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editorial:



Cut Spending to Essentials




Southern Maryland Police Briefs:


Pot not in danger of going out of style anytime soon!



While 92% of blacks support Obama, Hillary notes that whites vote for her

 
 


Freedom Firefighter Special Chief’s Edition  Ridge Fire Dept. Gun Raffle

Wellington LTD Henry ‘Big Boy’The Ridge Volunteer Fire Department will be selling 1000 raffle tickets for the Big Boy. Tickets are $10.00 each, and RVFD is the sole beneficiary of the sales. Once all 1000 tickets are sold, the drawing will be held. Presence will not be required during drawing to win. Ticket purchasers must be 18 years of age or older. Winner must present a State issued identification for valid prove of age. The Spirit that drives them is a national treasure, the "Unsung Heroes" of every community across our great nation, the American Firefighter. Wellington LTD takes pride in honoring these great men and women who give so much. Scenes depicting our firefighters and the test they face each day are captured forever in the 24-karat gold on the receiver and in the American Walnut stock of this Henry Big Boy. 301-872-5571 or 301-866-0466 info@ridgevfd.org tim.ridgell@ridgevfd.org

 

 
 


Indy based fraternity at center of massive drug bust

Hillary in yet another vampire finish wins Indiana as blacks go 92 percent in North Carolina for Obama
 
 


Splish Splash...not taking a bath...now body is found!



Family claims police broke man's arms, threw him in lake...man who ran from cops drowned when he failed to swim, walk on water, have a straw to breath through like in the movies...a likely candidate for the Darwin Awards for this year....

LUSBY (May 6, 2008) --- Calvert Sheriff Mike Evans now confirms that a man who ran from police on Friday night when neighbors called to complain about a loud party was found dead today in Lake Lariat, near his home. 
 
 
    

Heroes at Work:

Drivers couldn't figure out the meaning of Stop at the intersection of Shangri-la Drive and Willows Road in front of the Lexington Park Baptist Church and ended up in a classic "T Bone" crash between the white car and the Mustang.   The woman at right with the baby said she was the at fault driver and she wasn't posing for no show. PS. The STOP sign is red and nailed to a big post at the intersection.    MORE
 
ST. MARY'S TODAY photos by Matthew Ivancie
 
 


FBI Now Leading Slot Machine Investigation;


Federal Grand Jury Set to Probe Slots




Governor Sleaze-denning Goes for Obama




Punks Pack Punches at Thai Seafood




Another traffic death; Good Samaritan Carjacked


Man dies of injuries from late night April crash; two who preyed on man who stopped to aid them with their disabled vehicle, arrested after stealing the man's car in Nanjemoy


Resident of Apartment Building Killed,



3 Firefighters Injured in Rockville Fire




Commentary on Cinca de Mayo Day: The American Southwest is well off today because it is NOT part of Mexico


Home prices could drop another 20 % says one of nation's largest home builders

Greenspan says U.S. recession may last through the year



Trainers reluctant to join Big Brown at Preakness
 
 

Capitol City Brewing and others going green in making beer

Oil flowing to 120 factories in northern Irag; 3500 jobs in brick factory

Retiring Boomers Leaving California

Baltimore woman murdered over cigarette

Obama's tired campaign needs wins to prevail

Hillary vows to get OPEC
 
 



just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water....



Slots Coming BACK!



'Slots Queen ' Judge Rules in Favor of Her Old Friends


St. Mary's Circuit Court Judge Karen Abrams 
ST. MARY'S TODAY photo


Judge Karen Abrams sat on the boards of the "charities" who had sought an injunction forbidding the State of Maryland, the St. Mary's Sheriff and States Attorney from blocking placement of slot machines at Fred's Liquors in Charlotte Hall. The action had been sought by Alternatives for Youth and Families Inc. and Center for Children Inc. and Sorrells Liquors and Sporting Goods t/a Fred's Liquors.  

LEONARDTOWN (May 2, 2008) --- "The operator of Fred's Liquors admitted in court that the charities only got $63,000 from the slot machines while the supplier of the machines, Impact Gaming got half of the total take and Fred's was paid $178,000 during the time the machines were in place," said St. Mary's Sheriff Tim Cameron.  "I am disappointed over the Judge's ruling."

