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Public Hearing On
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Credit Set
By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
On Nov. 1 citizens will be able have the

chance to comment on the countys homestead tax credit and its cap of 5 percent annual increase for primary residences.
Commissioner Mike Hewitt has proposed reducing the cap from 5 percent
down to 3 percent to further help those on
limited incomes such as senior residents.
Remember this isnt going to affect the
tax bills paid by commercial properties,
were going to get those revenues, Hewitt
said at Tuesdays regular meeting of the
Commissioners of St. Marys County.
Hewitt said he was confident that the
county was growing commercially, with
the opening of new hotels and even the
sale of his own familys business to a Baltimore-based operator after more than 50
years of commerce, as proof that St. Marys
was a place in which to invest.
Commissioner Todd Morgan was wary
of lowering the property tax cap, which exists to ensure that property tax bills dont
become too high if state property assessments go up, because of the spending com-
mitments the county government had engaged in over the past two years.
Weve spent a lot of money, Morgan
said. With the new library [in Leonardtown], the senior center, the jail and the air
museum expenses are only going up.
He said that lowering the homestead tax
cap would cost the county much needed
revenue in a time when revenues were already flat.
Hewitt countered by saying that the
county routinely underestimated revenues
and overestimated expenses.
Ive been saying that for 14 years,
Hewitt said.
Commissioner Tom Jarboe cautioned,
however, that county residents should not
hold out too much hope that the commissioners would be able to lower the tax cap
due to concerns over already flat revenues.
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By Guy Leonard
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After an internal investigation by Calvert
County Public Schools officials, Northern
High Schools football team, the Patriots,
have been stripped of four recent victories
just two months into the season.
The reason the victories were negated is
because the school systems internal investigation found that two of the players on the
Patriots team were attending the school illegally, in essence the players were not living at the residence they were supposed to
for enrollment at the school.
A source close to the investigation,
which was undertaken by the systems Student Services Division, told The County
Times that one of the students involved was
a Calvert resident while the other was not.
Kevin Hook, who heads up transportation and athletics for the Calvert schools
system, said that the changes of the Patriots
receiving a playoff spot for the state championship were now all but gone.
He said the investigation started about
a month ago when red flags came up on
some of our students.
Indeed the families [of the students]
were not actually residing at the residence
they were supposed to, Hook said.
Both students have been suspended from

any athletic competition of any kind for 60
days in the state of Maryland, Hook said,
a punishment that is concurrent with the
Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Associations (MPSSAA) rules.
The MPSSAA is the athletic governing body of the Maryland Department of
Education.
Great Mills and Leonardtown high
schools, will have their losses to Northern converted to wins because of the latest
findings, Hook said.
Huntingtown and La Plata will also have
losses to Northern converted.
The head coach at Northern, Darren De
Meio, has also been sanctioned according
to MPSSAA rules, by being declared ineligible to coach for the rest of the season,
Hook said.
There were similar incidents of this kind
at Patuxent and Huntingtown high schools
back in 2009 and 2012, Hook said, both involving athletic teams and both incidents
resulting in wins being stripped.
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By Guy Leonard
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A report released this week by the states
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shows that the annual reproduction of
striped bass, also more commonly known
as rockfish, is much lower than average.
The striped bass index, the average number of rockfish caught that are less than one
year old in the Juvenile Striped Bass Survey, came in at just 2.2 for 2016, far less
than the 63-year average of 11.7.
While this years striped bass index is
disappointing, it is not a concern unless we
observe poor spawning in multiple, consecutive years, said David Blazer, the fishing and boating services director for DNR.
Very successful spawning years, as recently as 2011 and 2015, should more than
compensate for this below-average year.
Striped bass are among the iconic species of fish in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, particularly as a game fish.
State officials say that fish who return to
fresh water to spawn, such as rockfish, experienced lower reproduction rates in 2016;
this may be due to dryer weather conditions
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The state started monitoring the health
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By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
Local GOP members were out supporting the Donald Trump/Mike Pence ticket
for president Wednesday afternoon in
Leonardtown even as numerous national
polls showed Hillary Clintons presidential
campaign ahead by as many as eight points.
Yet other polls, such as the IBD/TIPP
presidential tracking poll have Trump,
a billionaire real estate mogul, ahead by
one point nationwide after a week of blistering political attacks from media and
Democrats.
Tracking polls from Rasmussen and the
L.A. Times also show the race in a statistical dead heat as of Oct. 19.
We have people just asking for [campaign] signs and others who just want to
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through Nov. 3 in early voting, with polls
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Election Day is Nov. 8 with polls opening at 7 a.m. to 8p.m.
Russell said that, at least locally, there
was a significant amount of support for
Trumps candidacy.
If people were undecided I think theyre
making up their minds, she said. Its very
exciting.
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Shooting Spree
Nets Attempted
Murder Charge
By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
Prosecutors have charged Michael Vincent Moore, 55, of Lexington Park with
attempted murder and numerous other
charges in last weeks shooting spree at the
Mayfaire Apartments near Pegg Road.
Moore is accused of firing a handgun into
an apartment at the very complex in which
he lived and then again at a woman driving
a car on Pegg Road just minuteslater.
According to police who responded to
the scene the shooting began about 7:40
a.m. Oct. 13 when Moore allegedly fired
into the apartment of Casey Carolyn Vance,
who lived on Mayfaire Lane; she told police that someone fired shots through her
front door and then a black male, later identified as Moore, forced his way through her
front door.
As deputies with the sheriffs office
searched the complex they also found another door with bullet holes through it.
Witnesses said that after Moore left
Vances apartment they heard other shots
fired in the complex.
Law officers soon responded to another
shooting report, this time on Pegg Road
when motorist Karen Marie Adkins was
allegedly fired upon by Moore as she was
sitting in her vehicle near the area of Chancellors Run Road.
The rounds allegedly fired by Moore
shattered her front windshield, charging
documents stated, and she fled while still
driving her car.
Moore pursued her, court papers stated,
from his own vehicle driving on Pegg Road
towards Route 235.
Adkins told police she heard another
gunshot during the pursuit and looked in
her rearview mirror to find Moore holding

the gun, a stainless steel revolver, outside
the car.
Adkins eventually shook her pursuer and
found police to report what had happened
to her, police reports stated.
Back on Mayfaire Lane, Moore returned
to the scene of the shooting in his Mercedes Benz vehicle, with a bullet hole in
the windshield.
The defendant told officers he had shot
through his windshield, and also acknowledged to firing the handgun at a door in the
apartment complex, court papers stated.
Moore also told police he had placed
the handgun used in the shooting spree, a
.357 magnum revolver, on the ground at the
rental office.
One of the managers at the rental complex, Kiersten Petree, told officers that
Moore had pointed a gun at her before police found him there.
She asked him to put the gun down, court
papers said, which he did and walked away.
When detectives arrested Moore he is alleged to have assaulted Det. Sgt. Michael
Boyer, for which he was also charged.
When interviewed Moore admitted to
firing into an apartment and to shooting at
someone in a vehicle who smiled at him,
court papers read.
In all Moore faces charges of attempted
first-degree murder, first-degree burglary,
reckless endangerment, first-degree assault,
use of a firearm in the crime of violence
and assaulting a law enforcementofficer.
St. Marys County Sheriffs Office

Investigating Motor Vehicle Collision
On October 16, 2016, at approximately
2:51 A.M., St. Marys County Sheriffs Office patrol units were dispatched to a serious motor vehicle collision on Pegg Road
in the area of Pegg Lane. Patrol units arrived on scene to find a 2000 Toyota Camry
overturned on its roof. Witnesses reported
seeing a subject flee from the vehicle and
inside the vehicle another subject was located trapped and unconscious. The subject
trapped in the motor vehicle was transported to a hospital with serious injuries, and
deputies are seeking the identity of the subject who the fled the scene on foot.
Due to the severity of the collision, the
St. Marys County Sheriffs Office Collision Reconstruction Unit responded to
the scene. Preliminary investigation indicates the 2000 Toyota Camry was traveling southbound on Pegg Road at a high rate
of speed. The vehicle failed to negotiate
a bend in the roadway, struck a curb, and
continued traveling southbound. The vehicle then struck a concrete island where the
vehicle overturned.
At this time, both speed and alcohol are
believed to be contributing factors.
Anyone who may have witnessed the
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Crime
Priest Accused of Theft

