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Commissioners Hold Off
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Dec. 7, 2018
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By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
Some of the Commissioners of St.
Mary’s County supported a statewide
bill that would lower the required age to
work on a medical marijuana growing
facility from 21 to 18, but not enough to
send a letter to support its passage in the
Maryland General Assembly.
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Mattingly said in an interview with
The County Times that while they only
now have the license to dispense medi-
cal marijuana, he was confident the state
would soon allow him to operate a se-
cure growing facility.
He said a growing facility here, which
would not be outdoors but in a secured
in-door facility, could employ as many
as 100 workers.
“This industry is growing each day,”
Mattingly said. “This isn’t about canna-
bis, this is about horticulture in general.”
Mattingly argued that fewer and fewer
young people getting out of college were
pursuing agricultural or manufacturing
jobs.
By giving them lucrative agricultural
jobs earlier, it might spur them to con-
sider jobs that dealt more with agricul-
ture, said Mattingly.
“We can get farming up and about
again,” Mattingly said, adding that
younger workers could be employed in
the planting process, such as preparing
soil, without coming into contact with
cannabis plants.
Mattingly said the medical canna-
bis his dispensary dealt with was high
in CBD or cannabidiol which had wide
ranging medicinal purposes from reduc-
ing the affects of dementia to relieving
seizures.
Cannabidiol differed from THC, or
tetrahydrocannabinol, which was the
active ingredient in marijuana that in-
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Thursday, December 6, 2018
St. Mary’s Schools Score Well in New Ranking System
By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
In the state’s new rating system
where schools can earn a rating of
one to five stars, St. Mary’s County
saw its share of four-and-five-star
ratings and only a few with three
stars.
Superintendent Scott Smith said
the new ratings were a good reflec-
tion of the system’s performance.
“Overall we’re pretty pleased
with how well our schools did con-
sidering it was a new rating system,”
Smith said. “It’s a more balanced
way of looking at our schools.”
Smith said school staff were still
working to understand the data of
the three-star schools to better make
improvements and have them on
their way to being four-and-five-star
schools.
There were no schools that re-
ceived a two-or-one-star rating.
Leonardtown High School re-
ceived five stars, while Great Mills
and Chopticon high schools each
earned four stars.
Only Esperanza and Margaret
Brent middle schools and George
Washington Carver and Park Hall
elementary schools received three-
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Marsh, Oakville and Town Creek.
Both Leonardtown and Spring
Ridge middle schools earned four
stars.
The new rating system was de-
signed to give parents a concise
view of how their child’s school
compared with others in their own
counties and around the state.
But the new rating system takes
into account more than testing and
academic improvement; it also mea-
sures the attendance of students and
the depth and breadth of courses
they can take at their schools to
come up with a star ranking.
Opinion surveys taken by both
students and faculty are also fac-
tored into the school’s overall rating.
Academic achievement measured
by high stakes testing as well as stu-
dent improvement over time makes
up 65 percent of a school’s overall
rating; the remaining criteria make
up 35 percent of the rating metric.
“Our goal is to improve every
school throughout our State, and
prepare every student for a bright
future,” said Dr. Karen Salmon,
State Superintendent of Schools.
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“The new Maryland Report Card
will help parents, educators, policy-
makers, and the general public gain
a better understanding about how
each school is doing based on our
accountability measures. Together
we are working toward making sure
our schools are the best they can be.”
Gov. Larry Hogan said the new
rating system will improve transpar-
ency of how well schools are doing.
“Education is and will always
remain our number one priority,
and we owe it to Maryland fami-
lies to provide them with as much ST. MARY’S SCHOOL RATINGS
information as possible to make High Schools Leonardtown - 4 stars
informed decisions about their Leonardtown - 5 stars Benjamin Banneker - 4
children’s’ education,” said Hogan. Great Mills - 4 stars stars
“The new Maryland Report Card Chopticon - 4 stars Capt. Walter Francis
Duke - 4 stars
will provide parents, teachers, and Middle Schools
Leonardtown - 4 stars Mechanicsville - 4 stars
students with critical information Hollywood - 4 stars
about our schools and enhance Spring Ridge - 4 stars
Esperanza - 3 stars Evergreen - 4 stars
transparency and accountability in Dynard - 4 stars
Margaret Brent - 3 stars
our education system.” Green Holly - 4 stars
This year’s ratings were based Elementary Schools Lexington Park - 4 stars
partially on the PARCC assess- Lettie Marshall Dent - 5 Greenview Knolls - 4
ments taken by students; this test stars stars
will be abandoned by the end of this White Marsh - 5 stars Chesapeake Charter
Oakville - 5 stars School - 4 stars
school year and be replaced by an Town Creek - 5 stars
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as-yet unknown assessments. Ridge - 4 stars
Carver - 3 stars
Piney Point - 4 stars Park Hall - 3 stars
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Police Alerted to Escaped Fugitive Clements Property Declared a Nuisance

Cul Priest Lamont Jones
By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
Maryland State Police are on the look-
out for an escaped fugitive from North
Carolina who has been on the lam since
mid-October.
Cul Priest Lamont Jones should be
considered armed and dangerous, said
Lt. Krystle Rossignol, commander of the
Leonardtown barrack, and should not be
approached.
“He stole a vehicle in Virginia and it was
found here in Callaway,” Rossignol told
The County Times. “By the time we got to
it, it had been in that location for six days.”
The vehicle was found at the Take It
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“We did search the area but not much
was located,” Rossignol said. “We have not
seen him at all.”
Jones was first reported as escaping
from a Hoke County, North Carolina cor-
rections facility Oct. 14.
Described as an African-American
male, 45 years old, standing over six-
feet-tall and weighing about 180 pounds,
Jones was serving a lengthy sentence for
attempted murder stemming back to 1995.
In that case, according to media reports
at the time, Jones had also escaped from
a correctional facility while beginning to
serve his sentence for shooting a police of-
ficer in North Carolina when he was just
21.
Rossignol was not sure Jones was still
in the county but asked anyone who had
seen him or had contact with him to come
forward.
“This guy could be in the area,” she said.
“He could be out there.”
Rossignol said his apparent travels to St.
Mary’s County from Virginia appeared
strange, since there were other places he
could go that were less geographically
constricted.
“If someone has a tip we are following
up on that information,” Rossignol said.
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This home on Horse Shoe Road in Clements
has been declared a public nuisance for the
years of complaints of drug activity there.
By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
A home in Clements that has long
been the focus of numerous drug in-
vestigations and warrant raids has been
declared a nuisance after the county at-
torney’s office successfully prosecuted a
case in District Court in November.
Several county law officers testified
that the home, 24550 Horse Shoe Road,
had been a nexus of drug activity, in-
cluding storage and sales, for several
years.
The ruling by Judge John Slade III
included barring four people who once
resided at the house from ever returning
and compels the owners of the home,
Juanita Chase and Francis and Carol
Price, to come up with a plan to ensure
the property will no longer be a nui-
sance to the public that must be submit-
ted to the court in 30 days from the time
of judgement.
If the owners do not comply, they
could be held in contempt, according to
information from the St. Mary’s Coun-
ty Sheriff’s Office, and the property
could eventually be sold under certain
conditions.
Attorney James Tanavage filed the
civil complaint on behalf of the county
and pursued it in court.
“We originally thought about go-
ing after it under the blight ordinance,”
Tanavage said. “We kind of stumbled on
the nuisance statute to be honest.”
Tanavage said the home had been
the subject of two successful warrant
searches for drugs and paraphernalia
already this year, with the latest being
in April.
That raid recovered a major haul of il-
legal narcotics, said Tanavage.
“There were [drug] calls going to that
house dating back to the 1980s,” Tanav-
age said of police testimony. “The evi-
dence was pretty overwhelming that the
house had been used to store and sell
drugs for the past seven or eight years,
at least.”
The people who had been living in the
house were family members of the own-
ers, said Tanavage.
Of the four people forbidden from re-
turning to the home, Tanavage said, two
were already in prison serving lengthy
sentences related to narcotics.
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made suggestions that seem to have
been well received.
The draft plan from Mahan Rykiel
Associates and Arnett Muldrow As-
sociates says the town has a strong
business presence in the town square
and its access to waterfront property
was also an asset in its favor, the re-
port stated.
However, the report stated the
town’s downtown has several impedi-
ments to making it truly pedestrian
friendly with limited lighting and
crosswalks for example.
The town square is also underuti-
lized, the consultants reported, and
small shrubs are overused that block
the signage of many storefronts.
LOCATED IN OLD DOWNTOWN LEXINGTON The report goes deep into the mar-
PARK OUTSIDE BASE GATE 2 PAX NAS ket forces that define the town’s fu-
MON. - FRI. 6 A.M. - 8 P.M. • SAT. 7 A.M. - 2 P.M. SUN. 8 A.M. - 2 P.M. ture but gives advice for improving
mediate future that should be easy to
achieve.
Town Administrator Laschelle
McKay said the plan had favorable
options for Leonardtown to pursue to
improve the downtown.
“The outlook for economic devel-
opment was very positive, but the re-
port gave us a lot of smaller things we
can do in the near term,” McKay said.
“I had a lot of positive feedback that
the plan had many achievable goals.”
One of those was installing signs
that gave visitors directions to spe-
cific parts of town to cut down on any
confusion, particularly in looking for
restaurants or other shops.
“We’ll likely get a committee to
sign off on the priorities we want and
then take them to the [town] council,”
McKay said.
The report said the town was par-
ticularly strong as a dining destina-
tion, which could continue to grow, as
well as independently owned stores
for retail shopping, home furnishings
and specialty food shops could be a
strong retail niche for the town.

