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By Adam Ross Staff Writer Vehicular safety concerns and traffic backups along the Route 5 corridor in Leonardtown, a 2-mile stretch extending just north of MD-243 and just south of MD-245, are prompting town officials to examine ways to expand the road. The MD-5 Leonardtown Project Planning Study by the Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA) was birthed in the wake of alarming growth projections for average daily traffic (ADT) by 2030, and significantly high
One of the biggest concerns in Leonardtown is speeding and traffic on Route 5. We look forward to working with the state to address these concerns. J. Harry Norris - Leonardtown Mayor
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As Thanksgiving fast approaches, and people whet their appetites for a traditional turkey feast, an old favorite is rapidly becoming more popular as holiday fare. Southern Maryland stuffed ham, also known as St. Marys County stuffed ham, has been a traditional local favorite dating back centuries in the region and independent grocers say that more and more people not originally from here are coming to love the dish. We have customers, some of them military, who said Someone told me about stuffed ham. What is it? said Mary White, store manager for McKays Fine Food and Pharmacy in Great Mills. They try it and they love it. They come back all the time. The main ingredients of the dish include a corned ham, one that has been soaked or inSee Traditions page A-
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building, in part, because the center remains open to community groups as well. The commissioners sent a letter to the assembly expressing their
support for the project. more than just an educational We have a number of center, we are a true communonprofits that make use of nity center as well. the facilities for little or no cost, Anderson said. We are Station in October of 2005 and sold all five kits over that summer on the on-line auction house eBay using seller accounts that he had established there. Baylor was employed with the contracting firm AAI Corporation. Employees at the base had first noticed the kits missing from the supply locker that were used to calibrate the systems of the U.S. Navys Pioneer unmanned air vehicle and investigators later found that they had been sold to another contractor, Global Test Equipment, information in the plea agreement stated. According to information also found in the plea agreement, the sales of the equipment were partially in the United States but also in other unspecified countries abroad. According to information in the plea agreement, the items went for between $30,000 and $70,000 on the open market. Baylor faces a maximum of 10 years in federal prison for the thefts followed by three years of supervised release.
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We must not let a few individuals jeopardize the learning environment for our students. Superintendent of Schools, Michael J. Martirano
to a packed house at the J.T. Daugherty Center Thursday. Our brand of education is top notch and is predicated on trust. In a roughly hour long speech in front of an audience that included commissioners, school board members, teachers, community leaders, and a representative from Rep. Steny Hoyers office, Martirano offered a glimpse of improving test scores and a narrowing of the achievement gap. Graphs showed reading levels on the Maryland State Assessments for elementary and middle school students becoming more proficient, and this year all elementary schools made Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) benchmarks. George Washington Carver Elementary School made AYP for the second straight year, exiting the school improvement list and Lexington Park Elementary School made AYP after failing to do so last year. With the help of a fully implemented data warehouse system, the school board is receiving accurate numbers on the progress of narrowing the achievement gap. We need to know what those numbers represent, Martirano said, cause each number represents a child. Martirano said the achievement gap is narrowing and in many ways nonexistent, but noted that more work needs to be done. Martirano has always praised his administration for being brutally honest, but his speech Thursday spent very little time addressing areas of concern, including an ugly brawl that took place in Great Mills High School last week where 13 students and an intruder were arrested. Our school system is not immune from violent and disruptive actsbut we will not tolerate it, Martirano said. We must not let a few individuals jeopardize the learning environment for our students. Martirano also spent just a few seconds addressing his plans to improve mathematics test scores in grade 7, which have declined. Another concern area is teacher salaries, which according to Martirano remain competitive, but have begun to backslide. No concrete answers were visited during the speech, just a promise to continue to work with local authorities when it comes to school violence, and stay focused on improving test scores and teacher salaries. But doing so might come at a time when funding is threatened more than ever. St. Marys County Public Schools operate with a roughly $170 million budget, with 85 percent of that going directly to salaries and benefits. Martirano has been fortunate enough to receive increases from the state and county the last couple of years, which have enabled public schools to offer new programs and more opportunities to more students. Just last year for instance, public schools opened up the Science, Engineering, Technology and Mathematics academies (STEM) in Lexington Park Elementary, Spring Ridge Middle, and Great Mills High School. But with a $1.7 billion shortfall looming in Annapolis, cuts to funding are a very real possibility. Martirano said he was watching the special session closely, but again, gave no indication of what he and the school board would do if the budget were slashed. Instead he hinted that more initiatives were on the way, including the start of a finance academy at Chopticon High School that would begin as early as next school year. This along with an International Baccalaureate program at Leonardtown High School, planned for the future, would give students a number of career-based programs to choose from. At one point, Martirano keyed in Commissioner Daniel H. Raley from Great Mills, who had apparently expressed to Martirano earlier in the week an uncertainty about if his speech would give him indigestion. We want commissioner Raley to have a Raley good day, Martirano said, using the same slogan Raley used at the end of his speech at the State of The County earlier in the year.
