlendeninghallsandthecollege’sathleticcenter.

“The proposed site provides a large vol-umeof spaceduring a storm,” Jackson said,adding that moving the river concert awayfromthewatermeansthatitcouldlosesomeofitsappeal.

Somecommunityresidentscalleditapo-

tentiallossofthe“wowfactor”duringaJune19meetingat thecollegeof anewly formedcommitteetodiscussnewbuildingprojectsinandaroundthecampus.

“Weacknowledgewe’lllosemuchofthat,”JacksontoldTheCountyTimes.“Whentheyhearabouttheproposal,peoplesometimesask‘whywouldyouevermoveit?’”

Butthesafetyandspaceconcernstrumpedthe aesthetically pleasing current site of thepopulareventwhichtakesplaceeachsummer.

The River Concert series is paid for bydonations from the business community andprivate citizens and is free of charge to thegeneralpublic.

“TheRiverConcertseriesisasmuchaboutthecommunityasitisaboutthecollege,”saidSalvatoreMeringolo,vicepresidentfordevel-opment in the college’s Office of Development.

“Everyone has a stake in keeping the RiverConcert afloat.”

Meringolo said the college currently has$875,000 in construction money from thecountyandstate.Thetotalcostoftheprojectwouldabout$2million,hesaid.

“We’reataboutthemidpointofthefundraisingcycle,”Meringolosaid.

Architects with the firm Martinez & JohnsonArchictects,basedintheDistrict,arecurrently working feasibility studies for theproject.

No firm plans have been adopted as to howtheproposedamphitheaterandsurround-inggroundswouldbesetup.

“It’sanideathatneedstobetested,”Jack-sonsaid.“Therearenooptionsoffthetable.”

TheRiverConcertseriesstartedJune13andwillrunthroughJuly25withcontempo-rarymusiciansplayingbothclassicalandmod-ernmusicalpieces.

Jackson estimated that crowds of about3,000to5,000peopleattenddependingontheconcertwithasmanyas25vendorssettingupaspartoftheevent.

CollegePlanningAmphitheaterNew Site For River Concert

AndreaShiellStaffWriter

OnThursdayafternoonanun-likely group of senior citizens filed intoMontgomeryHallatSt.Mary’sCollegeofMarylandandbegan tosing,launchingstraightfromwarm-ups into a clever operatic spoofcalledOperaTerrora.

As the participants croonedfalsettosechoingahybridofBizet,Wagner,andMozart’sgreatestop-eras,musicaldirectorJeanneKellylaughed and smiled, leading thegroupwithpatienceandgusto,sing-ing along in a confident soprano.

ThisrehearsalispartofKelly’sprogram,EncoreCreativity,whichshehasrecentlybroughttoSouthernMarylandintheformofaSummerChorale Camp for Seniors; offer-ingmusicalandartistic trainingtoseniorcitizensfromMarylandandpartsoftheD.C.metropolitanarea.

Participants met at the collegefromJune17toJune21torehearseandputonaseriesoffreeconcerts,performing songs from Guys andDolls and spirituals in addition totheiroperaticspoofs.

“Itwasfoundedtoprovideolderadultsofanytalenttheopportunityto study under a professional art-ist,”KellyexplainedbeforeThurs-day’s rehearsal. “I just thought St.Mary’sCollegewastheperfectset-ting for this…and they were very

keenon theconceptofolder adulteducation.”

Thisconceptofartisticeduca-tionservesaspowerfultherapyforKelly’sparticipants,anditallstartedin2001whenshewasaskedtopar-ticipateinathree-yearstudyofcre-ativityandageingfundedbytheNationalEndowmentforthe Arts and George Wash-ington University. Workingwith several groupsofolderadults in Washington, D.C.,Brooklyn,N.Y.andSanFran-cisco, Calif., Kelly workedwith three “chorale groups”comprised of senior citizensparticipating in some formofcreativemusicalstudy,and120“couchpotatoes,”controlgroups engaged in no suchtraining.

Theresultsof thestudy,published inApril 2006, re-inforcedwhateducatorsandtherapists have been sayingfor years; that creative ac-tivitiescanmakeolderadultshealthier, more active, andpossibly increase their lifespans.

“They had much lessdepression, higher morale,fewer falls, took less medi-cation,andtheyhadmoreofasenseofcommand.”Kellysaid. “They felt as thoughthey were really doing

something.”After spearheading the study,

Kelly decided to make older adulteducation her lifelong work, andfoundedEncoreCreativitylastyeartoprovideclassesandputoncon-certswithherstudents,whorange

fromages65to103,andhaveava-rietyofmusicalbackgrounds.

“Some have sung their wholelives,” Kelly said. “Some stoppedsinging after they left high schoolorcollegeandarejustnowcomingback…butthey’reallsoenthusiasticaboutit.”

All their diligent practice cul-minated in the final show Saturday nightatSt.Mary’sCollege,butthisis just the beginning according toKelly, who is currently workingto expand the program to includesimilarcampsandclassesfordanceand painting. Currently, her cho-

raleprogramboastssixgroupsand190singers,170ofwhomperformatseveralshowseachyear, includ-ingaconcertattheKennedyCenterwhereall170singerstakethestagetoperformatonce.

Itwaseasytospottheenthusi-asmonherstudents’ facesas theyscanned their sheet music and lis-tenedtothenoteswaftingfromthebaby grand piano up front. CraigMessersmith from Arlington, Va.smiledandnoddedtohiswifeJaneasheexclaimed,“Thisprogram isa lotof fun. It’s justgreat tobeapartofit.”

NewArtProgramForSeniorsBroughtToSt.Mary’sCollege

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Choir Director Jeanne Kelly lead a group of senior citizens in rehearsals for their concert, which was held at St. Mary’s College on Saturday.

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To The Editor:

“EPluribusUnum”Out;“VeroPossumus”In

DumptheDems

When you learned it was your Democrat partythatfavoredunfetteredaccesstothetak-ingofthelivesofunwantedbabies,thosesafelytuckedawayintheirmother’swombawaitingGod Almighty’s predetermined time of their birth,someofyousaid“well,I’mpersonallynot in favor of abortion but it’s themother’sright to do whatever she wants.” Perhaps it doesn’t affect you personally, or so you think.

When you recently learned that your Democrat party is ardently seeking ways to legalize homosexual marriage all across thiscountry,whetheroutright,orthroughsubtlety,some of you said, “well, how does that hurtme–whatpeopledo in theirprivate lives istheir business.” Perhaps it doesn’t’ affect you, personally, or so you think. Besides, you may maintained, who cares what the Holy Bible says,what,withitsarchaicteachingsonmar-riageasbeingbeforeGodandbetweenamanand a woman.

Now,you’vejustlearnedthat,again,yourDemocrat party stands for something else, that being the outright denying American busi-nessesof theopportunity toextractoil from

the grounds and waters of our own country. This time, however, with $4.00 plus per gallon gasbeingshoveddownyourthroatyouarebe-ing affected, personally, no thinking required. With your once disposable income now almost nil your freedomofmobility and customaryspending have become seriously curtailed. Youareforcedtocutdownonthisandcutoutonthatandyourfamilyisnonethebetterforit. Consequently, small business owners are vacillatingbetweenaddingafuelsurchargetoyourbill,layingoffworkersorclosingupandlarge businesses are filing Chapter 7/11.