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St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Crime Report

Assault- On November 30, 2018, Dep. Forbes re- Park, for the reported assault. Investigation deter- the victim’s head into a
sponded to the 46300 block of Pegg Lane in Lexing- mined James Edward Nolan, age 60 of Lexington window, shattering the
ton Park, for the reported assault. Investigation deter- Park, assaulted the vic- window and injuring the
mined David Timothy Knott, age 33 of Lexington tim by striking the vic- victim. Meadows was
Park, had assaulted the tim in the leg and face. arrested and charged
victim by choking the Nolan was arrested and with Assault 2nd De-
victim. The victim had charged with Assault gree. CASE# 65223-18
visible injury from the 2nd Degree. CASE# Assault- On Novem-
assault and Knott was 65054-18 ber 28, 2018, Dep. Budd
arrested and charged Assault- On Decem- responded to the 21000
with Assault 2nd De- ber 2, 2018, Dep. Forbes block of Great Mills
gree. CASE# 64818-18 responded to the 17800 Road, in Great Mills, for
Drug Arrest- On No- block of 2nd Street in the reported assault. In-
vember 30, 2018, Dep. Nolan Tall Timbers for the re- Meadows vestigation determined
Chase responded to the ported assault. Investigation determined Timothy Meghan Noel Reid, age 31 of Great Mills, assaulted
22700 block of Old Roll- Avant Jr., age 29 of Tall Timbers assaulted the victim the victim during an
Knott ing Road in California, by punching the victim argument by jumping
for the request of a conservator and an individual on in the head. Avant was on the victim’s back,
the property possibly using CDS. Contact was made arrested and charged scratching the victim,
with Ebony Mone Jones, age 23 of California, who with Assault 2nd De- and Reid also broke a
was in possession of a gree. CASE# 65139-18 window to the residence
bag of suspected Psi- Assault- On Decem- prior to police arrival.
locybin Mushrooms. ber 2, 2018, Cpl. Kirkner Reid was arrested and
Jones was arrested and responded to the 40200 charged with Assault
charged with CDS Pos- block of Beach Drive in 2nd Degree. CASE#
session-Not Marijuana. Mechanicsville, for the 64440-18.
CASE# 64787-18 reported assault. Inves-
Assault- On Decem- tigation determined Ju- St. Mary’s County
ber 1, 2018, Dep. Fori- nius Lockhart Mead- Reid Sheriff ’s Office PIO
nash responded to the ows III, age 37 of Me-
46800 block of Rog- Avant
chanicsville, grabbed
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Long-Term Volunteers a Necessity for

Anthropology Department at St. Mary’s College
(L-R) Isabel Tonkavitch and Sara Fisher cleaning and cataloging artifacts in the anthropology
lab at St. Mary’s College
For the anthropology department at
St. Mary’s College of Maryland, finding
permanent, qualified individuals to as-
sist with highly-detailed archeological
documentation on a long-term basis can
be difficult. Because the professors in the
anthropology department are often on
work sites or focused on larger aspects
of the projects, having volunteers to help
with organization of artifacts in the lab is
a necessity. The department relies on its
volunteers to help with the labor-intensive
work required to fully process the arti-
facts found on different sites. Students
often take on these roles, assisting with
the cleaning and cataloguing of artifacts.
The experience helps them gain a deeper
understanding of the work they’re doing
and provides them with valuable experi-
ence for life after they graduate.
However, as Professor of Anthropology
Julie King explains, “students move on;
classes end, they graduate. Volunteers are
here for the long haul, developing skills
including labeling and artifact identifica-
tion that just can’t be taught in a semester.”
Sara Fisher and Isabel Tonkavitch are
two long-time volunteers in the anthro-
pology lab at St. Mary’s College who of-
fer an invaluable resource to the program.
Fisher has been working with the school
for nearly six years, coming in regularly
to help clean and label catalogued arti-
facts. Tonkavitch began volunteering with
anthropology in 2011 while still working
full time as a federal employee. After re-
tiring, she completed and graduated from
the Certified Archeology Technician pro-
gram under the Archeological Society of
Virginia, which she says opened doors for
her to volunteer for programs like the one
found at St. Mary’s College. Both women
highlight how incredible it is to work un-
der King and Scott Strickland, adjunct
instructor of anthropology, and how their
passion for the work inspires them to con-
tinue working at the college.
For Fisher, working as a volunteer in
the lab sets her imagination free. She said,
“It’s not just touching something or look-
ing at something, sometimes you have to
listen to the sound something makes when
it’s tapped on the table and see if you can
hear what the substance is like from that.”
It is an opportunity to continue to learn
each time she comes in and a chance to
see and work with artifacts that no other
person has worked with before.
Tonkavitch had a similar experience. “I
learn something new every time I come
here,” she said. Not only that, but she un-
derstands that the results of what they are
doing will remain long after they them-
selves are gone. She says that working
around King and Strickland’s enthusiasm
keeps her excited about the work they are
doing.
King explained having volunteers like
Fisher and Tonkavitch “provides a great
balance to our work. And it’s good for our
students to see the productivity of life af-
ter retirement.”
Written by Zoe Smedley ’19, English
major and PFP student for the Office of
Integrated Marketing

St. Mary’s Christmas Stories Wanted

We are seeking heartwarming
stories from Christmas’ past to
share with our readers.
Send your Christmas story & photos
to dickmyers@countytimes.net

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St. Mary’s College Students in the Women in

Science House (WiSH) Host Math Girls Day
On Saturday, November 17, St. Mary’s Col-
lege of Maryland students in the Women in
Science House (WiSH) hosted Math Girls
Day at the College. Math Girls Day runs
every semester for middle school girls from
Esperanza and Spring Ridge Middle Schools.
This year, 48 girls partook in math-related ac-
tivities and workshops, and enjoyed a lecture
by guest speaker Susan Goldstine, professor
of mathematics, and had lunch in the Great
Room. The WiSH students were assisted by
Math Club and other SMCM students in cre-
ating and running the activities, which in-
cluded math games and making bathbombs.
The WiSH Living & Learning Center
opened in 2006 and is the longest continually
run LLC at St. Mary’s College. It was formed
to support women who want to be STEM ma-
jors or go into STEM fields. Students who
live in WiSH earn educational course credit
for their activities. Jessica Malisch, assistant
professor of biology, and Michelle Milne, as-
sistant professor of physics, are the faculty
sponsors.
Math Girls Day is made possible thanks to
the support of Mathnasium, located in Cali-
fornia, Maryland. (http://www.mathnasium.
Susan Goldstine, professor of mathematics at St. Mary’s College, speaks to students com/californiamd).
Thursday, December 6, 2018 The County Times In Our Community 15

Muzzleloader Season for Deer Reopens Dec. 15

Second Half of Season Runs Until Dec. 29
Battle scars by Stacey Steinberg
The Maryland Department of Natu-
ral Resources announced today that the
second segment of the muzzleoader deer
hunting season opens Dec. 15 and runs
through Dec. 29, 2018. Hunters may use
muzzleloading firearms to harvest sika
and white-tailed deer during this season.
“The late muzzleloader season is a
Maryland Guide to Hunting and Trap-
ping for recent changes to bag limits,
registration procedures and regulations.
During muzzleloader season, Mary-
land requires deer hunters and their
companions to wear daylight fluorescent
orange or fluorescent pink in one of the
following manners: a cap of solid fluo-
rescent; a vest or jacket containing back
and while in the stand. The department a nonprofit food sharing program. The
strongly recommends using a sliding maximum credit in any one tax year is
knot, commonly known as a prussic $200 per hunter. The approved form to
knot, attached to a line that is secured claim this credit is available online.
above the stand that allows the hunter to
be safely tethered to the tree as soon as Maryland DNR Press Release
they leave the ground.
Maryland hunters are
encouraged to donate any

great time for hunters to enjoy some
colder weather while hunting with
friends and family during the holidays,”
Wildlife and Heritage Service Director
Paul Peditto said. “The added harvest
during this season helps the department
manage the state’s deer population.”
Hunters are encouraged to consult the
and front panels of at least 250 square
inches of fluorescent; or an outer gar-
ment of camouflage fluorescent worn
above the waist and containing at least
50 percent fluorescent color.
Hunters should carefully inspect all
tree-stands and always wear a full-body
safety harness while climbing in or out
Congratulations Nahlia!
extra deer they may har-
vest to Farmers and Hunt-
ers Feeding the Hungry.
New this year, hunters
may claim a tax credit of
up to $50 for each legally
harvested deer that is
processed and donated to

15th Annual Southern Maryland Martin

Luther King, Jr. Prayer Breakfast, Jan. 21
Celebrate the legacy of
Dr. Martin Luther King,
Jr. during the 15th An-
nual Southern Maryland
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Prayer Breakfast on Mon-
day, Jan. 21, at St. Mary’s
College of Maryland. The
theme of the day is “All
Life is Interconnected.”
The breakfast will begin
at 6:30 a.m. and costs
$10 payable at the door.
The program will begin
at 8 a.m. at no cost, fea-
turing a keynote address
by broadcast journalist
Maureen Bunyan. Fol-
lowing the program, be-
in recognition of her sig-
nificant contributions to
broadcasting including
being named “Washing-
tonian of the Year” in
1992. She was inducted
into the “Hall of Fame”
of the Washington Chap-
ter of the Society of Pro-
fessional Journalists,
“The Silver Circle” of
the National Academy of
Television Arts and Sci-
ences (NATAS) and the
Broadcast Pioneers Club
of Washington. She has
been awarded seven lo-
cal Emmys, and the “Ted
Yates Award,” given by
Southeastern Wiscon-
sin. In June of 2014, she
was knighted and in-
ducted into The Order of
Orange-Nassau, a Dutch
order of chivalry. The Or-
der of Orange-Nassau is a
chivalric honor given to
those who deserve recog-
nition for exemplary con-
tributions to society. She
was inducted for her long-
standing commitment
to build and strengthen
ties between Aruba and
the United States. Over
the years, Bunyan has
used her extensive net-
work and experience as
discussing the state of
affairs in areas ranging
from education and poli-
tics to religion and health.
The Day of Service will
also include blood pres-
sure screenings, collec-
tion of new and gently
worn shoes and eyeglass-
es, and a non-perishable
food drive.
Michael Bruckler, Vice
President of Integrated
Marketing and Strategic
Communications
As many of you know our daughter, Nahlia was
accepted into the NAM (National American Miss).
She competed in Reston, Virginia and placed in
the top eleven. With those accomplishments,
she then received a special invite to travel to
Anaheim, California to represent her city and
compete as Miss Saint Mary’s County. Nahlia
competed against 105 princess’s from across
the nation. She received 1st place in the Essay
Contest and she was awarded the NAM Alumni
Foundation Scholarship. Nahlia would like to
give special thanks to all of her Sponsors, Family,
Friends, Grandparents, Godmother,
and a very special teacher!

