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Thursday, August 28, 2008 St. Marys County
Back to School
Doors Open for Students,
Parents and Administrators
Story A-8
St. Marys College of Maryland (SMCM)
ranks frst among public traditional liberal
arts colleges in the nation in this weeks edi-
tion of U. S. News and World Report maga-
zine, rising signifcantly in rankings. The
College received the highest ranking as one
of the top fve public, traditional liberal arts
colleges in the nation. SMCM, which rose to
84
th,
ranked above Goucher and Bennington
colleges. The number one and number two
ranked liberal arts colleges were Amherst
and Williams.
The magazine cited SMCMs high grad-
uation rate as well as improvement in most
areas. The overall school ranking improved
from 87
th
in 2008 to 84
th
in 2009. Peer as-
sessment, average freshman retention rate,
and predicted and actual graduation rates
increased. The percentage of classes with
20 or fewer students, and the percentage of
faculty who are full time also showed an
increase.
The U.S. News and World Report
ranking is noteworthy, said Jane Margaret
Maggie OBrien, president of St. Marys
College. We are particularly proud of the
College moving up in the rankings 11 places
over the last two years.
The College was judged one of the best
of the 265 liberal arts colleges in the nation,
of which most are private. Liberal arts col-
leges emphasize undergraduate education
and award at least half their degrees in the
arts and sciences.
The only other public institutions to rank
higher than SMCM on the magazines list of
Best Public Liberal Arts Colleges were
some of the nations military academies: the
U.S. Military Academy (NY), the U.S. Na-
val Academy (MD), and the Virginia Mili-
tary Institute.
Using a proprietary methodology, the
annual U. S. News & World Report rank-
ings represent a comprehensive look at how
schools compare. Methodology is based on
17 widely accepted indicators of excellence,
and help consumers evaluate and compare
data compiled from more than 1,400 accred-
ited four-year schools. An online and video
guide to the report is available on the website
www.usnews.com/.
U.S. News And World Report
Ranks SMCM In First Place Among Public Traditional Liberal Arts
Colleges In The Nation
We Have Changed Our
For mat Thi s Week To Al l ow
For An Ext ensi ve Fal l Spor t s
Pr evi ew In Our B Sect i on.
Andrea Shiell
Staff Writer
College of Southern Maryland
President Bradley Gottfried smiled
as he stood before a gathering of dig-
nitaries and offcers at Patuxent River
Naval Air Station on Tuesday, explain-
ing the impetus of the newest partner-
ship between CSM and the Naval Air
Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAW-
CAD). This agreement is all about eco-
nomic development, he said, adding
that numbers indicated the declining
rate of mathematics and engineering
majors seeking degrees from colleges
in the United States. Were trying
very diligently to meet the needs of
the baseand this program is really
going to help that, he said.
Members of NAWCAD and
the CSM Board of Trustees were on-hand to wit-
ness the signing of a new educational partner-
ship agreement between the Naval Air Warfare
Center Aircraft Division and the college, which
will allow an extension of current math, science
and engineering programs offered at CSM to in-
clude internships, part-time work, and classes for
students to be held on the base itself, providing
students with work experience and exposure as
well as jobs after graduation.
NAWCAD Commander Rear Adm. Steven
Eastburg commented on the coupling of the
base and its surrounding community. What
were here today to do is affect that coupling,
he said, noting that money was being spent ev-
ery year to recruit engineers from out-of-state,
many of whom moved away after a few years
in the area. We must work closer to home, he
said, adding that the best strategy would be for
the base and the community to grow their own
workers. The concept is that we identify them
early on, Eastburg explained, adding that STEM
initiatives already in place could groom future
generations of engineers for jobs in and around
the base itself.
Gottfried said that his hope for the part-
nership would be expanded access to base fa-
cilities, base personnel teaching a portion of the
colleges engineering classes, and an infux of
See Partnership page A-
Andrea Shiell
Staff Writer
On Tuesday, members of the
Board of County Commissioners
agreed with Recreation and Parks
Director Phil Rollins when he said
that soil erosion near Piney Point
Lighthouse had become a problem.
This has been an issue of concern
for at least 10 years, he said as he ex-
plained the scope of the departments
soil erosion project to the board.
Six bids for the project came in
Funds
Reallocated
For Piney
Point Shore
Erosion
Project
See Erosion page A-6
SectionA-
The
County Times Thursday,August8,008
ByGuyLeonard
StaffWriter
David Guillemette, a former substitute
teacher for the county public school system,
pleaded guilty to inappropriately touching
a young female who was staying over at his
housewithamemberofhisfamily.
Guillemette, 54, of Great Mills admitted
hisguilttoathirddegreesexoffensethattook
place in January before Circuit Court Judge
MichaelJ.StammAug.22.
Hewillserve18monthsinthecountyde-
tentioncenter,thoughhisoriginalsentencewas
fve years in the Department of Corrections.
Guillemette must also pay restitution to
the victim, as well as avoid any kind of con-
tact, directly or indirectly, with the victim in
thecase.Guillemettewillalsohavetoregister
asasexoffender.
I cannot express in words the pain and
suffering Ive caused, Guillemette said in
court.IfIcouldturnbackthesandsoftimeI
would,butIcant.
Accordingtofactsofthecasereadonthe
record by Assistant States Attorney Joseph
Stanalonis, Guillemette accosted the victim
whenshewassittingonthecouchinhishome
by placing his hand down her pants and fon-
dlingher.
Whenthevictimtoldhimtostop,Stana-
lonissaid,Guillemettedidsobuttriedtokiss
thevictim.
Guillemette was originally charged with
second-degree assault, a third-degree sex of-
fenseandsexualabuseofaminor,butaplea
deal with prosecutors ensured he would only
facejailtimeforthethird-degreesexoffense
charge.
Stanalonissaidthevictimsfamilyagreed
tothepleadeal.
Judge Stamm said the familys wishes
were the only reason he agreed to the plea
deal.Themaximumpenaltyforathird-degree
sexoffenseis10yearsinprison.
If Guillemette has any contact with the
victim going forward, Judge Stamm said he
woulddotheremainderofhissentencefroma
statepenitentiary.
Idhavenoqualmsaboutsendingyouto
theDepartmentofCorrections,JudgeStamm
said.Youvedonesomethingshellneverfor-
get and I fnd that inexcusable.
Youre to have no contact whatsoever
with the victim if you see her walk into a
storeyouleavebygoingoutthebackway.
Guillemette was one of two people who
worked within the public school system this
year charged with a sex offense against a
minor.
The other, Scott Strandberg, a paid vol-
unteer who worked as a drum line coach at
LeonardtownHighSchool,waschargedwith
having sexual contact with a 16-year-old girl
bothathishomeandonaschoolbus.
Standbergsarrestandsubsequentlybeing
chargedwithsexualabuseofaminorcaused
the countys public school system to institute
asystemofbackgroundchecksforvolunteers
lookingforapositionworkingwithstudents.
Strandberghadnocriminalrecordpriorto
hisworkingasadrumlinecoachfortheschool
system.
StandbergstrialissetforlateSeptember,
accordingtocourtdocuments.
FormerSubstitute
TeacherPleadsGuilty
ToSexOffense
ByGuyLeonard
StaffWriter
One of two men convicted in a playground
shooting on Suburban Drive last year stemming
fromadomesticdisputebetweentwoneighborhood
factionswantstohavehisrecordcleared,documents
fled in St. Marys County Circuit Court show.
Lamont Drewell Carey, who was 17-years-old
and a juvenile at the time of the shooting incident,
pleaded guilty to being involved in a frst-degree as-
saultandrecklessendangerment,courtpaperssaid,
andwasremandedtoajuvenilefacility.
David W. Densford, Careys attorney, said his
client has successfully completed his time in the
juvenile facility and he deserves to have his record
expunged.
Henevergotconvictedofanythingasanadult,
Densfordsaidofhisclient,whoisnow18yearsold,
adding that the states attorneys offce missed the
markinprosecutinghisclientfortakingpartinthe
shooting.
Iftheyfelthewasadangertothecommunity
andanactiveparticipantinashootingtheywouldve
insisted he did [prison] time for it, Densford said.
This was not the states attorneys offces fnest
moment.
Hewasinthewrongplaceatthewrongtime.
TheApril24,2007shootingbetweenwhatlaw
enforcement termed as rival local gang factions,
sparked a county-wide effort to identify possible
gangs in communities as well as saturation patrols
designedtocrackdownonstreet-levelcrime.
According to charging documents fled by inves-
tigatorsinthecase,theshootingarosefromadomes-
ticdisputethatsetthetworivalfactionstheOut-
sidersandtheBoomSquadagainsteachother.
JarrellRaheimJohnson,aBoomSquadmember
whoisservinga10-yearsentenceastheotheractive
shooterinthecase,andfellowgangmembersgath-
eredweaponsandammunitiontoconfrontoneofthe
victims,JosephPayne,whohadbeeninvolvedinthe
domesticdisputewithhiswifeearlierthatday,charg-
ingdocumentsstate.TheythendrovedownSubur-
banDriveinseveralvehicleslookingforPayne.
When they found Payne, charging documents
state, Johnson and fellow gang members opened fre
onPayneandhisassociates,includingSherronTor-
rillBush,whowasstruckbyshotgunpellets.
The gunfre erupted next to a small playground
locatedonthemainroadleadingdowntothemobile
homeparkandendangeredasmanyasninechildren
who were playing there, investigators and prosecu-
torshavesaid.
Assistant States Attorney Joseph Stanalonis,
whoprosecutedbothCareyandJones,saidDensford
misrepresentedthefactsofthecaseregardingCareys
culpabilityintheeventsofthatday.
Thestatefoughtthewaiver[tojuvenilecourt];
and[Carey]wasplacedinalocked,secureprogram
and ordered to complete that program, Stanalonis
told The County Times in rebuttal to Densfords
statements.Thecourtsent[Careyscase]tojuvenile
courtoverthestatesobjections.
Thats a complete mischaracterization of the
caseandshameonMr.Densfordfordoingthat.
Stanalonisalsosaidthat,legally,Densfordscli-
entisnoteligibletohavehisrecordexpunged.
The criminal procedure section clearly states
hesnotentitledtoexpungementuntilhes21years
old, Stanalonis said. Then its up to the courts
discretion.
Densford said his client is currently holding
downajob.
Hes out there working six days a week, con-
tributingtothecommunity,Densfordsaid.
PlaygroundShootingParticipant
WantsRecordExpunged
United Way of St. Marys County (UWSMC)
BoardofDirectorsispleasedtoannouncethe2008
MeritGrantawards.MeritGrantsaregiventosup-
portprogramsandservicesthatprovidesolutionsthat
strengthenourcommunity.ThemissionofUWSMC
is to bring people together to recognize the needs
of our community and implement those solutions.
Thisyearsrecipientsare:
Lexington Park Volunteer Rescue Squad
(LPVRS) awarded $10,000 toward purchase of
an Auto-Pulse Cardiac Support Pump. Thesede-
vices are used to provide automated chest com-
pressions to cardiac arrestvictims - a situa-
tion LPVRS encounters several times a month.
Care Net Pregnancy Center awarded $5,000 to ex-
pandtheirfreemedicalservicestoincludeSTDtest-
ingservices.
Special Olympics awarded $5,000to
purchase bicycles with training wheels and
three wheel bikes for their athletes to com-
pete at the local, state and international levels.
Walden Sierra awarded $5,000 for Compass
House - aHalfway House for young women
with children and pregnant women in recov-
ery - to replace 10 year old mattresses and cribs
Care NetPregnancy Center awarded $1,000 to pur-
chaseeducationalmaterialsforanewFatherhood
program designed to equip young men with the
knowledgeandskillstoempowerthemtobeactively
involvedwiththeirchildren.
SouthernMarylandCenterforIndependentLiv-
ing awarded $1,000 to purchase a laptop computer
for mobile programs in the communityregarding
disabilityissues.
AmericanRedCrossSouthernMarylandChap-
ter awarded $1,000 to outft their newly donated feet
of emergency vehicles with refective markings and
signsmakingtheirarrivaltoadisastermorepromi-
nentandmakingtransportsaferfortheirvolunteers.
RobbieLoker,PresidentoftheBoardofDirec-
tors of United Way St. Marys County said, We
areinthebusinessofmakingourcommunityabet-
terplacetoliveforthoseinneed.Weareexcitedto
provide funds to these worthwhile programs. The
MeritGrantsarefundedthroughourgeneralfundto
whichdonorsgivetheirdollarswiththeunderstand-
ing that we safeguard their trust and take our fdu-
ciaryresponsibilityseriouslyinconsideringwhichof
themanyapplicationstoaward.