Pleads Not Guilty
By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
John Stephen Mattingly, the former
priest at St. Francis Xavier Parish in Newtown Neck, accused of stealing thousands
of dollars from his congregation over several years, has pleaded not guilty to 20
separate charges in U.S. District Court,
The County Times has learned.
Mattingly has been accused of taking
donations to the church and to a Catholic
charity, the St. Vincent De Paul Society,
from parish members and instead of putting them into a proper account had them
deposited into his own bank account.
Federal authorities alleged in their indictment against Mattingly that he stole
$76,000 over a four year period from 2006
to 2010.
Mattingly retired from service at the
parish in 2010.
The County Times first broke the story
back in 2014 when sources at the parish
and later the archdiocese revealed that an
internal audit of the church finances revealed irregularities that Mattingly could
not satisfactorily account for.
The indictment alleges that over the
course of the scheme Mattingly fraudulently deposited more than 500 checks,
totaling at least $76,000, written by more
than 135 parishioners and made payable
to St. Francis or the St. Vincent de Paul
Society, and not to Mattingly.
But prosecutors have filed a motion to

admit statements during trial that Mattingly made to investigators back in Dec.
of 2015 as they were looking into allegations of financial wrongdoing.
According to filings by the prosecution,
Mattingly welcomed a conversation with
the agents.
Agents said in court filings that Mattingly told them that he had co-mingled
his personal funds with money designated
for the church.
Mattingly also admitted that he wrote
notes on the back of checks paid to the
church and still put them in his own personal accounts.
Court papers also stated that Mattingly admitted he deposited money for the
church into a personal account and called
it deferred compensation.
When asked why he should be paying himself deferred compensation,
Mattingly offered no explanation and
acknowledged that he never experienced
a break in regular pay [or] compensation
from the church that would have justified
paying himself deferred compensation,
the prosecutions motion stated.
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rigs and umbrellas with 12 to 16 ounces of weight can find plenty of keeper
rock. These fish will bite all day on moving tides.
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deeper and want to bite at sunup and sunset. All of this can change overnight.
The bay has rockfish all up and down the
ships channel. These fish are bigger and
will go breaking into schools of bait most
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Schools of gray trout (weakfish) are in
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Blue fish are scattered all about mixed
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Fresh alewives are now back in the bait
shops after the pound netters were unable
to catch any for about two weeks with hurricane conditions and damaged nets. The
catfish will be hungry this week and fresh
cut bait will be what they are looking
for. The Potomac and Patuxent are loaded
with blue and channel cats. Blue fish and
rockfish love cut bait in the surf.
White perch should be eager to bite in
the creeks on tiny lures in the summer
like days this week as long as the tide is
moving. The bottom fishing in the deep
holes in the rivers should produce plenty
of perch. Bits of bloodworm on spinner hooks will get them two at a time. A
late run of peeler crabs are now inthe bait
shops and God never made a better bait for
all fish that swim.
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A View From The
BLEACHERS
by Ronald Guy
Contributing Writer
Dangerous Faction
Im going to blatantly ignore the unceremonious end to the professional baseball
season. You good with that Os fans? Nats
fans? Thought so. A furry mammal, a
30-year-old football team and a wig-wearing American legend is on the docket
The 1985 Chicago Bears are, for my
money, the greatest NFL team of the Super
Bowl era. After a 15-1 regular season (11 of
those wins were by double digits), the Bears
won three playoff games, including Super
Bowl XX, by a combined score of 91-10.
Chicagos offense featured future Hall of
Fame RB Walter Payton, flashy but gritty
QB Jim McMahon, and lightning fast WR
Willie Gault. The identity of that great
Bears team, though, was its devastating and
historic defense. Middle linebacker Mike
Singletary and defensive lineman Dan
Hampton and Richard Dent are in the Hall
of Fame. Outside linebackers Otis Wilson
and Wilbur Marshall wreaked havoc off the
edge. Defensive lineman Steve McMichael
was a two-time All-Pro and safeties Gary

Fencik and the late Dave Duerson were as
good as any in the league.
More than a collection of talented football players, the 85 Bears were a crossover
pop culture phenomena. Rotund DT William The Refrigerator Perry caught the
nations fancy with his lovable girth and
touchdown plunges. McMahon was a professional wrestling persona in cleats. Head
Coach Mike Ditka was the perfect booming, unpolished personality to lead this
band of bandits and brash defensive coordinator Buddy Ryan made sacks, turnovers
and shutouts cool.
Collectively the Bears played hard, won
often and embraced fame. They shot television commercials and, true to the MTV era
of the mid-80s, made a corny music video
- The Super Bowl Shuffle. Always a sports
documentary in the making, ESPN recently
made it official by featuring the 85 Bears
in a 30 for 30 feature.
One question has lingered about those

fabulous and fun 85 Bears: Why did they
manage just one Super Bowl appearance?
They had a nice run five consecutive division titles from 1984-88 but that single
championship is a lonely piece of hardware
for a roster with dynastic capabilities.
The answer was revealed in that 30 for
30 piece and explained by James Madison, unsuspecting football whisperer, in
Federalist Paper No. 10 (that aforementioned centuries old political document):
The Bears were a fractured group.
Ryan was hired as defensive coordinator
in 1978, four full season before Ditka was
hired as head coach. His defensive unit
was fiercely loyal, even lobbying ownership to retain Ryan in 1982. By 1985, the
defense was dominant, among the very best
in league history; the offense wasokay.
The performance delta created tension between Ryans defense and Ditkas offense
and between Ryan and Ditka personally.
In a way, the defense was its own faction,
existing and operating as an isolated entity.
So what does a founding father have to
offer about NFL football? Well, in arguing for a new form of government in late
1787, Madison, noting the human compulsion for factious discord, wrote, A zeal for
different opinionshave in turn divided
mankind into parties, inflamed them with
mutual animosity, and rendered them much
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more disposed to vex and oppress each

other than to cooperate for their common
good. He went on to comment that So
strong is this propensity of mankind to fall
into mutual animosities, the new government shouldnt seek to combat the cause
of inevitable faction but only seek, the
means of controlling its effects.
That is brutal commentary on our species, but it is, unfortunately, spot on. The
division within the Bears teams of the mid
80s was insufficiently controlled and, ultimately, diminished its accomplishments.
There was too much defense versus offense
and not enough prevailing, unselfish commitment to a common cause.
Be it 1787, 1985 or 2016, and whether
the test subject is a personal relationship,
a professional team or our representative
government, the challenge is to promote
spirited, constructive debate and avoid
rogue faction. Our next big test arrives on
November 9 when we will wake up either
excited, disappointed or indifferent; but, regardless, we will still be Americans tasked
with the responsibility of building a more
perfect union.
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Food provided for sale by:
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By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
As county voters begin to cast ballots

next week as polling places open early,
County Commissioner Todd Morgan is
warning that the ballot issue of code home
rule, which would give county commissioners greater local autonomy and the
ability to pass some of its own laws, is a
dangerous proposition.
This thing has never had any grass roots
support, Morgan said. Its a top down
push thats highly questionable.
Morgan said code home rule was, at its
heart, an expansion of government.
As a Republican, Im for less government, Morgan said in an interview
Wednesday.
Commissioners such as Tom Jarboe and
John OConnor support code home rule because of recent failures in Annapolis to get
county-sponsored bills into committees,
much less voted on.
They have argued that county leaders
could do a better job locally of dealing with
law making rather than rely on delegates
and senators from other counties with other
interests.
They also argue that code home rule
would not allow commissioners to enact
new taxes.
The prospect of code home rule as a
reason for bringing the countys water and
sewer authority, the Metropolitan Commission (MetCom) under county control, was
one that Morgan believed was equally a
badidea.
Commissioner Mike Hewitt recently
spoke out on bringing MetCom under
county government as a way to help bring
down increasing water and sewer rates and
reduce the turmoil and infighting on the
MetCom board that has plagued it for the
past six months.
Bringing MetCom under the countys
auspices would be the wrong move, Morgan said.
That would be the worst decision we
could ever possibly make, he said.
Such a move would politicize the laying
of new water and sewer lines, according to
Morgan, and would make the county directly responsible for MetComs construction debt and employee salaries.
Currently MetComs debt is only backed
by the full faith and credit of the county.
Ive never been a fan of big government, Morgan said.
Former MetCom director Stephen King,
who was employed by the agency for 33
years and guided it for 11, said MetCom has
functioned effectively for half-a-century on
its own.
I think its a bad idea, King, of Hollywood, said. I havent heard anything
that convinces me that putting MetCom
under county government would be an
improvement.
He recognized that costs were going up
but that was mostly due to forces beyond
MetComs control.
Its gotten expensive to operate water
and sewer because Congress and the President [Obama] have mandated pollution
control in the Chesapeake Bay, King said.
These are very expensive mandates with
no assistance.
King was speaking about mandates to
remove nitrogen, phosphorous and sediment from state waters through the Watershed Implementation Plan mandated
by the Obama Administration to clean up
thewatershed.
Perhaps the biggest strike against bringing MetCom under county government
was the prospect of all county tax payers
essentially subsidizing the water and sewer
service for just a fraction of the population.
Of the countys some 108,000 residents only about 17,000 are customers
ofMetCom.
Why should that majority pay for something theyre not going to be using? King
said. In 51 years not a penny of county tax
revenue has gone to MetCom for operations or construction.
I dont see why it should start now.
Code home rule also brought other potential liabilities, Morgan said.
I can see there would easily be a major
push for collective bargaining for the sheriffs office, Morgan said, I dont support
publicly funded unions.
Public support for code home rule, despite the arguments regarding greater autonomy for the county and control over its
destiny, has been scant.
Public hearings over the space of about a
year, eight in total, drew little interest from
the public.
The largest one was in Valley Lee where
half the attendees were boy scouts and girl
scouts who were trying fulfill citizenship
requirements, Morgan said.
This is a major change to how weve always governed our county, Morgan said.
This will affect every resident at the local
level for a very long time.
And no one [in the public] is talking about this. Their silence is deafening
against code home rule.
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Obituaries
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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 weeks edition.
Eric Thomas Askins
Eric Thomas Askins,