ginning at 10 a.m. the Al-
pha Kappa Alpha Sorori-
ty, Inc.Ò, Nu Zeta Omega
Chapter will host a Day
of Service, providing ser-
vices and activities for
students of all ages and
adults. The breakfast and
program will be held in
the J. Frank Raley Great
Room, Campus Center
(18952 E. Fisher Road).
The Day of Service will
be held in the Campus
Center and adjoining Al-
dom Lounge. For more
information, contact
events@smcm.edu or call
(240) 895-4310.
Bunyan is a 44-year
veteran of television
news who anchored the
6 o’clock weeknight
newscasts for ABC7/
WJLA-TV and CBS9/
WUSA-TV. She has been
honored with numerous
professional and com-
munity service awards
NATAS to Washington,
D.C. news broadcast-
ers who are leaders in
the profession. She was
named “Journalist of the
Year” by the National As-
sociation of Black Jour-
nalists and she received
the annual “Immigrant
Achievement Award”
from the American Im-
migration Law Founda-
tion in 2002. In 2016, Bu-
nyan was named the first
recipient of the Ed Walk-
er Lifetime Achievement
in Broadcasting Award
As an advocate for
women and minorities
in journalism, Bunyan
is a founder of the Inter-
national Women’s Media
Foundation which serves
women in the media in
100 countries, and the
National Association of
Black Journalists.
Bunyan was born in
Aruba and grew up in
Pet
a journalist to mentor
young Arubans, and cre-
ate educational opportu-
nities with the Aruban
Ministry of Education
and American universi-
ties such as Harvard Uni-
versity. Her lifelong com-
mitment and work have
contributed to the benefit
of Aruba’s social and cul-
tural development.
Immediately following
the breakfast, the Day
of Service will continue
with a variety of events
including a “Chat with
Maureen” as Bunyan is
asked to give her global
perspectives about health
as they relate to educa-
tion, physical/mental
wellness, the economy,
social justice, recreation,
and politics. A Q & A
with the audience will
follow. “The Health of
the County” will be led
by community members
OF THE WEEK
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And remember, if there is room in the heart, there is room in
the house!
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Shelter (6707 Animal Shelter Road, Hughesville) or call 301-932-
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available for adoption, “like” us on Facebook @ Tri-County
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 18 Feature
New Guide Demystifies St. Mary’s City
By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
Three former teachers who have turned to writing
cooking and children’s books have now published a
guide that gives first-time visitors and long-time coun-
ty residents an easy way to decipher the history of St.
Mary’s City
Settled in 1634 by English colonists, St. Mary’s City
was the starting point not just for St. Mary’s County
but for all of Maryland.
But archaeologists who work there say it still re-
mains a lost city, with much of its history waiting to
be laid bare.
Ellynne Brice Davis, Joyce Judd and Myra Raspa
have diligently combed the known history of the
founding city to offer Whispers From the Colonial
Past: A Self-Guided Walking Tour For Visitors to St.
Mary’s County.
The three women are passionate about St. Mary’s
City and as educators have done their fair share trips to
the site; the book was written with 4th grade field trips
in mind, they said.
“We thought there was a need for a family friendly
book,” Davis, the author of the book, told The County
Times. “There are so many gifts in the gift shop there
but there’s no souvenir program and there’s nothing
with the fold out map that is included in our book.
“And there’s nothing with the pictures that Joyce has
done of every single monument.”
The spiral-bound guide is produced on heavy weight,
glossy stock that the ladies said was designed to be
compact, easy to use and also of sufficient quality and
durability to stand up to tours with rainy conditions or
hot, sweat-inducing days.
The table of contents allows visitors to quickly pick
out information on specific monuments or other points
of interest at St. Mary’s City.
The book’s introduction gives a concise history of
the colony’s beginnings, including the many notable
“firsts” the colony achieved.
Those included being Maryland’s first settlement,
the first successful privately-owned English colony
in North America and being Maryland’s first colonial
capital.
The County Times
St. Mary’s City was the first settlement, according
to the guide, to separate religion from government and
it was also the first place where a person of African-
American descent in North America participated in
the legislature.
That person was Mathias de Souza in 1642.
For those entirely new to the St. Mary’s City experi-
ence, the guide offers ticket purchasing information,
driving directions and even a color illustration of the
Blue Barn visitor’s center where the visitor’s journey
begins.
“We’re trying to give someone who’s going to spend
just two hours there something they’ll always remem-
ber,” Davis said. “We’ve made it [the city] accessible to
anyone who buys a ticket for the day.”
The guide was assembled with the full cooperation
of Historic St. Mary’s City including the chief archae-
ologist there, Dr. Henry Miller, who has overseen the
development of historical resources for decades.
Davis said their latest project was a labor of love for
the three women.
“We’re three retired teachers and we had the time
and we had the desire,” said Davis. “And there was a
need.”
The guide not only helps visitors along in finding
monuments and historic sites at St. Mary’s City but it
also helps them understand what life was like in the
17th century.
From talking about the incentives for colonists to
come to Maryland, the guide describes England as “la-
bor rich and land poor,” to the death toll they had to
endure on their arrival due to disease, the guide illumi-
nates the challenges they faced.
But there were opportunities, as well, the guide
shows, since each colonist was given 100 acres of land.
Judd’s hand-drawn illustrations, in color and black and
white, help bring colonial life into focus.
“That was the reason for all the illustrations,” said
Judd, whose own knowledge of St. Mary’s City ex-
panded greatly when she had to track down every
monument.
Her illustrations also show the hard labor each colo-
nist had to engage in on a daily basis, replicated by
docents working as historical interpreters at the site.
“There were more than I’d imagined,” Judd said of
Thursday, December 6, 2018
all the monuments and sites available to the public.
“That’s why I started at the town center.”
The town center was the nexus of activity in the
colony’s beginning days and much of what has been
rebuilt is there, hence it is also the center for visitors to
explore, she said.
Still, her work took her to every corner of St. Mary’s
City, Judd said.
“I wanted to make [the guide] cram packed so no-
body would miss anything,” Judd said. “It was a great
experience.”
The guide also spends significant space on the lives
of woodland Indians and illustrates the hamlet there at
the site including the plants they grew and how they
dried them to preserve them.
The colonists’ survival was in part due to the na-
tive people’s sharing of survival techniques, including
hunting and wild edibles, according to the guide.
Bringing all the information and illustration together
was Raspa, the editor of the project, who designed the
layout and ensured the style and flow of the work.
Raspa said since the work focused so closely on seri-
ous history, accuracy was paramount.
“I go through every, single word,” Raspa said. “The
facts and figures are very important.
“I’m a stickler for that. It was a very involved
project.”
The challenge, Raspa said, was to make the guide
comprehensive and useful but at the same time not
cumbersome or overly burdened with minutiae.
The final product, she said, was unique.
“There [is] nothing like that out there,” said Raspa.
“It’s useful as well as enjoyable.”
The book was a guide but also a reminder of the
county’s special heritage.
“We in St. Mary’s County forget how steeped we are
in history,” Raspa said. “It’s a good reminder.”
Davis said the initial printing has been a successful
run and they are already in need of a second.
The Printing Press in Leonardtown printed the
guide.
guyleonard@countytimes.net
Thursday, December 6, 2018 The County Times Education 19

Ag Commission, CSM Team for Careers Workshop

“We are excited to be able to partner with CSM to farming industry. 

The Southern Maryland Agricultural Development
Commission (SMADC) is pleased to offer a one-day
college level Agricultural Workshop for the Southern
Maryland region.
Through an established partnership with the College
of Southern Maryland (CSM) and SMADC, the work-
shop ‘Introduction to Agricultural Careers (HGC-
8050)’ will be held at the CSM LaPlata Campus on
Saturday February 23, 2019, from 9:00 a.m. to 4 p.m.
offer the ‘Introduction to Agricultural Careers’ work-
shop, and inform individuals about the diverse career
options and business opportunities available in the ag-
riculture industry today,” said Shelby Watson-Hamp-
ton, Director of SMADC.  enrollment in ‘Introduction to Agricultural Careers
The  6-hour course will identify and compare dif-
ferent segments of the agricultural field and illustrate
industry options, as well as outline educational re-
quirements for relevant industry certification in Engi-
neering, Machinery, Horticulture, Agronomy, Safety,
Business, Economics, Law and Agri-tourism.
Agriculture is one of the United States’ most im-
portant industries, employing more than 17 percent
of the country’s total work force. “A career in agricul-
ture is ripe for the picking,” commented Mrs. Watson-
Hampton. The SMADC/CSM class will help students
to target opportunities in the agricultural workforce
by examining current specializations and trends in the
Costs for the workshop include the tuition fee of $17
and college fees of $55. Scholarships are available from
SMADC, awarded on a first come first serve basis to
students from Southern Maryland who show proof of
(HGC-8050). To review the criteria and scholarship ap-
plication/request form, visit ‘SMADC Programs’ and
find the ‘Scholarships’ page at SMADC.com. 
Workshop registration is open now, and closes Feb-
ruary 22 at 5 p.m. For more information on the CSM
course schedule, course details and non-credit course
registration options (online and by mail), visit www.
csmd.edu/apply-register/noncredit/. For questions,
contact SMADC staff at (301) 274-1922, Ex. 1, or
email info@smadc.com.
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CSM Exercise Classes Join in Season’s Spirit of Giving

Celebrating the season’s spirit of giving, a CSM delivery team from left are exercise students Melba McLeod, Dori Flaherty,
Lendora Moon, CSM Group Fitness Instructor Geno Rothback, students Mandy Thompson, Pamela Herold, Pamela Williams
and Miriam Orengo.
College of Southern Maryland (CSM) exercise classes
and the Leonardtown Campus community joined in the
spirit of giving last week when CSM Group Fitness In-
structor Geno Rothback and her Zumba students deliv-
ered boxes of food, clothing and presents to a St. Mary’s
County family who needs a little help this season. Af-
ter collecting donations from boxes set up throughout
the campus, an abundance of offerings were delivered
Nov. 18 to a California grandmother who cares for her
granddaughter.
in need.”
Pamela Herold, of Leonardtown, has been a Zumba
student of Rothback’s for more than six years and has
participated in her Thanksgiving tradition of kindness
all three years. “This is really the highlight of my year,”
she said, “I am so impressed by Geno’s generosity and
by the generosity of the St. Mary’s County community.”
As a CSM instructor, Rothback pointed out that she
has the capacity to reach many people on a regular ba-
sis. “This is really a village of people who help provide
these donations,” she added. “I am thankful to CSM for
letting us leave boxes in the corners of the Leonardtown
Campus for everyone in the community to participate.”
Calling the St. Mary’s County community’s spirit of
giving “extraordinary,” Rothback added that she has
come to understand that such giving is a universal senti-
ment that knows no language or geographic boundaries.
“I am very grateful to also have the opportunity to
travel abroad,” said Rothback, who just returned from a
trip to Cambodia. “And I honor my father-in-law during
our travels as well. One of the things we love to do is
visit orphanages and shelters in other countries. Before
Rothback began organizing the collections in early the trip, I pack candies or books – even pencils for the
November after working with the St. Mary’s County De- children there because a little bit of kindness goes a long
partment of Social Services to identify the family. She way.
said she started helping local families three years ago “You never know when you could be an inspiration
as a tribute to her late father-in-law Peter Donchik Sr. like my father-in-law was,” she added. “You never know
of Melbourne, Florida. Donchik, Rothback explained, when a book inspires a child to read, or a pencil inspires
spent many years collecting socks and delivering them a child to write.”
to homeless people throughout the state of Florida.
“He was such an inspiration,” she shared, “and I just Press Release from CSM
want to continue to fulfill his vision of giving to those

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from state’s Office mission had proble com- “Every child in Maryl Commission (MHE Higher Education
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younger. Vendors,
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Seahawk Men Come up Short in CAC Hoops Opener

