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It boiled down to a settlement


or some type of trial. It grieves
me to pay out $7 million but
sometimes you have to bite the
bullet and move on.
Commissioner Todd Morgan on the
county agreeing to pay the high cost
of legal settlements.

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By Guy Leonard
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Moodys Investors Services reports that
the county governments debt outlook is a
positive one and revised the countys ratings to Aa2 for its management of $25
million of public improvement bonds and
$32.6 million in general obligation bonds.
Moodys analysts said that the countys
dependence on the work at Patuxent River
Naval Air Station was its chief strength
but also presented some weaknesses, specifically its vulnerability to federal defense
cuts.
The positive outlook reflects the countys stable technology-based local economy that will likely continue to experience
growth, given further development with
the technology sector as well as other industries, the report issued this week stated.
The report shows that the countys debt
will increase given its decisions to borrow
money for construction projects but the
overall debt picture is positive because the
county follows a policy of quickly paying
down its debts.
All of the countys debt is fixed rate and
amortization of debt is rapid with the 75.2
percent of principal retired in 10 years,
the report stated. Fiscal 2015 debt service
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One of the countys major expenses is
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but the Moodys report stated that it manages the various pension plans well, which
includes payments to county employees,
the sheriffs office and a length of service
award program for volunteer fire departments and rescue squads.
The county contributed 117 percent of
its annual OPEB cost in fiscal 2015 and the
reported liability was 56.9 percent funded
at the end of fiscal 2015, the report stated.
Total fixed costs, including debt service,
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This ratings report comes as very good
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By Guy Leonard
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The Commissioners of St. Marys County voted in a split decision Tuesday to pay
more than $7 million in legal settlements
to the owners of the First Colony Shopping
Center over a years long court dispute over
contamination from the countys nearby
landfill.
Commissioners voted 3-to-2 to settle the
dispute with Marcas LLC which had taken
the county to court several times to include
state and federal courts seeking $24 million in damages.
Marcas LLC accused the county of allowing toxins from the St. Andrews Landfill to leach into ground water and air on
the developers property, damaging their
ability to develop the property further for
residential use.
In essence the leakage of the toxins
from the landfill onto Marcas LLC land
amounted to a condemnation of the property, courts had ruled.
By paying the $7 million settlement the
county has agreed to buy 75 acres of the
First Colony land near the landfill.
The commissioners moved $3.3 million
from the countys capital improvement
budget to fund the $7 million price tag for
the settlement.
Commissioner President James Randy
Guy said that the county had tried to keep
the costs of the settlement down but it was
necessary to avoid any further and expen-

sive legal entanglements.


We do everything we can to spend as
little as possible, Guy said. But [further
legal action] probably wouldve cost more.
Commissioner Todd Morgan said the
settlement was painful because the money
the county paid out also came from funds
it had set aside to make infrastructure
improvements to immunize the county
from the affects of another fedeal base
realignmnet and closure action (BRAC)
sometime in the future.
It boiled down to a settlement or some
type of trial, Morgan said. It grieves me
to pay out $7 million but sometimes you
have to bite the bullet and move on.
The county also agreed to pay more than
$460,000 dollars to C.A. Bean contractors
who replaced the box culvert at the Doctor
Johnson Road in Helen at an original cost
of a little over $900,000.
The work took more than a year to complete but was only supposed to take about
four months.
Morgan said the extra money paid was
because of continual changes in the work
orders but said the county might be able to
recoup its losses.
Maybe we can get a lot of that back
from the state, Morgan said.
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A nation-wide television network will
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Catholic faith in America and St. Marys
County is set to be a central focus in the
program.
The EWTN network (Eternal Word Television Network) will air the first installments of the documentary this weekend
starting July 3 and St. Marys County, the
birth place of Catholicism in Maryland,

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County residents are familiar with Dr. John
Roache. Hes credited with touching the
lives of countless patients, many of whom
include multiple generations among family,
friends, neighbors and coworkers, for more
than 42 years at MedStar St. Marys Hospital. On the occasion of his retirement the
Commissioners of St. Marys County held
a ceremony to thank him for his many years
of service inside a packed meeting room.
Dr. Roaches dedication to the county
is exemplified through the many committees and boards he sat on through the
years. Among them are the Hospitals
Cancer Committee, Tissue and Transfusion Committee, Infectious Control, Hospital Disaster, Medical Society, St. Marys
Ryken High School Alumni Board Member, Leonard Hall Junior Naval Academy
Board of Trustees, Board for the Juvenile
Drug Program in St. Marys County, Board
of Trustees of the College of Southern
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Marys County Historical Society.
Dr. John Roache has been a devoted
member of Mechanicsville Volunteer Rescue Squad for 56 years, serving 36 years as
president and 2 years as vice president. He
also served as President of the St. Marys
County Rescue Association for 26 years,
said Commissioner Mike Hewitt (2nd District). In 2003 he was inducted into the
Southern Maryland Volunteer Firemen Association Hall of Fame and has received
the Maryland Institute for Emergency
Medical Services Southern Maryland Star
of Life Award and Leon W. Hayes Award
for Excellence.
The Commissioners of St. Marys County expresses its appreciation to Dr. John
Roache for his many years of service to St.
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citizens with some of their basic needs.
The group has a history of charitable work,
from assisting with the cost of eye and
hearing exams to awarding annual scholarships to graduating seniors at Great Mills
High School. These were among the accomplishments the Commissioners of St.
Marys County lauded during a special
70th anniversary proclamation ceremony.
The Lexington Park Lions Club also provides vision screenings for pre-school
children, coordinates American Red Cross
blood drives, and sponsors local families at Christmas. The list of their community and charitable work is a long one.
The Lexington Park Lions Club supports
Lions Club District Programs such as Lions

District 22C Youth Band and Camp Merrick, a camp in Nanjemoy, Maryland, which
provides recreational activities for diabetic
children, said Commissioner Mike Hewitt
(2nd District). The organization also supports international programs such as Sight
First I and II, which strives to rid the world
of preventable and reversible blindness.
Lexington Park Lions Club members
participate in other volunteer activities such as Meals on Wheels, AARP
Tax-Aide, United Way Day of Caring, and boating safety training.
In congratulating the Lexington Park Lions
on their 70th anniversary, the commissioners recognized the groups ongoing care
and commitment its members have provided the people in St. Marys County for
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HOA Board Member Faces


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By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer

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Police have charged a woman who served
as a board member and property manager
of the Westbury homeowners assocation in
Lexington Park with stealing thousands of
dollars from the community in which she
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Torya Nicole Timms, 47, has been
charged with 16 counts of theft, mostly for
monetary amounts in the thousands of dollars. The total amount of money Timms is
alleged to have stolen from the home owners association totaled $20,858.
According to charging documents filed
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Association funds; in speaking with an accountant who worked with the association,
Trooper Steven Ditoto found that almost
20 checks from March through June of last
year were made payable to simply as cash.
She advised this was strange because
the community association does not typically write checks for cash, Ditoto wrote.
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memo line referred to what appeared to be
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have also been paid directly to the appropriate recipient.
A lawyer that worked for the community association told Ditoto that Timms
had told her she had made out the checks

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to by a local accounting firm, Askey and
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That firm told police investigating the
suspicious cashed checks that they had not
advised Timms to do so, charging documents stated.
Ms. Askey advised that prior to the
community association ending their services with Askey and Askey, the firms
accountants were questioning certain expenses by the community association as
odd or suspicious, Ditoto wrote in an application for a statement of charges.
Additionally, several contractors interviewed by Ditoto who had provided services to the community association told
police that they had received payments by
check and not by cash.
Ditoto wrote in court papers that he had
determined that 14 checks were cashed
with memo lines indicating false expenses.
The money obtained from these checks
is no longer in possession of the Westbury
Community Association.
The checks allegedly cashed by Timms
ranged from as low as $8 to $6,000, according to court papers.
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Armed Robber Sentenced


To 15 Years
By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer

Darrell Lee, one of two men who robbed


a jewelry store and a pharmacy in Charlotte Hall two years ago, was sentenced to
15 years in federal prison this week.
Lee, 48, of Charlotte Hall was also ordered to pay restitution to his victims the
amount of $24,791.50 and forfeit $19,987 of
the proceeds from the robbery.
Both Lee and Furman Troy, one of the
conspirators in the scheme, entered into
the jewelry store in Charlotte Hall June
18, 2014 whereupon Lee used a handgun
to hold up the staff at the store while Troy
bound them with duct tape, according to
federal authorities.
Both Lee and Troy stole jewelry worth
about $8,890, cash, a laptop computer valued at $2,100 and other items in the store,
federal authorities said.
Just four days later both men robbed a
pharmacy in neighboring Mechanicsville,
where Lee again used a handgun to hold up
the store while Troy again bound the staff
with duct tape before robbing the store of
numeorus types of drugs.
The pair stole cash as well as oxycodone, methadone, hydrocodone and endocet
which was valued at $8,997.
His partner in the actual robberies, Troy,