Our beloved American is in Peril. We’re introublespiritually,andnow,economichem-orrhagingisenhancingtheawfulsupernaturalatmospheric occurrences affecting this nation. Nevertheless,manyofyouremaincontentthatyour Democrat party controls the House and Senatealongwithmanystatehousesandlocalgovernments. Should your liberal party stay in power and acquire the presidency, you ain’t seen nothing yet.

Chester M. Seaborn, Jr.Mechanicsville,Md

ThankYou

On behalf of the American Cancer Soci-ety and the Relay For Life Planning Commit-tee, we wish to thank the people of St. Mary’s County for making this year’s 11thannualRe-lay For Life a record-breaking success! With the help of our 81 teams, committee members, andseveralgenerousdonorsandsponsors,wehave raised over $210,412.00 thus far. It is yet anotherexampleofgreatgenerosityandcom-mitment of the St. Mary’s County citizens to the fight against cancer.

First, we would like to thank OutbackSteakhouse, Cheeseburger in Paradise, Im-maculate Conception Church, the Knights of Columbus, Bear Creek Open Pit BBQ, Cakes by Maureen, David’s Flowers, Towne Florist, and Kenny’s Flowers for their generous sup-port of our Cancer Survivors’ Reception. We greatly appreciate their flexibility and patience whenwesuddenlyhadalast-minuteincreaseofpeople andnotnearly enough food to ac-commodate them! Thank you for helping out. Itwasawonderfuleveningofcelebrationforour 130 guests.

Next,wemustthankoursponsors:South-ern Maryland Oil, Dash In Stores, Navy Fed-eral Credit Union, and SMECO for their gra-cious financial support.

Finally,weowemanythankstoourdonorsof materials, electronics, and muscle. Those include the Leonardtown Volunteer RescueSquad for keeping an eye on us during the very high heat; Mr. Alf Haaversen, Bear Cub Enter-tainment, for his great DJ services; Girl Scout Troop 2418 and Ms. Cheryl Billiter for their assistance at the Cancer Survivors’ Reception and at the event; Ruby Tuesday, Panera, WaWa, McKays, Giant, and WalMart for donations of food; Best Buy and Karen Schroeder for pro-viding electronics; Jill Davis State Farm for providing pedometers to the teams; Lowe’sHome Improvement Warehouse for plywood

and sand;TrueValueHardwareofLeonard-town for sand; and PartyLite of Maryland and Ginny Maurer for candles.

Thanksalsogotoourmanydancers,sing-ers,entertainers,guestspeakers,aswellasourgreatdoorprizedonorsforhelpingmakethenight so enjoyable.

With help like this, the American Cancer Societycancontinuetoworktowarditsgoalofeliminating cancer as a major health problem. FundsraisedateventslikeRelayForLifeareusedtoprovide:§Patient services such as rides to treat-

ment,one-on-onesupport,campforkidswithcancer, and free housing at theHopeLodgefor patients who would otherwise have totravel long distances to Baltimore facilities for treatment.§Lifesavingcancerresearch§Information and guidance to cancer

patients and their families – 24 hours a day/7 days a week (1-800-ACS-2345 or www.cancer.org ).§Advocacy efforts to ensure things like

patient’srightsandinsurancecoverageofearlydetection tests.

We want to thank EVERYONE who helped in this volunteer-driven communityeventandweapologizeinadvancetoanyonewho we inadvertently left out. All partici-pants are playing an important role in the fight against cancer. Because of Community Lead-ers like these….Lives are changed….Lives are saved.

Sincerely,

SueLyddon-Hayes2007-2008 Event Chair Abigail Seamans 2008-2009 Event Chair Relay For Life, St. Mary’s County

Leonardtown, MD

Dear Editor:

Herearesomeinterestingfactsconcern-ing costs we in the United States incur to payforwhatsomesayisahumaneeffort…others call it an amnesty program. Here are someof thosecosts toeachofuswhopayFederal and state taxes. Is it really logical to consider it a bargain to use our dollarsfor those who ‘take jobs no “American” will stoop to do’? Some would save ourdollars by cutting off funding of our waragainstthosewhowouldlovetorepeatthe911 massacres—the cost of fighting Glob-al War On Terror(ists) (GWOT). One side of our people emotionally shout, “Bush lied, people died!” and demand total and quick withdrawal from Iraq. Others say the real GWOT should be concentrated in Afghanistan. (What about Iran, Lebanon, East Africa, Indonesia, the Philippines, and withinIsrael,nottomentionthosecheeringandsupportingonthesidelines…Venezuela,Saudi Arabia, China and others?) Aren’t we stillatargetofthosewhowouldlieinwaitwho have penetrated our southern border,andsomewhattoalesserdegree,ournorth-ernborder, too? That said toenergizeourgraymatter…dosomeofyoustillthinkthewar in Iraq is costing us too much? Here is our fact-finder’s input: “We have been ham-mered with the propaganda that it is the Iraq warandthewaronterrorthatisbankruptingus…RIDICULOUS. The following 14 rea-sonsareforwardedoverandoveragainuntiltheyarereadsomanytimesthatthereadergets sick of reading them. Included are the URL’s for verification of all the following facts: 1. $11 Billion to $22 billion is spent on welfare to illegal aliens each year bystate governments. Verify at: http://tinyurl.com/zob77 2. $2.2 Billion dollars a year isspentonfoodassistanceprogramssuchasfood stamps, WIC, and free school lunches for illegal aliens. Verify at: http://www.cis.org/articles/2004/fiscalexec.html 3. $2.5 Billion dollars a year is spent on Medicaid for illegal aliens. Verify at: http://www.cis.org/articles/2004/fiscalexec.html 4. $12 Billion dollars a year is spent on primary and secondary school education for chil-dren here illegally and they cannot speaka word of English. Verify at: http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/107231.html5. $17 Billion dollars a year is spent for education for the American-born children of illegal aliens, known as anchor babies. Ver-ify at http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRAN-SCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html 6. $3 Million Dollars a DAY is spent to incarcerate illegal aliens in our Federal prisons. Veri-

fy at: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRAN-SCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html 7. 30% percent of all Federal Prison inmates are illegal aliens. Verify at: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html 8. $90 Billion Dollars a year is spentonillegalaliensforwelfaresocialser-vices by the American taxpayers. Verify at: http://oregonmag.com/ERFDWhatCost-sWhat408.html Note multiple sources sitethis statistic from CNN but they conve-niently have now removed it 9. $200 Bil-lion Dollars a year in suppressed American wages are caused by the illegal aliens. Ver-ify at: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRAN-SCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html 10. The illegal aliens in the United States have a crimeratethat’s2½timesthatofwhitenon-illegal aliens. In particular, their children aregoing tomakeahugeadditionalcrimeproblem in the US. Verify at: http://tran-scripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0606/12/ldt.01.html 11. During the year of 2005 there were 4 to 10 MILLION illegal aliens that crossed our Southern Border also, as many as 19,500 illegal aliens from Terrorist Countries. Millions of pounds of drugs, co-caine,methamphetamine,heroinandmari-juana, crossed into the U. S from the South-ern border. Verify at: Homeland Security Report: http://www.house.gov/mccaul/pdf/Investigaions-Border-Report.pdf 12. The National Policy Institute, “estimated that thetotalcostofmassdeportationwouldbebetween $206 and $230 billion or an aver-age cost of between $41 and $46 billion an-nually over a five year period.” Verify at: http://www.nationalpolicyinstitute.org/pdf/deportation.pdfNote:Youwillhavetoreg-ister to receive this data but it only requires an email address 13. In 2006 illegal aliens sent home $45 BILLION in remittances back to their countries of origin. Verify at: http://www.rense.com/general75/niht.htm 14. The Dark Side of Illegal Immigra-tion: Nearly One Million Sex Crimes Com-mitted by Illegal Immigrants In The United States. Verify at: http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=50441 Thetotal cost is a whopping $ 338.3 BILLION DOLLARS A YEAR. Does this bother you at all? If not, or you are a “Blame America First” liberal, continue to believe the lies you are told about what is REALLY costing the American people!”

