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LOCAL
“WE’RE TRENDING TOWARDS SIMILAR RESULTS OF 2017.
Local News 3 THIS IS AN EPIDEMIC THAT CONTINUES TO GROW.”
COUNTY HEALTH OFFICER DR. MEENA BREWSTER ON THE INCREASE IN OPIOID-RELATED DEATHS.

Cops & Courts 8

Community10
Education 16
On the Cover 17
Letters to the Editor 36
In Local
Entertainment 38 Page 5
Contributing Writers 38
Sports 40
Obituaries 42
Community Calendar 44 In Community
Senior Calendar 45 Page 13
Library Calendar 45
Business Directory 46

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Opioid Deaths in Maryland Continue to Rise

By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
Accidental overdose deaths in Maryland are
still rising according to the latest reports from
the state’s Department of Health, and while
deaths from heroin overdoses are declining, fa-
talities due to the abuse of the much more power-
ful substance fentanyl are spiking.
The state’s latest numbers show that for the
first six months of this year there were 1,185
opioid-related deaths statewide, up from 1,032
in Maryland for the first six months of 2017.
Heroin overdose deaths dropped for the first
six months in 2018 to 469 from 587 for the same
time period over last year, state reports showed,
but fentanyl-related deaths statewide spiked to
1,038 from January to June this year.
In the first sixth months of 2017 there were
800 fentanyl related deaths statewide.
Despite the rise in deaths state wide by as
much as 142 percent, the rate in St. Mary’s for
the first six months has not changed from 16 fa-
talities due to opioid intoxication.
Still the amount of deaths from opioid abuse
has trended upwards sharply in just the past
three years.
Dr. Meena Brewster, St. Mary’s County Health
Officer, said that fentanyl drives many deaths,
but there were growing trends of combining opi-
oids with either alcohol or cocaine locally.
“It’s definitely very concerning,” Brewster
said, adding that many may mistakenly believe
that cocaine can reverse an opioid overdose.
“It can actually make things worse,” she said.
There were 13 such deaths here in 2016, jump-
ing to 33 last year. State data shows St. Mary’s
has already suffered 16 such deaths from Janu-
ary through June.
There were 12 total heroin related deaths in
2017, according to the state report, but there have
been nine for the first half of 2018 already in St.
Mary’s.
The numbers of fentanyl deaths locally are
staggering: 26 in 2017 with 14 accounted for in
the first half of 2018 alone.
“We know that fentanyl is so powerful that just
a small amount can be deadly,” said Clay Stamp,
executive director of the state’s Opioid Opera-
tional Command Center. “And it’s so important
now, more than ever, that we continue our fight
against the opioid crisis — making Marylanders
aware of the dangers of this illicit drug.”
Brewster said the numbers showed the epi-
demic, locally and nationally, showed few signs
of slowing down.
“We’re trending towards similar results of
2017,” said Brewster. “This is an epidemic that
continues to grow.”
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By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
Craig Wolf, GOP candidate for the
Maryland Attorney General’s office,
visited St. Mary’s last week to take shots
at his incumbent opponent Democrat
Brian Frosh.
Wolf spoke at the local Republican
Lincoln Reagan Dinner Oct. 11.
Wolf, who joined the Army late in
life, deployed to Afghanistan when he
was 49 to fight terrorism, he said.
Wolf has also served as an assistant
state’s attorney in Allegany County and
as a federal prosecuting attorney.
“I’m doing this for the same reason,”
he told The County Times about his
run against Frosh. “Some people have
to stand up for what’s right in difficult
times.”
He hit Frosh for his propensity for
suing the Trump administration, but
claimed he was neglecting growing
crime trends within Maryland.
“Baltimore is the murder capital of the
country,” Wolf said. “He [Frosh] won’t
go after opioid manufacturers even
though the governor asked him to.
“Maryland is fourth in the nation
per capita for human trafficking… he
spends all his time suing the Trump
administration.”
He also claimed that Frosh has lost
touch with state and local law enforce-
ment; he says the proof lies in the state’s
Fraternal Order of Police endorsing him
for the position this year.
Thursday, October 18, 2018
Frosh won the FOP endorsement in
2014.
“He lost it,” Wolf said. “He doesn’t
really focus on these [state and local]
problems.”
Wolf also accused Frosh of influenc-
ing the Maryland Court of Appeals de-
cision ruling that defendants cannot be
held in jail simply because they cannot
afford bail.
The court’s decision does not abolish
bail, but Wolf said it puts offenders back
onto the streets before their trial.
Frosh had opined twice that it was un-
constitutional to hold defendants for no
other reason than they cannot afford it;
Wolf claimed that the only mention of
bail in the Constitution was that it must
not be excessive.
Frosh has said that defendants who
are a flight risk or pose a danger to the
community could be held without bond
by judges’ rulings.
“What do you think that does to
cops?” Wolf said. “He’s instituted catch
and release across the state.”
Local Republicans honored Leonar-
dtown Mayor Dan Burris as the GOP’s
Man of the Year; Karen Owens won the
Republican Woman of the Year Award.
Dalton Wood, who has served 16
years as a Judge of the Orphans Court,
received a lifetime achievement award
for service to the Republican Party.
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Thursday, October 18, 2018
Commissioners Grant Leonardtown’s
Growth Allocation Request
By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
The Town of Leonardtown now has
oversight over any future use of about 200
acres of critical area land that was already
within town boundaries after the Com-
missioners of St. Mary’s County granted
their request to take over stewardship of
what is known as growth allocation.
The commissioners granted the town’s
request at their Tuesday business meeting.
“We believe this was a win-win for
everyone,” said Town Administrator Las-
chelle McKay, speaking to the county
commissioners. “No land is being re-
quested… this is an economic develop-
ment tool that has no value until it’s ap-
plied to a specific project.”
There are currently no proposed proj-
ects for the 200 acres of critical area land
the town requested control over.
Critical area land is land that falls with-
in a 1,000-foot boundary of the water-
shed; the town is requesting the growth
allocation control for land that is mostly
along McIntosh Run.
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The state’s critical area regulations
tend to restrict heavily the use of land
close to the watershed; it is divided up
into areas called Resource Conservation
Area, Limited Development Area and In-
tensely Developed Areas.
The growth allocation allows conser-
vation areas to be developed in a limited
fashion and limited development areas to
be developed more intensely under criti-
cal area restrictions.
The county has more than 1,600 acres
of growth allocation available in the criti- location request would actually help pre- use of the growth allocations would re-
cal area throughout St. Mary’s, granted serve rural land, since it was initiated in quire the town to hold public hearings
by the state legislature in 1988. Before the town, which is a designated growth prior to approval.
granting Leonardtown’s request, they had area. The town has zoning authority within
only used 10 percent of the allocation in “What we’ve got is development going town boundaries.
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McKay said the growth allocation was the land’s potential. “Not growth in the proved the allocation.
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Deadline Approaching to Request an
Absentee Ballot for the 2018 Election
The deadline to request a 2018 Guber-
natorial General Election absentee bal-
lot for mail delivery is Tuesday, October
30. The deadline to request an absentee
ballot for the general election for inter-
net delivery is Friday, November 2. Any
registered voter in Maryland may re-
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quest and vote by absentee ballot.
A voter who wishes to vote by absen-
tee ballot may request an absentee bal-
lot (1) online for voters with a Maryland
driver’s license or MVA-issued ID card;
(2) by submitting a signed application;
(3) by telephone; (4) in writing; or (5) in
person at the St. Mary’s Board of Elec-
tions. To request an absentee ballot ap-
plication from the St. Mary’s Board of
Elections, call 301-475-4200 ext. *1625
or visit the office at 41650 Tudor Hall
Road, Leonardtown, MD 20650 from 8
a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Voters may also visit
elections.maryland.gov/voting/absen-
tee.html to request an absentee ballot
online, to print an application, or for
more information.
If a voter wishes to receive an absen-
tee ballot by mail, the St. Mary’s Board
of Elections must receive a completed
absentee ballot application:
• If the request is mailed, by 8:00 pm on
Tuesday, October 30, 2018
• If the request is submitted online or
by email or fax, by 11:59 pm on Tues-
day, October 30, 2018
If a voter wishes to receive an absen-
tee ballot by internet delivery, the St.
Mary’s] Board of Elections must receive
a completed absentee ballot application:
• If the request is mailed, by 5:00 pm on
Friday, November 2, 2018
• If the request is submitted online or
DNR Launches Aquaculture
Application Tools
Service Provides Early Notification of Proposed Leases
The Maryland Department of Natu-
ral Resources has launched a new set of
online tools to help educate and engage
the public on proposed aquaculture lease
applications. The tools, which include
a  dynamic database and email notifica-
tion system, will provide information on
pending and proposed commercial shell-
fish lease applications when they are re-
ceived by the department.
The customer service enhancements
are being rolled out after a series of
conversations and meetings with aqua-
culturists, commercial watermen, com-
munity and county leaders, homeowners
associations and others throughout the
Chesapeake Bay.
“During our statewide listening ses-
sions, we heard time and again that com-
munity leaders wanted to be alerted about
proposed aquaculture projects earlier
in the permitting process,”  Fishing and
Boating Services Director David Blazer
Thursday, October 18, 2018
by email or fax, by 11:59 pm on Fri-
day, November 2, 2018
If a voter misses the applicable dead-
line, the absentee ballot request must be
made in person at the St. Mary’s Board
of Elections at 41650 Tudor Hall Road,
Leonardtown, MD 20650.
The 2018 Gubernatorial General Elec-
tion will be held on Tuesday, November
6, 2018. Starting Thursday, October
25th through and including Thursday,
November 1st, voters may vote in per-
son between 10 am and 8 pm at the des-
ignated early voting center(s) in their
county of residence. Early voting loca-
tions and hours and additional election-
related information and dates are avail-
able at elections.maryland.gov/voting/
early_voting.html.
For more information, please contact
St. Mary’s Board of Elections at 301-
475-4200 ext. *1625 or the State Board
of Elections at 1-800-222-VOTE (8683)
or elections.maryland.gov.
St. Mary’s County PIO
said. “The new early notification system
will provide near real-time data on all
future aquaculture lease applications as
well as information on location, status
and type.”
The new tools will provide users with
information on submitted shellfish aqua-
culture lease applications, including the
applicant, county, body of water where
the proposed project is to be located as
well as its size, status and type. Once
an application is under review, it will
also include a map of the proposed lease. 
Commercial shellfish aquaculture
lease applications  received  since Jan. 1,
2018,  and determined to be complete,
will appear on the database. An applica-
tion’s designation as “complete” does not
mean that it is approved. All proposed
leases are subject to change throughout
the permitting process.
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Thursday, October 18, 2018
Local Businesses Team Up Survey Finds Healthy
to Help Hurricane Victims Striped Bass Reproduction
Cedar Point Federal Credit Union and
Dugan, McKissick & Longmore, LLC
spent exactly one week collecting sup-
plies to aid in the relief effort after the
devastating effects of Hurricane Flor-
ence. The donation drive culminated in
a 15-foot truck load of supplies which
were delivered by Cedar Point’s CEO
Charles Roach to a Red Cross facility
in Goldsboro, North Carolina on Tues-
day, September 25th. “The Red Cross
facility was almost empty,” said Roach.
“We must have been the first ones to get
there.”
When newscasters announced that the
hurricane would no longer be heading
toward Maryland, the two businesses
immediately began requesting dona-
tions from the community, managing to
fill the truck in less than a week. Though
it was difficult to count everything that
was donated, the truck contained more
than 50 cases of water, 25 boxes of dia-
pers, 40 containers of laundry detergent
and bleach, 100 paper towel rolls, 100
toilet paper rolls, 10 boxes of food, plus
toiletries, baby products, cleaning prod-
ucts and so much more.
“We really want to thank our com-
munity partners,” said Kristin Kauff-
man, who organized Cedar Point’s part
of the effort. “Megan Phillips at Dugan,
McKissick and Longmore was a huge
help in pulling it all together.” A storage
area in their office building at the corner
of Three Notch Road and Chancellors
Run Road was given over to the proj-
Participation Encouraged in
Annual Shakeout Exercise
The Department of Emergency Ser-
vices encourages citizens and busi-
nesses to be a part of the ShakeOut ...
the world’s largest earthquake drill on
Thursday, October 18, at 10:18 A.M.
Businesses and organizations are en-
couraged to register at ShakeOut.org.
In MOST situations, you will reduce
your chance of injury if you:
DROP where you are, onto your hands
and knees.
• This position protects you from being
knocked down and also allows you to
stay low and crawl to shelter nearby
if nearby.
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ect, and filled almost to the ceiling in
some places. “When I walked in to help
organize everything, I almost had to
climb into the room. There really were
that many donations,” Kauffman said.
Quality Transfer and Storage donated
numerous boxes to aid in organization,
and the U-Haul facility on Great Mills
Road discounted the cost of the truck for
the trip. Additionally, twelve-year-old
Isabella Longmore, a seventh grader at
Father Andrew White School, organized
a drive with her classmates, contributing
a pick-up truck full of donation items.
Both businesses were optimistic
about collecting donations, but uncer-
tain if the seven-day turnaround would
be enough time. Not surprisingly, the
generosity of the Southern Maryland
community was nearly overwhelming.
“Every day we sent cart loads of items
to the storage area at Dugan, McKissick
and Longmore,” said Todd Farr, Cedar
Point’s Systems Administrator. Kauff-
man laughed as she explained that she
recruited the IT Department to help with
some of the heavy lifting.
“We are grateful to be able to help
our neighbors in North Carolina,” says
Kauffman. “Many of us have family
members living there, and many of us
have vacationed there. Anything we can
do to help their community recover is
important to us.”
Kristin Kaufmann
Cedar Point Federal Credit Union
arm and hand
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crawl underneath it for shelter
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an interior wall (away from windows)
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tect vital organs
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• Under shelter: hold on to it with one
hand; be ready to move with your
shelter if it shifts
• No shelter: hold on to your head and
neck with both arms and hands.
For more preparedness information
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The Maryland Department of Natural
Resources announced results of its an-
nual young-of-year striped bass survey
in Chesapeake Bay, which documented
healthy reproduction of the state fish.
The 2018 young-of-year index is 14.8,
higher than the 65-year average of 11.8.
Known locally as rockfish, striped
bass spawn in Chesapeake Bay and its
tributaries each spring. The juvenile
striped bass survey is conducted annu-
ally to measure spawning success and
help predict future abundance. The in-
dex represents the average number of
young-of-year – those hatched in the
current year – striped bass captured in
each sample.
During this year’s survey, department
biologists collected more than 36,000
fish of 55 species, including 1,951
young-of-year striped bass. Results
show that white perch and American
shad also experienced above-average
spawning success this spring.
“Consecutive years of healthy repro-
duction is a great sign for the future of
this iconic species,”  Fishing and Boat-
ing Services Director David Blazer said.
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 8 Cops & Courts The County Times Thursday, October 18, 2018

Woman in Critical Maryland State Police Report,

Condition After Crash
A 55-year-old Lexington Park woman
was in critical condition after a motor-
vehicle crash early on Tuesday morning.
On Oct. 16, 2018, at 1:13 a.m., St.
Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office patrol
units came upon a single vehicle which
had left the roadway and crashed in the
23000 block of Hollywood Road. The
operator, who was the sole occupant of
the vehicle, was found unresponsive and
lifesaving efforts were initiated. EMS
personnel responded to the scene and
continued lifesaving efforts until the
driver was flown by Maryland State Po-
lice helicopter to an area hospital where
she currently remains in critical condi-
tion. Due to the operator’s condition,
a request was made for the St. Mary’s
Collision Reconstruction Unit to re-
spond and assume the investigation.
Leonardtown Barrack
Disorderly Conduct: On September 20, 2018 at approximately 12:00 p.m. Tpr.
E. Ruggles responded to Valley Drive Estates, Lexington Park, MD for a report of
a disturbance. Upon arrival, Tpr. Ruggles made contact with Tanya Anita Hall (42
of Lexington Park, MD) who was outside a residential area yelling and causing a
disturbance. A strong odor of alcohol was detected while speaking with Ms. Hall
and she was not being cooperative. There were several similar calls for service
earlier the same morning involving the same person. Ms. Hall was arrested and
transported to St. Mary’s County Detention Center and charged with disorderly
conduct. (18-MSP-040434)
CDS: On September 28, 2018 at approximately 4:00 p.m., TFC M. Manning
conducted a traffic stop in Lexington Park. Upon making contact with the driver,
Preliminary investigation determined identified as Francis Xavier Thomas, Jr (35 of Mechanicsville), a strong odor of
that a 2012 Hyundai Santa Fe operated burnt marijuana was detected. As a result of the stop, 20 grams of marijuana was
by Kathy Lori Brown, 55, of Lexington recovered from Mr. Thomas. He was arrested and transported to the Leonardtown
Park was traveling north on Hollywood Barrack where he was charged on a criminal citation with Possession of Marijuana
Road when for unknown reasons she greater than 10 grams. (18-MSP-041714)
was unable to negotiate a curve in the
road. The vehicle crossed the center line Possession of Marijuana Less Than 10 Grams
and left the roadway on the southbound
side, striking a guardrail before coming Offense
to a stop. At this time, speed and alcohol Name of Arrestee Age City, State Arresting Officer
Date
do not appear to be contributing factors
in the collision.
Anyone who witnessed the collision Walton, Tylar Alexia 24 Lexington Park, MD 10/11/2018 Tpr M. Whitman
or events leading up to the collision are
asked to contact Cpl. Vincent Pontorno
at 301-475-4200, ext. *2337 or email Stephens, Maura Alex-
19 Mechanicsville, MD 9/29/2018 M/Tpr J. Preston
Vincent.Pontorno@stmarysmd.com. ander
For official news and information, fol-
low the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Of-
fice on Twitter at @firstsheriff. Collins, Michael Gage 25 Lexington Park, MD 10/14/2018 Tpr K. Bauer

LAW OFFICE OF McClendon, Antoine

32 Lexington Park, MD 10/13/2018 Tpr J. Rutkoski

DANIEL A. M.
Jamar

DUI Arrests

SLADE, L.L.C.
LOKER BUILDING
Name of Arrestee Age City, State
Offense
Date
Arresting
Officer

Oliver, Lexie Danielle 18 La Plata, MD 10/13/2018 Tfc M. Manning

Tpr R.
Bennett, Charles Richard 69 Hollywood, MD 10/14/2018
Kaszubski

Harmon, Ryan 27 Mechanicsville, MD 10/14/2018 Tfc M. Manning

Madewell, Alyssa Ashley 33 Leonardtown, MD 10/15/2018 Tpr J. Rutkoski

Warrant Service Arrests

Date of
Name of Arrestee Age City, State Arresting Officer
Arrest
Bryant Jr., Samuel Tony 32 Lexington Park, MD 10/15/2018 Tfc B. DiToto

Tapponnier, Joseph Lee 36 Leonardtown, MD 10/11/2018 Tpr A. Opirhory

Sanders, Marcellus Dean 25 Lexington Park, MD 10/15/2018 Tpr T. Howard

Thompson, Brandon Louis 32 Great Mills, MD 10/14/2018 Tpr B. DiToto

Lada, Robert Walter 27 Leonardtown, MD 10/11/2018 Tpr T. Howard

Dalton, Luke Delbert 19 Mechanicsville, MD 10/11/2018 M/Tpr J. Preston

Goddard, Cassidy Chance 18 Mechanicsville, MD 10/11/2018 Tfc M. Manning

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10 In Our Community The County Times Thursday, October 18, 2018

It’s Time To Plant… Health Fair

…BulBs
Welcomes New
Screener Event
Daffodils Tulips
Packs of 50 bulbs Hyacinths Packs of 50 bulbs Crocus
Only $2250 All Colors. Packs of 6 bulbs
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When You Buy 2 or more Only $699 When You Buy 2 or more Only $699

…Fall cOlOr

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Wentworth Grown! Super 3 1/2” pots Cabbage & Kale The St. Mary’s County Department of
Only $175/pot
8” Pots
8” Pots reg. $8.99 ea. Fall Porch Pots Aging & Human Services is pleased to
4 for $3000 When You Buy a Flat of 18 5 for $3000 Or Make Your Own! welcome CVS Pharmacy to our lineup
of health screeners! They will be on-site
…Fruit trees save 25% OFF When YOu BuY 2 Or mOre at the Community Health and Wellness
Fair, scheduled for Friday, October 19,
from 9 a.m. – 2 p.m., offering a flu shot
clinic. The clinic is co-pay free. Those
attending are asked to bring their insur-
ance or Medicare card to have the shot
billed to their insurance provider.
Health Connections will offer body
composition screenings and glucose
screenings. Additionally, a variety of
free health checks and screenings, in-
…Perennials OnlY $988 select GrOuP OF 1 Gal. size cluding those for skin cancer, hearing,
vision, dental health and blood pressure
will be available. Lunch will be avail-
able and can be purchased from Rita B’s
Catering.
Licensed Massage Therapist Fae Baur
and Gwynne Hill with California Total
Body Massage will be on site from 9:30
a.m. - 2:30 p.m. offering free mini-mas-
sages. The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s
Office will also be in attendance collect-
Project StarterS ing expired or unwanted medications.
Nearly 700 people attended last year’s
event to learn more about the latest
health and wellness news and products.
The Department of Aging & Human
Colonial Gray & Natural Services anticipates a similar turnout
Stone Pallets for their year’s Health Fair. The Depart-
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Center.
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Thursday, October 18, 2018 The County Times In Our Community 11

Fifty-second Oyster Festival This Weekend
Ellyne Bryce Davis a last year’s National Oyster Cook-Off
It’s that time of year once again! The
52nd Annual U. S. Oyster Festival in St.
Mary’s County will be held on Satur-
day and Sunday, October 20th and 21st
at the Fairgrounds on Route 5 just south
of Leonardtown. For oyster lovers, fair-
grounds transform to nirvana. Oysters
served up raw, scalded, grilled, on bread,
on the half shell, stewed, nude, cooked in
savory sauces, in salads, and just about
every way imaginable and then some.
They’re here for the eating and enjoying!
The Festival is home to the US Na-
tional Oyster Shucking Competition
and the National Oyster Cook-Off. This
year’s Shucking Competition includes
35 contenders, including the reigning
champion, Honor Allen, who placed fifth
in the International Competition in Gal-
way, Ireland in September. Thirty-two
of these shuckers come from the eastern
seaboard, New Hampshire to Florida.
Two come from the Gulf Coast and one
comes all the way from Colorado. For
the first time this year one of the shuck-
ers will also be competing in the Cook-
Off. The shucking competition always
includes a number of familial relations:
a husband and wife, a mother and son, a
father and son, an uncle and nephew, and
a set of sisters. But this year it also in-
cludes a father and son, with mom com-
peting in the Cook-Off. This is another
first! The Oyster Festival is truly a fam-
ily affair for both the participants and the
attendees!
Along with all of the food vendors
you have come to expect, two new ones
have been added this year. A map and
complete menu listing is available on
the Oyster Festival’s website. You can
also find a complete list of entertainment
there. This year as always there are a
number of different local bands playing
all day both days. We are happy to wel-
come SOMAR Drummers as one of the
new act this year.
The ever-popular Far-raised Oyster
Tasting Tent will be back this year and
will include a guest farm from Virginia.
This is a great opportunity to try a vari-
ety of oysters and learn first-hand the dif-
ference the location makes in the taste.
Some are saltier than others, some taste a
little earthier. Come try them all and see
which you prefer! The Craft Beer Tent is
also coming back, and will be combined
with the Oyster Tasting Tent so you can
try oysters, craft beers, and a local wine
all under the same “roof”.
The Oyster Festival is hosted by the
Rotary Club of Lexington Park, and is
their biggest fund-raiser of the year. Pro-
ceeds raised by the Festival are given
back to the community by the Rotary
Club in the form of grants and scholar-
ships throughout the year. Stop by the
Information Booth right inside the front
gate to learn more about Rotary and their
good works. If you would like to get in-
volved in the Festival or the Rotary Club,
it is not too late! Just send an email to
usoysterfestival@gmail.com.
The gates open at 10am on Saturday
and 11am on Sunday, and close at 6pm
both days. Admission is $10; children
12 and under are free. For more infor-
mation, visit usoysterfest.com See you
there!
For additional information contact
Karen Stone, Festival Administra-
tor, at usoysterfestival@gmail.com or
301-863-5015.