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45, also of Charlotte Hall, has already


pleaded guilty to his role in the robberies and has been sentenced to 12 years in
prison.
Local law enforcement tracked down
and arrested the pair that summer.
Clear video surveillance led to officers
finding both suspects, neither defendant
tried to conceal their identities.
Several days after the second heist images disseminated by law enforcement of
the two then-unknown suspects resulted in
two separate calls to sheriffs office detectives from informants claiming to know
the suspects identities.
Both informants told police that they
knew them to frequent an area in Northeast D.C.
While Lee and Troy were the entry men
in the the heists, they also had help.
Both Michael Burgess, 54, of Alexandria, Va. and Abdelrahim Ayyad, 50, of
White Plains were prosecuted for helping
to plan and aid in the robberies and await
sentencing.
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Audit Finds Faults With States


Education Operations
By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
A state report has turned up numerous
deficiencies at the Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE), particularly
with its failure to return money to the
states general budget fund that it was obligated to as well as procurement, hiring and
even information security problems.
The report, from the Office of Legislative Audits, even showed that MSDE did
not perform enough adequate criminal
background checks on people employed in
child care facilities across the state.
MSDEs oversight of child care programs, which includes licensing and inspecting approximately 9,800 child care
facilities and paying subsidies to eligible
families, needs improvement, the report
states. MSDE did not ensure that criminal background checks were not obtained
for all child care facility employees as required by state law and did not always conduct thorough follow-up when subsequent
background checks indicated criminal
activity.
The report also showed that MSDE had
inadequate security over its information
technology systems.

Contractors were provided unnecessary


network level access to numerous critical
MSDE servers and workstations unrelated
to projects to which they were assigned,
the report stated. Also, appropriate safeguards were not established to protect sensitive personally identifiable information
of students and teachers maintained in two
separate databases.
MSDE responded in the audit stating
it disagreed with much of what the report
stated about criminal background checks;
it said that it had adequate background
check procedures and had made exhaustive efforts to find out the employment
status of people who had triggered criminal background alerts.
The auditors retorted: We were advised
by MSDE child care management, both
during and subsequent to the audit, that no
follow-up action was taken to confirm the
verbal representations made by the agency. In addition no evidence of the efforts
noted in the response has been provided by
MSDE.
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Feature Story

DO YOU KNOW

By David Spigler
Contributing Writer

THOM JOHNSON?
To prepare this story to commemorate our upcoming July 4th celebrations,
I asked several friends and neighbors if
they knew a guy named Thom Johnson?
Several said Isnt he a lawyer in Prince
Frederick? Others thought he might be
a professional baseball player. Still others
thought he was a politician up in Annapolis! They all may be right as I did not have
time to check each one of those Thoms
out! But the Thom I was looking for is
actually Thomas Johnson for whom our
Solomons Bridge is named. And, as I
learned from a quick review from my high
school Maryland History course, Thomas
was one of the very first great sons of
Calvert County. As an active revolutionist, he served in many capacities in support
of the Founding Fathers who signed our
Declaration of Independence. He then was
elected the first Governor of Maryland, the
seventh State to enter the Union.
Thomas was born to Thomas and Dorcas Sedgewick Johnson on November
4, 1732 in a house located very near the
Patuxent River at the mouth of St. Leonards Creek. He was the fourth of ten children and many of his siblings went on to
raise large families as well. He married
Ann Jennings and they produced a large
family numbering seven or eight children

according to several references; apparently


one child died in infancy. Early Maryland
was considered an Agricultural state and
families were unusually large so as to help
with the many family farms that sprung
up prior to the Revolution. One interesting fact from his family history concerns
his niece Louisa Johnson, a daughter of his
brother Joshua who married John Quincy
Adams and became the First Lady when
Adams became our sixth US President.
As was the custom of the times, Thomas
was home schooled along with his brothers and sisters. At an early age, he showed
a great interest in learning the new laws
that were being formulated during our
countrys infancy. To gain a professional
education, Thomas moved to Annapolis
to study law and at the age of twenty one,
earned his license to practice and was admitted to the Maryland Bar in 1753. His
paternal grandfather, also named Thomas
Johnson, was a lawyer in London before
immigrating to America prior to 1700.
Gaining confidence and experience as
a young lawyer during the turbulent years
leading up to the start of the Revolutionary movement, Thomas decided to become
involved in politics and won election as a
Delegate to the Maryland General Assembly in 1762. The records from this period
are somewhat confusing as one source
stated he first represented Anne Arundel County, yet another reference said he
moved to Frederick, Maryland in 1760. I
did learn through my research of this great
Southern Marylander, his wife Ann Jennings was the daughter of an Annapolis
judge. They were married in Annapolis in

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February, 1766.
He practiced law in Frederick for several
years. [Frederick was a small town situated on the National Road in western Maryland made famous by the story of Barbara
Fritchie, the elderly lady famous for her
confrontation with the Confederate troops
over the Flag at her home. She in many
ways demonstrated the same determination and defiance of a Rosa Parks who later
stood up to bigotry and discrimination].
As resentment within the British Crown
grew throughout the Colonies, Thomas
actually supported conciliation with Great
Britain and was one of the last of the revolutionaries to cave when finally persuaded that his efforts were fruitless. He soon
voted for the Declaration of Independence
and became a member of several committees formed to draft memorials to the
crown seeking redress of grievances. He
was part of the organizing group that put
together the initial Colonial Congress. He
represented his State at the first Continental Congress held in Philadelphia. During
the second Continental Congress in 1775,
he was given the distinction to nominate
his good friend George Washington as
the Commander In Chief of the Colonial
Armies. The future President would later
thank Thomas with a nomination to the US
Supreme Court and was confirmed by US
Congress in November, 1791.
Once hostilities broke out in force with
the hated Brits, Thomas joined the
Maryland militia and quickly rose to senior Brigadier General, assuming control
of all of the States conscripts. He recruited 1800 men to join General Washington

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armies and they fought brilliantly along
side men from the other twelve Colonies.
With his brothers, he further supported the
War by manufacturing ammunition and
cannons at a factory near Frederick. Their
company, Catoctin Furnace, was located
in a building now part of a State Park near
the Presidential Retreat at Camp David,
Maryland.
In 1777, Thomas became the first Maryland Governor and was re elected twice in
1778 and 1779. Additionally, he continued
to hold many judicial posts as well as positions in the Maryland Assembly. He is
credited with helping to construct the language of a Bill that established the regulation of the jurisdiction and navigation of the
Potomac River, in the mutual interests of
the States of Virginia and Maryland. At
the Maryland Convention of 1778, he successfully obtained the States ratification of
the United States Constitution.
He was appointed as the first Federal
Judge for the District of Maryland, but declined this selection due to failing health.
He later accepted the Presidents appointment to the US Supreme Court, where he
served until January of 1793, but had to
resign as a result of his poor health and
declining ability to endure the travel hardships this position required. Yet, despite
his brief term in office, the shortest of any
Justice that served on the Nations highest
court [163 days], he holds the distinction of
being the author of the Courts first written
opinion Georgia vs. Brailsford in 1792.
He continued to suffer from poor health
and was forced to decline several appointments by his good friend George. At the
suggestion of Thomas Jefferson, he was
nominated for Secretary of State, but was
unable to accept this important role as

well.. He did manage to deliver the eulogy


for President Washington at a memorial
service in 1800. He later went to live with
his daughter Ann in Frederick and passed
away there on October 26, 1819, nine days
prior to his 87th birthday. He leaves a great
legacy for his many years of dedication to
his new State and our young Nation. He
is buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery in
Frederick.
There are many schools throughout the
State named in honor of this great Southern
Marylander. But the biggest recognition
given to this Calvert gentleman is our 1.37
mile bridge that connects our two counties
named for him when it opened to traffic in
December of 1977. One can view almost
all of our part of the world while crossing this fine tribute to our first Governor.
Thomas Johnson, a person to know! I hope
you enjoy this years Independence Day. It
was made possible by a great many heroes
such as Thom!