LarryLutzLexington Park, Md

Remember the phraseused in the 1992 Presidential Campaign by the Bill Clinton campaign: “it’s the economy,stupid”? The phrase originated from a sign that former Clinton campaign strategist James Car-ville posted at Clinton Head-quarters in Little Rock. Car-ville wanted to keep the cam-paignfocusedonacentralissueto defeat then President George H. W. Bush.

Having had much successintheareaofforeignpolicy,in-cluding the ending of the Cold War and his success with the Persian Gulf War, Bush was considered by many to be un-beatable in his effort to win asecond term as President.

The Clinton campaign wisely understood that Ameri-cansweremoreconcernedaboutraisingtheirownfamilies,theirjobs,and thecostof living thelifestyle theyhadgrowntoex-pectthantheywereaboutprob-

lems in the rest of the world.Bill Clinton was able to win

the 1992 Presidential election byfocusingondomesticpolicy,while Bush continued to rely on thefactthattheworldisadan-gerous place and believed hisobvious superiority in foreignaffairs would carry the day. He was wrong.

The upcoming 2008 Presi-dential election may well fea-tureasimilarstrategybetweenthe two presumptive candidates. With Americans struggling to make ends meet in a weaken-ing economy, Barrack Obama’s campaignstrategistswilllikelyfollow the lessons of the Clinton campaign. Look for Obama’s message to be solely focusedontheeconomyastheelectiondraws near.

But American’s should not forgetthecurrentmessageoftheObamacampaign,thetruemes-sage of the Obama campaign,the message of “change”.

It is important thatweun-derstand what kind of changeObama envisions for the United States. With the state of the na-tion today, many American’s maywellbelievechangeisnec-essary,butmostwouldprobablyhavemanydifferentideasaboutwhat kind of change is good. It arouseshopeinawearynationto offer “change”, but funda-mentallywhatkindofchangeishereallyenvisioning?

Last week in Chicago while speaking to a group ofDemocratic governors, Obama displayed in Presidential fash-ion his changed version of thePresidential Seal. The changes Obama introduced in his ver-sion of the Presidential Seal can give the American public insightintosomeofthechang-es he envisions as our nationsPresident.

The Seal of the President, which resembles the Seal ofAmerica, has been used since

1880. Through generations of changes in the White House, the Presidential Seal has represent-edaconsistencyinmessagethatAmericans and the world could depend upon from America and it’s Commander in Chief.

The Seal features theAmerican bald eagle clutching anolivebranchinonefootwith13 olives and 13 leaves symbol-izing the original 13 colonies that formed a nation of peace. Intheotherfoot,thebaldeagleis clutching 13 arrows to sym-bolize the acceptance of theneedtogotowartoprotectthecountry. The last change made to the Seal was in 1945 when President Harry Truman had the eaglechangedtofacetheright,thesidewiththeolivebranches,favoring peace.

The Seal also features thebald eagle holding a ribbonin its beak: the ribbon has themotto of the United States, “E Pluribus Unum”, meaning “Out

of many, one”. Here is where Obama offers America change by replacing the motto with“Vero Possumus” which means, “Truly, we can”.

Thischangehasit’srootsintheconcept longheldbymanymulticulturalists who have op-posed the concept that America ismadeupofpeoplefrommanycultures who came to America willing to set aside their cul-tural ancestry in favor of oneAmerica, indivisible. They do not believe that America should besomuch“TheGreatMeltingPot” as it should resemble more a great smorgasbord. Nations ofIslamleaderLouisFarrakhanhas often criticized “E Pluribus Unum” as not reflecting Ameri-ca’s many cultures.

Remember when Mary-land’s former Governor, thenMaryland’s Comptroller, Wil-liam Donald Shaffer com-plained that the servicepersonatthefastfoodrestaurantwhere

he was having difficulty order-ing a sandwich should be re-quired to speak English? That concepthasnoplaceinObama’sAmerica.

It should come as no sur-prisetoanyonepayingattentiontoObama’s past that hewouldset aside America’s culture in favor of world culture.

The official Presidential Sealalsofeaturesashieldoverthe breast of the eagle, whichsymbolizes the President’s oath to defend the Constitution of the United States. Obama’s versionofchangereplaces thatshieldwithalargeOrepresent-ingObamahimselfwitharisingsuninserted,representinghim-self as a symbol of a new sunrising over America.

Change sounds good, and someare,butsomemaynotbeso good, you get to decide.


land’s first settlers from St. Clements Island. “A couple of years ago…a lot of us

said it was just a lot of talk, it would never happen,” said Del. John Wood as he gazed

up at the tower overlooking the landscape, smiling. “We’ve got something here that we’re very proud of.”

“This is a great place,” exclaimed Sen. Roy Dyson at the ceremony. “This is where Maryland was founded...this was the GPS system of its time.”

Indeed, history tells us the first settlers in Maryland came to St. Clements Island in 1634, having veered off course hoping to avoid Piscataway native warriors who were waiting along the banks of the Chesa-peake for the settlers to land. From there, the island became a part of the Blackistone family, who set up residence and used the property as a dowry for their daughter in her marriage to Mr. Nehemiah Blackistone in 1669.

The lighthouse was constructed in 1851 for $5,537, and stayed in use until 1932, when sophisticated land transpor-tation made the lighthouse obsolete, and it was decommissioned by the federal government.

The lighthouse stood until it was de-stroyed by a fire in 1956. Since then, ero-sion has dwindled the island from its origi-nal 400 acres to about 40 acres today, and the reconstruction had to be placed further inland, but except for a few minor chang-es, the building was constructed using the original drawings and plans of John Do-nahoo, who had built the first one more than 150 years ago.

It includes 18-inch thick walls, mahog-any casements under the windows, a living area, bedrooms, a storage floor, and four fully functioning fireplaces.

“We won’t be able to have an actual lighthouse light, because the federal gov-ernment commissions those, but we prob-

ably will have a safety light so people can have an idea of what it looked like,” said volunteer Mary B. Cheseldine.

Those looking closely may even notice the 30-star flag flying over the field behind the lighthouse, reflecting the state of the union at the time the original lighthouse was constructed.

Among the dignitaries pres-ent were the St. Mary’s Board of County Commissioners; Mary-land State Sen. Thomas “Mike” Miller; St. Clements Hundred President Dick Gass; former Maryland Governor Marvin Mandel and school Superinten-dent Michael Martirano, who said he would be pushing for field trips to the site when reservations could be scheduled.