Grandparents Have Sell it - Buy it

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Grocery Auction – Hughesville VFD
Saturday, Nov. 3rd @ 6 pm

Grocery Auction – Mother Catherine Academy

Thursday, Nov. 15th @ 6 pm
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Consignment Auction Consisting of a Variety of Items
Furniture – Antiques – Collectibles - More
Saturday, Nov. 17th @ 9 am
Westfield Farm Arena
26689 Laurel Grove Road – Mechanicsville, MD
This auction will include items from several estates
as well as items from a local antique dealer in the
business for over 40 years.

Father Andrew White School’s sev-

enth grader, Isaac Kerig enjoys showing
his grandparents, Jimmy and Beverly
Kerig how to use a Chromebook dur-
ing Grandparents’ Day activities. The
school welcomed over 300 grandparents
with a special program to recognize the
wonderful bond and the love that they
share with the children. Father Andrew A Southern Maryland Professional Auction Company
White School now has a 1:1 Chrome-
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2-8, thanks to the generosity of parents
and community members who donated 301.904.3402
to last year’s Annual Giving Campaign.
 12 In Our Community The County Times Thursday, October 18, 2018

Got Talent? – This May Be for You

By Dick Myers
Editor

A casting call has gone out for all

residents of Calvert and St. Mary’s
counties. This call is for a talent show
to be put on next month by the same
folks who brought the Solomons Drag-
on Boat Races to the community.
Southern Maryland Community
Resources (SMCR) will be hosting
Southern Maryland Got Talent on No-
vember 3rd at Great Mills High School
in St. Mary’s County. The non-profit
agency operates in Calvert, Charles
and St. Mary’s and provides services
to persons with “developmental differ-
ences.” According to SMCR, “We ad-
vocate for persons with special needs, al public to embrace those differences mons. So far, according to Elward, gythomason.smgt@gmail.com
to recognize the inherent dignity that through inclusion, in which everyone about 10 contestants have qualified to The agency is also working on a new
is theirs because they are members of gets together, and in the case of SM show off their talent for the show. pilot program with Great Mills High
our one human race. We promote a so- Got Talent, has a good time. This is Grand prize for the first-place fin- School JROTC called “Community
cial, recreational and educational op- why the contest is open to everyone, in isher in the contest will be $1,000, Cadets” in which young adults will be
portunities in which individuals with order to facilitate bringing everyone while second place will receive $500 able to return to the school and par-
developmental differences can con- together, according to SMCR Execu- and third place $300 ticipate in the ROTC program as col-
tribute their unique gifts and develop tive Director Bonnie Elward. Tickets for the event on show night or guards. It is expected to begin in
them.” Several auditions have already been are $5 per person and $10 per family. January.
Notice SMCR does not call them held and a final one is scheduled for For more information go to the SMCR
disabilities. They are differences. Saturday, Oct. 20 from 1-3 p.m. at Our website at qww.somdcr@gmail.com dickmyers@countytimes.net
They want their clients and the gener- Lady Star of the Sea School in Solo- or contact Peggy Thomason at peg-

PROVEN LEADER WITH A LIFETIME

OF SERVICE TO ST. MARY’S COUNTY
• President, United Way of St. Mary’s County Board
ROBERTA “ROBBIE” MILES LOKER
• President, Medstar St. Mary’s Hospital DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE
• President, Health Share of St. Mary’s
• First Vice-President, St. Mary’s County Chamber of Commerce “RETURNING COURTESY
• Vice-President Library Foundation AND COMPROMISE TO
• Member, College of Southern Maryland Advisory Council
• Member, Medstar Health System board
THE ART OF GOVERNING.”

ENDORSED BY
Maryland State Education Association • Education Association of St. Mary’s County • NARAL Pro-Choice Maryland PAC
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Thursday, October 18, 2018 The County Times In Our Community 13

Outdoor Enthusiasts Have

Yet Another Way to Give Back
Anglers, boaters and hunters who pur-
chase their licenses or registrations from
the Maryland Department of Natural
Resourceshave a new way to give back
to natural resources they enjoy and love.
In partnership with the Chesapeake Bay
Trust, the department announced to-
day a new voluntary option in the on-
line checkout for the Maryland Outdoor
Recreation and Clean Water Fund.
Funds generated by the new program
will be distributed as grants for on-the-
ground conservation and restoration
projects that seek to enhance habitat
and water quality as well as programs
aimed at getting K-12 students outdoors.
Grants will be provided to nonprofits in
support of environmental and natural
resources priorities throughout the state,
from the Youghiogheny to the Coastal
Bays.
“Our citizens and customers shared
our commitment and passion for the
great outdoors, and are great advocates
and stewards in the conservation, pro-
tection and wise use of our state’s lands
and waters,” Maryland Natural Resourc-
es Secretary Mark Belton said. “Thanks
ronmental organizations as well as re-
search and watershed groups.
“We are thrilled to make stronger
connections between the fishing, hunt-
ing and boating communities, and im-
provement of the resources they enjoy,”
Chesapeake Bay Trust Executive Direc-
tor Jana Davis said. “The evidence is
mounting that being outdoors is good
for all of us: We want these communities
to have an option not just to enjoy their
outdoor activities, but the opportunity
to take part in restoring and protecting
outdoor resources.”
All contributions will be tax deduct-
ible. Contributors over $10 will have
the option of enrolling in a “Perks
Program,” which offers discounts and
preferred parking at local businesses
throughout Maryland.
Examples of projects supported by
the Maryland Outdoor Recreation and
Clean Water Fund include:
• Boating field trips
• Eel, oyster, shad, terrapin, trout and
other raise-and-release programs for
students
• Living shoreline projects, including
access for canoes and kayaks
• Local sustainable seafood projects
• Research to improve efficacy of
stream restoration practices
• Trout stream restoration projects
• Wetland restoration projects
For every $20 contributed, one tree
can be planted and one student can re-
ceive an outdoor field trip.

Pet
to our strong partnership with the Ches-
apeake Bay Trust, we can provide our
customers with an easy and simple way
to give back to nature’s bounty.”
Grants from the Maryland Outdoor
OF THE WEEK
Recreation and Clean Water Fund will
support projects as small as $100 to over
MEET BISCUIT
$500,000 made to community and envi-
Funds will be managed by the Mary-
land Department of Natural Resources
and Chesapeake Bay Trust, a nonprofit
grant-making organization established
by the Maryland state legislature in
1985.
Press Release from MD DNR

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Thursday, October 18, 2018 The County Times In Our Community 15

Bluegrass for Hospice Celebrates 10 Years of Giving

This year marks the 10th year for show. writer and guitarist in the band and rhythm machine and his playing com-
Bluegrass for Hospice.  The event will Danny Paisley and the Southern has performed with many groups, most pliments everyone around him.
be held on Saturday October 27, 2018 at Grass play powerful, unadorned, and notably The Boxcars and Blue Moon The silent auction, this year, will in-
the Flat Iron Farm in Great Mills.  The intense traditional Bluegrass. Their Rising. He has become very well re- clude many unique handmade items. 
farm, most noted as the “Christmas instrumentation and vocals convey the spected as one of the best writers in the The popular McCormick Spice Basket
Farm” will be taken over by the sounds energy and emotion of classic bluegrass bluegrass world. Not only is he a strong will again be raffled off.  A small hand-
of Bluegrass music.  and country music. Danny’s lead vocals writer, he’s an excellent lead vocalist made “John Deere” wagon will be filled
The one-day fundraiser, with all will captivate your senses, so much so and guitarist as well. with Bluegrass items and raffled off
proceeds going to the Hospice of St. that many musicians, including Ali- Adam Steffey plays mandolin, sings along with a money raffle of $500.00. 
Mary’s, Hospice House, will begin at son Krauss, have considered Danny lead and harmony vocals. He has been Bluegrass for Hospice-2018 will fea-
Noon with the gates opening at 11 a.m.  as one of their favorite singers.   His a part of the Bluegrass music scene for ture something for everyone.
This family event will include raffles, voice combines powerful range and over 30 years and has performed, trav- There will be vendors, 50/50 raffles
silent auction, many giveaways, and soulful blues with a sound like no one eled, and recorded with many artists in and food available for sale by Lynn’s
live Bluegrass music by national and else in bluegrass today.  They continue both the bluegrass and country music Catering. Please bring your lawn chairs
local talent.  to be deeply rooted in tradition, but scene, including Alison Krauss, Moun- and “BYOB” is welcome.  The event
Since 2009, Jay and Michelle Arms- look to the future with enthusiasm and tain Heart, The Dan Tyminski Band, will be held inside a handicap acces-
worthy have been presenting Bluegrass anticipation.  and The Boxcars. sible, ‘arena style’ barn with outdoor
for Hospice in memory of Jay’s grand- Since Danny’s father Bob Paisley Gary Hultman is a gifted young reso- bathroom facilities.   
father who Hospice came to assist.  In (founder of Southern Grass) passed phonic guitar player who started his Bluegrass for Hospice-2018 will also
which has turned into a much expected away in 2004, Danny and his band have professional music career as part of The be holding a food drive to support the
annual event, not only giving back to made their own niche in the bluegrass Boxcars. He plays a big role in the har- Helping Hands Food Pantry of South-
Hospice, but preserving Bluegrass mu- world.  Their album, The Room Over monies that the band displays in their ern Maryland.  Although it’s not re-
sic in the Southern Maryland area.  Mine, earned them significant chart song arrangements, as well as adding quired to enter, everyone is encouraged
This year will feature the local sounds action and the song, “Don’t Throw creative, tasteful solos and lyrical lines to bring non-perishable food items.  
of the event host, Jay Armsworthy and Mama’s Flowers Away” won the 2009 on his guitar. Tickets are $25 in advance and $30 at
his band, Eastern Tradition, along with IBMA Award for Song of the Year.  Jason Davis is one of the most gifted the gate.  Children under 12 are admit-
David Norris & the Dixie Ramblers, The Highland Travelers are a group banjo players of this era. He has a sense ted free with a paid adult.  To purchase
Bubby Abell & Spoon Creek, The Cali- of musicians and friends that share a of timing and drive that is hard to find. tickets using a credit card, go to www.
fornia Ramblers, Recycled Bluegrass, common love of the traditional sounds He played most notably with Junior brownpapertickets.com/event/3563410. 
and 15 Strings. and styles associated with the first Sisk and Rambler’s Choice before help- For more information on Bluegrass
Headline Bluegrass for Hospice-2018 and second generation of the legend- ing form the Highland Travelers. for Hospice-2018, go to the event web-
will be Danny Paisley & Southern ary bluegrass artists. While there is an Kameron Keller plays bass with the site at www.bluegrassforhospice.com
Grass.  They were the headlining band immense respect for the pioneers and group and sings harmony. He is with- or call 301-737-3004.  Vendor applica-
at the very first Bluegrass for Hospice legends of this music, they strive to ad- out doubt one of the best young bass tions are now being accepted for the
9 years ago.  For the more modern ap- vance the genre with original material players in this type of music and with event.  Call or go to the event website
pealing Bluegrass fans, the new group, and arranging ideas. understated accuracy can lay the foun- for complete details.
The Highland Travelers will join the Keith Garrett is the principal song- dation for the band to soar over. He is a
 16 Education The County Times Thursday, October 18, 2018

The Center for the Study St. Mary’s College Ranked

of Democracy Presents: Fourth in Maryland
St. Mary’s College of Maryland is ranked no. 4 among the Best Colleges and Uni-
Maryland Politics: Can Larry Hogan withstand versities in Maryland for 2018  in College Consensus.
the Blue Wave? College Consensus is a new college review aggregator. Its rankings are based on a
St. Mary’s College of Maryland’s Center for the comprehensive aggregate of published rankings and verified student reviews.
Study of Democracy presents “Maryland Politics: “St. Mary’s College is known as Maryland’s public honors college, providing the
Can Larry Hogan withstand the Blue Wave?” on state’s highest achievers with the resources and support of a small liberal arts col-
Thursday, Oct. 25, 4:45 – 6 p.m. in Cole Cinema, lege, along with the affordability and accessibility of a public institution,” the Con-
Campus Center on the College’s campus. The event sensus profile states.
is free of charge and open to the public. St. Mary’s was also noted for its dedication to interdisciplinary study and research.
Maryland has not re-elected a Republican gover- “As the national public honors college, St. Mary’s College of Maryland sets the
nor in over 60 years. Despite that daunting history standard,” said Dr. Tuajuanda C. Jordan, president of St. Mary’s College. “At our
and clear evidence of Democratic enthusiasm as we core is the belief that rigorous, relevant, and experiential education should be open
near Election Day 2018, Maryland Governor Larry to everyone with the talent, ambition, and potential to do the work -- and a promise
Hogan appears set to defy both history and the Blue that our approach to liberal arts and sciences honors education will prepare students
Wave that is building nationally.  for a 21st century career and a lifetime of success.”
How has Hogan managed to withstand the strong national headwinds? Will Ho- St. Mary’s College has recently received several accolades. St. Mary’s College is
gan’s popularity help other Republicans on the ballot in Maryland? Will the Blue ranked #6 among Best Public Liberal Arts Colleges by U.S. News & World Report
Wave cause so much as a ripple as it hits the Chesapeake Bay? (2019), #28 Among Top Liberal Arts Colleges by 2018 Washington Monthly Col-
These are just a few of the questions that will be explored by Bryan Sears, Mary- lege Guide, #1 in Peace Corps Volunteers among small colleges, #6 among the Top
land politics reporter for The Daily Record; Mileah Kromer, director of the Goucher 50 Green Colleges (2018) and is listed among Best 384 Colleges by the Princeton
Poll at Goucher College; and Todd Eberly, St. Mary’s College associate professor Review (2019). The College is also included in the 2019 Fiske Guide to Colleges,
of political science and interim director for the Center for the Study of Democracy. Money’s 2018-19 Best Colleges, and Forbes Best Value Colleges (2018), recognized
According to Eberly, “Larry Hogan is the second most popular governor in the as a 2018-19 College of Distinction, and ranked among the Best Colleges of Mary-
country. Hogan has a 70 percent approval rating and a 20 point lead over Demo- land by Schools.com.
cratic challenger Ben Jealous in a state where Democrats outnumber Republicans St. Mary’s College of Maryland is accredited by the Middle States Commission
by a margin of 2 to 1.”   on Higher Education through 2024-2025. St. Mary’s College, designated the Mary-
St. Mary’s College of Maryland is accredited by the Middle States Commission land state honors college in 1992, is ranked one of the best public liberal arts schools
on Higher Education through 2024-2025. St. Mary’s College, designated the Mary- in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. Approximately 1,600 students attend
land state honors college in 1992, is ranked one of the best public liberal arts schools the college, nestled on the St. Mary’s River in Southern Maryland.
in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. Approximately 1,600 students attend Press Release from AMCM 
the college, nestled on the St. Mary’s River in Southern Maryland.

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best methods for

1958 and controls
the that cost the
licensing of comm
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and recreational fishers
and anglers alike.
The commission
is based in Coloni
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report the commis- Hogan today an- academic program offered before
and
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that identification rges inspection taxes and of
the commission increa tags to these projec tion funding to go students in kindergarten through
ts. eighth
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e expending so the commission for of behind academ and at risk of falling
without spending much on one portion of initiatives, includ ic requirements,
out of fisheries - with $500,000 along
its reserve accoun preservation at the ing recommenda for the recruitment,
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ST. MARY’S 2018

VOTERS
GUIDE
TABLE OF CONTENTS
STATE OFFICE QUESTIONS 3
MD SENATE DISTRICT 29 4
THOMAS BREWER (D) V JACK BAILEY (R)
MD HOUSE OF DELEGATES 29A 5
ROBBIE LOKER (D) V MATT MORGAN (R)
MD HOUSE OF DELEGATES 29B 6
BRIAN CROSBY (D) V DEB REY (R)
MD HOUSE OF DELEGATES 29C 7
JULIA NICHOLS (D) V JERRY CLARK (R)
COUNTY COMISSIONERS QUESTIONS 8
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT 9
HOWARD THOMPSON (D) V RANDY GUY (R)
COMMISSIONERS - DISTRICT 1 10
TIMOTHY RIDGELL (D) V ERIC COLVIN (R) V ROY ALVEY (U)
COMMISSIONERS - DISTRICT 2 11
ROSE FREDERICK (D) V MIKE HEWITT (R)
COMMISSIONERS - DISTRICT 3 12
CLARK GUY (U) V JOHN O’CONNOR (R)
COUNTY SHERIFF QUESTIONS 13
ST. MARY’S COUNTY SHERIFF 14
TED BELLEAVOINE (D) V TIMOTHY CAMERON (R)
CLERK OF CIRCUIT COURT 15
CLERK OF CIRCUIT COURT 15
FAYE WHEELER (D) V DEBBIE MILLS BURCH (R)
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STATE SENATE &

DELEGATE QUESTIONS
QUESTION 1 First, tell us a little about yourself.

QUESTION 2 If elected, what would be your top three

legislative priorities during the next legislative session?

QUESTION 3 The Federal government has modified

the way personal income taxes are calculated, capping
personal mortgage interest expense and local real estate tax
deductions. The State of Maryland has not modified the way
state and county income taxes will be calculated. While most
people in St. Mary’s will see a reduction in their federal tax
liability, many will see a substantial increase in state and local
liability. This will result in a large tax windfall for the state
and local governments. Should the legislature take action to
correct this? And if so will you lead the effort?