17, of Hollywood, MD
passed away on October 9, 2016. Born on
October 20, 1998 in
Prince Frederick, MD,
he was the loving son
of Laura Laurie Kimberly Quade Askins and
Joseph Joe Mitchell
Askins of Hollywood, MD. Eric is survived
by his brother, Travis Joseph Askins of
Hollywood, MD and grandmother, Nancy
Irene Quade. He is preceded in death by his
grandparents; Martin Allen Quade, Loretta
Askins and Mitchell Askins.
Eric graduated from Great Mills High
School in 2016 and was student at University of Maryland Baltimore County. He was a
lifeguard and lifelong county resident. Eric
swam with the Chesapeake Bay Aquatic
Club for 11 years, it was his second home.
During his senior year of high school, Eric
swam on the Great Mills swim team, and
had the best time with his team mates. Eric
holds swimming records at both CBAC and
GMHS. Eric was an original STEM program student, entering in the 4th grade, and
was a member of the first graduating class
to complete the STEM program from the
beginning to end (4th 12th).
Eric enjoyed his family, the outdoors,
being in the swimming pool, hanging out
with his friends and spending time with
his girlfriend, Kassi Boyce. His infectious
smile and quiet personality was loved by

all.
Pall Bearers: Brad Shannon, Andrew
Scott, Walter Kuhaneck, Brendan Cain,
Allan Li, Troy Kroll, Mike Flynn, Mike
Quade, and Greg Quade
Honorary Pall Bearers: Dennis Mackowiak, Guy Quade, and Casey Brandt
The family will receive friends on
Wednesday, October 12, 2016 from 5:00
8:00 PM with prayers recited at 7:00 PM
in the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home
Leonardtown, MD. A Mass of Christian
Burial will be celebrated on Thursday, October 13, 2016 at 10:00 AM in St. Johns
Catholic Church Hollywood, MD with
Father Ray Schmidt officiating. Interment
will follow in Charles Memorial Gardens
Leonardtown, MD.
Arrangements provided by the Mattinglye-Gardiner Funeral Home, P.A. Leonardtown, MD.
John Anthony Caspar
John Anthony Caspar, 100, of Hollywood, MD passed away on October 17,

2016 in Charlotte Hall Veterans Home
Charlotte Hall, MD. Born on July 31, 1916
in Washington, DC, he was the son of the
late Sophia F. Curry Caspar and Christian
Caspar. John is survived by his niece Charlene Knapp of Tampa, FL. He was preceded in death by 10 brother and sisters.
John served as a Staff Sargent in the
United States Army from March 23, 1942
to October 8, 1945. John served in the
In Remembrance
Third Army Division Company C 25th Armored Engineer Battalion, his duty stations
included: Brittany Campaign, Seille River
Campaign, SAAR Campaign, Ardennes
Campaign (Battle of the Bulge), DasburgIllume Campaign, and Germany Campaign. He earned; European African Middle Eastern Service Ribbon, Good Conduct
Medal, Bronze Star and certificate of Merit
during World War II. John worked as a
Topographical Engineer for the U.S. Army
Map Services. He loved to garden and build
bird houses.
All Services will be private.
William C. Wilkins
William C. Wilkins of Solomons, MD

passed away peacefully
on October 15, 2016.
He is survived by his
beloved wife Dorothy
Wilkins, of 40 years,
three stepchildren and
six step-grandchildren.
He was born February 12, 1932, in Jersey
City, NJ. He was predeceased by his parents Dorothy and William
Keller, of Leominster, MA.
William graduated from Loomis
Chaffee Preparatory School, CT. He received degrees from Oberlin College, OH,
and Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania. William retired after
27 years from US Customs Headquarters,
Washington DC. He earned his CPA designation and retired from a national accounting firm after working there 25 years. He
will be greatly missed.
He and his wife were members of St.
Thomas Episcopal Church of McLean, VA,
and St. Peters Church in Solomons, MD.
Memories of Bill will be cherished.
A private Memorial Service and inurnment will be at a later date. Condolences to
the family may be made at www.brinsfieldfuneral.com. Arrangements by Brinsfield
Funeral Home, P.A., Leonardtown, MD. In
lieu of flowers, donations may be made in
his name to St. Thomas Episcopal Church,
8991 Brook Road, McLean, VA. 22102.
Dorothy White Purdy
Dorothy White Purdy, 90, of La Plata,

MD formerly of Clinton, MD passed away
peacefully on October
8, 2016.
She lived a full and
rich life, blessed with
laughter and the love of
family and friends. She
will be greatly missed.
Dorothy was born on September 2, 1926
in Washington, DC to George Madison and
Mevie Lee White. A member of the Greatest Generation, she married John Robert
Purdy (Bob) on March 12, 1943. Together
for 37 years, they raised seven children
before his death in 1980. Dorothy was a
devoted wife and a loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother who exemplified the virtues of selflessness, unconditional love, generosity and wisdom. She
was happiest when she was with her family.
Dorothy was a beach lover and relished
every moment life would allow her to
spend by the ocean. She was particularly
fond of the beaches of Rehobeth Beach, DE
and Topsail Island, NC. In addition to her
love of the beach, she was a voracious reader, theater buff, lighthouse enthusiast and
a bird watcher who had a special fondness
for hummingbirds. She loved and raised
Boston Terriers. In later years, she became
an admirer of sea turtles. Upon her retirement from the Federal Government Printing Office in 1994, she was able to fulfill
her lifelong dream of travel. She and her
childhood friend, Joy Boyer travelled extensively and enjoyed trips to Europe, New
England, Canada, the Rocky Mountains
and California.
Dorothy is survived by her loving children, Joanne Yates (Donald) of Mechanicsville, MD, John Jr. (Mary) of Fredericksburg, VA, Steven (Diana) of Surf City,
NC, Donald of Hughesville, MD, Richard
of Hughesville, MD, Thomas (Angela) of
Indian Head, MD, 12 grandchildren and 19
great-grandchildren. In addition to her parents and husband she is preceded in death
by her brother, George Madison White, Jr.
and her son, Michael Lee Purdy.
Family will receive friends for Dorothys Life Celebration on Friday, October 14, 2016 from 4:00 until 7:00 p.m. at
Brinsfield-Echols Funeral Home, 30195
Three Notch Road, Charlotte Hall, MD
20622. A Funeral Service will be held on
Saturday, October 15, 2016 at 10:00 a.m.,
at Brinsfield-Echols Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Resurrection Cemetery,
8000 Woodyard Road, Clinton, MD 20735.
Serving as pallbearers will be Ryan
Tucker, Jeff Tucker, Kurt Smith, Chuck
Williams, Andrew Purdy, and David Purdy.
Memorial contributions may be made to
the Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue and
Rehabilitation Center, P.O. Box 2095, Surf
City, NC 28445, or the Charles County
Humane Society, 71 Industrial Park Drive,
Waldorf, MD 20602.
Condolences to the family may be made
at www.brinsfieldfuneral.com.
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Coming November 2016!
Pre-construction prices available until Nov. 15, 2016
Charles Memorial Gardens in Leonardtown is adding a

Cremation Niche Wall Garden to our meticulously maintained Perpetual Care
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MedStar St. Marys Hospital is hosting
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Bernie Matus. The Leonardtown artists
photographs and digital designs will be on
display in the hospitals Atrium. Bernie will
be donating a percentage from any works
sold during the show to the St. Marys Hospital Foundations scholarship fund.
Bernie, a former educator and school
administrator, creates intricate designs by
marrying various photographic images.
I love fine arts, said Bernie, and one of
my favorite print artists is Robert Rauschenberg. I used to study his works and I realized
I could do that with a computer, so I developed my own techniques.
Bernies interest in photography started
as a 10-year-old boy when he purchased his
first camera with money he earned from his
paper route. Nearly 60 years later, he is still
taking photos. Following a career
as a teacher in
New York and
school administrator
in
Pennsylvania,
Bernie
began to devote
more time to
his
passion
following his
retirement. He
Bernie and Nancy Matus
and his wife, Nancy, a former dermatologist

in practice for more than 30 years, moved
to Leonardtown in 2009 to be closer to their
daughter and her family.
I know how important the hospital is to
the welfare of the community, said Nancy,
and I think what is nice about MedStar St.
Marys Hospital is that they have the scholarship program to help students who may
not otherwise be able to go to school and
learn these skills.
The St. Marys Hospital Foundation provides scholarships to students interested in
pursuing careers in the healthcare industry.
Since 2001, the Foundation has awarded 132
scholarships.
We like to keep donations more local so
that you know the money is going to people
that live in the community, said Bernie. It
is a nice way to see money being used on a
local level.
An artist reception was held Oct. 3 in the
Atrium as part of the hospitals kickoff for
its annual philanthropy campaign, Giving:
The Power to Heal. Donations made during
this years campaign will help fund a major
renovation to the Atrium, which is expected
to begin next year. The renovation will include expansion of the eating area, new furniture, new lighting and new flooring and
wall treatments.
From St. Marys Hospital
The County Times
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A LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Even Hurricane Matthew could not stop
Camp Maria Retreat Centers 5th Annual
Oyster Scald
Camp Maria Style held on Sunday, October 9th. By the noon starting time, the rain
had cleared, the sun returned and people
began arriving to share the great Southern
Maryland fare of scalded oysters, fried oysters, fried chicken and stuffed ham. With
the music of Bob Schaller and Friends in
the background, friends new and old enjoyed the day. Thanks Bob for getting the
group together for our event. None of this
could have happened without the support
of others from our Board members, our
event sponsors, local businesses, our own
dedicated staff to our dedicated CMRC
volunteers. We thank our sponsors for this
event: the Pearl Level Baileys Catering,
Baileys Party Rentals, Our Neighbors
From across the Bay - the Fleury, Hartley
and Kerns Families; the Oyster Level - Paul
and Denise Pietsch; the Reef Level - Dyson
Building Center, James B. Hooper Associates, and Robert H. Moreland, Attorney;
and the Shell Level - Betty McKay Johnson, Bookkeeping By Crystal LLC, Mark
and Ann Kovalcik, and Printing Press
Inc.. The Advancement Committee of the
Camp Maria Retreat Center Board of Directors dedicated time and energy for many
months for the success of this event: Sandy
Dyson, Alice Moreland, Sarah Kane, Denise Pietsch, Ann Kovalcik, and Hillary
Dyson, Food Service Manager. Much appreciation goes to Maintenance Manager,
Lenny Zelonis, and our housekeeping and
maintenance staffs for their attention to
detail and the smooth preparation of our

