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The St. Marys Board of County Com-
missioners voted to deny approval to a
planned unit development in the Lexington
Park Development District Tuesday that
would have brought in 868 housing units
as well as a site possibly large enough for
two schools.
Four out of the five commissioners
felt that there were still too many concerns
over traffic safety, land preservation and
mitigation fees offered by the developer to
merit its approval of the St. Marys Cross-
ing project that would have been located
off St. Andrews Church Road.
Because of these issues of TDRs
(transfer of development rights), land pres-
ervation and traffic I dont think it meets
that standard, said Commissioner Daniel
H. Raley (D-Great Mills).
The project had been mulled by the
planning commission several times last
year in attempts to iron out differences
in the plans execution as well as with the
DRARA, or developers rights and respon-
sibilities agreement, but the planning com-
mission eventually voted against approv-
ing both the plan and the agreement.
That vote carries significant weight,
Raley said Tuesday. The project has been
on our table for some time.
Unfortunately I dont think the pro-
cess up to the planning commission has
worked very well.
Citizens who lived near the planned
development site also complained of their
concerns that the dense development would
create too much traffic for nearby roads.
The developer also stipulated in the
DRARA that they would not be respon-
sible for any improvements to Old St. An-
drews Church Road. County planning staff
disagreed with their position and this was
one of the points that seemed to have cost
them approval.
The sole vote in support of the proj-
ects approval came from Commissioner
Thomas A. Mattingly (D-Leonardtown)
who said that the development would bring
several tangible benefits to the county.
This is an opportunity to ensure that
there is a component of workforce hous-
ing that is involved in the project, Mat-
tingly said of the developers offer to built
units that were more affordably priced.
And a site that could accommodate two
schools would bring a lot of benefit to the
county.
Mattingly offered a motion to the
commissioner board that would have put
the St. Marys Crossing project back be-
fore the planning commission for more re-
view to iron out differences between the
county and developer but it failed by a 4-
to-1 vote.
Commi ssi oner s Say No To St . Mar ys Cr ossi ng
By Guy Leonard
Staff Wr iter
A majority of the St. Marys Board of County Commissioners decided
to delay plans to shore up the structural integrity of the emergency opera-
tions center in the Department of Public Safety building in Leonardtown even
though the building is not rated to withstand a category 2 hurricane as origi-
nally thought.
The commissioners made the decision to push $50,000 in planning mon-
ey to fscal year 2010 and $450,000 for construction to 2011 as part of a budget
work session Monday.
The county has a backup facility next to the Circuit Court building that
can be used in the event of serious weather or a similar disaster.
Commissioner Thomas A. Mattingly (D-Leonardtown) said the revamp
project was needed to help protect sensitive information
technology the county needs to function in a time of
emergency.
[The structural rating of the building] was reduced
[during construction] because of budgetary concerns by
someone who no longer works for the county, Mattingly
said. We just found out in the last year that it was only
rated for category 1 storms.
Commissioner Lawrence D. Jarboe (R-Golden
Beach) said the backup center would likely suffce in
the event of an emergency since water in the tidal areas
of the county, rather than destructive wind, has been the
main problem whenever a severe storm or hurricane rolls
through.
Commissioner Daniel H. Raley (D-Great Mills) sup-
ported pushing the funding in the capital project schedule
out another year, but expressed that had he known of
the defects in the buildings design sooner, he would
have voted to spend money on the revamp earlier.
If Id known about this last year, I wouldnt have supported $1 million
for construction of a new building for Haz-Mat [hazardous materials vehi-
cles,] Raley said.
The Commissioners did agree to move ahead with a project to build two
more towers in the countys more rural areas to extend the range of communi-
cations available for frefghters and rescue personnel.
The $5 million project will be offset by several million in federal aid,
Mattingly said, but will not help solve interoperability problems between the
three Southern Maryland counties.
The project also includes two existing towers with space allotted for more
signal reception equipment, Mattingly added.
It flls the dead spots in coverage of the existing system, Mattingly said.
Were fortunate to get a couple million dollars to help with the project.
Commi ssi oner s Hol d Of f On Emer gency
Oper at i ons Cent er Revamp
By Guy Leonard
Staff Wr iter
The St. Marys Board of County
Commissioners voted to approve the
signing of contracts for 11 county em-
ployees Tuesday by a margin of 4-to-1
with Commissioner Lawrence D. Jarboe
(R-Golden Beach) voting against all of
the contract signings.
Jarboe said that his no vote was not
because of any poor performance held
against any of the employees, rather the
holding of the contracts would cost the
county more money if they found it nec-
essary to reduce the size of government.
This will make it more diffcult to
consolidate department heads in the fu-
ture, Jarboe said And that will eventu-
ally increase tax rates.
But Commissioner Thomas A.
Mattingly (D-Leonardtown) said that
with the economic downturn the need
for competent employees was even more
pressing.
It makes it even more imperative to
have a strong management team, Mat-
tingly said. They could easily go else-
where and make more money.
Under the current system any
contract employees would stay on six
months after county commissioners
were elected.
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By Guy Leonard
Staff Wr iter
Last weeks planned homeless count ran into
extremely cold weather that made fnding many of
those living on the streets or in the woods virtually
impossible, said a top administrator at the countys
Three Oaks homeless center in Lexington Park.
The count, which also included such agencies
as the Department of Social Services, the county
Housing Authority, Angels Watch in Hughes-
ville and Leahs House in Valley Lee, is set to
go on for several more days to make an accurate
determination.
The count is necessary for receiving funding
for homeless assistance from the federal Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development.
It was painfully diffcult to fnd the home-
less, said Sarah Crowder at Three Oaks of the Jan.
28 one-day count. Even the soup kitchen [in Great
Mills] was closed.
Crowder and others at the shelter got in their
cars that day and traveled to various sites around
the county from Lexington Park to Leonardtown,
she said, and could not fnd the homeless they
expected.
The cold forced many of the homeless off the
streets and into any establishment they could fnd
for warmth, she said, making positive identifcation
of the homeless diffcult.
That night at Three Oaks, however, Crowder
said that they had 15 men come in to avoid the frig-
id cold, which was below freezing level.
The numbers of men seeking shelter in times
of extreme cold is usually about 10, she said.
That night was our largest night for extreme
cold, Crowder said, adding that the weather for the
next week might still make fnding the homeless
diffcult. She added that she expected the home-
less population to have increased since last years
count.
I truly do expect it because of the symptoms
or our society, Crowder told The County Times.
Many of the people seeking help are dealing
with foreclosures and need assistance for food and
utilities, Crowder said, all symptoms of the tough
economic recession hitting the country.
The agencies that make up the newly formed
Department of Human Services reported last week
that the tough times were putting more and more
stress on families.
Calls for social assistance, mental health sup-
port and help in looking for jobs after being laid off
were all up, the report stated.
Bennett Connelly, head of the human services
department, said for the count to be completed could
take two weeks, but if the trend follows the recent
report of his offce, the results were predictable.
Last years homeless tally was at about 1,270
people.
We expect that numbers will be higher,
Connelly said. Things have really changed in the
past six-to-nine months.
One of the keys to lessening the stress on both
the countys social assistance system and on indi-
viduals was to get involved with those facing possi-
ble homelessness earlier, Connelly said, to prevent
it in the frst place.
For a start, that meant getting people facing
trouble in contact with counselors, service orga-
nizations, churches or anyone else who could help
support them and keep them from getting evicted
or facing foreclosure.
Its better to prevent someone from being
homeless then waiting for them to get that far,
Connelly said. Theres more hardship incurred
and the cost and human impact is signifcant.
You have to help and teach others how to
use resources, to network; we have to open those
doors.
Col d Weather Hampers Homel ess Count
Onthediminishedcapacityoftheemergencyoperation
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By Guy Leonard
Staff Wr iter
The chief of the Second District Volunteer Fire
Department and several others operating as com-
mercial fshermen in St. Marys County have been
changed by federal authorities for allegedly poaching
hundreds of thousands of pounds of rockfsh from the
Chesapeake Bay and Potomac River during a four
year scheme that lasted from 2003 to 2007.
Thomas L. Crowder, Jr., of Leonardtown, John
W. Dean of Scotland, Charles Quade of Chuchtown,
Keith Collins of Deale and Thomas L. Hallock of
Catharpin, Va. were all named in federal charges as
having illegally harvested and sold the stripped bass
to a wholesaler in Washington, D.C.
That wholesaler, Cannon Seafood, Inc., is named
in the case as are Robert Moore, Sr. and Robert Moore,
Jr., of Falls Church and Ashburn, Va. respectively, in
connection with the companys operations.