QUESTION 4 Both governor candidates have received low

ratings from the National Rifle Association, and the Maryland
legislature is well known for its consistent desire to place
greater controls on gun owners; will you be on the side of
greater gun control or greater protection of 2nd Amendment
rights?
QUESTION 5 This November, voters are likely to approve
legislation that will provide large increases in education
funding, mandating that gambling revenues be directed to
education without offsetting Thornton funding requirements.
Are you in favor of this and how can we assure this large
windfall of funding will provide improved results in the
classroom for our students?
QUESTION 6 Six years ago, the legislature and governor
adopted a large fuel tax increase that included an annual CPI
adjustment. The result of which is an annual fuel tax increase
on the residents of Maryland. Residents of counties such
as St. Mary’s are disproportionately effected without any
guarantee of proportional revenue sharing. Do you find this a
fair and equitable taxing and funding method, and if elected,
how would you work to change transportation funding?
QUESTION 7 Governor candidate Ben Jealous is proposing
free Higher Education for all, including those here illegally,
a single-payer, state-run health care system, increase in
minimum wage to $15, legalizing and taxing marijuana, full-
day, universal Pre-K, and releasing 30% of Maryland’s prison
population back to the streets. Would you support any or all
of these proposed changes, and if so, how would you support
funding these changes?
QUESTION 8 What would you consider to be the single
most important infrastructure need, such as transportation,
schools, parks, water & sewer, etc., and the top three specific
infrastructure projects in your district and why?
QUESTION 9 The 90-day legislative session in Annapolis
is important, also important are the other 275 days not in
Annapolis. How can you better serve the residents of District
29 during those 275 days than your opponent?
As Clerk, the individual needs the knowledge and experi-
ence dealing with the judiciary, state agencies, the public,
local agencies, and inner-office personnel on a daily basis.
In this office, it is imperative you have the knowledge of
day-to-day operations in the Clerk’s office to maintain the
correct flow of information during all filing processes man-
dated by the state judiciary for all situations. The Clerk of
the Circuit Court serves all people in a non-partisan man-
ner.
As a lifelong resident of St. Mary’s County, I have 25 years
of experience serving in the Clerk’s office. Serving under
two different Elected Clerks, I’ve gained the experience and
knowledge necessary to effectively serve in this position.
Hired under Clerk Evelyn Arnold as a Deputy Clerk in
1993, I continued in the position under Clerk Joan Wil-
liams. Promoted Acting Supervisor for Criminal/Juvenile/
Jury Departments in 2012; I was made permanent Supervi-
sor in January 2013.
Rich in tradition and history of Maryland, the Office of the
Clerk of the Circuit Court is one of the oldest public institu-
tions in the state.
The Clerk of the Circuit Court is a locally elected state offi-
cial with the responsibilities established and regulated by
the laws of Maryland and the rules of the Court of Appeals
in Maryland.
I’m dedicated to bringing professionalism and integrity to
the citizens of St. Mary’s County. I humbly ask for your
vote on Nov. 6.
FayeforClerkoftheCircuitCourt@gmail.com