facilities. We are very grateful to our volunteers who scalded and served the oysters:
Paul OBrien, Jack Russell, Bill Russell,
Dan Greenwell, David Spranger, and Tom
Emmart. Food preparation by Mark Kovalcik and Melanie Dyson and her kitchen
crew made the food the highlight of the
day no lines, all smiles. Our wonderful bake sale would not have been possible
without the baking talents of Louise Gough
and Rose Mary Klein. The key to every
event held at Camp Maria Retreat Center
are the volunteers who are willing to serve
wherever and whenever. This Oyster Scald
was no exception. Throughout the day volunteers moved from one task to another as
needed - with willingness and skill. We are
most grateful for these special friends of
Camp Maria: Sr. Marian Stenken, SCN, Sr.
Luke Boriarski, SCN, Sr. Anne Magruder,
SCN, Theresa Emmart, Natalie Emmart,
Meredith Emmart, Kathy OBrien,
Laverne Schaefer, Theresa Pilkerton, Louise Gough, Harmony Spranger, Crystal
Spranger, Sara Greenwell, Ryan Wathen,
Ed Wathen, Carol Edick, Clarke Guy, Eric
Gass, Dan Kerns, and George Fleury. Most
importantly, we are grateful for all who,
in spite of unsettled weather, came out
and supported Camp Maria Retreat Centers 5th Annual Oyster Scald. Seeing old
friends and making new ones is part of the
joy of this event. Camp Maria Retreat Center is already looking forward to next years
Scald. Save the date - October 8, 2017. Ann
Kovalcik, Director Camp Maria Retreat
Center
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Ghosts of Sotterley: Witches in the

Woods
(Historic Sotterley Plantation 44300 Sotterley Ln, Hollywood)
Oct. 21, 22, 27, 28 & 29 7 p.m. to 10:30
p.m.
Take a journey through some of the darkest
moments of Sotterleys history! Youll need
your wits to get through this entertaining
walking tour through Sotterleys forest!
Prepare to encounter both the earthly inhabitants and those not of this earth on this
spooky outdoor walking tour production!
Purchase Tickets at www.Sotterley.org.
May not be suitable for young children.
Dress appropriately for this spooky outdoor
walking tour / production. NO refunds held rain or shine.
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Friday, October 21
Bingo Every Saturday at Mother Catherine Academy

(33883 Chaptico Road Mechanicsville)
5 p.m. to 10 p.m.
SATURDAY NIGHT BINGO! Doors open
at 5 pm. Early Birds start at 6:30 pm. Regular Games start at 7:00 pm. $10 admission
(includes one regular book). Progressive
Money Ball! Door prizes. Concessions:
Weekly specials along with regulars Pizza,
Cheeseburgers, Hamburgers, Hot dogs and
French Fries. We are located on Route 238
Chaptico Road just one mile off of Route
5. Call 301-884-3165 for more information.
Visit our website www.mothercatherine.
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Department of Aging & Human Services

Community Health Fair
(Southern Maryland Higher Education
44219 Airport Rd, California)
8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Its that time of year again! The 2016
Health Fair, sponsored by the St. Marys
County Department of Aging & Human
Services, will be held on Friday, Oct. 21, at
the Southern Maryland Higher Education
Center from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. and will feature
10 health screenings, more than 70 healthfocused vendors, activity demonstrations,
and more. MedStar Health Connections
will be on site offering flu shots for $20.
Anyone billing the cost to Medicare should
bring their insurance card and photo identification. Cash and check will be accepted
for all other individuals. A shredder truck
will be available from 8 a.m.-1 p.m. for
anyone who wishes to shred documents,
including financial and personal information that is no longer needed. The Sheriffs
Office will be on-site to collect expired or
unwanted medications.
A full list of screeners, demonstrations,
and presentations are available on the Departments Facebook page and website.
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
the Department Facebook page, keyword
Department of Aging & Human Services.
Bingo - Am. Leg. Post 82, La Plata

(6330 N. Crain Highway, La Plata)
7 p.m. to 10 p.m.
American Legion Auxiliary Unit 82 will
hold smoke-free BINGO Thursdays with
early birds beginning at 7:00 pm at Harry
White Wilmer American Legion Post
82, 6330 Crain Highway, La Plata. Doors
open 6 pm. Call (301) 934-8221. PUBLIC
WELCOME.
Life of Community Church of God Yard Sale

(Life Community Church of God 22512
Chancellors Run Rd, Great Mills)
7 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Lots of great items. Tools, furniture, computer items, toys, clothes and so much
more. Also, lots of items on offer donation table.
Line Dance Lessons

(Hotel Charles - 15110 Burnt Store Rd,
Hughesville)
Wednesdays at 7 p.m.
Free line dance lessons taught by the
Southern Maryland Boot Scooters. Beginner lessons 7:00 PM - 7:30 PM. Intermediate lessons 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM.
Thursday, October 20
Rick Lavoie Motivation Breakthrough

(BDVFD Social Hall, 46900 S. Shangri-La
Drive, Lexington Park)
9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Join the Southern Maryland Collaborative
for Families of Children with Disabilities
as we host our 2016 Fall Conference featuring Rick Lavoie and The Motivation
Breakthrough: Secrets for Turning On the
Tuned-Out Child. Come hear renowned
special educator and speaker Rick Lavoie
as he presents a workshop exploring some
of the common misconceptions related to
student motivation. Learn why some approaches are ineffective, and learn which
strategies actually work. Learn how to
motivate children and keep that motivation
throughout the school year. Registration includes a continental breakfast, lunch, and a
copy of Mr. Lavoies book The Motivation
Breakthrough. For more details, or to register, go to http://autismsupport-somd.org
and click on Rick Lavioe Conference, or
call the Conference Line at (240) 561-8860.
Saturday, October 22
The Crop Hop Fundraiser Bike Tour

(Home Grown Farm Market 21078 Three
Notch Rd Lexington Park)
7 a.m. to 11 a.m.
The CROP HOP (A Cycling Tour of So.
Maryland Farms) is a fundraiser bike tour
designed to highlight the connection between farms, fresh food, and good health,
and to help provide fresh farm foods to
low-income families in Southern Maryland. Riders will tour local farms and enjoy
food grown and raised locally at each stop
and during the after-ride picnic. The event
features four spectacular routes through
the scenic Southern Maryland countryside.
Choose from the challenging Silo Century
(a metric century), the Harvest Hop (about
35 miles), the Barnstormer (about 17 miles)
or the family-friendly Sprout Route. Registered riders will receive a FREE commemorative T-Shirt and lunch while supplies last. (Register early!) A portion of the
proceeds will be used to purchase fresh
farm food for low-income families through
an organization working to feed the hunger community. Register to ride! GOOD
FOOD AND FUN! Details coming soon on
all the fun activities planned for the launch
and after-party. THE CROP HOP PICNIC!
Not planning to ride? Register for the picnic only and join the fun! www.crophop.
com/ crophop@smadc.com.
Artisan Market Summerseat Farm

(Summerseat Farm Mechanicsvile, Md.
26655 Three Notch Road)
8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Summerseat Farm is holding its rescheduled craft fair for Saturday, October 22,
from 8:00 am to 4:00 pmrain or shine.
The Artisan Market will feature all homemade, homegrown, handcrafted, vintage
and baked goods. Some examples of the
crafts that will be offered are: handmade
rustic signs, spices, carved walking sticks,
vintage fishing poles, pottery, slumped
glass, jewelry, chocolates, celtic items,
paintings, jams, jellies, shell crafts, bacon
spreads, sea glass, watercolors and much
more. You wont want to miss this event.
Mark your calendars for the future Artisan
Market at Summerseat Farm on the first
Saturday of November. See our website
at www.summerseat.org or Facebook for
more information or to register as a vendor
for future Artisan Markets.
Ryken 5K and Fall Family Fun Run
(St. Marys Ryken 22600 Camp Calvert
Rd, Leonardtown)
8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Join SMR for a day of fitness & fun for the
whole family as it hosts its Annual Blaine
Whorl 5K and Family Fun Run! This event
is open to the public. Registration is $25
until 10/1/16 and $30 after. SMR Staff/
Faculty/Student discounts available. Kids
10 and under can register for a FREE 100
meter pumpkin dash. REGISTER TODAY
at http://www.smrhs.org/5K. Music, refreshments, games and family fun will be a
part of the day. Awards will be given for top
qualifiers of the 5K run and prizes awarded
for kids 100 meter pumpkin dash. Dont
miss out! Register today!
Golden Beach Community 5k Walk / Run
(40590 Waterview Drive, Mechanicsville)
9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Come enjoy a fun 5k walk/run community
event. Free t-shirt, meal voucher ticket and
bottled water with paid registration. 4h Annual 5K Walk/Run. Its that time again.
Please join us for the 4th Annual Golden
Beach Walk/Run. All of the proceeds will
be used for our community events, such as
fireworkds, kids fishing tournament, Easter
egg hung, National night out, Christmas
Bazaar and other. Registration Time: 9am,
Run Start Time: 10am. Location: Long
Point in Golden Beach. Pre-register at:
www.ourgoldenbeach.com/5k-walk-run.
html.
Harvest Taste of Solomons
(Solomons Island)
11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Taste of Solomons is a one-day food festival showcasing the many wonderful places
to eat in this lovely waterfront community.
Food and drink tickets are only $4 each
and are available for purchase at each participating restaurant. A $4 dollar ticket will
buy you one of a selection of special menu
items or drinks selected by each participating restaurant as their Harvest Taste of
Solomons offering, on the day.
All prceeds benefit the Solomons Business
Associations annual July 4th Fireworks
Display! So bring your family and friends
to enjoy Solomons food and beverages.
Help keep our Fireworks display a glorious
tradition enjoyed by all!
Baby Bazaar in La Plata