Spencer Schultz ‘20 - Photo Credit: Bill Wood
The St. Mary’s College of Maryland men’s basketball team suffered a gut-wrench-
ing loss in their Capital Athletic Conference opener Saturday afternoon. St. Mary’s
(2-6, 0-1 CAC) dropped a 96-94 decision to Salisbury University (7-0, 1-0 CAC) as
the Seahawks battled in their fourth game of the season decided by four or fewer
points. The game also marks St. Mary’s first 90-point performance of the 2018-19
campaign.
St. Mary’s 96, Salisbury 94
How It Happened
• Salisbury erased a 53-46 deficit with an 8-0 run early in the second half to re-
claim the lead on a James Foley layup at 18:13. From there, the lead seesawed
between the two teams as neither side led by more than five points the rest of
the way.
• The Seahawks owned a 90-87 lead at 1:35 as junior forward Spencer Schultz
(Clear Spring, Md. /Clear Spring) made the first of the two foul shots. Gary
Briddell then drained a three-point shot to return the advantage to Salisbury, a
lead the Sea Gulls would not relinquish as the visitors closed out the game on a
9-3 run to remain undefeated and open up conference play with a win.
• St. Mary’s headed into halftime with a five-point advantage as the Seahawks
ended the first half on a 12-4 run over the final 2:37 of the half. First-year wing
Zack Spooner (Washington, D.C./St. John’s) notched five of the team’s 12 points
in the closing push.
Inside the Box Score
• St. Mary’s received double-figure scoring performances from five Seahawks.
The Seahawks shot a season-high 56.7-percent from the field, including 9-of-18
from downtown. St. Mary’s also registered a season-best 26 dimes on 34 field
goals.
• Schultz and junior guard Matt Ayoub (Fairfax, Va./W.T. Woodson) led the way
with 22 points each while Schultz grabbed seven rebounds and three assists and
Ayoub added three boards and two helpers.
• Spooner finished the afternoon with season-highs of 13 points and four caroms
while junior guard Justin Milstead (Fort Washington, Md./IDEA Charter) con-
tributed a dozen points.
• Junior guard Reggie Rouse (Baltimore, Md./Calvert Hall) dropped career-bests
of 12 assists and seven rebounds while junior forward Rodney Christian (Ran-
dallstown, Md./Sherwood) scored in double-digits for the second straight game
with 10 to go along with three boards.
• Blair Davis led a contingent of five Sea Gulls in double-digit scoring with a
game-high 26 points and seven helpers while Mike Ward tallied 17 on 6-of-8
shooting with four triples off the bench.
Up Next for the Seahawks
• Dec. 14 vs. St. Vincent (7-1) – Jamaica, N.Y. (York (N.Y.) Invitational) – 5:30
p.m.
• Dec. 15 at York (N.Y.) Invitational Consolation/Championship – 1:00/3:00 p.m. 
By Nairem Moran
nmoran@smcm.edu for SMCM

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Thursday, December 6, 2018 The County Times
The Tackle Box
Fishing Report
Erick Parker shows off pickersl, crappie, and bass from local ponds caught this
week.
By Ken and Linda Lamb
Contributing Writers
Stripers from the ocean have shown up at Smith Point. Big stripers
with sea lice were caught over the weekend in the 40 to 45 inch, 35 to
40 pound size range were caught trolling at the Virginia-Maryland line.
The catch is only a handful so far. The mouth of the bay in the region
of the bay bridge tunnel has reported big stripers in good numbers, and
those are the fish that will travel to our waters in the next few days.
In the mean time there are plenty of domestic rockfish in the bay
from Point No Point to the Targets, at buoy 72, the triangle, and in the
mouth of the Potomac from Ragged Point to Vero Beach. The average
keeper size is around 20 inches, with a mix of fish ranging up to 32
inches. The bigger fish are in the bay proper, while the Potomac has
more under sized fish less than the 19 inch minimum.
If you like light tackle fishing you can chase the birds and jig on
schools of fish with metal jigs or bucktails dressed with shad bodies or
BKD’s. The schooling fish can be tricky, eating at random times and
ignoring lures dropped on them when it seems they should bite. The
best times to get them is in the late afternoon and at sunset. This can
make a long ride home in the dark. The fish are healthy and very fat,
looking like black and white striped footballs. Their gut is so full it
makes you wonder how they could swallow any more prey.
Trollers can use medium sized bucktails and spoons with 16 to
20 ounce weights. The fish are in 20 to 50 feet of water and trolling
through schools indicated by sea gulls working overhead will bring
strikes on all the lures.
There are schools of bait fish everywhere. There is no reason that
we cannot catch fish daily unless a severe cold snap comes in to change
this pattern. The season continues until December 20th in Maryland
waters and until the 31st in the Potomac and Virginia.
Contributing Writers 23
“Time to get with the
spirit of the season”
Well I’m on a roll now, finally
got all the pumpkins out of the
front yard this morning. The
squirrels can now finish nib-
bling in one large buffet area
in the woods in the back yard.
Makes it easier for Mindy too,
she can have fun trying to catch
the squirrels back there all in one
area. Pumpkins can look pretty
horrifying when their cut-out
faces are melting and blackening with rot. I guess it was time to shovel
the mess out of there. Time to get out the outdoor Christmas lights, even
though I know I am a bit later than everyone else.
I thought I lost Mindy this morning when she was chasing one of
the feral cats that live in a set of old wedding-tiered pool steps by our
shed. Mindy raced after the cat and ended up hind legs over hound nose
wedged down behind a 4’ x 8’ sheet of plywood in front, shed wall in
back, Rubbermaid trash can container on one side, and pool steps on
the other. She probably had a foot of squared space all told. All I could
see was her long tail sticking straight up. But, just like the Grinch in
The Grinch who stole Christmas, when he got wedged in the chimley
for a minute, she somehow straightened herself out and hopped on out
of there…but without her quarry. It’s a little game she and the cats play.
Christmas inside the house is a whole ‘nother story. But, I swear, after
I write this, meet with a customer, run to Waldorf, take my granddaugh-
ter Leigha to dance, then pay my last respects to a dear fellow crafter,
Tori Hosier, this evening at Brinsfield-Echols Funeral Home in Charlotte
Hall (gone too soon Tori, so glad I got to work with you and got to know
you), then I will pull out all the Christmas boxes. I want to switch things
up a bit this year without losing the traditional feel of Christmas. No, I
am not ready, and never will be, for the new fad of black Christmas trees
I am seeing all over Pinterest and on TV. I love green too much.
You would think I would be so inspired to decorate at home from how
Christmassy it is looking at Keepin’ It Local, and with the smell of all
the fresh Frazier and Douglas fir trees and wreaths out front, especially
with the big open house this Saturday. But the other ladies in the shop,
Deb W, Deb L, Susan, and Tammy are the great decorators, I just bask in
their creativeness. If someone says how beautiful it looks in there, I just
say thank you, and giggle silently, “Tee hee hee”. Maybe I should have
them come to the house in the guise of a party, but instead hand them
each a Rubbermaid box of Christmas stuff as they walk in the door.
What has happened to me? I used to love doing all this. I think I will
be ready after A Charlie Brown Christmas comes on tomorrow night.
Maybe I’ll watch that, listen to a little Bing Crosby, and drink a big glass
of eggnog with Apricot Brandy in it. That should do the trick.
I do love the Christmas season, and I never want to lose the joy that
comes in this time of giving, doing, and receiving. I think what will re-
ally recharge me will be going to choir practice Thursday night at our
beautiful historic Christ Church Chaptico and raising our voices and our
spirits high up above the old domed plaster ceiling to all that is good and
loving in the Heavens. If you need a recharge as well, you are welcome
to come on Thursday evenings for meditative music starting at 6:10, and
Holy Eucharist at 6:30, before choir practice at 7 p.m.
To each new day’s adventure, Shelby
Please send your Christmas ideas or comments to: shelbys.wander-
ings@yahoo.com or find me on Facebook.
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Thursday, December 6, 2018