By Adam Ross Staff Writer For the second straight year, Superintendent Michael J. Martirano declared St. Marys County Public Schools sound to representatives from across the county and state of Maryland. This years state of the countys public schools address was not unlike last years; upbeat and carefully crafted to showcase the success public schools are having. We must give hope to every child in our district everyday, Martirano said
This has been a horrible process, Major revisions have been floated around all day long and the minority has not been allowed to be part of that. Anthony J. ODonnell (R) St. Marys/Calvert House Minority Leader
minor amendments. Plan B was forgotten. The committee ultimately rejected a proposal to extend sales tax to repair and parking services and it approved raising hotel room tax from the current 5 percent to 7.5 percent -- lower than the 10 percent the committee had proposed Friday. The committee also removed a fund for higher education, which the committee said could be taken up in the regular session. This has been a horrible process, said Minority Leader Anthony ODonnell, R-Calvert. Major revisions have been floated around all day long and the minority has not been allowed to be part of that. ODonnell complained that House Democrats were just trying to tire the public into accepting the bill. If the House accepts the bills, it will set up a showdown with the Senate, which gave final approval Friday to a tax package that was more conservative than what the gove r no r proposed or the Ways and Means Committee approved. The Senate plan would raise about $1 billion in new revenues. The Senate bill passed by a single vote, and Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller, D-Calvert, warned Friday that there would be little wiggle room for negotiations with the House. That did not appear to be a concern Saturday for House members. We couldnt go as high as the governor wanted, said Ways and Means Chairwoman Sheila Hixson, D-Montgomery. Its much more progressive than what the Senate did. Supporters said the legislature has to act. Nobody likes to see a tax increase, said Delegate Ann Doory, D-Baltimore. Given our shortfalls, weve got to all make tough decisions.
tax and requiring combined reporting. It would have raised about $800 million, requiring the House Appropriations Committee to make an additional $300 million in cuts when it convenes Monday. Appropriations Committee is still scheduled to meet Monday morning to consider budget cuts that would make up the remainder of the shortfall. This is an attempt to get to 71 votes needed to pass a bill, said Majority Leader Kumar Barve, D-Montgomery, after presenting Plan B. If we dont get the revenues, well have to take the cuts. Thats the reality, Appropriations Chair Norm Conway, D-Wicomico told the committee. Following more negotiations, including a closed-door meeting of the Democratic caucus and House Speaker Michael Busch, D- Anne Arundel, the committee met about 6 p.m. and quickly passed the higher-revenue bills with only
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those? It was a big deal because they had this window where you could watch them make the crust and toss it in the air. Its a dentist office now. A railroad used to come down and deliver supplies to the base. The tracks are gone now but you can still see the railbed in parts of the county, particularly the northern end. Some of the tracks still remain on the base. DJs One Stop Shop used to be a tavern with cool neon lights on the roof. The Hostess Thrift Store and Stones Deli used to be a grocery store. Most of the shopping centers and strip malls in the Mechanicsville and Charlotte Hall area were not there. The Farmers Market was always there, but not as big as it is now. The Halfway House restaurant used to sit at the corner where Routes 5 and 235 split in Mechanicsville. In New Market theres a Chinese restaurant that used to be the Chicken House. And Clarks Feed and Grain was in the median there; we used to get garden seed there sometimes. New Market Texaco used to be Bobby Moellers Esso station and the other gas station used to be Mickeys Shell; he always grew the prettiest roses. This is truly a ramble down memory lane and I know some of you couldnt give a hoot. I hope some of you enjoy the trip, though, even if some of our memories are bittersweet. You can email the Country Girl at countrygirlramblings@gmail.com