Thomas Spalding, a member of the fre depart-
ments board of directors, said that Crowder was still
chief at the fre house.
His duties are continuing as normal, Spalding
said. Youre innocent until proven guilty.
Hes done an incredible job for the people of the
Second District; hes been an incredible chief.
The charges, handed down from U.S. Attorney
Rod J. Rosensteins offce in Greenbelt, alleges that
all the parties involved were in violation of the Lacey
Act, which prohibits falsifying records of harvesting
fsh and wildlife and illegally transporting and selling
the same.
State and federal authorities are working to-
gether to preserve our precious natural resources,
Rosenstein said in a prepared statement. If commer-
cial fshermen obey the rules, we can all enjoy rock-
fsh forever.
If we allow over-fshing, and fail to enforce
those rules, the rockfsh population will be wiped out
very quickly.
In criminal informations fled against the defen-
dants, it is alleged the fsherman had knowingly false-
ly recorded the number of stripped bass they caught
as well as their weight on their permits.
They also failed to accurately record when they
caught the fsh, federal authorities alleged.
Two other local fshermen, Joseph Peter Nelson
and Joseph Peter Nelson, Jr., were charged with seven
counts in federal court in October of last year for
similar allegations.
Violations of the Lacey Act carry a sentence of
up to fve years in prison and fnes up to $250,000.
Any vehicles and vessels used in the violations can
also be seized.
According to federal authorities the investiga-
tion into the defendants started in 2003 and included
undercover purchases of stripped bass and covert
surveillance.
The investigation was conducted by the Mary-
land Natural Resources Police, Virginia Marine Po-
lice, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Andy Hughes, chairman of the Coastal Con-
servation Association of Maryland (CCA), was sad-
dened at the alleged crime because of the extensive
damage done to one of the most precious resources
in the region.
The CCA works to preserve fsh and wildlife re-
sources for future generations of outdoor enthusiasts.
The amount of crime that the federal joint in-
vestigative task force has uncovered is both alarming
in its scope and tremendously disappointing in that it
was not dealt with many years earlier, Hughes said in
a statement. This abuse to the Chesapeakes stripped
bass resource is a crime against all Maryland citizens
and those throughout our region that enjoy the Chesa-
peake Bay.
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By Guy Leonar d
Staff Wr iter
The celebration of Marylands 375
th
birthday starts in March in St.
Marys, but at the North End Gallery in Leonardtown, they are starting
festivities a little bit early.
The exhibit Maryland, My Maryland opened Tuesday and show-
cased the artwork of local artists that sought to capture the essence of
life in Maryland.
Artwork depicted scenes such as tractors towing locally grown pro-
duce to duck hunting decoys resting in front of a Maryland fag in medi-
ums like oil paint, water colors, pottery, sculpture and photography.
Barbara Lewis, a 16-year member of North End Gallery, said that
members hope the exhibit will drum up interest not only in Marylands
birthday celebration but in local artists as well.
Every February we have a theme and its usually historically
based, Lewis said. Those exhibits usually generate a lot of interest.
North End Gallery has been working with the county in ramping
up for the festivities that are set to last the whole year, Lewis said, to in-
clude a celebration Web site that
includes the gallery.
They consider us as part-
ners in promoting St. Marys County,
Lewis said, adding that the artists
are all from the tri-county area.
Theyre all professional art-
ists, they all sell their own work,
Lewis said.
She hoped that the subject of
the exhibit would also encourage
visitors to view art that might not
ordinarily show up at a gallery.
All of these people making
these works of art are their neigh-
bors, Lewis said. People are in-
terested in things they recognize.
The celebration of Marylands 375 birthday is also designed to boost
tourism and spending, all the more important in lagging economic times.
Carolyn Laray, tourism manager with the county government, said that
the North End Gallerys efforts should help out the overall.
Its the frst one out of the gate, Laray said of the exhibit. They were
separate ideas [from the countys celebration plans] that dovetailed nicely
and weve moved in tandem since.
Its a great partnership.
Lewis had hopes that the exhibit would help drum up support for local
artists and the gallery in a time when purchasing art was often not at the top
of consumers lists.
They only way places like this survive is if [customers] patronize
them, Lewis said.
Nor t h End Gal l er y St ar t s Mar yl ands 375t h Bi r t hday Cel ebr at i on
Li br ar y Si t es,
Renovat i ons Or
New Bui l di ng
By Guy Leonard
Staff Wr iter
County residents will have a chance
to look into options for either a library
renovation for Leonardtown or entirely
new site built close by, according to the
county director of public works and
transportation.
The informational meeting on the
possibility of building a new library will
be held Feb. 10 at 6:30p.m. at the commis-
sioners meeting room in Leonardtown.
George Erichsen, director of the De-
partment of Public Works and Transpor-
tation, said that commissioners will have
to decide whether to renovate and expand
the current location at the Leonardtown
Armory or to build at one of about four
other sites.
Those sites include the newly ac-
quired Hayden Farm property on the
outskirts of the town that cost the county
more than $5 million, a plot of land either
behind or next to the building that houses
the Department of Land Use and Growth
Management or in front of the drill hall
near the county governmental center.
The cost of a new library
would be about $15 million for
40,000 square feet, Erichsen said,
while the renovation and expansion
project would cost a little less at $12.9
million.
By Guy Leonard
Staff Wr iter
The dean of the Leonardtown campus of the Col-
lege of Southern Maryland says that the construction of
the countys new wellness center is moving ahead on
scheduled despite some initial building setbacks that had
to be solved.
Theres always things in a project this big that are
going to come up, said F.J. Talley. Some things are a
little ahead, some things are a little behind.
Talley told The County Times that a probe of the
soil and ground
penetrating radar
had failed to detect
some steel and con-
crete underground
at the construction
site that had to be
removed.
The County
Times began ask-
ing about the status
of the project after
hearing reports that
there had been prob-
lems laying the foun-
dation of the planned 32,000-square
foot facility.
Theyve adjusted the foundation, Talley told The
County Times. They took some of the footers out and
put new ones in; it took about a week.
Talley said that there was no extra cost to the county
and state funds for the project.
He added that contractors on the site have attempted
to foresee problems before they became too expensive.
Ive been impressed with how theyve been look-
ing ahead, Talley said.
David Prevette, an architect with Virginia-based
frm Grimm and Parker that oversees the design of the
project, said only that we encountered some delays with
the soil, which is not uncommon.
Things are going very well.
The college broke ground on the project back in
September of 2008, with the expected bill coming to
some $16.7 million.
The state has already provided $11.7 million in
funding for the project with the rest being put up by
county government.
The new center is set to have two swimming pools,
classroom space for
aerobics and yoga
and specialized ft-
ness rooms.
The wellness
center has been
billed as being a
beneft for the en-
tire community as
well as to the col-
lege students in
attendance.
A n o t h e r
change that has
happened since
the groundbreaking months ago
has been to redesign how the new building will use en-
ergy, Talley told The County Times, specifcally with an
eye towards savings.
This was designed several years ago when energy
was a big issue but not as big as it is now, Talley said.
The questions we have to address now are how can
we modify things so that they can cost less [in terms of
energy.]
Talley said that recent cold and wet weather has
slowed construction at times but that construction crews
have worked extra shifts to keep up with the building
schedule
CSM: Wel l ness Cent er On Tr ack
Despi t e Some Set backs
Photo by Guy Leonard
Barbara Lewis, a member at North End Gallery, looks at some of the local artwork of the
Maryland, My Maryland exhibit that kicks off the states 375
th
birthday.
Thursday, February 5, 2009 The County Times
By Sean Rice
Staff Wr iter
A new law approved by Congress last year
aimed at protecting children from toys and prod-
ucts tainted with harmful levels of lead could
have sweeping effects for manufacturers, retail-
ers, thrift stores and even libraries.
After a tidal wave of complaints from ad-
vocacy groups, including toymakers, libraries
and thrift stores, the Consumer Product Safe-
ty Commission announced last Friday that the
laws enactment date of Feb. 10, 2009 will be
delayed for one year.
The stay was given to allow retailers,
manufactures, libraries and the list of other
entities affected by the laws sweeping pro-
visions time to decide how to come into
compliance.
Offcials in St. Marys County have
joined the effort across the nation to fght for
exceptions to the Consumer Product Safety
Improvement Act to ease the drastic effects
on the horizon for public libraries and sec-
ond-hand stores.
Two popular thrift stores in Lexington
Park and Leonardtown have already reacted
to the law and removed childrens items from
shelves and posted notices telling customers that
donations of childrens items will no longer be
accepted.