Slot machine opponents: Comptroller Peter Franchot, Delegate John Bohanan and Senator Roy Dyson. 
ST. MARY'S TODAY photo

Comptroller Calls for Appeal of Ruling;

Says Slots Breed Crime & Corruption

"It is my hope that today's ruling is appealed so that local law enforcement can get back to cracking down on this illegal gaming.  Today's development reinforces why we should not enshrine slot machine gaming into our state's constitution this November as it is a regressive tax which breeds crime, corruption and addiction," Comptroller Peter Franchot told ST. MARY'S TODAY.

More details later online and in print this weekend on newsstands....

   
St. Mary's Sheriff Tim Cameron, left, and St. Mary's States Attorney Richard Fritz, right.
ST. MARY'S TODAY photos
St. Mary's Sheriff Tim Cameron accepted the court ruling on Friday as a temporary setback and said he will continue to push ahead with any legal steps possible to rid the county of the slot machines.
"We were already seeing the first incidents of the crime involved with these machines, robberies, prostitution and more domestic problems, I am hopeful we will be able to develop a strategy to keep them out of the county, this is not good for the people of this county."

 

 
 


Slots raid by cops as easy as ABC at ADF



Comptroller says slots are bad bet for Maryland



St. Mary's Sheriff's Deputy Julian Schwab, right, puts his brawn into the chore of seizing slot machines and ramping up the investigation of the Sheriff which has gone on for the last four months.  All slot machines in St. Mary's were believed to have been removed prior to today as a result of warnings that an Attorney General's advisory that these machines were not legal "instant bingo" machines but were indeed illegal slot machines.
Detective Clay Safford pulls on a machine while Deputy Michael Worrey pushes. 
 ST. MARY'S TODAY photos



NEW MARKET (May 1, 2008)  St. Mary's Sheriff's deputies are carrying out a raid on the ADF Bingo Hall in New Market, seizing more than 60 slot machines which have remained in the bingo hall in spite of a warning from the Sheriff and the State Police that they would be in violation of the law if the machines remained in place.
The raid is coming just six weeks following a joint audit team of the Comptroller, State Police and Sheriff's Department. 
Slot machines believed to be the old style and legal are still in place at the Mechanicsville Moose Lodge but St. Mary's Sheriff Tim Cameron said that all of these machines are supposed to be unplugged or removed.
Warren Hansen, spokesman for Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot, said today that the Comptrollers Office recent audit of the slot machines in St. Mary's County is still part of the Sheriff's Department investigation and no fines have yet been levied as a result of that audit.

“I want to applaud the law enforcement officials involved in today's seizure of over 60 video gaming machines in St. Mary's County," Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot told ST. MARY'S TODAY.  "This action is part of a vigorous, on-going effort to crackdown on illegal gambling, and I am proud of my agency's full participation in it. Ironically, as law enforcement agents work to shut down the crime and corruption associated with these operations, the national gambling industry is trying to amend our State's constitution and make slots a part of everyday life in Maryland. Slots won't lower anyone's taxes, but will lead to more crime, addictions and foreclosures. The situation in St. Mary's County should serve as a stark reminder that slots are a bad bet for Maryland.”

Past Articles on Slot Machines  Ruling by Attorney General    Whorehouses for Charity?



Funky St. Mary's College Shows Skin for May 1st!

The Good, the Bare and the Flabby!


ST. MARY'S CITY --- While Communists march in the few remaining commie countries, the Mexicans unfurl their flag as the conspire to take over several western states (they can have California as long as they take all of the movie stars) and they march protesting the fact that most Americans don't want them to plunge illegally across the border and other left-wing loonies parade around for the most obscure reasons, you can count on college students to take off their clothes and jump into the St. Mary's River for perhaps no reason at all.  Were they streaking and skinny-dipping in order to raise money for Hospice?  Nope.  Were they painting some parts of their anatomy before running 'neked as a jaybird' down the hill to the river after testing the St. Mary's for e-coli bacteria.  Nope.  They were simply participating in the event as seniors as a way of defying authority.  Hell, if they really serious, they would have waited until dark and then had a bonfire party at Church Point like in the old days but May 1st is a little early and the water is still cold and the air is cold and maybe having this on June 1st would be better. Lets just hope that those women who did strip were good looking, shave their legs and their pits and are not 50 pounds overweight like many of the lard butts who cross Rt. 5. Some citizens called in complaints to the Sheriff's Department, which was busy with real bandits, especially the one-armed bandits and really had to rely on the College cops to do their duty.  With all of the potheads at this school, one has to wonder if they were really able to puff their magic dragons in that land called Honah lee.   Did the students need a Bridge to Nowhere, courtesy of Congressman Steny Hoyer, to cross the road naked, did the naked students on bikes conform to traffic laws or dart, weave and wind a blue STREAK through the colonial capital of Maryland? Only The Shadow knows for sure!   Puff The Magic Dragon VIDEO