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Terri Bartz Bowles Things change. Progress occurs. The old things pass away and new things take their place. Things have sure changed in St. Marys County since I was a child. Some are good, some are not and some are indifferent. But its not the way it used to be and I think we all have a twinge of nostalgia now and then, and wish that some things didnt have to change. Let me tell you a few things I remember about the county I grew up in. Route 235 was not a dual lane highway from the county line to Lexington Park. Route 5 went through Leonardtown. When you travel south on Route 5 and you get to the intersection of 5 and Leonardtown-Hollywood Road, you now travel straight through to continue south on 5, thats actually a bypass. You used to go down to the square in Leonardtown and 5 continued there at the corner where Caf des Artistes is now. There was one stop light and it was at the main gate of NAS Patuxent River, which is now Gate 2. There were two flashing traffic lights, one in Leonardtown and one in Ridge where Routes 235 and 5 meet. There were still county roads that were dirt and gravel. There were lots of secondary roads with no striping or lines at all. Most of those old roads were crowned, too, for drainage. And a good number of them were tar and chip, not asphalt. There were no paved shoulders, even 235 and 5 had gravel shoulders. St. Marys Academy and Ryken High School had not yet merged. Leonardtown still had a department store and a dress shop and a Western Auto. The Christmas gift every child in America dreams of is a bicycle. Mine was a blue Western Flyer from that Western Auto store and it lasted until I got my drivers license. What is now Caf des Artistes was Dukes Restaurant and the pet store on the corner was Baileys Restaurant. The Good Earth Natural Food store location used to be the Leonardtown Post Office and the current location of the post office
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NEW CASTLE, Ind. A car wash change machine spit out over a thousand quarters to a customer just trying to wash his car. Eldon McCammack put a dollar in the change machine Saturday at the Trojan Car Wash when suddenly, in return, the machine started popping out quarters. McCammack, 71, said another customer found a plastic container for the overflow. The two collected the quarters and took them to the local police station, where they were stored and the owner was contacted. McCammack went back later and washed his car. The machine had spit out $260.50. ATLANTA Police arrested a 20-year-old man for allegedly selling hallucinogenic mushrooms hidden inside chocolate bunnies and ducks, authorities said. Police said it was apparent the man was using chocolate to disguise the selling of drugs. Rockdale County sheriffs deputies arrested the man after a deputy spotted him allegedly selling a sheet of LSD and a chocolate duck containing psilocybin mushrooms for $650, Sgt. Jodi Shupe told the Associated Press Saturday. A search by drug officers uncovered 74 chocolate ducks and bunnies containing mushrooms in a bag in the mans truck, along with $1200 in cash in his pants pockets. NEW YORK A man riding the subway in New York City spotted the woman of his dreams, and then lost her in the crowd. So, he created a website with a description of the girl, and asked anyone who knew her to pass the message along. According to the site, he found her. Patrick Moberg, 21, from Brooklyn thought it was love at first site. He couldnt believe his luck when they got off at the same stop, but he then lost her in the unassuming crowds. For the website, he drew a picture of the girl wearing blue tights, blue shorts, with rosy cheeks and a flower in her right ear. It was a success. Within a few hours, Mobergs inbox was overflowing with e-mails and his phone-ringing nonstop. He provided both on the website. He told the New York Post he even received e-mails offering him love. But Tuesday night a friend of the woman contacted him and sent him a picture so he could confirm it was her. The website now proclaims his lost love as Found! The woman was named Thursday as Camille Hayton, an intern at magazine BlackBook from Melbourne, Australia, who also lives in Brooklyn. Unlike all the romantic comedies and bad pop songs, youll have to make up your own ending for this, Moberg writes on his website, saying he will no longer disclose the details of his new found relationship. BRADENTON, Fla. Police arrested a man Saturday for refusing to sign a $15 jaywalking ticket two days earlier. Leroy Franklin Cladd Jr. was cited for not using a crosswalk late Thursday night. However, he was not interested in signing the ticket, a misdemeanor that landed him in jail. He was not under the influence of drugs or alcohol at the time, police said, and he was being held at eh Manatee County jail on $250 bond.