Many were simply happy to enjoy their walks up to the top of the lighthouse tower, despite the broiling heat at the top level.

“It’s so nice to see it done,” said visi-tor Jerry Goodwin from Lexington Park as he looked out from the top of the tower. “I came kayaking here last year and this was just a shell. It’s amazing they got it done so fast.”

The speediness of the project once it got past the planning stages was due to the contributions of local contractors, who agreed to work on the project either at cost or for free.

“I’m just sorry I couldn’t donate my own time for the construction,” said St. Clements resident Bill Fisher, a member of the St. Clements Hundred. “But it’s beautiful.”

The formal ceremony was kept short due to storm warnings, but blessings abounded, recalling more of the island’s history with an echo to the country’s first Catholic mass being said at the site.

“The lighthouse needs a human touch” said Reverend Kathleen Price from All Saints Episcopal Church when talking about the St. Clements Hundred and the Blackistone Foundation’s volunteers.

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With the promise of thunder on the horizon, it seemed fitting that she would mention, “if there were no storms, there would be no need for a lighthouse. If there were no lighthouses, these storms would most likely end in tragedy.”

Joe St. Clair, President of the Black-istone Lighthouse Foundation, said all

funds that had been pooled but not used in the new site’s construction would go to maintain the lighthouse for generations to come.

“You need to know your history,” he said. “You need to pass it on to your chil-dren, and their children. That’s what keeps the light lit.”


Developers are working to reinvigorate a mixed use proj-ect slated for construction near the intersection of Route 235 and Route 4 but the St. Mary’s County Planning Commission decided Monday night to hold off approving the conceptual plan for Oak Crest Center.

The project would redevel-op land currently used by a con-crete mixing plant.

The project has languished

as a planned unit development for nearly two decades now because of various changes in ownership of the land and in-ability to get certain approvals from the county’s Department of Land Use and Growth Man-agement (LUGM).

Monday night, though, staff from LUGM gave their recom-mendation for approval to the commissioners.

Commissioners decided to table the plan because they want-ed more up-to-date information on traffic impacts from the State

Highway Administration.The traffic impact study

currently being used by the de-veloper, according to discus-sion at the regular commission meeting, to guide their planned improvements to that section of Route 235 was about four years old.

The proposed Oak Crest Center project would be built out on just under 140 acres of land, which according to LUGM reports, would translate into about 902,000 square feet of re-tail, dining and office space.

The planned unit develop-ment received approval back in August of 1990.

“Not one cinder block has been raised above ground level in 17 years,” said commission member Shelby Guazzo, later adding her trepidation about the level of traffic the new develop-ment would bring to Route 235.

“I want to see the concept for updated traffic improve-ments, if this letter [from the State Highway Administration detailing traffic impacts] comes from 2005 then the study was

done in 2004.”Guazzo said that traffic

use on Route 235 has increased dramatically in just four years alone.

Though some commission-ers wanted the owner of the land, St. John Properties, repre-sented by development director Ramon Benitez, to come back with assurances from the state that road improvements would be adequate, Benitez requested a decision.

He argued that since the plan was in the concept stage those details could still be worked out after the initial approval.

“It may be comforting and informative,” Benitez said. “But it really doesn’t move things along.”

Delays proved expensive in keeping the development pro-cess going, Benitez said.

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Boats and water taxis on the lower Potomac River near St. Clements Island.

The original Blackistone Lighthouse was built in 1851 and stayed in use until 1932. This reconstruction was done from the original drawings by local contractors, either working for free or at a reduced cost.

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political organizations, historians,and artisans. All culminated ina colorful, relaxed holiday spicedwithcommunityactivism.

Event director Elmer Browncircledtheboothsforsomeofthattime,butmaintainedhisseatnearthecenterofTulagiPlaceinLex-ingtonParkformuchoftheafter-noon, answering questions abouttheholiday.

Traditionally celebrated onJune 19, the holiday commemo-

ratestheabolitionofslaveryinTex-as.ThoughLincoln’sproclamationhadbeenissuedonSeptember22,1862(withaneffectivedateofJan-uary1st,1863)thenewsdidnotim-mediatelyreachcertainpartsofthe

countryunderconfederatecontrol,and it was not until Union Gen-eralGordonGrangerledaforceof2,000troopstoGalveston,Texasin1865 to enforce the emancipationlawsthatmanyinthatpartofthecountrylearnedoftheirfreedom.

“Blacks felt so good aboutthat,theydecidedtohaveaparty,”said Brown, explaining that thefirst “June Dinner” holiday was celebrated that year on the 19th.

“Theyhad things like strawberrysodas,goodfood,andmusic,”saidBrown, nodding to the jazz bandsettinguponthestage.

Many performers took thestage onSaturday, including gos-

pelchoirs,Africandancers,drum-ming troupes, and jazz and hip-hop artists. Also dominating thefield were political organizations including theDemocraticClubofSt.Mary’s,theSt.Mary’sCountyNAACP, and community groupslikeYouth Interprizeand theMi-norityOutreachCoalition.

Niambi Murray manned aboothnearthefrontofthefestival,where she was asking visitors to

signapetitionagainstMaryland’sdeath penalty. “When I learnedabout Juneteenth, I took it as an-other opportunity to commemo-ratewhathasgoneoninthiscoun-try,”shesaid.“It’sagooddayfor

reflection.”Sargeant Abdur Raoof, a

memberoftheBaltimoreChapterof the 9th and 10thHorseCalvaryAssociation(theBuffaloSoldiers),handed out literature on the cel-ebrated regiments of freedmenwhowere chargedwith the heftyresponsibilityof escorting settlersthrough the treacherous westernterritoriesaftertheCivilWar.Hesmiled as he reflected on the holi-day. “Itcametwoyears late,”hesaid, explaining the gap betweenLincoln’sproclamationanditsen-forcement,“butitcame,andit’sagreattime.”

St. Mary’s County police offi-cersWilliamGunnandMikeBut-lermannedtheirownboothatthefestival, braving the heat as theyhandedoutrecruitmentpacketstothoseinterested.“Ithinkit’sabeau-tifulcelebrationthathasblossomedoverthelastcoupleofyears,”saidGunn,addingthatmanyteenagershad inquired about opportunitieswiththepolicedepartment.

“Aneventlikethisiswelcome,it’s needed,” said Butler, fanninghimselfashispartnerhandedoutjuniordeputepinstothechildren.

Earlierthismonth,theBoardof County Commissioners addedtheirsupportfortheholiday,issu-ing a proclamation to that effect,but state recognition is anothermatter. Asof thisyear,29statesrecognizeJuneteenthasa“partialstaffing holiday,” which can be takenoffbysomestateemployeesusing it as one of their floating holi-days,butMarylandisnotyetoneofthem.

Elmer acknowledged theCommissioners’ recognitionproudly, saying, “we’ve had a lotofpeopleinSt.Mary’stoseethisas vital and important…and or-ganizationsarenowbeginning totakepart,andthat’sthegoodpart.”Brown’shope,likemanyothers,isthat Juneteenth can eventually berecognized as a national holiday,thoughthepathtonationalaccep-tanceisalongone.“”It’sgottogothroughCongressandthelegisla-ture…there’s been a conversationaboutit,butithasn’tcomeupasabillyet…wejusthavetogetpeopleinterestedinparticipatinginJune-teenth,andthatwillleadtoagreat-ermovement,”saidBrown.