(Somers Community Center 300 Willow
Lane, La Plata)
9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Buy and sell pre-loved baby, toddler, and
maternity items during the annual baby
bazaar at Somers Community Center (300
Willow Lane, La Plata) from 9 a.m. to
noon. Shop for all things baby and toddlersized. The event will be held rain or shine.
Children must be supervised at all times.
Interested in being a seller? Sell baby and
toddler-themed items, out-grown toys,
clothes, furniture, and gently-used maternity items. Setup is from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m.
The deadline to reserve your space is Friday, Oct. 21. Table availability is limited.
For details about the baby bazaar or if interested in selling, call Somers Community
Center at 301-932-6679.
Craft and Vendor Fair at LPVRS
(21685 FDR Blvd., Lexington Park)
11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
There will be a Craft and Vendor Fair at
the Lexington Park Vol. Rescue Squad
on FDR Blvd from 11:00-2:00. Tastefully Simple, Perfectly Posh, Tupperware,
Scentsy, LuLaRoe, Stamin Up,MaryKay,
Origami Owl, To name a few PLUS Crafters. Its never too early to start your Holiday shopping.
Fall Oyster Dinner
(16378 Piney Point Rd. Piney Point)
12 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Come on out and Support the Snack Sack
program for Piney Point Elementary. A
program that sends food home with students who need it. FRIED OYSTER and
HAM DINNER includes half dozen Fried
Oysters, Ham, Parsley Potatoes, Green
Beans, Coleslaw and Roll for $20. $1 Kids
Hotdog Meal. EAT IN OR DRIVE THRU.
Also Bake table with famous Island Coconut Cake.
Bluegrass for Hospice 2016
(Flat Iron Farm 458 Flat Iron Rd, Great
Mills)
12 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Doors open at 11 am, festivities begin at
noon. Tickets: advance $25.00/$30.00 at
the gate
Children under 12 are admitted free with
a paid adult. Mail: send a self-addressed
stamped envelope, check made payable to
Hospice of St. Marys, to P.O. Box 741,
California, MD, 20619. Credit card online
from Brown Paper Tickets, www.bluegrassforhospice.com, click Tickets. In
person: The Trading Post, Rt. 5 and Indian
Bridge Rd in Great Mills, MD. Information, to be a sponsor, or to reserve a vendor
space: contact Jay Armsworthy at 301-7373004. www.bluegrassforhospice.com.
2nd District VFD&RS Spaghetti Dinner
(2nd Dist VFD&RS 45245 DRAYDEN
RD. Valley Lee)
5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Menu Consisting of: Spaghetti w/sauce or
Spaghetti w/meat sauce, Green beans w/bacon, Garden Salad, Bread & Butter. Homemade Dessert TableDonations accepted.
Coffee, Tea, & Water will be provided.
Adults$10.00; Children 612 $5.00;
Children 5 & under are free. Wear a costume
& get a treat bag! Proceeds from this fundraiser are for the Fire Department & Rescue
Squad to continue to keep our community
safe. Thank you for your Support! Sponsored
(and prepared) by the 2nd District Volunteer
Fire Dept & Rescue Squad Auxiliary. For
more information call: 301-994-9999.
Community
Haunted Ship
(Historic St. Marys City 47414 Old State
House Road, St. Marys City)
5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Maryland Dove (meet at The Shop at Farthings Ordinary), 47414 Old State House
Road, St. Marys City, MD 20686. Don
a costume and visit the Maryland Dove,
transformed into a not-so-scary haunted
ship. There will be trick-or-treating, face
painting, and games. Donation. (240)
895-4990 or info@HSMCdigshistory.org.
www.HSMCdigshistory.org.
Sunday, October 23
Annual Vendor/Craft Show 7th Dis Vol

R/S Aux
(21530 Colton Point Rd)
9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
The Seventh District Volunteer Rescue
Squad Auxiliary will be having a Holiday
Vendor & Craft Show on Sunday, October 23, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Rescue
Squad Building located at 21530 Colton
Point Road in Avenue. Tables are available
$25.00. Please contact Jackie at 240-9258473 or e-mail jewooddell@md.metrocast.
net for information. Sandwiches, drinks
and homemade desserts will be available
for purchase. There will be a Pick-A-Gift
Raffle, 50/50 Raffle. Please come and bring
your friends to enjoy the day while getting
some early Christmas shopping done. The
Auxiliary would like to thank everyone for
their continued support.
Zombie Invasion 5K Run/Walk
(Laurel Springs Regional Park, 5940 Radio Station Rd, La Plata)
10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Join Charles County Sherriffs Office
for the 4th Annual Zombie Invasion 5k!
A Zombie Invasion is a fun organized
gathering of people dressed up in zombie
costumes and play-act as zombies walking through a public urban center and city
streets. Most of the time, were told to stand
up straight, keep clean, and do as were
told, but the zombie walk offers participants the opportunity to let their hair down,
get messy, and release some of the inner
monster within. This is an undead family
event and there is a little undead in all of us,
so bring out your best zombie look and join
the undead in Charles County. Makeup artist will be on-site to help bring out your inner zombie. Our charity partner is Special
Olympics Maryland so come out and help
us raise money for the thousands of athletes
that train and compete every year. For more
info, visit zombieinvasion5k.com.
Sacred Heart Church Annual Fall
Dinner
(23080 Maddox Road, Bushwood)
12 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Sacred Heart Church in Bushwood will be
hosting their Annual Fall Dinner on Sunday, October 23rd, from 12 noon4 p.m.
Menu includes; fried oysters, stuffed ham,
turkey with dressing & gravy, sweet potatoes, parsley potatoes, green beans, cole
slaw, rolls and drink. Cost is Adults $25,
Children 12 and under $6 and drive-thru
carry-outs $25. We will also have a Bake
Table, Country Store and a Raffle.
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Monday, October 24
Zumba Fitness Classes No Contract,

No Membership!
(21155 Lexwood Drive, 2nd Floor Lexington Park)
6 p.m. to 7 p.m.
We are pleased to announce ZUMBA FITNESS classes at Amate Life & Z-Club with
Mileddy are back! Classes will be held
at The Housing Authority of St. Marys
County (HASMC). Classes will be every:
Monday Zumba Toning 6:00pm (bring
weights no heavier than 3lbs optional),
Tuesday Zumba Fintess 6:00pm, Thursday Zumba Fitness 6:00pm. This is a pay
as you go Fitness Program, No Contracts,
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Please call/text Mileddy 301-481-0752.
Tuesday, October 25
Ralph Ellisons writings and relevance

to todays politics
(Auerbach Auditorium, 47458 Trinity
Church Road, St. Marys City)
7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
On Tuesday, Oct. 25, at 7:30 p.m. at Auerbach Auditorium of St. Marys Hall, John
Callahan, literary executor of Ralph Ellisons estate and Morgan S. Odell Professor
Emeritus of Humanities at Lewis & Clark
College will present, Consciousness,
Consciousness, Consciousness. And with
consciousness, a more refined conscientiousness: Ralph Ellison in Our Turbulent
American Times. Ralph Ellison was an
American writer and scholar best known
for writing The Invisible Man, which
won the National Book Award in 1953. In
his lecture, Callahan will explore how Ellisons 1974 call for consciousness and a
more refined conscientiousness answers
Invisible Mans most vexingand still
relevantquestion: could politics ever
be an expression of love? Drawing on Ellisons essays, fiction, and extensive letters,
Callahan will explore how reading Ellison
today presents a retelling of the lower frequencies of American life that amount to
a foretelling of our present.
war on drugs, war on illegal immigration, war on . . . you name it. And he and
other black men like him are in the crosshairs. Maybe its safer for Nathaniel to
re-up than to try to survive here at home,
in Freedomland. For more information
about performances of Freedomland,
contact Mark Rhoda at marhoda@smcm.
edu or 240-895-4231, or visit the TFMS
website at www.smcm.edu/tfms/2016/06/
san-francisco-mime-troupes-freedomland/.
Lecture: The Artic and Climate Change

(Auerbach Auditorium, St. Marys Hall,
47458 Trinity Church Road, St. Marys
City)
5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Hear Dr. John E. Walsh, chief scientist,
International Arctic Research Center, University of Alaska and professor emeritus,
Atmospheric Sciences Department, University of Illinois, discuss his research
focusing on Arctic sea ice and snow cover and their role in climate change. This
lecture is co-sponsored by The Patuxent
Partnership.
Bravehouse Theatre Presents Enchanted April
(Chopticon High School, 25390 Colton
Point Rd, Morganza)
6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
When two frustrated London housewives
decide to rent a villa in Italy for a holiday
away from their bleak marriages, they recruit two very different English women
to share the cost and experience. There,
among the wisteria blossoms and Mediterranean sunshine, all four bloom again
rediscovering themselves in ways that
theyand wecould never have expected. Tickets: $8 adults/ $5 students.
Spirits of St. Marys
(St. Marys County Fairgrounds, 42455
Fairgrounds Road, Leonardtown)
7 p.m. to 10 p.m.
The Hollywood Volunteer Rescue Squad is
planning to do our best to scare all visitors
of their wits this Halloween season. The
Spirits of St. Marys will be held Thursday, October 27; Friday, October 28 and
Saturday, October 29, 2016 from 7 p.m. to
10 p.m. or until the last visitor has passed
through our spirit trail. Cost is $10 per person. Parking is free. Spirits of St. Marys is
an outdoor event. Anyone under the age of
14 must be accompanied by an adult. Appropriate footwear is recommended. You
will experience loud noises, low visibility,
flashing lights, sudden movements and
other frightening creatures. Use extreme
caution if you have seizures, a cardiac condition or any serious medical condition.
Food and refreshments will be available.
All proceeds benefit the Hollywood Volunteer Rescue Squad. For more information
visit our website www.hvrs.org.
Pet of the Week
Meet Tom and Jerry
Tom and Jerry were born in July of