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It was like a big party, Murphy said. It was like a fellowship; people would stuff the hams together. Today its just not out there. Continued from page A- Stuffed ham is also important as a signature product among indepenjected with brine, removed from its dent grocers who are competing with bone and stuffed with a mixture of larger chains for customer dollars. cabbage, kale and spices that include During the holidays its a big a variety of peppers. part of your business, Murphy, who McKays grocery stores preplans to steam about 200 hams for pared 400 individual hams for sale the season, said. But people like it during the Thanksgiving holiday, so much we do it year round. showing just how popular the dish Items like stuffed ham, and has become. other delicatessen goodies that are Every day were getting calls to homemade, ensure that customers see if were still doing stuffed ham, will keep coming back to the smaller White told The County Times, addstores, he said. ing that many calls are from outside Virginia Tennyson said that the county or even the region. You stuffed ham and other delicacies give them a sample and you get them help them make it through the lean hooked; theyve got to have it. times. Donnie Tennyson, owner Thats what gets our liveof Raleys Town and Country lihood through the holidays, in Ridge, said the phenomenon she said. Because if you get of stuffed ham has reached far the ham customer, then theyll across the nation. come back and get the cakes Its amazing all the calls and the pies. we get from all over the counBut the precious porcine try asking about it, Tennyson delicacy doesnt come cheap. said. Either they know about Most of the independent grous or find us on the Internet. cers are selling ham for close to Residents in Hawaii have or over $10 a pound. called up Raleys and asked for The labor needed to stuff a stuffed ham to be shipped to ham plus all the ingredients and them, but so far international cooking time that go into it nesales have eluded him. cessitate the high price, Donnie Im not world famous, Tennyson said. but thats my goal, Tennyson One of his hams can cost said with a laugh. up to $150; with shipping costs Stuffed ham is poplar in of $4.49 a pound it could cost just about any form its cooked about $225 just to have one dein, independent grocers say, livered, he said. and there are plenty of variaAnd people buy it, he tions and methods for preparsaid. And they dont bat an eye. ing it. They say OK, I want it. In places like Ridge, TenLennys Seafood Restaunyson said, cabbage is the prerant owner Daniel Rebarchick dominant stuffing ingredient. said he once shipped one-half Thats what he was raised of a ham to someone in Coloon, but at Raleys they use just rado that cost $70 alone; but it enough kale for a little flavor cost $78 just to ship it. and color. They said it was worth evPhoto by Guy Leonard The farther north you go, ery penny, Rebarchick said. Tennyson said, the more kale Donnie Tennyson, owner of Raleys Town and Country Market in Ridge slices some baked stuffed ham for use in a potato roll sandwich.
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Marguerite Morris, founder of Leahs House, a womens shelter, nails up the placard with Susan Miller announcing the pending demolition of the HappyLand bar in Valley Lee to make way for a 30-bed facility.
was nothing left in the county budget for Leahs House. Helping support the grant represented what the county could do on their behalf, Jarboe said. Of course wed be supportive of that, Jarboe said,
adding that with current budget restrictions Leahs House would be on its own in the foreseeable future. Its all robbing Peter to pay Paul, Jarboe said. Im looking forward to her providing a good transitional house
for women and families. [Domestic violence] is a problem not only in St. Marys County but in many places. Its sad but true.