PresentationswillbemadeattheUWSMC2008
CampaignKick-OffBreakfastSeptember5,2008at
theJ.TDaughertyConferenceCenter.Formorein-
formationpleasecall301.862.5577oremailuwsmc.
ed@gmail.com
UnitedWayOfSt.MarysCounty
AnnouncesMeritGrantAwards
ToLocalCharities
Republican Collins Bailey said there is
asimplereasonwhyhedecidedtochallenge
Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Mechanicsville, for
Congress--nooneelsewould.
My frst goal was to make sure that the
race was contested, so that the congress-
man could have a dialogue about the good
and bad decisions hes made, said Bailey,
whoaddedthathewasverydisappointed
whenHoyerfacednoRepublicanopponent
in2006.
Bailey, 54, is a self-employed lumber
brokerwhohasbeenelectedtofourconsec-
utivefour-yeartermsontheCharlesCounty
BoardofEducation.HeisrunningforCon-
gress on a platform of limited, constitu-
tional government, fscal responsibility
andwhathetermsAmericanindependence
andnationalsovereignty.
Basically,Ithinktaxesshouldbelower
and government should be smaller, Bailey
explained.
But getting that message out to voters
will be a challenge for Bailey, who faces a
well-known and well-funded incumbent in
Hoyer.
Hoyer has held the 5th District seat for
nearly30years,risingsteadilyintheDemo-
cratic ranks to his current offce as House
majorityleader.
His strongest challenger in 2006 was
Green Party nominee Steve Warner, who
took17percentofthevote.ThelastRepub-
licantochallengeHoyerwasBradleyJewitt,
whocarried29percentofthevotein2004.
In his latest fling with the Federal Elec-
tion Commission, Hoyer reported having
raised nearly $3 million as of June 30 and
having more than $1.5 million in cash on
hand. Those numbers make his campaign
oneofthewealthiestintheHouse.
Bailey, by contrast, reported total in-
come of just over $4,500 for his campaign
in the same fling period, most of which has
alreadybeenspentinoperatingcosts.
HealsofaceslongoddsasaRepublican
running in an overwhelmingly Democratic
district.MarylandStateBoardofElections
statisticsshowthatvoterregistrationinthe
districtismorethan2-1Democratic.
Baileysaidheiscountingontherecord-
low approval rating of the Democrat-led
110th Congress to motivate some 5th Dis-
trictDemocratstovoteagainsttheparty.
In the history of polling, the congres-
sional approval rating has only been this
low six times -- fve of them were this year,
Baileysaid.
Justin Ready, the executive director of
the Maryland Republican Party, attributed
thepublicslowopinionofCongresspartly
onitsperceptionofincumbentslikeHoyer.
Ithinktheresageneralsenseofincum-
bentslookingoutforthemselvesandnotfor
thebestinterestsofthepeople,Readysaid.
IthinkwithCollins,youvegotaguywho
reallycaresabouthisarea,hisdistrict,and
voterswillseethat.
But Michael Cain, chairman of the po-
liticalsciencedepartmentatSt.MarysCol-
legeofMaryland,saidvoterdissatisfaction
withCongressprobablyisnotenoughtobe
helpfultotheBaileycampaign.
Idontseehowthatwillmotivatevot-
erstoturnoutanincumbentlikeStenyHoy-
er,Cainsaidbytelephone.Although(vot-
ers)mighthaveabadviewofCongress,that
doesnt necessarily extend to their opinion
oftheirrepresentative.
AHoyerspokeswomanagreed.
Its not unusual for Congress to have
a low approval rating. Locally, representa-
tives tend to be favored higher than Con-
gress in general, spokeswoman Stephanie
Lundbergsaid.
SheaddedthatHoyermaintainsanex-
cellentstandardinhisdistrict.
According to Cain, Baileys big-
gest weakness is simply a lack of name
recognition.
Idontseehowhecangoupagainstan
institutionlikeStenyHoyerwhenmostpeo-
pledontknowwhoCollinsBaileyis,even
amongRepublicansIspeakto,Cainsaid.
He needs to be able to put forward a
positivevisionofwhathewoulddothatSte-
ny Hoyer wont, Cain said. He might be
doingthat,butIdonthearit.
Baileyisnotdeterred.
Peoplearesayingthattheyarelifetime
DemocratsandtheyregoingtovoteRepub-
lican.Theyrereadyforarealchange.
RepublicanRefusesToGive
HoyerAFreePassIn5th
DistrictRace
By: Megan Miller
Capital News Service
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ORGANIZATION TOTAL
ST MARYS SCHOOL BRYANTOWN $62,421.90
ST JOHNS CHURCH & SCHOOL $49,250.22
VICTORY BAPTIST ACADEMY $38,666.36
LETTIE DENT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL $27,258.87
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION CHURCH $22,778.06
T C MARTIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL $20,470.21
MT ZION UNITED METHODIST CHURCH $20,142.87
MOTHER CATHERINE SPALDING SCHOOL $14,154.72
HUGHESVILLE VFD LADIES AUXILIARY $12,970.91
KINGS CHRISTIAN ACADEMY $12,145.77
HOSPICE OF ST MARYS $11,225.73
MARGARET BRENT MIDDLE SCHOOL $9,082.92
WHITE MARSH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL $8,416.45
MECHANICSVILLE VOL RESCUE SQUAD $7,814.23
AMERICAN RED CROSS OF SO MD CHAPTER $7,751.32
ALL FAITH EPISCOPAL CHURCH $7,627.31
TRI COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER $7,422.04
LITTLE FLOWER SCHOOL $7,406.46
ST MARYS RYKEN HIGH SCHOOL $7,238.17
CHOPTICON HIGH SCHOOL BAND BOOSTERS $7,180.35
SPECIAL OLYMPICS OF ST MARYS $7,122.38
HOLLYWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL $7,032.58
FATHER ANDREW WHITE SCHOOL $6,842.25
LEONARDTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PTA $6,741.18
MECHANICSVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL $6,616.43
ST MICHAELS SCHOOL $5,856.60
HOLLYWOOD VOL RESCUE SQUAD $5,160.76
DUCKS UNLIMITED ST MARYS CO CHAPTER $4,902.75
SO MD CHILD CARE RESOURCE CENTER $4,540.80
GREAT MILLS ATHLETIC BOOSTERS $4,501.95
CHOPTICON HIGH SCHOOL $4,363.25
THE CENTER FOR LIFE ENRICHMENT $4,205.93
ST PAULS LUTHERAN CHURCH $4,196.25
ST ANNES ANGLICAN CHURCH $4,011.75
ST MARYS COUNTY OFFICE ON AGING $3,991.87
CARE NET PREGNANCY CENTER OF SO MD $3,901.84
ST. MARYS COUNTY LIBRARY $3,859.68
OAKVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL $3,764.84
ORGANIZATION TOTAL
PINEY POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL $3,662.48
LEONARDTOWN MIDDLE SCHOOL $3,564.42
ST MARYS ANIMAL WELFARE LEAGUE $3,488.19
GRACE BRETHREN CHRISTIAN SCHOOL $3,440.76
ST MARYS HOSPITAL $3,305.60
RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL $3,226.83
SO MD FOOD BANK CATHOLIC CHARITIES $3,219.68
ARC OF SOUTHERN MARYLAND $3,185.13
SPRING RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL $3,003.09
PARK HALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL $2,994.96
HOLLYWOOD WORSHIP CENTER $2,948.41
ST DOMINICS CHURCH SODALITY $2,947.35
DYNARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL $2,784.38
CALVERTON SCHOOL $2,775.42
HOLLYWOOD UNITED METHODIST CHURCH $2,239.25
ST GEORGES EPISCOPAL CHURCH $1,934.19
LUCKY ONES SPCA $1,876.23
CHRISTMAS IN APRIL ST MARYS $1,870.29
GREENVIEW KNOLLS ELEMENTARY $1,794.24
HOLY ANGELS SACRED HEART SCHOOL $1,709.52
GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH AND SCHOOL $1,576.25
HOSPICE OF CHARLES COUNTY $1,536.45
GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER ELEM SCHOOL $1,524.60
HOLY FACE CHURCH $1,521.87
DAUGHTERS OF AMERICAN REVOLUTION $1,494.42
SECOND DISTRICT VOLUNTEER FIRE & RESCUE $1,371.21
LEXINGTON PARK UNITED METHODIST CHURCH $1,359.05
AMERICAN KIDNEY FOUNDATION $1,276.99
CITIZENS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION $1,265.25
LEONARD HALL JUNIOR NAVAL ACADEMY $1,226.50
AMERICAN RED CROSS OF CHARLES COUNTY $1,188.72
IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY CHURCH $1,177.12
ST MARYS HELPING HANDS $1,165.04
ST. MARYS HOME FOR THE ELDERLY, INC. $1,093.25
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF SO MD $1,087.55
PATUXENT ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY $1,037.31
LEONARDTOWN HIGH SCHOOL $1,028.84
FAMILY LIFE VICTORY CENTER $1,018.40

ORGANIZATION TOTAL
FREEDOMS REIN FILLIES & COLTS 4 H $997.75
GIRL SCOUT UNIT 10-2/190-1370 $850.71
LEXINGTON PARK ELEMENTARY $818.19
UNITED CEREBRAL PALSY OF SO MD $766.37
TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH ST MARYS PARISH $747.11
LEXINGTON PARK RESCUE SQUAD $743.75
ST PAULS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH $726.20
WALDEN SIERRA, INC. $718.46
LEONARDTOWN HIGH SCHOOL BAND BOOSTERS $713.03
ALTERNATIVES FOR YOUTH & FAMILIES $639.96
ST MARYS CHURCH & SCHOOL OF PISCATAWAY $632.71
CALLAWAY BAPTIST CHURCH $590.95
FIRST MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH $561.22
Dr JAMES A FORREST CAREER & TECH CENTER $555.00
CHAMBER ORCHESTRA OF SO MD $529.35
TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH & SCHOOL-NEWPORT $527.25
ST. MARYS NURSING CENTER INC. $519.09
CHAPTICO CHARGERS 4-H CLUB $506.31
CENTER FOR CHILDREN $495.92
ZION UNITED METHODIST CHURCH $486.14
GOSPEL TABERNACLE OF PRAYER CHURCH $471.79
HOLLYWOOD OPTIMIST CLUB $468.13
BETH ISRAEL CONGREGATION $468.06
MINORITY BUSINESS ALLIANCE $458.90
THE 7:30 CLUB AT IMMACULATE CONCEPTION $452.07
STARMAKER LEARNING CENTER $407.67
TRICO CORPORATION $397.25
UNITED WAY OF ST MARYS COUNTY INC $378.79
BENEDICT LADIES AUXILIARY $378.51
INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT $374.07
PATUXENT HABITAT FOR HUMANITY $363.50
GREEN HOLLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL $356.02
WOMENS CENTER OF SOUTHERN MD $353.27
GOOD SAMARITAN LUTHERAN CHURCH $347.62
SOTTERLEY FOUNDATION $344.15
ST MARYS COLLEGE OF MARYLAND $334.47
ST. CECELIA PARISH $330.66
YOUNG LIFE ST. MARYS $326.47
ORGANIZATION TOTAL
HOPE OF SOUTHERN MARYLAND $299.51
GOLDEN RETRIEVER RESCUE OF SO MARYLAND $295.10
CATHOLIC DAUGHTERS OF AMERICA $288.46
THREE OAKS HOMELESS SHELTER CENTER $286.69
ST JOHNS ST VINCENT DEPAUL SOCIETY $274.02
FIRST UNITED PENTECOSTAL CHURCH OF ST. MARYS $270.00
LEONARDTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL $255.06
TOWN CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL $245.87
UNITED WAY OF CHARLES CO INC $242.90
TRI-COUNTY YOUTH SERVICES BUREAU $239.79
CALVERT HIGH SCHOOL $200.71
LEONARDTOWN HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 2006 $197.72
GREAT MILLS HS BAND BOOSTERS $196.71
MARGARET BRENT HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOC $189.43
CHESAPEAKE BAY AQUATIC CLUB $184.34
DENTSVILLE EMS & AUXILIARY INC $175.59
COMMUNITY SUPPORT CENTER $172.07
THE CATHERINE FOUNDATION $166.37
CHRIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH $163.51
LEONARDTOWN VOLUNTEER RESCUE SQUAD $160.01
POTOMAC RIVER ASSOCIATION $157.70
BROWNIE TROOP #3541 $151.60
CHARLOTTE HALL LIBRARY $148.55
OPIS ST. MARYS HOSPITAL $145.68
BETHESDA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH $140.37
MECHANICVILLE ASSEMBLY OF GOD $139.08
SO. MD CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING $135.43
CHESAPEAKE CHARTER SCHOOL ALLIANCE $133.58
CUB SCOUT PACK 420 $130.09
QUAD COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION $125.34
MARCH OF DIMES $124.23
KNIGHTS OF ST JOHNS LADIES AUXILIARY $121.12
SO. MD MOTHERS OF MULTIPLES $120.87
BAY DISTRICT VOL FIRE DEPARTMENT $113.28
KIWANIS CLUB OF ST MARYS COUNTY $111.22
ESPERANZA MIDDLE SCHOOL $109.71
CUB SCOUT PACK 1634 $109.26
WALLS OF JASPER $108.54
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PATUXENT HIGH SCHOOL $107.59
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PARK HALL TRUE HOLINESS CHURCH $103.41
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GIRL SCOUT TROOP #1767 $100.00
HISTORIC ST. MARYS CITY FOUNDATION $93.41
OAKVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PTA $91.12
SO MD TRI-CO. COMMUNITY ACTION COMMITTEE $85.94
PARENTS WITHOUT PARTNERS CHAPTER 1301 $75.59
MILTON SOMERS MIDDLE SCHOOL $56.37
MILL CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL $55.59
GIRL SCOUT TROOP #4549 $50.00
I.B.P.O. ELKS LODGE 1120 $50.00
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PASTORAL COUNSELING CENTER $33.18
MECHANICSVILLE OPTOMIST CLUB $28.64
FOOD STAMP NUTRITION PROGRAM $28.13
GREENWELL FOUNDATION $27.37
ST. PETERS SCHOOL $20.00
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SPRING DELL CENTER, INC $10.00
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Libraries Will Be
Closed But Internet
Branch Open On
Sept 1
The three libraries will
be closed Sept. 1 for Labor
Day, but library customers
can use the Internet branch
at www.stmalib.org to renew
their items, download free
movies and audio books and
do research using the online
databases. These free online
databases are electronic ver-
sions of information previous-
ly in print and can be thought
of as electronic extensions of
the librarys bookshelves. Un-
like many Internet sites, these
are published by reputable
sources and are accepted by
schools as citable sources.