 
 


Fatal Crash on Berry Road

Indian Head woman killed in single car wreck 

Maryland State Police report that on May 1st at about 10:57 am
, Emergency Medical Services and Troopers from the La Plata Barrack responded to Westbound Maryland Route 228 at Bunker Hill Road for a reported serious motor vehicle collision. Upon arrival the investigation revealed a single vehicle was traveling westbound at the above location.  The driver failed to drive within a single lane, and struck a metal utility pole.   The driver was pronounced deceased on the scene.  Speed is considered a factor, investigation continues.  The family members of the deceased were notified. Trooper Sorenson is continuing the investigation.


New York City congressman busted for DWI in Va.


Drunk driver smashed into police car, broke troopers neck


Southern Maryland Police Briefs



Editorial

Bell Motors Garage Deal is Crooked; Fair Bid is Fair Way

 
 




Comptroller Votes No on College Insider Land Deal for Trustee


Baltimore Sun Report:  Comptroller and Treasurer leery of sleazy deal by College



Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot at site of another sleazy land deal, the Hackerman site, two years ago.  Franchot voted no this week to the purchase of St. Mary's College trustee Mike O'Brien's land at inflated prices by the college. While land values are dropping elsewhere, the college is now paying O'Brien $800,000 for land he paid $320,000 for just three years ago, proving that while the real estate business is tanking for O'Brien, his pals in high places will bail him out again.  In 2003, O'Brien was given free rent on an office building owned by St. Mary's County until the sweetheart deal was made public.  In the photo above, Sen. Roy Dyson and former St. Mary's Commissioner Robert Jarboe joined Linda Vallandingham in showing Franchot a parcel of land that the Ehrlich Administration tried to give to a developer for a song.  O'Brien was appointed to the college board by Ehrlich.  ST. MARY'S TODAY photo
 
 
Cedar Lane Resident Leery of

      Homeless Shelter Next to Old Folks Home

Lancaster has lawyer in tow as he breaks rules against soliciting
 
 


State of Denial





St. Mary's Teeters on $14 Million Tax Hike


Spending to be boosted by 4.6 % instead of being cut!

14.5 new employees, 33 new vehicles, raises for everyone and a 20% increase in property taxes for taxpayers....all while you try to figure out if you can afford to buy gas, milk and if your retirement money is disappearing....they are shelling out money for some citizens to walk on trails, millions for another swimming pool even though existing pool is underutilized, more money for millionaires in the Reverse Robin Hood money grab which has benefited millionaires such as Sonny Burch, John Parlett and Norton Dodge...
MORE


and the board still plans on spending $130,000 on a portable stage complete with lights and sound system which would make an excellent modern day hangman's gallows for the board when citizens have had enough....

READER FEEDBACK:
Dear Sir,
I just finished reading your article in the STATE of DENIAL.  Great article.  How the County Commissioners can look their constituents in the face and ask for more tax dollars befuddles me. Keep up the good work.  Wouldn't it be great if during the election times, we could get a clear message from those running for office, just what their views were on the tax situation in both the State and County--Not after they get in office.
Ray Norris
Hollywood, Md.

Hiring leaps in public sector; state, local and feds all bringing in new help!

No Sign of a Bottom for Declining Home Prices    

GM posts 3.3 billion loss in 1st quarter


Feds say economy not in a recession, just a deep dirty rut; drops interest rates


Was Rev. Wright Wrong for Hurting Obama?


