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St. Mary'sst. Mary's THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2020THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2020 FREE St. Mary'sSt. Mary's THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2020THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2020 CountyWWW.COUNTYTIMES.SOMD.COM Times INSIDE Countdown to No Rest in COVID FIGHT 2 The County Times Thursday, December 10, 2020 CONTENTS LOCAL 3 FEATURE 10 ON THE COVER 17 HOLIDAY GUIDE 11 The St. Mary’s County Health Department is forging ahead in the fight against COVID-19 COPS & COURTS 21 PAX RIVER 22 LOCAL 6 PAX RIVER 22 The state announces its vaccine distribution Maintaining the Next Gen Jammer CALENDAR 23 strategy OBITUARIES 24 “WE REMIND OURSELVES OF HOW LUCKY WE ARE TO SERVE A CONTRIBUTING WRITERS 28 COUNTY LIKE THIS.” COUNTY HEALTH OFFICER DR. MEENA BREWSTER ON HOW HEALTH DEPART- BUSINESS DIRECTORY 30 MENT PERSONNEL GET THROUGH WORKING AGAINST THE PANDEMIC. WEEKLY FORECAST FUN & GAMES 31 DO YOU FEEL CRABBY WHEN YOU GET YOUR INSURANCE BILL P.O. Box 250 • Hollywood, Maryland 20636 301-373-4125 ● www.countytimes.net IN THE MAIL? CountySt. Times Mary’s County Calvert County GIVE US A CALL.BRYANS ROAD YOU’LL BE GLAD YOU DID. LEONARDTOWN Burris’ Olde Towne Insurance Auto • Home • Business • LIFE LEONARDTOWN BRYANS ROAD As of December 9 301-475-3151 301-743-9000 WWW.DANBURRIS.COM 2,738 69 AN INDEPENDENT AGENT REPRESENTING ERIE INSURANCE GROUP Information provided by St. Mary's Health Department Thursday, December 10, 2020 The County Times Local News 3 Navy Pollution Study at PAX to Go Public 2021 By Guy Leonard clude data on three AOIs, according Staff Writer to his presentation. The Navy has been searching for Fire-suppressing foams are re- substances such as polyfluoroalkyls garded as life-saving technology by (PFAS), chemicals used in fire- sup- the Navy, but the PFAS present in pressing foams, on Patuxent River them have been identified as having Naval Air Station and Webster Field possible deleterious effects on hu- Annex in St. Inigoes for at least the man health, according to the U.S. past five years, including most no- Environmental Protection Agency. tably a publicly advertised study PFAS have been in use since the that started earlier this year. 1940s and are found in many indus- But those findings won’t be avail- trial and commercial products, in- able to the public until next year, an cluding food packaging, numerous official working on the base told the household products and amenities Commissioners of St. Mary’s Coun- and in certain workplaces. ty this week. The chemicals are pervasive in David Steckler, the project man- the environment, according to the ager for NAVFAC in Washington, EPA, and do not break down once D.C., said their initial findings in the human body where they con- found two areas of interest (AOI) at tinue to accumulate. Webster Field and 16 at Pax River Steckler’s presentation showed NAS. that testing in the St. Mary’s River “We detected PFAS in environ- found PFAS in the surface water at mental media on the areas of inter- “very low levels” but was not de- est,” Steckler said. “I don’t want tected in sampled oyster tissue. to get into specific concentrations An open house held in February Navy firefigters at NAS Key West during a training exercise using foam. right now but the data is under at the Lexington Park Library about “There’s quite a number of people particularly the watermen.” review.” the Navy’s efforts to investigate concerned about the PFAS contami- Steckler said the cycle of investi- Steckler said the site reports, PFAS contamination on military nation levels throughout the coun- gation and reporting took a signifi- which were compiled this year over properties drew large crowds of ty,” said Commissioner Todd Mor- cant amount of time but that the pro- several months, would go to “regu- residents concerned of wider com- gan Dec. 8 in a regular joint meet- gram was working to “fast track” as latory partners” in March and be munity spread of the chemical. ing with base officials. “They’re much of the data as possible. distributed to the public by July. 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For 37 years Mike Schwartz, the own- By Guy Leonard data shows, with 914 people being In a normal year he would have enough Staff Writer er of Mike’s Bikes on Great Mills Road injured in 599 crashes in 2019 alone. money to purchase between 1,500 to Data released by the Maryland In neighboring Calvert County, in Lexington Park, has organized and 2,000 turkeys and include potatoes and Department of Transportation led an annual food drive to provide a the fatalities from crashes are much canned goods with each package. (MDOT) in November showed that lower at an average of nine deaths a turkey dinner plus trimmings to almost Not so this year. St. Mary’s County drivers had a 2,000 St. Mary’s families in need during year in crashes “I’ll just be doing turkeys this year, no higher rate of seat belt usage than Lt. Krystle Rossignol, command- Christmas time. canned goods,” Schwartz said. “I think the rest of the state – 91 percent This year it almost came to a halt, but er of the Maryland State Police bar- we did 2,400 turkeys at the height of the versus 90.4 percent – but the same racks in Leonardtown, said crash Schwartz was able to find a way. recession.” data revealed that an average of 14 “I’ve had severe problems getting tur- and fatality numbers here are lower Morgan, speaking at the Dec. 8 com- people a year die in vehicle colli- than many other counties in the keys,” Schwartz told The County Times missioners meeting, implored residents sions here. this week. “Wal-Mart wouldn’t take my state but numbers only tell part of to come to Schwartz’s aid. For 2015 and 2016, there were 12 the story. order this year. “Gift cards don’t put food on people’s fatal crashes in St.
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