Laptop Lab Open
House Kicks Of
Leonardtowns
Computer Classes
Leonardtown will begin
offering introductory com-
puter classes starting Sept. 9
using wireless laptops in the
meeting room. Class space
is limited so registration is
required. Patrons can drop
in and try out the laptops at
an Open House, scheduled
from 2 to 4 p.m. on Sept. 2.
In October the laptops will
travel to Charlotte Hall so
classes can be offered at that
branch. Charlotte Halls
Laptop Lab Open House is
scheduled Oct. 2 from 2-4
p.m. The laptops were pur-
chased through the Laptop
Lab Grant funded by the Insti-
tute for Museum and Library
Services through the Library
Services and Technology Act.

Teens Invited To
Tag Meeting
Teens can meet other
teens, play Wii and help plan
teen library activities at the
librarys TAG (Teen Advisory
Group) meetings. Sleeping
Freshmen Never Lie by Da-
vid Lubar will be discussed
at Lexington Parks on Sept.
2. The meeting will start at
4 p.m. Charlotte Halls next
meeting will be Sept. 9 at
5 p.m. and Leonardtowns
on Sept. 11 at 5:30 p.m.

Earn A Chance To
Win An Mp Player
Customers can earn a
chance to win an MP3 play-
er by taking an online quiz
on Ron Suskinds book, A
Hope in the Unseen. This
book is being read throughout
Maryland as part of the frst
statewide community read
called One Maryland One
Book. The Maryland Cen-
ter for the Book, a program
of the Maryland Humanities
Council, and the Maryland
public libraries are sponsor-
ing this initiative, which will
run through October. For a
complete listing of events and
to access the quiz, customers
can click on the One Mary-
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stmalib.org. Book discussions,
a visit by Ron Suskind and a
readers theater are scheduled
in October.
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By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
If a disaster or other emergency
struck in Southern Maryland right now
that required blood for victims, the re-
gion would be in trouble according to
Mike Zabko, director of the local Red
Cross.
The Red Cross tries to maintain an
ideal level of a fve-to-seven day blood
supply, according to its Web site, but
current levels are a fraction of that.
As of Aug. 22, the level of O posi-
tive blood would stand just two-tenths
of one day of use. The local Red Cross
Web site shows that there is only three-
tenths of day supply of B positive blood
and only one-half days worth of O neg-
ative and A negative blood on hand.
Zabko said since the terrorist at-
tacks of Sept. 11, 2001, blood supplies
have dropped off because donors have
stopped giving. One explanation he
gave was that many people who do-
nated to help out after the attacks saw
much of the blood go to waste because
survivors of the attacks did not need it.
The stocks went bad and donors
did not feel the need to continue with
the supply.
Its been bad for the past six or
seven years, Zabko told The County
Times. I dont remember it being less
than a days supply.
This year were way down.
Zabko could not explain exactly
why this summers blood supply levels
were so critically low, save that sum-
mer is always a bad time for blood sup-
ply because people are more concerned
with summer vacations.
In the summertime people for-
get about donating blood, Zabko said.
Its not a problem until we need it; if
we had to respond to a disaster wed
have a real issue.
Currently St. Marys Hospital,
Civista Hospital Center and Calvert
Memorial Hospital are all competing
for blood from the Red Cross, as they
are the hospitals main supplier.
Zabko asked residents to come out
and give blood, since there was no sub-
stitute for it.
The only place you can get it is
your fellow human beings, Zabko
said. Everybody needs to step up and
donate pint of blood; every 53 days you
can do that.
Even those as young as 16-years-
old can donate if they are healthy
enough and have parental consent,
Zabko said.
The St. Marys County Sheriffs
Offce is holding a blood drive spon-
sored by the Red Cross Sept. 2 from 8
a.m. 1p.m. at Leonard Hall Drive in
Leonardtown.
Red Cross Director: Regional Blood
Supplies Lowest In Recent Memory
SectionA-
The
There are many
communities across the
stateofMarylandthatwould
love to have an institution
such as St. Marys College
located in their backyard.
In fact, St. Marys College
would likely be the pride
of any community across
this nation. State Senator
Roy Dyson sees it differ-
ently and is on a mission
to erode the quality of this
extraordinary educational
establishment.
Among public col-
leges, St. Marys College
is the highest-ranking tra-
ditional liberal arts college
in the nation. Some refer
to the educational oppor-
tunities for students as be-
ing able to receive an Ivy
Leaguequalityeducationat
thecostofapubliccollege.
In1992theCollege
was designated the states
honors college and has
since risen to its current
staturebywayofacareful-
lyexecutedplanbythead-
ministration. The College
has worked hard to keep
the number of students per
classlowandthenumberof
full-timefacultyhigh.
TheCollegehasthe
highest graduation rate of
any public college in the
state, which is very note-
worthyconsideringtheCol-
legesdiversestudentbody,
whichincludes20%minor-
ities and 24% first genera-
tioncollegestudents.
The College has
taken advantage of a beau-
tiful natural setting along
the St. Marys River to
develop a site that offers
modern classrooms and fa-
cilities while maintaining
thetranquilityandprotect-
ing the environment. This
unique campus adds to the
educationalexperienceina
positiveway.
The College also
offers its students a study
abroadprogramasitmain-
tains classrooms in Italy.
The opportunity for young
adults to study overseas is
animportantcomponentof
theIvyLeaguetypequality
thiscollegeoffers.
Ifthereisonething
that the College could im-
prove upon would be to
workcloserwithSt.Marys
Countyhighschoolstocre-
ate as many opportunities
as possible for students
from St. Marys County to
attendSt.MarysCollege.
RoyDysonhasbeen
very critical of the college
over the past year, primar-
ilyovertheirdecisionsrel-
ative to constructing new
facilitiesoncampus.
Last week, Dyson
broadened his criticism of
the College to include its
academic mission. Worst
of all, Dyson cast his criti-
cisms before the Maryland
Board of Public Works.
TheBoardofPublicWorks
includes the Governor, the
Comptroller, and the state
Treasurer. This Board is
responsible for approving
the fundingrequests ofthe
College.
Dysons out lash
towards the College could
have long term damag-
ing financial effects as the
Board of Public Works has
many competing colleges
wantingthelimiteddollars
available.
Dysons assertions
that the College is elite
and should not be focusing
on smaller classroom sizes
or a study abroad program
areitemsthatDysonshould
address with the Colleges
BoardofTrustees.
Working together with
theCollegeratherthancrit-
icizing the College before
the funding source in An-
napolis would better pro-
tect and insure that a qual-
ityeducationalopportunity
continues to exist here in
St.MarysCounty.
Our communi-
ty would be much better
served by Dyson working
with the College to contin-
uetheacademicexcellence
ithasachievedandfinding
waystoopenmoredoorsof
opportunityforresidentsof
St.MarysCountytoattend
St. Marys College rather
than working through An-
napolis to lower the Col-
legesstandards.
AndreaShiell
StaffWriter
OnSaturday,theparking
lot of Cherry Cove Property
Management was brimming
with policemen, assembled
to discuss what they had
codenamed Operation Most
Wanted Weekend. The St.
Marys County Sheriffs Of-
fce in cooperation with the
Maryland State Police Leon-
ardtown Barrack, Maryland
State Police Homeland Secu-
rity&IntelligenceBureauand
the United States Marshalls
Capital Area Regional Fugi-
tive Task Force joined forces
toconductacountywidewar-
rant initiative, with a joint
operationthatconsistedof30
troopers, 30 deputies and a
pantheonofSt.MarysCoun-
tyCorrectionspersonnel.
Wehaveabunchofback-
logs of warrants, explained
Public Information Offcer
DeputyCindyAllen.Weve
done some research on the
warrants we have on fle, so
weregoingtotrytoserveas
manyofthoseaspossible.
The operation was also
supportedbycivilianperson-
nel from both organizations
with Sheriff Timothy Cam-
eron and Lieutenant Michael
Thompson maintaining op-
erationalcommand.
Cameron commented on
the impetus for Saturdays
effort, saying, we have over
1,000 warrants in an open fle
called holdso what weve
done by virtue of this opera-
tionisdiscoveredaweakness
inoursystem.Cameronex-
plainedthatthepeopleonhis
list were pursued before, but
afterrepeated,failedattempts
toapprehendthem,theywere
placed in an open fle and all
but forgotten. He said that
Saturdays operation was an
attempt to serve as many of
those warrants as possible,
sending offcers to as many as
ten addresses for each of the
namesontheirimmediatelist,
which consisted of over 200
people wanted for a variety
of crimes including felonies
and violent misdemeanors.
Cameron noted that he plans
to take steps to address the
weakness, setting up a more
effcient system for the appre-
hension of wanted persons.
Im going to work as hard
asIcantohaveawayonour
websitetolisttheseopenwar-
rants,headded.
Ten three-man and thir-
teen two-man teams at-
temptedwarrantsserviceson
overtwohundredactivewar-
rants.Allwarrantswerepre-
screened by the Sheriffs Of-
fce, MSP Barrack personnel
andmembersoftheSouthern
Maryland Intelligence Center
(SMIC) along with Maryland
Coordination and Analysis
Center (MCAC) to identify
wantedindividualsstillresid-
inginSt.MarysCounty.
All of these warrants
havebeenvettedandthereisa
high probability that they are
in St. Marys County, said
Maryland State Police Bar-
racksCommanderLt.Michael
Thompsontothecrowdofof-
fcials gathered on Saturday.
Over400residenceswere
visitedresultingin25warrant
apprehensions. Maryland
StatePolicepersonnelserved
a total of 13 Leonardtown
Barrack open warrants while
DeputiesfromtheSt.Marys
Sheriffs Offce served twelve
12 open warrants. Maryland
StatePolicepersonnelalsoar-
rested three subjects for the
unlawfulpossessionofacon-
trolled dangerous substance,
recoveredonestolenregistra-
tion plate and arrested two
subjects for Driving While
Intoxicated.Oftheindividu-
als arrested, TFC M. Davis
of the Washington Area Ve-
hicle Enforcement (WAVE)
Task Force Team, utilizing
themobiletagreader,located
andsubsequentlyarrestedone
individual for the possession
of a stolen registration plate.
The individual arrested was
also found to be in the pos-
session of a large quantity of
crackcocaine.
Individualsarrestedwere
processed at the St. Marys
County Sheriffs Offce Mo-
bileCommandPostlocatedin
LexingtonPark.Membersof
the Southern Maryland Intel-
ligence Center performed ex-
tensive debriefngs on all in-
dividualsarrested.Maryland
State Police Trooper Seven
wasonstandbyforthisopera-
tionbutwasnotutilized.
Thefollowingindividuals
werearrestedthatnightbySt.