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The operation involved 40 law enforce-ment officers, Burris said, including BCI de-tectives, state troopers, patrol officers, law en-

forcement intelligence operatives, and agents from the motion picture, clothing and record-ing industries.

“Some items were obvious [counterfeits],” Burris said. “Others weren’t so obvious, so we had experts from the industries go in and con-firm whether or not they were counterfeit.”

The suspected counterfeit items were of-ten sold at a deep discount, Burris said, some at half price.

Ben Burroughs, owner of the farmers mar-ket, said he does not inspect merchandise and that all a vendor needs is a traders license and sales tax license to sell goods there.

“If I did [inspect merchandise] I would have the sense to know whether it was right or wrong,” Burroughs said. “I don’t condone anything illegal done at the market, if we find anyone doing wrong we give them notice to leave and it’s a short notice.”

Burroughs said he had received com-plaints about counterfeit items and encouraged customers to report their suspicions to the sheriff’s office immediately.

He said there were some arrests after cus-tomers complained about six months ago.

“I’m going to tell them all [vendors], ‘See what happened? They got locked up,’” Bur-roughs said as a warning to anyone consider-ing selling fake name brand merchandise.

The items seized came from all over the country, Burris said, sometimes from foreign sources.

Burris added that the undercover officers had been gathering evidence against the 20 vendors who were arrested during the opera-tion, which took place from June 20 to June 21, and he alleged that all knowingly sold the suspected counterfeit merchandise.

The 20 suspects, some of whom came from as far as Brooklyn and Bronx in New York to

sell merchandise, were charged with felony counterfeit producing and selling the items.

Police reports state some of the charges range up to 15 years incarceration for suspects if convicted.

About $693,000 worth of suspected coun-terfeit items were seized, Burris said, along with about $3,800 in cash.

Only one suspect arrested, Maurice X. Queen, of Lexington Park, the owner of the Keep It Real Store on Great Mills Road, was from St. Mary’s County.

Other suspects included residents of Wal-dorf, Clinton, Fort Washington, Laurel, Elders-burg, Bowie, D.C., Alexandria and Burke, Va.

“A place like the farmers market allowed them to set up for a weekend and go back where they came from,” Burris said. “It wasn’t a store front operation so it wasn’t as easy to investigate.”

Law enforcement officers seized enough material to prosecute the suspects, Burris said, and the rest was given to the industry agents for storage; rental trucks had to be used to con-fiscate all the merchandise.

Burris said the financial impact of counter-feit sales ranged in the millions of dollars, the Recording Industry Association of America, he said, claimed that the industry loses $300 million a year because of it.

“We hope this will slow down sales of counterfeit merchandise, if not we’ll be back,” Burris said.

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he died.Burris said detectives were still trying to

ascertain whether an armed robbery actually took place.

“There’s a lot of things we have to look at,” Burris said.

Gurley was pronounced dead at St. Mary’s Hospital shortly after being transported there.

Gurley’s family and friends were shocked by his death.

“It’s not something you would expect,” said Robin Connelly, Gurley’s daughter. “He’s somebody you could always depend on.

“If you have one friend like that your whole life you were blessed.”

Connelly said her father was retired from the U.S. Navy after more than 20 years of ser-vice and was also a retiree from local defense contractor DynCorp as a helicopter mechanic.

Her father also worked at the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School at Naval Air Station Patuxent River in the maintenance control division.

Both Gurley and his wife, married for 55 years, had been living in St. Mary’s County since 1959, she said.

He leaves behind two daughters, two grandchildren and one great grandchild, Con-nelly told The County Times.

One of Gurley’s close friends of 40 years said that Gurley was an enthusiastic outdoors-man with a passion for deer hunting.

“He was one of the corner-stone members of the Matta-poni Rod and Gun Club,” said Don Beck of the sportsmen’s club on base. “He had a heart of gold.

“He would take the young sailor who didn’t know any-thing about hunting or the base and take him under his wing.”

Connelly said her father had even been an assistant game warden on station and spent most of his time at the clubhouse.

“He enjoyed his hunting,” Connelly said. “He was out there [at the clubhouse] every day.”

He was accomplished with both bow and gun, she said of her father.

Beck, who said he would be giving the eulogy for his friend at his funeral, said it would be easy to remember the good things about him.

“His Tennessee humor and spirit will be missed, he was a great story teller,” Beck said of his friend.

Beck was shocked at what he believed was the violent na-ture of his friends death.

“My God, in a dentist’s parking lot you think you’d be safe,” Beck said. “But in this society I guess nothing’s safe anymore.

“It’s frightening what’s going on in this place.”

Gurley’s death could be one of several other incidents that have occurred in the past week involving either armed robbery or vio-lence on the streets.

Just one day before Gurley’s death, police responded to an assault in Lexington Park that left a man beaten and lying in the woods be-hind Hal’s Deli.

Deputies who responded found Fredy Her-man Eatmon II, of D.C. suffering from head wounds and had him transported to St. Mary’s Hospital for treatment.

Investigators arrested Kevin Jerome Chase, 38, of Great Mills and Walter Jerome Ford, 43, of Park Hall and charged them with first-degree assault.

The suspects allegedly beat the victim af-ter an argument escalated.

On June 18 at about 9:30 p.m., two victims, male and female, were assaulted in the park-ing lot of Loews Theater in Lexington Park by three males with brass knuckles.

According to police reports, the three males began taunting the female victim before following both victims to their car.

They beat the male victim, police reports stated, and stole the female’s purse and fled on foot.

Detectives charged two juveniles, 16 and 17 years old, one from Calvert County, with theft, robbery and second-degree assault. Po-lice are still seeking the third suspect.

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Circuit Court Judge C. Clarke Raley sentenced a Lexington Park man with an extensive criminal record, includ-ing prior convictions for drug dealing, to 14 years in the state Department of Corrections for selling cocaine twice to a police informant in an undercover operation in August of last year.

Timothy Wayne Brooks, 37, was already serving a sentence for assault.

Assistant State’s Attorney Julie White asked Raley for enhanced penal-ties in the two drug distribution cases against Brooks because of his prior re-cord for narcotics distribution as well as other offenses.

“He’s a major criminal,” White said. “He’s been convicted of many se-rious crimes.”

Raley agreed to the proffered guidelines of sentencing, which man-dated a minimum 10 years in prison for Brooks on the one case that went to

a jury trial.But for the other distribution case,

which Brooks pleaded guilty to, Raley gave him just four years to be served consecutively to the first prison term.

Raley said that, while the offenses were not violent and might have mer-ited a lighter sentence under differ-ent circumstances, Brooks’ criminal record was one deciding factor in his sentence.

“The driving force for the offenses is the facts of the case… and what your whole history is,” Raley said.

Brooks apologized for the “incon-venience” his offenses caused to the county and state but asked Raley for a lighter sentence.

“In a period of 16 years I’ve only received three felony convictions,” Brooks said. “I’m not an immediate threat to the community.”

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Billy Gene Gurley, 75, died last week after a suspected armed rob-bery in Leonardtown

The Keep It Real shop in Lexington Park was raided last week, and its owner charged with selling counterfeit merchandise. The Charlotte Hall Farmers Market was also raided and 19 suspects were arrested.