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Continued from page A- now-busy lives. All of her by artist and manager of the represented less than a mile prints are high-quality and on restaurant Carol Sampson. away at Bette Bumgarners the most accurate data to go roadway, and improving sigarchival paper. Most of her Sampsons artwork shares the glorious Cherryfield Studio. from, showing over a 76 per- nal timing. Alternative three The winter weather is ap- work features plants, animals space with owner Rick Meat- Bumgarner specializes in oil cent increase of traffic over calls for a continuous turn lane yards collection of vintage paintings and print making this section of Maryland 5, down the middle of the highproaching and families are and architecture. Just down the street from navigation charts and nautical using her surroundings of gar- said Raymond L. Moravec, an way. Alternative four would preparing for lots of visitors dens and waterfront to inspire associate with an engineering be a larger build out proposal and big dinners, but what hap- Chicoines Sunnybank Stu- paraphernalia. Into Piney Point youll most of her artwork. firm working as a consultant with a four-lane divide roadpens when dinner is all gone dio is Karen Quam Russells To end this portion of to SHA. way with select turning areas. and the visitors are still there? Viewpoint Art Studio. Rus- find the oldest beacon still SHA is using these alterSince 2003, SHA has reWhy not take them on a tour sells specialty is watercolor standing along the Potomac the Barnwood and Beach florals, which fill her teal River. Piney Point Lighthouse Glass loop, we will head corded 247 accidents along natives as a starting point, and of the county? St. Marys County is studio walls. She also offers Museum and Park was cre- back to Leonardtown to visit the corridor, with the number awaiting feedback from the home to many undiscovered watercolor lessons next to the ated from the old Piney Point St. Marys River State Park. of reported accidents growing community and county before treasures. Even most county studio in her upstairs working Lighthouse built in 1836. The From Camp Cosoma Road each year. However, Commis- it determines the best route. natives have not yet expe- studio which overlooks the lighthouse served boaters you enter the northern end sioner Thomas A. Mattingly More alternatives are expected throughout the Civil War and of the park which surrounds Sr. (D-Leonardtown) hinted in the future. Theres also a rienced the full beauty and water. Cant get enough local both World Wars until its de- St. Marys Lake, a 250-acre that the traffic data might be five-lane alternative briefly bounty that is home to St. Marys. Along the Barnwood art? Check out our next stop commission in 1964. Stop by watershed home to numerous slightly off because the amount discussed Tuesday, which and Beach Glass trail in the in Valley Lee. Carolyn Egelis the museum for history and waterfowl. Woods, swamps of fender benders not reported would utilize a 14-foot area in and small streams can also be to the police. the middle to make left hand Studio at Her- the park for fun. For more authentic South- explored at St. Marys River ring Creek Sometimes theres an ac- turns. This would also include displays the ern Maryland history visit our State Park. cident there with no report, an 18-foot median, which could Although we have seen Mattingly said. Theres al- narrow in some locations. well-k now n next stop, the Chesapeake Bay According to projects artists high- Field Lab. A common field twenty-six exciting, histori- ways been some questions quality, com- trip spot for St. Marys County cal and inspiring places in about the accident data, we documents, the expansion is m i s s i o n e d Elementary School children, St. Marys County, there are see about 120 accidents in that needed to improve vehicular safety, pedestrian mobility, and p o r t r a i t s , the lab displays one of the last twenty-seven more to keep whole corridor per year. marines, still- Chesapeake Bay skipjacks you and your family busy Moravec called the area a accommodate future growth in the area. As part of the four lifes, land- and docks at one of the last this holiday season, or any major safety issue. scapes and remaining oyster shucking other season for that matter. As part of its presentation alternatives, SHA will conhouses in Southern Maryland. Remember throughout your to the Leonardtown Commis- sider aesthetic improvements nudes. Our next The house has been converted journey to wear comfortable sioners Tuesday, SHA recom- as well ranging from pedesstop is just into an interactive museum shoes and bring plenty of film mended a study to look at four trian cross walks, lighting, reacross