MarysCountyPolice:
Brian Edward Simp-
son, 35, of California, Arson
ThreatWarrant
Randy Aloysius Norris,
24, of Hollywood, Driving
WhileSuspendedWarrant
Nathan Junior Williams,
41, of Lexington Park, Driv-
ing Under the Infuence of Al-
coholWarrant
SarahAnneParadizo,27,
ofGreatMills,FalseStatement
to a police offcer Warrant
Marcus Devon Shorter,
20, of Ridge, Possession of
MarijuanaWarrant
Sara Colleen Aud, 19, of
Hollywood, Second Degree
AssaultWarrant
BrianDavidBond,37,of
Leonardtown, Child Support
Warrant
William Lee Quade, 24,
of Bushwood, Child Support
Warrant
AaronWilliamSmithers,
28,ofCalifornia,MotorVehi-
cle/UnlawfulTakingWarrant
LindsayKirbyRae,25,of
Lexington Park, Burglary 1
st
DegreeWarrant
Bruce Jerome Gaines,
53,ofLusby,AnimalCruelty
Warrant
JonathanLiteeChase,34,
ofMechanicsville,ChildSup-
portWarrant
MarylandStatePolicear-
restedthefollowing:
James Franklin Alex-
ander, 49, of Charlotte Hall,
chargedwithDrivingwithout
aLicense
Lisa Cherylette Arm-
strong,22,ofAvenue,charged
withFailuretoPayFine
Joseph Albert Baker, 19,
of Lexington Park, charged
withFailingtoPayFine
Saulon Solis Barrera, 32,
of Lexington, charged with
DrivingwithoutaLicense
Lewis Frank Bryan, 25,
of Great Mills, charged with
FailingtoPayFine
Tristao Commodore, 31,
of St. Leonard, charged with
Assault2
nd
Degree
Joshua Lewis King, 21,
with FTA / Driving While
Suspended
RyanAndrewMurray,23,
of Mechanicsville, charged
withFailingtoPayFine
Charles Edward Nelson,
35, of Ridge, charged with
FelonyCreditCardTheft
Adam E. Roberts, 28,
with Driving on Suspended
License
DavidRodneyScriber,43,
withDWI
JamarMarcusYoung,21,
ofLeonardtown,chargedwith
AssaultSecondDegree
Inadditiontoservingout-
standing warrants, police ar-
rested Wayne Chase Montez,
18,ofLexingtonParkforpos-
sessionofacontrolleddanger-
ous substance, in addition to
charginghimwithpossession
ofstolentags.StevenWesley
Gingery, 23, of Hollywood
was also arrested for posses-
sionofacontrolleddangerous
substance.TwoDWIArrests
werealsomadeatPointLook-
out Road at Camp Casoma
RoadinChingvilleasaresult
ofaRoadRageincidentwhich
occurred at the FastStop on
PointLookoutRoadinLeon-
ardtown. Joseph Kendell
Fryer IV, 25, of La Plata and
StevenWesleyGingery,23,of
Hollywoodwerearrested.
All extra arrests echoed
Camerons comment as he
sent over 70 extra policemen
out on the road late Saturday
afternoon. With this many
police offcers out, theyll act
on any criminal action they
see,hesaid.
Sheriff Cameron said
laterthathewasverypleased
with the operation, adding
that he plans to do a simi-
lar operation in the area next
month.Itwentreallywell.I
wasverypleasedwiththeop-
eration, he said. The most
positiveaspectofthiswasre-
ally the interaction of police
with the communityit was
far more successful than we
expected,notjustinthenum-
berofarrests,butparticularly
in terms of interaction with
thecommunity.
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The
Andrea Shiell
Staff Writer
Heart disease, once
thought a health concern
mainly affecting men, is ac-
tually the number one killer
of women according to Dr.
Elizabeth Ross, the keynote
speaker at U.S. Rep. Steny
Hoyers (D Md. 5) 6
th
an-
nual Womens Equality Day
Luncheon last Thursday.
The theme of this years
meeting was Its Your
Health, Take Control, and
appropriately, this years
speaker was a pillar of South-
ern Marylands medical com-
munity. Ross, a cardiologist
specializing in heart disease
in women, practices internal
medicine in Prince Frederick.
She has also worked to estab-
lish the Calvert Internal Med-
icine Group, worked with the
National Institutes of Health
and served as the frst chair-
person of the Washington
Area Committee on Women
and Heart Disease.
As a national spokesper-
son for the American Heart
Association, Ross put her
speaking talents to work as
she joked with the crowd.
She recounted her quest for
education as an alternative to
actual work when she gradu-
ated high school more than 30
years ago, and laughed as she
said, I chose medical school
because it was the longest
school offered at the Univer-
sity of Maryland.
She described her shock
at seeing how men and wom-
en were treated differently as
she completed her medical
training.
If a man came into
the emergency room with
chest pains, we were told it
was probably his heart until
proven otherwise, Ross said.
But if a woman came into the
emergency room with chest
pains, then she was probably
neurotic, or suffering from
empty nest syndrome, and we
should give her valium and
send her home.
She added that she had
always been taught that heart
disease was a concern for
men, but not women.
Rosss message to the
more than 200 professional
working women in attendance
shattered that long-standing
myth.
When I got to working
on this, fewer than one in
ten women knew that heart
disease was the number one
killer of people in Ameri-
cabut fewer than one in
twenty physicians knew that
heart disease was the number
one killer of women, she ex-
plained. Theres great sur-
vival now for breast cancer
but more than 50 percent of
women end up dying from
heart disease.
Ross offered health ad-
vice to the women there, say-
ing they should quit smoking,
exercise, and know your
numbersknow your weight,
your body mass indexyour
blood sugarand know your
cholesterol.
Hoyer used his remarks
as an opportunity to high-
light certain legislative goals,
one of which would be the
Paycheck Fairness Act (H.R.
1338), designed to eliminate
gender-biased wage discrimi-
nation, which Hoyer contends
is still a problem.
The act would prohibit
employers from retaliating
against employees who share
salary information with co-
workers, require the Depart-
ment of Labor to enhance out-
reach and training efforts to
eliminate pay disparities, and
create a new grant program to
help strengthen the negotia-
tion skills of women entering
the workforce. Hoyer said he
did not expect the act to gain
the necessary votes to pass
the Senate, but he remains
hopeful that the issue will be
addressed next year.
Beftting this years health
theme, Hoyer also created a
Womens Network Advisory
Committee (WNAC) to iden-
tify and address issues of im-
portance to women and build
a mentoring network with
young female professionals
in Marylands 5
th
Congres-
sional district. The commit-
tee is currently meeting with
groups in different counties,
and will report their fndings
by the years end.
Universal access to
quality affordable care will
be a huge issue, Hoyer said
after the luncheon. He said
he hopes to make headway
on drafting legislation for
universal health care, and
expanding existing health in-
surance services to between
four and six million children.
In the meantime, both
Hoyer and Ross said they
would be working to fx the
shortage of doctors in the 5
th

district, and to expand access
to mental health services for
women. Speaker Christine
Parker, of Parker Financial,
LLC, summed up the theme
of the event by reminding
all of their responsibilities to
themselves.
As women we are won-
derful caregivers, she said,
but we must also remember
to care for our own mind,
body, and soul.
Orlando, FL-Cadet 1st
Lt. Daniel Myers of Maryland
Wings St. Marys Composite
Squadron was presented the
national Frank G. Brewer
Memorial Aerospace Ca-
det Award during Civil Air
Patrols national conference
this past weekend in Orlando,
Fla. The award was presented
by Brig. Gen. Amy Courter,
national commander of Civil
Air Patrol.
The Brewer award is
based on outstanding aero-
space achievement or contri-
butions to the aerospace feld
and cadet awardees must have
earned the Gen. Billy Mitch-
ell Award and be a current
member of CAP.
I never expected win-
ning the National award and
I was defnitely surprised and
really excited about it when I
did, said Myers when asked
about the award.
Myers, 16, has been in-
terested in aerospace since
he was a small child watch-
ing his father work on Army
helicopters. That interest
has been the inspiration for
Myers to provide aerospace
education to others. At his
home squadron, Myers helps
coordinate the cadet orienta-
tion fight program and as-
sists the squadron
in hosting the Ex-
perimental Air-
craft Association
(EAA)s Young
Eagles program.
EAA sponsored
his trip to the EAA
Air Academy in
Oshkosh, Wis., in
2006. Upon his re-
turn, Myers briefed
the group on his
trip and was infu-
ential in the group
funded one cadet
per year to attend
the academy.
Myers current-
ly serves as a fight
commander at the
St. Marys squad-
ron and is a mem-
ber of the squad-
rons emergency
services ground
team, along with
being the squad-
rons cadet emer-
gency services offcer. CAP
has given me countless op-
portunities and benefts that
many of my friends and oth-
ers I know dont have, and I
am very thankful for it, said
Myers.
In June of this year, My-
ers few his frst solo fight
and is currently working on
his private pilot license. He
also works at the Patuxent
River Naval Air Museum
where he teaches children
and adults how to operate the
fight simulators, which simu-
late the F-14, P-51, and MiG
17 aircraft.
Myers is a junior at Chop-
ticon High School in Mor-
ganza, Md., where he takes
honors courses. He is a mem-
ber of the schools swim and
cross country teams.
Myers also participates
in the schools Air Force Ju-
nior Reserve Offcer Training
Corps (AFJROTC) program
and is a member of the model
aeronautics club.
Myers is the second St.
Marys cadet to earn the na-
tional Brewer Award in as
many years; Cadet Lt. Col.
David Trick earned the award
in 2007.
For additional informa-
tion about Civil Air Patrols
Brewer Awards,
visit:
www.cap.gov/visitors/
members/aerospace_educa-
tion/awards/brewer_award/
The Civil Air Patrol, the
offcial auxiliary of the U. S.
Air Force, was founded on
Dec. 1, 1941, less than a week
before the Japanese attack on
Pearl Harbor brought the U.
S. into World War II. CAP is
a nonproft organization with
more than 56,000 members
nationwide. The organiza-
tions members perform 95
percent of continental U.S.
inland search and rescue mis-
sions tasked by the Air Force
Rescue Coordination Cen-
ter, and were credited by the
AFRCC with saving 103 lives
in fscal year 2007. Its volun-
teers also perform homeland
security, disaster relief and
counterdrug missions at the
request of federal, state and
local agencies.
Members take a leading
role in aerospace education
and serve as mentors to the
almost 25,000 young people
currently participating in the
CAP Cadet Program. CAPs
cadet programs provide young
men and women with a safe
and motivating environment
in which to grow and explore
opportunities in the military
and aviation industries. CAP
has been performing mission
for American for more than
63 years.
There are approximately
1,300 members of CAP in
Maryland. Last fscal year
wing members few 42 search
and rescue missions and were
credited with 31 fnds. For
more information, visit www.
mdcap.org.
St. Marys Teen
Earns National
Civil Air Patrol
Brewer Award
By: Capt. Brenda Reed, CAP
Public Affairs Offcer
Civil Air Patrol
Maryland Wing
Hoyer Hosts Sixth Annual
Womens Equality Day Luncheon
Keynote Speaker Highlights Heart Health
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Offce of the Sheriff
(Sheriff Cameron and Erin Shoemaker, Fiscal Manager)
Motion:
To approve and authorize the Commissioner President to
sign the Equitable Sharing Agreement, FY2008 Annual Cer-
tifcation Report Affdavit for the federally forfeited funds
program.
Motion By: Lawrence D. Jarboe Second: Kenneth
Dement
Action: Unanimous
Voting Record:
Francis Jack Russell Yes
Thomas Mattingly Yes
Daniel Raley Yes
Lawrence Jarboe Yes
Kenneth Dement Yes
Department of Economic and Community Development
(Bob Schaller, Director; Dennis Nicholson, Executive Di-
rector of the Housing Authority)
Motion: To approve and authorize the Commissioner Pres-
ident to execute the CDBG Grant Amendment to allow the use
of the $250,000 grant award for Colony Square rehabilitation at
New Phoenix, and to sign the related sub-recipient agreement
allowing the pass-through of funds to the Housing Authority.
Motion By: Daniel Raley Second: Lawrence Jarboe
Action: Unanimous
Voting Record:
Daniel Raley Yes
Lawrence Jarboe Yes
Kenneth Dement Yes
Department of Human Services
(Bennett Connelly, Director; Cynthia Brown, Man-
ager; Jackie Beckman, Community Traffc Safety Program
Coordinator)
ident to execute the FY2009 Highway Safety Grant Application
and Project Agreement for the St. Marys County Community
Traffc Safety Program and the related budget amendment in-
creasing the project budget revenues and expenses by $8,100.
Motion By: Thomas Mattingly Second: Lawrence
Jarboe
Action: Unanimous
Voting Record:
Daniel Raley Yes
Lawrence Jarboe Yes
Kenneth Dement Yes
ident to execute the Southern Maryland Media and Enforce-
ment Campaign Grant Application / Project Agreement and the
related budget amendment, in the amount of $113,000, to estab-
lish the project budget for this new FY2009 grant.