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Facilities

Thursday, June 30, 2016

This years Solomons Business Association Fireworks are pres


and sponsorships
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Obituaries

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Thursday, June 30, 2016

The County Times runs complimentary obituaries as submitted by funeral homes


and readers. We run them in the order we receive them. Any submissions that come to
timesobits@countytimes.net after noon on Mondays may run in the following weeks edition.

Shirlenne Jean Linn


Shirlenne
Jean Linn, 69, of
Charlotte Hall,
MD passed away
on June 25, 2016
at Genesis, in
Waldorf,
MD
due to complications resulting from her
long term battle
with Parkinsons
Disease.
Born second in a pair of identical twins
on December 10, 1946 in Honolulu, Hawaii, she was the daughter of the late John
Paul Swick and Dinah Kay Kaopua Swick.
Shirlenne grew up in Cumberland, MD
where she graduated from Fort Hill High
School. Following high school, she pursued
interests in hair and makeup by attending
beauty school. Shirlenne was a devoted
wife and mother. She was a homemaker
and lovingly raised her children. After her
children were older, she went to work for
the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit
Authority in Washington, DC. Slenne (as
her twin would call her) had a flare for decorating. She enjoyed shopping, listening to
music, country line dancing, antiquing and

gardening. She was a good cook but always


preferred to go out for seafood whenever
possible. Most of all, she loved spending
time with her family, friends and pets.
Shirlenne is predeceased by her husband, James Howard Linn, and her parents.
Shirlenne is survived by her children,
Sheila B. Linn (Scott Moe), Wesley M. Linn
(Bonnie Wolfrum) and Michael A. Linn;
siblings Yvonne Cover (Glenn), Shirlanne
Evans, John Paul Butch Swick, II and
Amelia Myers; and grandchildren Wesley,
Jr., Kelsey, Kaycee, Kylie and Kaleb.
Family will welcome friends for
Shirlennes Life Celebration on Wednesday
June, 29, 2016 from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
followed by a funeral service at 11:00 a.m.
at Brinsfield-Echols Funeral Home, P.A.,
30195 Three Notch Road, Charlotte Hall,
MD, 20622. Interment will follow after the
service at Queen of Peace Cemetery, 38888
Dr. Johnson Road, Mechanicsville, MD
20659.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations
may be made to the National Parkinson
Foundation, 200 SE 1st Street, Suite 800,
Miami, FL 33131 and the Humane Society of Charles County, 71 Industrial Park
Drive, Waldorf, MD 20602.

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Barbara Ann Boatright


Barbara Ann
Boatright, 65, of
Dameron, MD
passed
away
suddenly at her
home on June
22, 2016.
She was born
on December 12,
1950 in Dameron, MD to the
late Joseph O.
Trossbach, Sr.
and Marie K. Aud Trossbach.
Barbara Ann graduated from Chopticon High School as a member of its first
graduating class that attended all four years
there. On July 12, 1969 she married her
beloved husband, Eddie Glenn Boatright,
Sr. in Leonardtown, MD. Together they
celebrated over 46 wonderful years of marriage. She was employed as a food services
manager for St. Marys County Board of
Education until her retirement. She was a
volunteer for the Special Olympics and attended many events.
In addition to her loving husband, Barbara is also survived by her children, Donna
M. Wenk (Danny) of Lexington Park, MD
and E. Glenn Boatright, Jr. (Beverly) of
Hollywood, MD; five grandchildren, David Hostetler, Cheyenne Hostetler, Leland
Boatright, Jennifer Boatright and Danielle
Wenk. In addition to her parents, she is
also preceded in death by her grandson,
Michael Ray Anthony, Jr.
Family will receive friends for Barbara Anns Life Celebration on Monday,
June 27, 2016 from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m., with
prayers recited at 7:00 p.m., at Brinsfield
Funeral Home, P.A., 22955 Hollywood
Road, Leonardtown, MD 20650. A Funeral Service will be celebrated by Deacon
Ammon Ripple on Tuesday, June 28, 2016
at 11:00 a.m. at Brinsfield Funeral Home,
P.A. Interment will follow at Charles Memorial Gardens.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Ridge Volunteer
Rescue Squad, Post Office Box 456, Ridge,
MD 20680 or St. Marys County Special
Olympics, 25160 Allies Way, Hollywood,
MD 20636.
Condolences may be made at www.
brinsfieldfuneral.com

School. She graduated from Ohio University, and served as the Director of the Westminster Foundation. Her first teaching job
was in Carrollton, Ohio. She met Rev. Benton Roy Hanan Jr. at Columbia University
in New York City. They married in Athens, Ohio in 1946. Jean and Ben moved to
Morgantown, West Virginia where Ben accepted the ministry for the First Christian
Church (Disciples of Christ). Jean and Ben
raised three sons and established Christian
education outreach programs that brought
new life to the to the Morgantown church
community.
The Hanan family relocated to Lawrence, Kansas in 1959 to begin a ministry
at the First Christian Church, and Jean gave
birth to daughter Kim, earned a MS degree
in Education at the University of Kansas, resumed teaching at Lawrence High
School, and continued working with Ben to
minister to the community. Jean and Ben
relocated in 1974 to Gaithersburg, Maryland, where Ben became the minister at the
Rockville Christian Church. She continued to support Bens ministry and was as a
Reading Specialist at Walt Whitman High
School in Bethesda, Maryland.
Jean worked selflessly over the years
serving her students, church, community
and family. She headed up countless church
committees, taught Sunday School and Vacation Bible School. After her retirement,
she volunteered her time cooking for a food
pantry in Rockville, Maryland. She loved
hiking, entertaining, and traveling to visit
friends and family.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Ben, brother, Dale Barricklow and sister, Betty Lax. Jean is survived
by her sons, Barry Hanan of Lakeside,
California, Brad Hanan of Petaluma,
California, Mark Hanan of New Orleans,
Louisiana, her daughter, Kim Richards
of Brandywine, Maryland and her sister,
Delores Kast of Canton, Ohio. Also surviving are ten grandchildren and eleven
great-grandchildren.
The family will gather privately to celebrate Jeans life.
Memorial contributions may be made to:
Disciples Church Extension Fund, P.O. Box
7030, Indianapolis, IN 46207.

Lucretia Jean Hanan

(301) 475-8500
41590 Fenwick Street P.O. Box 270
Leonardtown, Maryland 20650

www.mgfh.com

Lucretia Jean
Hanan, 94, formerly of Gaithersburg, Maryland died peacefully on June 20,
2016 at Taylor
Farm Assisted
Living in Bushwood, Maryland.
Born on April 4,
1922 in Hopedale
Ohio, she was the
daughter of George Allen Barricklow and
Ethel Lucretia Stringer Barricklow. Jean
was the Valedictorian at Hopedale High

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Red, White &


Friday,
Blues Jam Womens Club of St. Marys
July 1

5 -8 PM

Join us Friday July 1st


for a patriotic celebration
on The Square in
downtown Leonardtown.

Awards Scolarships

On Monday, May 23rd at Ye Olde Towne


Caf in Leonardtown Megan Acker and
Rose Young both seniors at Great Mills
High School were each awarded a $2000
scholarship from the Woman's Club of St.
Mary's County, presented by Noreen Neel,
Scholarship Chairman. After receiving
their scholarships, both of the girls gave a
synopsis of their applications to the members of the St. Mary's Woman's Club. This
included why they chose the field they are
going into, one personal accomplishment

or major challenge that they have faced and


how community service and volunteerism
has benefited them.
Megan will be attending Shenandoah
University in Winchester, Virginia in the
fall. She plans to major in Nursing with
an emphasis on Neonatal Intensive Care
Nursing.
Rose will be attending St. Mary's College of Maryland in St. Mary's City. She
will be majoring in Physics and hpes to
teach at Great Mills High School.