Pax River F-35 ITF Leaves HMS Queen

Patuxent River
Naval Air Station
Elizabeth After ‘Eclipsing Aspirations’
mouth, UK-based ship to move on to
operational trials next year.
Two F-35B test jets, four test pilots
and nearly 200 personnel based at the
F-35 ITF at Naval Air Station Patuxent
River in Maryland, joined the carrier
in late September.
Since then they have performed 200
short take-offs, 187 vertical landings,
15 shipborn rolling vertical landings –
a technique unique to the UK which
allows a Lightning to return to the
carrier with a heavier payload – and
dropped 54 dummy bombs into the
Atlantic.
“This has been one of the most com-
prehensive flight trials at sea ever con-
ducted,” said Royal Air Force Squad-
ron Leader Andy Edgell, FOCFT(FW)
lead test pilot with the F-35 Pax River
ITF. “I am very proud to have profes-
sionally executed every aspect of this
trial and deliver for the UK a capabil-
ity that can be exploited for years to
come.”
NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN--F-35 Royal Navy Commander Nathan
Lightning jets from the Pax River In- Gray, test pilot at the F-35 Pax River
tegrated Test Force (ITF) left HMS ITF and the first person to land a jet on
Queen Elizabeth (R08), Nov. 19, 2018, HMS Queen Elizabeth, added: “It has
after eight weeks flying on and off been phenomenal to get through a high
the 65,000-tonne warship, helping to profile with such success. This is due
write the ‘operator’s manual’ so the to the skills of the designers of both
jets can fly from her deck on front-line the F-35 and the ship herself.
operations. “It is beyond question that without
The success of the Westlant 18 de- the vision of the Royal Navy and the
ployment – which has also included a unfailing support of the ship’s compa-
visit to New York – allows the Ports- ny we would not have achieved what
N e
we have done today,” he said. “I am
proud to have delivered this future and
enduring operational capability.”
Weapons experts loaded various
configurations of bombs and missiles
on to the Lightnings, making use of
HMS Queen Elizabeth’s unique auto-
mated munitions magazine.
ITF scientists recorded masses of
data from the ship and the jets; that
data will determine the limits (weath-
er, humidity, pitch and roll of the ship,
aircraft weight) at which the Light-
nings can safely launch from and land
back on HMS Queen Elizabeth and her
sister Prince of Wales.
“It goes without saying that this was
a phenomenally successful shipboard
detachment,” said Andrew Maack,
F-35 Pax River ITF Chief Test Engi-
neer and Site Director. “I could not
be more proud of the collective team
effort between the ITF and the HMS
Queen Elizabeth crew to make this
happen.”
Royal Navy Captain Nick Cooke
Priest, HMS Queen Elizabeth’s new
Commanding Officer who was in
command for the second phase of this
current set of F-35 trials said this au-
tumn’s trials had marked “a significant
milestone on the Royal Navy’s journey
back to big deck carrier operations.
“The schedule has been busy and
challenging and the results have
eclipsed the aspiration; this success is
largely due to the exceptional relation-
ship that exists between the ship and
her embarked staff, and the scientists,
engineers and pilots of the F-35 Inte-
grated Test Force, all of whom have
shown exceptional professionalism,
dedication and drive,” Cooke Priest
said.
He continued: “This deployment has
however delivered far more than the
initial integration of fixed wing air-
craft with the ship.
“It has re-introduced the true value
that carrier capabilities bring to the
UK and her allies, it has deepened
our relationship with our closest ally,
demonstrated our nation’s engineering
prowess and cemented our commit-
ment to the future as a global navy.”
The carrier is now spending time in
Norfolk, Virginia, offloading the ITF
team and their equipment before head-
ing back to Portsmouth, UK, in time
for Christmas.
She will come home, said UK Carri-
er Strike Group Commander Commo-
dore Michael Utley, with a real buzz
on board.
“This is positive time to be a Royal
Navy sailor, a positive time to be Roy-
al Navy aircrew and a positive time for
the UK-US partnership in providing a
greater depth of security across the
globe.”
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Rose Marie Graves,
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(formerly of Alex-
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away peacefully on
Wednesday, October
24, 2018, at MedStar
Georgetown University Hospital in
Washington, D.C.
She was born February 28, 1948 in
Leonardtown, MD to the late Joseph A.
Graves and Frances Wathen Graves.
Rose was born and raised in St.
Mary’s County. She was employed as
a Program Assistant with the Depart-
ment of Defense until her retirement.
She was an avid reader, enjoyed going
to the movies, and listening to Adele’s
music. She loved chocolate and every-
thing purple.
Rose is survived by her sister, Mary
Frances Abell of Leonardtown, MD; her
special niece who was like a daughter to
her, Lorie Joy (Paul) of Chaptico, MD
and her children, who loved her like a
grandmother, Kellen, Kenny, Keith,
Owen, Lilly and Maddie; many nieces
and nephews: Joe Graves (Cynthia),
Frankie Wood (Tracey), Diana Gun-
ther (Tim), Michelle Wathen (Eddie),
Patty Buckler (Chris), Tommy Farrell
(Aleta), Glenn Wood, Kevin Farrell
(Shelby), Bernie Graves, Bill Graves
(Nancy), and Tammy Daye; and her sis-
ter-in-laws, Nancy Graves and Alfretta
Graves. She is also survived by her spe-
cial friends, Anne, Sylvia, Cindy, Ruth,
Maurice, Elena, Doris, Debbie, Bill and
Susan; and many extended family and
friends. In addition to her parents she
is also preceded in death by her siblings:
Lilly Latham, Wilhelmina Wood, Joe
Graves and Jimmy Graves; her nephew,
James “Bubba” Graves; and niece, Judy
Latham.
Condolences to the family may be
made at www.brinsfieldfuneral.com.
Arrangements by the Brinsfield Fu-
neral Home, P.A.
Thomas Edward Bankins
Thomas Edward
Bankins, 61, of Ger-
mantown, MD passed
away on October 20,
2018. Thomas, known
to many as Tommy,
was born on June 4,
1957 in Leonardtown, MD to the late
James Bernard Bankins Sr. and Annie
Elizabeth Young Bankins. He was num-
ber 11 of 12 siblings in a close-knit and
loving family.
Tommy graduated from Chopticon
High School in 1975 where he was a
star athlete. Shortly thereafter, Tommy
began his extensive career in public
service. He had 37 years of Federal
service, 30 of which were at the U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban De-
velopment (HUD). In the latter part of
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his career, he worked for the Office of
Housing Counseling where he was com-
mitted to guiding and helping people on
their pathway to obtaining home owner-
ship. Throughout his career, Tommy re-
ceived numerous accolades and awards
for his outstanding service in the hous-
ing community. He had a lasting impact
not only the people he served, but on his
countless colleagues, many of whom
became some of his dearest friends over
the years.
Tommy was a sports enthusiast, and
especially loved the thrill and excite-
ment of being a Dallas Cowboys fan in
a Washington Redskins environment.
As an avid outdoorsman, he enjoyed the
peace and tranquility of being on the wa-
ter, and some of his favorite pastimes in-
cluded: fishing, crabbing and oystering.
He also considered himself an expert in
hand dancing and was truly the life of
the party on any dance floor. Tommy
was everyone’s favorite jokester and
never left a room without putting a smile
on everyone’s face. His wit, humor and
comical storytelling were unrivaled.
As a loyal family member, Tommy
was a loving and devoted father, broth-
er and uncle. He worked tirelessly to
ensure the happiness and well-being
of his two beautiful daughters, Danni
and Sydney. He gave great guidance
and support to his many nieces, neph-
ews and cousins, and exhibited nothing
but genuine compassion for his friends
and loved ones. Tommy loved spend-
ing quality time with family--laughing,
playing and reminiscing about fond
memories from the past.
Tommy leaves to cherish his memo-
ry, two daughters: Mackenzie “Danni”
Bankins and Sydney A. Bankins; their
mother Theresa Owens-Bankins; sis-
ters and brothers: Marie (Edward) Ken-
nedy; J. Bernard (Corrine) Bankins;
Agnes T. Bankins; Cecilia J. Bankins;
Veronica M. Bankins; Bernadette (Wil-
liam-deceased) Thomas; Gloria J. (Jer-
ry) Fitzgerald; and J. Monique (Mark)
Spencer; nephew Joseph “Jody” (Linda)
Bankins; sister-in-law Alice Bankins;
and a host of aunts, nieces, nephews
and close friends. He was preceded in
death by his siblings: Rose B. “Honey”
Holly; Mary F. Bankins; and Joseph A.
Bankins.
Beloved father, brother, uncle and
friend – Tommy’s kind-hearted and jo-
vial spirit was truly a gift; and his fam-
ily and friends will forever be grateful
for the love, laughter and many precious
memories they were blessed to share
with him.
Condolences to the family may be
made at www.brinsfieldfuneral.com.
Arrangements by the Brinsfield Fu-
neral Home, P.A.
John Allan Moulds
John Allan Moulds, 80, of Leonard-
town, MD passed away Wednesday, No-
vember 14, 2018 at his home surrounded
Obituaries 25
In Remembrance
by his loving family. Trembley Martin.
He was born on In addition to his father, Brian is sur-
February 6, 1938 in vived by his daughter, Stephanie Dutch
Deadwood, SD to the Olekszak, of FL; sisters, Robin Riordon,
late Donald Everett of Cayucos, CA and Jacquelyn Martin,
and Ida Gambaiana of Collegeville, PA; and three grand-
Moulds. children. He is preceded in death by his
In 1962, John married his beloved mother.
wife, Jean Ellen Moulds in Canton, Condolences to the family may be
OH. Together they have celebrated over made at www.brinsfieldfuneral.com.
56 wonderful years of marriage. He Arrangements by the Brinsfield Fu-
was employed by Fairfax County Pub- neral Home, P.A.
lic Schools as a dedicated and caring
teacher until his retirement in 1989. In
Hilda Elizabeth Stillwell
retirement he was an instructor in Math
for the Community College of Southern Hilda Elizabeth
Maryland for many years. His hobbies Stillwell, 95, of Leon-
included woodworking, painting, and ardtown, MD formerly
gardening. Every year he had large, of Stafford, VA passed
beautiful rose and vegetable gardens. He away on November
was an active volunteer with First Saints 24, 2018 in Leonard-
Community Church Soup Kitchen for town, MD. Born on
over 20 years. He and his wife loved to May 12, 1923 in Baltimore, MD she
travel and took many wonderful vaca- was the daughter of the late Carrie Mae
tions together, including a trip to Africa Lamp Garner and William Raymond
and France. He was a long time member Garner. Hilda was the loving wife of the
of First Saints Community Church and late Samuel R. Stillwell and who pre-
the Elks Lodge. ceded her in death in 1984 and Samuel
In addition to his beloved wife, John L. Homrighausen who proceeded her in
is also survived by his sons, John An- death in 2011. She is survived by her son
drew Moulds (Patti) of Encinitas, CA Edward Stillwell and Daughter-in-Law
and Thomas Everett Moulds (Danielle) (Patsy) of Chaptico, MD. Three grand-
of St. Inigoes, MD; his grandchildren, children, Rick Stillwell, Joe Stillwell,
Everett and Alexander; and many ex- Sherri Stillwell and 13 great-grandchil-
tended family and friends. In addition dren. Hilda is preceded in death by her
to his parents, he is also preceded in siblings; Lillian Ahrens, Raymond Gar-
death by his brother, Donald George ner, Frank Garner, Harry Garner, Rob-
Moulds. ert Garner and James Garner.
Memorial contributions may be made Hilda graduated from Baltimore City
to Hospice of St. Mary’s, P.O. Box 625, College with a Degree in Business. She
Leonardtown, MD; First Saints Com- was employed as a Budget Analyst for
munity Church, Loaves & Fishes, Leon- the United States Government for over
ardtown, MD 20650 and
Leonardtown Volunteer
Rescue Squad, P.O. Box
299, Leonardtown, MD T e T
he l oro II T ragedy
20650. december 5, 1993
Condolences to the
family may be made at lIves losT - lIves changed Forever
www.brinsfieldfuneral.
com.
Arrangements by the
Brinsfield Funeral Home,
P.A.
Capt. Brian Richard
Martin
Capt.
Brian
Richard
Ma r t i n ,
72, of
Miami,
Flor ida
passed away on Novem-
ber 12, 2018 at MedStar
St. Mary’s Hospital.
Remembering
Brian was born on
September 20, 1946 in
Robert Bernard Shipe
sepTember 4, 1948 - december 5, 1993
Providence, RI to Rich-
ard James Martin, M.D. always ThankFul For you
of Leonardtown, MD
and the late Evelyn Joan Forever In our hearTs
 26 Obituaries The County Times Thursday, December 6, 2018

