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THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 2010 WWW.SOMD.COM Like Father – Like Sons POLICE WORK IS A FAMILY TRADITION FOR THE SOMERVILLES PAGE 16 State Budget Has Detectives Make Down River Band Perks For St. Mary’s Several Drug Arrests Plays It All Story Page 5 Story Page 12 Story Page 24 Photo By Frank Marquart Photo By Sean Rice The County Times Thursday, April 8, 2010 2 Your Paper... Your Thoughts Hardwood Mulch 2cf Bag What are you planning $3.29 Or 10/ $30 to spend your tax return on this year? Cedar Mulch 2cf Bag $3.99 Or 10/ $38 Melissa Mace, 18, from Lex- ington Park, said “I’ll spend Pine Bark Mulch, Pine Nuggets, and it on gas, that’s pretty much Cypress Mulch 2cf Bag all.” $2.89 Or 4/ $10 Red, Brown, Black Hardwood, and Gold Mulch 2cf Bag $3.69 Or 10/ $35 • Top Soil 40lb bag 3 for $5 • Potting Soil 40lb bag $1.99 Paul Harris, 17, said he wouldn’t • Cow Manure 40lb bag $1.99 spend it on anything. “I won’t get any taxes, I’m un- der the table.” “I’ll probably spend it on bills and rent,” said Savannah Read, 19, from Leonardtown. Charlotte Hall, MD 20622 301-884-5636 Lexington Park, MD 20653 301-862-7702 3 Thursday, April 8, 2010 The County Times On The Covers ON THE FRONT What’sWhat’s InsideInside Kevin, Joseph Sr. and Joseph Somerville Jr. reflect on lifetimes of “I like selling our police work that dates back to 1966 things here, and I think the county likes ON THE BACK St. Mary’s Ryken Chris Robey leans down to tag Jonathan Nagy of us being here. There Chopticon during Tuesday afternoon’s baseball game. is more parking, and we don’t hold up traffic on the roads.” Sailing Year-Round From Baltimore Mr. Hertzler, an Amish vendor at the Charlotte Hall Farmers’ Market. 9 Night Caribbean 5 Night Bermuda July 1st – November 4th 12 Night June 26th – St. Thomas, Samana, Southern November 13th Weather San Juan & Labadee * * Caribbean From $449 From $800 on 10/30 Watch on 8/26 December 6th – April 11th Labadee, Samana, community San Juan, Construction crews are fast at work laying the foun- St. Thomas, dation for the second restaurant to join a new restau- 9 Night Canada/ St. Maarten 9 Night rant row along Route 235 in California next to Olive New England * Bahamas Garden. SEE PAGE 19 From $899 June 18th – October 7th on 12/6 Nov 18th – April 23rd Halifax, Bay of Fundy, Key West, Nassau, Portland, Bar Harbor Coco Cay & *Prices Per Person, Double Occupancy, & Boston Cruise only, Select Dates. 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Give Us A Call. 8 Money 9 Defense and Military @V\»SS) L.SHK@V\+ PK 10 Editorial/Opinion 12 Crime and Punishment 14 Education 16 Cover Story 18 Newsmakers 19 Community 21 Community Calendar Gary Simpson 22 Columns Katie Facchina 7480 Crain Highway 23 Church Services Directory La Plata, MD 20646 24 Entertainment 301-934-8437 26 Games 27 Sports Desk 29 Lacrosse April Hancock PO Box 407 An Independent Agent Representing: ERIE INSURANCE GROUP 30 Cross Country Bryans Road, MD 20616 Standing: Dan Burris, Jake Kuntz, Seated: Lisa Squires, 301-743-9000 Susan Ennis, Donna Burris stock market ) \ YYPZ»6 SK L ;V ^ UL 0UZ\ YH UJL FOR WEEKLY STOCK MARKET Auto - Home - Business - Life CLOSING RESULTS, CHECK PAGE 8 Leonardtown & LaPlata • Bus: (301) 475-3151 IN MONEY www.danburris.com The County Times Thursday, April 8, 2010 4 In the ancient Greece, Rome and the medieval world it was considered disgraceful for a woman to go on un ews the stage. In the time of William Shakespeare women's roles were generally played by men or boys. Fact Farmer’s Market Opens For The Season By Joany Nazdin er and daughter rose at 5 a.m. to put the finish- for years. Contributing Writer ing touches on their cinnamon rolls, whole wheat Lee says she has many and nut breads, home- made butter and fruit regular customers, but noth- Mary Lee and Emma Yoder didn’t get a preserves. ing sells as well as her din- chance to sleep late last Saturday. After spending the previous day and part of ner rolls. As they have for the past 10 years, the moth- early Saturday morning baking, they loaded ev- “I made 33 dozen this morning, 18 dozen just for my regular customers,” Lee said. She makes her dinner rolls the old- fashioned