2016 and are so cute as you can see.
They are both looking for their
forever homes. They are very playful
and very sweet.
You can meet them at the Petco in
California every Saturday and Sunday from 11 to 3.
Kittens cost $125 and are spayed
or neutered, combo tested for aids
and feline leukemia, microchipped,
dewormed, 3 distemper vaccines
and if old enough, they have a rabies
vaccine.
P.O. Box 184
Hollywood, MD 20636
(301) 866-0305
Wednesday, October 26
Freedomland, by San Francisco Mime

Troupe
(Bruce Davis Theater, Montgomery Hall
Fine Arts Center, St. Marys City)
8 p.m. to 10 p.m.
St. Marys College of Maryland will host
the San Francisco Mime Troupes performance of Freedomland on Wednesday,
Oct. 26 and Thursday, Oct. 27 at 8 p.m.,
in the Bruce Davis Theater, Montgomery
Hall Fine Arts Center. Performances of
Freedomland are free and open to the
public, however, seating is limited so reservations are required. To make reservations, contact the Theater Box Office at
boxoffice@smcm.edu or 240-895-4243.
Freedomland is presented by the Department of Theater, Film, and Media Studies
at St. Marys College of Maryland. For
black army vet, Nathaniel, a lead character in Freedomland, no place is safe,
not even his homeland. Its a war zone:
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Minecraft Mania for ages

10-17
Lexington Park Library will host

Minecraft Mania for ages 10-17 on
Tuesday, November 1 from 4 to 6 p.m.
Share strategies with other Minecrafters, explore new terrain, gather raw
materials and create amazing structures! Registration required, opens 2
weeks before the program, on www.
stmalib.org or call 301-863-8188.
Microsoft Office:
Introduction to PowerPoint
2013
Charlotte Hall Library will host Microsoft Office: Introduction to PowerPoint 2013 on Wednesday, November
2 from 2 to 4 p.m. Learn the basics
of creating multimedia presentations
using Microsoft PowerPoint 2013.
Explore how to animate presentations
using various effects. Prerequisites:
Computer Basics 1 & 2, or basic skills
in using the mouse & keyboard. Adult
computer classes are limited to ages 16
and up. Registration required on www.
stmalib.org or call 301-884-2211
Minecraft Mania for

ages6-9

Minecraft Mania for ages 6-9 on
Wednesday, November 2 from 2:30
to 4 p.m. Share strategies with other
Minecrafters, explore new terrain,
gather raw materials and create amazing structures! Registration required,
opens 2 weeks before the program, on
www.stmalib.org or call 301-863-8188.
College Q&A: You Have

College Questions, We
Have Answers

College Q&A: You Have College
Questions, We Have Answers on
Wednesday, November 2 from 6 to
7:30 p.m. A casual discussion and
Q&A session about preparing for college from writing your admissions
essay and choosing a school to figuring out FAFSA and picking a major.
All students, parents, and community
members are welcome! No registration required.
Publisher
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Office Manager
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Graphic Artist
Sarah Williams
Staff Writers
Guy Leonard
Dandan Zou
Interns
Miranda McLain
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Southern Maryland
JobSource Mobile Career
Center
Charlotte Hall Library will host

Southern Maryland JobSource Mobile
Career Center on Thursday, November 3 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Job seekers
can stop by to get job counseling and
resume help, search for jobs, and get
registered with the Maryland Workforce Exchange.
Leonardtown Library
Closed 9 a.m. -1 p.m. for
Staff Training
Leonardtown Library will be closed

on Friday, November 4 from 9 a.m. 1
p.m. for staff training. The Lexington
Park Library and Charlotte Hall Library will be open their normal hours.
Handmade at Your
Library

Handmade at Your Library on Saturday, November 5 from 2 to 3 p.m. A
craft program for beginner and experienced do-it-yourselfers. Join us one
Saturday a month to make unique
handicrafts. Well supply the instructions and materials, and you bring the
creativity. This month well be making finger crochet scarves. This is an
adults only program. Registration
required at www.stmalib.org or call
301-863-8188.
Ready to Serve: World

War I Nurses Unknown
Stories

Ready to Serve: World War I Nurses
Unknown Stories on Sunday, November 13 from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Written
and performed by Ellouise Schoettler,
Ready to Serve is the true story of elite
American professional nurses who
served in France during WWI. They
left a legacy that makes us proud. Recommended for ages 13+. No registration required.
Thomas McKay
Eric McKay
Tobie Pulliam
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sarahwilliams@countytimes.net
dandan@countytimes.net
mmclain@smcm.edu
Photographer
Frank Marquart
Laura Joyce
Ron Guy
Linda Reno
Shelbey Oppermann
David Spigler
Doug Watson
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In Entertainment
Basket and Bags Bingo

Immaculate Conception Church Hall,
Mechanicsville)
6 p.m.
Friday, October, 21
The Lion, the Witch, and the

Wardrobe
CSM Childrens Theatre, La Plata
7:00 p.m.
Saturday, October 22
Bluegrass for Hospice 2016
Flat Iron Farm, Great Mills
12 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Southern Maryland Concert Band

College of Southern Maryland La
Plata Campus, Fine Arts (FA) Building, La Plata)
8 p.m.
Rhythm & RichesAmish Outlaws
& Robbie Boothe
St Marys County Fairgrounds
11 a.m. to 11 p.m
Monday, October 24
Elks Holdem BOUNTY
Tournament
St. Marys County Elks Lodge
7:00 PM
Tuesday, October 25
Ralph Ellisons writings and

relevance to todays politics
Auerbach Auditorium, St. Marys City,
7:30 p.m to 8:30 p.m.
Wednesday, October 26
Wild Card Trivia
Anglers Seafood Bar and Grill,
Solomons
7 to 9 p.m.
Karaoke
The All American Steakhouse &
Sports Theater, Waldorf
8 p.m.- 11 p.m.
Karaoke
The Greene Turtle, La Plata
9 p.m to 2 a.m.
Bravehouse Theatre Presents
Enchanted April
Chopticon High School, Morganza)
6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Mike Damron
Anglers Seafood Bar and Grill,
Solomons
7 to 10 p.m.
Karaoke w/DJ Tommy T
Bowie Applebees, Bowie
8 p.m. to 12 p.m.
The Calvert County Times is always looking for

more local talent to feature! To submit art or
band information for our entertainment section,
e-mail sarahwilliams@countytimes.net.
Please submit calendar listings by noon on the
Tuesday prior to our Thursday publication.
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P. O. Box 250 Hollywood, MD 20636
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2016 Health Fair: The Way
to Wellness
Do you have the annual Health Fair:

The Way to wellness on your calendar?
This years health fair will be held on
Friday, Oct. 21, from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. at the
Southern Maryland Higher Education
Center. With hourly drawings, a number
of health-based vendors, screeners, and
classes, this years Health Fair will have
something for everyone! The Health
Fair is hosted by the Department of Aging & Human Services, is free and open
to the community. A shredder truck will
be on site from 8 a.m.-1 p.m. People using the shredder truck will be limited
to four boxes. Lunch will be available
from Rita B Catering from 10:30 a.m.2 p.m. Crown Jewels of the Chesapeake
will be on site all day collecting nonperishable canned and boxed goods to
donate to a local food pantry.
Screenings Blood Pressure, Oral
Health, Leg Vein, Hearing and Vision,
Flu Shots, Depression, and Skin Cancer.
Schedule of Classes and

Presentations
What is the Zika Virus?
10-10:45 a.m., Room 124
Home Care Facts
11-11:45 a.m., Room 124
Overdose Response Training
12-1:30 p.m., Room 124
http://www.smchd.org/overdose/
EnhanceFitness Demo
1-1:30 p.m., Room 154
Compression Only CPR Demo
2-2:30 p.m., Room 124
Fitness at Home
2:30-3 p.m., Room 154
For additional information, call Sarah
Miller, Community Programs and Outreach Manager, at 301-475-4200, ext.
*1073.
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St. Marys Department of Aging

Programs and Activities
Halloween Party at Loffler
Kick off the holiday season at the

Loffler Senior Activity Center by celebrating Halloween! The party starts
on Monday, Oct. 31, at 11 a.m. with
music, dancing, occasional spurts of
impromptu entertainment (bring your
good nature- there will be a few tricks
and they may be on you!) along with a
scary lunch: Fallen Leaves with Blood
Red Acorns, Plucked Fowl in Aged
Curds Sauce, Tiny Treetops, Grainy
Forest Floor Bits, Devils Opposite
Dessert. If this menu doesnt appeal to
your gentle nature you can request the
alternate menu: Tossed Salad w/kidney
beans, Salad Dressing, Chicken Divine,
Rice, Broccoli, WW Dinner Roll, and
Angel Food Cake. If you want to ramp
up the fun, wear a costume- there will
be prizes in several categories! This is
a ticketed event ($6 suggested donation)
with a limited number of tickets available. Stop by Loffler to get your tickets while they are still available. Call
301-737-5670, ext. 1658 if you have any
questions.
Mystery & the

Masquerade Party
Celebrate Halloween at the Northern

Senior Activity Center by attending our
Mystery & the Masquerade party on
Monday, Oct. 31 at 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Costumes are encouraged as we celebrate
with food, fun, and music. Party with
Mean Gene and enjoy the interaction
with colorful characters. The ticket cost
is $8 and includes lunch. Purchase your
ticket before noon on Friday, Oct. 28,
while supplies last. To purchase your
ticket in advance, please visit the front
desk or call 301-475-4002, ext. *3101
for more information.
YES Cycling on the Trail
On Wednesday, Oct. 26 at 10 a.m.

the Northern Senior Activity Center
will have a cycling event on the Three
Notch Trail brought to you by the YES
Cycling Program. Bring your own bike
or trike and helmet for a causal, relaxedpace ride stopping along the way to read
the trail interpretive signs. The trip is
led by Dan Donahue, experienced cy-
clist and volunteer bicycle trip leader.