Valley where visitors of all ages can for your camera, money for possible alternatives to meet taining walls, landscape, and Lee at the end experience the disappearing gifts and family and friends to the needs of the areas future accommodations for Amish and Mennonite buggies that of Herring life-style of Southern Mary- enjoy the journey with you. traffic projections. Creek Road. land watermen. The first alternative would also utilize the right away. For more information be a no build, but to mainDown in Drayden our A public informational Grab a bite to eat and check next stop is the M. Jane Rowe on the Barnwood and Beach tain routine maintenance on workshop is scheduled for some Studio. Driving down the Glass trail, to see the whole the stretch. Alternative two Dec. 11, 2007, and Russell Photo Courtesy www.thebaylab.org out trail, or experience other trails would be to develop a trans- Walto, the project manager The Dee is one of the last remaining skipjacks in Maryland, more local art lane to her waterfront studio although it is fairly young. It was built in 1979 in Piney Point. at Reluctant its no surprise what Rowe is in the Southern Maryland re- portation system management from SHA, said he hopes to This vessel is certified by the Coast Guard to carry 38 pasknown for painting. Her oils gion, visit www.somdtrails. and travel demand manage- have complete project plansengers and a crew of two in protected waters from March N a v i g a t o r through mid-November. Visit www.thebaylab.org or call 301- Restaurant at represent many of the land- com or pick up your own ment plans namely looking ning by the spring or summer 994-2245 for more information. Tall Timbers and waterscapes native to the copy of the Southern Mary- at minimal improvements, but of 2009. Cost has not yet been Southern Maryland Trails Marina located on the coast Southern Maryland area, as land Trails guidebook at most no major changes to the road- determined, nor has the specifguide, you can visit parks, art of the Potomac River. The well as some simple, quiet, parks or government build- way. Moravec said this alter- ics of each alternative. a galleries, restaurants, mar- decorations inside include natural objects. ings in the area. native would look more at conkets, retreats, farms, gardens marine watercolor paintings More local landscapes are solidating driveways along the and more great attractions from Charlotte Hall to Point Lookout. Last week we traveled from Charlotte Hall to Leonardtown, visiting two farms, three art galleries, one park, three places to eat, one place to stay and three other special attractions. We will add to that now, continuing the Barnwood and Beach Glass loop, and beginning in Leonardtown Square. Our first stop is Crazy for Ewe in Leonardtown Square. This knitting shop is not just your average building full of yarn and needles. Crazy for Ewe, even before you step through the front doors, is a fun place to be. Ellen Lewis, who opened the shop in 2004, offers some of the finest yarns, most locally made. From the mural on the front windows to the local work displayed to the enthusiastic staff, beginners, pros and everyone in between can feel welcome at this knitting shop. Just around the corner on Park Avenue is The Good Earth Natural Food Company, our next stop. Valerie Deptula, owner of the shop, does not simply sell food, though. She offers spices and herbs, personal care products, household supplies, supplements and books. Here youll find a mix of organic, natural, wheat-free, gluten-free and locally-grown and made items. If French food is more your style, then enjoy our third stop in the old Duke building in Leonardtown Square, now Caf des Artistes. Here, certified French chefs serve up an upscale, delectable menu in a quiet, country French atmosphere. Wine and dine with family or enjoy an evening out with your significant other. The North End Gallery, on your left from the Square on Fenwick Street, is our next stop. Wander around this open art gallery and soak in Call us today.... the local talent. Each month new works from a select group 301-737-4241 of Southern Maryland artists are displayed and most are for sale. The gallery also features themed months and one for just local childrens art. During the weekends, the member artists who are featured work the gallery and are available for questions and tips. For more local art, make an appointment with Nadine Bardin Chicoine at Sunnybank Studio off Medleys Neck Road in Leonardtown. 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sault on Campbell and the suspect alleged that the assault had resulted Continued from page A- from some kind of sexual assault Unit, who was working at anfrom Campbell. other job while off-duty. Kohut told police that he The disturbance also had killed or was attempting drew a large crowd of onlookto kill Campbell, charging ers trying to find out what had documents allege. transpired, police said. Police say that money Charing documents state was the main motive for the that Kohut admitted to the as-