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THOMAS BREWER The CountyJACK
TimesBAILEY Thursday, October 18, 2018
DEMOCRAT MD SENATE DISTRICT 29 REPUBLICAN MD SENATE DISTRICT 29
1. I spent most of my life in Wildwood. It’s where 1. I’m from St. Mary’s county. I’m married to
my parents still live. My mom works for a defense Karin Bailey the head of the school board,
contractor and my dad works down at St. Mary’s my two children both attend a public school.
College. I went through the public school sys-
I did my education, both my graduate and
tem here and graduated from Leonardtown High
School and went to St. Mary’s College and gradu- undergraduate at Johns Hopkins University in
ated from there. I went to University of Maryland, school of Pharmacy. management. I have worked previously with the natural resource
police as the executive officer, so I was in charge of working with
2. The opioid problem is one that needs to be addressed and better
the legislature in Annapolis. I’ve been a public servant for 30 years,
addressed by the health community, but also at the state level, we can
have an effect over the cost of drugs. There was legislation last year to a full career and I want to continue my work as a public servant to
try to create a commission around pricing. I think that’s something that our citizens of St. Mary’s and Calvert County.
should be pursued because it’s the largest increase in costs and insur- 2. First one, school safety. We can work with the governor’s office
ance. Education is another one. I’m hoping that the amendment passes so that we can get reoccurring funds that come into our school
on the ballot this year, requiring the Education Trust Fund to fully sup-
system every year for school safety, just like the bill that Gov.
port education. The third one would be environmental. And again, that
goes to two things. Food waste which we have identified in the Com- Hogan had introduced last year. Second, work with the governor
mission on the Environment as the largest percentage of the solid waste and [Senate] President Mike Miller for the completion of the third
stream that we can divert from the landfill. And then there’s traffic…I building [at SMHEC], third to take the burden off of state employ-
think that we are deserving [since we] pay 35 cents a gallon towards ees retirement right now where they just got whacked, where their
Maryland’s transportation fund. prescription plan was taken. We need to do something to fix that
3. I think we should have a serious discussion about what that means right away.
for our state economy as a result. So I can’t say that I take a specific 3. I am not an accountant or a tax guy. I will definitely work towards
position without speaking to some economists on their thoughts on trying to understand that this year to see what the benefit is for
the effect. So if we can put that towards a rainy day tax…I think that’s a
the residents of St. Mary’s County.
responsible move to potentially protect the future.
4. I believe you can be both so I don’t think they have to be necessarily 4. I am a pro Second Amendment person. Being a 30 year police-
contradictory. I believe that most people are satisfied with gun legisla- men, I can carry a gun everyday. I think it’s important that every
tion that makes sense and I believe that in Maryland we have some of single citizen that has a clean background be able to do the same
the better legislation, especially when you compare it to surrounding thing.
states, Virginia and Pennsylvania.
5. We want to get the same amount that they get in other juris-
5. I am in support of the amendment. In the first year that the bill would dictions. That’s the bottom line. And that’s where the Kirwam
be passed, that doesn’t mean that all of the gambling revenue goes to Commission was headed. So as far as supporting that, I want to
education, about a quarter of it goes to education and then the next increase the funding.
year and a half and then three quarters and then I think you get the full
amount after four years. So I’d like to ensure that stuff like per capita 6. The answer to that is it’s not fair. The fact is that we pay almost 40
spending, classroom sizes, and disruptions of classes are some of these cents and we get back four. So we need to increase that.
outcomes that we can monitor to make sure that the funding is effective
and helping to actually make the schools better.
7. Free Higher Ed for all. No. Single payer state run healthcare sys-
tem. No. [Increase the minimum wage to $15? No. Legalizing and
6. I don’t think it’s fair right now because we haven’t gotten any help with taxing marijuana. Recreational marijuana? No. Universal Pre-K. I
their transportation projects. And then the elephant in the room is the
would like to read about it more, so that I could make the most
[Thomas Johnson] Bridge.
educated decision. In our school system here, we don’t have the
7. We are seeing now that student loan debt is a not a good indicator infrastructure to do it right. We don’t have the buildings and the
of the economic state of our country and it’s something that should space. Releasing 30 percent of Maryland’s prison population. No.
certainly be addressed. Making that free is not a true thing because if
it’s going to be paid in taxes, then we’re all collectively paying so that 8. Transportation and the Thomas Johnson Bridge, the Route 4/235
some people can get a higher education, right? I do not think that the intersection and Great Mills Road. And any person that travels
single payer system is the appropriate route to take, I believe that it through those areas any day realizes that we have got to change
is important to have a conversation about where we should be going our transportation policy.
with healthcare if we want it to be run privately and we want private
insurance companies to run it. I believe that in Maryland they should be 9. I would like to have an office where I’m accessible to the public
nonprofit. I believe that if you just jumped to $15 an hour, that’s going to and my constituents and I think that is going to better serve ev-
cause a lot of harm to the local economy, but if you make it something erybody in St. Mary’s and Calvert counties. When you go to meet
that within five years we step it up a dollar per year. I think that [univer- with a senator, sometimes the issues that you have are very per-
sal Pre-K] is something that I would support because childcare cost is sonal to you and your family and you should have an office where
a huge burden right now to a number of individuals. If you’re going to you can go where you can discuss things.
release 30 percent of violent criminals, no, I don’t think that’s a good
idea at all. So it’s important to identify what population we’re trying to
decrease and I don’t know exactly his plan for that 30 percent, so I can’t
say I completely support it.
8. I think number one would actually be transportation. There is a mini-
mum opportunity for [residents] to get public transportation to take
them [to hospitals outside the area]. And usually these are people that
cannot easily transport themselves to a place that they need to go.
Public transportation is a big issue. The bridge is a big issue. One of the
ones that I see all the time since I live off of Flat Iron Road, Great Mills
and Route 5. The plan on the books is one that I think will adequately
ease that congestion.
9. What I’ve been doing over the past year, which is trying to talk to
people to identify what are their main concerns and then going to the
different agencies and departments that handle those concerns to try to
understand where are we at, why aren’t we moving forward? What can
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ROBBIE October
Thursday, LOKER18, 2018 The CountyMATT
TimesMORGAN
DEMOCRAT HOUSE OF DELEGATES 29A
1. In Prince George’s County started out
as a case worker, ended up as the as-
sistant director. So that gave me insight
into, um, that’s part of state government,
state government. And um, so that gave
me insight into managing programs for needy families and
individuals. I have risen to leadership roles. And so, um,
when I was working with the state, I became the assistant
director in the nonprofit. I usually ended up as the presi-
dent of the board, whether it was a local hospital board of
the United Way Board, Chamber of Commerce. I was presi-
dent elect until I filed for office. And because they’re non-
partisan, I just, now I’m just a regular member.
2. We’ve got do something about drug prices. The cost of
drugs, healthcare expenses are the number one reason
why people go into bankruptcy in their senior years. The
other area I would look at is education, the [funding] allo-
cation. There’s a huge need for mental health services and
they need to start at a very young age … we’re dealing with
… disruptive students in our classrooms, the opioid epi-
demic or what’s happening with people when they get a
gun in their hands that I think the common thread in all of
those is mental health services and families just don’t know
how to deal with it.
3. We’ve got to look at that. We have so many needs in the
state. So if we’re having this windfall… do we have a priori-
ty list of unmet needs that, you know, we’ll all benefit from
and not just what, what is, what is, what are the metro
counties need or what’s Baltimore city.
4. I think Maryland has very strong gun laws already on the
book. Let’s just enforce them. I don’t see a reason to add
any, any more legislation governing the ownership of guns
or what people do with their guns. Let’s just follow the
rules.
5. So yes, I want to see that. It truly is an investment. We can
work on that in St Mary’s county because that’s what we
do in St Mary’s county, so give us some of that money.
6. I’ll fight so that we get our fair share down here and when
… money goes to Metro, that doesn’t help us. I’d like to see
some help to maybe have a bus lane on Route 301.
7. I don’t think some of those are realistic. I recognize that
you have to have big dreams and so maybe you get some-
thing smaller. That’s a hard thing. If it’s medicare for all. No.
The minimum wage to $15, we’re not ready… that’s going to
hurt our small businesses. It’s something to work towards.
I’m all for the medical marijuana, that supports relief to
many people. Universal Pre-k hey, wouldn’t that be great to
work towards. [Releasing 30 percent of prisoners] I don’t
know enough about that to address it. It’s kind of frighten-
ing on the surface.?
8. I would go with education…I’ll advocate in Annapolis.
Here’s my dream thing for Route 235 going into the base
that we need hop on, hop off buses and making the county
more walkable because that’s a quality of life issue. It’s our
parks, our waterfront, that’s what drives people here. So I
would say the environmental needs, too.
9. Being out there and, I think, having listening sessions,
that’s the thing that I’m just learning here. I go and I talk to
businesses and I say what keeps you up at night?
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REPUBLICAN HOUSE OF DELEGATES 29A
1. I’m Matt Morgan representing North St.
Mary’s in the Maryland General Assembly. I’m
married, we have two children and Tyler and
Sarah. My son’s up at Towson, my daughter
is at Margaret. Brent. I’m a realtor by trade,
used to be a techie with CSM and I’m been representing the peo-
ple of St Mary’s in the Maryland General Assembly since 2014.
2. The first one is make Maryland more retirement friendly. Um,
as I was door knocking for years ago, everybody was leaving
the state of Maryland over taxes. Now as I door knocked, early
leaving when they’re gonna retire. Number two, we need to do
something for healthcare and lowering the cost of healthcare
and healthcare shouldn’t cost more than a mortgage payment
and we need to get more people into the market. And the third is
a constituent services, I think people like that they can get ahold
of me.
3. Absolutely. The legislature should take action to correct this. Last
year a House Democrats had a press conference where they said
they were going to hold people harmless from the evil trump
tax cuts and they had that conference in January and by April
and the session they reneged on that promise. I believe that we
should not be raising taxes on anybody at this time.
4. A firearm allows someone that’s weaker and not as fast as their
attacker to even the odds to protect themselves. I absolutely
think concealed carry plays a role in public safety.
5. Yes, I am in favor of it and I voted for this bill to put it on the as
a referendum. So I’m in favor of that off the simple fact that this
is what was promised to people when they created the, the, the
casinos in the first place. A lot of people don’t realize that Mary-
land has the most expensive administrative costs for their school
system in the entire country. So it is concerning that if you put
the money in the k through 12 that it’s not just being wasted at
the Board of Education and actually making it to the classroom.
6. I don’t think it’s fair and equitable at all. I’ve co-sponsored a bill
and I sponsored a bill two years ago to remove the CPI index-
ing from the gas tax. And that was always a big topic in the last
election.
7. I wouldn’t support any of those changes. They are taking the
state in a radically different direction than what way we’re head-
ing in. And uh, you know, I think most people agree that, you
know, we’ve changed Maryland for the last four years. The state
was heading the wrong direction. We already offer pre K in se-
lected areas.
8. Transportation is essentially a state responsibility. The Route 5
expansion through Abell and Moakley streets is something that
our district needs. The other project and no one seems to talk
about is that we want to make sure it gets finished: The Harry
Nice Bridge. I mean that has said to be completed by 2023 and
we want to make sure that project stays in there and gets under-
way. And then a third would obviously be at a Thomas Johnson
Bridge or, or in the intersection Route 235 and Route 4
9. My plan is to continue to do what I’ve been doing and we put
out a biweekly emails for anyone up important legislation during
session. We put out emails maybe monthly outside of session,
routinely have meet and greets are in our phones are always
open. So I do maintain an office up in Annapolis because it’s free
in a taxpayer’s already paid. Sure. There is no reason to duplicate
it with another one. And I think people like that they can get
ahold of me and I’m willing to meet them. I’ll speak at tons of so-
cial gatherings throughout the year, civic associations, legislative
wrap ups.
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CROSBY
DEMOCRAT HOUSE OF DELEGATES 29B
The CountyDEB
Times
REY
1. I was born to two teenage parents, the old-
est of five. I grew up in pretty much a blue
collar family. I went to Drexel University on
an athletic scholarship and after I earned my
business degree, I went on to law school out
at Western Michigan. After practicing as a medical malpractice
attorney for a short stint I just followed my dream to become a
U.S. Army ranger in special operations. I spent five years in the
Army and after three deployments all to Afghanistan to a special
operations. I moved to St. Mary’s county where I took a job with
a government contracting firm and doing financial consulting
and after the last two and a half years I’ve opened up my own
small business doing the same thing.
2. Securing the funding for the third building and the Higher Ed
Center. The second would be to move forward with the process
of [improving] Route 5 and Great Mills Road, which is easily the
worst intersection in my district, probably in the county. And
then, third is increasing funding for education so that more funds
flow to the actual classroom.
3. It should be pushed back down so the state should allow for the
SALT deduction to go back down to the local residents. The vast
majority of our residents, especially here in high income, high
real estate market [will be impacted]. So the state should adjust
for that and kick that money back to the individual.
4. I support the Second Amendment. I am an expert in this field. I
truly believe that as I have five years as a U.S. Army ranger with
three deployments. I’ve done it for real, don’t hide that from
anybody. I do think one thing that we need to do is incorporate a
mental health background check.
5. I am in favor of Question 1. I think the one thing that we need to
make sure that is happening with the vast majority of funding
that goes into the school districts is that it goes into the actual
classroom not into Moakley Street, so to speak.
6. I think I would be in step with Delegate Morgan and reversing
the formula to go to shift more of the funding back down to the
county transportation fund.
7. I agree with the Hogan policy of free community college for
residents of the state of Maryland. We pay into that system, you
know, allowing students to essentially fill that gap to provide
them to get through and start their college education.So if there
is going to be a single payer system, it would need to happen
at a national level to offset that. Especially given the fact that
Maryland only has a population of 5-and-a-half, 6 million people.
So it’s not practical within the state. I do believe people deserve
a living wage as long as there is a small business exception of 50
employees or less, I would support that. [Legalizing marijuana]
Yeah, I support it. Full day universal pre-k [I] support that. I think
that we have an unfair justice system. [But] I mean we’re releas-
ing 30 percent of the prison population. What are the guidelines
for that?
8. Obviously the easy one to say there’s roads, right? But I think
that probably one thing that numerous people brought up to
me time and time again is the lack of Wifi access or Internet
access at the southern end of the county. And that affects you
educationally because now you can’t complete your homework.
It affects people trying to apply for jobs. It affects people just
trying to do general research. I think the first is the intersection
of 5 and Great Mills [Road], as I stated. And then something that
I think this community genuinely needs and while it is a county
commissioner issue, I would fully support it and see what I could
do at the state level to advocate for it, is the youth center [in
Lexington Park.]
9. I will put a brick and mortar office on either Great Mills or Route
235 in the district so that people can access me. I’m here 100
percent right. I’m, I don’t represent people for 100 days out of
365. I represent people 365 days.
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Thursday, October 18, 2018
1. I am a retired Air Force veteran of 20
years and I’m the only female veteran in
the General Assembly. In the Air Force
I picked up obviously a unique set of
skills and being the only female veter-
an, I have a unique perspective on things in the general
assembly. I’m the chair of the delegation and I’m also the
deputy and minority whip on the House Judiciary Com-
mittee, which I’m pretty proud of that I serve on the Oys-
ter Advisory Commission for the Department of Natural
Resources.
2. I’m definitely going to put in the bill, it’s for the carry
permit right now. If you go for your carry permit, you’re
required to do 16 hours of training at a cost of anywhere
from $300 to $500, whoever you get that from. And then
you put in for your application to carry. I’m going to put it
in again to change that around; first apply, get a prelimi-
nary approval and then where you have 120 days to take
your training. We need now to start working these issues
to get legislation together. And then when the new coun-
ty commissioner board is set, they’ll go through it and
look to see and decide if they want to push those items
forward. And then really it’s just whatever my constituents
what would be my third priority.
3. The state legislature should absolutely take action to
correct it. I definitely support that. Absolutely separating
it out so that the citizen, the taxpayer can get the most in
tax deductions and the most taxes back.
4. I’m definitely on the side of protection of the Second
Amendment rights. I do hope I get the NRA rating. I
hope I get an endorsement from them because I believe
they are the largest group of law abiding citizens when it
comes to firearms.
5. So I’m definitely in favor of it, I voted for the bill, was glad
governor Hogan signed it and I was glad to see this going
to go to the go to the ballot for the people to decide. So,
it’s going to be up to our school boards to make sure that
that money is placed correctly and that it is getting into
the schools.
6. I do not think it’s fair and equitable over the past four
years. It’s actually been members of our delegation that
have put in a bill to get rid of the CPI on the transporta-
tion taxes.
7. I don’t support candidate Jealous’ platform at all. I sup-
port medical marijuana, but one of the largest employers
in Maryland is the federal government and the legalizing
marijuana, if you want to get a job on the base, you really
can’t have that in your background. All these ideas have
been proposed and they’ve all failed one way or the other
in the General Assembly. The $15 minimum wage, that
would just hurt our employment sector. [Universal Pre-K]
No, I don’t support that.
8. It would be transportation issues. The first one for me
is really the Great Mills and Route 5 intersection, to ex-
pand the capacity through there. The whole route for the
Thomas Johnson Bridge is still a priority for us. [The third
building at SMHEC] has so much potential. Having that
world class research facility there would be just wonder-
ful.
9. I think I served my constituents very well. I go to as many
things as I can to meet them. I’m open, I encourage them
to call me. I hand out my personal cell phone number to
everybody.
JULIA NICHOLS
Thursday, October 18, 2018
DEMOCRAT HOUSE OF DELEGATES 29C
The CountyJERRY
Times CLARK
1. I have lived in the county for over 20 years
now and I have spent my time here work-
ing to improve my community. I was part
of the team that formed the Chesapeake
Public Charter School. And I also founded
the Southern Maryland Youth Orchestra and
choir, which serves the Tri County area.
2. Well, certainly one of the top three would be to work to get a
funding mechanism from the government for the Thomas Johnson
Bridge. Secondly I think that it’s important that we get the fund-
ing for that third building at the Higher Ed Center back into the
budget that was removed this year. And education is a really big
topic for me. I think that we are going to need to find a way to get
more funding and help to the schools so that we can help bring
the schools back up to their number one position where they were
several years ago.
3. I’m a big proponent of trying to spend wisely and I think that if
there is going to be additional revenue that we don’t have any-
thing to spend it on, it should definitely go back to the citizens.
And so if that is the case, then yes, I think that we should follow
the lead of the federal government.
4. My priority for guns is the prevention of incidents of gun violence,
such as we saw at Great Mills earlier this year. I think that this is
a multifaceted issue and that we need to maintain things such as
comprehensive criminal background checks.
5. I am in favor of that. I think that it’s right that we spend this mon-
ey on education. They’re having many other issues coming up
such as school safety, which will also need to be addressed. That’s
additional money that we need to find for schools because they
don’t have that already planned out. [There needs to be] over-
sight of what the schools are doing to ensure that it’s being spent
properly.
6. I do think that it would be good for us to see an expenditure of
those taxes because yes, rural areas, [There is a] disparity … be-
tween the rural and the urban and what’s available to rural versus
urban communities. And so I think that it is important that the
representatives from our area going to Annapolis, are really stress-
ing the fact that our needs may be different from Baltimore.
7. I have read through some of these changes that Ben Jealous has
proposed. In theory I like a lot of them, but I would want to make
sure of the details before I jumped wholly into everything of how
they’re going to work and how they’re going to be funded. And
a minimum wage increase I think will benefit our community in
the long run because it creates better citizens and people with
more money to spend. I think that healthcare is something that
we as citizens should have as a right and not a privilege. And so
I think that it’s important that we figure out a way to keep the
costs down. I am for medical marijuana and for the expansion of
the decriminalization of it. I think that we need to make sure that
we’re proceeding responsibly with this. We need to be careful to
address any safety concerns that there may be, such as sobriety
checks for that as well as for alcohol. Universal Pre-K, I do think
that could be a really good thing. I think that early education is
very helpful in getting kids on the right track. [On releasing 30
percent of prisoners] Ithink I’ll take a pass on this one. It’s not one
that I’ve looked into very carefully.
8. I do think that transportation is a big issue. Public transportation
and inter county transportation as well. We don’t have much of
any of that and there are plenty of people, who might want to
come across the bridge to shop over on the St. Mary’s side or
people from the same area who want to go over to Solomons and
enjoy Solomons. The Thomas Johnson Bridge I think is definitely
in need of replacement and has been for awhile. It’s not built to
hold the traffic that crosses it now. The Higher Ed Center, that is
one of my top priorities.
9. I think what I would like to be doing during that time is just be-
ing out in the community and meeting people, I’m speaking with
leaders and figuring out what the specific problems are that need
to be addressed and how different groups or different people are
coming up with ideas as to how best to address them and how
the state can help doing that.
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1. Well, my background is I’m a self employed
business person for the last 42 years. Start-
ed in Prince Frederick in 1977 at age 24. I
have progressed to the point where I’ve
owned about seven different businesses in
Calvert County. I’ve ventured into some real estate ventures in
St. Mary’s County. I graduated from the school of hard knocks
because as anybody that’s in retail knows you learned by get-
ting knocked on your butt every once in awhile and knocked in
the head.
2. My first priority is to continue to try to help small business, the
super majority in Annapolis has been making a tremendous
effort to try to overburden small businesses. I’d like to see us
lower the corporate income tax on small corporations. I want
to be there to fight and try to get at least a reasonable deal on
the minimum wage bill. I truly believe that they will bring back
the sanctuary state bill. I truly believe we should try to help
[immigrants], but we have to do it in a reasonable way to where
we don’t burden the other taxpayers. I want to work extremely
hard to make sure that we continue to get our share of trans-
portation money from Annapolis for Southern Maryland.
3. I believe that we should have held the citizens of Southern
Maryland harmless when that [occurred] because the money is
much more well spent and well circulated when it’s in the hands
of the private citizens to go out into the businesses and buy
and spend money. It circulates through, creates jobs, and just
helps to build the local economy. I think it was a money grab
and I was against it last year and I would be against it this year
if it comes up again.
4. I’m a big proponent of the Second Amendment. I believe that
folks in this country have the right to bear arms and to have
their weapons and guns as they see fit
5. I agree with the lockbox issue. I have no problem with using
the gambling money. Now seeing that 85 percent of the Mary-
land budget is mandated spending, it’s probably a good thing
to have a mandated amount of money for schools, but as that
money is passed down to local jurisdictions we’d need some
things in place to make sure that the money’s being spent wise-
ly and some accountability on it all. It [has to] come from local
government. We do have elected school boards at this point in
both St. Mary’s and Calvert County and we need to make sure
that they’re accountable for the way they spend the money.
6. I don’t particularly like the way that they have tied to transpor-
tation, a sales tax and things like that to the price of gas. It’s in
law now and the odds of us ever changing it with the super ma-
jority in Annapolis is pretty slim. In the previous administrations,
the rural areas again were shut out of their rightfully deserved
percentage of the transportation money.
7. Well, obviously candidate Jealous had some lofty goals. If it’s
free, there’s no free fairy out there that’s going to drop the
money there to run these programs. It may be free to some, but
it’s going to be costly to others and the taxpayers are going to
have to be the ones that pick up the bill. And the voters four
years ago rejected the 43 tax increases and the crazy spending
of the previous administration for a more conservative results
orientated administration. I think they’re pretty socialist-driven.
8. Number one would be making the schools safe. Number two
would be rebuilding the Thomas Johnson Bridge. And number
three would be rebuilding the Thomas Johnson Bridge.
9. During the interim between sessions we spend a lot of time
talking to community groups at different functions in different
forums and things like that and listening to the citizens as to
how they would like to see things done. I believe in local gov-
ernment and local government is the closest to the people and
has the most immediate effect on people.
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ST. MARY’S COUNTY
COMMISIONER QUESTIONS
QUESTION 1 First, tell us a little about yourself.
QUESTION 2 If elected, what would be your top three priorities
during your first year in office?
QUESTION 3 The Federal government has modified the way
personal income taxes are calculated, capping personal mortgage
interest expense and local real estate tax deductions. The State
of Maryland has not modified the way state and county income
taxes will be calculated. While most people in St. Mary’s will see
a reduction in their federal tax liability, many will see a substantial
increase in state and local liability. This will result in a large tax
windfall for the state and local governments. If the state does not
take action to reduce this tax windfall, will you provide local rate
reductions to reduce the local portion of this windfall?
QUESTION 4 This November, voters are likely to approve
legislation that will provide large increases in education funding,
mandating that gambling revenues be directed to education
without offsetting Thornton funding requirements. How will this
impact your decision on local education funding levels, and what
can be done to assure large funding increases result in improved
student performance?
QUESTION 5 What would you consider to be the single most
important infrastructure need, such as transportation, schools,
parks & recreation, water & sewer, etc., and the top three specific
infrastructure projects in St. Mary’s County and why?
QUESTION 6 The state of Maryland provided to St. Mary’s County
over 1,700 acres of Critical Area Growth Allocations to be used to
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provide, where appropriate, property owners limited changes in
critical area overlays. The town of Leonardtown, our county seat,
has requested stewardship over 200 of those acres. This has been
done previously in other counties around the state; will you support
the towns request as proposed?
QUESTION 7 The county has long maintained a master plan
for the Lexington Park Development District, but has failed to
adopt other small area plans for our town centers. How could the
Lexington Park plan be improved, and would you move to adopt
other small area plans and why?
QUESTION 8 The current Board of County Commissioners have
substantially raised the impact fee for new home ownership in
St. Mary’s County, even while the county has a fund balance of
over $34 million, of which over $16 million is not reserved for any
purpose. While major employers are actively recruiting young
talent for jobs in this area, higher costs of living is of primary
concern. Do you support escalating impact fees for new homes at
this time?
QUESTION 9 Many of the state’s policies are implemented and
paid for through the local jurisdictions. Governor candidate Ben
Jealous is proposing free Higher Education for all, including those
here illegally, a single-payer state-run health care system, increase
in minimum wage to $15, legalizing and taxing marijuana, full-day,
universal Pre-K, and releasing 30% of Maryland’s prison population
back to the streets. Do you support any or all of these policies
and would you use local government to either support or defend
against these policies?
I am proud to be endorsed by the St. Mary`s
County Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #7.
The vast majority of our local FOP lodge
consists of Sheriff`s Office personnel.
I am humbled that after 12 years as your
Sheriff these law enforcement professionals
have voted to publicly endorse my re-election.
We have worked together to:
 Reduce crime
 Improve traffic safety
 Identify those that deal Heroin and Opioids
as well as work with our community part-
ners to educate, prevent and treat addiction.
 Utilize Community Policing models to ad-
dress quality of life challenges in communi-
ties.
 Improve school safety
 Eliminate personnel shortages and improve
employee salary and benefits
I humbly ask for your vote November 6, 2018
With your support we will continue to keep St.
Mary's County a great place to live, work, and
play!
By authority Phil Cranford, Treasurer –Citizens for Sheriff Tim Cameron
HOWARD
Thursday, THOMPSON
October 18, 2018 The CountyRANDY
Times GUY
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT
1. I was born right here in St. Mary’s Coun-
ty, Leonardtown. I grew up right across
the street on the side of the road where
I stayed, I’ll say probably 40 years and,
well, 45, almost 50 years out of my 60 years on the Earth
2. I think one of the biggest problems we have in St. Mary’s
County now is being able to develop smartly, being able
to have the infrastructure and everything that comes with
that fall in line. We have problems with development com-
ing before infrastructure. Let’s get this infrastructure first
and then we’ll build and then open the store. It makes a big
difference in the county. We have to support the sheriff’s
office, EMS and Fire.
3. I’d have to go in there and I’d have to sit down with [coun-
ty finance personnel] and the other commissioners to see
what we need to do.
4. We all know the lockbox and how things are going to be
coming to us. I look forward to those funds. So [we need to
make] sure that these funds supplement the funds that we
already have working with the board of education.
5. It’s easy for me. Transportation’s first. People can’t get to
and from work easy. I leave to go to work at 5:00 in the
morning and there’s traffic on [Route] 235. We have to be
able to get the people to and from work and it’s going to
take the commissioners to work with the state delegation
to work with the governor’s office. We have a clogged
artery at that Route 5 and Great Mills Road. I think FDR
[needs to be complete] if they don’t have to come out on
to Route 235, maybe that will help that.
6. Yeah, sure. I think that Leonardtown has done an excep-
tional job with what they’re doing over there. I think the
mayor has carried things forward. There are developing
little city over there
7. We found inconsistencies in the map and how the zon-
ing law on different sections of property was drawn. But
just getting the mapping part straight was a phenomenal
task for the Planning Commission. I’m trying to clean that
up. I think master plans work when you fully implement
them. So I think the county needs to work on putting that
information out, letting people know exactly what a town
center will do for them and what a master plan will do for
them.
8. It has to be done incrementally over the years and you
have to show where the impact money goes to. I don’t be-
lieve in raising that, that high, that quick. I don’t believe in
raising any fee to an extreme.
9. No, I don’t support that. I’d love to have free education.
There is no such thing as free. Somebody will pay for it.
Everybody does need a living wage. I would like to see it
come up. I don’t know if it can come up that quick. I’d love
to see full day Pre-K. And the releasing prisoners, (I think
this proposal is to reduce the jail population by 30 per-
cent by releasing the least violent prisoners) I’d have to sit
down with the sheriff, but I’m not going to say just cut 30
percent of the people out. I’ve got to know what that 30
percent is before I’m sure.
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REPUBLICAN COUNTY
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT
1. I’m Randy Guy and I live in Clements,
Maryland and I’ve been a St. Mary’s
County resident for my entire life. I was
gone for 26 years when I joined the
United States Air Force retired in 1994 and came in and
did my own small business for 11 years. I got involved in
government, the central committee for four years. Board
of Appeals for five-and-a-half years. Of course, heavily
involved in veterans’ organizations and the American Le-
gion.
2. Some people don’t like this, but FDR Boulevard I think is
a primary thing. It’s got to be completed. Number two is
getting our senior center and the library completed. [We
just gave] $1 million out to the schools to help pay for im-
provements to the schools for security.
3. I don’t know if they did that I would change it. I could see
us eventually doing something like that. I want to see that
happen this year, but I would probably say yes, make a lit-
tle adjustment to ours. Rather than get the three percent,
maybe a 2.9 percent rate or something like that to reduce
some of the burden off of those taxes people are paying
these higher taxes and not having any opportunity to use
the deduction.
4. As a commissioner I provide the money. But as far as im-
proving the performance of kids I don’t have much to do
with that. [On] the lockbox … I would vote yes.
5. I’d say top priorities do everything we can about the
highway construction, but we’re trying to get the state to
push forward trying to get more money from them down
here and do their projects. We’ve got to be careful where
we expand any of this infrastructure and trying to keep it
concentrated into the development areas. Now as far as
key projects, definitely roads, no doubt about it. They’ve
got to get better. We’ve got to complete this FDR Boule-
vard.
6. Yes. we support whatever [Leonardtown] needs on this
right now, but we do have a process. I have no reason
whatsoever to deny that. Let them go and develop.
7. We’ve got to concentrate on that and we pretty much
got that development plan almost completed. The other
smaller areas, Mechanicsville, Charlotte Hall, things like
that, we’ve got to finish those too, which I’m thinking
they’re pretty close.
8. We needed to raise them a little bit.
9. It’s just a lot of free stuff. I just said nothing is free. Where
do you get this free stuff from? You can’t afford it. You
just can’t. There’s no way to force something like that.
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ROY The CountyERIC
Times
UNAFFILIATED COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 1
1. I’m a lifelong resident of St. Mary’s
County. I grew up on Snow Hill Farm,
growing tobacco, corn, and beans. I
went to Chopticon High School after
graduation went into the Army, spent
two years. I came back and went to work for what
was then C&P Bell Atlantic and worked there almost
38 years.
2. It’s going to be law enforcement. We have to fight this
drug problem, education and school safety.
3. I’d have to let it sit and see what we did to get it. See
if it makes a difference to the consumer. So, you want
to see really how much it is before you say “I’m going
to give it back to the people.”
4. So you’d have to look at upgrading teacher salaries.
School safety is a big concern and I think you need to
improve the security and safety of the students.
5. A big issue that a lot of people have talked about
is the infrastructure. People complained about that
intersection [Route 235 near Harris Teeter]. We have
to get the state delegation to look at maybe widening
that, getting money from Annapolis. Well, the FDR
Boulevard has to be definitely pushed along to try
to alleviate some of this problem. There’s a couple of
other little side roads [such as Buck Hewitt Road] that
goes to Kohl’s. That needs a big time upgrade.
6. I liked the town center concept myself years ago. It
really needs to be pushed.
7. No. They have already approved graduating escala-
tion for the next four or five years. So yeah, I can go
with that. I can go with from $4,000 to $10,000.
8. I’m for having a fund balance. It happened that if
you’ve got $16 million that’s not earmarked for any-
thing and it’s so evidently the other $15 million is, it
sounds like that could cover an emergency.
9. As far as illegals, I don’t think they are entitled. I think
if you go through a process, you’re entitled to every-
thing. The simple thing would be to say yes, but when
you see this, you can’t. Somebody has got to pay for
it. Somebody’s going to pay for it, right?
TIMOTHY RIDGELL
DEMOCRAT COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 1
Declined to be interviewed.
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REPUBLICAN COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 1
1. I was born and raised in St Mary’s Coun-
ty. I grew up here. My family’s from here.
Both of my grandfathers and my father
started small businesses in the coun-
ty. My brother was a Marine. I went to
Salisbury University where I graduated summa cum laude
with political science and history degree. And then I got
my masters in business from the College of William and
Mary and right now I currently work as a financial analyst
and my career has been with a couple different defense
contractors.
2. We need to finish a couple large infrastructure projects
like FDR Boulevard. We need to get that done. The opioid
epidemic is something that we have to stay in front of.
We’ve got a really great group of people working on that
and we need to stay in front of that. And school safety,
there’s no question about that. I think we’ll all support
the board of education in doing whatever’s necessary to
ensure school safety.
3. That is definitely something I would want to look at do-
ing. I’m in favor of reducing the Homestead Tax Credit.
I would like to take a look at the energy tax that’s out
there; there might be room to reduce that or even remove
that, but that’s definitely something we need to take a
look at. We also have to put into consideration whatever
the impacts of the Kirwan Commission are going to be for
the county. The second part of that is up to the Board of
Education.
4. As county commissioner, I’m not managing the schools
that is the Board of Education’s job. The ballot question
to put the casino funds into a lockbox that Governor Ho-
gan’s proposed without a doubt, I support that.
5. Transportation in my mind is the number one infrastruc-
ture need, getting FDR completed, trying to figure out a
way to relieve this traffic congestion. I’d love to see more
use of the STS buses, have their routes expanded. Our
parks are filled to capacity. We need good recreation op-
portunities in order to attract young families that want to
stay here and work here.
6. Definitely. Leonardtown has got a great thing going
there, doing wonderful stuff and we need to help them
with their growth plan and let them manage the way that
they’re growing.
7. I’d definitely like to look into that more. The Lexington
Park plan, sticking to the plan. Definitely go back and look
at it and make revisions where needed and continuing
with the partnerships with the CDC [Community Develop-
ment Corporation]. It presents some unique challenges,
but we’d definitely be willing to take a look at those other
town areas, too.
8. I don’t support raising impact fees any further. That’s
what you’re asking.That’s such a huge issue, retaining and
recruiting a good workforce.
9. The question is we can’t afford any of them. I mean ideas
like universal Pre-K, are a wonderful concept. Everybody
wants their child to be able to start out with the best start
possible, but we just can’t afford that. I mean they’re re-
ally [proposing] releasing 30 percent of prisoners? And I
don’t see legalizing marijuana helping the opioid situation
at all. I’m not in support of any of those initiatives.
ROSE FREDERICK
Thursday, October 18, 2018 The CountyMIKE
TimesHEWITT
DEMOCRAT COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 2
1. I was born and raised in St Mary’s Coun-
ty at St. Mary’s Hospital. Of course
Lexington Park all my life. I attended
a Catholic school, St Peter Claver and
Little Flower and then from the public
school at Esperanza Middle School and Great Mills High
School. Graduated from college at University of Mary-
land University College also attended College of Southern
Maryland. I’ve been in program management and worked
on base over 20 years and retired from Dahlgren after 35
years total service.
2. My first year in office I would love to succeed at doing
something for seniors. Not a senior center, but the senior
living. I’ve been working with the seniors at the senior
center apartments on Pegg Road, as well as the villages
behind Kohls and each of them they identify transportation
as one of their main priorities. Then the next one would
be working with the board of education. We are always
talking about teachers in the county and how they’re leav-
ing the county. They don’t have affordable housing right
now.
3. Yes. Would work with this so that we could try to do that.
Look at your tax rate today, how can we change that? How
can we change Homestead Tax? So we look at it and yeah,
I would and I would try working through that.
4. If we look at how can we change the makeup of those
classrooms and with that student teacher ratio, then that’s
what’s going to improve whether or not those kids suc-
ceed. Now does that mean we need new schools? Possibly,
but not soon.
5. Number one is transportation. Then the second one, as we
look at the neighborhoods and we look at housing, are we
really looking at what is the impact of building houses and
why are we not building more affordable housing? How
can we work to have small businesses come in here to as-
sist us with our infrastructure. There’s St. Andrews Church
Road; I do think that our county representatives could get
in there and could be pushing that more so that we could
get that fixed.
6. See, I don’t totally agree with that. I don’t think that they
should have total stewardship of that. The state should
have some say in that because we need those critical ar-
eas.
7. I think that we can look at it more. And you have Point
Lookout; how can we improve that because we want to
bring people to St Mary’s County to visit, opening that up
also and having a plan there. So I think that we should.
8. Nope, I don’t. I really don’t. It comes back to affordable
homes.
9. You’re going to have your grants, you’re going to have
scholarships. So it would be whatever is left out of that.
So it’s not exactly free. Yes, I, I liked the idea of a single
pay healthcare. Yes, I do believe that we should have an
increase to 15, but it would be over time. I have never been
a marijuana user and I am not for [legalizing] it. Pre-K? No.
[On releasing 30 percent of prisoners] Well it depends.
What are they in there for?
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REPUBLICAN COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 2
1. My name is Mike Hewitt. I grew up in St
Mary’s County. I’ve had my business here
and I raised my family here and my father
came here with the Navy in 1963. I was 10
years old. I am currently a county commis-
sioner. I served for four years. My experience with the county
includes four years on the board of education and five years on
the zoning board of appeals and about 16 months on the plan-
ning commission. I’m also the St. Mary’s County representative
to the Critical Areas Commission. And I just finished my term as
a representative to the Patuxent River Commission.
2. My goal is to stay consistent on what I ran for my first term that
I did not achieve was eliminate the energy tax. I believe it’s a
regressive tax that has a higher impact on poor elderly and on
fixed income. I want to reduce the Homestead Tax from five
percent to three percent because it’s my vision that will help
people age in place. I’d like to complete infrastructure projects
to ease traffic congestion to lessen the daily drive time.
3. Yes, and right now our income taxes at three percent, it’s al-
lowed to go to the 3.2%, each 10th of a point can bring in up
to $2.2 million. But my sense is is that we are taking in more
revenues and we are spending over the past four years. Our
Fund balance has gone from $31 million, to $53 million. Once
we identify them and know that we have them, then we should
make adjustments. I’m in favor of making adjustments earlier.
4. There is no guarantee that additional money into education will
improve the quality of the student’s education. I do not believe
throwing money at something necessarily makes it better. It’s
absolutely imperative that kids are safe. So my sense would be,
if you can get them in a safe environment and you can provide
the best teachers you can find or you can get you will have a
good system.
5. I think [the top priority] is to get us out of the traffic issues that
we’re having in this county every day on Route 235 and at Great
Mills Road. The intersection of Route 5 and Great Mills Road
requires a better interaction with state highways and with state
government. FDR Boulevard needs to be finished now. The
other infrastructure project is renovations to the adult detention
center. That needs to happen. We know we have a poor facility
over there.
6. Why it makes sense to me after I did research on it is Leonard-
town is our only municipality with its own planning and zoning;
it’s own governmental functions going on. It has water and sew-
er, very important and the fact that it has the water and sewer
allows it to have a higher growth potential.
7. The Lexington Park development plan is a challenging place
and it’s mainly challenged because it’s so large and what I mean
by so large is that there’s many areas of it that do not have wa-
ter and sewer. Now it’s my opinion that if you’re got to have a
development area, it should have water and sewer because with
that you can control the amount of effluent plus provide the
water. So while I do support town centers that have traditionally
been areas where people may have had groceries, or bought
gasoline or maybe there was some other function there, there
was a commercial entity. I believe before expanding it, we need
to have a water and sewer bill presented. That’s a particular
challenge for Charlotte Hall.
8. I did not vote for the increase to the impact fee and here’s the
reason why, the impact fee is predicated on five years of capital
improvement projects. So if we have plans out there to build
schools, roads, rec and parks, we need to factor those into our
borrowing, into our budget and figure out a way to pay for
them.
9. Well, I don’t support Ben Jealous. I don’t support these recom-
mendations because I believe they’re going to be too expensive
and I’m not sure they’re going to increase or improve the quali-
ty of life for people in Maryland. I don’t support this.
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CLARKE GUY The CountyJOHN
TimesO’CONNER
UNAFFILIATED COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 3
1. I was born and raised here and I can trace
my family roots in St Mary’s county for a
couple hundred years at least. I’m a graduate
of Chopticon High School. I went ahead and
joined the air force and made it to the rank
of chief master sergeant, which is the highest enlisted rank and I
did that in 17 years.
2. Obviously the budget is huge. That’s the main purpose for the
county commissioners is to make sure that we take care of the
county’s finances and we apply them correctly. So I’d like to get
input from everyone to make sure that we can take care of what
our focus areas are. Our largest parts of the budget schools, the
sheriff’s office and county services. My focus will be on schools,
the sheriff’s office, in their respective budgets.
3. Absolutely. We have to find ways to reduce the tax burden on
our citizens. So I immediately will look atS other fees that we
can be reduced. There are some other areas obviously; we can
get rid of that energy tax. There’s no reason to burden some-
body with, with, uh, an essential utility tax that’s just ridiculous
in my opinion, and we can also make sure that the folks that are
on fixed incomes don’t have to worry about the homestead tax
credit increasing above inflation.
4. I’ve lived in Missouri and Mississippi where they had the educa-
tion lockbox and I’ve seen it do wonders in particular with, uh,
with the way that they have a school facilities so on. We need
to make sure that we’re getting good quality teachers and we’re
keeping them. We’ve got to work hand in hand very closely with
the board of education that makes sure that our kids are not only
getting the best education that they could possibly get in our
particular county, but also that they remain safe.
5. In this particular area it’s traffic and transportation issues. We’re
not going to get the help from the state, a state highway admin-
istration that we think we’re going to get. So that’s gonna, that’s
gonna mean, that’s going to mean either improving or expanding
upon the county roads that we already have. Now, obviously we
have FDR that has got to be finished. I don’t dare go through
Charlotte Hall on a Saturday. We need to seriously take a look at.
We’ve got to be able to help them out. There’s so many things
that are on tap, but I think that obviously, especially along great
mills road, a bike lanes and bike lanes, wherever we can get to
make sure that we can start making these communities more
were either walkable or more accessible. And also obviously our
bus service I do think has to be expanded.
6. Absolutely. I’ve sat with the mayor of Leonardtown and with
their planners and I’ve gone over what they kind of envisioning
right now. They’re just hoping to be able to lower some kind of a
developer down there. I think it’s a great idea.
7. So obviously that plan needs to be updated. It’s very antiquated.
It having sat on the planning commission and having seen out-
side developers come to St Mary’s County and take advantage
over antiquated ordinances. We got to start putting the right
things in the right place for our citizens. If not, we’re going to be
walled off real quick and I don’t think anybody wants that. Then,
we can then look at those town centers like Mechanicsville, Char-
lotte Hall, again, Hollywood.
8. Absolutely not. So I was on the impact fee focus group and I tell
you we, we, we struggle with this, but we came up with a formu-
la so that formula is going to change year to year depending on
what goes in the capital improvement plan. I was on the impact
fee focus group, but I’d love to just get rid of the impact fee alto-
gether.
9. Education is a good thing. So I went to school on a tuition assis-
tance program. Those are all great programs because an educat-
ed society is a successful society. The rest of that Jealous’ plat-
form] is garbage.
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REPUBLICAN COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 3
1. I’m a United States Army veteran. I
enlisted in the army in 2000. I grew up
in, was raised on Long Island, New York
family is a long history in the New York
City Police Department. Had a lot of
public safety in my background and public service. Um,
after I got out of the military, I joined the law law enforce-
ment police department down here in, uh, in Maryland. I
ended up here and I moved to St Mary’s County, um, after
being at St Mary’s county for a while, I decided I wanted
to go back to college, so I did. And on my way back from
college is when I actually decided that I was going to run
for office four years ago.
2. Well, one would be, uh, making sure FDR boulevard gets
completed. That’s been lingering for too long, also ensur-
ing that the adult detention center project gets complet-
ed. and ensuring that we have a proper infrastructure for
our fire and ems to continue to grow as a volunteer agen-
cy would be my third one.
3. Absolutely. I have already requested staff to put together
a focus group to look at tax reform for St Mary’s county
as a whole. I want to Saint Mary’s County to be protected
and I believe that we can reform the tax structure that we
have in place now to make that happen.
4. Well, one, I, I agree with the lockbox of gambling revenue.
But what I would like to see is a more of that money get-
ting into the classroom is how I would like to see it. That
has a better impact on the students.
5. For us it’s going to be a transportation, right? Absolute-
ly. I think anybody that says anything, otherwise we’d be
remiss. We have Thomas Johnson Bridge Project that’s
been lingering and causes quite, quite the delay if any-
body’s ever sat in it. I think at the top of our list has to be
the animal shelter being the fact that the tri county animal
shelter has been dissolved But, not too far from the first
one is fixing our radio system for our first responders. The
third one is going to be alleviating congestion in the north
end of the county.
6. I support the town’s request. What I would like to see is
how we’re going to work in partnership, um, moving for-
ward with that request.
7. I’m a supporter of managed growth, proper managed
growth, rather than just a various developments popping
up throughout the county which caused a lot of infra-
structure needs. We need to finish the Lexington Park one
and hopefully now we can actually focus on a true plan in
the north with what is going on. And we have some com-
mercial centers that are being put up in traffic so it needs
to be done.
8. I support the findings of the focus group that was in place
based on the formula that they came up with to make
sure that our infrastructure is kept up with. It’s only going
to be raised to a roughly $6,300 over five years is from
$4,500. It’s phased in over five years.
9. Ben Jealous is bad from Maryland. I do not support any-
thing within his platform and that he is pushing on the
state of Maryland. It’s regressive and as far as the ability
to push back against that, if we were legally able to fight
back against his policies? I absolutely would.
Thursday, October 18, 2018 The County Times
ST. MARY’S COUNTY
SHERIFF QUESTIONS
QUESTION 1 First, tell us a little about yourself.
QUESTION 2 If elected, what will be your top three priorities
over the next year as Sheriff?
QUESTION 3 There is a proposed new Sheriff’s station
planned for Great Mills Road in Lexington Park. The
estimated cost of this project is $2.2 million, not including
additional funding needed to maintain and operate this
facility. Do you consider this a priority use of taxpayer funds
and will this provide a measurable level of safer streets and a
safer community than exists there today?
QUESTION 4 The county is planning over $25 million
in upgrades to the Adult Detention Center, not including
additional cost to operate the facility each year. Is this an
appropriate level of taxpayer funding at this time, and what
programs or policies can be put in place to help reduce this
cost to the taxpayers in the future?
QUESTION 5 There are some who claim the morale in the
Sheriff’s office is low and effecting the quality of service. Do
you believe this to be the case, if so what is the cause and
what can be done to improve the morale?
QUESTION 6 How should the use of manpower be
prioritized? Are there changes that should be made in the
current use of manpower that would better reflect current
conditions in our community such as school safety, opioids
proliferation, and a growing level of gun violence?
VOTE ROSE FREDERICK
for ST. MARY’S COUNTY
COMMISSIONER
Dear Friends & Neighbors,
I am writing you today to re-introduce myself. My name
is Rose Frederick and I am running for St. Mary’s County
Commissioner, District 2. First, I’d like to thank you for
voting for me in the Primary Election. I am humbled by
your support. Now I am asking you to vote for me again as
we work toward the General Election on November 6, 2018.
As your County Commissioner, I am focused on these
critical issues:
• Access for every child to a high quality education
• Fair pay for educators
• Support for our law enforcement officers who insure our
public safety
• Working with the County Health Officer to address the Opioid Epidemic and its
effects — Crime, Premature Death and Fetal Addiction
• Elimination of substandard housing for our elderly, special needs and homeless
neighbors
• Small Business initiatives to hire interns
• Summer Youth Employment Initiatives that will pay off in a broader job market
• Support for our Fire and Rescue and hundreds of other County Volunteers who
serve us all
• Improved Planning and Zoning Ordinances so that neighborhoods have
adequate sidewalks and shopping centers have adequate access before they
are built and open for business
“St. Mary’s County — A County That Cares”
Let’s all work together to keep it that way.
Endorsed by The Education Association St. Mary’s County (EASMC)
& The Sierra Club of Maryland
Website: voterosefrederick.com
Facebook: RoseforCommissioner
Twitter: FriendsofRose
Email: friendsofrosefrederick@gmail.com
By Authority of Rose Frederick for Commissioner 2018, Sharon Redmon, Treasurer
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QUESTION 7 Governor Candidate Ben Jealous has
proposed major changes to law enforcement in Maryland.
Included in these changes are the implementation of “Smart
on Crime” policies, and the release of approximately 30% of
the state’s inmate population. Do you support or oppose
these initiatives and why?
QUESTION 8 There are those who say the Maryland
Constitution never anticipated the Sheriff’s position would
have so much law enforcement power, and are concerned
that the sheriff has very little accountability other than
election every four years. Some believe a county police
agency would be a more functional law enforcement body
with a police chief accountable to the Board of County
Commissioners. How can the sheriff assure the citizens that
his actions and the actions of his department are open to
public scrutiny, assuring the Sheriff is accountable to the
citizens?
QUESTION 9 How should the use of manpower be
prioritized? Are there changes that should be made in the
current use of manpower that would better reflect current
conditions in our community such as school safety, opioids
proliferation and a growing level of gun violence?
QUESTION 10 There are those who claim that over the years
the St. Mary’s County Sheriff office has lacked diversity in its
upper ranks. Do you believe this to be the case today and
what efforts should be made to assure equal opportunity
within the Sheriff’s office?
STANDING STRONG FOR ST MARY’S COUNTY
A 20-year Air Force veteran and the only female veteran in
the Maryland General Assembly, Deb Rey is working with
Governor Hogan to deliver real results to St Mary’s families.
 Eliminated over $1.2 billion in taxes, tolls and fees
 Fought to eliminate automatic gas tax increases
 Ensured rural counties receive a greater share of road funding
 Secured $15 million to improve county schools & boost safety
 Championed tougher sentences for violent criminals
Endorsed By:
Governor Larry Hogan
Fraternal Order of Police
Maryland Farm Bureau
Maryland Realtors
Nat’l Federation of Independent Business
@RealDebRey DelegateDebRey
www.DebReyforDelegate.com
Auth: Deb Rey for Maryland, Mary E Coombs, Treasurer
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TED The CountyTIMOTHY
Times CAMERON
DEMOCRAT ST. MARY’S COUNTY SHERIFF
1. I was lucky enough to be hired in 1989 by
Sheriff Pettit and highlights of my 28 years
of service are our development and in par-
ticipating in the first community orientated
police program focused on Lexington Park.
Additionally, assuming command to the underwater search and
recovery team for many years as deputy first class, I was a mem-
ber of the first team to bring accreditation, which is the CALEA
Commission on accreditation for law enforcement agencies to
our sheriff’s office in 2007. Concurrently, I assumed command of
our traffic safety homicide team and maintained this and many
other collateral duties. I genuinely care about my community. I
care about the people that I serve. When I come to your door, I’m
there to serve and protect you to the best of my ability.
2. Number one, immediately fully staff the school resource officer
program, put an officer in every high school, put an officer in
every middle school. It’s difficult because of the low manpow-
er. Number two is to enhance the handful of narcotics officers
that we have. We have a small team of officers that are focused
on this opioid epidemic and we probably need to double their
expertise and their manpower. Number three, I want to focus on
traffic safety, it has always been a passion of mine.
3. Absolutely. I believe we are years past where that substation we
could call a district one substation, should’ve been in place. The
difference being we put in a substation in the South Hampton
community. It’s not staffed 24 hours a day. When you walk up
there and you push a button for the intercom, you’re speaking to
somebody in Leonardtown. When we talk about a true district
station, it’s a 24-hour operation with someone in the building
that can assist our community.
4. The adult detention center is simply a fact of life to harbor crimi-
nals and the facility [renovation] was first proposed in 2005. I do
believe it is necessary. Those inmates, they deserve protection
regardless if they’re a felon, misdemeanor or John Q. Public, they
deserve the same level of service that we provide to the public.
5. Without question, there is a true morale problem within the
agency. It’s a tough enough career without having an environ-
ment that is corrosive, that actively promotes a lack of trust.
I remember clearly having commanders humiliate employees
to the point of becoming emotional with nothing happening. I
remember commanders pulling people outside and saying, “I’m
going to be here for a long time. Determine whose team you’re
on.” We’re all servants.
6. The main focus is simply recruiting enough folks to build our
base of employees. Everything we see is a direct result of a lack
of manpower resources right now.
7. I feel that we should basically try to rehabilitate and put nonvio-
lent, non predatory members back out in the community.
8. I feel the sheriff’s position, as one who answers to the commu-
nity, is a better option than a police department that answers
to four or five politicians. I’ve known many police chiefs that
requirements were put on them that would not be put on the
public servant of the Sheriff’s Office.
9. Diversity is lacking in the individuals who respond to your home
and having cultural or ethnic understanding of what you are ex-
periencing. That’s where we’re lacking when you don’t have that
base of diversity, I don’t think there’s one Latino officer in law
enforcement in our community.
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REPUBLICAN ST. MARY’S COUNTY SHERIFF
1. I’m Tim Cameron. I’m the current sheriff of St
Mary’s County. I have been the sheriff since 2006.
Prior to that I was a member of the sheriff’s
Office for over 25 years and also served as the
county’s public safety director. I live in Morgan-
za with my wife and two sons. One of my sons
is in Salisbury and the other attends Chopticon High School. I was
born here in St Mary’s county. Grew up on my grandparents farm and
earned my bachelor’s degree from Johns Hopkins University and then
my master’s degree from Johns Hopkins, both in management. I’ve
also attended a number of specialty training courses and police and
emergency management and emergency services.
2. The only thing that could take the opiod epidemic off the front page
is school safety. So certainly those are two, school safety and then the
opioid epidemic. Growing the agency would be the third.
3. So what I would say is the community in Lexington Park wants it and
every opportunity they let me know they want it. Our patrol officers
would go in and out of places that are in the middle of the largest
demand that we have in Lexington Park. So you talk about the impact
of police presence, so they want that. That’s their demand and their
expectation is that we’re going to do it. Do I think it will contribute to
improving quality of life? Yes, I do.
4. I think it’s appropriate and necessary to upgrade the existing site. It
not only will allow us to humanely incarcerate inmates that are current-
ly there, but it also gives us an appropriate program space to allow us
to maximize our time, the short period of time typically that we have
with them on a number of issues and those issues being mental health,
addictions, parenting, life skills. So the idea is the more that you can do
with them, the more likely it is that they won’t come back.
5. I think the men and women of the Sheriff’s Office are highly regarded
by the public. In any major event, what has been seen as a beyond
adequate response is an exemplary response. As far as morale, morale
is always a work in progress. I think that right now the morale and the
environment of the sheriff’s office is better than it’s ever been since I
stepped foot in the place and I think one of the things we’ve seen is a
change in culture. When I went, it was a culture of the “public needs
us and we don’t need them.” The reality is now I have a culture that
understands, to be successful, we have to engage and work alongside
the community to have any success at all.
6. Could we utilize our manpower better than we are right now? I don’t
think so. As we take on more people we will expand some of the as-
signments. The perfect example, if you talk about complaints from the
public, the number one complaint I get is traffic. It’s not just Route 235
but it’s in communities because that adversely affects the quality of life
in that community. So I have a traffic safety unit.
7. I do not support the release of state inmates to come back to local ju-
risdictions and then prey upon the public and then we arrest them and
they’re back in our local facility.
8. My opinion is based on what I know my constituents, my home is
desirous of. So when you said there’s less accountability, I think there’s
more accountability with the sheriff’s office, because the people that I
work for can walk in my office any day of the week. There’s a standing
order with me that if a citizen comes to my lobby and wants to see me,
I see them. All of our command cell phone numbers are on the Internet
because the public pays for them. And they have the right to call us.
So I’m held accountable every day, not to mention we’re internationally
accredited agency through CALEA.
9. There is equal opportunity in the sheriff’s office. We ensure that. We’re
very cautious about bias-based policies to prohibit any biased polic-
ing in our selection, our employment, our promotion and so on. Is there
a lack of diversity in the sheriff’s office? I think there we are not reflec-
tive of the county. I think t African Americans are about 14 percent,
somewhere in there, maybe 14 to 17 percent. And I think the sheriff’s
office, specifically African Americans is about five to six percent if
I’m correct, but at the same time, the national average for women in
policing is like 12.7 percent, we’re almost 15 percent. So am I satisfied
with where we are? No. I want to be reflective of our community and
it makes it easier for our officers to be able to work in that community,
especially for someone to see someone that looks like them also helps
us in recruiting.
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CLERK OF CIRCUIT
COURT QUESTIONS
QUESTION 1 First, tell us a little about yourself.
QUESTION 2 Why are you running for this office?
QUESTION 3 If elected what are your top three priorities for
the office in the coming year?
QUESTION 4 What are the duties of the court clerk? Why is
it important to the average citizen?
FAYE WHEELER
DEMOCRAT CLERK OF CIRCUIT COURT
1. I’m Faye Wheeler. I’m a lifelong resident of
St. Mary’s county, born and raised in Avenue.
I’m now residing in Clements. I have been
with the Clerk’s Office for 25 years. I’m work-
ing towards my 26th year and I have worked
all divisions within the legal department. There are two supervi-
sors. I am one. I’m under the acting clerk. I started as a deputy
courtroom clerk under Evelyn Arnold and I was promoted to lead
judicial worker and then as acting supervisor under Joan Wil-
liams and then promoted to supervisor for the criminal juvenile
jury departments.
2. I deeply care about this county and the citizens of St. Mary’s
County. I know the importance of the clerk’s office. I believe all
citizens deserve our time and respect when they come in the
office because they’re there for very important reasons and
specific reasons and that’s what we’re there for, to assist them.
I have a lot of knowledge within the clerk’s office with different
positions in the court system itself and I’m ready to take the next
challenge of being the clerk.
3. The customers are important to me. I would like to actual-
ly receive an additional portal right now with the new e-filing
system. We only have one that is accessible to the public and
the attorneys when they come in. I want to get the credit card
acceptance for the fees to be paid. That’s the number one ques-
tion when people come in: “Why in the world do you not have a
credit card machine?
4. We maintain all of the court records within the clerk’s office. If
you go into land records or if you need a business license. If you
go to get married, you need a marriage license. If you want to
adopt a child, we have those records. So all records are main-
tained by the clerk’s office and those are very important docu-
ments and records that are held there that everyone on a daily
basis [might need.]
5. I would say at this point with the electronic filing system, I think
the personnel that we have is what we need. Hopefully, as time
goes on and we get more familiar with the filing system, maybe
we will not need any additional employees in the clerk’s office.
6. I’m needing more help for the pro se customers that come in, I
don’t believe that they have. There is an actual pro se attorney
that comes in and assist them with filling out paperwork. There
are a lot of people who are unable to process the paperwork,
unable to read. There’s just a lot more assistance for the general
public barrier.
7. The website. We can keep the judiciary website current and ac-
curate and continue to just update that on a monthly basis as to
what our office is doing. The public could ask a question to the
website and we could respond. But certainly that’s something
that we would have to set up and I would have to ask the state
because we are under the state’s control.
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QUESTION 5 Is there a need for additional staffing at the
clerk’s office or for equipment?
QUESTION 6 What are the greatest challenges facing the
office?
QUESTION 7 What can the clerk’s office do better to help
people navigate the court system?
DEBBIE MILLS BURCH
REPUBLICAN CLERK OF CIRCUIT COURT
1. My name is Debbie Burch. I’m originally
from Charles County. I am 51 years old,
married with three children and I cur-
rently reside in Mechanicsville where I
have been for 20 years.
2. I wanted to try something different. I wanted to test my-
self and I wanted to learn more, to be better at what I’m
doing and because I enjoy working for the clerk’s office.
3. Number one, I would like to continue to improve on the
quality of customer service that we have. The custom-
er service is great, but we can always improve, just little
things can help. I also want to assist the staff with making
sure that they provide the customers with assistance with
the programs that the courthouse does offer and making
sure that the community is aware of what the courthouse
offers. I’d like to bring us a little bit more updated with the
times and get the credit card type transactions because
at this point we’re only taking cash, check and money
orders.
4. Basically we are administrative, we perform civil ceremo-
nies, we also issue marriage licenses. We do the deeds
and also power of attorneys, if somebody wants to file
a power of attorney in the clerk’s office. We also are the
keepers of the record those being the civil criminal and
juvenile files.
5. We can always use the updated technology. Unfortunate-
ly we are at the mercy of the state. A year ago we went
to the electronic filing system which is M-DEC. That is
a great portion of the clerk’s office and making it a lot
easier and as always we are trying to make it more user
friendly.
6. I believe the greatest challenges would be not only the
customer service and making sure that we are providing
the utmost customer service, but making people aware of
what our office does, what we can and what we can’t pro-
vide. Unfortunately, we are unable to provide legal advice
when they come in.
7. Basically making sure that we get out to the public, all the
resources that are available to the public filing of cases,
the assistance from the attorneys, the free legal clinic
and so forth. Being able to provide them, again, excellent
customer service whenever they come in, whether it’s for
a business license or a marriage license or filing a deed to
getting information on filing an adoption case or a custo-
dy case or divorce case.
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COMMISSIONERS OF ST. MARY’S COUNTY
James R. Guy, President
ST. MARY’S COUNTY GOVERNMENT Michael L. Hewitt, Commissioner
DEPARTMENT OF Tom Jarboe, Commissioner
PUBLIC WORKS & TRANSPORTATION Todd B. Morgan, Commissioner
John Deatrick, P.E., AIPC & LEED BD+C John E. O’Connor, Commissioner
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Endorsing Brian Crosby
To the Editor
Like many others, I am fed up with the stagnation resulting
from extreme partisanship on the parts of voters and elected rep-
resentatives.  I am affiliated with a political party because I want
to vote in primaries;  however, I consider myself to be an uncom-
mitted voter in general elections.  I am neither red nor blue;  I
guess I am purple.  Selecting the best person for the job is more
important to me than adhering to a political party, and I vote ac-
cordingly.  Political tribalism is dangerous and detrimental to the
best interests of our county and our country.  It has paralyzed the
Federal government for many years, and threatens to do the same
here, in St. Mary’s County.
Governor Hogan has made conscious efforts to tamp down
partisanship in Annapolis.   Unfortunately, he gets little help
from Delegate Deb Rey.  In an email sent out this spring  “From
the Desk of Deb Rey”, she stated, “I will… vote against any legis-
lation Democrats propose to infringe our our [sic] constitutional
rights” and it appears that she construes any change that affects
guns to be an infringement.  She applies this broadly as she has
publicly stated...“if  we buy it for the military, we should be able
to own it ourselves.”  This would include such items as bump
stocks, assault weapons, and I guess, taken to extremes, grenade
launchers and tanks.  There appears to be no room for dialog with
her, and thus, no room for any rational change despite what a ma-
jority of the people might want.  Similarly, she is adamant that we
arm teachers and others in our public schools, despite vocal resis-
tance to that idea, and she gives no voice to enhancing the scarce
resources for mental health in the county that, if freely available,
might forestall another terrible occurrence as that experienced at
Great Mills High School.       District 1.
Early in Deb’s political career, it became clear to me that she
holds strongly to her personal beliefs.  I asked her what she would
do if her personal beliefs were in opposition to the beliefs and
desires of  her constituents.  She replied that she would hold firm
to her personal beliefs.  My personal belief is that I want to have
a delegate who represents the constituents, not him- or herself.  was to inform the St. Mary’s County Commis-
Deb feigns listening to her constituents, but clearly she is going to
do her own thing.  The recent fiasco regarding the library board is
one example.  Deb is openly a strong Christian conservative and
sided with those who share her beliefs.  Her thwarted attempt to
ramrod through a change in the library board procedures was an
embarrassment to the county.
We are lucky that we now have a candidate for District 29B
who will work to bring us together, not divide us.  That candi-
date is Brian Crosby whose goal is to serve this community in an
equal-handed fashion.  Brian will find solutions to problems by
working constructively in a bipartisan fashion.  With a business
degree, a law degree and membership in two state bars, as well
as direct military experience, Brian brings many   strengths to
his candidacy.  He is a former Army Ranger with three deploy-
ments to Afghanistan, thus a proven leader.  He is an experi-
enced manager as Brian currently directs a multi-million dollar
program for the Navy.  And, with the county’s close ties to PAX
River, Brian’s military experience enables a keen understanding
of the needs and requirements of the base and its relationship to
the economy of the county.  The combination of his training and
experience will serve us well in Annapolis.  Most importantly,
Brian wants to serve this community.  He believes it’s time to get
back to basics and he believes everyone should have a chance to
speak and everyone should be heard.   have to fear if their baby would be born with a
I hope the voters will put county over party and vote for Brian
Crosby—the right person for the job.  You can learn more about
Brian on the website www.bc4md.com.
Carolyn Siebert
Scotland
The County Times
‘Outrageous’ Extra Credits
To the Editor,
I was glad to see that the outrageous extra
credit requirement imposed by St. Mary’s Col-
lege Assistant Professor Amanda Deerfield on
her students for voting in our local elections was
rightfully cancelled as described in the article
“No More Extra Credit for Registering to Vote at
St. Mary’s College” on 11 October 2018.  our institutions of higher learning deserve noth-
Considering the sheer outrageousness and
contemptibility of her actions, I think it would
be appropriate for Dr.  Deerfield to provide a
follow-up lecture to her students on why her pro-
Vote Against Question 2
Dear Editor,
Beginning with early voting on October 25th,
Marylanders will vote on their choice of candi-
dates for all elected offices in Maryland. They
will also vote on two Ballot Questions on amend-
ments to the Maryland Constitution. I urge all
voters to VOTE AGAINST Ballot Question 2:
“Constitutional Amendment for Same-Day Reg-
istration and Voting at the Precinct Polling Place
on Election Day.”
This amendment will allow individuals to
both register and vote a regular ballot that will
be counted on General Election Day without
showing proof of citizenship such as a birth cer-
tificate, US passport or naturalization papers;
and without a Maryland driver’s license or MVA
Identification card. They need only to show a
utility bill with their name and an in-state mail-
ing address and they and anyone with them that
Endorsing Eric Colvin
To the Editor:
My name is Sherri St. Clair and I am writing to
endorse Eric Colvin for County Commissioner,
I have known Eric since 2013 where we served
together on the Commission for Persons with
Disabilities. Eric was voted chairperson for this
commission and I served as his vice chair, work-
ing with Eric was always a pleasure. Our mission
sioners of the needs and concerns of our disabled
community. We worked along with representa-
tives from The Health Department, Pathways,
STS Transportation, Social Services, SMCP
Schools, Southern Maryland Center for Indepen-
dent Living, Department of Aging, Recreation
and Parks, and NAVAIR. Eric’s Annual Report
Returning America to the Way It Was
To the Editor:
I am responding to Mr. Joe Wible’s letter of Oc-
tober 11, 2018, “Why Are They Democrats?”  I
am a Democrat because I want to return America
to when it was truly great: a time when we can ac-
tually believe what our president has said, a time
when we always side with our intelligence com-
munity over an adversary nation, a time when we
did not separate parents from their children then
deport the parents with no questions asked and
put their kids in metal cages.
I want to return to a time when parents didn’t
heart condition that their health-care provider
would consider a pre-existing condition they do
not insure, a time when we didn’t worry if our
air or water was safe to breathe and drink, a time
when we knew without a doubt that when we
Thursday, October 18, 2018
posal to punish students who chose not to vote
in her preferred district was foolish and wrong.  
Furthermore she should discuss why trusted
educators must rise above partisan politics and
never use a position of authority in an attempt to
influence an election.
The students (and aspiring voters) attending
ing less.  
Andrea Swierczek
Lexington Park, MD 20653
they say is a member of their family can register
and vote as well.
When one both registers and votes on the same
day there is no time for verification. Once the
ballot has been fed into the collator at the polling
place it cannot be retrieved. Every time a person
fraudulently cast a vote it disenfranchises an eli-
gible voter by crossing out their vote. Maryland’s
Board of Elections relies totally on the “honor
system” and does not require proof of citizenship
to register to vote. It rarely prosecutes anyone
for violations. Maryland citizens deserved more
respect and protection for their vote than this
amendment provides.
Please vote Against Question 2.
Sincerely,
Cynthia L. Jones
Valley Lee, MD
was always thorough and presented in a timely
manner.
In the nearly six years that we have worked
together I have seen Eric work with a variety of
organizations concerning many different issues
and agencies.
Eric was born, raised and educated in St.
Mary’s County, he has a sincere love for his coun-
ty and community.
I am looking forward to voting for my friend
and fellow commission member. I hope you will
cast your vote for Eric Colvin as well. I know he
will serve you well.
 