13 Lacrosse Players Suspended for Prom Invite Written on Their Bare Butts


 
 

Cops will conduct DWI Ethnic Cleansing of Roadways

Not enough manure?

Farmers may face a fertilizer shortage

Leonardtown Mayor's Race:

Council Candidate Supports Norris; Blasts Homeless Shelter Manager for Slamming Planning Process
 

 




Tiki Bar Nightcap Fatal Wreck Update


Biker was blitzed



SOLOMON'S ISLAND --- The couple who were killed when the motorcycle they were riding crashed off the side of Rousby Hall Road two hours after the Tiki Bar closed on the opening day of the season were both intoxicated, according to toxicology reports from the Maryland State Medical Examiner.  
The operator of
the 2008 Suzuki motorcycle was Eugene Kay Jr., 37, of Lusby and his passenger was Amanda Lorenzo, 28, of Ashburn, Va.  The bike was headed northbound on April 19th at about 1 am on Rousby Hall Road when it wrecked, report police. Lorenzo was a teacher in Loudon County. 
According to police, Kay's blood alcohol content was nearly twice the legal limit at .19 while Lorenzo was over the legal limit at .08.  
Even though Lorenzo's intoxication was not illegal, accepting a ride with a severely intoxicated driver shows the danger of impairing judgment with big rum drinks at the Tiki Bar or any other establishment and not having a designated driver, who is sober.
Both Kay and Lorenzo had stamps from the Tiki Bar on their hands when they were found dead on the side of the road.

READER FEEDBACK:

 
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Big Business Backing Slots!


BALTIMORE (April 29, 2008) -- The Maryland Chamber of Commerce is coming out on the side of bringing slot machines statewide to Maryland, joining the Maryland State Teachers Association at urging voters to approve 15,000 slot machines at various locations.  The motive for the support of the business group is to hold down taxes while the teachers are supporting the passage at referendum in the fall as a way to increase funding for education.   The Maryland Chamber of Commerce will make their announcement today in Baltimore when Betty Buck, president of Buck Distributing, a Budweiser beer distributor in Prince George's County, will issue a statement at a press conference. The Maryland Chamber of Commerce is a non-profit coalition of 850 businesses who employ more than 440,000 people in the state.

Give the taxpayer a break; St. Mary's Must Not Hike Taxes

It’s not fair that county and state government increase taxes when the average citizen is on his or her knees pleading for relief.  see this letter to the editor

Mother of drug dealer gets 2 years for mortgage fraud; Ford case coming up
 

 
   





Leonardtown election heats up

Lancaster drags lawyer along with them to push their way into Cedar Lane in spite of no soliciting policy; challenger to Mayor Norris may not live in the town but wants to move in homeless.

Letter to the Editor: Cut Federal Waste and Spending; Eliminate Taxes

President Clinton doesn't think too much of Obama

McCain used wife's jet for months; but will she loan him her Buick?

Justice Scalia On the Record with Sixty Minutes

10 Shot, 4 Dead in DC....where they have the most strict gun laws in the nation

 
 
   

$3 Million Fire Destroys New Car Showroom


      
A fire which may have began with the hookup of a new computer system just two days ago, according to an employee of the Bayside Chevy and Toyota dealership in Prince Frederick, may be the cause of the fire which ripped into the upper floor of the two story showroom. Firefighters using water and tools to get into closed ceilings and other areas to get all the fire out damaged a half dozen new vehicles in the showroom.  The dealership is still open and has plenty of stock to sell. 
ST. MARY'S TODAY photos


PRINCE FREDERICK, MD. (April 27, 2008)—Right when new cars and trucks are exactly selling like hotcakes, a Gigantic Fire Sale may be the next blast of advertising coming from Bayside Chevy and Toyota, like many dealers, known for ads with flashing lights, bells and big letters.  This time they will be telling the truth for a change.  MORE
 
Coast Guard Makes Pickup from Cruise Ship of Sick Passenger

 
 
       
The Leonardtown Car Show brought in big crowds on an overcast day on Sunday as the rain held off.  Right, is Susan Rush and Gary Lewis with their 1963 Rambler.  Susan's father drove the car during the movie JFK which was set in New Orleans.  The car is all original and still runs, a real steal.  Money was raised for local charities including Hospice and the Optimist Club. 