The Northern Senior Activity Center
has two bicycles and one trike available
to borrow for the trip. To sign up for the
trip or to reserve one of the three cycles,
call 301-475-4002, ext. *3103.
Veterans Circle
Celebration to be held
Thursday, Nov. 10
Every year the staff at Loffler Senior

Activity Center welcomes our local
veterans with a breakfast and a simple
ceremony designed to honor those who
have served and continue to serve our
country through military service. This
years Veterans Circle Celebration will
take place on Thursday, November 10
at Loffler Senior Activity Center. A
staff-prepared breakfast will begin at
9:30 a.m. with the ceremony following
at 10 a.m. Cost is $5 for civilians and
is FREE for veterans (including active duty members). Payment is due at
sign up, at the Loffler Senior Activity
Center, and limited spaces are available. Call 301-737-5670, ext. 1658 for
more information. Deadline for signing
up is Thursday, November 3, or when
maximum number of seats is reached.
Indicate if you are a veteran when you
signup.
Flu Shot Clinic at Loffler
If you are over 50 and havent had a

chance to get your flu shot, its not too
late. Shots will be available at the Loffler Senior Activity Center on Friday,
Nov. 4 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The flu
shot is covered 100% by most insurance including Medicare, Medicaid
MCOs, Tricare, Blue Cross BlueShield,
CareFirst, BlueCross Federal, Aetna,
Cigna, United Healthcare, etc. If some
reason you are uninsured the cost
is $32.99 is for the regular dose and
$69.99 for the high dose (HD) flu vaccine.Bring your Medicare or other insurance card. Call 301-737-5670, ext.
1658 to set up your appointment or for
more information.
Lyme Disease Video

Conference Series
A five-part video series will be shown

at the Northern Senior Activity Center
starting on Wednesday, Nov. 9 at 3 p.m.
and continue on alternating Wednesdays. This series features top Lymeliterate doctors at various conferences.
The first video features Dr. Raphael
Stricker, President of International
Lyme and Associated Diseases Society
(ILADS) and covers many challenging aspects of Lyme Disease diagnosis
and treatment; duration 45 minutes. To
sign up for this presentation in advance,
please visit the signup table or call 301475-4002, ext. *3101.
challenging aspects of Lyme Disease
diagnoses and treatment; duration 45
minutes. To sign up for this presentation
in advance, please visit the signup table
or call 301-475-4002, ext. *3101.
Rustic Coffee Filter

Wreath
Make a rustic coffee filter wreath

at the Garvey Senior Activity Center
on Wednesday, Nov. 2, from 10 a.m.
noon. The finished product will be a
beautiful home dcor item for the fall.
Its easy to make and looks great hanging by a mantel or small table. Cost:
$6.00. Register in advance by calling
301-475-4200, ext. *1050.
Basketball for Ages 50+
Pick-up basketball games will be held

in the Margaret Brent Recreation Center gymnasium during this six-week
session, Fridays, Nov. 4 Dec. 23 (no
play Nov. 25) from 10-11 a.m. Games
are open to both males and females.
Advance registration is required. Players may register at the Garvey Senior
Activity Center in Leonardtown. Cost:
$12. For more information, call 301475-4200, ext. *1050.
Brought to you by the Commissioners of St. Marys County: James R. Guy, President; Michael L. Hewitt; Tom
Jarboe; Todd B. Morgan; John E. OConnor; and the Department of Aging & Human Services
Loffler Senior Activity Center 301-737-5670, ext. 1658 Garvey Senior
Activity Center, 301-475-4200, ext. 1050
Northern Senior Activity Center, 301-475-4002, ext. 3101
Visit the Department of Agings website at www.stmarysmd.com/

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1. Adenosine
triphosphate
4. Plane
7. Plant cultivated for
its tubers
10. Wreath
11. Equal, prefix
12. Type of fish
13. Measuring
instrument
15. High-pitched
crying noise
16. Chilean seaport
19. Make in advance
21. Where planes land
and take off
23. Nicaraguan capital
24. Reprint
25. Evergreen genus
26. Vale
27. Not the most dry
30. There are four of
them
34. Pie _ _ mode
35. At or near the stern
36. Attached to the side

of a motorcycle
41. Soft-bodied beetle
45. Rule, Britannia
composer
46. __ of March: rough
day for Julius Caesar
47. A way of changing
taste
50. Bubbled up
54. Remedy
55. Barrooms
56. Henry Clay __,
industrialist
57. A citizen of
Thailand
59. Cove
60. One and only
61. __ death do us part
62. Zero
63. Thus far
64. Brew
65. Crunches federal
numbers
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settler
2. Drink table on
wheels
3. A canoe
4. Baseball player
nicknamed Kitty
5. Midway between
east and southeast
6. Direction of
attention
7. Egg-shaped wind
instrument
8. Cadavers
9. Farewell
13. Revolutions per
minute
14. Small constellation
17. Vineyard
18. Consumed
20. Pitchers need to get
them
22. Educational assn.
(abbr.)
27. No longer is
28. Peytons little

brother
29. Small amount
31. An awkward stupid
person
32. Popular pro sports
league
33. Pigpen
37. Type of head pain
38. Jiminy is one
39. Diarist Frank
40. Boat race
41. Can be split
42. Thought
43. Staggering
44. Baltic country
47. Sunscreen rating
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49. Togetherness
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poet Anselm
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northeast and east
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A Journey Through
Time
by Linda Reno
Contributing Writer
The Times Chronicle
Susanna Maria Bennett
Susanna Maria Bennett was born in 1666

and was as close to colonial royalty as one
could get in those days. Her mother was
Henrietta Maria Neale, 1647-1697, daughter of Captain James Neale, 1615-1684, and
Ann Gill, bef. 1629-1698, the progenitors of
the Neale family of Maryland.
Captain James Neale was a royalist and
maintained an enviable position at the court
of King Charles I. Henrietta Maria, their eldest child was named after Queen Henrietta
Maria, King Charles Is wife. During the
Civil Wars and Puritan supremacy, he was
an Ambassador for Charles I at the Spanish
and Portuguese Courts.
Susannas father was Richard Bennett,
Jr., 1639-1667, son of Governor Richard
Bennett, 1609-1675, (served as governor,
1652-1655) of Virginia. Governor Bennett
made provisions for his little granddaughter
shortly after his sons death.
Richard Bennett of Nansamund River,
VA, merchant, grants to Mrs. Henrietta
Maria Bennett, relict of his son, Richard
Bennett of Baltimore Co. and to Susanna,
daughter of his son Richard, all that estate
of which his son Richard died seized, leaving the power and right of disposal to her,
Mrs. Henrietta Maria Bennett and to Capt.
James Neale, her father.
Susanna married first, John Darnall about
1683 and he died in 1684. They had one
daughter named Henrietta Maria Darnall
who was living as late as 1717. She married
second, Colonel Henry Lowe in 1688.
September 19, 1688: This Indenture
made the Nineteenth day of September in
the Yeare of Our Lord One Thousand six
hundred Eighty and Eight Betweene Henry
Lowe of Calvert County in the Province of
Maryland Gent and Susanna his wife on the
one part And the Honble Vincent Lowe of
Talbot County
Esq. and Anthony Neale
of
Charles
County Gent.
on the other
part.
W hereas
a Marriage
hath
been
lately had and
solemnized
betweene
them the said
Henry and Susanna with whome the said
Henry was to receive not onely a Considerable Estate by setlement upon him of the
land whereof the said Susanna any waies
stood seized of before the said Marriage had
either in her owne right or in Joynt tennancy
or Tennancy in Common with others But
also a Competent personall Estate whereof
she was Possessed In Consideracon of wch
marriage and of the Reall and psonall Estate aforesaid, etc. This marriage contract
was very extensive and covered quite a bit of
property all over the state of Maryland.
Ten children were born to this marriage
including Jane Lowe, the first wife of James
Bowles of Sotterley and Bennett Lowe
who married Eleanor Addison, sister of
Rebecca Addison (second wife of James
Bowles and then first wife of Governor
George Plater).
Susanna died at her home, just a hop, skip
and a jump from Sandgates. Her tombstone
reads Here lies interred the body of Susanna Maria Lowe, late wife of Henry Lowe,
of the family of the Bennetts, who departed
this life the 28th day of July, 1714 in the 48th
year of her age. Her tombstone is still there.
Wanderings
f an
o Aimless Mind
by Shelby Oppermann
Contributing Writer
Mindys Corner
Miss Mindy,
hound dog extraordinaire, has
now appointed
herself neighborhood watch
captain at the intersection where
our house sits.
In the mornings
she drags me out to her corner to watch
all who walk, run, motorbike, or drive by.
Sometimes she just lounges by laying there,
snuffling at the grass, breathing in deeply,
ending with a contented sigh, or she rolls
on her back as dogs love to do and stares up
at the sky. The soft contented sigh always
punctuating the quiet of our neighborhood
(well, mostly quiet).
A few months ago, Mindy was laying on

her side enjoying the hot sun on her body,
while I stood there, leash in hand waiting for
her to get up. A woman stopped and asked if
everything was okay, she was worried that
my dog may have been hit by a car. I told
her no, that Mindy was just a lazy hound
who loved baking in the sun. As it ended
up, the woman was a dog sitter and ended
up watching Mindy at her home for four
days while we went to Ocean City. She is
the most amazing pet-sitter and pampered
Mindy, and sent us all sorts of cute photos
with comments. Coincidence is sometimes
providence.
Mindy can most definitely tell time. She
sits by her food container promptly starting
at 6:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. She seems to know
when the three buses arrive to pick up and
when the three buses come back to drop-off