Signs are posted at both Vintage Values lo-
cations alerting customers to the changes.
The thrift stores are owned and operated by
The Center for Life Enrichment, and serve solely
as training centers for people with disabilities.
As a precautionary measure, we have
stopped accepting the donation of toys in gen-
eral, because we dont have the capacity to deter-
mine what has lead in it and what does not, said
Jack Hormell, Executive Director of the Center
for Life Enrichment.
That does have an impact on our thrift
stores because we
get quite a bit of dona-
tions of childrens toys, Hormell told The Coun-
ty Times. If it impacts the customers coming in,
then it impacts the training people get, so it has a
trickle down effect right down the line.
Hormell said the National Association of
Thrift Stores is advocating for a change in the
law, which has caused quite a stir.
There were a lot of places that were draw-
ing this further and saying well even childrens
clothing, et cetera, et cetera, Hormell said. We
have not done that.
Hormell said he is hopeful the law can be
changed to exempt thrift stores, because it was
never meant to be a punitive measure toward
thrift stores.
Public library associations are also
fred up about the Consumer Product
Safety Improvement Act, which states
that all products not tested by the enact-
ment date need to be thrown away.
Library administrators have been
mulling the effects of the act, which would
have to include either banning children or
disposing of the childrens section.
Kathleen Reif, director of St. Marys
County Public Library system, said
she has remained optimistic that such a
sweeping law would not take effect.
The good news is theyve stalled it,
but we still need to have a conversation
with them to have them revise the regu-
lations so that its not so draconian, Reif
told The County Times.
Reif said the Maryland Association
of Public Library Administrators and the
American Library Association are working
with federal legislators to get an exemption for
libraries.
As written, we would have to close up our
childrens section and you dont want to do
that any time, because then children arent get-
ting books, Reif said. Being the optimist that I
am, I fgured theres no way they can do that.
New Law Ai med at Pr ot ect i ng Ki ds Hur t s Thr i f t St or es, Li br ar i es
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) _
Democratic Gov. Martin OMalley
wants to extend health care ben-
efts to same-sex partners of state
workers.
Under the proposal, state work-
ers and retirees could add domestic
partners and their dependents to
health, dental and prescription drug
plans.
OMalley extended benefts to
same-sex partners of city employees
when he was mayor of Baltimore,
and he said he would do so statewide
after he was elected governor.
Gover nor Want s
Ex t ensi on Of
Benefts To Gays
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) _ A
Maryland board has approved buying
about 4,400 acres of land for $57 mil-
lion in Cecil, Charles and St. Marys
counties.
The Board of Public Works,
which includes Gov. Martin
OMalley, Treasurer Nancy Kopp and
Comptroller Peter Franchot, voted
unanimously for the land considered
to be ecologically and historically
valuable.
While supporters acknowledge
the purchase is being made during
tough fscal times, they say the op-
portunity to buy the land is too good
to pass up.
Publ i c Wor ks OKs
$57 Mi l l i on Land Deal
Photo by Sean Rice
Thursday, February 5, 2009
The County Times
To The Edi t or :
Editorial:
Dear Editor:
March is Womens History Month,
a time to recognize the role women have
played in history and continue to play
in our lives today. It is a time to remind
young women everywhere that they can be
whatever they want to be; that gender is not
a restriction on their goals.
Each year St. Marys County Com-
mission for Women holds a Womens His-
tory Banquet, honoring women from the
county who have made signifcant con-
tributions to their communities through
volunteering and going that extra mile.
One woman will be named Woman of the
Year for general contributions to her local
community. In keeping with the national
theme for Womens History Month which
is Women Taking the Lead to Save our
Planet, another woman will be honored for
working to improve the environment of St.
Marys County. This years banquet will
be held at the Dr. James A. Forrest Career
and Technology Center on March 18.
Last years honorees were Maureen
Pomerville for volunteer work in her
church and community and Yvonne Patton
for her creative approach to teaching art to
young children.
We encourage everyone to nominate
that special woman in your neighborhood
or organization who is always giving of her
time and energy so others may beneft. For
nomination forms and further informa-
tion, please contact Cynthia Brown at the
St. Marys County Government offces at
301-475-4200, ext. 1846. Deadlines for
nominations are February 18.
Sincerely,
Kathleen Werner
Chair
St. Marys County
Commission for Women
Do You Know a Special Lady?
Anyone attending the Capital De-
sign Advisory (CDA) meeting last week
at St. Marys City could hear that there is
little evidence of a major safety hazard at
the current Route 5 crossing. There is no
record of injury or fatality at this college
student crossing and there are greater haz-
ards at other areas on the campus. No one
(students, faculty, or community) support-
ed the bridge for various reasons and many
suggested new and more cost effective al-
ternatives. The CDA (president OBrians
hand picked committee) said little except
(1) put all the classrooms on one side of
the road.
The CDA and the Board of Trustees
next month will likely approve the pe-
destrian bridge anyway. At $1.5 million,
(it will likely cost more like $3 million)
this will be another of Steny Hoyers (St.
Marys College trustee member) pork
project. The pedestrian bridge will rise and
another eyesore will further desecrate the
beauty of Historic St. Marys City. Anoth-
er ugly monument to President O Briens
(the bridge is her baby) tenure. A gross
misuse of taxpayers dollars will result at a
time of serious fnancial issues in national,
state and personal area spending. These
taxpayers dollars could be better used for
other safety projects, scholarships, or re-
ally necessary cost effective projects on
campus like increase learning programs
for students.
None of the proposals presented by
St. Marys College makes sense other than
a controllable and programmable traffc
light (cost $100,000). The most cost effec-
tive idea proposed by a student was a stop
sign, as he said many bikers wont bother
to hit the button to trigger the light. An-
other good idea was to station a college
safety vehicle with fashing lights at the
crosswalk during peak hours.
If the bridge is built, it will likely
increase traffc speed thru the college on
Route 5 and increase the danger in the le-
gal/illegal crossing, at the crosswalk near
the post offce to get to the yacht club and
the boathouse, on the narrow road shoul-
ders, and biking and walking on Matta-
pany road near Route 5. (There has been
a fatality there), and the students using the
less than 2 foot pedestrian space on the
north bridge as they go to the north athletic
felds off Rt5.
Rae Thompson, a 45 year resident of
St Marys City, said she had never heard
or read of a student being hit in the pres-
ent Rt5 crosswalk. Minnie Russell pointed
out that speeding bikers coming down the
hill to the current crosswalk are playing
Russian Roulette. Has anyone proposed
making bikers walk their bikes in the
crosswalk? My suggestion is to use public
safety offcials or hire crossing guards (fu-
orescent suits and colored paddles) at the
current crosswalk like the public schools.
The schools have been using moms
to control traffc for years. This is much
more cost effective at a time of fnancial
diffculty.
St. Marys College pointed out a dis-
advantage of the pedestrian bridge, as it
may become a possible graffti location. As
a nearby resident Im exposed to the sum-
mer weekend drunken parties and noise
at Church Point. I can assure you that if
the bridge is built it wont be long before a
beer can, bottle or rock will be thrown or
dropped from the bridge and hit a passing
car. A brick or rock dropped off the bridge
can be fatal to a motorist if it goes through a
windshield. It is also possible that a drunk-
en show-off student might end up taking
a high gainer off the bridge and being a
needless fatality or serious injury on Rt5.
If either scenario happens blood will be on
the CDA/Board of Trustees/Chip Jackson
and Maggie OBrien. They had better have
a good lawyer for the multi-million dollar
lawsuit that will follow.
So drop this idiotic, unnecessary, and
costly bridge idea. Put in a light/crossing
guard and put the remaining taxpayer dol-
lars to other needed scholastic or safety
projects like a small pedestrian bridge over
the creek outside the exiting bridge leaving
St Marys College to the north. It is time
we citizens look at our taxpayer dollars be-
ing spent on unnecessary projects.
Donald Beck
St. Marys City, Md
Taxpayers Dollars For An Unnecessary Bridge
With Republican Party input, President Obamas
Stimulus Package will ultimately be passed. De-
pendent upon Gov. Martin OMalleys receipt of the
Marylands portion, we submit two areas in which
this funding could be utilized almost immediately
in creating substantive employment for our people.
The frst is entirely within our governors purview
replacement of the Thomas Johnson Bridge. And
the second would be replacement of the Harry W.
Nice Bridge in concert with Virginias Democrat
Governor, Tim Kaine.