         
Left, to right, an old delivery truck, a classic Camaro, a black 1965 Studebaker. A 1952 Hudson was displayed.  ST. MARY'S TODAY
 photo



 
 

Board Dead Set to Steer St. Mary's Into Tax Hikes as


Perfect Storm of Economic Disaster Overtakes Nation



Bubba Deal for Bell Motors as St. Mary's Rents Garage it Doesn't' Need; Tommy Bell Would Be First to Raise Hell

Story

Baltimore City backs off from third year of plan to cut property taxes due to loss of revenue in recession economy

Speed, pot and more pot
 
 

Police arrest two after couple taking walk is robbed at gunpoint




Speedy STS Bus

This St. Mary's transit system bus operator doesn't have to worry about cost of fuel as the county pays for the fuel at the county depot.  Thus the speed of this bus on Tuesday on Rt. 5 between Redgate and Leonardtown at 65 mph likely didn't worry the supervisors who were notified.  The speed limit is 50 mph and the bus was speeding in the rain. St. Mary's County is self-insured but pays premiums to Legit, a consortium of local and municipal governments in Maryland.  
ST. MARY'S TODAY photo



Save money on gas for off-duty use of police cars?

LEONARDTOWN --- St. Mary's Sheriff's patrol cars are assigned, one to an officer, for all of the 120 deputies on the department and take home use is allowed.  At prices now pushing $4 a gallon, it may be time for the officers to be charged for using the patrol cars on secondary employment.  Typically the police car engines run for 5-8 hours providing air conditioning or heat for the officer as they work part-time.  Officers are allowed to pump all the gas they want at no charge. Departments across the nation are now switching to charging for use of vehicles for part-time security jobs. Of course, the engines could be turned off, but no one dares tell the cops to do that, as it might earn some smart ass a ticket.
ST. MARY'S TODAY photo

 
 


Man shot dead in Love Triangle was child sex offender


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LEXINGTON PARK (April 22, 2008) --- Thomas John Saunders, of Hermanville was on the child sex offender registry at the time of his being murdered by an angry ex-husband in a shooting two weeks ago at the St. Mary's Landing Apartments in Lexington Park. 


Those who save lives at Trauma Center to be honored

CALIFORNIA --- A young teen who had sneaked out of his parents house to visit his girlfriend ran across Rt. 235 against the light even though pedestrian crossing signals were in place and as he dashed across the southbound lanes of the highway, he was struck by a motorist who never saw the kid coming in the darkness.  The motorist stopped, moved his car back to block traffic from running over the kid, pulled a blanket out of his trunk to cover the boy and called for help.  The motorists actions included keeping others on the scene from moving the kid while waiting for rescue and fire personnel to respond.  The boy was flown from the scene and taken to the Baltimore Shock Trauma Unit and once he was there, a highly skilled crew of lifesavers went to work saving this kid's life....MORE



The Philadelphia Story:  Hillary Wins!



Fox first at calling race for Clinton


10 point smackdown for  Hillary as women rally; bitter pill for Obama to swallow over guns and God remark



Pennsylvania election results by county  



Price hikes leading to rice hoarding
 
 
   



Berlin Man Charged in Shore Murder



Leonardtown Election on May 6th from noon till 7 pm



Leonardtown Mayor Chip Norris, left, with Comptroller Peter Franchot in the town office.  ST. MARY'S TODAY photo

PG Pair Ram Police Car During Fairfax Chase


Cops who shot gunman dead in PG are identified

 
 

Church sign links Obama to Osama

Bush sinks to lowest popularity since Herbert Hoover

Al Qaeda chief slams Muslims for lack of support


Graham unloads nearly 5,000 shares of Post stock


New York Times not for sale, says publisher as stock tanks to near junk status

McClatchy newspapers decline in every measurable way

Foxy Rupert has Times surrounded

California foreclosures up 327%


Middie says upper classman raped her at Naval Academy

NBC 4 report: 4 killed in head-on crash



4 people were killed in this wreck when a car crossed the center line and hit the truck head-on.
 Photo courtesy of NBC 4 News.