SectionA-� The County Times Thursday,June26,200�

ObituariesLeonard“Jack”Jackson

Alvey,71

Leonard “Jack” JacksonAlvey, 71, of Leonardtowndied June 21 in St. Mary’sHospital.

Born Dec. 24, 1936 inLeonardtownhewas the sonof the late James Leach Al-vey,andhissurvivingmotherMary Eva (Hazel) Alvey ofLeonardtown.

Jack served 28 years asa Powered Support SystemsMechanic at Patuxent RiverNaval Air Station. He lovedNASCAR, flying his own plane,woodworking,garden-ing,andmostofall,histravel-ingbuddy,aGoldenRetrievernamedBones.

Heissurvivedbyhislov-ingwife,LoisAnn(Guy)Al-vey, whom he married Oct.12, 1957, in Leonardtown.He is also survived by hisbelovedchildrenRonaldSte-phenAlveyofAvenue,AnneMarie Alvey of California,BarbaraJeanEmmartandherhusbandMikeofMechanics-ville,andEdwardWayneAl-veyandhiswifeVeronicaofHollywood. Additionally, heissurvivedbyhissisterSylviaJean Alvey of Leonardtown;eightgrandchildrenandthreegreat-grandchildren.

Family received friendsWednesday,June25from5–8 p.m. in the Brinsfield Funer-alHome,P.A.,Leonardtown,andaPrayerServicewasheldat7p.m.AMassofChristianBurial will be celebrated 10a.m., Thursday, June 26 atSt.AloysiusCatholicChurchwith Rev. John Dakes officiat-ing. Interment will follow inCharles Memorial Gardens,Leonardtown.

Serving as pallbearerswill be Ronnie Alvey, Sr.,RonnieAlvey,Jr.,MattDaley,MikeEmmart,RyanEmmartandEddieAlvey.

Condolences to the fam-ily may be made at www.brinsfieldfuneral.com.

Arrangements by theBrinsfield Funeral Home, P.A.,Leonardtown.

ColinFooteBurch,Jr.,�9

Colin Foote Burch, Jr.,89, of Sterling, Va. and for-merly of Avenue, died June19inSterling,Va.BornDec.18,1918inWashington,D.C.hewasthesonofthelateCo-lin Foote and Harriett DentBurch.Hewasthelovinghus-bandofAudreyWeibelBurchwhom he married Dec. 31,1943inSanAntonio,Texas.

Heisalsosurvivedbyhischildren Colin F. Burch IIIand hiswife Sandy ofWakeForest, N.C.; John S. BurchandhiswifeSusanofTrujilloAlto,PuertoRico;WilliamM.BurchandhiswifePatriciaofAlexandria, Va.; Rebecca B.Anzelone and her husbandRonaldofHerndon,Va.;andBarbara A. Burch of Mem-phis,Tenn.;hissisterHarriettB. Duke of Annapolis, Md.;aswellaseightgrandchildrenandninegreat-grandchildren.

Hewasprecededindeathby his brother Walter D.Burch.

A 1940 graduate of Vir-ginia Polytechnic Institute,hereceivedcommissionasanofficer in the Army Air Corps (USAirForce).Heservedina variety of assignments inflight instruction and instal-lation management includingoverseasassignmentsinJapanandHawaii.Helaterreceivedpostgraduatetraininginelec-tronics engineering at the

Air Force Institute of Tech-nology in Dayton followedby assignments in defensecommunicationsandballisticmissile development. RetiredasColonelUSAFin1961,hethen worked for private firms in defense communications.HelaterservedasChiefElec-tronicsEngineer for theU.S.CoastGuard.Hereceivednu-merousdecorationsandcom-mendations throughout hiscareerincludingtheLegionofMeritandtheAirForceCom-mendationMedal.He retiredtohisfamilyfarminAvenueforover twentyyears,beforemovingtoretirementcommu-nities in Northern Virginia.Hebelonged to theSouthernMaryland Society and theMilitary Order of the WorldWars,servedontheVestryofAllSaintsEpiscopalChurch,and enjoyed sailing andwoodworking.

A funeral was be heldMonday, June 23 at 10:30a.m. in All Saints EpiscopalChurch, Avenue, with Rev.Kathleen Price officiating and Pastor John S. Burch co-offi-ciating.Intermentfollowedinthechurchcemetery.Pallbear-ers were Colin F. Burch III,WilliamM.Burch,RonaldJ.Anzelone,ColinF.BurchIV,Andrew R. Burch and JohnMcAuley.

Contributions may bemade to All Saints Church,P.O. Box 307, Avenue, MD20609 and/or the AmericanCancer Society, P.O. Box1032, Lexington Park, MD20653.

Arrangements providedby the Mattingley-GardinerFuneralHome,P.A.

JeanAllenDornin,�6

JeanAllenDornin,86,ofLexingtonPark,diedJune20inherresidence.

Born Feb. 24, 1922 inColumbus,Ohio,shewasthedaughter of the late RodneyWallaceAllenandOliveMaeHolcombAllen.

Jeanissurvivedbyason,DavidCrawford.

A memorial visitationwasheldforJeanWednesday,June 25 from 5 – 8 p.m. inthe Brinsfield Funeral Home, 22955 Hollywood Road,Leonardtown. Interment willbeprivate.

Memorial contributionsmaybemadetotheLexingtonParkVolunteerRescueSquad,P.O.Box339,LexingtonPark,MD20653.


Arrangements by theBrinsfield Funeral Home, P.A. Leonardtown.

PaulineBarbaraGasp-arovic,90

Pauline Barbara Gasp-arovic,90,ofSt.Mary’sCity,andformerlyofFla.,diedJune17,inherresidence.

BornFeb.14,1918inGreatMills she was the daughterof the late Martin and Anna

HradskyGasparovic.She is survived by her

cousin Anna Vecera of St.Mary’s City, nieces LindaShaklee,ElizabethCzarraandher husband Fred, all of St.Mary’s City, nephews Law-rence Haskell of St. Mary’sCity andMartinHaskell andhis wife Barbara of BerkleySprings, W.V. and a host ofrelativesandfriends.

Inadditiontoherparents,she was preceded in deathbyher twosistersandbroth-ers in law Helen Peters andher husband Pete, and AnnHaskellandherhusbandWar-renandbyhernephewBruceHaskell.

Sheworkedasacourtre-porterfortheFederalGovern-ment until her retirement in1970.Shelovedtotravelanddid so for many years whileworkingfortheFederalGov-ernment.Afterherretirement,shemovedtoVenice,Fla.andin1996,shemovedbacktoSt.Mary’s County. She enjoyedworking with her flowers and fruittreeswhilelivinginFla.She also liked to play bingoandcardswithherfriends.

All services will beprivate.

Contributions maybe made to Hospice of St.Mary’s, P.O.Box 625,Leon-ardtown, MD 20650 and/orS.M.A.W.L.-St.Mary’sCoun-ty Animal Welfare League,P.O.Box1232,Leonardtown,MD20650.


BillyGeneGurley,75

Billy Gene Gurley, 75,of Lexington Park died June20 in St. Mary’s Hospital,Leonardtown.