Replacement of the antiquated Nice and def-
antly design Johnson Bridges will create myriad job
opportunities for Marylanders, most notably those
of the Southern region, i.e., Charles, St. Marys and
Calvert Counties along with neighboring Prince
Georges et al. Consider, if you will, fueling MDs
engineering and construction trades. Then, factor
in local banks and materiel suppliers, area mo-
tels, nearby restaurants and car dealerships, the Tri
County housing market and diverse retailers infni-
tude. This stimulus package is the answer, as it will
provide (or at a minimum supplement) funding to
undertake two, specifc, long overdue projects and
make a most positive difference in MDs economy
virtually overnight.
Politicos in the spirit of bipartisanship all, end
the ad nauseam meetings and staff studies. Listen
to your constituents; fnalize plans, initial prints and
fast track legislation now to replace these ineffcient
and treacherous structures. You know these bridges
replacement have long been in order and the busi-
ness opportunities in doing such will beneft every-
body. And just watch the boon to our state and local
economies (and MDs tax base) as a result of your
timely actions. Then note the bipartisan jubilee of
all our citizens.
Thanks for this opportunity.
Chester M. Seaborn, Jr.
Mechanicsville, Md
Growing Mar ylands Economy With The Stimulus Dole-out
Few people argue that our nations
economy needs a boost. Even Marylands
economy, shielded somewhat by its prox-
imity to the nations capital and the large
amount of government jobs, has slowed
considerably.
Economic indicators point to drastic
downturns in some sectors, but only mod-
erate decreases in others. Overall, folks
need to be concerned. What folks should be
most concerned about however, is how your
government is reacting to the problem.
Our nation is on the verge of two ma-
jor shifts that, if they happen will change
free market principles that have carried
our nation for more than 400 years, and
shift the role of government, a shift in our
democracy.
Forget the Navy, the Army, the Air
Force, the Marines, the federal government
has a new Calvary, and the Rescue Brigade
is armed with trillions of dollars to rescue
social organizations, state governments,
local governments, institutions, and busi-
nesses. Those who will be rescued first are
those who have mismanaged themselves
the most.
The Rescue Brigade is armed with
twice as many taxpayer dollars as all the
traditional branches of the military receive
combined. Their mission is to take con-
trol of private sector businesses that are in
financial trouble, and provide mismanaged
state and local governments the money
they need to expand services beyond their
means.
Government intervention and own-
ership of private sector businesses will
change the principles of our free market
economy forever. Businesses that are to-
day competing successfully suddenly have
a new competitor, the federal government.
Taxing one business so the government
can use the money to invest in a competi-
tor. The price for successfully competing:
you pay tax dollars; your competitor gets
tax dollars.
Make no mistake about it; the result
will be more economic problems, more
businesses in need of government cash,
more hands being held out, and govern-
ment controlling the free market.
The Rescue Calvary creates even larg-
er problems for taxpayers when it comes to
rescuing state governments like Maryland,
Virginia and California who dont have a
revenue problem. They have a spending
problem. Marylands Governor OMalley
will use $4 billion in federal stimulus to
balance Marylands budgets over the next
three years. What happens in year four?
While some of the money will be used
to build infrastructure projects that may
return dividends to Marylands economy
in the future such as better transportation,
most of the money will be used to expand
government services that in many cases
are at best questionable. For example, a
portion might be used to expand local law
enforcement. St. Marys County, like all
other counties in Maryland has seen large
increases in taxpayer revenues over the past
five years and have used large amounts of
money to expand local law enforcement.
If federal stimulus money is used to ex-
pand law enforcement even further, local
government will be left with covering this
increase long after the stimulus money is
gone.
Using federal deficits to allow states to
avoid dealing with their own fiscal prob-
lems today means that taxpayers will not
only have to cover that federal deficit in the
future. (probably with higher taxes), but
will also be left to solve their own states fis-
cal problems, probably with higher taxes.
Maryland cannot spend its way out of
this problem, ultimately it will either have
to cut spending or raise taxes again. Using
federal deficits to put the problem off for
three years and further expanding state and
local governments in the meantime will
forever change the size of government.
St i mul at i ng Bi g Gover nment
Thursday, February 5, 2009 The County Times
Quote Of The Day
Legal Notice
Speaks
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)
Dr. James Boyd, Christine Rawlings, CRNP, and Dr. Dhimitri Gross
are pleased to announce that Kate Johnson has joined St. Marys
Medical Associates. Kate received her Bachelor of Nursing degree
from the University of Alabama and continued her education receiving
her Master of Science in Nursing and certifcation as a family Nurse
Practitioner at the University of Alabama Birmingham in 2008. She
is licensed to provide primary health care services including well
child, physicals, womens wellness, preventative care and disease
management.
Kat e Johnson, CRNP
Certifed Family Practice
Nurse Practitioner
We are here because we love this country too much to let the next
four years look like the last eight.
-Barack Obama
44th President of United States
The Town of Leonardtown will be ac-
cepting proposals for various construction as-
pects of renovating and constructing the Port
of Leonardtown winery at 23190 New Towne
Neck Road in Leonardtown. Trade contractors
who are interested in bidding on this project
will be added to the bidders list and contacted
with a copy of the specifcations as they are
available. The following trades will be needed
to complete this project; demolition, plumbing,
electrical, carpentry, HVAC, drywall, insula-
tion and painting.
Interested companies should send their
company name, contact person, phone, fax and
mailing address to Commissioners of Leon-
ardtown, Attention Laschelle Miller, POB 1
Leonardtown, MD 20650 or fax to 301-475-
5350. Submissions should be received by close
of business February 13, 2009.
The Commissioners of Leonardtown re-
serve the right to reject any and all bids and
proposals, and to accept any proposal deemed
to be in the best interest of the Town.
Notice of Request for Bidders
For the construction of the Port of Leonardtown Winery
TRUSTEES SALE
Case No. CA-08-1550
Of Valuable Improved Real Estate locat-
ed in St. Marys County, Maryland, improved
by premises located at 24271 McGlue Road
Chaptico, Maryland 20621
Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale
contained in a Deed Of Trust from Mark R.
Pittman and Karin Mitchell Pittman to Stan-
ley L. Merson and S. Lynne Pulford, Trust-
ees, dated the 28th day of March, 2006, and
duly recorded among the Land Records of
St. Marys County, Maryland, in Liber 2744,
at Folio 021, docketed for foreclosure in Civil
No. CA-08-1550, the holder of the indebted-
ness secured by the Deed Of Trust having ap-
pointed Martin L. Goozman and Jeffrey W.
Bernstein as Substitute Trustees by instrument
duly executed, acknowledged and recorded
among the Land Records of the said County,
default having occurred under the terms there-
of and at the request of the holder of the Note
secured thereby, the undersigned Substitute
Trustees will offer for sale at public auction at
the front entrance of the Circuit Court for St.
Marys County, Maryland, Courthouse, 41605
Courthouse Drive, Leonardtown, Maryland
20650, on Wednesday, February 25, 2009 at
12:00 p.m. all that property described in the
said Deed Of Trust as follows:
Lot Numbered Seven (7), In Block S In
The Subdivision Known And Called Mill Point
Shores As Per Plat Of Said Subdivision Re-
corded In CBG No 1, Folio 35 One Of The Plat
Records Of St. Marys County, Maryland.
Said property is improved by a single
family residence.
The property will be sold in AS-IS con-
dition, subject to all conditions, restrictions,
easements, covenants, rights-of-way and
agreements of record affecting the property,
and subject to whatever an accurate survey
or inspection of the property would disclose,
without any express or implied warranty of
any kind.
A deposit of $25,000.00 cash, certifed
or cashiers check, payable to the undersigned
Trustees, shall be required at the time and
place of sale. The balance of the purchase
price shall bear interest at the rate of 6.375%
per annum from the date of sale to the date of
delivery of payment to the Substitute Trustees.
No deposit shall be required of the noteholder
where the noteholder bids on the property at
sale and payment of the purchase price by the
noteholder shall be made by crediting the pur-
chase price against the foreclosure costs and
expenses and the indebtedness secured by said
Deed Of Trust. In the event that settlement
is delayed for any reason, including, but not
limited to, exceptions to the sale, bankruptcy
flings by interested parties, court adminis-
tration of the foreclosure sale or unknown
title defects, there shall be no abatement of
interest.
Adjustment of all taxes, public charges
and special or regular assessments, an-
nual front foot beneft charges and deferred
connection fees, if any, shall be made as of
the date of sale and thereafter assumed by
the purchaser. Condominium fees and/or
homeowners association fees, if any, shall
be assumed by the purchaser from the date
of sale. Title examination, conveyancing,
transfer taxes, recordation tax and all other
costs of conveyance and settlement shall be
paid by the purchaser. Purchaser agrees to
pay $295.00 at settlement to Sellers attorney
for review of the settlement documents.