30 years. Hilda moved to St. Mary’s
County MD in November 2013 from
Stafford, VA. She was a member of the
Lions Club and the Red Hats Society
Club. Hilda enjoyed reading, singing in
the Church Choir, traveling, dance, Arts
and Crafts.
Hilda was a very independent, cou-
rageous and strong woman. She shared
laughs and smiles with many but the
biggest gift was her love and compas-
sion to her family and those in need.
Contributions may be made to St.
Jude Children’s Research Hospital 262
Danny Thomas Place Memphis, TN
38105. County, PA, he was the son of the late
Arrangements provided by Matting- Opal May Conrad Graham and Floyd
ley-Gardiner Funeral Home, P.A. Leon- Fleming Graham. Dave was the lov-
ardtown, MD 20650. ing husband of Barbara Dicus Graham
whom he married in Glen Burnie, MD.
Dave is survived by his children Michael
David Floyd Graham Graham (Leslie) of Lusby, MD, Kath-
leen Landmann (Michael) of Mechan-
David Floyd Gra-
icsville, MD, Floyd Graham (Cecilia) of
ham, “Dave”, 81, of
Great Mills, MD, Chris Graham (Nata-
Mechanicsville, MD
lie) of Leonardtown, MD, 13 grandchil-
formerly from Glen
dren and 1 great grandchild. He gradu-
Burnie, MD passed
ated from Glen Burnie High School in
away in Leonardtown,
1955 and the University of Maryland.
MD on November 27,
Dave moved from Glen Burnie, MD to
2018. Born on July 1, 1937 in Allegheny
St. Mary’s County, MD in 1978. He was
a home builder for Southern Maryland
Homes for 30 years retiring in 2013.
In lieu of flowers the family request
contributions to SAYSF Bible Church
46544 Rue Purchase Road Lexington
Park, MD 20653 and Baptist Interna-
tional Missions Inc. Attn: Accounts Re-
ceivable P.O. Box 9 Harrison, TN 3734.
be made to The Leonardtown Volunteer
Rescue Squad P.O. Box 299 Leonard-
town, MD 20650.
Thomas “Tommy” R.
Norsworthy
Thomas “Tommy”
R. Norsworthy, 58 of
Hughesville passed
away Saturday, De-
cember 1, 2018 sur-
rounded by his family
and friends.
He is survived by his wife Joyce
Graves-Norsworthy, sister Paula Fan-
ning, brother John Norsworthy Jr. (Den-
ny) and many other family members.
He is preceded in death by his parents
John Norsworthy Sr. and Joanne Beers;
siblings Margaret Blomquist (Dave),
Carol Norsworthy, Mary Norsworthy,
William Norsworthy.
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Peter Paul Mozick
Peter Paul Mozick
97 of Leonardtown
MD passed away at St.
Mary’s Nursing Cen-
ter on November 29,
2018. He was born on
June 10, 1921 in Phil-
lips Wisconsin the son of the late Frank
& Anna Mozick. The family relocated
to Delaware where he graduated from
Harrington High School. After gradu-
ation, Peter served several years in the
Civilian Conservation Corpsworking
in camps both in Delaware and New
Jersey. He enlisted in the Army during
WWII and received training in Chemi-
cal Warfare and Clerical School. His
service include tours in Africa, Eng-
land, France, and Germany as a mem-
ber of the Supreme Headquarters Allied
Expeditionary Force (SHAEF) and was
awarded several decorations including a
Bronze Star and Good Conduct Medal.
After being discharged, he was em-
ployed by the U.S. Department of State
as a Communications Specialist retiring
after 30 years in 1974. He relocated to
St. Mary’s County with his wife Fran-
ces residing in Lexington Park and
Leonardtown, MD. During retirement
he was an active member of the “Se-
nior Vibs” musical group for over 15
years providing entertainment to vari-
ous groups including the local Veterans
Home and St. Mary’s Nursing Center.
Peter is survived by his son Donald and
his wife Pamela of Middleburg FL, his
Sister Mary of Carnegie PA, two grand-
children, Christopher and Melissa, and
several great grandchildren. He was
preceded in death by his wife Frances,
parents Frank and Anna, and brothers
1979. He was employed with Bob Green
Siding for 36 years where he was a fore-
man. Tommy enjoyed camping, fishing,
crabbing and golfing.
Visitation will be held at Brinsfield
in Charlotte Hall, Friday, December 7,
2018 2pm to 4pm & 6pm -8pm.
Arrangements by Brinsfield Funeral
Home, P.A., Charlotte Hall, MD.
Dorothy Ann Richards
Dorothy Ann Rich-
ards, 94, of Mechan-
icsville, MD died
November 27, 2018.
Dorothy Ann was
born to Fred and Lillie
Pearl Morris Hugel in
Washington, DC on August 11, 1924.
Prior to her retirement, Dorothy Ann
worked as Vice President of Adminis-
tration for Cedar Hill Cemetery in Suit-
land, MD. She worked there for 50 years
serving with grace and compassion. She
then went on to work at the Hallmark
Shoppe in Charlotte Hall, MD where
she was beloved by customers and co-
workers alike. Her work ethic through
the years was unmatched.
Dorothy Ann enjoyed her church
families at Bradburn Methodist Church
in District Heights, MD, Smithville
Methodist Church in Dunkirk, MD and
Hughesville Baptist Church in Hughes-
ville, MD. She was devoted to her faith
and rarely missed a Sunday. Through
the years, Dorothy Ann enjoyed bowl-
ing, a good card game, reading, and time
on the river with her husband, friends
and family. She was overjoyed by her
great grandchildren, Lilly, Hunter and
Bodie.
Dorothy Ann was predeceased by
her parents, her brothers Carl, Fred,
Paul, and Edward Hugel; her first hus-
band Robert Ball, and her husband of 53
years, Charles Edward Richards. She is

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In lieu of flowers, contributions can of Montgomery Village, MD, daughter
Linda (John) Shaffer of Mechanicsville,
Thursday, December 6, 2018
MD, granddaughters Jessica Hayden
(Allan) of California, MD and Sara
Shaffer of Chesapeake Beach, MD and
3 great grandchildren. Dorothy Ann
will also be missed by many nieces and
nephews.
Arrangements by Brinsfield Funeral
Home, P.A., Charlotte Hall, MD
Nancy Jean Walsh
Nancy Jean Walsh,
76, of Hollywood, MD
(formerly of Waldorf,
MD) passed away on
November 28, 2018 at
her residence with her
loving family at her
side.
She was born on August 20, 1942 in
Pine Grove, PA to the late George Len-
gel and Alma Leonard Lengel.
Nancy was employed as a secretary
for the Library of Congress from 1960 to
1968 and later as an admitting clerk for
Southern Maryland Hospital where she
dedicated years of service. On October
5, 1963 Nancy married the love of her
life, John R. Walsh in Washington D.C.
Together they spent 55 wonderful years
of marriage. While working at Southern
Maryland Hospital she meet her dearest
friend, Mary Heffner, who she enjoyed
working with. She dedicated the rest
of her career to taking care of her fam-
ily as they were most important to her.
She was a loving and dedicated wife,
mother and grandmother. She was an
exceptional baker and good cook; with
her specialties being cupcakes and po-
tato salad. She and her husband enjoyed
hosting weekly family dinners and the
holidays at their home. She spent many
hours doing crafts with her grandchil-
dren, which she thoroughly enjoyed.
Since 1972 they have all taken a family
vacation to Carolina Beach, NC, which
everyone always looked forward to. She
also enjoyed travelling home to Penn-
sylvania to visit family and to Dover to
play the slot machines with her husband.
She was an avid reader and enjoyed non-
fiction. She crocheted many beautiful
blankets and gave them to family and
friends.
In addition to her beloved husband,
she is also survived by her daughters,
Sharon Walsh (Karen) of Hollywood,
MD and Sandy Imbriale (Scott) of Hol-
lywood, MD; her grandchildren: Hunter
John, Jordan William and Leah Pearl
Imbriale, all of Hollywood, MD; her
siblings: Carol Lamborn of Palmyra,
PA, Joan Kost (John) of Myerstown,
PA, and John Lengel (Mary Beth) of
Taylor, PA; her in-laws: Richard Walsh
(Mary) of Waldorf, MD, Lee Hopson
(Don) of Harrisonburg, VA, and Vir-
ginia Pruitt (Greg) of LaPlata, MD; her
special friend, Mary Heffner of Leon-
ardtown, MD; and her extended family
and friends. In addition to her parents,
she is also preceded in death by her sis-
ter, Betty Lou Hummel and her brother,
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Wellington Lengel.
Memorial contributions may be made
to Hospice of St. Mary’s, P.O. Box 625,
Leonardtown, MD 20650 or St. Jude
Research Hospital, P.O. Box 1000, Dept.
142, Memphis, TN 38148.
Condolences to the family may be
made at www.brinsfieldfuneral.com.
Arrangements by the Brinsfield Fu-
neral Home, P.A.
William Edward Dixon, Jr.
William Edward
Dixon, Jr., “Bill”, 96
of California, MD for-
merly of Great Mills,
MD passed away on
November 24, 2018 in
Prince Frederick, MD.
Born on August 28, 1922 in Great Mills,
MD he was the son of the late Johanna
Feldman Dixon and William Edward
Dixon. Bill was the loving husband of
the late Dorothy Elene Cochran Dixon
whom he married on March 28, 1947
in Berkley, CA and who preceded him
in death on December 16, 2001. He is
survived by his children Raymond E.
Dixon of California, MD and Janet Lee
Dixon Fullerton of St. Inigoes. Bill is
preceded in death by his brother, Her-
man Walter Dixon.
William Edward Dixon was a lifelong
resident of St. Mary’s County. He was
born in Great Mills without the comforts
of a hospital. He sometimes relied on the
skills of a local medicine woman when
he had illness or ailment. His schooling
was limited but adequate.
Like many men of his generation
when WWII was thrust on the United
States he answered the call to war. He
volunteered for the Navy and the quick-
ly volunteered for Submarine service.
He went to sea in the Pacific based in
Pearl Harbor. He made several war pa-
trols earning the navy’s combat medal.
He was briefly assigned to the Navy sub-
marine school in Groton Connecticut
where he shared his experiences while
training new submariners. He served for
a total of 11 years during which he com-
pleted his high school GED. His service
included assignment aboard a submarine
tender supporting the Korean War ef-
fort. Bill’s service stations also included
USS Pike (SS173), USS Lancetfish (296
Plankowner) USS Chivo (SS341), USS
Remora (SS487), USS Proteus (A519),
USS Barbero (USSA 317), and the
Patuxent Naval Air Station. While serv-
ing in the Navy Bill was awarded the
Asiatic-Pacific Area Campaign Medal,
Navy Good Conduct Medal, World War
II Victory Medal, American Area Cam-
paign Medal and S/M Combat Insignia.
Upon discharge Bill and his brother
Herman built boats and he returned to
life as a waterman. They built the 42
foot charter boat, Ray-Lee. He started
his own charter business and was “Cap-
tain Bill” to many clients until 1978. The
two brothers had built the Starfinder, a
38 foot workboat that served well while
crabbing and oystering until he retired
at age 83. He remained a friend and ad-
viser to some. He made no enemies.
During his last years he attended sev-
eral submarine reunions where he en-
joyed exchanging sea stories. He was
sought after on those occasions to relate
episodes aboard the USS Pike and USS
Chivo as a proud member of what some
call the greatest generation.
He met Dorothy Cochran, his wife
while serving in the navy and together
they had two children Raymond and
Janet.
He enjoyed fishing after retiring and
shared his skills at catching fish and
crabs and oysters with only a few.
In lieu of flowers please make a dona-
tion to the Patuxent Presbyterian Church
23421 Kingston Creek Road California,
MD 20619. 301-863-2033.
Arrangements provided by Mattinley-
Gardiner Funeral Home, P.A. Leonard-
town, MD 20650
Melvin (Bud) G. Fletcher
Melvin (Bud) G.
Fletcher Jr., 62, of St.
Leonard, MD passed
away October 28,
2018 at Washington
Hospital Center sur-
rounded by his loving
wife Debbie, his children (Robert and
Buddy), his brother Rodney, and his en-
tire family after a very short six-week
battle with a very aggressive cancer.
On August 18, 2018; Bud married the
love of his life and soul mate - Debbie in
a private ceremony on Solomons Island.
Married on top of Drum Point Light-
house – Bud and Debbie did it “their
way.”
Bud’s pride and joy were his 12 grand-
children and his sons. His traveling, vol-
unteering, and his active participation
in the All American Harley Owners
Group (HOG) chapter was his passion.
His adventures included looking for and
painting Kindness Rocks with his wife,
cruising, visiting lighthouses, riding his
Harley, camping, and spending time
with his family and friends.
Bud was known to all around him
as a man of esteemed character. His
leadership abilities, humbleness, and
unselfish acts earned the respect of the
many friends he gained everywhere he
traveled.
Bud is survived by his beloved wife
Debbie Fletcher; his sons Melvin (Bud-
dy) III (Becki) of Hubert, NC; Robert
(Ashley) of St. Leonard, MD; and his ad-
opted son, Christopher (Kelcie) of Whit-
mire, SC; father Melvin Sr. (Brenda) of
Hubert, NC; brothers Robert (Randy)
(Michele) of Aberdeen, MD; Rodney
of Darlington, MD; and sister Karen
(Mark) Hardin of (Cape Carteret, NC).
He was preceded in death by his mother;
Janet Virginia Fogle and brother; Ron-
ald Jay Fletcher.
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In 1973 Bud enlisted in the U.S. Navy
and soon deployed upon a remarkable
career. A true sailor, cruising the At-
lantic Ocean as a young Gunners Mate
Technician on Destroyers and Frigates
and advancing through the ranks to
retire with the Naval Criminal Investi-
gative Service (NCIS) as a Chief Petty
Officer. While a Chief, his leadership
was focused upon his sailors, where he
propelled his charges to achieve Com-
mand recognition at all of his ensuing
duty stations. Everyone was a shipmate
to this Chief. Bud retired after 20 years
of Highly Decorated and Honorable
Military Service (Navy Commendation
Medal (3); Navy Achievement Medal
(2); Sea SVC Ribbon (3); Good Con-
duct Medal (4); Oversea SVC Ribbon;
National Defense Service Medal; Navy
Unit Commendation; and Expert Pistol
Medal) and a few years later began an-
other 21-year career as a Civil Servant
for the United States Government.
Bud carried with him into his Na-
val Civil Service career a professional
dedication to protect the National Se-
curity interests of America and get the
job done! By now Bud was affection-
ately known by the family as the “Secret
Squirrel.” As the Logistics Director of
Aviation Support, he was the one called
in when things seemed impossible and
Bud would always work tirelessly until
a solution was achieved. Bud always
put people first, a leader and mentor, but
most importantly he was a teacher. Bud
strived to position his charges and team
to achieve more. He would say, “It’s the
people that get the job done,” and Bud
took care of his people. Over his 41
years of service; Bud was a Doer and
made things happen. He made a lasting
impression upon the many lives that had
the opportunity of walking with him
along his path.
Family will receive friends on Friday,
November 9, 2018 from 2:00 p.m. until
4:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m.
at Rausch Funeral Home, 20 American
Lane, Lusby, MD 20657. A Funeral
Service will be held on Saturday, No-
vember 10, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. at South-
ern Calvert Baptist Church, 12140 H.G.
Trueman Road, Lusby, MD 20657. In-
terment will be private. There will be
a tribute motorcycle ride in Bud’s honor
following the funeral ceremony, end-
ing at the Solomons Volunteer Rescue
Squad and Fire Department, 13150 H.G.
Trueman Road, Solomons, MD 20688.
In lieu of flowers, the family also rec-
ommends donations be made in honor
of Bud Fletcher to the Charlotte Hall
Veterans Home, 29449 Charlotte Hall
Road, Charlotte Hall, MD 20622 www.
charhall.org or the Calvert Marine
Museum, P. O. Box 97, Solomons, MD
20688 www.calvertmarinemuseum.com
designated for the Maintenance and Res-
toration of the Drum Point Lighthouse.
Condolences to the family may be
made at www.rauschfuneralhomes.com.
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Community Calendar
ONGOING
Christmas Doll & Train Exhibit
St. Clement’s Island Museum
December 1–January 6, daily 12:00–
4:00 PM
An exhibit of unique antique and col-
lectible dolls, trains and toys at this festive
holiday display. $3 adults, $2 seniors and
military, $1.50 children. 5 and under free.
Holiday Display
Piney Point Lighthouse Museum
November 25–January 6, daily 12:00–
4:00 PM
This year’s theme is “Reading Lights
the Way.” Visitors view Lighthouse Digest
cover exhibit, Flying Santa exhibit, and a
number of other exhibits. $7 adults, $3.50
seniors, students and military. Children 5
and under free.
Fri. & Sat., Dec. 7 & 8
Madrigal Dinners
Reconstructed State House of 1676,
47418 Old State House Road
6:00 PM
Historic St. Mary’s City invites you to
this long standing tradition. Fine dining,
beautiful music, firelight and wassail at
the beautifully decorated State House in
St. Mary’s City. $90/Friends of Historic St.
Mary’s City. $95/non-members. Decem-
ber 7, 8, 14, and 15. Reservations required.
Call or email Mary Bohanan 240-895-
4991, MaryB@digshistory.org or Porzia
240-895-4960, PorziaP@digshistory.org
Friday, December 7
‘Tis The Season...
Opal Gallery, Park Ave., Leonardtown
11:00 AM – 8:00 PM
First Friday. Walk the red carpet wear-
ing your favorite ugly or chic holiday
sweater! The winner receives a $25 Opal
Gallery gift certificate.
Horse Discovery
Vandermere Farm, Leonardtown
2:00 – 3:30 PM
Meet, groom, and take holiday pics
with our new mini pony!  Enjoy holiday
treats!  $5/ride. Text Jen for info or direc-
tions 240-538-8001. www.vandermeresta-
bles.com
The James Sisters
St. Mary’s County Arts Council, Wash-
ington St., Downtown Leonardtown
5:30 – 6:30 PM
Layla and Lacie James perform on First
Friday.
 