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Obituaries
Gene Aloysius Cusic, Jr., 38
Gene A loy siu s Cusic, Jr., 38, of Holly wood, Md., died Nov. 7, at his residence. Born April 6, 1969 in St. Marys County he was the son of Wendy Wright and Frank Wright of Marble Head, Ohio and the late Gene Aloysius Cusic, Sr. He was the beloved husband of Tracy Cusic whom he married on Dec. 3, 2004 in Leonardtown. He is survived by his daughters: Kayla Buckler and Heather Cusic both of Hollywood, Md; siblings: Ronnie Cusic, Sr. of Lusby, Md., Steve Cusic, Sr. and Crystal Wright both of Marble Head, Ohio; nephews: Steven Cusic, Jr., Cody Cusic, Tavaris Cusic, Taron Cusic and Ronnie Cusic, Jr.; niece: Jatori Hughes; aunts and uncles: Sue and Jimmy Harding, Diane and John Standish, Dale and Debbie Dean, Yvonne Dean and Jerry Dean and grandmother: Betty Dean. He was preceded in death by his grandparents: Gertrude Cusic, Carol Cusic and Lemuel Dean and uncles: Joe Cusic, Robbie Cusic and Pee Wee Cusic. Mr. Cusic got his GED in 1991. He worked as a maintenance worker for the Charlotte Hall Veterans Home for 4 years. He enjoyed playing horseshoes, shooting pool, riding motorcycles and going fishing. mantha M. Long and Colin A. Long and 7 great grandchildren; Albert L. Lyon, III, Dustin Gilbert, Danny Rhodes, Brittany Lyon, Kayla Lyon, Ryan Mann and Lauren Mann. She was also preceded in death by her siblings Frances Perry, Alberta Long and Mary Thompson and her grandson Albert L. Speedy Lyon, Jr. Mrs. Lyon attended Margaret Brent High School. gust. Vincent was passionate about life and lived every day to its fullest. He was always the first to help others and had a great sense of humor. He loved to cook and was a lifelong fan of the Washington Redskins. He loved his wife, family, friends, his loyal golden retriever Kodi, and he loved spending time working in his yard and home which he designed and built himself. He also enjoyed taking his boat out on the Chesapeake Bay and fishing with friends and family. He was loved and admired by all that knew him. (Leah) Wojnar, and several nieces and nephews.
Marys Nursing Center, Leonardtown, Md. Born Oct. 27, 1910 in Leonardtown, Md., he was the son of the late William Robert Gatton and Ada Banagan Gatton. Mr. Gatton had worked as a farmer, custodian, school bus driver, St Marys County jailer and bailiff for the court. He is survived by two daughters, Mary Frances Knott and Gloria Hayden both of Hollywood, Md., three sons, John W. Gatton of Hollywood, Md., James I. Gatton of Leonardtown, Md., Charles Dicky Gatton of Callaway, Md., 10 grandchildren, 16 great grandchildren and 2 great-great grandchildren. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Catherine Evans Gatton, a sister, Elizabeth Norris and J. Alvin Gatton. The family will receive friends on Thursday, November 15, 2007 from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. in the Brinsfield Life Celebration Chapel, Leonardtown. Prayers will be recited at 6:30 p.m. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Friday, Nov. 16, at 11:00 a.m. in St. Aloysius Catholic Church, Leonardtown. Reverend John Dakes will be the celebrant. Interment will follow in Our Ladys Church Cemetery, Medleys Neck, Leonardtown.
Lucille T. Lyon, 83
Lucille T. Lyon, 83, of Clements, Md., died Nov. 8, at her residence. Born August 22, 1924 in Dynard, Md., she was the daughter of the late James Dudley and Mary Agnes Lawrence Thompson. She was preceded in death by her husband Albert Vivian Sonnie Lyon, on Nov. 9, 1980. She is survived by her children Albert L. Lyon, Sr. and his wife Donna, John R. Lyon and his wife Melinda, Kathy A. Lawrence and her husband Mac, and Brenda L. Gardiner and her husband Mike, all of Clements, Md., and Angela K. Long and her husband Vernie of Mechanicsville, Md. She is also survived by her sister Lillian Anderson of Mechanicsville, Md., 10 grandchildren; Patrick M. Lyon, Melissa M. Rhodes, Elmer Mac Lawrence, Jr., Jessica D. Mann, Amber L. Lyon, J. Adam Lyon, Brandon A. Long, Sa-