The property is sold subject to the right
of any persons in possession of all or any
part of the property under recorded or unre-
corded leases or rights of occupancy, if any.
Purchaser shall be responsible for obtaining
possession of the property.
Compliance with the terms of sale shall
be made and the balance of the purchase price
shall be paid within ten (10) days after fnal
ratifcation of the sale by the Circuit Court
for Frederick County, Maryland, unless said
time is extended by the undersigned Trustees
in their sole and absolute discretion for good
cause shown, time being of the essence; oth-
erwise the deposit shall be forfeited and the
property will be resold at the risk and expense
of the defaulting purchaser. In the event of
resale, the defaulting purchaser shall not be
entitled to any beneft, surplus proceeds or
profts resulting from such resale.
The Trustees are not liable, individu-
ally or otherwise, for any reason. If title to
the property is not or cannot be transferred
consistent with the terms hereof for any rea-
son, the Trustees liability is limited, at its
sole discretion, to return any deposit, with-
out interest, thereby rescinding the sale, and
there is no other right or remedy against the
Trustee at law or in equity.
Martin L. Goozman and
Jeffrey W. Bernstein
Substitute Trustees
02-05-2009
02-05-2009
The Leonardtown Rotary Club is once again
accepting grant applications from St. Marys non
proft programs and public services agencies. The
deadline for this award period is March 7, 2009 for
the fscal year ending June 30, 2009. Awards will be
announced in April or May.
A key element of service above self as prac-
ticed by the Leonardtown Rotary Club is providing
grant funds to local agencies and programs that
provide humanitarian services to the citizens of St.
Marys County. Application for and awards made are
competitive. Grants will range from $250 to $1,000
depending on the need expressed in the application.
To be eligible for the 2009 award, applications must
be received by March 7, 2009. Applications have
been sent to organizations which have requested or
been awarded grants in the past, are available on the
Rotary website - http://www.leonardtownrotary.org
or a group can request an application by writing to:
Leonardtown Rotary Club, Attn: Jon R. Grimm,
Community Service Director, P.O. Box 738, Leon-
ardtown MD 20650.
Leonardtown Rotary Club is a participating
club in Rotary International. As defned, Rotary is
an organization of business and professional persons
united worldwide who provide humanitarian service,
encourage high ethical standards in all vocations and
help build goodwill and peace in the world.
Leonar dt own Rot ar y Cl ub
Ac c ept i ng Gr ant Appl i c at i ons
The next monthly contra dance spon-
sored by Southern Maryland Traditional Mu-
sic and Dance (SMTMD) will be held on Sat-
urday February 14th, from 7:30 p.m. to 10:00
p.m., at the St. Andrews Church Parish Hall
on St. Andrews Church Road (MD Route
4) in California, Maryland, with live music pro-
vided by the Southern Maryland Open Band.
Casual instruction starts at 7:00 p.m., and the
evening will conclude with an ice cream social.
Please wear soft sole non-scuff shoes. Admis-
sion for the dance and ice cream social is $6 for
SMTMD members and $8 for non-members
(FREE if this is your frst SMTMD Contra).
Both couples and singles are welcome. For
more information and/or directions visit www.
smtmd.org or call (301) 475-2754.
St . Val ent i nes Day Cont r a Danc e
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Maryland, My Maryland Exhibit
North End Gallery, Leonardtown 12 noon
Showcasing artwork that refects heritage of Southern
Maryland by local artists. Call 301-475-3130 for more
information.
All You Can Eat Breakfast
The Hollywood Volunteer Rescue Squad is sponsoring All
You Can Eat Breakfast from 7:30 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. at
the Rescue Squad building on Rt. 235 in Hollywood. The
menu will be: Sausage Gravy and Biscuits, Sausage Links,
Bacon, Scrambled Eggs, Fried Potatoes, Pancakes, French
Toast Sticks, Escalloped Apples, assorted juices, coffee,
tea and hot chocolate. The cost will be adults $8; children
ages 5-12 $4 and children under the age of 5 are free.
Monday, February 9
Theater Film and
Media Studies Film Series
Cole Cinema, SMCM 8 p.m.
Featuring Daniel Reeves Obsessive Becoming and
End-to-End. Free and open to the public.
Call 240-895-4231
for more information.
$25 No Rake
HoldEm
Donovans Irish Pub
7:30 p.m.
Call 443-975-1591 for
questions or to
reserve a spot.
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Thursday, February 5, 2009 31 The County Times
Andrea Shiell
Staff Wr iter
On Monday morning, Feb. 2, a team of
volunteers arrived at the St. Marys Caring
Soup Kitchen on Langley Road in Lexington
Park while St. Marys Caring Director Dana
McGarity eased into her offce seat for some
quiet time before the lunch rush began.
As she sat, she looked over at a large mu-
ral of photographs compiled by a group of her
former Sunday school students.
It was by a group of girls I taught Sun-
day school for from their freshman year in
high school until they graduated, she said,
looking behind her and smiling.
McGarity had just come from picking up
foodstuffs at Food Lion.
We collect food from St. Marys Square
and the one in California, she said, adding
that they were regular suppliers of day-old
bread and desserts for the kitchen, which
has been feeding St. Marys County under
McGaritys direction for more than twelve
years.
McGarity said the current location of the
soup kitchen presented the organization with
a diffcult transition period three years ago;
when they moved from their old storefront
location across from the Lexington Park Post
Offce. She said the most challenging aspect
of the move had been spreading the word.
We work with a population that doesnt
adapt particularly well or readily to change.
at the time we made the move, the old location
was more accessible than this one, she said,
adding that transportation issues and STS bus
schedules all needed to be sorted before the
kitchen would see its current infux of people
to feed, which now numbers anywhere from
35 to 70 people a day.
Now that the kitchen is on the map
though, McGarity says the numbers of people
coming in for grocery assistance at the church
next door, as well as the number of people
coming in for breakfast and lunch, has risen
dramatically in the last year as the economy
has slowed down.
Our numbers from 2008 are up 31 per-
cent from the previous year, she said, adding
that the homeless population has also risen in
that timeframe.
With this raise in clientele, McGarity
said her biggest challenge as director is fnd-
ing money for the soup kitchen.
Its a constant challenge to make sure
that funding is available, she said, explain-
ing that contributions from United Way, local
churches, and state and county funding would
likely see cuts in the next year as the organi-
zation competes for money in this years bud-
get process. Were in the midst of the budget
process with the county now, but itll be sev-
eral months before we know how much were
gettingit wont surprise me at all though if
we see cuts.
In the meantime, McGarity has been
planning the organizations next fundraiser,
which will be a Celebrity Chefs Auction
April 19, featuring items and gift certifcates
from local restaurateurs.
Oven fans whirred in the back and Mc-
Garity refected on her work with the kitchen,
saying the most rewarding part of it had been
the people, both the volunteers and the peo-
ple we serve. Theyre a great bunch.
ewsmakers
3 3
Question
Interview
I nt er vi ewi ng: Jodi
Sul ei man
Jodi is a retired owner of an information ser vic-
es company who has also worked with NASA
as an information researcher. Since retiring she
has also published several volumes of poetry.
CT: Describe one of the highlights of your work
wi th NASA.
J S: I was involved in the information ser vice
work, and we did some work that prevented
them from sending up shuttl es that didnt
work.
CT: What do you see happening wi th NASA in
the next few years?
J S: Peopl e are getting tired of space cow-
boys because they dont see how exploration
benefts thembut what they dont understand
is how many things they use today came out of
the space program (Tang, GPS, the internet)
ever ybody thinks i ts just cowboys in space,
and theyre going to explore other worlds, but
its very high tech scienceas for the future,
I dont know, because theres a lot of scientifc
interest in Mars, but I just cant see us investing
in that right nowand medicine is having the
same probl em. Were not funding medicine and
research the way we should.
CT: Youre also a poet , so what is your favori te
poetr y form?
J S: I actually like rhyming poetr y a lot , but no-
body wants to do i t anymore. Its all free verse
and blank verse now. All the music is gone.
Cari ng for St . Marys
Soup Kitchen Director Says Traffc is on the Rise
Katherine Ziombra and Doris Glasper at St.
Marys Caring.
Photo by Andrea Sheill
Thursday, February 5, 2009 32
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By Linda Reno
Contr ibuting Wr iter
Ladies, are you looking for a husband? Tired of the old
dating games? You may want to consider moving to Alaska.