BornMay2,1933inCar-rollCounty,Tenn.hewasthesonofthelateWilliamLloydGurley and Offie Jane Duna-vanGurley.

Mr. Gurley served hiscountryintheU.S.Navyfrom1954 to1978.Heworked forthe Test Pilot School at thePatuxentRiverNavalAirSta-tionfrom1978untilhisretire-mentin1998.

He is survived by twodaughters,VickiLynnVailofLexingtonPark,FeliciaRobinConnelly of Fla., two grand-children,twosisters,JanieM.Lawler of Flint,Mich., IreneWilliams of McMinnville,Tenn. and a brother RobertLeeGurleyofAtwood,Tenn.

The family will receivefriends Thursday, June 26from5–8p.m.intheBrins-field Funeral Home, P.A. in Leonardtown. Prayers willberecitedat7p.m.AFuneralService will be conductedFriday, June27at10a.m. inthe Brinsfield Funeral Home Chapel.Entombmentwillfol-low in Evergreen MemorialGardensMausoleuminGreatMills.

Memorial contributionsmaybemadetotheLexingtonParkVolunteerRescueSquad,P.O.Box339,LexingtonPark,MD20653.

JamesWesley“Jim”Ham,7�

JamesWesley“Jim”Ham,78,ofLeonardtowndiedJune16inhisresidence.

BornJan.13,1930inDe-troit,Mich.hewasthesonofJamesEarlandKateMcCar-dalHam.

He was the loving hus-bandofDorothyMarieHamwhomhemarriedMarch 21,1951inSt.AloysiusCatholic

Church,Leonardtown.Heissurvivedbyhischil-

drenJamesE.HamofBalti-more,Md.,ShawnCurtisandher husband John and ChrisWilsonandhiswifeDawnallofLeonardtown;sister:BettyJ. Ham of Milwaukee, Wis.andsevengrandchildren.

HewasprecededindeathbyhisdaughterCherylJ.Wil-sonandhisbrotherFrankM.Ham.

Jimmoved toSt.Mary’sCountyin1972fromWiscon-sin. He was a maintenanceworker atSt.Mary’sSquare,LexingtonPark, for 10yearsuntil his retirement in 1987.HeservedintheU.S.Marinesfor three years from 1948–1952wherehereceivedthePurple Heart award. He wasa member of D.A.V. organi-zation. He enjoyed spendingtimewithhisfamilyandmeet-ingfriendsatMcDonaldsandhelpingothers.

The family receivedfriends Thursday, June 19from5–8p.m.intheMatting-ley-Gardiner Funeral Home,wherePrayersweresaidat7p.m. A Funeral Service washeldFriday,June20at10a.m.in the Mattingley-GardinerFuneral Home Chapel withPastor John Smith officiating. IntermentfollowedinCharlesMemorialGardens,Leonard-town.PallbearerswereChrisWilson, John Curtis, Mat-thewWilson,DavidHayden,Jr.,RichardPrattandMitchelWatts. Honorary Pallbearerswere Brandon Curtis, Kay-lyn Curtis, Cheryl Wilson,Autumn Bowles and KelseyDavis.

Contributions may bemadetoHospiceofSt.Mary’s,P.O. Box 625, Leonardtown,MD 20650 and/or Leonar-dtown Volunteer RescueSquad,P.O.Box299,Leonar-dtown,MD20650.


RichardAllen“Ricky”Harding,Sr.,44

Richard Allen “Ricky”Harding, Sr., 44, of Comp-ton,andformerlyofMechan-icsville, died June 4 in hisresidence.

Born Aug. 30, 1963 inLeonardtownhewas the sonof Raymond Aloysius Hard-ing,Sr.ofLeonardtown,andthelateAgnesTeresaWathenHarding.

HeissurvivedbyhissonRichardHardingandhiswifeMichelle and his daughtersJennifer andElizabethHard-ing,allofCompton,aswellasthree grandchildren; Alexis,Mackenzie andRichardHar-ding III. He is also survivedbyhissiblings;AgnesPatriciaVanRyswickofLeonardtown,Raymond Aloysius Harding,Jr.ofCalifornia,LindaAnneKnott of Chaptico, and Wil-liamSamuelHardingofMe-chanicsville,andhisextendedfamily Shelly Knott, GaryKnottandTerriVause.

HewasprecededindeathbyhissisterMaryEllenKnottand his brother Thomas Ed-wardHarding.

A lifelong residentofSt.Mary’sCounty,Rickyattend-ed Chopticon High School.Hewas employed as a fencemechanic for 30 years withJ & P, Clinton and MasseyFence. He loved to fish, hunt andspendtimewithhisthreegrandchildren.

The family receivedfriends Friday, June 6 from5 – 8 p.m. in the Matting-

ley-Gardiner Funeral Home,withPrayerssaidat7p.m.AMassofChristianBurialwascelebrated Saturday, June 7at 10:30 a.m. in ImmaculateConceptionCatholicChurch,Mechanicsville, with Fr. Pe-ter Alliata officiating and Fr. Paul co-officiating. Interment followed in Charles Memo-rial Gardens, Leonardtown.PallbearerswereDanielHar-ding, David Harding, BruceKnott, Jr., Larry Dutrow,Donnie Grinder and SemoreAdams. Honorary Pallbear-erswereGaryKnott,WilliamHarding,Jr.,EricKirkpatrick,Ronald Vause, Bruce Knott,Sr.andBenjaminHarding.

Contributions may bemade to Hospice of St.Mary’s, P.O.Box 625,Leon-ardtown,MD20650.


Joseph“Ford”Hayden,Sr.,��

Joseph “Ford” Hayden,Sr.,88,ofCallaway,diedJune22inhishomeinCallaway.

Born April 1, 1920 inLeonardtownhewas the sonof William Dent and LillianAgnesSmithHayden.Hewasthe loving husband of JuliaChristine Wykle whom hemarriedNov.7,1953inClif-tonForge,Va.

Heisalsosurvivedbyhischildren Joseph F. Hayden,Jr. and his wife Sandy, Ann(Sissy) Dean, Patricia A.Smith,RhondaM. Pope andher husband Jerry, Gloria L.LeDonne, Betty L. Dementand Charles A. Hayden, sis-ters Betsy Carter and BebeWoodburn.

Hewasprecededindeathby his brothers William D.(Tom) Hayden, Charles B.(Dickie) Hayden, Henry A.(Bucky)Smithand JamesR.(Jimmy) Smith and sistersPollyHayden,TeresaHayden,Fran (Sissy) Raley and SallyHumenik.

Ford was a civil servantintheTransportationDepart-ment at PatuxentRiverNASfor 30 years and retired in1975. He then was a schoolbus driver and worked withhorses on Larry Millison’sfarm.Ford’s favorite pastimewas fishing and sitting in his favorite swing on his frontporch.Hewas a great fatherandgrandfather.

The family receivedfriends Wednesday, June 25from 5 – 8 p.m. in the Mat-tingley-Gardiner FuneralHome, Leonardtown, whereprayers were said at 7 p.m.A funeral service will beheldThursday, June26at11a.m. in Hollywood Churchof theNazarene,Hollywood,with Rev. Verne Haskell of-ficiating. Interment will fol-low in the church cemetery.PallbearerswillbeCurtisW.Shreve,RonnieLangley,CarlBean,JimmyQuade,WilliamMichael (Mickey) Haydenand Daniel Sweeney. Honor-ary pallbearers will be hisgrandsons:JosephL.DeanJr.,KennethL.Smith,RichardG.Smith,MarkA.Smith,JosephScottSmith,JamesM.Quade,Jr.andJeffreyW.Quade.


