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St. Mary'sst. Mary's THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2020 FREE St. Mary'sSt. Mary's THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2020 CountyWWW.COUNTYTIMES.SOMD.COM Times Back to the Classrooms? 2 The County Times Thursday, June 18, 2020 CONTENTS LOCAL 3 COPS & COURTS 10 ON THE COVER Superintendent Dr. J. Scott Smith, along with employees like Jackie Snyder, an in- COMMUNITY 11 structional resource teacher, are planning on reopening classrooms in the fall. FEATURE 17 PAX RIVER 19 EDUCATION 20 LOCAL 6 COMMUNITY 12 Planning Commission approves Tech Port, FIT partner on flying SPORTS 23 church, warehouse projects. lessons. OBITUARIES 25 “I DON’T HAVE $18,000 TO GET INTERNET ACCESS… WE REALLY DO NEED TO INVEST IN THE HOTSPOTS CALENDAR 29 FOR THE STUDENTS SO THEY CAN DO THEIR WORK.” SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER RITA WEAVER ON GETTING STUDENTS CONNECTED TO THE CONTRIBUTING WRITERS 29 INTERNET IN RURAL AREAS. BUSINESS DIRECTORY 30 WEEKLY FORECAST FUN & GAMES 31 DO YOU FEEL CRABBY WHEN YOU GET YOUR P.O. Box 250 • Hollywood, Maryland 20636 301-373-4125 INSURANCE BILL www.countytimes.net CountySt. Times Mary’s County ● Calvert County For staff listing and emails, see page 39 IN THE MAIL? Can’t Find Us On The GIVE US A CALL.BRYANS ROAD YOU’LL BE GLAD YOU DID. News Stand? LEONARDTOWN Find Us Online @ Burris’ Olde Towne Insurance www.countytimes.net Auto • Home • Business • LIFE For Daily News Updates On LEONARDTOWN BRYANS ROAD 301-475-3151 301-743-9000 COVID-19 In St. Mary’s And Calvert Counties Go To: WWW.DANBURRIS.COM AN INDEPENDENT AGENT REPRESENTING facebook.com/CountyTimesCalvert ERIE INSURANCE GROUP facebook.com/CountyTimesStMarys Thursday, June 18, 2020 The County Times Local News 3 Commissioners Give $400,000 for Student Computers By Guy Leonard tic Broadband lay more broadband cable The county’s allocation was $109 million project, $2 million to a small business relief Staff Writer down 15 county roads where internet ser- this year, $3 million more than last year’s program, $2 million for payroll with rest The Commissioners of St. Mary’s Coun- vice is either intermittent or non-existent. budget; Smith said he was grateful that going to the Metropolitan Commission and ty agreed to provide an extra $400,000 to This project would still require more the commissioners continued to fund the other expenditures. buy more laptop computers for students at cable be laid in a “final mile” to complete schools at increasing levels each year. Morgan said it was proof that the county their June 16 joint meeting with the Board actual internet connection to a home. Commissioner Todd Morgan said that was not shorting the school system. of Education after Schools Superintendent Commissioner John O’Connor, calling the money allocated to the schools back “We have to look at the big county and Dr. J. Scott Smith said the school system in from a remote location, said the money in May, $58,000 for cleaning supplies and not just what the Board of Education wants, continued to press forward to the goal of allocated to the middle mile should always protective equipment, was part of a broader or the sheriff wants…” Morgan said. one computer for every student. have gone to buying more laptops. range of decisions the commissioners had It was here in the meeting that Morgan In the past months with schools closed “St. Mary’s County is covered by 4G… to make about what to spend the federal made the motion to spend $400,000 from due to COVID-19 and students access- the middle mile is corporate welfare,” CARES Act funding - $19.8 million – on. the commissioners’ reserve on more stu- ing on-line course work, about 90 percent O’Connor said. Half of that money went to the health dent computers. were able to do so successfully with either Bob Kelly, director of the Department department, $3 million to the middle mile [email protected] a computer or other on-line capable device of Information Technology, said wireless such as a smart phone. internet service such as 4G was not as re- But Smith said this week that the schools liable as that offered by a physical cable were moving to a newer, more advanced connection. ANNUAL YARD & PLANT SALE on-line learning system – Schoology – that “4G is affected by saturation [of signal] would allow much more direct instruc- and distance from the tower,” Kelly said. STAUFFER BROTHERS FARM tion over the internet between student and “With cable your bringing the equivalent teacher. connectivity you would have being next to Blow out prices on It also required a fully capable computer the tower to your home.” rather than a device or smartphone to be School Board Member Rita Weaver said annuals, perennials, Saturday used properly, he said. providing Wi-Fi hotspots was a more af- planters, hanging June 27th 7am-4pm “Any money you may