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BITTER SWEET

It will be a bitter sweet occasion at Summerseat Farm on July 3rd. Bitter because
a bison died last year on July 4th; but sweet
because a handful of volunteers managed
to bottle feed her three day old newborn,
who is now well on his way to maturity.
Bison are wild animals and calves take all
the moms have to give in those first few
months. The orphan could not survive on
his own so the little guys future looked
dim. Bottle feeding a buffalo calf had
never done before at Summerseat and is not
normally done anywhere, but it was worth
a try. With advice from some experts as
far away as Colorado, Dick Wildes modified the formula used for cattle; and a round
the clock feeding schedule was established.
A quart at each feeding was the start, increasing to three quarts per feeding, four
times a day. Grain was blended into the
formula to help the calfs growth hoping he
would continue his rapid progress until he
could eat grain and other solid food on his
own. His father, Sherman, was a longtime
resident at Summerseat who was loved and
admired by all due to his massive size yet
gentle nature. Since this story began on Independence Day, the calf was dubbed Indy.
The feedings went well and Indy took to

the bottle like a champ. He liked all the


attention he was getting, and during the
monthly open house visits he would roam
among the visitors, have his picture taken
and even get some belly rubs. Normal bison dont have close human contact since
they are, in fact, wild animals with tremendous strength and stamina. They actually can run faster than a horse and three
times as long. The Summerseat celebrity
got some media attention, and the visitors
just kept on coming.
At five months the
little guy was about
500 pounds and getting too big to safely
take out of his pen.
So, it was time to see
how he would interact
with the rest of the
herd. That, too, was
bitter sweet since the
human-bison interaction would be greatly
reduced after some
strong bonds had been
formed over the previous months. Its hard
to imagine a bison as
being loveable, but
Indy wrapped some of

the feeders around his hoof and milked


them for all he could. Some feeders even
slipped him an extra bottle on the sly after
he was back with the herd, and hed gulp
it down in record time. Bison calves will
usually nurse up to about seven months of
age.
Recently bison have been designated as
the nations first national mammal. Their
strength, stamina, impressive size and
calm demeanor make them excellent ambassadors for all of us; but if you get within
their safety zone, there will be the devil to
pay. They have the mind set of dont tread
on me and can back it up in a heartbeat.
Indys birthday
celebration
will
be part of Summerseats monthly
Open House on July
3rd, from 11:00 to
3:00.
Directions
and other information can be found on
their web site www.
summerseat.org and
on Facebook.
Summerseat
Farm, Inc. is an IRS
designated 501(c)3
nonprofit organization. All income
from the monthly
Open Houses, plus
events,
memberships and donations goes directly back into
the farm for expenses, upkeep, animal feed,
and programs at the farm. Theres no paid
staff, therefore, the work with the help of
volunteer personnel only. Your support of
their events is greatly appreciated.

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with the listing details by 12 p.m. on the Tuesday prior to our Thursday publication.

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Bible School
(8505
Old
Leonardtown
Rd.,
Hughesville) - 9 a.m. to Noon
Hughesville Baptist Church will be
having their annual Vacation Bible School
for children 4 years old thru 6th grade
on June 27 thru July 1 from 9 am until
noon. The theme is Submerged: Finding
Truth Beyond the Surface. Go to our web
site www.Hughesville Baptist.com for a
registration form. The Church is located at
8505 Old Leonardtown Road, Hughesville,
Md. For more info dial 240-254-2765 or
301-274-3672. Also like us on Face book.
Cedar Point Ladies Golf
Cedar Point Golf Course (PAX River
NAS, Lexington Park) - 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Cedar Point Ladies Golf Association
(CPLGA) plays EVERY Tuesday morning.
Arrive and be ready by 8:15 a.m. Tee off
starts promptly at 8:30 a.m. All skill levels
are welcome. PGA Teaching Pro will be
offering clinics during the season. Join the
9 hole group or the 18 hole group. Working
woman option: Play any day before
Sunday 5pm with a CPLGA member and
turn in your signed score card. Eligible
members include all active duty, reserve,
retired or military personnel or their
dependents; DOD federal personnel and
family members employed at Patuxent
River, St. Inigoes, or Solomons Annex,
Cedar Point Officers Club silver card
holders, contractors, members of the Navy
League, and sponsored guests. For more
information: Contact Pam at Pam447@
me.com, Kimbra.benson@hotmail.com,
Pat at rodschroeder@comcast.net.
Sotterley Farmers Market
Historic Sotterley Plantation (Sotterley)
- 8 to 9 a.m.
The public is invited to the Sotterley
Plantation grounds to shop local!
Purchase the best quality home-grown
vegetables, fruit, and plants, as well as
unique, hand-crafted items. For the third
year running, we further strengthen our
strong ties to the Southern Maryland farm
community and continue our over 300
year farming tradition as we open up the
Sotterley Farmers Market a producer
only farmers market every Saturday
from May 28 through September 24!

Friday, June 24

Texas HoldEm Tournament


(VFW 2632)
VFW Post 2632 (23282 Three Notch Rd.,
California) - 7 p.m.
NO LIMIT TEXAS HOLDEM
TOURNAMENT. $50 Buyin ($40 Prize
Pool + $10 Charity). Optional $10 AddOn (Receive an extra $1000 and 50/50
Entry). Sign In is from 6:20 PM to 6:45
PM, Tournament starts at 7 p.m. Early
Bird Bonus: Register and PAY by 6:45 PM
and receive an extra $500. Pre-registration
is encouraged, but not required. We will
accept late players until the end of the 1st
break, (~1 hour). One Re-Entry is available
until the end of the first break. If you decide
to re-enter, you will receive a full starting
chip stack and be re-seated; you are treated
as a new player entering the tournament
field, with a full buy-in added to the
prize pool with each re-entry. Payouts are
determined by the number of entries. With
50 100 players 9 places paid. The public is

welcome. Must be 18 or older to play. Side


games are available. For more information
or to pre-register contact Brian: Email:
poker@vfw2632.com , cell: 240-925-4000
3rd Annual Craft Fair & Holiday
Boutique
(21707 Three Notch Rd., Lexington
Park) - 9 a.m.
3rd Annual Craft Fair and Holiday
Boutique Fundraiser to Help Veterans.
PREVIOUS
VENDORS
PLEASE
NOTE: Ladies Auxiliary Fleet Reserve
Association (LAFRA) Unit 93 is planning
their 3rd annual Craft Fair and Holiday
Boutique to be held on Saturday, November
05, 2016 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Branch,
21707 Three Notch Road, Lexington
Park Maryland. Previous participating
vendors may register beginning June
20. Registration and payment must be
received by June 30th to reserve a spot.
July 01, 2016 registration will be opened
to the public. Registration deadline is
September 30th, 2016. Registration and a
check may be mailed to LAFRA Unit 93,
P.O Box 93, Patuxent River, MD 20670
or may be dropped off at Travel Leaders,
22325 Greenview Parkway, Ste. 1-C
Monday Friday 9am to 530pm, ask for
Lori. Email fralafra93@md.metrocast.
net to get a Registration Form or drop by
Branch 93 between 1 to 8 p.m. daily and
weekends. Questions, call Unit President
at 301-481-9655

Friday, July 1, 2016

St. Marys College


River Concert Series
Near the Townhouse Green Residences
College Drive, St. Marys City
Music of Sousa, Filmore, Clarke,
Anderson, Chicago, Blood Sweat and
Tears, Prince, James Brown and more!
And Fireworks! Music performed by the
Chesapeake Orchestra.
.

Saturday, July 2

Keepers Quarters Open - Piney


Point Lighthouse Museum
Piney Point Lighthouse (44720
Lighthouse Rd., Piney Point) - 10 a.m. to
5 p.m.
Piney Point Lighthouse, Museum and
Historic Keepers Quarters 1st Saturdays.
Come join our tours on the 1st Saturday
of each month and you will be treated
to a special viewing of the Keepers
Quarters! Museum hours: 10 a.m. to 5
p.m. Adults-$7.00, Seniors, Military w/
ID, students-$3.50, Kids 5 and under Free.
Call 301-994-1471 with questions.
Too Many Mikes
Live @ Country Life Festival
St. Marys County Fairgrounds
(Leonardtown) - 3 to 5 p.m.
Come out the Fairgrounds for the Country
Life Festival www.countrylifefestival.com
to enjoy all kinds of activities that celebrate
living in the country along with live music
all day long!! See you there!
SMS Angel Wings and Things
ThriftStore
(16562 Three Notch Rd., Ridge) - 9 a.m.
to 4 p.m.

Just because summer is here doesnt


mean we are closed. Angel Wings and
Things Thrift Store will continue to be
open on Saturdays between 9 a.m. to 4
p.m., and Sundays between 10 a.m to 1
p.m.. Donations will only be accepted
between 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturdays.
We will continue to post specials in the
store, as well as on our facebook page. We
look forward to having you stop by and
see us!!!! We have all kinds of fun summer
clothes, shoes, and accessories for all your
summer parties and events. We also have
small appliances, furniture, pictures, etc.
Tons of dishes for summer parties! Come
see us!!!! PS- We have AC! Come enjoy the
AC while shopping!
Hollywood Volunteer Fire
Department Live Music and Firework
at Dusk
24801 Three Notch Road, Hollywood- 5
to 10 pm.
Come out and join us for our Annual
Independence Day Celebration. This event
is put on by the Members of the Hollywood
VFD as a way of giving back and saying
thank you to the Community that supports
us year after year. The Fireworks display
is one of the Largest in the area and we
also provide a free concert before the
Fireworks. Also we have the Carnival
set up including games and food with $5
Armbands to ride all night. Please stop
by and have a great time at this family
friendly event. FIREWORKS DISPLAY
AT DUSK.
Country Life Festival
St. Marys County Fairgrounds (42455
Fairgrounds Road, Leonardtown)- 9 a.m.
to 9 pm. Fireworks start at 9 p.m.
The festival runs from Friday through
Sunday; Fireworks are Saturday night.
Live music, local craft beer, exhibits and
participation events like the cornhole
tournament. There is an admission fee
for ages 5 and older. More information is
available at theFestivals website.