Open House Christmas Celebration
Mt. Zion United Methodist Church,
27108 Mt. Zion Church Rd., Mechanicsville
6:30 - 8:30 PM
A Merry Little Open House. Activi-
ties for the Entire Family. The Story of St.
Nicholas, Christmas Carols, Appetizers,
Bonfire, Tree Lighting on the Hill. Visit
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our Sanctuary and tour our Preschool.
www.mtzionmech.org
Saturday, December 8
Breakfast with Santa
Forrest Career and Technology Center,
Leonardtown
8:00 – 11:00 AM
Breakfast prepared by the Forrest Cen-
ter’s Culinary Arts students. Admission
includes breakfast. $10 adults, $5 students,
free under 3. Omelet bar additional $2.
Face painting, gingerbread cookie and
craft rooms. Santa’s Workshop small
gifts (most under $10). Photo with Santa.
Proceeds benefit the Forrest Center’s
SkillsUSA chapter and student programs.
Chef Amanda Granados at 301-475-0242,
x28210 or aegranados@smcps.org.
Holiday Horse Open House
Greenwell Foundation, 25450 Rosedale
Manor Lane, Hollywood
9:00 AM - Noon
Free family event. Take your holiday
photo with our horses, make a festive craft
and enjoy the beauty of Greenwell State
Park. Greenwellfoundation.org
Holiday Maker’s Markets
Annmarie Sculpture Garden, Dowell
Rd., Solomons
9:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Each Market features a different selec-
tion offering a variety of gifts. Markets are
indoors. Also, December 15 and 22. Free
admission. 410-326-4640. www.annmar-
iegarden.org
Winter Wonderland Workshops
Historic Sotterley Farmer’s Market
Building, Hollywood
9:00 AM – Noon and 1:00 – 4:00 PM
The Sotterley Garden Guild offers
two workshops. 9:00 - Wreath & Swag
making. 1:00 - Tabletop Arrangements
& Okra Angels making. $30/workshop.
Greens provided, bring gloves and clip-
pers, if possible. Space limited. Advance
reservations only: www.sotterley.org or
call 301-373-2280.
Holiday Open Barn Event
Vandermere Farm, Leonardtown
11:30 AM - 2:30 PM
Santa and Mrs. Clause 11:30-12:30!
Holiday pics with ponies, crafts, holiday
treats. Rides: $5/each (weather permit-
ting) (Rain  date:Sun. 11:30-2:30) Text Jen
for info or directions 240-538-8001. www.
vandermerestables.com
Army–Navy Game Day Party
Pax River Ale House, Rt. 235 Lexington
Park
1430-1830 (2:30-6:30 PM)
Sponsored by the Greater Southern
Maryland Chapter (GSMC) of the Naval
Academy Alumni Association. RSVP to
Rick Snyder at Richard.L.Snyder@saic.
com; or 240-298-2279.  place - all under 1 roof! Our local “First
with the listing details by 12 p.m. on the Monday prior to our Thursday publication.
Handel’s “Messiah”  Open House
Auerbach Auditorium of St. Mary’s
Hall, 47458 Trinity Church Road
3:00 PM
Performed by St. Mary’s College of
Maryland chamber singers with orchestra.
Free. Open to the public.  apartments for you to see. www.cedar-
Christmas Gospel Concert
Leonardtown VFD, 22733 Lawrence
Ave
5:30 - 9:00 PM
The New Briscoe Brothers sponsor this
event to benefit “The Mission” Homeless
Shelter. $12. Admission reduced with do-
nations of hats, gloves, coats, blankets,
canned goods, can openers, etc. Special
guest performers. Crab Cake, Fish and
Chicken Dinners on sale. Door prizes.
Stacey Briscoe 240-210-5590 or 240-416-
0351 or email: briscoeso@juno.com
Sunday, December 9
Breakfast with Santa
Seventh District Volunteer Firehouse
8:00 - 11:00 AM
Breakfast and drinks. Adults $10, Se-
nior Citizens $9, Children 4-12 years $3,
3 years and younger are free. Raffle for
$500 in gift cards/certificates. $5/ea. 3/$10.
Drawing held at Breakfast. Sponsored by:
Seventh District VFD Auxiliary
Breakfast with Santa
2nd District, Company 6 aka Valley Lee
VFD & RS 45245 Drayden Rd., Valley Lee
8:00 – 11:00 AM
All-You-Can-Eat. Traditional breakfast
and drinks. $10 adults, $5 ages 6-12, free
under 5. 301-994-9999
Breakfast with Santa
Our Lady of the Wayside, Loretto Hall,
Chaptico
8:00 – 11:00 AM
$10 adults. $6 ages 6-12. Ages 5 and
under free. Scrambled eggs, pancakes,
French toast, fried potatoes, sausage, ba-
con, coffee and juice. Take pictures with
Santa. Brenda Russell, rsbrssll@aol.com
or at 301-247-1871.
Breakfast with Santa and Mrs. Claus
St. Mary’s County Elks Lodge #2092,
45779 Fire Dept. Lane, California
9:00 AM - Noon
All you can eat breakfast buffet, includ-
ing made to order omelets. $10 adult, chil-
dren age 5-10 for $5, and 4 and under free.
Children receive a small gift from Santa.
Bring your camera to get pictures with
Santa and Mrs. Claus!!
Christmas Craft Fair & Lunch with
Santa
Waldorf VFD Auxiliary, 3245 Old Wash-
ington Road
10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
See Santa and shop for your last min-
ute Christmas presents! Same time, same
Responders” are volunteers and are raising
funds for equipment to support members.
Thursday, December 6, 2018
Cedar Lane Senior Living Community,
22680 Cedar Lane Court, Leonardtown
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Enjoy tours of our campus and light re-
freshments. Some residents may open their
lane.org
Turkey Shoot
7th District Optimist Park, 21860
Colton’s Point Road, Bushwood
12:00 PM – Complete
Turkey Shoot and Oyster Scald. Kids
Shoot, Cash Shoot, Hot Dogs, Chili, and
Cold Drinks.
Support Friends of Youth. Hosted by the
7th District Optimist Club. Greg Van Meter
@ 301-904-2258.
Open House for Christmas in April
Summerseat Farm, 26655 Three Notch
Road, Mechanicsville
1:00 – 4:00 PM
Share in our success and wonderful
memories of the past 28 years. The Me-
nard Family Singers will entertain with
Christmas Music. Scrap books from
yesterday. Silent auction. Refreshments.
301-884-2905.
Monday, December 10
Red Cross Blood Drive
2nd District Firehouse, 45245 Drayden
Road, Valley Lee
1:30 - 7:00 PM
Contact 800-REDCROSS for more in-
formation or to make an appointment. 
Pax River Quilters Guild
Good Samaritan Lutheran Church,
20850 Langley Rd., Lexington Park
6:30 PM
Open to the public. New members wel-
come. Monthly meeting and Christmas
Party! Bring your best dish for the buf-
fet. Drawing for the quilt, “Boats Afloat.”
www.paxriverquiltguild.com
Tuesday, December 11
LVRSA Fundraiser
Texas Roadhouse, California
5:00 – 9:00 PM
Support the Leonardtown Volunteer
Rescue Squad. Bring or digitally show
your server the flyer that can be found on
the LVRS.org website so we can get credit
for your visit.
Thursday, December 13
Gingerbread Auction
Father Andrew White School,
Leonardtown
6:00 – 7:00 PM
The second and sixth graders teamed-
up to make gingerbread houses for this
auction.
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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