find [given to fordable option for some residents. baskets, trees, schools] and any money we may find we “You can run those lines… down the are going to spend on computers,” Smith roads all day long, but unless you get it shrubs, tropicals & Bake Sale told commissioners. down to the person’s house it’s not going to garden plants. Smith has estimated it would cost $8 mil- work,” Weaver said. “I was quoted $18,000 Multi-Family Yard Sale lion to give each of the roughly 18,000 stu- to get it from Route 235 down to my house. Some are free! dents in St. Mary’s a computer; that amount “I don’t have $18,000 to get internet ac- Farm Fresh Vegetable Stand would also fund the purchase of 1,500 Wi- cess… we really do need to invest in the Fi hotspots to be used by students without hotspots for the students so they can do 41360 Friendship Ct. Mechanicsville, MD 20659 their own internet connection. their work.” (Off Route 235 In Oakville - Follow the signs) The issue of spending on computers The commissioners also gave final ap- for students rose again as commissioners proval to the schools fiscal 2021 budget received a briefing on the “middle mile” of $231 million, a number roughly split project that involves spending about $3.1 between county and state funding with a Sell it - Buy it million in taxpayer funds to have Atlan- small portion of federal dollars. at Ribbon Virtually Cut for Real Estate │ Business & Inventory │ Personal Property/Estates │ Farm Equipment & Machinery │ Livestock │ Storage Units │ FDR Extension Benefits/Fundraisers │ Certified Personal Property Appraiser CIITri F Count ● Fy Liv ●esFFICItock Auc tion● CII1st & 3rd Wednesdays of the Month – 6 PM Off MD Rt. 6 West – Charlotte Hall, MD 17th Annual “Millwood” Public Auction 2429 hopson Corner Rd – Mechanicsville, MD FRI – July 10th @ 4 pm (Selling Groceries and possibly box lots & misc. items) SAT – July 11th @ 8:30 am (Selling Machinery, Farm/Shop Equipment, Building Materials, Tools, Antiques/Collectibles, Lawn/Garden Items, Furniture/Crafts, Buggies, Hunting & Sporting Items Grocery Auction The Commissioners of St. Mary’s - Chancellors Run Road. We are in discussions to schedule some Grocery County recognized the opening of the A video presentation of the virtual roadway extension of FDR Boulevard, Ribbon Cutting can be viewed on the St. Auctions in the area. More details to be from Monterey Lane (Private) to Mary’s County Government YouTube announced soon. the roundabout at the intersection channel. of Kinnegad Drive/Castletown Way Citizens with questions about the A Southern Maryland Professional Auction Company (Private) with a virtual Ribbon Cutting roadway extension of FDR Boulevard Tuesday, June 9, 2020. The extension can contact the Department of Public and connection of the FDR Boulevard Works and Transportation at 301-475- www.FarrellAuctionService.com roadway allows traffic to flow between 4200 ext. 3525. Maryland Route 4 - St. Andrews Press Release from St. Mary’s County 301.904.3402 Church Road and Maryland Route 237 government. 4 Local News The County Times Thursday, June 18, 2020 Sheriff’s Office Furniture Store Investigating Lexington Construction Underway in Lexington Park Park, California Shootings By Guy Leonard By Guy Leonard on Sugar Maple Court two days prior Staff Writer Staff Writer on June 12. The old Raley’s Home Furnishing’s store Two separate shootings, one in Lex- Sheriff’s deputies found the victim at on Great Mills Road has sat vacant and gutted ington Park and another in California, about 8:30p.m. after having been shot for more than a year since closing down, but left three men wounded with at least in the abdomen, police reports stated. regional furniture vendor Regency Furniture, one still in the hospital. The victim was a 19-year-old male which had purchased the property, has recently Capt. Edward Willenborg, com- from Mechanicsville and was trans- begun revitalizing the property. mander of the sheriff’s office Crimi- ported out of the area by helicopter to a According to Bill Hunt, director of the nal Investigation Division, said the nearby trauma center for treatment. Department of Land Use and Growth Man- Lexington Park shooting took place at No arrests have been made in the agement, the building permit shows the store about 10a.m. at the Xtreme Kleen Car Wildewood shooting, Willenborg said, will be an Ashley’s Furniture, which is a sister The redevelopment of the old Raley's Home Wash on Great Mills Road June 14. but detectives are continuing to probe brand of Regency Furniture. Furnishings is underway. The recent construction there, Hunt said, had Two men, one 21 and the other 31 leads. off the dime and I’m glad to see it’s looking brought on “kind of dramatic changes” to the were both shot by an as yet unknown “We have people of interest we’re good,” said Commissioner Todd Morgan.
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