Sunday, July 3

SMS Angel Wings and Things


ThriftStore
(16562 Three Notch Rd., Ridge) - 9 a.m.
to 4 p.m.
Just because summer is here doesnt
mean we are closed. Angel Wings and
Things Thrift Store will continue to be
open on Saturdays between 9 a.m. to 4
p.m., and Sundays between 10 a.m to 1
p.m.. Donations will only be accepted
between 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturdays.
We will continue to post specials in the
store, as well as on our facebook page. We
look forward to having you stop by and
see us!!!! We have all kinds of fun summer
clothes, shoes, and accessories for all your
summer parties and events. We also have
small appliances, furniture, pictures, etc.
Tons of dishes for summer parties! Come
see us!!!! PS- We have AC! Come enjoy the
AC while shopping!
Elks BIG GAME Poker
St. Marys County Elks Lodge (45779
Fire Department Ln., Lexington Park)
- 2p.m.
No Limit Holdem Poker Tournament.
$120 Buy in = 15,000 chips ($80 to prize

pool, $20 Bounty and $20 to charity),


earn a $20 dollar Bounty every time you
knock someone out of the tournament.
Top ten percent places paid. Food and
Beverage are available for purchase. Cash
games will be available: Holdem : $1$2 no limit (start when we have enough
interested players), Omaha Hi/Lo : $.50
- $1 no limit(starts at 12pm). Please enter
through the side of the building. For more
info., call 301- 863- 7800, James Dean,
240-577-0828, jdeanjunior@yahoo.com.

Wednesday, July 6
LVRSA Ledo Fundraiser
Ledo Pizza (Leonardtown) - 4 p.m.
The Leonardtown Volunteer Rescue
Squad Auxiliary (LVRSA) is having a
Ledo Pizza Spirit Night Fundraiser on July
6th from 4-8pm. Dine-in or Carry-out just
tell your cashier/server or write on your
receipt that you are there to support the
LVRSA fundraiser. We hope to see you
there and thank you for all your support!

Thursday, July 7

Annapolis Statehouse & Governors


Mansion Tour
Loffler Senior Activity Center (21905
Chancellors Run Rd., Great Mills) - 8 p.m.
Annapolis Statehouse & Governors
Mansion Tour. Enjoy a guided tour of
Marylands Statehouse, including a
visit to the Chambers of the House of
Representatives and the Senate. Learn
how your state government functions, how
bills are created, lobbied and become laws.
The history of how senators are seated,
their individual mandates, and how we as
citizens can participate are explored. Tour
the Governors Mansion for a presentation
that includes the rich history of the house,
the Governors and their First Ladies and
important visitors. Considerable walking
and standing is involved throughout the
tour, as are stairs. Comfortable shoes
should be worn. $32 fee includes motor
coach transportation, driver tip, and
admission. Lunch is on your own at a
nearby location. Bus leaves from the
Loffler Senior Activity Center promptly
at 8 a.m. Please arrive by 7:45 a.m. Call
301-475-4200, ext. *1063, to register.
Mini Cheer Clinic (must pre-register)
Ryken High School (Leonardtown) - 8
a.m. to 4 p.m.
4 day Mini Cheer Clinic hosted by
the Pax River Raiders. Cost: $130.00.
Ages: 5-14. Special Guests: UCA Cheer
Instructors and a Wizard Girl. For more
information and to register, visit www.
paxriverraiders.org.
GUTBUSTER CHEESE STEAKS @
VFW 2632
(23282 Three Notch Rd., California) 5:30 to 8 p.m.
Stop by and enjoy one of our delicious
GUTBUSTER Philly-Style Cheese Steaks.
All Cheese Steaks served on a hoagie roll
with your choice of cheese and grilled
veggies, and served with American Fries
for only $8.00. Choose from CHICKEN or
STEAK. Eat here or take one to go.

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Post-firework Traffic
Solomons Island

Fireworks Cruise Aboard


the Wm. B. Tennison

Calvert Marine Museum


(14200 Solomons Island Road South, Solomons)
8 p.m.
Come aboard for the best view in town and heavy
hors doeuvres. Preregistration required. Call 410-3262042, ext. 41.

Solomons Fireworks
Solomons Island-wide
9 p.m.

The Solomons Business Associations proudly


sponsors the annual Solomons Independence Day
fireworks display to be held onFriday, July 4that
approximately 9:15 - 9:30 pm (after dusk). Fireworks
will be shot from a barge in the Patuxent River and can
be viewed from the Riverwalk. Celebrate our nations
birth and show your colors all day long! The Fireworks
will be preceded by activities throughout Solomons,
sponsored by individuals and businesses.

Shortly after the conclusion of the Solomons Island Fireworks display on July
4th, a free flowing traffic plan will be established which will allow two lanes to
exit Solomons Island and the adjacent
parking areas.
The Visitor Center access road will be
closed from the north side exit of Glascosk Field to Rt. 2.

North Beach &


Chesapeake Beach

A free-flowing traffic pattern will be


established on Rt. 260 westbound from
Rt. 261 at the conclusion of the fireworks
display.
All traffic leaving from the west side
of Rt. 261 will only be allowed to turn
right. The traffic will follow Rt. 261 to
Summer City Blvd. onto Dalrymple Rd.
to the light controlled intersection at Rt.
2 or continue south to Ponds Wood Rd
or Cox Rd
Traffic exiting from the east side of Rt.
261 will turn right onto Rt. 261.
The traffic lights will be put on flash
and deputies will direct traffic allowing
the traffic exiting town easy access out
of town.

The north exit of Glascosk Field will


be a St. Marys County only exit.
There will be no southbound traffic
beyond Patuxent Plaza once the traffic
pattern has been established.
The traffic plan is anticipated to be in
effect for approximately one hour after
the end of the display.

Traffic leaving North of Rt. 260 on Rt.


261 will only be allowed to turn right.
All Traffic approaching Rt. 260 will flow
up 27th St to G St. onto Rt. 260 westbound. Traffic from North Beach will
utilize 5th St. to Boyds Turn onto Rt.
260.
Traffic will be stopped at RT. 261 and
Gordon Stinnett Drive.
The side roads along Rt. 260 will be
blocked to G ST.
The road will be blocked at Rt. 261
and the entrance to Kellams ball field.

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Sunset Concert Festival
ODonnell Lake (10400 ODonnell Lake
Park, Waldorf)- 7 p.m.
Josh Airhart
The Ruddy Duck Brewery (13200
Dowell Rd., Dowell)- 8 to 11 p.m.

Friday, July 1

DJ/Karaoke
Anthonys Bar and Grill (10371
Southern Maryland Blvd., Dunkirk)
Funkzilla
The Ruddy Duck Brewery (13200
Dowell Rd., Dowell)- 7:30 p.m.
Drum Point Lighthouse Open and
Free to the Public
Calvert Marine Museum (14200
Solomons Island Rd, Solomons)- 5 to
8p.m.

Saturday, July 2

Sotterley Farmers Market


Historic Sotterley (44300 Sotterley Ln,
Hollywood)- 8 a.m.
Moyaone Market
The Wagner Center (2311 Bryan Point
Rd, Accokeek)- 9 a.m.

Monday, July 4

Fireworks Cruise
Calvert Marine Museum (14200
Solomons Island Rd, Solomons)- 8 p.m.
Pizza and Pint Night
The Ruddy Duck Brewery (13200
Dowell Rd., Dowell)- 4 p.m.

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Team Trivia
The Ruddy Duck Brewery (13200
Dowell Rd., Dowell)- 7 p.m.

Tuesday, July 5

Team Feud
The Ruddy Duck Brewery (13200
Dowell Rd., Dowell)- 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday, July 6

Eco-Explorations for Families


Annmarie Sculpture Garden &
Arts Center (13480 Dowell Rd,
Dowell)- 10a.m.
Open Mic Night
The Ruddy Duck Brewery (13200
Dowell Rd., Dowell)- 7:30 p.m.
Book Discussion
Calvert Library Southern Branch at
Lotus Caf (13920 Hg Trueman Rd,
Solomons)- 6:30 p.m.