 
 


Storms rip thru Waldorf and Brandywine




    
WALDORF (April 21, 2008)  These homes on Northgate Place in Waldorf were being given emergency repairs and covered with tarps by Waldorf and Accokeek volunteer firefighters on Sunday afternoon after a series of serious thunderstorms ripped through the area, downing trees and ripping open roofs.  ST. MARY'S TODAY photos by Matthew Ivancie

   
 
 

NBC 4 Report:
residents clean up in Waldorf and Chillum





Letter to the Editor:

Homeless Shelter Helped Me Get My Life Back on Track
 
 

 

Driver flown to trauma center in critical condition in first wreck of the week

LUSBY -- Calvert Sheriff's officers report that on Monday, April 21 at 12:15 a.m. units from the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office responded to Mill Bridge Road in the area of Turner Road in Lusby for a report of a motor vehicle crash.  Investigation showed that a 1996 Honda Civic driven by David Scott Campbell, 19 of Lusby, had crashed into a tree.  The vehicle was traveling east on Mill Bridge Road when it left the roadway and struck a tree.  Campbell, the only occupant of the vehicle, was extricated by members of the Solomon's Volunteer Fire Dept., Hollywood Vol. Fire Dept., St. Leonard Vol. Fire Dept. and Prince Frederick Vol. Rescue Squad.  He was transported to Washington Hospital Center via Med-Star with life threatening injuries.  The investigation is being handled by Cpl. Richard Wilson of the CCSO Crash Reconstruction Unit.


Opening Day for St. Mary's Babe Ruth League Season

 
The baseball season always starts of with the big first pitch. This year the superintendent of St Marys County Public Schools
 Dr. Michael Martirano had the honor. He threw the first pitch to Tyler Burroughs a catcher from the new SOMD Blue Crabs 13 Prep Team.

 

St. Mary's Board Must Act to Cut Spending & Save Jobs


Two airliners hit by lightning as storm passes thru region

Live Coverage of Pope at Yankee Stadium

CNN commentator calls Red Chinese 'same goons and thugs'

 

 

More from the Dungeon of Dangerous Dave
, otherwise known as the 911 Center in Leonardtown...it is reported that when most all of the employees of the center expressed a desire to quit en masse as the joint ain't no fun to work at anymore, Dangerous Dave said he would have them all locked up for quitting their emergency jobs...remember, only The Shadow knows for sure...

Keystone Kops Ride Again...commentary by Carlleen Cairns




America's Best Small Town Mayor Opposed in Re-Election


 
Leonardtown Mayor J. Harry Norris, left, with Senator Roy Dyson, viewing the proposed Town waterfront park from Breton Bay.  Right, the park nearing completion.
ST. MARY'S TODAY photos 

LEONARDTOWN --- After leading the Town of Leonardtown through an unprecedented period of growth and renewal, the guiding light of that transformation, Mayor J. Harry "Chipper" Norris has an opponent for reelection.  Norris, who has operated an appraisal firm for the past 30 years in addition to his duties as the town's mayor is being opposed by Harry S. "Lanny" Lancaster.  Lancaster has a background as the local office manager for the Catholic Cemeteries and for the past 10 years as manager of the homeless shelter in Lexington Park. 
Lancaster's affiliations with various developers may play a role in his decision to seek the job and to proclaim that he isn't interested in any salary.      MORE

 
   
   

Five License Holders Sold Booze to Underage Patrons
 
 

Big Farm, Vehicle and Equipment Sale

 
    
   
These are but a few dozen of the hundreds of vehicles of every description available for public auction at Flat Iron Farm this week, small items on Friday, including office equipment, furniture and misc. tools and tractors, construction equipment and vehicles on Saturday. Take Rt. 5 south to Flat Iron Road, turn right, two miles to Flat Iron Farm.  ST. MARY'S TODAY photos

 
 


Red
Neck Mardi-Gras


     
Calvert Sheriff's deputies and Maryland State Troopers stand by as Tiki Bar patrons took over the public street in a past year's spring booze-fest on Solomon's Island, which sometimes draws up to 10,000.
ST. MARY'S TODAY photos

Obama made $4 million bucks last year and he still sounds like a Marxist!