her kids across the street: Jordan, Jenna,
and Jonathon. Mindy is whining to get outside to watch them walk to the bus stop. I am
usually saying back at her, Mindy, I am still
in my PJs, havent brushed my hair or teeth,
and you want to go stand on your corner!
Most of the time my PJs are unmatched or I
am wearing one of my husbands neon work
shirts over flannel pants. Quite a striking
combination with my wild hair. Guess we
dont need to buy any Halloween characters
this year. So, I try to keep her a little further
back near the trees or in the God Spot in the
mornings.
In the afternoons is when Mindy really
likes to lay in the sun and watch the world go
by. Unless I am in a real hurry, I try to let her
lay at the corner as long as she likes or until
the first bus comes. The look on her sweet
face is pure bliss. I look at her thinking that
she must be remembering the six months
she lived in cages waiting for her forever
home, and she has vowed that she will never
be cooped up or caged again. Its like she is
making up for lost time. It must be the way
a reformed prisoner feels when stepping foot
outside the prison for the first time; the need
to make up for lost time quickly. But there
are long stretches of time where she likes to

just sit at the corner like a sentinel.
When I let her off-leash to play ball or
fetch the stick, she still eventually finds a
spot to sun, or chew on branches. When she
is in hyper off leash mode, it is normally to
race around quickly trying to find all the
stray kitty cat leavings she can find before
I can capture her again. Why do dogs like
that??? She has been good about staying
in the yard pretty much, but I still keep her
mostly on the leash. Im a worried pet mother, whereas my husband tends to leave her
off leash. He keeps saying she is going to be
a really good dog someday just like Tidbit
was. Hes looking forward to taking Mindy
with him when he goes to chop wood this
winter.
Well if you happen to drive by and see
Mindy the sentinel at Mindys corner, please
wave she does like the attention. And if she
is not there, you will be able to tell once I get
a little sign up towards the bottom that says,
what else? Mindys Corner.
To each new days adventure, Shelby
Please send your comments or ideas to:
shelbys.wanderings@yahoo.com or find me
on facebook: Wanderings of an aimless mind
Joyce
to the World
By Laura Joyce
Contributing Writer
My Sons, The Feminists

Scrolling through Facebook recently, I
saw the following post:
Thank you for being a feminist! Thank
you for being so vocal. I see so many things
here on Facebook that I want to respond to or
repost, but I hold back for fear of backlash. I
love that you are so brave!!!
The thing is, this post wasnt directed at
me. It was written by a young woman, and
it was written to my eldest son, known in
this column as Prince Firstly (just for the record: I saw the post because my sons and I
are friends on Facebook, not because I was
trolling through his account).
As much as I loved the initial post, I think
I loved Prince Firstlys response even more:
It should be the default setting, shouldnt
it? (he asked) It shouldnt be a thing where
its so risky. Equality is common sense.
Everyone identifies in multiple ways:
by gender, by religion, by ethnicity and race
and occupation and political affiliation. We
also identify by our system of beliefs, and
for me, for almost as long as I can remember,
Ive identified as a feminist.
Ive done so knowing full well that its
a misunderstood word. To some people,
the word feminist represents women who
hate men (it doesnt, and I dont). To others,
it stands for a left-leaning political bent (it
surely can, but it doesnt always). To others, its over-simplified: if youre a feminist
woman, it means you get offended if a man
holds a door open for you, or pulls out your
chair when youre being seated at a restaurant (in my personal dictionary, those things
are much more closely associated with the
word polite). Equally inaccurate are all of
the other assumptions Ive heard (just a few:
to be a feminist, one must have hairy legs,
or be a lesbian, or eat vegetarian food). Even
listing those things seems absurd, yet there
truly are those who believe that to be a feminist is to subscribe to certain approaches to
personal hygiene, to have one sexual orientation or another, or to foreswear chicken
and steak). Feminists come in all shapes and

sizes; some are carnivores and some arent;
some love men and some love women; and
as for whether they shave their legs, I suppose youd have to do a case-by-case inspection if it matters to youbut Id strongly
recommend asking permission first.
Prince Firstly got it right: feminism is
a belief in equality. Its a recognition that
neither gender is inherently better than the
other, and a commitment to the beliefs that
arise from this (that pay equality is just common sense; that certain jobs shouldnt be
open to only one sex; that raising children
or doing the housework arent restricted to
women only and that having the final say
in decision-making in a relationship isnt a
male prerogative).
As my sons have gotten older and gone
out into the world, Ive noticed that every
now and then, I get a glimpse of them from
a slight distance, so that I see them as a
stranger must, just for a moment, until they
slip back into focus as the person Ive known
for a lifetime. In these brief moments, I am
sometimes surprised, and often delighted, to
see who theyve become.
Theyve inherited my blue eyes and my
impatience. Theyve got my love of travel,
and my passion for words, and writing and
reading. They value family as I do, and they
are kind, as I try to be. And now, I can add
another word, another value and belief and
choice of a way of being in the world, even
when its inconvenient, even when others
make snap judgments that are incorrect or
over-simplified or unfair. They are feminists, living their lives with the belief that
men and women are entitled to the same
hopes and dreams and successes in life.
Prince Firstly was right: it should be the
default setting. Equality is common sense.
I love hearing from you; feel free to contact
me at thewordtech@md.metrocast.net if you
have comments or questions about the column.
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be produced three times per year. This will be a one-year contract with two
one-year options.
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METHODIST CHURCH
Hollywood United Methodist Church
24422 Mervell Dean Rd Hollywood, MD 20636
301-373-2500
Katie Paul, Pastor

Sunday Worship 8:30 and 11:00 a.m.
Sunday School for all ages 9:45 a.m.
All of our services are traditional.
Child care is provided.
Sunday Evening Youth Group
Christian Preschool and Kindergarten available
CATHOLIC CHURCH
St. Cecilia Church
47950 Mattapany Rd, PO Box 429

St. Marys City, MD 20686 301-862-4600
Vigil Mass:
4:30 pm Saturday
Sunday:
8:00 am
Weekday (M-F):
7:30 am
Confessions:
3-4 pm Saturday
www.stceciliaparish.com
St. GeorGe roman CatholiC ChurCh

St. George Church:
Saturday, 5:00 p.m. Sunday, 8:30 a.m., 11:00 a.m.
St. Francis Xavier Chapel:
Saturday, 7:00 p.m. (Memorial Day-Labor Day)
Weekday Mass Schedule: Tue, Wed, Thur, Fri, 1st Sat: 9:00 a.m.
Confessions: Saturdays: 4:00 - 4:30 p.m. or by appointment
19199 St. George Church Road Valley Lee, MD 20692

301-994-0607 www.saintgeorgeromancatholicchurch.org
Sealed bids will be accepted until 4:00 p.m., Friday, October 28, 2016, at
which time they will be publicly opened and read.
The Commissioners of Leonardtown reserve the right to reject any and all
bids and proposals, and to accept any proposal deemed to be in the best
interest of the Town.
EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Christ Episcopal Church
King & Queen Parish founded 1692
25390 Maddox Road | Chaptico, MD 20621
www.cckqp.net
301-884-3451
PENTECOSTAL CHURCH
21800 N. Shangri-La, Dr. #8
PO Box 1260
Lexington Park, MD 20653
301-866-5772
Pastor James L. Bell, Sr.
Church Schedule
Sunday Worship
8:00am Holy Eucharist, Rite I
10:30am Holy Eucharist, Rite II,
Organ & Choir
Sunday Morning Worship 10 a.m.

Tuesday Bible Study 7 p.m.
Friday Men Perfecting Men 7 p.m
All are Welcome
BAPTIST CHURCH
NON-DENOMINATIONAL CHURCH
CATHOLIC
Grace Chapel Ministry
Victory Baptist Church

29855 Eldorado Farm rd
CharlottE hall, md 20659
301-884-8503
Order Of gOOd news services

sun schOOl, all ages...............10:00
sun mOrning wOrship.............11:00
sun evening wOrship.................7:00
wed evening prayer mtg.........7:00
ProClaiming thE ChangElEss

word in a Changing world.
Jesus saves
victOrybaptistchurchmd.Org
HUGHESVILLE BAPTIST CHURCH

A member of the Southern Baptist Convention
8505 Leonardtown Road, Hughesville, MD 20637
240-254-2765 or 301-274-3627
Senior Pastor Dr. J. Derek Yelton
Associate Pastor Kevin Cullins
Sunday School (all ages)

Sunday Morning Worship
Sunday Evening Worship & Bible Study
Wednesday Discipleship Classes
(Adults, youth & Children)
9:15 am
10:30 am
6:00 pm
7:00 pm
Member of the Grace Fellowship Brethren Churches
Teaching The Bible Without Compromise

Sunday Worship 8 A.M.
Sunday School 9:15 A.M.
Blended Worship 10:30 A.M.
Tuesday Bible Study 7 P.M.
Tuesday Youth Group 7 P.M.
American Heritage Girls
1st & 3rd Thursday 7 P.M.
Senior Pastor - Dr. Carl Snyder

Assoc. Pastor - David Roberts
Youth Pastor - Luke Roberts
You are invited to worship with us.
We Are Located On The Corner Of Route 5 & 238

39245 Chaptico Rd., Mechanicsville, Md.
301-884-3504 Email: seeugoingup@yahoo.com
www.gracechapelsomd.org/faith
GRACE CHAPEL MINISTRIES

Invites you to a new
worship service
Every Saturday Night at 7 p.m.

Launch Date: October 22, 2016
For more information call 301-884-3504
Or visit strivesomd.org
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