Motion By: Thomas Mattingly Second: Kenneth
Dement
Action: Unanimous
Voting Record:
Daniel Raley Yes
Lawrence Jarboe Yes
Kenneth Dement Yes
Department of Recreation and Parks
(Phil Rollins, Director)
ident to sign the budget amendment that will transfer surplus
funds from the Chaptico Park Expansion project (RP0805) to
the Piney Point Lighthouse Shore Erosion project (RP0502) to
cover a shortfall of $270,000 for the construction of shore ero-
sion control measures at the Piney Point Lighthouse Museum
and Historic Park.
Motion By: Kenneth Dement Second: Thomas
Mattingly
Action: Motion Carried
Voting Record:
Daniel Raley Yes
Lawrence Jarboe No
Kenneth Dement Yes
Land Use & Growth Management
(Denis Canavan, Director)
Motion: To establish the Effective Date of September 4,
2008 for the following documents, adopted by the Board of
County Commissioners on August 19, 2008:
BOCC Resolution Number 08-40, adopting an Annual
Growth Policy for St. Marys County; BOCC Ordinance Num-
ber Z-08-06, adopting Zoning Ordinance Text Amendments to
modify requirements for adequacy of public facilities; BOCC
Ordinance Number S-08-01, adopting Subdivision Ordinance
Text Amendments to modify requirements for adequacy of pub-
lic facilities; BOCC Resolution No. 08-41 establishing school
service areas and student yield to determine the adequacy of
public facilities.
Motion By: Daniel Raley Second: Lawrence Jarboe
Action: Unanimous
Voting Record:
Daniel Raley Yes
Lawrence Jarboe Yes
Kenneth Dement Yes
Commission for Women
(Kathleen Werner, Chairperson; Cynthia Brown, Manager,
Department of Human Services)
ident to sign the Bylaws of the Commission for Women of St.
Marys County.
Motion By: Kenneth Dement S e c o n d :
Thomas Mattingly
Action: Unanimous
Voting Record:
Daniel Raley Yes
Lawrence Jarboe Yes
Kenneth Dement Yes
Board of County Commissioners
Voting RecordMeeting Held on
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Lt. Daniel Myers
SectionA-
The
Contact!
J ames C. Boyd, MD
Board Certifed Internal Medicine
Chr i st i ne Raw l i ngs, CRNP
Certifed Family Practice
Nurse Practitioner
Dhi mi t r i Gr oss, MD
Board Certifed
Family Practice
St. Marys Medical Associates is a primary care medical
group serving patients of Southern Maryland since 1995.
Our approach to delivering health care is that of being in a
partnership with our patients. Together, the provider and
patient make health care decisions, set goals and institute
therapy. We offer services for well baby/child, well women
issues, school physicals, routine physicals, DOT Pre-em-
ployment physicals, chain of custody drug collections, drug
testing, medical review offcer services, disease manage-
ment and preventative care. The offce is open from 8am
until 5 pm Monday through Thursday and from 8am until
3pm on Friday. We look forward to meeting you in our new
offces located adjacent to St. Marys Hospital in Leonard-
town.
Caring for patients of all ages
For Appointments Call:
301-997-0055
or 301-997-0114
Fax 301-997-0066
New Location:
St. Marys Medical
Associations, LLC
41680 Miss Bessie Drive
Leonardtown, MD 20650
(next to St. Marys Hospital)
Most Insurance Accepted
Welcoming New Patients
Ramblings of a Country Girl
TerriBartzBowles
I recently received an ex-
tremely cool birthday gift,
a half hour ride in a vin-
tage biplane. The weekend
weather was gorgeous and a
perfect time to redeem my
gift, so off I went, fying in a
1944 Stearman biplane. The
owner, Nick Mirales, oper-
ates Biplane Air Tours out of
the St. Marys County air-
port.Wearrivedattheairport
andwalkedouttothetarmac.
Nicks plane is beautiful, a
deepgoldenyellowthatshone
in the afternoon sun. It has
been completely restored and
is now used exclusively for
pleasure.Theseplanesbegan
life as trainers for U.S. Navy
andU.S.ArmyAirCorpsdur-
ing World War II. Many of
them were then used as crop
dusters.Now,thepeoplewho
lovethemrestoretheseplanes
and share their passion with
others by going to air shows
and fy-ins and giving folks
likemeachancetoexperience
open cockpit fying.
If you like to fy, you must
dothis.Ifyoulikerollercoast-
ers,youshouldtrythis.Ifyou
wanttoseepartsofSt.Marys
and Calvert counties from a
totally different perspective,
youshoulddothis.Ifyoujust
want to do something differ-
ent and out of your comfort
zone, something a bit adven-
turous, you must do this. If
youenjoyhistory,youshould
do this. This is pure fying,
with a stick and foot rud-
ders and no electronics. You
climb up and walk where the
wing is attached to the plane
to get in. You can only step
in the one area because the
plane is cloth, although with
the paint and everything, you
dont realize that, its a really
tightskin.Youstrapinwitha
militarystyleharnessandput
on your headset. A fywheel
is cranked up by Nick on the
outside of the airplane to en-
gagethepropellerandhegets
intostarttheignition.Thisis
atwopersoneffortrequiringa
secondoutsidepersontopulla
Thandletoengagetheprop
and youre ready to fy! No
turnthekeyoperationhere,re-
memberits1944technology.
Wetaxiedoutandtookoff
anditsatotallydifferentsen-
sation from every other kind
ofplaneIveeverbeenin.Ive
fown in the commercial big
jetsandthesmallerpropjobs
and in small, private jets that
seatedaboutahalfdozenpeo-
ple. But the open cockpit al-
lows you to experience sights
and sounds and sensations
yourenevergoingtogetina
closedcockpit.Iwouldcom-
pare it to the difference you
experience if youve ridden a
motorcycle; its a completely
different perspective than be-
ing in a car, even a convert-
ible.Weweretravelingabout
70knotsbutitdidntseemlike
we were going very fast. In
a car, that would have been
about,what,85milesanhour?
And that would have seemed
quitefast.Itwassmoothand
peaceful, not quite like foat-
ing,butlikeyouwereapartof
yoursurroundings,partofthe
experience,notjustanobserv-
ertotheworldgoingbyyou.
Oneoftheverydelightful
discoveries was the number
of trees! It looked quite green
upthere,maybeallthedevel-
opersshouldgoforaridebe-
fore they decide they need to
cut down EVERY tree when
building some new develop-
ment.Itwasinterestingtosee
thedepthofthewaterchange
attheshorelinesandseepock-
etsofseaweedinthePatuxent.
Seeing Sotterley from the air
was lovely and Calvert Cliffs
was magnifcent. Weve all
seen pictures, but to see the
cliffsfromtheairlikethat,you
can really see the layers and
it boggled my mind to think
of the millions of years those
cliffshadbeeninthemaking.
Everything was new and dif-
ferentandasighttobehold.
Then, when we were out
overthePatuxent,Nickletme
havethestick.Ibankedright,
thenleft,thenpulledbackfor
a climb, intentionally stall-
ing the plane. Then forward
on the stick to level off oh,
baby it was exhilarating! He
takes control again and does
afewmaneuversandyoujust
canthelpbuthaveanohmy
Godmomentlikethethrill
rideswegoon,wewanttoget
a little scared but know its
controlled.
Itwasanamazingexperi-
enceandImreadytogoagain.
He does hour long rides, too.
Its great weather right now
and think how beautiful the
fall colors will look from the
air. Treat yourself to a thrill,
getthebirds-eyeviewandex-
perience a bit of history. Go
fying open cockpit!
You can email the Coun-
try Girl at countrygirlram-
blings@gmail.com
The Summer 2008 Maryland Veterans Benefts and In-
formation Guide has been posted to the St. Marys County
Government website. It can be found at www.stmarysmd.
com. Click on Forms and Documents under Resourc-
es. The brochure is posted in the Public Information list.
The Maryland Department of Veterans Affairs serves Mary-
landsVeterans.Moreinformationcanbefoundatwww.mdva.
state.md.us.
Maryland
Veterans Benefts
GuidePostedTo
CountysWebsite
The St. Marys County Board of County Commission-
ers is accepting input from the public in the development of
the Boards 2009 Legislative Package submission to the St.
Marys County Delegation to the Maryland General Assembly.
PleasesendyourwrittencommentsandsuggestionstoDavidWeis-
kopf,DeputyCountyAttorney,P.O.Box653,41770BaldridgeStreet,
Leonardtown, Maryland 20650. The deadline for submissions is
September15,2008.
TheCountyCommissionerswillreviewlegislativeproposalsat
theirregularbusinessmeetingonTuesday,October7,2008.
The Commissioners will receive staff briefngs and public com-
mentsonthelegislativeproposalsatajointpublicmeetingwiththeSt.
MarysCountyDelegationonTuesday,October28,2008at6:30p.m.
intheCommissionersMeetingRoomintheChesapeakeBuilding.
The Commissioners are tentatively scheduled to discuss and
takepositionsonthelegislativeproposalsattheirbusinessmeeting
onMonday,November3,2008
Formoreinformation,pleasecontactDavidWeiskopf,Deputy
CountyAttorney,at(301)475-4200ext.1700.
BOCCSeeksPublic
InputOn2009
LegislativePackage
CalendarofEvents
Pre-LaborDayFestival
Sunday, August 31 At St. Peter Claver Catholic Church
Starting W/ Church Services At 10 A.M. Dinners Start-
ing At 12:30 P.M. -6:00 P.M. Entertainment For The En-
tire Family Gospel Melodies Group, Higher Heights Gos-
pel Group Vendors, Car Show, And Much More
Rain Or Shine
ForMoreInfo.Call:301-872-5460
BloodDrive
TheAmericanRedCrossBloodMobilewillconductablood
drive at the St. Marys County Sheriffs Offce, 23150 Leonard Hall
Dr.Leonardtown,Maryland20650.Theblooddrivewillbeheldon
Tuesday,September2,2008between8a.m.1p.m.
Please contact 800-GIVE-LIFE to schedule your life-saving
donation.
ForrestCenterToHostScrapbookDay
The Dr. James A. Forrest Career & Technology Center will
hostCroptoberfestScrapbookDayonSaturday,September6,2008,
9 a.m. to 5p.m., in the schools Wilbur C. Dohrman Conference
Center.
Thiseventincludeseducationaldemos,doorprizes,andalight
lunch,andiscoordinatedbyCreativeMemoriesConsultantsRobin
Pajak,KimNorris,andRobinGirard.Thecostis$35perperson,
with proceeds benefting the schools SkillsUSA chapter. The chap-
terraisesfundstosendForrestCenterstudentstoregional,state,and
nationalSkillsUSAleadershiptrainingandskillscompetitions.
For more information or to register, contact Robin Pajak at
301-481-3985, Kim Norris at 301-475-0147, or Robin Girard at
301-884-2445.
RoomWithaBrewoffersRefreshmentand
Pampering
RefreshandpamperyourselfWednesday,10September2008,
3 -5 p.m., across the street from Leonardtown High School and Tech
Center at The New Room With A Brew and new and exclusive
productsfromTheBodyShop
Complementaryrefreshmentswillbeserved.Freesamplesof
wellbeingessentialoilsandbodylotionsfromnewcollections:To-
talEnergy,DeepSleep,DivineCalm,andPureDetox.Exclusiveto
At Home: Buriti Baby products: body wash, shampoo, massage gel
and more. Free raffe of products for attendees. Contact Roseanne
Sambucoformoreinformation:301.475.3095.
LegsforLife
Legs for Life Screenings for Vascular Disease are being
offered by St. Marys Hospital on September 13, 15, 22 and 23.
Theprogramoffersfreescreeningsforperipheralarterialdisease
(PAD). Having PAD increases an individuals risk for having a
stroke or heart attack. The primary symptom of PAD is leg pain
thatoccursduringexerciseandsubsidesduringrest.PADoccurs
most frequently in those 50 years of age and older. Additional
healthscreeningswillalsobeavailable,includingtestsforstroke,
total blood cholesterol, and bone density. Call Health Connections
at301-475-6019forfurtherinformationandtoscheduleyourfree
healthscreenings.
AllYouCanEatBreakfast
Sunday, September 14, 2008 8 To 11 a.m. Valley Lee Fire
House Valley Lee, MD $8.00 ADULTS, $4.00 CHILDREN AGES
5-12, CHILDREN UNDER 5 FREE Sponsored (And Prepared)
ByThe2ndDistrictFireDept.&RescueSquadAuxiliaryForMore
InformationContact:DarleneJohnsonAt240-434-1095.
GhostHuntersatGreenwell
The Greenwell Foundation presents Patrick Burke, president
and co-founder of the American Battlefelds Ghost Hunters Soci-
ety and author of Battlefeld Guide to Ghost Hunting, an instruc-
tionalresourcefortheinvestigativeprocessofhuntingforghostson
American battlefelds.