Purse Bingo
The Northern Senior Activity Cen-
ter will have a purse bingo on Friday,
Dec. 7 from 10-11:30 a.m. Win a new
or a one-time-carried purse featuring
popular brands such as Vera Bradley®,
Guess®, Tignanello®, Nine West®,
and The Sak®. Event bag styles include
totes, hobos, shoulder bags, and wrist-
lets. Deadline to sign up is Wednesday,
Dec. 5; space permitting. Limited seat-
ing is available and seat reservations
must be made with payment of $3. To
sign up and pay for this activity in ad-
vance, please visit the front desk. For
more information, call 301-475-4200,
ext. 73101.
Fresh Greenery Needed
Do you have fresh greenery in your
yard you would be willing to donate
to the Loffler Senior Activity Center?
The annual county-wide Department of
Aging and Human Services Christmas
party will take place on Dec. 14. We
need holly and any fresh evergreens for
dressing the tables, windows and walls.
Donations will be happily accepted at
Loffler any time before Dec. 13, Mon.-
Friday 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Thanks in
advance.
AARP Safe Driving
As a result of evidence-based research
findings, this course includes a focus on
areas where older drivers could ben-
efit from additional training, including:
roundabouts, pavement markings, stop-
sign compliance, red-light running, and
safety issues such as speeding, seatbelt
and turn-signal use. The cost is $15 for
AARP members, $20 for nonmembers,
payable to AARP. Members must show
their membership card to get the mem-
ber rate. It will be held at the Garvey Se-
nior Activity Center on Tuesday, Dec. 11
from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Advance sign up is
required. Lunch is available at the Cen-
ter; cost is a donation for ages 60 and
above and $6 for those under the age of
60. Call 301-475-4200, ext. 71050, to
register for the class and for the lunch
menu and to make lunch reservations.
Holiday Celebration Luncheon
with Riverview Mirror And
Special Guests
Come join us for a performance by
the duo Rearview Mirror at the Garvey
Senior Activity Center on Wednesday,
Dec. 12 at noon. This oldies variety,
Iris Hirsch and Glenn Bullion, play a
blend of rock and roll, R&B, pop, coun-
try, standards from the Great American
Songbook, disco, and Motown from the
40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, and beyond. Not only
does their performance include mu-
sic, but also humor, music trivia, some
dancing and fun for all. An audience
member once described the duo’s show
as “modern vaudeville: music, dancing,
costumes and comedy.” Rearview Mir-
ror’s mission is to involve its audience
with the music and to provide a good
time for all. They will have a special
mix of holiday music for us! Don’t miss
out on this performance! Before the per-
formance be sure to get there time to
see our award winning special guests,
Reader’s Theater. They will perform a
special holiday comedy for you! Cost
for lunch is by donation for those ages
60 and above and $6 for those under the
age of 60. To make reservations, call
301-475-4200, ext. 71050.
Gift Donations Needed for
Christmas Gift Bingo
Every year at the Loffler Senior Activ-
ity Center we offer a special day of Bin-
go in which Christmas shopping items
are the prizes. We will have a full house
of 50 players and are looking for dona-
tions of gifts for our prize table. Dona-
tions should be new items, not shopworn
or expired foodstuffs, but items that are
suitable for gift-giving. They should
not be gift-wrapped. Donations can be
dropped off at the Loffler Senior Activ-
ity Center Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-4:30
p.m. now through Dec. 17. If you have
questions call 301-475-4200, ext. 71658.
Learn to play Mahjong
Jean Wu will be offering beginner
classes at the Loffler Senior Activity
Center on how to play Taiwanese Mah-
jong if at least 3 people are interested
in learning. Classes would be on alter-
nating Fridays 9:30-11 a.m. and could
start as early as January. Why not start
the new year off by learning something
new? If you would like to be added to
the interest list call 301-475-4200, ext.
71658, or stop by the Loffler reception
desk.
Chair Yoga
The Northern Senior Activity Center
offers Chair Yoga every Friday from
9-10 a.m. This class uses modified yoga
positions which incorporate a chair
prominently for ease and stability. The
chair can be used for seated and standing
poses or individuals can modify further
using it for all positions. The instructor
is senior-fitness certified and will pro-
vide guidance to make sure the class
works well for you. Try the first class on
a trial basis and to continue, purchase a
fitness pass for $30 for 10 sessions. For
more information about the program,
please call 301-475-4200, ext. 73103.
Zumba Gold at Northern
Get a jump on your 2019 fitness goals
and try your first class for free. The
Northern Senior Activity Center offers
Zumba Gold on Tuesdays at 10-11 a.m.
Getting fit was never so fun, as you ex-
ercise to upbeat music while meeting
friendly and welcoming people. Keep
going to class by purchasing a fitness
card. Fitness cards are $30 for 10 ses-
sions and are available at the front desk.
For more information about this pro-
gram, call 301-475-4200, ext. 73103.

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Cookies and Cards
Charlotte Hall Library will hold Cookies and Cards
on Saturday, December 8 from 10:30 – 11:30 a.m.
Decorate cookies to eat, and make cards to give your
friends and family! All supplies provided by the li-
brary. Free, all ages, registration required.
DIY Woodland Winter Wreath
Leonardtown Library will hold a DIY Woodland
Winter Wreath on Wednesday, December 12 from
1:30 – 3:30 p.m. Feeling creative? Join us in making a
winter wreath out of an embroidery hoop, pine stems,
pine cones, and a bit of hot glue. Attendees will be
provided with all of the supplies necessary to make an
18-inch wreath to decorate your home or give away as
a gift. Class size is limited. Register on www.stmalib.
org.
Minecraft Challenge
Charlotte Hall Library will hold Minecraft Chal-
lenge on Thursday, December 13 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 2 weeks before the program.
Library Holiday Closings
All three locations of the St. Mary’s County Library
will be closed on Monday, December 24 and Tuesday,
December 25 for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
All three locations will be open for regular business
hours on Wednesday, December 26.
Book Bites
St. Mary’s County Library will host Book Bites
at Taphouse 1637 in California on Monday, Decem-
ber 17 from 6 – 7:30 p.m. Grab a bite and gab about
books! Join us at our new winter location, Taphouse
1637 in California, for a relaxed conversation about
what you’ve been reading. Share what you loved (or
loathed) about the last book you read, gather new
recommendations from the rest of the group, and
enjoy the company of fellow bibliophiles. Visit tap-
available for purchase. Adults only. No registration.
Explore Your Digital Library
Leonardtown Library will hold Explore Your Digi-
tal Library on Tuesday, December 18 from 2:30 – 4:30
p.m. Looking for a great read? Studying for the SAT,
GMAT or ASVAB? Researching your family’s ances-
try? Want to learn a new language? Are you planning
on writing a research paper? Would you like to watch
movies or listen to books on your phone or device?
Drop by the Leonardtown Library this winter with
your laptop, tablet, or mobile device and our tech team
will show you how to access all kinds of FREE library
resources that are right at your fingertips!
Snacking with S.T.E.A.M.:
Edible Engineering
Lexington Park Library will hold a Snacking with
S.T.E.A.M. – Edible Engineering on Friday, Decem-
ber 21 from 3– 4 p.m. Please note all activities involve
food which may contain potential allergens. Come test
your engineering skills with us as we build delectable
houses. Whether you build a cottage, apartment, or
town home we will see if it can stand the test of grav-
ity. For ages 6-12. Registration required and opens on
December 7
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18. Actress Farrow
19. Household god (Roman)
20. Indian dresses
22. Misjudge
23. Actress Zellweger
25. Remove flour lumps
26. Obtain
27. Modeled
28. Juan, Francisco or
Antonio
30. Indian territory, Daman
and ___
31. Owl sound
33. A slab of stone or wood
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37. Napped leather
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53. Emitted coherent
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56. Former CIA
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58. Disintegrate
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65. Makes into law
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67. Skillful hand
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between W and SW
2. 2011 animated
macaw movie
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4. Shot
5. Coasts
6. Hill (Celtic)
7. Decays
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9. Venice river
10. Ablaze
11. Duskiness
13. Enlightened
15. Unnaturally pale
17. Acutely insightful and
wise
18. “French Kiss” actress
Ryan
21. “Alien” director
23. Long-tailed rodent
24. A way to ingest
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29. Relating to the nose
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34. Sticky or hot-cross
35. Productive land
36. Englut
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40. Indian corn genus
43. Stroke
44. Flowed in contrary
directions
46. Comforts
47. Point that is one point S
of due E
49. Shrub fence
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54. Proofreading symbol
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60. Smallest whole number
61. Airforce of Gr. Britain
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