According to the latest statistics, there are 114 men for every
100 women. But this is actually good news for the men too as
this represents a huge improvement over the past. For instance,
at the time of the 1910 census, in all of Alaska there were 45,357
males and only 18,499 females.
What to do? Place an ad for a mail order bride. This is
what Vincent Soboleff did in 1918, advertising in newspapers
as far away as Baltimore. We have no way of knowing how
many responses he received, but we know of at least one.
Sarah Joanna Wise was born in St. Marys County on April
12, 1879 and was the daughter of Robert M. Wise and his wife,
Lydia Ann Rebecca Nannie Biscoe who lived around St.
Inigoes. This couple had 10 children, all of whom survived
to adulthood with the exception of their eldest child, Mary
Custis Wise who died in 1884 at the age of 8.
By 1910, the family had begun to disperse. Times
were hard and there were few employment opportunities
available in St. Marys County, so Sarah and her broth-
ers, William Oliver Wise and Grover Cleveland Wise had
moved to Baltimore. The boys were living together in a
boarding house and working as shirt pressers in a laundry.
It would be unheard of for a girl from a good family
to live on her own, so Sarah was living with her aunt, Jennie
(Biscoe) Wrightson and had gotten a job as a machine operator
in an underwear factory. By 1910, Sarah was 27 and still not
married. Although we think that people during that time mar-
ried very early, they normally didnt, but nevertheless, Sarah
was getting to be a bit long in the tooth as the old saying
goes.
By 1918, Sarah was had most likely tired of the drudgery
of the factory job and living in someone elses home, but there
was no going back. Her father had died in 1915 and now her
mother was struggling to run the farm. We have no way of
knowing what her reactions were when she saw the advertise-
ment, but we do know that Sarah must have had a great sense
of adventure!
Undoubtedly Sarah and Vincent exchanged letters and
probably photographs before a deal was struck. Vincent sent
the money necessary for Sarah to travel to Alaska where they
were married December 20, 1918. The bride was 39 and the
groom was 36. They lived in Killisnoo, Alaska then described
as being located about 165 miles (by water) south of Juneau.
Vincent (called Vita)
was born March 10, 1882 in
San Francisco and was the
son of Ivan Soboleff, born
in Petrograd, Russia and
Olga Ludke, born in Alaska
of German parents. Ivan So-
boleff, at the time of his im-
migration to the U.S., was a
bass soloist. The Soboleff
family moved to Alaska in
the early 1890s where Ivan
was noted for being the frst
Russian Orthodox priest in
Killisnoo.
In 1896, Vitas father
bought him a camera and his
life was changed forever. To
make a living he ran a gen-
eral store and he did that
very well as Vita was very
wealthy. Nevertheless, his
passion was photography.
This wouldnt change after his marriage and together with
Sarah they traveled all over Alaska capturing the picturesque
beauty of its landscape and the people who lived there.
They had no children and it must have been hard for Sarah
to be away from her close and loving family. Vita promised
Sarah that he would take her to visit her family and so every
other year they made the long trip of over 3,800 miles from
their home to St. Marys County to visit Sarahs mother and
family. This would end with Vitas death in Seattle, Washing-
ton in 1950.
Shortly after Vita died, Sarah returned to her family in
St. Marys County and she died here on April 18, 1969. She is
buried beside her parents at St. Andrews Episcopal Church.
Obviously neither Vita nor Sarah was aware of the value
of Vitas photographic collection as a few years after his death,
the glass plates were discovered in the attic of the store he ran
in Killisnoo. In 1968, his sister donated the collection to the
Alaska Historical Society. They are now in the possession of
the Alaska State Library.
He is primarily remembered for his photographs of Tlingit
Indian culture and the Alaskan fshing industry.
The picture that accompanies this article was taken in
the early 1920s and includes Sarah, Vita and Vitas three
nieces. I would like to thank Gail Hooper, a member of the
Biscoe family, who provided not only the picture but the idea
for this article.
Columnist Linda Reno
is a historian and genealogist
specializing in Southern Maryland
history. Mrs. Reno is a member of
the St. Marys County Historical Society,
St. Marys County Genealogical Society,
Charles County Genealogical Society,
Maryland Historical Society, and the
Maryland Genealogical Society. She
has authored many books and
articles on local history. We hope
you will enjoy these articles and
welcome your comments and
suggestions for future
subjects.
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Thursday, February 5, 2009 33 The County Times
John V. Baggett, frst director of the countys Parks and
Recreation department, died on Jan. 30 in his home in Leon-
ardtown after a short battle with cancer.
Arthur Shepherd, recreation division manager for St.
Marys County Parks and Recreation, said Baggett, a Bal-
timore native, was a trailblazer in the feld of recreation and
parks at a time when public parks in this rural county was not
a top priority.
His career with the department from 1969 to 1991 set
the stage for the countys current system of parks, as he used
Maryland Program Open Space funding to add parks to pub-
lic areas across the county, including the county park in Lau-
rel Grove, which was opened in 1975 and named after him in
October 2002, and Chancellors Run Regional Park in Great
Mills, for which he oversaw developments until his succes-
sor, Phil Rollins, took the helm in 1991.
Baggett stayed on after retirement to advise the depart-
ment while also serving as a major contributor to local orga-
nizations such as the Rotary Club, literacy council, Summer-
seat, and other endeavors.
His life and accomplishments were celebrated at a me-
morial service on Feb 2, followed by a funeral service on Feb
3 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Lexington Park.
Count y Parks
Tr ai l bl azer Di es at 83
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Leader shi p
Award
Ceremony t o
Honor At hl et es
&
Recreation Parks
By Sean Rice
Staff Wr iter
The St. Marys County Department of Recreation and Parks
will present the frst-ever Will Smith Leadership Awards on Friday
Feb. 6 at Great Mills High School.
The presentation will be held just prior to the Boys Varsity Bas-
ketball game between Great Mills and Leonardtown High which
begins at 7:30 p.m.
The award recognizes eighth-grade Youth Basketball partici-
pants that demonstrate excellent character and are leaders among
their peers.
Potential recipients were nominated by their team coaches and
letters of support were provided from two of their school teachers.
Parks and Recreation staff made the fnal selections and looks
forward to awarding 11 recipients this year, reports Arthur Shep-
herd, recreation division manager.
The award is named after William Smith Jr. who suddenly lost
his life on Sept. 21, 2008. This tragedy occurred while he was at-
tending Becker College in Worcester Massachusetts.
Smith was fatally stabbed in the chest when a fght broke out at
an off-campus party.
Will graduated from Great Mills High in 2007 and was a
standout athlete there and he participated in the Recreation and
Parks youth basketball program for fve years, Shepherd said. Smith
demonstrated strong leadership throughout his life.
Being able to honor Wills life and bring attention to the excel-
lent leadership found in this years Will Smith Leadership Award
recipients is very rewarding, said Shepherd. The Department of
Recreation and Parks is delighted to be involved with a community
that desires a positive, safe and enriching experience for all youth
sports participants.
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FORT WASHINGTON While the
Leonardtown High School ice hockey team
may not have a playoff run in the coming
weeks, they feel their play as of late is suf-
fcient momentum for a run at the MSHL
Southern Division title next season.
Were a young team, so were going to
go into next year with a positive attitude,
said sophomore forward Gordy Bonnel,
whose three-goal, one-assist performance
helped the Raiders defeat St. Marys Ryken
8-4 Tuesday night, earning a two games to
one season series victory over their cross-
town rivals.
Next year, were going to be up there
with the top teams in the league and were
going to have fun and win some games.
The Raiders (4-6-1 on the season)
trailed 3-1 early in the second period
when Bonnel started a seven-goal
blitz with a most unusual goal.
With the Raiders shorthanded
just three
m i n u t e s
into the pe-
riod, Bonnel
gained posses-
sion of a loose
Bonnel s Hat Tr i ck Hel ps Rai der s Wi n Season
Ser i es Over Ryken
puck in the Raider zone, skated to center ice
and fipped it up in the air and somehow, it
got past freshman goalkeeper Greg Myers
for a goal.
He really gives up a lot of rebounds
in front of the net and we were on a PK,
so I said why not, Bonnel said. And it
worked.
That bit of trickery started the Raider
avalanche in which Bonnel and Evan Wright
scored twice and Mason Patrey and Charlie
Yates added goals in a blistering four-min-
ute span of the third period that broke the
game open.
We have this problem where we seem
to only play two periods, said head coach
Rob Barthelmes of the Raiders early strug-
gles. The last two periods, we got back to
basics and played hockey.