JoinBurkeonSunday,Sept.14from1pm4pmforadiscus-
sionabouthisworkandhisbook.Copiesofthebookwillbeavail-
able for purchase. Burkes appearance is the September feature
ofSundaysinthePark,aGreenwellprogramthattakesplaceon
thesecondSundayofeverymonth.DuringSundaysinthePark,
community members are invited to tour the historic Rosedale
Manor House and learn about all the programs, activities, and site
rentalopportunitiesatGreenwell.September14,2008from1-4
p.m.
Rosedale Manor, Greenwell State Park, Hollywood, Md. For
more information, please call 301-373-9775 or visit www.green-
wellfoundation.org
LowCostVaccination/MicroChipClinic
LowCostRabies/DistemperandMicroChipClinicsponsoredby
Second Hope Rescue
Location:21030PointLookoutRoad,Callaway,MD20620
BearCreekShoppingCenter(behindBearCreekRestaurant)
Sunday,September141to3p.m.
Rabies-$7.00
Distemper-$10.00
FelineDistemper-$10.00
Microchip(24PetWatch)-$25.00
Seniors(65yrsorolder)Pets
Rabies-FREE
Distemper/FelineDistemper-$5.00
Microchip(24PetWatch)-$15.00
Alldogsmustbeonleashorincarrier
Aggressiveormultipleanimalsmaystayinvehicle
Allcatsmustbeincarrier
For3yearrabiesvaccineacurrentvaccinationCERTIFICATEis
required (tags are not suffcient)
For more information, please call Second Hope Rescue at 240-
925-0628oremailmary@secondhoperescue.org.
BloodDrive
TheAmericanRedCrosswillbeholdingablooddriveatthe2
nd
DistrictVFDandRescueSquadinValleyLeeonMonday,Septem-
ber15
th
from2to7:30p.m.Donorsmaycall301-994-1038tosched-
uleanappointmentorforinformation.Walk-insarewelcome.
EveningHighSchoolClassesToBegin
St. Marys County Public Schools Evening High School will
begin classes for the frst semester of the 2008-2009 school year on
September16,2008.
Registration for the frst semester will be on September 9, 10,
and 11, 3:45-7 p.m., in the Evening High School offce in Area F of
Leonardtown High School. St. Marys County students under 21
yearsofagemustpayanonrefundable$75percourse.Thefeefor
St.MarysCountyresidentsover21yearsofageis$100foreach
course.CoursesareonlyopentoSt.MarysCountyresidents.
Regularly scheduled classes will meet on Mondays and
Wednesdays or Tuesdays and Thursdays, 3:45-5:40 p.m., or 5:45-
7:40 p.m., at Leonardtown High School. Students may register for
uptofourclassespersemester.
Students should meet with their high school guidance coun-
selors prior to registration. Enrollment numbers for courses will
determinewhetherornotthecourseisoffered.
recently, the lowest being $692,427, and
the highest being just over $1.3 million.
Rollins explained that there is currently
$457,427 available for the project, but
with an additional $30,000 needed for
contingencyand$5,000neededforproj-
ect management, accepting the lowest
bid would leave the department with a
shortfallof$270,000.
We are proposing using surplus
funds from the Chaptico Park Parking
LotExpansionprojecttocovertheLight-
houseshoreerosionproject,wroteRol-
lins in a memorandum to the Commis-
sioners earlier this month. It is uncer-
tainwhytheshoreerosionprojectcame
insomuchoverthebudget,saidRollins,
explaining that two different engineer-
ing estimates had indicated that even
with the rise in fuel and material costs,
theoriginalamountallottedshouldhave
been suffcient.
TheBoardofCountyCommission-
ers voted to allow the transfer of funds
from the Chaptico Park Parking Lot
Expansion, with an additional $105,000
in transfer tax revenue being redirected
fromtheThreeNotchTrailproject,which
willbereplacedwithimpactfeerevenue
fromtheChapticoParkparkingproject.
This cyclical fnancial reallocation
took the commissioners slightly off-
guard at frst, and Commissioner Jarboe
votedagainstthemotion,citingthebids
asoverlyexpensive.Theprojectshould
bere-bid,hesaid,addingthatbidshad
goneoutattheheightofthisyearsfuel
costs,andthatalowerbidmightbehad
inlightoftheslowingeconomy.
Commissioner Raley said that, if
this wasnt a shore erosion project, and
wedidnthavetheissueoferosionhere,
he would insist the project go out for
re-bidding.
Rollinsexpressedconcernthatsend-
ingoutanotherbidwoulddelaythework
untilnextspring,andheseemedpleased
whenthemotionwascarried.Thisisan
extensiveproject,hesaid,theproblem
is that if we dont do something now, it
willthreatenthelighthouse.
Commissioner Mattingly agreed
with Rollins, saying that action needed
tobetakenassoonaspossibletoprevent
furtherloss.Onceyouvelostit,youve
lostitforever,hesaid.Youdontgetit
back.
Erosion
Continued from page A-
The
William Lewis Asmussen,
Jr., 68
William Lewis Asmus-
sen, Jr., 68 of Lexington Park,
and formerly of Brandywine,
Md., died Aug. 22 in St. Marys
Hospital.
Born Oct. 6, 1939 in Bran-
dywine, Md., he was the son of
the late William and Bessie Ellis
Asmussen, Sr. He was preceded
in death by his wife Judith As-
mussen March 31, 2008, whom
he married July 11, 1973.
He is survived by his chil-
dren William Lewis Asmussen
III of Lexington Park, Daniel
Wade Asmussen of Colonial
Beach, Va. and Cindy Marie As-
mussen of Tall Timbers, as well
as his sisters Dixie Thompson,
Carol Marlow and Barbara Tay-
man, all of Brandywine, Md. as
well as four grandchildren.
William served in the U.S.
Marine Corp. for four years and
was a retired painter who loved
playing Keno, cards and fshing.
He also enjoyed walking Har-
vey, the family pet and watch-
ing his favorite sport programs.
The family will receive
friends Tuesday, Sept. 2 from
11 a.m. noon in the Matting-
ley-Gardiner Funeral Home,
where a funeral service will be
held at noon with Pastor Garth
Dockstader offciating. Inter-
ment will follow in Maryland
Veterans Cemetery, Chelten-
ham, Md. at 2 p.m. Pallbearers
will be William Garrison, Rich-
ard Garrison, Tracey Thomp-
son, Robert Tippett, John Trejo
and Joseph Trejo.
Arrangements provided by
the Mattingley-Gardiner Fu-
neral Home, P.A.
Lois Marie Donnally Britt,
8
Lois Marie Donnally Britt,
78, of Hollywood, formerly of
North Charleston, S.C., died
Aug. 24 in St. Marys Hospital,
Leonardtown.
Born Aug. 27, 1929 in
Cunard, W.Va., she was the
daughter of the late Greenleaf
W. Donnally and Hazel Ellen
Clingham Donnally. She was
retired from Charleston Naval
Shipyard where she was an In-
formation Systems Analyst.
Lois is survived by her
children, Randall Britt and his
wife Cheryl of Hollywood,
David Britt and his fance
Joann of North Charleston,
S.C., Charles Britt and his wife
Wanda of Summerville, S.C.,
siblings, Margaret Lusher of
Johns Island, S.C., and Eliza-
beth Harvill of Charleston,
S.C., sister-in-law, Ruby Don-
nally of Johns Island, S.C., and
fve grandchildren, Lyndsay,
Shannon, Kelsey, Charles and
Taylor. In addition to her par-
ents, she was preceded in death
by her husband, Woodrow M.
Britt and her eldest son, Del-
ward Lee Britt.
Family received friends
Wednesday, Aug. 27 at the J.
Henry Sturhrs Funeral Home
in North Charleston, S.C. A
Funeral Service will be con-
ducted at the First Church of
the Nazarene in Hanahan, S.C.
Thursday, Aug. 28.
Memorial contributions
may be made to Hospice of St.
Marys, P.O. Box 625, Leonard-
town, MD 20650.
Condolences to the family
may be made at www.brins-
feldfuneral.com.
Arrangements by the
Brinsfeld Funeral Home, P.A.,
Leonardtown.
Jean Perie Adams Doane,
91
Jean Perie Adams Do-
ane, 91, of Heathesville, Va.,
formerly of Mechanicsville,
Heathesville, Va. and Yee Haw
Junction, Fla. died Aug. 19 two
days before her 92
nd
birthday in
Charles County Nursing and
Rehabilitation Center.
Born Aug. 21, 1916 in Ge-
neva, Ga., she was the daughter
of the late Katie Belle Jones
Belk and Wilbur Toombs Belk
of Columbus, Ga.
She was preceded in death
by her husband Eugene U. Do-
ane, grandson Harold Wood;
and son in-law James Lewis
Norris.
Mrs. Doane is survived
by her children Herbert Clay
Hardwick (Suzie) of Shalimar,
Fla., James Manning (Buddy)
Adams, Jr. (Charlene) of Me-
chanicsville, Jeannette Adams
Way (Tom) of Waldorf, Md.
and JoAnne Adams Norris of
Hollywood; nine grandchildren
and 16 great grandchildren.
Mrs. Doane was the frst
female school bus driver in the
state of Maryland, and she also
worked as a telephone operator
for C&P Telephone Company
at the old Mechanicsville tele-
phone exchange for many years.
She also ran numerous busi-
nesses in St. Marys County.
The family received
friends Sunday, Aug. 24 from 2
4 p.m. in the Mattingley-Gar-
diner Funeral Home Chapel,
where a Memorial Service was
held at 3 p.m. with Pastor Dan-
iel Moore offciating. Interment
was Private.
Contributions may be
made to Hospice of St. Marys,
P.O. Box 625, Leonardtown,
MD 20650.
neral Home, P.A.
Raymond Rainer Johnson,
40
Raymond Rainer Johnson,
of Aberdeen, Md., died in his
home Sunday, Aug. 17.
He was born Dec. 11, 1967
in Germany.
He is survived by his
mother Brigitte Johnson of Ab-
erdeen, Md., his farther Doug-
las Johnson of Elkton, Md., his
brother Ralf Johnson of Hol-
lywood, his son Ryan Johnson
of Aberdeen, Md., his daugh-
ter Regan Johnson of Darling-
ton, Md., his grandson Kaleb
Quick of Darlington, Md., and
his longtime companion and
childrens mother Robin King
of North East, Md.
He will be fondly remem-
bered by very close friends
Linda Itts, Rob Kinsler, Steven
Dunn, Chris Hadry, many oth-
ers, and his dogs Boo Boo, June
Bug and Polie.
Raymond was a 1985 grad-
uate of Aberdeen High School.
He was a plumber by trade. He
enjoyed fshing, camping, and
spending time with his children
and grandson.
Interment with a small
family service arranged by Tar-
ring Cargo Funeral Home,
Aberdeen, Md., will be held at a
later date at Hartford Memorial
Gardens.
Hazel Theresa Dyson
Knott 9
Hazel Theresa Dyson Knott
79, of Callaway died Aug. 19 in
Washington Hospital Center.
Born Oct. 16, 1928 in Great
Mills, she was the daughter of
the late Samuel and Florence
Anne Aud Dyson. She was the
loving wife of the late J. Irving
Knott, Sr.
She is survived by her chil-
dren Joan Adams of Valley Lee,
Bubby Knott of Great Mills,
Anne Lumpkins of Piney Point,
Mary Rita Archer, Susan Wise,
Mark Knott and Julie Reece,
all of Callaway, her siblings,
Elmer Dyson and Evangeline
Tolson, both of Waldorf, Md.,
Mary Ruth Shepherd of Park
Hall, LeRoy Dyson and Joseph
Dyson, both of Great Mills and
Adele Korpolinksi of Niagara
Falls, N.Y. She is also survived
by 15 grandchildren and 17
great-grandchildren.
by her sons Michael and Joey
Knott.
A lifelong resident of St.
Marys County, Hazel was
a homemaker who loved to
paint pictures and work in the
garden.
The family received
friends Thursday, Aug. 21 from
5 8 p.m. in Holy Face Catho-
lic Church, Great Mills, where
prayers were said at 7:30 p.m.
A Mass of Christian Burial was
celebrated Friday, Aug. 22 at 10
a.m. in Holy Face Church with
Fr. Joseph Sileo offciating. In-
terment followed in Holy Face
Cemetery. Pallbearers were
Johnny Archer, Brian Knott,
Joe Meisowitz, David Adams,
Charlie Wise and Johnny Heard.
Honorary pallbearers were Jim
Spencer, Eddie Cullison, Chris
Knott, Alan Gray, Martin Seib-
ert and Michael Oliver.
Contributions may be made
to Ladies of Charity at Holy
Face Catholic Church, 20476
Point Lookout Rd., Great Mills,
MD 206354.
neral Home, P.A.
Howard Orian Lamb, Sr.,
84
Howard Orian Lamb, Sr.
of Leonardtown passed away
in Calvert Nursing Home in
Prince Frederick, Md., Thurs-
day, Aug. 21.