Sherri St. Clair
Avenue, Md.
called on our allies, they would back us up uncon-
ditionally, a time when the world would hang on
our president’s every word when he spoke in front
of the United Nations rather than laugh at him, a
time when a woman claiming to have been sexu-
ally assaulted would be heard, given the respect
she deserves and an investigation into her allega-
tions allowing the facts to come out regardless of
who was involved.  
I have many reasons to be a Democrat and my
mission is simple: I want to help return our coun-
try to a time when we treated each over with re-
spect, a time when America was truly great.
BC Guzman
Great Mills, MD
Thursday, October 18, 2018
Endorsing Brian Crosby
Dear Editor,
I became acquainted with Brian
Crosby this past year because of his
many efforts to get to know those of us
who call St. Mary’s County home. As a
candidate for Maryland State House of
Delegates, district 29B, he has listened
to us and has developed a solid plan to
address our concerns. Brian’s focus is
on improved infrastructure, economic
diversity, the environment and our need
for a community youth center. As a lo-
cal business owner, I couldn’t be hap-
pier to support such a strong candi-
date. The eldest of five siblings, raised
in a Roman Catholic home, Brian will
bring strong values and integrity to An-
napolis. Brian served as Army Ranger
and Maryland National Guard Captain.
Brewer Was Truthful
To the Editor
Reference is made to the October
11 story on Thomas Brewer (Sen-
ate candidate clears-up education
“endorsement.”)
Let’s assume for a moment that Mr.
Brewer is being truthful when he states
he ‘mistook’ a communication from the
Maryland State Education Association
as an endorsement of his candidacy.
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He was in the 173rd Airborne Brigade
and then with the elite strike force, the
3rd Ranger Battalion, where he was a
sniper platoon leader and targeting of-
fice. Three deployments to Afghanistan
as a Ranger, Crosby earned a Bronze
Star, two Army Commendation Med-
als, two Army Achievement Medals, the
Expert Infantry Badge, and earned his
Ranger Tab. Currently, Brian volunteers
his time with St. Mary’s County youth
and veterans’ organizations. He is also
a member of VFW Chapter 2632 and
American Legion Post 255. Please con-
sider casting your vote this November
for Brian Crosby.
Susan Paul
If Mr. Brewer can’t read and interpret
a simple letter, perhaps it is premature
for him to be involved in drafting legis-
lation in the Maryland Senate that will
potentially affect the quality-of-life for
his fellow citizens for decades to come.
Edward C. Davenport
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St. Mary’s College of Maryland vocal
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concert in the Brick Chapel of 1667 at
Historic St. Mary’s City on Saturday,
October 27 at 3 p.m.  Admission is free
and open to the public.
 The PING vocal ensemble perfor-
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4990 or Info@HSMCdigsHistory.org.
Historic St. Mary’s City is a museum
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Press Release from HSMC.
Thursday, October 18, 2018
“Cupcake?, Cake? Wine???”
Is anyone else out there experiencing chills from the temperatures abrupt-
I am. At my particular stage of life, most everybody who knows me knows
that I am always hot and in steam bath mode, but the last week I have been
throwing on the socks, sweatpants, and covering up in my big, soft, purple
Linus blanket. In fact, I am thinking of heading back to Dollar General to
get a few more of those blankets. Mindy stole the original cream one a long
time ago. I want one for the living room couch too. Maybe two since it is an
L-shaped sectional. My husband needs his own – I’m not sharing.
Last week was my 10-year anniversary writing for the County Times
– of course it was a crazy, upside down week where I didn’t even write a col-
umn - I could not focus on even remembering my own name - I have a very
ill brother that I cooked a bunch of our old family comfort food recipes for
one day and then transported to Virginia the next day – my column was the
furthest thing from my mind). Soooo, for my ten-year column anniversary, I
was looking for a cupcake or big cake actually to be delivered with balloons
and flowers, after all, McKay’s does have bakeries in their grocery stores,
AND McKay’s bakery cakes (especially the half vanilla, half chocolate cake
with that buttercream icing and decorated with yellow roses) are the best –
just ask my sons, who have had one for every birthday since birth. If you
could make pies for birthdays I would have been fine, but not cakes. Well,
anyway, no cake, candles, or balloons have arrived for me yet. I guess I must
have to reach the 20-year anniversary for my treat; I might be off cholesterol
medicine by then too and can eat a treat.
Normally, if my husband and I are out and enjoying maybe a glass of
wine with dinner, okay, okay, maybe two or so for me, and we see Tommy
McKay out as well, I sometimes do yell out to him that I’d love a raise. So far,
that hasn’t worked either. But, you know what, I am happy to work for food.
I framed many a picture in my frame shop in trade for lunches of crab cakes,
wine, or drive-by McDonald’s breakfast drop-offs. In reality, I am still will-
ing to frame pictures or paint pictures for food and wine.
It has been a great ten years writing my column for The County Times,
and if Tommy still allows it, and hopefully doesn’t read this column, I will
continue to write for as long as my one brain cell will allow. It’s a good thing
that I only write once a week, because my husband and I always say that
we share that one brain cell between us. I have enjoyed wandering around
through St. Mary’s County, Southern Maryland, and my mind. Not sure,
how you all feel about that last one. I even bought a locally made bracelet
at work yesterday at Keepin’ It Local as my own treat with the quote from
J.R.R. Tolkien: “Not all those who wander are lost.” Stop by and see me and
say hi on Saturday at The Hughesville Village Market, across from the Su-
noco if you are the one out wandering. We have two days of great fall festival
fun this weekend.
I treasure meeting readers who introduce themselves and in turn become
my friends for life. Your e-mails, letters, and calls mean so much to me. I
still keep one voicemail from a dear reader from February 2012. If I ever feel
down or worthless speck of dust bunny leavings in the universe I can listen
to that message and feel buoyed up again. You all know my life, pretty much
every bit of it from how bad a teenager I was to my current, procrastinating,
heavily flawed, a bit manic, a bit lethargic, middle-aged, hot, irritated self…
and I thank you for letting me be a part of your life. It doesn’t seem like 10
years writing, but in friendship years it is ageless and priceless. Thank you.
And Tommy, cakes can be
delivered to:……..
To each new, 10 year’s
adventure, Shelby
Please send your com-
ments or ideas to: www.
shelbyswanderings@ya-
hoo.com or find me on
Facebook.
Thursday, October 18, 2018 The County Times 39