Playing hockey was a little tougher for
the Knights (2-8-1 this season), who were
hampered by penalties that visibly frus-
trated the players and forced head coach Jan
DeRegt to coach a different way.
Its very diffcult when the offcials
make a difference in the game like they did
tonight, DeRegt said of three major penal-
ties called against her players.
It was really a distraction, so I ap-
pealed to their self-respect as a team. I told
them to play with their heads up and as hard
as they can.
Matt Scott, Daniel Batong, Kyle Wirt
and Brock Bailey all scored goals for Ryken,
who despite the loss, have been playing bet-
ter in recent weeks according to DeRegt.
It has been happening late in the season,
but they are really starting to come together
as a team and not playing as individuals,
DeRegt said. Theyve been using their
teammates and doing the things that weve
worked on in practice.
For Rob Barthelmes, a recent break-
through in practice told him all he needed to
know about the progress Leonardtown has
made this season. Three days ago, every-
body in practice was able to skate forwards,
backwards, do crossovers and for kids who
are skating for the frst time, thats huge,
he said. Im just happy weve been able to
work on the fundamentals and hopefully get
them to play hockey the rest of their lives.
Photo By Chris Stevens
Photo By Chris Stevens
Leonardtowns Sidney Morgan handles the puck during the Raiders 8-4 win over St.
Marys Ryken Tuesday night.
Charlie Yates of Leonardtown and the Knights
Peter Martin race for control of the puck.
Thursday, February 5, 2009 35 The County Times
Hi gh School Basketbal l
Sp rts
Hi gh School Hockey
By Chr is Stevens
Staff Wr iter
WALDORF Out
goes one 6 foot, 6 inch
center, in comes anoth-
er one.
Thats the beauty
of having the distinct
height advantage that
Thomas Stone High
School employed in a
66-47 win over Chop-
ticon Monday night, a
win that put a serious
cramp in the Braves
Southern Maryland
Athletic Conference
title plans.
Our system isnt
complicated, anybody
can step in and play,
said Cougars head
coach Dale Lamberth.
Its good for us when
we can plug players in.
It paid off with junior forward Stephon Battle tossing a game high 33 points and doing most of his
damage with center Dytania Johnson hampered by four frst-half fouls. By the time Johnson picked
up his ffth with two minutes remaining in the game, Stone (14-2 overall 8-1 SMAC) was comfortably
ahead by a 58-40 margin.
We thought we were going to get some help in the re-
bounding department, with Johnson on the bench,
said Braves coach Terry Mumau. We werent
able to do that tonight.
Rebounding was key as Thomas
Stone earned many second and third
chances on the offensive end due to
their size advantage.
They take out Johnson and
put in another 6 foot, 6 inch guy,
thats the way it goes, Mumau
added with a chuckle.
One of the things I
felt we did well tonight that
we didnt do there was re-
bound, Lamberth said. I
think our guys did a great
job of rebounding the ball.
With Johnson saddled
with foul trouble, the Cou-
gars put in junior Myles Har-
ris, and he gave his team a de-
fensive edge while Battle took
over down low on the offensive
end with dunks ands strong fnish-
es that triggered a 37-22 second half
scoring advantage for Stone.
The Braves did have a lead at the
end of the frst quarter, getting two three-
pointers from forward Joel Pease and fve points
from senior guard Derrell Armstrong, who eventu-
ally would lead Chopticon (13-3 overall, 7-3 in SMAC play)
with 18 points and earned considerable praise
from the opposing coach.
Armstrong is one of the hardest-working athletes in this conference and thats a credit to him,
Lamberth said. Last year he was good, but this year hes gotten even more talented, so we wanted to
make him and the people that complement work a little harder for everything tonight.
Pease and Devon Yates added 13 and 10 points respectively for the Braves, who struggled offen-
sively in their second meeting with Stone this season.
We shot the ball better in that frst game, Mumau said of the difference of losing the frst game
by one point and dropping this one by 19. We talked about getting our guards to move and cut and we
just werent able to do that tonight.
By Chr is Stevens
Staff Wr iter
WALDORF Brian Weisner does not buy into changing of the guards or any sort of
symbolic torch passing in girls basketball.
He just knows that his Great Mills girls basketball team came within a hairs breadth of
a comeback in a heart-stopping 46-42 loss to Southern Maryland Athletic Conference leader
North Point High School Friday night.
[North Point] did what they needed to do to win and they took us out of what we
wanted to do, Weisner said. They executed and got some good looks at the basket when it
got down to it.
North Point Junior Center Robyn Parks led all scorers with 17 points, but the 6-foot
Eagles stars impact was hardest felt on the defensive end, where her long arms, along with
the general height advantage North Point enjoyed, became the smaller Hornets undoing.
They have size and they can jump, Weisner said of the frontcourt of Parks, 5-foot,
11-inch Tiara Butler and 5-foot, 8-inch Brittany Baker that constantly got a hand in the face
or on the ball of Great Mills shots. Does it hurt when you play a team with girls who
can reach for the bottom of the net? Sure, but we had a ton of great looks and we missed
a ton also.
The Eagles (14-1 overall, 8-0 in SMAC play) jumped out to a 7-1 lead early in the
frst quarter, but Great Mills (10-4 overall, 7-1 SMAC) clawed back, using a 14-6 run,
capped by a RyShawn Butler lay-up, to give them their frst lead of the game one minute
into the second. Butler and point guard Shamara Adams led the Hornets in scoring with
eight points each.
North Point was able to take the lead and hold onto it with their tough defense and
by using an opportunistic running offense that took advantage of the defensive hustle
of Great Mills.
There were times when they built their lead, Weisner explained, that our girls
would dive on the foor after a loose
ball, and then North Point would
pick it up and score a basket. Its just
the way the ball bounces.
Parks three-point play in the fnal
minute of the third quarter began a 10-
4 stretch that saw North Points lead
balloon to nine points; but the Hornets
fought back to shrink it to four points
(the fnal margin when junior forward
Tori Bradburn sped in for a lay-up at
the buzzer), but could get no closer.
Weisner expected his girls to get
this game out of their system in prepa-
ration for the fnal half of the confer-
ence schedule and the 3A South Re-
gional playoffs.
Were going to put it behind us.
[Saturday] morning, well be back in
the gym practicing, he said. Our
seasons not over and their seasons
not over.
Reboundi ng Advant age
Li f t s Thomas St one
Over Br aves
Hor net s Dr op Tough
Bat t l e t o Nor t h Poi nt
Photo By Chris Stevens
Photo By Chris Stevens
Photo By Chris Stevens
Photo By Chris Stevens
Chopticons Joel Pease is covered tightly by Thomas Stones Kendall Smith.
Derrell
Armstrong,
Chopticons leading
scorer on the night with 18 points drives
past a fallen Laron Knight during
Monday nights game.
North Points Tiara Butler fnds herself surrounded by Great Mills Shamara Adams and
Corleda Naylor.
Tyneshia Baker looks to drive past the Eagles
Gabby Brice.
Thursday, February 5, 2009 36
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Thursday Feb. 5
Wrestling
Chopticon at Lack-
ey, 7 p.m.
Great Mills at West-
lake, 7 p.m.
Friday
Feb. 6
Boys Basketball
North Point at Chopticon, 7:30 p.m.
Leonardtown at Great Mills, 7:30 p.m.
St. Marys Ryken at Gonzaga, 7:30 p.m.
Girls Basketball
Chopticon at North Point, 6:30 p.m.
Great Mills at Leonardtown, 6:30 p.m.
Holy Cross at St. Marys Ryken, 7 p.m.
Ice Hockey
St. Marys Ryken vs. La Plata at Capital Clubhouse
(Waldorf), 5 p.m.
Saturday Feb. 7
Swimming
Chopticon/Great Mills/Leonardtown at SMAC Swim
Meet, PG County Sports Complex, (Landover), 8
a.m.
Wrestling
Patuxent at Chopticon, 11 a.m.
Sunday Feb. 8
Boys Basketball
Bishop McNamara at St. Marys Ryken, 5:45 p.m.
Girls Basketball
St. Marys Ryken at Bishop McNamara, 3 p.m.
Monday Feb. 9
Wrestling
Lackey at Great Mills, 7 p.m.
Tuesday Feb. 10
Boys Basketball
Bishop Ireton at St. Marys Ryken, 7:30 p.m.
Girls Basketball
St. Marys Ryken at Bishop Ireton, 7 p.m.
Wednesday Feb. 11
Boys Basketball
Great Mills at Northern, 7:30 p.m.
Leonardtown at McDonough, 7:30 p.m.
Girls Basketball
Northern at Great Mills, 6:30 p.m.