way, using yeast and letting the dough rise before baking. In a shorter period of time than it took to make the rolls, they Photo by Andy Phillips were all gone. By noon, Lee had sold every last bun. Pap’s Produce, mean- chests that you can get here,” Herbert said. “We while, was doing a brisk business selling cabbage, make it into an outing for the whole family. lettuce, sweet onions and flowers a few stalls Hertzler’s whole family was also along that down. The Hertzler family has been selling plants day, his wife selling her greenhouse and baked and produce from their two green houses at the goods, his girls selling their cards, and his dad farmers market for the last six years, and it is a selling his woodwork. multi-generational effort from the whole family. “I like selling our things here,” Hertzler said, David Herbert of La Plata was busy trying to “and I think the county likes us being here. There decide which of the flowers he should take home. is more parking, and we don’t hold up traffic on “I have a koi pond and lots of flowers in my the roads.” front yard, and I always come here to get the flow- Tina Gass, circulation clerk at the Charlotte Photo by Andy Phillips ers for that,” Herbert said. “It’s the colors of the Hall Library, where the farmers market is held, Kathie Hatfield, of Charlotte Hall, comes to the farmers’ market every says a lots of the library patrons enjoy the opening week for the brown egss, and only eats Amish-rasied chickens. flowers that you find here that make them special. The colors just speak for themselves. I don’t even of the farmers market. erything onto their buggy, and took it all to sell at go anywhere else to get my flowers.” “We get people that have never been in the the Farmers’ Market at the Charlotte Hall Library, Herbert says he likes to take his two sons library before stop in when the come to use the which held it’s opening weekend. along with him when he comes, just to show them trail or visit the farmers market,” Gass said. “This Their Yoder’s shop, Mary’s Kitchen, was the homemade crafts. makes a nice community hub.” soon visited by their regular customers, who have “I show my boys the cards that the Amish been coming to see them at the farmers’ market children make, and the wooden things like cedars [email protected] 5 Thursday, April 8, 2010 The County Times ews Today’s Newsmakers In Brief On the progress of the state budget On the flat funding of non-county agencies “The House operating budget that we that help the homeless adopted yesterday gets an additional $800k for St. Mary’s County that “It’s a victory if you will be yours to spend however you can maintain.” want - money that wasn’t expected.” County Administrator Del. John Bohanan (D-Dist.29B) John Savich State Budget Has Perks for St. Mary’s By Sean Rice ers were not sent the email, Bohanan said the low them to use it … at a time when counties’, “Why don’t we wait another year?” Bo- Staff Writer message started out as an informal update to just like everybody else’s, revenues are way hanan asked rhetorically during the debate. Savich, and the address list grew. off,” he said. “Because the construction industry in our Delegate John Bohanan (D- Dist. 29B) “That was just a personal email that The email also stated that the House-ap- state is down 37 percent … [this] revs up alerted a handful of county officials over the grew. I figured while I’m at it, I’ll fill them in proved capital budget includes $5.5 million for those diesels and gets those hammers swing- holiday weekend to recent developments in on other things … to email addresses that I the St. Mary’s County jail, $765,000 for plan- ing again at a very important time when that the state budget that may result in more cash happened to have with me out of town,” Bo- ning a new Leonardtown library and $835,000 industry is really ailing.” and projects for St. Mary’s County if the bud- hanan said. “I don’t want anybody thinking it for construction projects that benefit: In Bohanan’s message to local officials, get is ultimately adopted after committee ne- was some sort of official communication, just • The Bay District Volunteer Fire he also stated a bill passed that would allow gotiations with the state Senate.