Judge Benjamin Harris

Camalier, Pt. II.
By Linda Reno
Contributing Wruter
`John Alexander Camalier defended Congressman
Benjamin Gwinn Harris of Ellenborough (Ellenbor-
ough farm is located a short distance from the town
limits of Leonardtown). Harris, noted for his outspo-
ken support of the Confederacy, had been censured
by the Congress because of his views, and proclaimed
the censure his “badge of honor.” At the close of the
War Harris was arrested and charged with giving aid
and comfort to the enemy. He had provided a meal to
two Confederate soldiers recently released from Point
Lookout Prison who were making their way home.
Camalier appealed directly to President Johnson who
ordered his release. (From Al Gough, 2/2000).
Children of Judge Benjamin Harris Camalier
1. BENJAMIN HARRIS CAMALIER was born 16
Sep 1849 in St. Mary’s Co., MD, and died 1936 in St.
Mary’s Co., MD. He married (1) MARY C. “MOLLY”
ABELL 16 May 1876 in RCC, Baltimore, MD, daugh-
ter of JAMES ABELL and MARIA NUTHALL. She
was born 1854 in St. Mary’s Co., MD, and died 29 Nov
1886 in Leonardtown, St. Mary’s Co., MD. He mar-
ried (2) ELLEN REBECCA “NELLIE” HAYDEN 11
Sep 1889 in Washington, D.C., daughter of WILLIAM
HAYDEN and SARAH WILKINSON. She was born
Jul 1857 in St. Mary’s Co., MD, and died Sep 1943 in
St. Mary’s Co., MD.
Children of BENJAMIN CAMALIER and MARY
ABELL are:
i. FRANKLIN A. CAMALIER, b. 19
May 1878, St. Mary’s Co., MD; d. 17 Mar 1879.
ii. MARY LUCILLE CAMALIER, b.
Dec 1879, St. Mary’s Co., MD; d. 24 Dec 1927 who
m. BENJAMIN COMBS, 30 May 1906, St. Aloysius
RCC, Leonardtown.
iii. SUSAN BROOME CAMALIER, b.
29 Jun 1881; d. 04 Nov 1885.
iv. FRANKLIN A. “FRANK” CAMA-
LIER, b. 15 Aug 1881, St. Mary’s Co., MD; d. 08 Nov
1953, who m. ELLEN FORD COMBS, 05 Nov 1913.
v. RUTH ELIZABETH CAMALIER,
b. 06 Oct 1885; d. 06 Jan 1964 who m. LYNWOOD
JOSEPH STERLING, 06 Nov 1907.
Children of BENJAMIN CAMALIER and ELLEN
HAYDEN are:
vi. ELLEN MADELINE4 CAMA-
LIER, b. Sep 1890 and d. Sep 1951 who m. JAMES
FRANKLIN F. “FRANK” GUY, 03 Dec 1933.
vii. ELEANOR CAMALIER, b. Jan
1893 and died 1984, Baltimore, MD who m. THOMAS
GAFFNEY, Bef. 1915.
viii. BENJAMIN HARRIS “BEN” CA-
MALIER, JR., b. Oct 1891 and d. 1969.
ix. MARY REBECCA CAMALIER, b.
May 1894 and d. 03 Jul 1894.
x. CHARLES HENRY CAMA-
LIER, b. Apr 1895 and d. 1948 who m. Olivia Sewall
Somervell “Olive” Dent aft. 1915.
xi. SARAH ANNIETA CAMALIER,
b. May 1898 and d. 1975, St. Mary’s Co., MD who;
m. (1) JOSEPH HARRY NORRIS, Bef. 1921 and (2)
MAURICE TYLER THRIFT, aft. 1923.
xii. SALLY RAY CAMALIER, b. 05
Nov 1919 who d. bef. 1920.
The paternal grandparents of Judge Camalier were
Vincent Camalier, born 1795 in Washington, D.C. and
his wife, Catherine Kail who were married December
19, 1820. Catherine died September 9, 1830. On Sep-
tember 14, 1832 “Vincent Camalier, insolvent debtor,
applied to be discharged from imprisonment.” Shortly
thereafter, Vincent moved his family to St. Mary’s
County where he died January 16, 1862.