McDonough at Leonardtown, 6:30 p.m.
High School
Spor ts Schedule
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SPORTS
DESK
Anot her
Super Endi ngSees
Pi t t sbur ghasChampi ons
By Chr is Stevens
Staff Wr iter
Well as you can see, weve
switched up our newspaper,
and with a new paper comes a
new day, and why should The
Sports Desk be any different?
With not as much space as be-
fore, it saves time and energy
(and more importantly, your
eyes) to shorten the subjects
of my choosing down to a few
hundred words instead of a
thousand or more.
Instead of going off on
a tangent and covering a few
topics, its better to talk about
the recently completed Super
Bowl, which gave us a fnal
fve minutes that rivaled, if not
surpassed, the Giants-Patriots
duel of a year ago.
The Pittsburgh Steelers
can rightfully lay claim to the
title as the National Football
Leagues most successful team
of the modern post-merger era,
thanks to Santonio Holmes
happy feet. The former Ohio
State star toed the line in the
right corner of the end zone
and held on to a six-yard pass
from Ben Roethlisberger with
35 seconds remaining to give
the Steelers a 27-23 win and
their sixth Super Bowl cham-
pionship, pushing them past
the Dallas Cowboys and San
Francisco 49ers for the most in
league history.
It wasnt easy or pretty
by any stretch of the imagina-
tion, but two teams that were
not expected to be in Tampa
for the 43rd installment of the
big game gave the world a great
show, proving that they both
belonged.
The Steelers were an af-
terthought in the loaded Amer-
ican Football Conference, but
managed to outscore the high-
powered San Diego Chargers
and edged the pesky Baltimore
Ravens in the AFC playoffs to
get to their seventh Super Bowl
in team history. The Steelers
defense was a given, but people
were unsure if Ben Roethlis-
berger could even be kept up-
right in this playoff run, seeing
as he suffered a spinal concus-
sion in the regular season fnale
against the Cleveland Browns.
Meanwhile, if the Steel-
ers were an afterthought this
season, the Arizona Cardinals
have NEVER been a thought.
Regarded as one of the worst
franchises in all of pro sports
for half a century, the Cardi-
nals barely won the terrible
NFC West division this season
and many, including this sports
writer, picked them to lose their
home game to the upstart At-
lanta Falcons in the wild card
round.
Instead, the Cardinals
edged the Falcons, stunned
the Carolina Panthers and out-
lasted the Philadelphia Eagles
to make it to their frst Super
Bowl in team history.
The Steelers looked
poised to take over when line-
backer James Harrison picked
off a Kurt Warner pass and
huffed and puffed 100 yards
to the end zone for the longest
touchdown play in the history
of the game, but the Cardinals
rallied, capping their amazing
comeback on a 64-yard catch
and run touchdown by Larry
Fitzgerald, who did nothing but
cement his reputation as the
best wide receiver in football,
hands down.
The long play gave the
Cardinals a 23-20 lead and left
the Steelers with just over two
minutes to save a champion-
ship. Holmes, the oft-troubled
but wildly talented receiver told
Roethlisberger he wanted the
ball, and he delivered with four
catches on the fnal drive, in-
cluding the game winner which
came under review. Holmes
clearly had both feet inbounds
and the review confrmed that.
A Warner fumble with fve sec-
onds left was recovered by the
Steelers and Pittsburgh had its
sixth world championship.
An incredible ending to an
incredible season, and now the
countdown to training camp
and exhibition season begins.
Relax folks; its only fve and a
half months away.
Any comments about
this weeks From The Sports
Desk? Contact Chris Stevens
at chrisstevens@countytimes.
net and share your thoughts
about this weeks column.
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By Chr is Stevens
Staff Wr iter
ST. MARYS CITY Head coach Barb Bausch
knew that with a fu bug attacking the St. Marys Col-
lege womens basketball team, the run-and-gun offense
was not an option against Stevenson University Thurs-
day night.
We knew we were going to have to
keep this team to as few points as we could
and get some key stops, Bausch said after the
Seahawks pulled out a 44-37 win in the Ath-
letics and Recreation Center Arena. It was
huge the way they came out and competed as
a team.
With starters Tiara Hurte, Jamie Roberts,
who led all scorers with 13 points, and Megan
Seeman climbing out of their sick beds to suit
up, Bausch started her two freshmen, Betha-
ny Townsend and Octavia Davis in the back-
court, along with junior center Alex Wenger
and senior Tori Whitlow sharing the defense
and rebounding responsibilities for the Hawks
(6-11 overall, 4-5 in Capital Athletic Confer-
ence action) most of the evening.
The gamble worked in the second half,
as Whitlow hauled in a season-high eight
rebounds (she also contributed seven points)
and Roberts and Hurte came off the bench to
combine for 18 of the Seahawks 29 second-
half points, which helped put the game away.
However, it was on the defensive end of the
foor where Bausch felt the Seahawks were at
their strongest.
I think we did a good job of making them uncom-
fortable with their shots, Bausch said of SMC limiting
the Mustangs (4-14 overall, 2-7 in CAC play) to just 14-
for-54 (25.9 percent) shooting from the feld, with the
37 points allowed a conference low for the Hawks this
season. They also forced Stevenson into 23 turnovers.
We kept [Stevenson] in it, but in the end, we got
the key rebounds that we needed to get to keep
them from scoring off those rebounds.
With the Hawks winning three of their
last four, they are working their way into the
conversation for the fourth seed, but Bausch
realizes with a short bench, getting a home
playoff game is a longshot.
That would be a stretch,
she said of a home game
this season, one year
after the Hawks
hosted their frst
CAC tournament
game since 2005.
We could be
anywhere from
fourth to sixth
place, but it is go-
ing to be tough.
Were still
building our
homecourt ad-
vantage and we
play well away,
so I dont see a
problem with
that, she added
with a grin.
B r e o n n a
Brewer and Tara
Galvin led the
Mus t a ngs
with seven
points each.
Fl u-Ri dden SMC Women Get Defensi ve i n Vi ct or y
Photo By
Chris
Stevens
Photo By Chris Stevens
Jamie Roberts
13 points lifted
St. Marys
College to a
44-37 win over
Stevenson
University, their
third straight
win at home.
The Seahawks Kiely Murphy defends a drive from Stevensons Breonna Brewer dur-
ing last Wednesday nights womens basketball game.
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ST. MARYS CITY When St. Marys
College senior center Tom Cosgrove hit the
second of two free throws with 29 seconds left
in Thursday nights 114-80 win over Stevenson
University, the fans that remained to the end
roared their approval, as the Seahawks ran their
winning streak at the Athletics and Recreation
Center Arena to 12 straight.
The Seahawks last loss on their foor came
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While the Seahawks got the usual 23
points and seven assists from Camontae Griffn
and 18 points and 10 rebounds from Mike Fitz-
patrick, the evening turned out to be a showcase
for bench players such as Cosgove, sophomores
Joe Smith and Sam Burum along with senior
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time, but are just as important to SMCs suc-
cess as the starters.
Those guys are really in a tough posi-
tion, said senior forward Calvin Wise, who
scored 10 points on fve-of-fve shooting from
the feld. They work so hard in practice and
I know they may not feel like theyre a part of
the team, but they are. To see them take care of
business tonight was great.
Before the reserves could get their shine,
the Seahawks (14-4 overall, 7-2 in Capital Ath-
letic Conference play) had their starters take the
Mustangs out early. St. Marys College cruised
to a 24-11 advantage in the frst eight minutes of
the game, and it snowballed from there. A Fitz-
patrick jumper from straight away at the 3:33
mark of the frst half opened up a 30-point lead,
and not long into the second half, the starters
were able to rest.
Those guys on the bench
have been real patient and
working their tails off, Head
Coach Chris Harney said of the
36-point effort by the bench,
spearheaded by 11 points from
sophomore forward Mike
Bowden and eight from Bu-
rum. They are what makes up
a great team, and I couldnt be
prouder of those guys than I am
tonight.
As for the homecourt ad-
vantage, the Hawks credit their
fellow students as well as peo-
ple from the local community
for the encouraging and riot-
ous atmosphere that the ARC
Arena provides.
I would hate to be a visitor
coming in here to play a game,
sophomore guard Alex Franz
(13 points and fve assists on the
evening) said. They give us so
much support, it pumps us up
and you want to win and play
even harder for them.
Greg Woody
led Stevenson (4-
14 overall, 3-6
CAC) and all
scorers with 30
points, while
Matt Leddy,
a Great Mills
native and
Great Mills
High graduate,
added 11 points.
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Seahawks Rout
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