Democrats spar over who is more able to whip McCain in Philly debate

Are blacks 'entitled' to a black President?    see Cheap Shots
 

 
   
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Support Valley Lee VFD
COMMUNITY YARD SALE


2nd District Volunteer Fire Department & Rescue Squad Auxiliary is hosting a Yard Sale at the firehouse in Valley Lee on May 17, 2008
from 8:30am - 1:00pm. Funds raised will support the Fire Department and Rescue Squad. Spaces can be reserved for $10.00. For more information or for an application, please contact Georgia Wheeler
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Honor Our Veterans Every Day


The Battle of the Bulge
The bodies of dead
American GI's lay in the snow


read about the experiences
of these Maryland veterans


Veteran Bob Hayes recalls WWII
Veteran Sam Richards proud
 of his WWII generation

Veteran Elmer Lease served in
Pacific and Korea

WWII Veteran Gabe Gabrelcik
Flew B-24 Missions to Guard
Allied Shipping

WWII Veteran Wes Simpkins
 was rescue swimmer, pulling
 survivors and
bodies from PBY's in Gulf

WWII Veteran Buddy Raley
 landed on D-Day at Normandy,
witnessed aftermath of Nazi
 concentration camps

WWII Veteran Durwood Wiley
arrived in Pearl Harbor just
before attack

WWII Veteran Jim Dobry trained
allied glider pilots in Italy



 






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On The Water

Casting a Bay net Around
the Chesapeake

Boats Galore!
Southern Maryland enjoys the most
beautiful waterways of the world, with
 the Potomac, St. Mary's, Wicomico
and Patuxent Rivers and the best fishing
and sailing of the Chesapeake Bay. 
The vessels that have plied these
 waters over the years
will be featured here:
 













ST. MARY'S TODAY photo

The Tall Ship
Kalmar Nyckel

This ship visited in
Washington two
years ago and is
 shown heading
south on the
Potomac River
near Coles Point.
The ship is
an educational vessel
based in Delaware.


Lighthouses of Maryland

A glimpse at some old lighthouses,
some of which no longer stand, one of
which, at St. Clements Island, will soon
be rebuilt, will be shown here.

Maryland Government
How to apply to be appointed a
Notary Public in the State of Maryland








 

   
    The following persons
    were arrested for DWI:

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Alma Theresa Lacey
Dorothy Louise Davis
Joseph Oscar Hayden, Jr.
Anthony Dennis Bowman
Anna Marie Tydings
Thomas Michael Maroldy
US Navy Viet Nam Vet
Henry F Modrzakowski
US Navy Veteran
Chester Aubrey Personette

Robert Norman Gileau
John Alford Maddox, Sr.
US Army Veteran
Elizabeth Ann Purdy
John Wesley Harding
US Marine Veteran
Pamela Ann Mosher
William Bruce Wright

John Raymond Long
Gideon Ashby Dyson
Paul Sayre Mattingly

John Jackie Paul Bell, Sr.
Fr. Robert Benedict Riedel
Marguerite Elizabeth Brubacher

Christopher Darron
Hayes, Jr.

Larry Antolin Joy
Edith Virginia Gibson

Deborah Lynn Banagan
James Anthony Boyle
US Navy Viet Nam Veteran
Frank Samuel Dove, Sr.

US Army Korea Veteran
Mary Katherine Rorabacher
Irene Luella Davis
Wilson McKenney Burroughs
Dennis Jude Fitzgerald
Charles Louis Holt, Sr.
Bonita Ann Day
Anna Mae Ridgell
             
                                 

                    more
 >

  LEONARDTOWN REPORT
By LARRY JARBOE


Agents of Suppression

"Probably the most dynamic similarity between Jackie and I is the fact that both of us drive vehicles powered by alternative energy... "
Promises or Lip Service?
free polls What key factors were decision makers for you in this year's State Senate election?
McKay's false claim to a college degree
Desire to vote Democrat
Dyson's superior environmental record
McKay failing to make case to elect him
Dyson was doing a good job
McKay just seemed sleazy
McKay was right on the issues, especially cutting taxes and streamlining government
McKay's campaign funds from developers showed him to be bought and paid for
Dyson had excellent record at public service and works hard for the voters

 


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ANNAPOLIS REPORT
By Senator Roy Dyson