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 40 Sports
Women’s Soccer Honored for
Academic Excellence
The St. Mary’s College of Maryland women’s
soccer team picked up recognition from the
United Soccer Coaches (USC) Thursday morn-
ing for their academic excellence during the
2017-18 academic year, receiving the USC Col-
lege Team Academic Award.
A total of 773 collegiate soccer teams (289
men, 484 women) posted a team grade point av-
erage of 3.0 or higher for the entire academic
year. The team GPA is determined by adding
every player’s GPA, then dividing by the num-
ber of players.
St. Mary’s is earning its 12th team academic
award in a row (16th overall) and the fourth un-
der fifth-year head coach Peter Krech ‘09. The
Seahawks tallied a team grade point average of
3.39 during the 2017-18 academic year, notching
a 3.435 GPA in the fall and a 3.359 GPA during
the spring semester.
Balogun Grabs St. Mary’s Athlete of
the Month Award Junior Khalid
Balogun (Bow-
ie, Md./Bowie)
picked as the St.
Mary’s College of
Maryland Athlete
of the Month for
September. Balo-
gun is earning the
first Athlete of the
Month award for
the 2018-19 athletic
campaign. This is
Junior Khalid Balogun
also his first ca-
reer Athlete of the
Month honor.
The Department of Athletics & Recreation
executive team selects the Athlete of the Month
awardee each month.
The 6-4 forward guided the Seahawk men’s
soccer team to a 7-1-2 (1-0-0 CAC) record
during September, helping St. Mary’s earn a
regional ranking for three straight weeks be-
tween September 18 and October 8. He paced
the squad with seven goals and 18 points while
ranking second with four assists. Balogun tal-
lied at least one point in six games.
He notched a career-best five points (2 goals, 1
assist) in a 5-0 rout of Randolph-Macon College
on September 12 before dishing out a career-
high two assists in a 6-0 blanking of DeSales
The County Times
The Seahawks were one of six Capital Ath-
letic Conference programs to be honored as
Christopher Newport University (3.29 GPA),
Frostburg State University (3.48), Penn State
Harrisburg (3.20), Salisbury University (3.26),
and York College of Pennsylvania (3.37) made
the cut as well.
About the USC: Founded in 1941 and based
in Kansas City, Mo., the United Soccer Coaches
has grown into the world’s largest soccer coach-
es’ organization that serves members at every
level of the game.
United Soccer Coaches works every day to
inspire coaches and ignite their passion for the
game so they pass it on to players and others in
the soccer community.
For more information about the United Soc-
cer Coaches, visit unitedsoccercoaches.org.  much like he did when he
By Nairem Moran · nmoran@smcm.edu for SMCM.
University on September 22. Balogun’s second
multiple-goal performance of the month hap-
pened on September 8 as he scored twice in a
3-2 victory over Virginia Wesleyan University.
At the time of his nomination, Balogun led
the Capital Athletic Conference in points with
23 while ranking second with nine goals and
third with five assists. He currently leads the
conference in both points (27) and goals (11)
while being tied for third with five assists.
The Seahawks (9-2-3, 2-1-1 CAC) will be in
action this Wednesday, October 17, hosting re-
gionally-ranked York College of Pennsylvania
(9-3-2, 2-0-2 CAC) in Seahawk Stadium at 3:30
p.m. for their Breast Cancer Awareness game.
September Athlete of the Month Honor Roll
Sailing: Leo Boucher, Fy., Skipper, West Riv-
er, Md./South River
Women’s Cross Country: Kara Taylor, So.,
Ellicott City, Md./Centennial
Volleyball: Mia Griffiths, Sr., S, La Plata,
Md./La Plata
Women’s Soccer: Alex Moody, So., F, Box-
ford, Mass./Masconomet Regional
Field Hockey: Mollie Belson, Sr., M/F, Co-
lumbia, Md./Atholton
2018-19 Athletes of the Month
September – Khalid Balogun, Men’s Soccer,
Jr., F, Bowie, Md./Bowie
By Nairem Moran · nmoran@smcm.edu for
SMCM.
Thursday, October 18, 2018
New CSM Women’s
Lacrosse Coach Introduced
Patrick Goggins, of Ar-
lington, Virginia, returns
to the College of Southern
Maryland (CSM) this fall
turning in his assistant coach
title for that of head coach for
CSM’s Women’s Lacrosse
team. He said one of his top
priorities to ready the Hawks
for their spring season will
be to stay focused on the ba-
sics of the sport.
“In order to build a founda-
tion, one needs to start from
the ground level and move
up,” he said, which mirrors
started playing the sport in Coach Patrick Goggins
fourth grade. Born and raised in Wilmington, Delaware, Goggins
said his love for the sport began when he started playing club lacrosse
in elementary school and it grew stronger when he played at the var-
sity level for four years at Wilmington Friends School.
“I love lacrosse, and I do this (coaching) for the love of the game,”
he said. “It starts with having fun. If you’re not having fun, you
shouldn’t be out there playing the sport.”
He said he kept the sport in his life while serving in the U.S. Air
Force, even taking along a lacrosse stick and ball during his tour in
Iraq. After he left the military, Goggins said his passion for com-
munity college lacrosse came naturally as a student enrolled at Anne
Arundel Community College where he played on its lacrosse team
for two seasons.
“Community college is a good mix of skill,” he said. “You have a
mix of players who have never played lacrosse before and kids who
can play at the Division I level.”
Goggins earned his associate degree in chemistry and transferred
to the University of Maryland, playing club lacrosse for two more
years while earning his bachelor’s degree in physics. When he found
out about the opportunity to become an assistant coach at CSM, it
was one he couldn’t resist.
“This is a great opportunity to coach at a high level and I enjoy
coaching,” he said. “I love seeing a team develop over a season. I love
seeing them improve, seeing their career at other schools. It doesn’t
matter if it’s a long-pole, short-stick, woman’s stick – I love being on
the field and teaching people lacrosse.”
The women Hawks had a rough season last year, and Goggins said
he has a few goals for the program going forward.
“I want to build a stronger lacrosse program throughout the re-
gion,” said Goggins. “There is so much talent in Southern Maryland.
There are a lot of great players who want to play, and I want (CSM) to
be a place where players want to play.”
He said he also plans to build a stronger culture of learning on the
field. Goggins agreed that lacrosse is fun but also requires a lot of
dedication and work. “You get what you put in, and I want these ath-
letes to understand that is also how life is. There’s a lot you can learn
from lacrosse that you can apply to life.”
“I may have five or six girls who have never played lacrosse be-
fore,” Goggins continued. “I’m going to teach them the basics while
teaching the other women who have played before more advanced
skills. I am not as worried about winning as I am about developing
the team and gaining interest. As interest grows, winning will come
along.”
Sticking with the basics and playing hard are Goggins’ repeated
themes.
“I believe you need to start at the basics – as in the simplest thing
possible,” he said. “The simplest thing in lacrosse is running, so you
build that up with conditioning. Then you go to catching, then throw-
ing and then fielding ground balls. You have to build your team like
it’s a pyramid.”
“What I ask from [my players] is their effort,” he added. “If they
give me effort, I will take care of the rest. If someone is trying their
best and they are performing poorly, that’s on me (as the coach). If
someone is not playing well and not performing at their best, then
it’s on them. But the most important thing here is to stay positive and
recognize when players are doing something right.”
Press Release from CSM.
Thursday, October 18, 2018
Hollidge Scores RUSH Crate
Win in Potomac Season Finale
Quade, Latham and Pilkerton Take Coveted Wins
Dale Hollidge became the 7th differ-
ent winner of the season with his first
career RUSH Crate Late Model win last
Saturday at Potomac Speedway dur-
ing the tracks season ending Southern
Maryland Nationals. The win for Hol-
lidge, worth $1000, came aboard his fa-
miliar Greg Gunter owned Rocket no.0.
Jamie Sutphin shot from the pole and
would lead the first 8-laps before 3rd
starting Dale Hollidge swept by Sutphin
on the outside on the 9th circuit to take
command. From that point forward, it
would be a race for second, as Hollidge
would take the win by a wide margin
over Darren Alvey. “This is a tough
class with a lot of good cars.”Hollidge
stated post race. “I followed Jamie there
for a few laps and knew my only chance
to get him was to use the high side and it
worked in our favor tonight.”  Ben Bow-
ie, 2018 track champion Chuck Bowie
and Matt Quade completed the top-five.  “I want to thank everyone on this team
In the 30-lap “Kevin Cooke Memo-
rial” Limited Late Model event found
Derick Quade taking the lead on the
first lap and would drive off uncontested
to score his 2nd win of the season and
career 13th steering his Black Diamond
no.74. “We’ve worked with this car all
season and it was just about perfect
tonight.” Said Quade. “I just want to
thank everyone who helps us, this is a
big win for our team.” Kurt Zimmerman
took second with Kerry King, Brandon
Long and Billy Tucker rounding out the
top-five.  “Tippy”Martinez split the two Delmar-
Jeremy Pilkerton drove to his 8th win
of the season in the 30-lap “Josh Gass
RUSH Crate Late Model feature finish
1. Dale Hollidge 2. Darren Alvey 3. Ben Bowie
4. Chuck Bowie 5. Matt Quade 6. Mike Franklin
7. Brad Rigdon 8. Timmy Booth 9.Tanner Kerr
10.Megan Mann 11. Darin Henderson 12. Bryan
Smith 13. Brandon Sturgis 14. Chad Lacey 15.
Mike Raleigh 16. Jeff Pilkerton 17.Jamie Sutphin
18. Harry Shipe III 19. Austin Bussler
Limited Late Model feature finish
1. Derick Quade 2. Kurt Zimmerman 3. Kerry
King 4. Brandon Long 5. Billy Tucker 6. Richard
Culver 7. Sam Bryant 8. Josh Williams 9. Jonny
Oliver 10. Bruce Kane
Street Stock feature finish
1. Jeremy Pilkerton 2. Craig Parrill 3. Kyle
Nelson 4. Sam Archer 5. Mike Raleigh 6. Marty
Hanbury 7. Paul Jones 8. Earl Brooks Jr 9. Buddy
Dunagan 10. Deuce Wright 11. John Ballou 12.
Craig Tankersly 13. Gary Calimer Jr. 14. Ed Pope
Jr, 15. Zach Myers
Hobby Stock feature finish
1. Mikey Latham 2. Dave Adams 3. Hilton Pic-
keral 4. Ray Bucci 5. Colin Long 6. Kyle Nelson 7.
Billy Crouse 8.Michael Demers 9. Brent Bordeaux
10.Greg Morgan 11. Kyle Randall 12. John Sell-
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Memorial” Street Stock contest. Pilk-
erton would lead green to checker, but
would have to fend off a pesky Craig
Parrill who chased Pilkerton for the du-
ration to collect his 12th career class fea-
ture win. “Craig made me work for that
one.” Pilkerton stated. “This has been a
dream season and its an incredible feel-
ing to win the nationals.” Kyle Nelson,
Sam Archer and Mike Raleigh trailed at
the finish.
Recently crowned track champion
Mikey Latham capped his champion-
ship campaign with his 5th win of the
season in the 25-lap “Jim Gardner
Sr Memorial” Hobby Stock feature.
Latham took the lead on the first lap
and would lead the distance in scoring
his 7th career division win. “To win the
championship and the nationals in the
same season is an absolutely incredible
feeling.” Latham stated in victory lane.
and especially my dad for a great car all
season.” Dave Adams, Hilton Pickeral,
Ray Bucci and Colin Long would fill the
front five.  imagine that his free-thinking political supporters, in their heart of hearts,
Friday’s Strictly stock feature went
to 2018 champion John Hardesty for
his 4th win of the season with Nabil
Guffey grabbing his 3rd win during
Saturday’s action. Larry Lamb drove to
his 5th win of the season in Friday’s U-
Car main with Billy Smith scoring his
first career Potomac feature win in Sat-
urday’s event. Matt Worley and Chris
va Charger features.
Result s
ner 13. Stevie Gingery 14. Josh Wathen 15. Trent
Clemens 16. Matt Randall 17. Joe Lehnen  18. Joe
Fancher 19. Tommy Randall 20. Jonathan Burnette
21. John Burch 22. Chris Cooke
Strictly Stocks (Friday)
1. John Hardesty 2. Nabil Guffey 3. Scott Shel-
ton 4. Jeff Block 5. Johnny Hardesty 6. Ed Pope Sr.
Strictly Stocks (Saturday)
1. Nabil Guffey 2. John Hardesty 3. Johnny
Hardesty 4. Jimmy Suite 5.KC Sheckells 6. Ed
Pope Sr 7. Scott Shelton 8. Josh Martenson
U-Car (Friday)
1. Larry Lamb 2. Billy Smith 3. Jason Wilkins
4. Tim Steele 5. Ryan Quade 6. Dominic King 7.
Stephen Suite 8. Joey Suite 9. Logan Alderman 10.
Alan Dice (Matt Worley Delmarva Charger)
U-Car Saturday
1. Billy Smith 2. Alan Dice 3. Ryan Quade 4.
Dustin Arnold 5. Joey Suite 6. Logan Alderman
7. Tim Steele 8. Stephen Suite 9. Larry Lamb 10.
Tim Steele  (Chris “Tippy”Martinez Delmarva
Charger)
By Doug Watson for Potomac Speedway..
Sports 41
Coexistence
She exited a fast-food restaurant loaded with rations. One hand held a
large bag of food; the other clutched a drink carrier bowing precariously
under the weight of several 32oz beverages. As she shuffled across the
parking lot, disaster seemed likely.
But she made it to her car – mostly.
Halfway through the journey, a straw was blown to the ground. She
wisely abandoned the accessory, focusing instead on safely delivering the
primary cargo to her car. Best case, it could be retrieved. Worst case,
she’d return to the restaurant for a replacement.
Neither was necessary. As she got to her car and turned to check on
the straw, a man brought it to her. He saw the errant straw, stopped his
vehicle, fetched it from the parking lot and walked it over to the grateful
woman.
It was a small thing. A simple act of kindness. In context, it was a
powerful moment.
There has been much of late, in the world of sports and otherwise, to
challenge even the most stubborn optimist’s faith in humanity and belief
that the world’s good outweighs its bad.
Catholics, in the wake of the unconscionable and disgusting sexual
abuse scandals, are left wondering how this church could preach its moral
code – and burden the non-compliant with heavy consciences - while so
many of its clergy preyed on children and its leaders protected the preda-
tors. Was Catholicism a ruse? Did all those financial contributions at
mass do good or support the legal defense fund of pedophiles and a cor-
rupt institution?
The presidency, often a source of wisdom and calming perspective, has
of late created consistent national inflammation. President Trump’s ex-
pressed opinions on immigrants, minorities, Muslims, women and a free
press, in addition to a long list of personal indiscretions and curious in-
ternational interactions, have deeply disturbed critics. But it is hard to
aren’t troubled by the rhetoric and influence on the country, one founded
on the ideas of freedom and equality and heavily influenced by Christian
ideals.
Sports and politics have recently intersected on the issues of sexual
assault and domestic violence. Steelers fans cheer Ben Roethlisberger.
Yankees fans cheer Aroldis Chapman. Some Americans are cheering the
confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. Ohio State Uni-
versity has moved on with Urban Meyer as the face of the institution.
Whatever your opinion on each issue, the collective message is unaccept-
able. Women deserve better.
The Milwaukee Brewers’ won the first game of the ALCS last week.
During the post-game interviews with Ryan Braun and Josh Hader, the
elephants in the room were unmistakable. Braun parlayed PED use into a
massive contract from the Brewers. He vehemently denied the allegations
in 2012; a year later he issued a disingenuous “okay, you got me” apology.
Hader, an ace reliever, once sent racist and homophobic tweets that were
discovered earlier this year. He’s sorry too, of course (at least for getting
caught). But the cheating, lying and hate fades to the background in the
glow of sweet victory! Go Brewers!
So what about all of that? A powerful theme throughout Harper Lee’s
classic “To Kill a Mockingbird” is the coexistence of good and evil (and
the eternal struggle it begets). Both are apparent, too, in our games, our
government, our institutions – in all facets of life. It’s a sobering thought.
But all isn’t hopeless – it can’t be. Our games – sports - make tremendous
contributions to society and our government, despite its flaws, remains
one of humanities best ideas. As for religion, individual faith in some-
thing greater than “this” is at the core of just about all of them; that’s
powerful when “this” is so corrupt.
We are, as a nation, a people…a species…a work in progress. To grow
into something greater, we share a responsibility to keep this whole thing
tilted in the right direction, at least in the aggregate if not in every in-
stance. This demands that every person condemn evil and spread good
wherever possible, even if it’s doing something as simple as stopping to
retrieve a stranger’s lost straw.
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In Remembrance
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
guyleonard@countytimes.net after noon on Mondays may run in the following week’s edition.
Minnie Elizabeth McGinnis McGinnis (Dawn). 27 grandchildren, Jack served as a technical sergeant
46 great-grandchildren, 3 great-great- in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1948
Necessary grandchildren and sister-in-law Peggy to 1952, with service in Korea, and
Myers. She is preceded in death by her received the Purple Heart. He then
Minnie Eliz- daughter Barbara McGinnis and her sib- worked as an aviation mechanic at An-
abeth McGin- lings; Ernest Leo (Buddy) Myers and drews Air Force Base.
nis Necessary, Frances Ann Lamb (Bobby). Jack is survived by his wife, Beverly
“Minnie” 86, Minnie loved her family first, then Wood; his sons, John (Ann) of Waldorf,
of Leonard- gardening, fishing and hunting. In her MD; Jim (Laurie) of Stafford, VA; and
town, MD for- later life her favorite sport was watching Jeff Wood (Diane) of Mechanicsville,
merly of Me- golf with Frank!. MD; his sisters, Maxine McKillip of
cha n icsv il le, Contributions may be made to St. Dewitt, IA, and Freda Kammermeyer
MD (Oakville) Mary’s Nursing Center 21585 Peabody of Rock Rapids, IA; and five grandchil-
passed away Street Leonardtown, MD 20650. dren: Ron Wood, Kyle (Danielle), Kath-
on October Arrangements provided by Matting- leen (Curtis), Tyler (Hannah), and Joel.
12, 2018 in ley-Gardiner Funeral Home, P.A. Leon- The family will receive friends for
Leonardtown, ardtown, MD 20650. Jack’s Visitation on Thursday, October
MD. Born on 18th, from 9 AM-10 AM, with a Funeral
January 9, 1932 in Aylor, VA, she was John Delbert Wood Service at 10 AM, at Brinsfield Funeral
the daughter of the late Addie V. Aylor Home, 30195 Three Notch Road, Char-
Myers and Leo Raymond Myers. Min- John Delbert lotte Hall, MD 20622. Interment will
nie was the loving wife of the late Jack “Jack” Wood, follow at Quantico National Cemetery,
Buren McGinnis whom she married on 89, of Mechan- 18424 Joplin Road, Triangle, VA 22172.
February 9, 1950 and who preceded her icsville, MD Condolences to the family may be
in death on December 22, 1974. She was passed away on made at www.brinsfieldfuneral.com.
also the loving wife of her second hus- Monday, Oc- Arrangements by Brinsfield Funeral
band, the late Frank Marion Necessary tober 8, 2018 Home, P.A., Charlotte Hall, MD 20622.
whom she married on May 3, 2008 in at Charlotte
California, MD and who preceded her Hall Veterans Margaret Mary Huffman
in death on December 15, 2011. Minnie Home.
is survived by her children; Jackie Mc- Jack was Margaret
Ginnis, Sherry Turner, Marilyn Brown born on Sep- Mary Huffman,
(Jim), Debbie Abell (John), Katy Mc- tember 20, 90, of Dameron,
Ginnis, Jerry McGinnis (Tammy), Car- 1929 to the late James B. Wood and MD (previously
olyn Mattingly-Moore (Tim) and David Marjorie Hamilton Wood, in Fort from Lando-
Dodge, Iowa. ver Hills, MD)
passed away
peacefully on
Tuesday, Octo-
ber 9, 2018 at
home surround-
ed by her loving
family.
She was born March 14, 1928 in
Greenville, NC to the late Bernard J.
Sweeney and Mary Elizabeth Lynch.
She was the beloved wife of the late
John Allen Huffman, Sr. for over 60
years before his passing in August 2007.
She was a wonderful cook and delicious
baker, and was known for her tasty bar-
beque. She grew beautiful flower gar-
dens every year. She also enjoyed the
beach and travelled every year to visit
her sister in Florida. She enjoyed travel-
ing with family and friends. She was a
devote catholic and active in St. Mary’s
Catholic Church and School. She made
sure all six of her children attended
An Independent Family-Owned Funeral Home catholic school.
Margaret is survived by her children:
Serving Southern Maryland for over 100 Years John Huffman, Jr. of Hyattsville, MD,
Margaret Emily “Peggy” Figliozzi
Michael K. Gardiner, C.F.S.P., C.P.C.
(Tony) of Davidsonville, MD, Kevin J.
Funeral Director/President
Huffman (Val) of Laurel, MD, Keith
El Huffman (Bonnie) of Marriottsville,
MD, and Anna Huffman Hoyer of Dam-
eron, MD; her siblings: Alice Payne of
Melbourne, F:, Buddy Sweeney of El-
Providing trusted service to the community for over 100 Years kins, FL and Jimmy Sweeney (Julie)
41590 Fenwick Street • P.O. Box 270 • Leonardtown, Maryland 20650 of Summerville, SC; 9 grandchildren
www.mgfh.com and 2 great grandchildren. Her uncle
(301)-475-8500
Buddy of Ellenton and her uncle Jimmy
of Pawley Island. In addition to her be-
Thursday, October 18, 2018
loved husband, she is also preceded in
death by her son, David L. Huffman.
All services will be private.
Condolences to the family may be
made at www.brinsfieldfuneral.com.
Arrangements by the Brinsfield Fu-
neral Home, P.A.
Patricia Ann Housley
Pat r icia
Ann (Nor-
ris) Hous-
ley, 67, of
Su m me r-
ville, SC
(f o r m e r l y
of Leonard-
town, MD)
passed away
peacef ully
on Tuesday,
October 9,
2018, at her
home surrounded by her loving family.
She was born March 2, 1951 in Leon-
ardtown, MD to the late John Berkman
Norris, Sr. and Loretta Beaven Norris of
Leonardtown, MD.
She is a graduate of Towson State Uni-
versity. She was employed by Verizon
Communications for 30 dedicated years
when she retired in 2006. She loved to
travel, play golf, and bunco. She also
was an avid shopper and enjoyed buying
gifts for friends and family. If she heard
of a need, she was ready to go shopping
to meet it.
Patricia is survived by her husband
of 27 years, Ronald Frederick Housley
of Summerville, SC; her daughter, Sara
McSherry (Horsey) Dunaway (Sean)
of Mt. Pleasant, SC; her son, Matthew
Randolph Horsey (Heather) of Denver,
CO; her mother, Loretta Beavan Norris;
brother, John Berkman Norris, Jr (Mary
Helen); sister, Mary Loretta (Norris)
Copado (Greg) all of Leonardtown, MD;
her brother, Paul Julius Norris (Marga-
ret) of Bluffton, SC; 3 grandchildren:
Olivia Ann Dunaway, Jackson Thomas
Dunaway and Henry Berkman Horsey;
and many extended family and friends.
She is preceded in death by her father.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contri-
butions may be made to the St. Jude’s
Children Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place,
Memphis, TN 38105 or online at http://
giftfunds.stjude.org/patriciahousley.
Condolences to the family may be
made at www.brinsfieldfuneral.com.
Arrangements by the Brinsfield Fu-
neral Home, P.A.
Jack Paul Bell
Jack Paul Bell, age 82, of Mechanics-
ville Maryland, passed away peacefully
on the evening of October 10th, 2018.
In the days leading to his passing Jack
“Grandpa Jack” was surrounded by
the comfort of his loved ones and took
peace in knowing he was going home to
be with the lord.
Thursday, October 18, 2018
Jack was
born on Feb-
ruary 5th,
1936 in Long
Beach, Cali-
fornia. In his
early youth
Jack was a cub
scout where
he gained an
appreciat ion
for hunting
and fishing;
activities
that he continued to enjoy throughout
his life. Early in his youth his family
moved to Placerville, California where
he attended school and worked on the
family farm. When he was seventeen
he enlisted in the U.S. Navy where he
and his older brother Ernest, sailed on
the same ship transporting troops to
Korea. He married his first wife Cath-
erine Bell (now Cunningham) in 1953
and was blessed with four children,
Sharon, Robert, Catherine, and Mi-
chael. Jack later married Alma (Fuller)
Bell and proudly welcomed two step
daughters Elaine Stevens and Carolyn
Scorsonelli.
Those who knew Jack knew of his
incredible work ethic. For almost 45
years he was a truck driver and was
very proud of it. Before retiring in 1998
he received an award for driving over
2 million incident free miles. When he
wasn’t working he enjoyed many hob-
bies, one of his passions were motorcy-
cles and throughout his life he owned
multiple types but, Harley Davidsons
were his favorite. Another passion of
his was Christianity, he found Christ in
the 80’s and led many others to him. He
was known for quite some time as the
highway preacher. On his off hours he
would duplicate tapes and hand them
out as he traveled America’s highways.
Even more notable than Jack’s “get-
er-done” attitude, was his undeniable
humor, confidence, and whit; to say
Jack was a “people person” would be
an understatement. He could crack
a smile out of the toughest of crowds
without even trying.
In 2010, after the passing of his wife,
Jack moved to Maryland to be close
too and eventually under the care of his
family. Even as his physical health de-
clined, Jack remained a true optimist
and continued to make those around
him smile. His last words to those who
visited were “I love you”. Jack’s family
takes much comfort knowing he’s gone
to be with the lord and those loved ones
who have gone before him.
Jack is predeceased by his oldest son
Robert Bell, wife Alma Bell, mother
Helen Landreth and father Ernest Bell.
He is survived by his children and
their spouses, Sharon and Robert Max-
well, Catherine (Bell) & Don Currier
and Michael and Charla Bell; his two
step daughters and spouses Elaine and
Greg Stevens and Carolyn and Ronald
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Scorsonelli; his grandchildren, Phil-
lup Parker, Michael Bell (Jr), Jacob
Reed, Joseph Morris, Christy Bell,
LeAna (Bell) Davis, James Bell, An-
drea (Bell) Miller, Paul Bell, Jeffrey
Bell, Derek Bell, Jaqueline Bell, Hil-
ary (Bell) Gravelle, and step grandchil-
dren Christopher Tucker, Justin Tuck-
er, Melissa Tucker, Gina Stephens,
Darin Stephens, Ronald Sconsonelli
Jr., Jason Scorsonelli. Brother Ernest
Bell Jr, plus many great and great great
grandchildren.
All services will be private.
Condolences to the family may be
made at www.brinsfieldfuneral.com.
Arrangements by the Brinsfield Fu-
neral Home, P.A.
Thelma Cecil Fuller
Thelma Ce-
cil Fuller, 96
of Chaptico,
MD passed
away on Octo-
ber 8, 2018 at
her residence
in Chaptico,
MD. Thelma
was born on
April 14, 1922
to the late
Garland Mc-
Clure and the
late Etna Maney McClure in Young
Harris, GA. Thelma served on the Al-
tar Guild at Christ Church for a num-
ber of years. She always helped out
at the Church Festivals. She loved to
work out in her flower beds, crochet,
cooking, especially yeast rolls and
stuffed ham. Thelma worked in the
Margret Brent School cafeteria prior to
her retirement.
In addition to her parents, Thelma
was predeceased by her loving hus-
band, who died in July of 1963; her
children, Wayne Lee Fuller, Frances Y.
Gass, Jonathan L. Fuller “Lee”; Bon-
nie Lou Woodrum and Carl Fuller, Jr.
“Buddy”; her siblings, Eugene Mc-
Clure, Blanch Elrod, Mary Jo Pope and
Fannie Bell Dills. She is survived by
her daughters, Mary Ann Purvis and
Linda J. Barber; 13 grandchildren; 14
great grandchildren and 4 great great
grandchildren.
Memorial donations may be made to:
Hospice of St. Mary’s, P. O. Box 625,
Leonardtown, MD 20650 or Christ
Church, Chaptico, MD.
Condolences to the family may be
made at: www.brinsfieldfuneral.com
Arrangements made by the Brins-
field Funeral Home, P.A.
James Michael Colleary
James Michael “Mike” Colleary, 60,
passed away on Sunday, August 26,
2018, at his home in Bradenton, FL.
Born in Coronado, CA in 1958, he
was the middle son of the late John E.
Colleary, Jr. and Shirley Evans Col-
leary, former-
ly of Valley
Lee, MD and
of Branden-
ton, FL.
Mike grew
up in a Navy
family. His
father was
t ransfer red
to Patuxent
River Naval
Air Station
in 1959. After
two addition-
al duty stations in Washington, DC,
and Virginia Beach, VA, the family re-
turned to Pax River in 1967 and settled
on a farm in Valley Lee in 1972. Mike
graduated from Little Flower School,
Leonard Hall Junior Naval Academy,
Ryken High School class of 1976, and
received a Bachelor of Science degree
from Lynchburg College in 1981.
Mike worked at the family business,
Colonial Office Supplies, in Leonar-
dtown and then Lexington Park, for
many years and then opened his own
business, Documenters, in Lexing-
ton Park. Following his wife Marie’s
death in 2007, Mike moved to Braden-
ton, FL, to be closer to his parents who
had retired there. Mike worked at the
Bridge Street Bistro on Anna Maria Is-
land, FL, for the last six years.
Mike will best be remembered for
his humor and wit. He was very pas-
sionate about all sports and music.
When he wasn’t watching a football
or baseball game he would be sharing
the highlights from the previous day’s
games played with his friends. Mike
also enjoyed listening to live music
performances, going to concerts when-
ever possible, and could most often be
found sitting by the pool with friends
playing his favorite music. There is
no one that could beat Mike in a game
of Trivial Pursuit when the categories
were Sports or Entertainment. Mike
was always willing to lend a helping
hand and was a great friend to many.
He will be missed by everyone.
Mike is survived by his brother, John
E. Colleary, III, of Valley Lee, sister,
Jan Colleary Timmer of Gainesville,
VA, and brother, Patrick J. Colleary
and his wife, Sherry of Wesley Cha-
pel, FL; his nephews, John Pennisi
of Gainesville, VA, and John E. Col-
leary, IV, of Leonardtown, MD, and his
niece, Katelyn Pennisi Williar and her
husband, Brett of Broad Run, VA; and
two great nephews, Camden and Miles
Williar. In addition to his parents, he
is also preceded in death by his wife,
Marie Taubert Colleary and his broth-
er, Paul T. Colleary.
Memorial Contributions may be
made to Little Flower Catholic School,
20410 Point Lookout Road, Great
Mills, MD 20634.
Condolences to the family may be
made at www.brinsfieldfuneral.com.
Obituaries 43
Arrangements by the Brinsfield Fu-
neral Home, P.A.
John James Shea
J o h n
J a m e s
Shea, 83,
of Avenue,
MD passed
away on
We d n e s -
day, Sep-
tember 12,
2018, at
Montgom-
ery Hos-
pice, Inc at
the Casey
House in
Harwood, MD, surrounded by his lov-
ing family.
He was born on June 20, 1935 in
Massachusetts to the late Jeremiah
Shea and Nora Donahue Shea.
On August 14, 1976, he married his
beloved wife, Ann Shea at St. Berna-
dette’s Church in Silver Spring, MD. 
Together they celebrated over 42 won-
derful years of marriage.  He was em-
ployed by the St. Mary’s County Board
of Education as a dedicated teacher at
Leonardtown Middle School until his
retirement.  After retiring he continued
to work for the schools as a substitute
teacher for many years and as the Prin-
cipal of Mother Catherine School.  He
also volunteered at the Health Depart-
ment for several years, helping others. 
He was a member of the Knights of
Columbus and was often seen working
the BINGO at Father Andrew White
Catholic School in Leonardtown, MD. 
He was an avid stamp collector and had
a large stamp collection.  He also en-
joyed having his morning cup of coffee
with his friends at the Chaptico Mar-
ket.  He was an active member of the
community and loved to socialize. He
also loved his pet toy poodle, “Casey,”
who preceded him in death. 
In addition to his beloved wife,
John is survived by his sister, Cath-
erine Barry of Norwood, MA; special
friends, Dana Russell and Dr. Sara
Johnson; and extended family and
friends.  In addition to his parents he is
also preceded in death by his brothers,
Jeremiah Shea and his twin brother, Jo-
seph Shea.
All services will be private.
Memorial contributions may be made
to Our Lady of the Wayside Catholic
Church, 37575 Chaptico Road, Chapti-
co, MD 20621 and the Seventh District
Volunteer Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 7,
Avenue, MD 20609.
Condolences to the family may be
made at www.brinsfieldfuneral.com.
Arrangements by the Brinsfield Fu-
neral Home, P.A.
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Community Calendar
ONGOING
Fall Farms Open Weekends:
Bowles Farm
22880 Budds Creek Rd., Clements
10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
www.bowlesfarms.com
Forrest Hall Farm
39136 Avie Lane, Mechanicsville
9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
301-884-3086
Moore or Less Farm
22467 Colton Pt. Rd., Bushwood
310-769-2210.
Ghosts of Sotterley 2018
Sotterley Plantation, Hollywood  College of Southern Maryland, Leon-
October 19, 20, and 25, 26 & 27
Tours begin 7:00 PM (run every 10
minutes)
Visit Sotterley if you dare, the casual-
ties of wars past, too young to die and too
far from home. Rain or shine! $15/ person
(children under 2 free). Advance online res-
ervations required. No walk-ins. No refunds
or changes. Group rates available. 301-373-
2280. www.sotterley.org
 