Thursday, July 7

Annapolis Statehouse & Governors


Mansion Tour
Loffler Senior Activity Center
(21905 Chancellors Run Rd., Great
Mills)- 8p.m.
Astronomy Night
Calvert Library Fairview Branch
(8120 Southern Maryland Blvd,
Owings)- 9p.m.
Sunset Concert Festival
ODonnell Lake (10400 ODonnell Lake
Park, Waldorf)- 7 p.m.
Drivin Muzzy
The Ruddy Duck Brewery (13200
Dowell Rd., Dowell)- 8 to 11 p.m.

Library

Calendar

St. Marys County Library


Closed for Independence Day

All three branches of the St. Marys


County Library will be closed on Monday, July 4 in observance of Independence Day. Online resources including
downloadable ebooks, audiobooks,
music, movies and more are available
everyday on www.stmalib.org.

High School Coding


Academy

Lexington Park Library will host


a High School Coding Academy for
teens in 9th 12th grades on Tuesdays,
July 7, 14, 21 and 28 from 2 4 p.m.
Teens should attend all 4 sessions. Registration is required on www.stmalib.
org or call 301-863-8188 and opens two
weeks before the first program. Teens
will learn to write and test code, and try
your skill at programming a robot. Partnership with The Patuxent Partnership.

Teen Tech Space and


Craftstravaganza

Lexington Park Library will hold a


Teen Tech Space and Craftstravaganza
on Tuesday, July 12 from 4 p.m. to 6
p.m. Open Computer lab use for teens
and tweens ages 11 to 18. Play Minecraft, Wii, games, computers and make
crafts. Hang out, bring your friends! No
Registration.

Foundation Center: Introduction to Finding Grants

Lexington Park Library will a Foundation Center class: Introduction to


Finding Grants on Wednesday, July 13
from 2p.m. to 4 p.m. Are you new to the
field of grant seeking? Discover what
funders are looking for in nonprofits
seeking grants and how to find potential
funders. Join us for a 30 minute handson session following the presentation to
learn how to use Foundation Centers
Foundation Directory Online database
to find the right funding match for your
organization. Registration required on
www.stmalib.org or call 301-863-8188.

Please submit calendar listings by noon on the


Tuesday prior to our Thursday publication.

Computer Basics 3: Introduction to the Internet

Lexington Park Library will hold a


Computer Basics 3: Introduction to the
Internet class on Thursday, July 14 from
2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Part three of a four part
series. Learn terminology, basic features, and how to navigate the Internet.
Pick up tips on browsing and evaluating
websites in order to make your browsing experience more successful. Adult
computer classes are limited to ages 16
and up. Registration required on www.
stmalib.org or call 301-863-8188.

Minecraft Mania!

Lexington Park Library will host


Minecraft Mania on Friday, July 15.
One one-hour session will be held for
ages 6- 9 years old from 10 a.m. to 12
p.m., and one session for ages 10 years
and older will be held from 2 p.m. to 4
p.m. Share strategies with other Minecrafters, explore new terrain, gather
raw materials and create amazing
structures.Registration opens 2 weeks
before each program on www.stmalib.
org.

Far our Field Day

Leonardtown Library will hold Far


Out Field Day for all ages on Friday,
July 15 from 10:30 a.m. to 12 noon. Be a
champion in the Silly Summer Games!
Craft a uniform to join the team, then
take on our ultimate obstacle course
and more fun and active challenges. No
registration.

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Senior Farmers Market Nutrition


Program coupons will be distributed on
Tuesday, July 12 beginning at 10 a.m.
at the Garvey Senior Activity Center
in the Governmental Center in Leonardtown. There are a limited number
of coupons available; first come first
serve. Arrive as early as 8 a.m. to receive a distribution number.
There are a limited number of coupons available; first come, first served.
Arrive as early as 8 a.m. to receive a
distribution number.
Annual household income for a single person household can be no more
than $21,978, or $29,637 for a two person household. For more information,
call 301-475-4200, ext. *1072. Eligible
seniors (60 years of age or older) must
present the following:
A photo identification card which indicates proof of current residence in St.
Marys County. If a participants photo
ID does not show local residency, or the
participant does not have a photo ID
then a recent electric or water bill, etc.,
will be acceptable as proof of residency.
A proxy designation may be completed if participant cannot attend a distribution. Proxys may apply on behalf
of a participant, permitted the following
documentation is provided:
A completed copy of a current SFMNP application, which is signed by the
senior participant (can be obtained in
advance by calling the number below)
A copy of the senior participants
identification (see above for criteria)
The proxys photo identification

A Matter of Balance
Class Series

Take part in this award-winning,


time-tested program for people over
60 designed to help manage falls and
increase activity levels. The Northern
Senior Activity Center will offer the A
Matter of Balance class series on Mondays July 11-Aug. 29 from 1-3 p.m. This
course is nationally recognized for its
teachings: to view falls/fear of falls as

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St. Marys Department of Aging


Programs and Activities

controllable, to set realistic goals for


increasing activity, to make changes
to reduce falls at home and to exercise
to increase strength and balance. This
eight-week class series is led by two
trained coaches to guide you through
this program. Each class is two hours in
length and is primarily lecture/discussion with approximately 30 minutes of
exercise each session beginning in the
third week. All materials are provided
for free. Space is limited. To sign up for
this series in advance, please visit the
signup table or call 301-475-4002, ext.
*3101.

Kickboxing

Kickboxing tones muscles through


punching and kicking using focus pads,
target pads, and mitts. Participants may
notice an improvement in overall balance and flexibility. The aerobic moves
of kickboxing have been shown to improve circulation and it offers a great
stress relief. This specialized class, held
at the Garvey Senior Activity Center on
Wednesdays, July 6-Aug. 17, from 8:309:30 a.m., is geared towards active men
and women ages fifty and above. This
class offers great energy without the
high impact that occurs during a mainstream kickboxing class.
The instructor, Geno Rothback, is
a registered nurse, a senior fitness instructor, a black belt in Taekwondo and
is a certified Martial Fusion and Kickboxing instructor. Cost is $30 payable
to Geno Rothback. Payment required at
time of reservation. Call 301-475-4200,
ext. *1050, to learn more.

Shirt Fringe Art Class

Revitalize an old patriotic shirt or


concert tee just in time for Independence Day! The Northern Senior Activity Center will have a T-shirt Fringe Art
Class on Friday, July 1 from 1-3 p.m.
Betty Hill will teach you how to create
decorative fringe using a few simple
tools. All tools will be provided, however participants are asked to bring

their own shirt to embellish. The


class cost is $5 and is due at sign up.
To sign up for this class in advance,
please visit the front desk or call 301475-4002, ext. *3101.

Senior Boot Camp

Boot camp programs are one of the


hottest trends in fitness programming
and offer a new twist on traditional
performance and conditioning activities. During this 6-week fast-paced,
high-energy program, you will engage
in age-appropriate drills and activities
to improve strength, cardio capacity,
balance, and agility. Boot Camp will be
held at the Garvey Senior Activity Center on Mondays, 8:30-9:30 a.m., from
July 11-Aug. 15. Participants should
wear athletic shoes and bring a water
bottle. Much of the class will be held
outdoors, weather permitting. Advance
sign up is required. Fee: $15 payable
to Shannon Pope. Fee must be paid in
advance. To learn more, call 301-4754200, ext. *1050.

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Studios Offers Classes
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The Garvey Senior Activity Center


is excited to partner with Yellow Door
Art Studios to offer high quality, low
cost art instruction. Classes are held at
the Garvey Senior Activity Center from
1:30-3:30 p.m. All materials will be
supplied. Payment must be received at
the time of registration. Space is limited
so register early. Register prior to July 1
for the Nautical Acrylic Painting class
scheduled for July 11 and prior to July
8 for the Flowers with Watercolor class
scheduled for July 18. Cost is $10 per
class; payable to Yellow Door Art Studios. To learn more call 301-475-4200,
ext. *1050. Watch for more classes coming this fall!