Thaddeus“Thad”Ste-vensHess,Jr.92

Thaddeus “Thad” Ste-vens Hess, Jr. 92, of Holly-wood, and formerly of Suit-land,Md.,diedJune14inSt.

Mary’sHospital.Born June 15, 1915 in

Washington,D.C.hewasthesonofthelateThaddeusSte-vens andEmmaRittenhouseHess.

He was the loving hus-band of Catherine E. Hesswhom he married June 25,1934 in Washington, D.C.He is also survived by hischildren; Gail Soukup andher husband Merlyn of Lau-rel, Joyce McCabe of Hen-derson,Nev.,SteveHessandhis wife Janet McGrane ofNewburg, Md. and his sisterMarthaMcLellanofAsbury,Solomons.

HewasprecededindeathbyhissisterJeanHessBarthandhisbrotherHaroldHess.

A graduate of EasternHighSchool’sClassof1934,hemovedtoSt.Mary’sCoun-ty fromSuitland in1976.HewasemployedasaFireFight-erfortheD.C.Government.

Servicetimeswillbean-nouncedatalaterdate.

Arrangements providedby the Mattingley-GardinerFuneralHome,P.A

JohnWilliamLeonard,�5

John William Leon-ard,85,ofCaliforniadied inGeorgetown University Hos-pital, Washington, D.C. June22.

HewasbornintheBronx,NYJan.11,1923, the sonofthelateJohnWilliamLeonardandAlidaGoreckiLeonard.

He served in the ArmyAirCorpsduringWorldWarII.

John was married toCatherine M. Nolan June 5,1948 in New York City andtheyenjoyed55yearsofmar-riage.Theirentirelifetogetherwasatruelovestory.Togethertheyraisedfourchildren:Su-sanWhitneyofWilliamsburg,N.M., J. William Leonard ofAvenue, Patricia Leonard ofBethpage,N.Y.andMargaretSantorielloofHicksville,N.Y.JohnworkedfortheNewYorkTelephoneCompany.Inaddi-tion to three sons-in-lawandone daughter-in-law, he hadsix fantastic grandchildren:John,Michael,Jessica,Domi-nick,LisaandSloan.

Together with Catherine,heenjoyed20yearsofretire-mentinSunCityWest,Ariz.He lived for the last five years at Wildewood RetirementVillage. John had unlimitedlove for his family which hefreelyshared.Hewassoveryproud of his grandchildrenwhoallturnedintowonderfuladults.HelovedtotravelwithhiswifeCatherine and sincemovingtoWildewood,hebe-cameanavidmemberof thebilliardsclub.

Whether family, friendsorcompletestrangers,anyoneand everyone who ever metJohnadmiredhisfantasticwitandsenseofhumor.Nomat-terwhatthesituation,hehadahumorous angle, anecdote orjoketoconvey.Hishumorwillbemissedalmostasmuchashislove.Inadditiontohispar-ents,hewasprecededindeathbyhiswifeCatherineandhisgrandsonandnamesake,JohnWilliam.

The family receivedfriends Tuesday, June 24 inthe Brinsfield Funeral Home, P.A.inLeonardtown.AMassof Christian Burial was cel-ebrated Wednesday, June25 at 10 a.m. in St. Joseph’sCatholic Church, Morganza.The Reverend Keith Woodswas the celebrant. Interment


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Charitable contributions can be made to MCSS for J.W. Leonard Technology Schol-arship and can be mailed to Mother Catherine Spalding School, Helen, MD 20635.

Quentin “Dr. Pepper” Aaron Lewis, 17

Quentin “Dr. Pepper” Aaron Lewis, 17, of Mechan-icsville died May 26 in Kes-wick, Va. Born March 5, 1991 in Virginia Beach, Va. he was the son of Brandi Lee Barton and step-father John Scott Barton of Mechanicsville, and Jerry Lee Lewis of Jackson-ville, Fla..

He is also survived by his brother Brandon Lee Lewis of Twenty-Nine Palms, Ca-lif., his step-brother Ian Dan-iel Barton and his step-sister Kayleigh Christine Barton, both of Hubbard, Ohio, as well as his grandparents Eric & Nancy Trexler of Leonard-town and John Bruce Barton of Warren, Ohio.

He was a student at Chop-ticon High School.

The family received friends Wednesday, June 18 in the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home, Leonardtown, where a funeral service was held with Pastor Stephen Up-Degrave officiating. Interment followed in Charles Memorial Gardens, Leonardtown. Ar-rangements provided by the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home, P.A.

Arnold Richer “Tex” Ol-sen, �2

Arnold Richer Olsen, bet-ter known as “Tex,” 92, of Lexington Park died June 19 in his residence.

Born Nov. 10, 1915 in Hammond Indiana, he was the son of the late Amil Olsen and Agnes Albershen Olsen.

Tex was a retired Army veteran who served his coun-try for 25 years. He was a member of the American Le-gion Post 0255, and the Elks Lodge No. 0292. Tex lived a full life, traveling during his service to many countries. He enjoyed watching the Wash-ington Redskins and the Ori-oles, camping with the Blue Crabs group for many years, spending time with his fam-ily fishing, playing bingo, crabbing, and taking care of the snack bar on the Patuxent River Naval Air Station.

Tex is survived by his wife of more than 62 years, Mary Hazel Olsen, daughter, H. Gale Kanney of Lexing-ton Park, two grandchildren, Sheri and her husband Mike, and Andrew and his wife Tan-ya, four great grandchildren, Kristina, Ryan, Michael and Nick, and sister, Arlene Kloi-ber of Allentown, Pa.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by three sisters and three brothers.

Family received friends Monday, June 23 from 5 – 8 p.m. in the Brinsfield Funeral Home, 22955 Hollywood Road, Leonardtown. Prayers were recited at 7 p.m. by Pas-tor Michael Jones. Interment will be in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va. Tuesday, July 15 at 9 a.m.

Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of St. Mary’s, Inc., P.O. Box 625, Leonardtown, MD 20650, or the Lexington Park Volunteer Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 339, Lexington Park, MD 20653.


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

Joyce Elaine Tivnan, 82

Joyce Elaine Tivnan, 82, of Me-chanicsville died June 21 in her residence.

Joyce was born Oct. 3, 1925, in Evansville, Ind. where she grew up with nu-merous brothers and sisters.

She married Raymond J. Tivnan, became part of a military family, and lived in numerous places around the world. In 1971, they retired, and Helen became their per-manent home.

Joyce is survived by two sons, Eugene S. Tivnan of Rogue River, Ore. and Royce R. Tivnan of Waldorf, Md., grandchildren, Zeb Tivnan and Reeshe Pillierpier of Rogue River, Ore., Eric Tivnan of Berkeley Springs, W.V. and Nathan Tivnan of Forth Worth, Texas, as well as ten great grandchildren.

Family received friends Monday, June 23 from 5 – 7 p.m. in the Brinsfield Funer-al Home, 22955 Hollywood Road, Leonardtown.


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

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