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Patty Lee Dean (72), a resident of Clements, MD since 1994, died on November 10, 2007, at Calvert Memorial Hospital in Prince Frederick, MD. Born March 16, 1935 in Deep Water, West Virginia, Patty was the daughter of the late Levi and Garnet Adkins. She was a devoted mother to her three children, Randy, Cricket and Sean. Patty enjoyed many hobbies such as antiquing, fishing, completing crossword puzzles and gardening. Most of all, she enjoyed the company of family and good friends. Her professional career spanned over 30 years in the aerospace industry at Fairchild Corporation and other companies. She was a valued member of the Space Shuttle, Hubble Space Telescope and International Space Station Teams at Goddard Space Flight Center. She won numerous awards for her technical expertise in electronic component fabrication and installation. In her early years and after retirement, she worked as an optical technician at various locations in southern Maryland. She is preceded in death by her parents, Levi and Garnet Adkins, and daughter Donetta (Cricket) Powell. She is survived by two sons, Sean Patrick Powell and Randy Boyd Powell, both of Clements, MD; grandson, Michael Powell; granddaughter, Angie Armeno; and great grandson, Calvin Powell. She is also survived by her beloved pet parrot, Ollie. Viewing will be held Wednesday, November 14 from 5-8 PM at the Brinsfield Funeral Home in Leonardtown, MD. Funeral services, also at the Brinsfield Funeral Home, are Thursday November 15 at 11 AM, and will be officiated by Pastor Timothy Grose of the Leonardtown Church of the Nazarene. Burial will follow at Charles Memorial Gardens located in Leonardtown, MD. Pallbearers are Randy Powell, Sean Powell, Emmett Black, Steve Hoopengardner, Brian Brasseur, and Bob Wood. Honorary Pallbearers are Louis Sierra, Judge Dalton Wood, Carl Abell, and Ernest Williams, Sr.
Navy News
MH-60S Armed Helo Successfully Completes Developmental Test
Amy Kaper Staff Writer Navy MH-60S Seahawk testers at Naval Air Station Patuxent River achieved a double milestone as they completed developmental testing of the Armed Helo mission kit with first-time Hellfire air-to-ground missile shots from the aircraft Jan. 30. The testing, which started in March 2006, and completed more than 260 flight test hours, included firing missiles from both sides of the aircraft, a first for the H-60 helicopter. All other Navy Hawks only have one weapon station on the left side of the aircraft, explained Randal McKissack, the MH-60R/S common weapon integrated program team lead at Pax River. Having a weapon station on the right side doubles the firing/weapon capability of the aircraft from four to eight missiles and increases the future flexibility of both carrier and expeditionary strike group commanders. Testers were pleased with the helicopters ability to fire and hit the target with all of its missiles on the first try. Armed Helo is the first helicopter test program to successfully execute all of its Hellfire missile shots since 1998 when the HH-60H successfully completed six out of six shots, said Kevin Ransford, MH-60S lead test engineer at Pax Rivers Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 21. The Armed Helicopter Weapon System block upgrade is a key feature of the MH-60S spiral development effort, McKissack added. It will proExcerpts of this article were taken vide future expeditionary strike group from a written statement issued by John commanders with robust capability Milliman, PEO(A) Public Affairs. in the areas of organic combat search and rescue, maritime interdiction operations, surface warfare and carrier plane guard, and search and rescue. During Armed Helo developmental testing, an HX-21 crew led by Armed Helo Project Officer Lt. Cmdr. Rob Gallagher used three MH-60S test aircraft to test the GAU-21 .50 caliber and M240 7.62mm machine guns in addition to the AGM-114 Hellfire air-to-ground missile, according to McKissack. Other major systems integrated with the MH-60S include the AAS-44C Multi-Spectral Targeting System, the APR-39AV(2) Radar Signals Detecting Set, the AAR-47V(2) Missile Warning System, the ALE-47 Countermeasures Dispensing System, the ALQ-144V(6) Infrared Countermea sures Set and a Digital Map System. Although complete with developmental testing, the test team has a training period to complete before starting operational evaluation the last step before fleet introduction of the capability. The MH-60S multi-mission helicopter shares approximately 85 percent commonality with the MH-60R, including the Lockheed Martin-integrated common cockpit, and will replace HH60H Seahawk helicopters currently in use as part of the U.S. Navys Helicopter Master Plan, which will improve logistical efficiency by reducing six fielded helicopter platforms to two. Approximately 270 MH-60S Seahawks are expected to be delivered to the Navy by 2015. To date, 77 MH-60S aircraft have been delivered to nine fleet squadrons.
Memorial donations may be made to the Calvert Memorial Hospital Foundation, P.O. Box 2127, Prince Frederick, MD, 20678.
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