History Video
about Roman Empire
Engineering

On Wednesday, July 13 at 10 a.m.


the Loffler Senior Activity Center will
show a documentary depicting the
spectacular and sordid history of the
Roman Empire from 55 BC to around
537 AD. Learn about Hadrians Wall,
Caesars Bridge, the aqueducts, the
Coliseum, the Pantheon, the Baths of
Caracalla, and the remains of Emperor
Neros lavish Golden Palace for a rare
look at how one of Romes most notorious megalomaniacs lived. The video is
94 minutes and is free. Seating is limited. Call 301-737-5670, ext. 1658, or
stop by the reception desk at Loffler to
sign up.

Decoupage Light
SwitchPlates

Bring any light switch or outlet plates


youd like to transform to the Loffler
Senior Activity Center on Friday, July
8 at 10 a.m. and learn how these simple
items can become attractive pieces that
complement your dcor. There is no
cost for this class other than bringing in
the plates. Call 301-737-5670, ext. 1658,
or stop by the reception desk at Loffler
to sign up.

Beginner Piano/
Keyboard Classes

Dr. Robert L. Jefferson, the author


of the How to Play Gospel book series and a leading expert on teaching
gospel music (check out his website at
Jeffersonpresents.com) will again offer
beginner piano/keyboard classes at the
Loffler Senior Activity Center starting
Tuesday, July 12 and continuing through
Aug. 16. The cost for the lessons is $100
for 6 sessions and includes instruction,
texts and corresponding cd. Additionally you will need to invest in an inexpensive keyboard ($50-$100+ available
at local stores and online.) Payment for
the lessons can be made directly to Dr.
Jefferson on the first day of class. Preregistration is required by Wednesday,
July 6. For more information or to sign
up, call 301-737-5670, ext. 1658.

Brought to you by the Commissioners of St. Marys County: James R. Guy, President; Michael L. Hewitt; Tom
Jarboe; Todd B. Morgan; John E. OConnor; and the Department of Aging & Human Services
Loffler Senior Activity Center 301-737-5670, ext. 1658 Garvey Senior
Activity Center, 301-475-4200, ext. 1050
Northern Senior Activity Center, 301-475-4002, ext. 3101

Visit the Department of Agings website at www.stmarysmd.com/


aging for the most up-to date information.

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Thursday, June 30, 2016

A View From The

Bleachers
Work v. Playtime
\The last week or so has been a struggle.
Ive watched Australian Rules Football,
random College World Series games and
Without Bias, a 2009 ESPN documentary on the death of former Maryland Basketball star Len Bias, three times. Ive even
trolled the internet like a pathetic TMZ
junky for Johnny Manziel chatter. Is a 2
a.m. table tennis tournament next?
The problem: Im a sports addict without
an adequate fix. I need whiskey shots, but
the only elixir available is Coors Light. Im
pounding Silver Bullets but they just dont
deliver the desired effect. Maybe I need to
go Old School, channel my inner Frank
the Tank and deploy a beer bong.
I should have a compensatory protocol;
this happens every year. See, the moment
the Fightin LeBrons defeated the Golden
State Warriors and exercised Clevelands

by Ronald Guy
Contributing Writer

demons, sports fans were tossed into a


cold, harsh world with only one active
major sport (MLB). No frozen pucks or
slap shots. No touchdowns or daily fantasy football binges. No more three point
bombs. This is how Aussie football ends
up on ones television. I even caught myself reading about Great Britains departure from the European Union. #Brexit!
Help
Finding inspiration in these depressed
athletic times is difficult, but a Norseman
- by trade, anyway - managed to do so.
When asked during a recent ESPN interview about his remaining NFL shelf life,
Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian
Peterson, 31, offered an interesting reply.
Training camp, going through the grind,
OTAs and all that that will definitely be a
deciding factor. Physically, body-wise, Ill

be good. Its just mentallyits so repetitive that its more suited toward the young
guysit gets kind of boring.
For the average person who trudges into
work five days a week for 40 years just to
keep the utilities on and some connection
to the middle class, Petersons comments
sound like pouty, million-dollar-athlete
syndrome. Oh yeah, its torturous to throw
some weights around daily, casually run
mock football plays in shorts and spend a
little time with coaches in the film room.
Poor Adrian Peterson. How does he survive the toil? Hes a working mans hero.
Pausing the sail down the river of sarcasm, a fair consideration of Petersons
soundbite must acknowledge two points.
First, while Peterson might not be the best
mentor for fathers, he is among the NFLs
hardest workers, having once rushed for
2,000 yards less than a year after reconstructive knee surgery. He is a symbol of
the year-round commitment to fitness the
game requires and the death of the pot-bellied era of Sonny Jurgensen. Second, and
more significantly, football, as compared to
other sports, demands arduous preparation.
Offseason programs begin in April. Organized Team Activities (OTAs) are in May.
Training camps start in July. Preseason
games are played in August. The regular
season runs from September through De-

Wanderings
f an

o Aimless Mind
by Shelby Oppermann
Contributing Writer

Its a Mental Wasteland,


a Mental Wasteland

Ahhhthe mental wasteland; sung to


the tune of Teenage Wasteland by The
Who. Thats the song with my new words
that wont get out of my head. Do you ever
have times where it is just hard to concentrate on anything or to put two thoughts together to make any sense? Well, that would
be me. And yes, I know that you would say
that I have that problem all the time. I would
most likely agree. Somewhere in my learning history, a doctor should have offered me
a lifetime supply of Ritalin. Oh, the things
I could have done if I could have focused
more. Its not too late I suppose, but my body
doesnt needed any more medical chemicals
at this time. Especially with the addition of
the weekly biologic injections of Orencia I
just started. People can spontaneously combust you know.
I really think my lack of focus right now
comes from the lack of sleep due to a certain
puppy. Mindy has her own schedule of 2:30,
4:30, and 6:30 and I dont mean p.m. 2:30
is potty, 4:30 is one half of a potty and play,
and at 6:30 she plants herself right in front
of the dog food bag and stares at it and then
at meand then after that there is playtime
and chew time. My arms, with all the little
puncture holes, are a testament to chew time.
My mind has lots of holes in it as well.
Last week, I was all set to take back
Mindys potty pad kit; the one with the black
plastic tray, a potty pad that sits on top and
fake, neon green grass on top. For three
weeks, Mindy didnt even sniff the indoor
potty set-up. But on the day I was going
to take it back to the store for a $39.99 refund + a $9.99 refund for the housebreaking
spray which is supposed to make them want

Contributing Writers

to wet on the indoor potty , she decides to


chew off all of the grass and spit it out all
over the downstairs rug (I guess this now
gives her a wider grassy area to go go potty
on) and chew the black plastic base all up
and flip the potty pad around. The spray was
the worst though. Mindy knocked that off of
my high worktable on to the tile where the
nozzle popped off spilling a foul, Mastodon
strength urine pool all over the floor. Was
I happy? No. Was she happy? Yes, Mindy
was happily exhausted and spread out on her
fuzzy blanket on the couch. It was a great
afternoon for her. See incriminating photo of
lazy, happy hound.
One of us is not going to make it out
of her puppy phase alive, though I might
know more after the obedience lessons start.
Hopefully I am a good student. I can follow
commands I just cant think of them myself
right now. Today I tried to take an afternoon
nap. I was so tired I couldnt keep my eyes
open. At that point, I didnt care what she
chewed or where she went potty. I just wanted to sleep the sleep of the unpuppied, of the
irresponsible, of the wasted mind. I did. I
think I got about an hour and a half, maybe
twothat is until two little paws were on the
side of the bed, with one wet nose nudging
my hand, and two of the softest, sweetest
puppy eyes were gazing at me expectantly,
or was it guiltily. One look at that face and I
didnt carepuppy love filled me up, and all
was forgotten.
To each new days adventure, Shelby
Please send your comments or ideas to:
shelbys.wanderings@yahoo.com or find me
on facebook: wanderings of an aimless mind

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cember and includes obsessive strategizing


between games. And for what? Sixteen
games at three hours apiece - 48 hours of
glory. And the best of the best only play
half (offense or defense). Thats a lot of
work for very little playtime and a far cry
from the 162 MLB games and 82 NBA and
NHL games per year. No wonder theres so
much exuberance and passion on Sundays
its playtime!
In that context, Petersons point is understandable. Football demands a lot of
squeezing for very little juice. Looking to
real life for comps, I suppose its similar to
the maturation of a complex weapon system, a process that takes years and climaxes with a few test events. Or a presentation
that takes weeks to develop, research and
practice for a single, two-hour delivery. Or
maybe its even like writing, a process the
great Red Smith described in these terms:
Writing is easy. Just sit in front of a typewriter, open up a vein and bleed.
Heading into his tenth NFL season, I get
Petersons boredom with the grind. Am I
sympathetic? What with a metaphorical
vein open and an early morning alarm for
another 20 years? No, not hardly. Pro footballs still a comparatively good gig, even if
gamedays are rare treats.
Send comments to RonaldGuyJr@gmail.com