Wait Until Dark
Three Notch Theatre, 21744 S. Coral Dr.,
Lexington Park
8:00 - 10:30 PM
The Newtowne Players present this sus-
pense thriller.
Thu., Fri. & Sat., Oct. 18, 19, & 20 at 8:00
PM. Sunday, Oct. 21 at 3:30 PM. $15/adults;
$12/seniors, students and military; $10 age
12 and under. Tickets online: www.new-
towneplayers.org or call 301-737-5447.
Faculty Exhibition: Finding Elsewhere
Boyden Gallery, Montgomery Hall, St.
Mary’s College Tue.-Fri., 1:00-6:00 PM.
Sat., 11:00 AM-4:00 PM.
An exhibition of the bravery and faith of
studio practices. Curated by St. Mary’s Col-
lege alumna Kate Pollasch until November
10. No fee. 240-895-4246. boydengallery@
smcm.edu
UPCOMING
Dinner Theater
Mt. Zion United Methodist Church
27108 Mt. Zion Church Road,
Mechanicsville
Fri. & Sat., Nov. 2 & 3
Tickets on sale now for CAPISCE?, a
‘30s detective movie dinner theater spoof
by Kimberlee Mendoza. Catered by Olive
Garden. Silent auction to benefit the Hun-
gry Team.
Advance Reservations Required. Tickets
$30.
Call: Judy Pulvirenti at 301-904-9484 or
Cathy Johnson at 301-672-0015.
Fri., Sat., & Sun., Oct. 19, 20 & 21
Hawktoberfest
St. Mary’s College
4:00 – 10:00 PM
A week end of festive fall activities on
the beautiful waterfront campus! For a list
of events, visit: www.smcm.edu/events/
hawktoberfest
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Friday, October 19
Dino Daze
Calvert Marine Museum, Solomons
8:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Be a paleontologist for the day! Ongoing
activities.
Scheduled activities at 11:00, 1:00 and
3:00. Ages 4-10. Free with museum admis-
sion. 410-326-2042. www.calvertmarine-
museum.com
Community Health & Wellness Fair
Southern Maryland Higher Education
Center, 44219 Airport Road, California
9:00 AM – 3:30 PM
Flu Shots available for $20. Free screenings
and health checks. Free mini-massages.
Sheriff’s Office on-site to collect expired or
unwanted medications. Lunch available for
purchase.
Sponsored by the St. Mary’s Coun-
ty Department of Aging & Hu-
man Services. Open to the public.
301-475-4200, ext. *1073.
www.stmarysmd.com/aging/healthfair.
asp
NARFE Chapter 969 Luncheon/
Meeting
Olde Breton Inn, Leonardtown
11:30 AM
Health Care premiums for 2019  and
other changes will be shared. $16.50. Res-
ervations  required. Judy Loflin  301 872-
0064. www.narfe.org/site/chapter969
Rhythm & Riches 2018
Hollywood Volunteer Fire Department
5:00 PM
Music by Robbie Boothe & The Amish Out-
laws. Cash Prizes up to $25,000! Tickets
$60/person.
Food, beer, and wine available for
purchase.  For ages 8 and up. $20 includes museum
www.rhythmandriches.com
K.C. Bingo
Father Andrew White School’s gym,
Leonardtown
5:00 PM
Knights of Columbus Council 1470
Bingo every Friday evening. Doors open at
5:00. Games start at 7:00. 301-690-2125.
Trunk or Treat
Dameron Daycare 2, 19256 Three Notch
Road, Lexington Park
5:30 – 7:30 PM
A Spooktacular family event for children
of all ages dressed in costumes! Your vehi-
cle trunk decorated with themes and stories;
filled with candy and other treats. Games,
Baked Goods, Costume Contest, and Best
Trunk Contest and Prizes. Hosted by Dam-
eron Daycare and Mary Norris Daycare.
301-862-2011.
Low Lily
Calvert Marine Museum, Harms Gal-
lery,14200 Solomons Island Rd, Solomons
7:00 – 9:00 PM
String and vocal trio explore the roots
and branches of American folk music. $25/
door. $20 on line at www.cssm.org/tickets
410-326-2042
Texas Hold’em Tournament
VFW Post 2632, 23282 Three Notch Rd.
with the listing details by 12 p.m. on the Monday prior to our Thursday publication.
(Rt 235)
7:00 PM
$50 Buy in. Early Bird Bonus by 6:45 PM
receives extra $500. Pre-registration en-
couraged, not required. Public welcome.
Must be 18 or older. Brian: Email: poker@
vfw2632.com. Cell: 240-925-4000.
Sat. & Sun., Oct. 20 & 21
Oyster Festival
Leonardtown Fairgrounds, 42455 Fair-
grounds Road
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
52nd annual Oyster Festival and open-
ing of the oyster season on the Chesapeake
Bay with the U.S. National Oyster Shucking
Championships and National Oyster Cook-
Off. Live music, local foods, arts, crafts,
craft beer tasting, and general family fun.
Saturday, October 20
Arrowhead Community Yard Sale
Long Bow Drive, California
8:00 – 11:30 AM
All your favorite furniture, electronics,
tools, recreational equipment, clothes, jew-
elry, kitchen appliances, and more! Multiple
families in the neighborhood!
Blaine Whorl Memorial 5K
St. Mary’s Ryken 22600 Camp Calvert
Road, Leonardtown
8:30 - 10:00 AM
Fitness for the whole family. $30. Kids 10
and under can register for a Free 500 me-
ter pumpkin race and face paintings. The
course is through the streets of Leonard-
town and the SMR campus. Register online
at smrhs.org/bw5k
Fossil Field Experience
Calvert Marine Museum, Solomons
9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Explore the fossils of Calvert Cliffs.
admission. Space is limited; preregistration
required: 410-326-2042, ext. 41.
Oyster Dive …
Southern Maryland Dive Club
10:00 AM
2nd annual Oyster Dive, BBQ, Scuba
Swap-n-shop and Pumpkin carving contest.
Diving in the river at 10:00 AM. Enjoy the
bounty at 1:00 at the shop. Free. Updates:
Southern Maryland Dive Club’s Facebook
page.
Fall Craft & Vendor Fair
Lexington Park Volunteer Rescue Squad,
21685 FDR Blvd.
11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Bring the family. Treasures for the gift-
gifting season in one place! Shop, stay for
lunch, take a station tour, while supporting
your local volunteer rescue squad! www.
lpvrs.org
The Great Bamboo Boat Race
St. Mary’s College of Maryland
12:00 - 5:00 PM
Gather your team to construct, and
eventually race, a boat made of bam-
boo and other provided natural materi-
als. Construction, 12:00-4:00. Race be-
gins at 4:00. Prizes to the top three teams.
James P. Muldoon River Center—Free
Preregistration required to race: securelb.
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English High Tea
St. Andrew’s Parish Hall, California
2:00 – 5:00 PM
Exquisite teas, elegant sweet and savory
treats, and tea time in an English garden
atmosphere. $25/person; $15/age 10 and un-
der; 3 and under are free. Info and tickets:
301-863-9333 or info@pccstmary.org. 
Trick or Treat
Leonardtown Square
3:00 – 5:00 PM
Wear your favorite costume and visit par-
ticipating businesses for candy and/or toys
for children. 301-475-9791. www.leonard-
town.somd.com
CSM Benny C. Morgan Series
ardtown Campus, Building A, Room 206,
Hollywood
3:00 PM
Soprano Jenni Dunn performs. Free.
301-934 -7828.  www.csmd.edu/commu-
nity/the-arts/music/benny-c-morgan-series/
index.
Bingo
K.C. Hall, Ridge
Doors open at 5:30--Games start at 6:30
Concessions available for sale.
301-872-4161
Elks Texas Hold’em Tournament
St Mary’s County Elks Lodge, 45779
Fire Department Lane, Lexington Park
6:00 PM
$80 Buy in. Food and drink for purchase.
Questions: James Dean 240-577-0828.
Email: jdeanjunior@yahoo.com
Bingo Every Saturday
Mother Catherine Academy, 33883
Chaptico Road, Mechanicsville
6:30 PM
Doors open 5:00. Early Birds start 6:30.
Regular games start 7:00. $10 admission (in-
cludes one regular book). $50 Early Birds.
$100 Regular Games. Door prizes. Conces-
sions: weekly specials along with regulars.
Info: 301-884-3165. Jackpot and Moneyball
update: www.mothercatherine.org
Patuxent Choral Festival Concert
23421 Kingston Creek Road, California
7:00 PM
Patuxent Presbyterian Church hosts 2018
Patuxent Choral Festival with composer/
conductor, David Schwoebel. All-day work-
shop and free evening concert.
Kayak for Conservation
Patuxent Tidewater Land Trust
Join PTLT for a popular kayak trip. Ex-
plore MacIntosh Run off Breton Bay. $25/
person. Kayak rentals available. Rain date
October 21.  301-247-3285
Sunday, October 21
Howl-O-Ween PAWS Rescue Event
No Thyme to Cook, 14624 Solomons Is-
land Road, Solomons
12:00 -5 :00 PM
All the same fun and activi-
ties. Thank you for your support.
www.evensi.us/paws-rescue-howl-ween
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St. Mary’s Department of Aging

Loffler Senior Activity Center 301-475-4200, ext. 1658
Garvey Senior Activity Center, 301-475-4200, ext. 1050

Programs and Activities

Northern Senior Activity Center, 301-475-4002, ext. 3101
Visit www.stmarysmd.com/aging for the most up-to date information
Brought to you by the Commissioners of St. Mary’s County: James R. Guy, President; Michael L. Hewitt; Tom Jarboe; Todd B. Morgan; John E. O’Connor; and the Department of Aging & Human Services

2018 Health Fair: The Way to
Wellness
It’s that time of year again! The 2018 Health
Fair, sponsored by the St. Mary’s County De-
partment of Aging & Human Services, is
scheduled for Friday, Oct. 19, from 9 a.m.-3:30
p.m.
The event will be held in the Southern Mary-
land Higher Education Center, located at 44219
Airport Road in California, MD, and is free to
the public.
Flu Shots will be available for $20. Cash
and check will be accepted. Due to regulation
changes, Medicare will not be accepted for flu
shots.
In addition to the flu vaccines, the Health
Fair will offer a variety of free screenings and
health checks including:
• Skin Cancer Screening
• Hearing Screening
• Vision Screening
• Oral Health Screening
• Blood Pressure Screening
• And much more…
The Sheriff’s Office will be on-site to collect
expired or unwanted medications.
Nearly 700 people attended last year’s event
to learn more about the latest health and well-
ness news and products. The Department of
Aging & Human Services looks forward to a
similar turnout at the 2018 Health Fair.
For more information, contact Community
Programs & Outreach Manager Sarah Miller at
301-475-4200, ext. *1073, email sarah.miller@
stmarysmd.com, visit www.stmarysmd.com/
aging/healthfair.asp, or find us on Facebook,
keyword St. Mary’s County Department of
Aging & Human Services.
Focus on Fitness: Dumbbells
Learn how to properly use dumbbells/
hand weights to enhance your workout.
Personal trainer, Dave Scheible will guide
you on different exercises and proper tech-
nique. Workouts will include both seated
and standing hand weight applications.
Class will be at the Northern Senior Ac-
tivity Center on Thursday, Oct. 18 from
12:30-1:30 p.m. and cost $5. Weights are
provided by the center. Space is limited.
To sign up and pay in advance, please visit
the front desk. For more information, call
301-475-4200, ext. *3101.
Nutrition for Bone and Joint Health
Dietitian Donna Taggert will address
nutrition for bone and joint health on Mon-
day, Oct. 22 at 10 a.m. at the Loffler Senior
Activity Center. Bring your questions con-
cerning these important concerns to this
free, interactive presentation. Call 301-
475-4200, ext. *1658 or stop by the Loff-
ler reception desk to register. If you would
like to schedule an appointment for nutri-
tion counseling, make an appointment with
Donna by calling or texting 240-538-6539.
Truth Be Told Art: Pumpkin Harvest
Design
Truth Be Told Art (TBTA) is a Chris-
tian-based paint party business, with God’s
Word as its focus. Artist Beth Radford will
be at the Northern Senior Activity Center
on Thursday, Oct. 25 from 12:30-3:30 p.m.
to guide you as you paint this Pumpkin
Harvest Design on an 8” x 24” canvas with
finishing touches to give it a wooden effect.
The design features Psalm 85:12. There
will be a brief video introducing the com-
pany story and an opening prayer at the
beginning of the event with Christian mu-
sic played during the class. The cost is $30
and includes all supplies and instruction.
Snacks and beverages will be provided as
a courtesy by the center. Space is limited
and payment is due at sign up. Participants
must sign up no later than end of business
on Tuesday, Oct. 23. To sign up and pay for
this painting party in advance, please visit
the front desk. For more information call
301-475-4200, ext. *3101.
Halloween Party at Loffler
Kick off the holiday season at the Loffler
Senior Activity Center by celebrating Hal-
loween! The party starts on Wednesday,
Oct. 31 at 11 a.m. with music, dancing,
occasional spurts of impromptu entertain-
ment (bring your good nature- there will
be a few tricks and they may be on you!)
along with a scary lunch: Spicy Spider Ci-
der, Coffin-Wrapped Monster with Sour
Yellow Sauce, Dirt-Dabbled Orange Earth
Apples, Green Leaves with Severed (Man-
darin) Sections, Honeyed Toadstool, and
for dessert: Smothered Burial Mounds.
(If you are too squeamish for this repast,
you can be served the following instead-
Bratwurst & Roll with mustard, Seasoned
Oven Fried Sweet Potato, Mandarin Or-
ange & Spinach Salad, Honey Baked Ap-
ple, and a Cupcake). If you want to ramp
up the fun, wear a costume- there will be
prizes in several categories! This is a tick-
eted event ($6 suggested donation) with a
limited number available. Stop by Loffler
to get your tickets while they are still avail-
able. Call 301-475-4200, ext. *1658 if you
have any questions.
Veterans Resource Day
Join us for the third annual Veterans
Resource Day on Wednesday, Nov. 7, at
the Southern Maryland Higher Education
Center from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. This year’s Vet-
erans Resource Day will include a ques-
tion and answer session centered around
veterans affairs, informational workshops,
displays by local veteran support organi-
zations, peer counseling, and workshops
discussing PTSD and being a caregiver for
a veteran. Following the question and an-
swer session, we invite you to join us for
lunch, provided by Mission Barbeque.
This event is free and open to the pub-
lic. We encourage veterans, active service
men and women, their friends and family
members, and employers that work with
veterans to attend.
For more information, contact Commu-
nity Programs & Outreach Manager Sarah
Miller at 301-475-4200, ext. *1073, email
sarah.miller@stmarysmd.com, visit www.
stmarysmd.com/veterans.asp, or find us on
Facebook, keyword St. Mary’s County De-
partment of Aging & Human Services.

Forensic Psychology with Frank
Weber
Leonardtown Library will hold Forensic Psychol-
ogy with Frank Weber on Saturday, October 20
from 1 – 2:30 p.m. Author and forensic psychologist,
Frank Weber will join us to speak about his work
in the fields of forensic and clinical psychology and
share his insight into the 2018 One Maryland One
Book, "Bloodsworth: The True Story of the First
Death Row Inmate Exonerated by DNA Evidence",
by Tim Junkin. This is a Choose Civility: Southern
Maryland event. Registration is required on www.
stmalib.org.
Friends of the St. Mary’s County
Library Fall Book Sale
The Friends of the St. Mary’s County Library will
hold the Fall Book Sale on Sunday, October 28 from
11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The sale will be held outside in
good weather, and will be held inside the library if
it’s raining. Cash, checks and credit cards will be
accepted.
Halloween Spooktacular!
All three locations of the St. Mary’s County li-
brary will hold a Halloween Spooktacular on Tues-
day, October 30. Charlotte Hall Library will hold a
Spooktacular from 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 am., Leonar-
dtown Library from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., and Lexington
Park Library from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Enjoy trick-
or-treating in the library and participate in a cos-
tume parade to show off your awesome Halloween
costume. It’s some not-so-spooky fun for the whole
family! No registration required.
Minecraft Challenge
Leonardtown Library will hold Minecraft Chal-
lenge on Thursday, November 1 from 5:30 – 7 p.m.
Can you think on your feet, team up, use creativity,
and complete the challenge? Come play Minecraft
with us and find out! Must be able to use a mouse
and keyboard commands, and be familiar with how
to play Minecraft (we will not use the tutorial).
Ages 8-11. Registration opens on October 18 for this
program.
Itsy Bitsy Storytime
Leonardtown Library will hold Itsy Bitsy Story-
time on Friday, November 2 from 10 – 10:30 a.m. A
storytime designed for a smaller group. It'll be a bit
more chill, but just as much fun as regular storytime.
Recommended for ages 2-5 with their caregivers.
Registration required and opens on October 19.
Capture the Flag: Ethical Hacking
Cybersecurity Competition
Lexington Park Library will hold MAGIC’s Cap-
ture the Flag: Ethical Hacking Cybersecurity Com-
petition on Saturday, November 3 from 11 a.m. to 4
p.m. MAGIC’s Capture the Flag is an ethical hack-
ing cybersecurity competition for entry-level partici-
pants at the high school and college level. No prior
experience is required and the event is free for par-
ticipants. MAGIC’s CTF will feature teams of 2-4
students working their way through a series of cyber-
security puzzles set up in a ‘jeopardy’ style format to
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