He is survived by his wife,
Lena, of Leonardtown, two
sons, Howard O. Lamb, Jr. and
wife, Sandi, of St. Inigoes; Ken-
neth R. Lamb and wife, Linda,
of Lexington Park; brothers
Jean Lamb of Tampa, Fla., and
Richard Lamb of California.
Other survivors include fve
grandchildren: Irene Lamb
Sembello of Blacksburg, Va.,
Sara Cooper of St. Inigoes, Me-
lissa Speed of Golden, Colo.,
Audrey Lamb Gamblin of Law-
rence, Kan., and Chris Lamb
of Austin, Texas; and eleven
Born in Arcadia, Fla., in
1924, Lamb was raised in Fort
Myers, Fla. and married Lena
M. Mace in 1942. Lamb was
interested in fying as a youth
and took lessons at Page Field
in Fort Myers until the outbreak
of World War II when he en-
listed in the Navy. Lamb served
in various training commands
as an instructor until the end
of the war when he decided to
stay in the Navy and served as a
plane captain on P2V Neptune
anti-submarine aircraft, most
notably in VP23 Squadron in
Brunswick, Maine. One of his
many duty stations included a
stint in dirigibles in Weeksville,
N.C., the last Navy lighter-than-
air facility that closed in 1957.
Lamb was a fne carpen-
ter and a great cook, fxing
everything from bouillabaisse
he learned to make while sta-
tioned in French Morocco in
the late forties to fsh and pork
roasts. He was a member of
Lexington Park Baptist Church
where he and his family joined
in 1958. Lamb arrived at Patux-
ent River Naval Air station in
1958 and was assigned to Web-
ster Field in St. Inigoes, where
he became leading Chief. Lamb
retired from the Navy as Chief
Petty Offcer in 1961. Lamb and
his wife traveled extensively,
both during his Navy Career
and in their retirement. During
their travels, they always found
a body of water to cast a line
and enjoy their lifelong hobby
of fshing.
Lamb and his wife Lena
started The Tackle Box in Lex-
ington Park in 1960. The retail
establishment grew from a tiny
segment of a building on Route
235 across from the Air Station
into its own building that con-
tinues providing fshing tackle
and shooting supplies nearly 50
years later. Both of Howards
sons, Howard, Jr., and Kenneth,
their wives and children have
worked in the business through
the years along with hundreds
of faithful employees and their
wives and children.
friends Thursday, Aug. 28 from
6 8 p.m. in the Mattingley-
Gardiner Funeral Home, where
a Memorial Service will be
held at 7 p.m. Interment will be
private.
to Lexington Park Volunteer
Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 339,
Lexington Park, MD 20653.
neral Home, P.A.
George Aloysius Albees
Mattingly Sr., 82
George Aloysius Albees
Mattingly Sr., 82, of Leonar-
dtown died Aug. 18 in Calvert
Memorial Hospital, Prince
Frederick, Md. He had been a
resident of the Charlotte Hall
Veterans Home since Novem-
ber 2007. He was born July 15,
1926, in Compton, and was the
son of the late Zachariah Milton
Mattingly Jr. and the late Cath-
erine Palace Pope Mattingly.
He was preceded in death
by his wife, Ruth Teenie Ca-
malier Mattingly Nov. 14, 1992.
His frst marriage to Elizabeth
Wise Duke ended in divorce.
He is survived by his chil-
dren from his second marriage,
Charlotte Ann Dutton of Fred-
erick, Md., Carla Jean Murphy
of Owings, Md., Karen Dent
Mattingly of Catonsville, Md.,
Kathryn Lee Kassy Matting-
ly of Catonsville, Md., Brian
Camalier Mattingly of West-
minster, Md., and Adam Ash-
kenas of Ojai, Calif. He is also
survived by children from his
frst marriage, Katherine Mat-
tingly Aud of Leonardtown,
George Aloysius Mattingly Jr.
of Leonardtown and Angela
Mattingly Breck of La Plata,
Md.; brother, Francis Jerome
Matt Mattingly of Compton;
sister, Evelyn Ridgeway of De-
land, Fla.; sons-in-law, Joe Dut-
ton, Marty Murphy and Dave
Linantud; daughter-in-law,
Christie Mattingly; grandchil-
dren, Olivia and Laura Dutton,
Devin and Shannon Murphy,
Vincent, Nathan and Jordan
Mattingly, Charles E. Aud Jr.,
George Matthew Aud, Lisa
Aud, Amy Aud, Andrew V.
Mattingly and Christopher B.
Breck; and great-grandchildren,
Ryan Duke Aud, Emily Aud,
Madison Aud, Hannah Aud,
Chase Breck and Mattingly
Denise Breck; and great-great-
granddaughter Aliyah Aud.
by his siblings, Williams Jen-
nings Bones Mattingly, Jo-
seph Woodley Tom Matting-
ly, Alberta Mary Bert Mat-
tingly, Leo Martin Mattingly,
Charles Elmer Bee Mattingly,
James Zachariah Pappy Mat-
tingly, Bernard Ignatius Nace
Mattingly and John Gibbons
Mattingly.
He attended Margaret
Brent High School before join-
ing the U.S. Army and serv-
ing during World War II in the
Philippines from 1944 to 1946.
Upon return, he worked as a car
salesman at several automobile
dealerships in St. Marys includ-
ing Aldridge Ford, Suburban
Chrysler Plymouth and Patux-
ent Motors. He also owned and
operated a used car business,
Mattingly Auto Sales. Later, he
worked as a mechanical planner
and estimator with the Patuxent
River Naval Air Station public
works department. He was also
a master plumber. He was a
racecar driver in the 1950s and
enjoyed watching NASCAR.
The family received friends
from 2-4 p.m. Sunday, Aug.
24, at the Mattingley-Gardiner
Funeral Home, Leonardtown,
where prayers were said at 3
p.m. A funeral service was held
at 10 a.m. Monday, Aug. 25 in
the funeral home with Deacon
Bill Nickerson offciating. Inter-
ment followed in Charles Me-
morial Gardens, Leonardtown.
to the Leonardtown Volunteer
Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 299,
Leonardtown, MD 20650.
neral Home, P.A.
Ladeane Burnette Small-
wood, 64
Ladeane Burnette Small-
wood, 64, of Leonardtown died
Aug. 21 in her residence.
Born June 13, 1944 in Leon-
ardtown, she was the daughter
of Porter Williams and Lil-
lian Dorsey Milburn. Ladeane
graduated from Banneker High
School in 1962, and was a key-
punch operator for the Securi-
ties Exchange Commission.
Ladeane is survived by
her son, Keith B. Smallwood
of Leonardtown, her siblings,
Donna Milburn of Leonard-
town, Hope Milburn of Lex-
ington Par, Lillian Beander of
California, Thomas Milburn
of Avenue, William Milburn of
Lexington Park, Lord Milburn
of Annapolis, Md., Vernon Mil-
burn of Lexington Park, Fred-
erick Milburn of Leonardtown,
Dexter Milburn of Waldorf,
Md., and Bruce Owens of Lex-
ington Park.
by siblings, Lola Jean Milburn,
Melody McRae, Mary Ann
Young, and Dennis Milburn.
Family will receive friends
Friday, Aug. 29 from 9 10
a.m. in St. Aloysius Catholic
Church, Leonardtown. A Mass
of Christian Burial will be cel-
ebrated at 10 a.m. by Reverend
John Dakes. Interment will
follow in Queen of Peace Cem-
etery, Helen.
Condolences to the family
may be made at www.brins-
feldfuneral.com.
Arrangements by the
Brinsfeld Funeral Home, P.A.,
Leonardtown.
The
Alice Mildred Brown, 99
Alice Mildred Brown, 99
of Leonardtown died Aug. 16
in her home.
Born Nov. 9, 1908 in
Baltimore, Md., she was the
daughter of the late James and
Lilly Mae Jackson Rebham.
She was a member of St.
Georges Episcopal Church,
Valley Lee, and Order of the
Eastern Star, Chapter 107, Ju-
lia Halla, Hollywood.
Mrs. Brown is survived
by two sons, Lloyd E. (Jerry)
Brown, Jr. of Leonardtown
and Willard Bruce Brown
of Terra Alta, W. Va. She is
also survived by six grand-
children, Julie Brown-Rund,
Jeff Brown, Nancy Deal,
Wendy Jarda, Judy Graybill
and Pheobe Brown, and eight
great-grandchildren Clay and
Will Rund, Kristen and Josh
Brown, Shawn and Bruce
Deal, Audrey and Samantha
Jarda.
She was predeceased
by a daughter Betty Ruth
Brown and a brother John B.
Fenwick.
Relatives and friends at-
tended Mrs. Browns Life
Celebration in the Brinsfeld
Funeral Home, Leonardtown
Wednesday, Aug. 20 from 5
8 p.m. with prayers recited at
7 p.m. A funeral service will
be held Thursday, Aug. 21 at
11 a.m. in St. Georges Epis-
copal Church, Valley Lee.
Reverend Greg Syler, pastor
of the church, will offciate.
Interment will follow in the
church cemetery.
Memorial Contributions
may be made to The Mis-
sions Endowment Fund or
Cemetery and Grounds Fund,
c/o St. Georges Episcopal
Church, P.O. Box 30, Valley
Lee, MD 20692.
Condolences to the fam-
ily may be made at www.
brinsfeldfuneral.com.
Arrangements by the
Brinsfeld Funeral Home,
P.A., Leonardtown.
Francis Joseph
Brown, Sr., 66
Francis Joseph Brown,
Sr., 66, passed away in his
home in Indian Trail, N.C.
Aug. 12.
Mr. Brown was born July
1, 1942 in Leonardtown, son
of the late Mary Edna Brown
Norris.
Mr. Brown is survived
by his wife Jacqueline Mer-
cer Brown; a son Francis J.
Brown, Jr. and his wife Shelia
of Stanfeld, N.C.; a daughter
Jennifer Lynn Brown of Indi-
an Trail, N.C. and two grand-
daughters Christianna Page
and Allyson Grace Brown.
The family received
friends Sunday, Aug. 17 from
2 5 p.m. in the Matting-
ley-Gardiner Funeral Home,
where Prayers were said at
3 p.m. A Mass of Christian
Burial was celebrated Mon-
day, Aug. 18 at 9:30 a.m. in
St. Francis Xavier Catholic
Church with Fr. John Mat-
tingly offciating. Interment
followed in Charles Memo-
rial Gardens.
Arrangements provided
by the Mattingley-Gardiner
Funeral Home, P.A.
Luis Antonia Castillo, 70
Luis Antonia Castillo, 70,
of Leonardtown died Aug. 16
in St. Marys Nursing Center,
Leonardtown.
Born Sept. 20, 1937 in
Puerto Rico, he was the son of
the late Luis Antonia and Elsa
Monserrate Morales Castillo.
Luis is survived by three
sisters, M. Elaine Ohler of
Millsboro, Del., Evelyn Cas-
tillo of Chestertown, Md. and
Elsie Collins of Las Vegas,
Nev. He is also survived by
several nieces and nephews.
Wednesday, Aug. 20 from 11
a.m. noon in the Brinsfeld
Funeral Home, Leonardtown,
with prayers recited at noon.
Deacon George LHeureux
offciated. Graveside service
followed at 2 p.m. at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Suitland, Md.
Memorial Contributions
may be made to the St. Marys
Nursing Center Foundation,
Inc.,
21585 Peabody Street,
Leonardtown, MD 20650.
Arrangements by the
P.A., Leonardtown.
Lloyd Raymond
Harris, 97
Lloyd Raymond Har-
ris, 97, died peacefully Aug.
12 in the St. Marys Nursing
Center.
Mr. Harris was a longtime
resident of St. Marys County.
He was born in Gallatin, Mo.
June 13, 1911 to the late How-
ard May Harris and Frankie
Lee Jackson. He married
his beloved wife of 59 years,
Mary Catherine Sis Nelson
at the Washington Cathedral
in Washington D.C. Sept. 2,
1939. She preceded him in
death in 1998. He was also
preceded in death in 1998 by
his beloved sister Margaret
Harris.
Mr. Harris served in the
United States Army as an As-
sistant Chaplain. Following
his army service he was em-
ployed in Washington, D.C.
by the Federal Government
for many years before retir-
ing. He then worked in the
tax department for the State
of Maryland and retired in
1971. During his retirement,
he and his wife enjoyed trav-
eling throughout the United
States.
He enjoyed playing cards,
dancing and buying new cars.
Ray loved life and most of
all he enjoyed helping others
while expecting nothing in
return. He was devoted in the
care of his wife and sister un-
til their death.
The family received
friends in the Mattingley-
Gardiner Funeral Home, P.A.,
Leonardtown, Friday, Aug. 15
from 9 10 a.m. with a funer-
al service that followed at 10
a.m. offciated by Rev. Keith
Schukraft. Interment followed
at Charles Memorial Gardens
in Leonardtown. Pallbearers
were Frank Nelson, Donnie
Bowles, Fred Nelson, Harry
Nelson, Jr., Michael Russell
and Roy Copsey.
made to American Heart
Association, 415 N. Charles
Street, Baltimore, MD
21201-4101.