A Journey Through

Time

by Linda Reno
Contributing Writer

The Times Chronicle

Religious Neales, Pt. II

Charles Neale, the sixth son, was


born in Maryland in 1751. He was sent to
study at Bruges when he was 10 and entered the Society at Ghent on September
7, 1771. Two years later before he took
his first vows, the Suppression occurred
and he went to Liege to study philosophy with former members of the Society.
He also studied theology, taught various
classes in the college, and was ordained
there about 1780. Due to his poor health,
college authorities prevailed on him to go
to Antwerp to recuperate. There, he was
appointed spiritual director of the Carmelite nuns of that city. Charles returned
to Maryland in 1790, bringing with him
four Carmelite nuns hoping to found the
first monastery for religious women in
the United States. They settled at Mt.
Carmel near Port Tobacco, on 900 acres
of land he had purchased for them near
the old Neale estate.
Charles Neale worked for the restoration of the Society in America, and he
took his first vows on August 18, 1805,
at St. Ignatius Church in Port Tobacco,
one of the first members of the restored
Society in the United States. Charles
continued to reside at Port Tobacco until
his death on April 27, 1823.
Francis Ignatius Neale, the seventh and
last son, was born on January 2, 1756. He
studied at the Academy at Liege, was
ordained there and returned to America
on November 12, 1789. He had wanted
to come into the Society in 1773, but because of the Suppression he had to wait
33 years until October 10, 1806, when
he entered the first novitiate of the Soci-

ety in the United States at Georgetown.


Francis Ignatius pronounced his First
Vows in the Society in 1808 and made
his Final Profession in 1816 at Holy Trinity Church, Georgetown. He was founder
and pastor of Holy Trinity Church; built
and organized St. Marys Church in Alexandria, the first Catholic parish in Virginia; was vice president and president of
Georgetown College; and was agent for
the Corporation of Roman Catholic Clergymen, which involved supervising the
Jesuits estates and property of Maryland
and Pennsylvania. After years of strenuous apostolic work in Washington, D.C.,
Francis Ignatius returned to the home of
his childhood as superior at St. Thomas
Manor in Port Tobacco, where he died
December 20, 1837, at age 82 at St.
Thomas Manor and was buried there.
The religious fervor did spill over into
the next generation, at least in one line.
Mary Molly Neale (1738-1786) married William Matthews and they had
seven children--one of the sons became
a priest and two of the daughters became
nuns.
The other children of William Neale
and Ann Brooke were: Raphael Neale
(1745-1784) who married Sarah (some
say her maiden name was Howard); Clare
Neale (1739-1786) who married first,
Henry Brent and second, George Slye
(widower of Elizabeth Rozier); and Eleanor Neale (ca1748-1801) who married
first, John Holmes and second, Raphael
Boarman (widower of Sarah Adderton).

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Yoshi was born in 2006. Before coming to Feral Cat Rescue she was living
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METHODIST CHURCH
Hollywood United Methodist Church

24422 Mervell Dean Rd Hollywood, MD 20636

301-373-2500

Rev. Sheldon Reese, Pastor


Sunday Worship 8:30 and 11:00 a.m.
Sunday School for all ages 9:45 a.m.
All of our services are traditional.
Child care is provided.
Sunday Evening Youth Group
Christian Preschool and Kindergarten available

CATHOLIC CHURCH
St. Cecilia Church

47950 Mattapany Rd, PO Box 429


St. Marys City, MD 20686 301-862-4600
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St. George Church:
Saturday, 5:00 p.m. Sunday, 8:30 a.m., 11:00 a.m.
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9:15 am
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Tuesday Bible Study 7 P.M.
Tuesday Youth Group 7 P.M.
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Assoc. Pastor - David Roberts
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Church Schedule

Sunday Morning Worship 10 a.m.


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Legal Notice
Notice of Public Hearing
Commissioners of Leonardtown
The Commissioners of Leonardtown will hold a public hearing on
July 11, 2016 at 4:15 p.m. in the Town Office, located at 41660
Courthouse Dr., Leonardtown, MD. The purpose of the hearing is to
present for public review and comment, Ordinance No. 176 Zoning
Text Amendment to Article V Commercial Business District and
Article VIII Commercial Marine District to add microbreweries as
a permitted use. Copies of the proposed changes are available for
review at the Town Office. All interested parties are encouraged
to attend or to submit written comments by 4:00 p.m. on July 11,
2016 to the Commissioners of Leonardtown, POB 1, Leonardtown,
MD 20650. Special accommodations will be made for persons with
disabilities upon request.
By Authority: Laschelle E. McKay, Town Administrator.

Legal Notice
Commissioners of Leonardtown
Notice of Public Hearing
Rezoning Request 41655 Park Ave., Leonardtown
The Leonardtown Planning and Zoning Commission will hold a public
hearing on Monday, July 18, 2016 at 4:15 p.m. at the Town Office,
41660 Courthouse Drive, regarding Tax Map 133, Parcel 423. The
purpose of the hearing will be to present for public review and receive
public comment regarding the request to rezone the parcel located
at 41655 Park Ave. from Commercial Business (C-B) to Residential
Multi-Family (R-MF). Copies of the documents are available for public
review at the Leonardtown Town Office. The public is invited to attend
and/or send written comments to the Commissioners of Leonardtown,
P.O. Box 1, Leonardtown, MD 20650 to be received no later than
July 18, 2016 at 4:00 p.m. Special accommodations will be made for
persons with disabilities upon request.
By Authority: Laschelle E. McKay, Town Administrator

St. Marys County l Calvert County

P.O. Box 250


Hollywood, Maryland 20636
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Legal Notice

Legal Notice

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Thursday, June 30, 2016

The 2015 Consumer Confidence Report (CCR) is available to Town


residents and the public at the town office, 41660 Courthouse Drive.
Leonardtown, MD between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. and
at the Leonardtown Post Office, 22735 Washington Street and is also
available online at
http://www.leonardtown.somd.com/government/CCRReport-current.pdf
under Town Government, Water Quality Reports.

Legal Notice
DRINKING WATER NOTICE OF OCCURANCE
TOWN OF LEONARDTOWN
June16, 2016 Test Results Indicate that the Drinking Water
Meets Standards Following the Detection of E. coli bacteria
Our water system detected E. coli bacteria in the distribution system
and the Towns well on June 10, 2016. These bacteria can make
you sick, and are especially a concern for people with weakened
immune systems.
Our system violated the maximum contaminant level for drinking
water for E. coli bacteria for June 2016. In addition, we failed to
notify the Maryland Department of the Environment until June 15,
2016 that we detected E. coli bacteria in test results received on June
13, 2016. We were required to notify the State of this information
within 24 hours of when we learned of thew situation but we
failed to do so.
Additional drinking water samples were collected on June 16, 2016
from the water system, and results indicated that E. coli bacteria was
not present. Maryland Department of the Environment and the local
health department assessed the water system for sanitary defects
on June 17, 2016.
What should I do? What does this mean?
You do not need to boil your water or take other corrective
actions. However if you have specific health concerns,
you may consult your doctor.
E. coli are bacteria whose presence indicates that the water may be
contaminated with human or animal wastes. Human pathogens in
these wastes can cause short-term effects, such as diarrhea, cramps,
nausea, headaches, or other symptoms. They may pose a greater
health risk for infants, young children, the elderly, and people with
severely compromised immune systems. If you experience any of
these symptoms and they persist, you may want to seek medical
advice. People at increased risk should seek advice from their
healthcare providers about drinking this water.
What is being done?
The Town is closely monitoring the chlorination of the drinking
water. The required chlorination level was maintained at all times.
The Towns staff has performed additional flushing of hydrants
and checked for broken water mains. The Towns Water system is
checked by staff members daily for chlorine residuals and ph.
The lab that processed the samples is being monitored by MDE for
possible erroneous results. The contaminated sample could possibly
have been a false positive. The test results on June 16, 2016 showed
the system was clear.
For more information, please contact Laschelle McKay at 301-4759791 or POB 1, Leonardtown, MD 20650. General guidelines on
ways to lessen the risk of infection by bacteria and other diseasecausing organisms are available from the EPA Safe Drinking Water
Hotline at 1-800-426-4791.
This notice is being sent to you by the Town of Leonardtown.
Water System ID#: MD0180006.
Date distributed: June 27, 2016.
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FIREWORKS!

Thursday, June 30, 2016

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