Funeral Home, P.A.
Valorie Anne
Henry, 48
Valorie Anne Henry, 48,
of Mechanicsville, formerly
of Grandview, Mo., died Aug.
17, in Lexington Park.
Born Oct. 31, 1959 in
Lincoln, Neb. she was the
daughter of James Ray Dick-
inson of Mouldrow, Okla.
and Hortense Anne Campbell
Crawford of Grandview, Mo.
She was the loving wife of
Earl Allan Henry, whom she
married July 16, 1986 in War-
rensburg, Mo.
She is survived by her
son Earl Ian Henry.
Mrs. Henry gradu-
ated from Grandview High
Schools Class of 1977. She
moved to St. Marys County
in October 1988 from Wal-
dorf, Md.
friends Saturday, Aug. 23
from 10 11 a.m. in Patux-
ent River Assembly of God
Church, California, where a
Funeral Service will be held
at 11 a.m. with Pastor Lanny
Clark offciating. Interment
will be held Wednesday, Aug.
27 at 10 a.m. in Maryland
Veterans Cemetery, Chelten-
ham, Md.
made to Hospice if St. Marys,
MD 20650.
Funeral Home, P.A.
Karen A.
McEntyre, 51
Karen A. McEntyre, 51 of
Lexington Park, formerly of
Plano, Texas, died Aug. 13 in
Washington Hospital Center.
Born Feb. 24, 1957 in
Sweetwater, Texas she was
the daughter of Carold and
Mary Aleese Benson of Pla-
no, Texas.
She is also survived by
her children Jeremy Porter
of Snyder, Texas, Jonathan
Porter of Plano, Texas, Angie
Porter, Sheila Horton and Ma-
rissa Horton, all of Lexington
Park as well as her brother
Victor Benson of Plano, Texas
and three grandchildren.
Karen was employed as a
registered nurse.
All services are private.
Funeral Home, P.A.
Timothy Brian
McGrath, 50
Timothy Brian McGrath,
50, of Lexington Park died
Aug. 11 in St. Marys Hospi-
tal, Leonardtown.
Born June 14, 1958 in
Freeport, Ill., he was the son
of Patricia (Chambers) Mc-
Grath of Mesa, Ariz. and the
late Charles McGrath.
Timothy attended La-
salle-Peru High School in La-
salle, Ill. where he graduated
in 1976. He served in the U.S.
Navy from 1976 until 1999.
After his service in the Navy,
Timothy was employed by a
Government Contractor and
worked at the Patuxent River
Naval Air Station. He was an
Elks Lodge member and a
past member of the Lexing-
ton Park Volunteer Rescue
Squad.
In addition to his mother,
Timothy is survived by his
wife Debra Kay (Houtz) Mc-
Grath, his son, Sean Patrick
McGrath of Lexington Park,
his sister, Karen McGrath of
Mesa, Ariz. and his brother,
Michael McGrath of Ill.
A memorial service will
be held Saturday, Aug. 23 at
10 a.m. at the Bay District
Volunteer Fire Department,
Lexington Park.
Arrangements by the
P.A., Leonardtown.
Patrick Connor Miller 2
Patrick Connor Mill-
er 2, of Avenue died Aug.
12 in St. Marys Hospital,
Leonardtown.
Connor was born Oct. 11,
2005 in Anne Arundel Medi-
cal Center, Annapolis, Md.,
the son of James L. Miller
and Krystal Kaldenbach of
Avenue.
He is survived by two sis-
ters, Lillian and Kayla Miller,
a brother Kyle Miller, his pa-
ternal grandparents James L.
and Darlene Oliver Miller of
Chaptico, maternal grandpar-
ents, Eugene Kaldenbach of
Harrimon, Tenn., and Debra
Adams Kaldenbach of Win-
chester, Ky.; great-grandpar-
ents Francis and Audrey Oli-
ver of Chaptico and
Gr eat - gr andmot her s
Mary Lou Adams of Waldorf,
Md. and Shirley Miller of
Newburg, Md.
The family received
friends for Connors Life
Celebration Sunday, Aug. 17
from 3 4 p.m. in the Brins-
feld Funeral Home, Leonard-
town, with a funeral service at
4 p.m. Interment was private.
Arrangements by the
P.A., Leonardtown.
Mary Aleathea
Redmond, 84
Mary Aleathea Redmond,
84, of Leonardtown died Aug.
16 in St. Marys Hospital.
Born April 18, 1924 in
Mechanicsville she was the
daughter of Clarence Leo Ev-
ans and Gertrude M. (Pilker-
ton) Evans.
Aleathea graduated from
Margaret Brent High School
in 1941. She worked from
1961 to 1971 as a secretary/re-
ceptionist for St. Marys Col-
lege. She enjoyed cooking,
croqueting, playing cards,
gardening, and sewing; often
making clothing for her and
her daughter.
She is preceded in death
by husband James Franklin
Redmond, whom she mar-
ried March 4, 1945 at the Im-
maculate Conception Catholic
Church in Mechanicville. She
is survived by her beloved chil-
dren Gayle A. Hancock and
her husband William of Fair-
fax, Va., and James Frank
Redmond and his wife Wanda
of Fredericksburg, Va. She is
also survived by three grand-
children, Jeffery A. Hancock
and his wife Jennifer of Fair-
fax, Va., Mark D. Redmond
and his wife Tanya of Fred-
ericksburg, Va., Jason P. Red-
mond of Fredericksburg; and
four great-grandchildren.
by her sister Agnes Rice.
Wednesday, Aug. 20 from 9:30
10:30 a.m. in the Brinsfeld
Funeral Home, P.A., Leonar-
dtown. A Mass of Christian
Burial was celebrated 11 a.m.,
Wednesday, Aug. 20 at St.
Aloysius Catholic Church,
Leonardtown, with Rev. John
Dakes offciating. Interment
followed in Charles Memorial
Gardens, Leonardtown.
Serving, as pallbearers
were Mark Redmond, Jason
Redmond, Jeffery Hancock,
Bill Hancock, Lawrence Pilk-
erton, and Arthur Pilkerton.
Honorary pallbearer was Earl
Dean.
Memorial contribution
can be made to the Ridge
Volunteer Rescue Squad, P.O.
Box 456, Ridge, MD 20680.
Arrangements by the
P.A., Leonardtown.
Louis Marshall Junior
Thompson, Jr., 84
Louis Marshall Junior
Thompson, Jr., 84, of Avenue
died Aug. 4 in his residence.
He was born July 20, 1924
in Dynard to the late Louis
Marshall and Catherine Elea-
nor Harris Thompson Sr.
He was the loving hus-
band of Rose Lee Thompson
whom he married July 26,
1942 in Sacred Heart Church,
Bushwood. He is also sur-
vived by his children, Mar-
garet Taylor and her husband
George of Hollywood, Buddy
Thompson and his wife Deb-
bie of Avenue, Benny Thomp-
son and his wife Mary of
Morganza, Donnie Thompson
and his wife Debbie of Me-
chanicsville and Rose Mary
George and her husband John
of Avenue; 16 grandchildren,
44 great-grandchildren, two
step-grandchildren and his
sisters Mary Ozella Lacey of
Abell, Gertrude Osborne of
King George, Va. and Susan
Vallandingham of Bushwood.
by one great-grandchild and
his sisters Catherine Hall and
Louise Bryant.
A lifelong resident of St.
Marys County, Junior was
a self-employed waterman.
While enlisted in the U.S.
Army from Oct. 19, 1944 to
Nov. 19, 1945, he served as
a rifeman, a light machine
gunner and a cook.
He belonged to the
Knights of Columbus and en-
joyed playing cards and being
with his family and his two
special buddies Maynard and
Ringo.
The family received
friends in the Mattingley-Gar-
diner Funeral Home Thursday,
Aug. 7 from 5 8 p.m. with
prayers being said at 7 p.m. A
Mass of Christian Burial was
celebrated Friday, Aug. 8 at
9:30 a.m. in Holy Angels Cath-
olic Church, Avenue, with Fr.
William Gurnee offciating.
Interment followed in Sacred
Heart Cemetery, Bushwood.
Pallbearers were Johnny
George, Jereme George, Tina
Fay Ferguson, Dave Hodg-
es, Matthew Thompson and
Donnie Thompson. Honorary
pallbearers were his grand-
children, nieces and nephews.
made to Holy Angels Sacred
Heart School, 21335 Coltons
Point Road, Avenue, MD
20609, Seventh District Vol-
unteer Rescue Squad, P.O.
Box 7, Avenue, MD 20609
and/or Hospice of St. Marys,
MD 20650.
Funeral Home, P.A.
Evelyn Tillotson
Woods, 86
Evelyn Tillotson Woods,
86, of California died Aug. 14
in St. Marys Nursing Center,
Leonardtown.
Born Dec. 18, 1921 in
LeMoyne, Pa., she was the
daughter of the late George C.
Tillotson and Eva (Dowhow-
er) Tillotson. Evelyn was an
avid Pittsburgh Steelers fan.
Evelyn is survived by
her daughters, Christine
W. Moore of Chesapeake
Beach, Md. and Deborah
J. Standish of California,
four grandchildren, and four
All services are private.
Arrangements by the
P.A., Leonardtown.
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Throngs of young children and their par-
ents fooded campuses across the county for last
Tuesdays open house proceedings, introducing
parents and students to teachers, classrooms, and
giving them tours of their schools, some for the
frst time.
Kim Summers, principal of Dynard Elemen-
tary, smiled as she greeted each of her students by
name, many times stopping in the middle of the
hallway to accept hugs from former students.
Thisisreallyoneofthehappiestdaysofthe
school year, Summers said, explaining that sum-
mer break seemed lonely by comparison.
Those visiting Dynard had a chance to at-
tend orientations for each grade level.
We have the class lists on the wall. The
child gets to meet the teacher and see the room,
and the parents get the opportunity to make that
personal connection, Summers explained, add-
ing that this years orientation had also been done
in conjunction with a health and wellness exposi-
tion featuring the health department, animal con-
trol, the department of public safety, the sheriffs
department, and others.
LastWednesday,studentsacrossthecounty
started classes, and there to greet many of them
was Superintendent Dr. Michael Martirano,
who spent that morning traveling between sev-
eral schools in the county with Del. John Wood,
Board of Education Chair Bill Mattingly, and
Chief Operating Offcer Brad Clements.
Four years ago when I started as superin-
tendent I decided I wanted each school to have
a visit from us, Martirano said, so that if any-
thing needed to be addressed, if there were prob-
lems, we could address them.
Mattingly marveled as he exited
Lettie Marshal Dent Elementary in
Mechanicsville, saying you should
see the rooms, I swear they have an in-
teriordecorator!
When asked what the Board of Educations
goals would be for this school year, he said we
want to keep the momentum up nowmy goal is
to make sure that we dont miss any child, and if
we have a problem I want to address it.
There were several groups made up of Board
of Education members and school administra-
tors who visited each of the public schools in the
county that morning.
The superintendents group started early at
Chopticon High School. Mattingly commented
onthenewprincipal,GarthBowling,andsaid,I
think hes going to do great things over there. He
alsonotedthatinadditiontothenewprincipal,
the school also boasts a new Athletic Director,
Raymond Sapp.
Its a new start there, Mattingly said.
Clements said he would focus a great deal
of his energy this year on getting Evergreen El-
ementary ready to open its doors next fall.
Transportation is a real challenge he
said, adding that pathways like the STEM acad-
emy, the Academy of Finance at Chopticon, and
the new Fairlead Academy would require added
bus routes. We put three more routes on this year
with three more buses, so its about nine routes
weve added this year.
While touring Dynard Elementary last
Wednesday, Del. Wood said, just remember-
ing when I went to schoolyoud see kids crying
because they didnt want to go, but look at what
you have here, theyre so happy to be herethey
want to get back and be with their friends, so its
great.
As their tours drew to a close and students
prepared for lunch, Martirano said this was a
tremendous openingwere primed for a great
year, I can tell.
BackToSchool
students from the University of Maryland that
could fnish their last two years as engineer-
ing majors at the Southern Maryland Higher
Education Center. 80 percent of students
educated at community colleges stay in those
communities after graduating, he said, add-
ingthatwithoutthistypeofpartnership,fewer
andfewerstudentswouldlearntheirtradeand
come to work locally.
We have got to do better, said East-
burg, and we believe that this strategy of
growing our own is critical to our success.
Partnership
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Photo by Andrea Shiell
NAWCAD Commander Rear Adm. Steven Eastburg and CSM President Bradley Gottfried signing the education
partnership agreement.
Matt Spinney teaches his fourth graders on the frst day of classes.

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