Section B - are proving that they learned from the best. “Lucas Black, Eli Black, Mike Cannon, all the great wres- tlers that have come out of Chop- ticon, I pretty much look up to them as my role models,” junior wrestler Chas Guy said. “I try to do everything they did.” Guy is 8-0 after a win on his home mat against Great Mills Dec. 22. The Braves took Caitlin Phalen swims to victory in the 200 IM. Phalen beat Great Mills’ Rachel Bailer by 3.69 seconds in that event.
Thursday December 28, 2006 The County Times Section B - Newport Beach, Calif.. “The ac- tual win on the water and getting respect from our competition is the main thing. But still it’s pret- ty cool to see our name at the top of the list.” A Little Bit of History St. Mary’s has a long his- tory of success in sailing. The women’s team won the national championships in 1995 and has had more top three finishes than any other women’s team in the country. The coed and women’s teams have combined for 10 national collegiate titles. The most recent victory came in 2004 when the coed team won the Team Race title in Cascade Locks, Oregon. Sailing has been a varsity sport at St. Mary’s College since the 70’s, and like every other var- sity sport, it is a time consuming commitment. During fall and spring sea- sons, the team is out on the water Tuesday through Friday for sev- eral hours at a time. They often train at Point Lookout in the open water of the Chesapeake Bay. Weekends are spent travel- ing to competitions as far north as New Hampshire and as far south as Florida. In January, the coed team will fly across the country to compete in the Rose Bowl Regatta at the University of Southern California. “It’s like a full time job,” sophomore Jennifer Chamber- lin said. “But we really like our job.” The hard work has paid off for the Seahawks. In September, Sailing World Magazine ranked them eighth in the country. “We graduated two seniors, we’re starting a freshman,” Wer- blow said. “It was a little bit of a slow road, and it took us a semes- ter to become competitive with the elite teams in the country.” St. Mary’s faces schools such as Yale, Harvard, Stanford and Navy on a weekly basis, but racing at such a competitive level is a positive for the Seahawks. “The college teams we com- pete against are honest to good- ness real competition and on any given weekend they might beat us,” Werblow said. “But what we try to do is put ourselves in a position where week in and week out we can be one of those teams that competes at a consistently high level.” Aside from hard work and weekly regattas against some of the nations best teams, the Se- ahawks have other reasons for being so successful. The team has great school support and excellent equipment on which to train. Currently, they have 18 Vanguard Flying Juniors and six 420s. After the fleet has been used by the varsity program for six years, it gets turned over to the recreational and instruction- al programs to benefit the whole campus community. “We are very fortunate to have faculty and staff that value our water- front,” said Werblow. But having good equipment is only an advantage in practice. In college sailing, you are ex- pected to be able to hop in any kind of boat and sail it faster than your competitor, Werblow said. Competitions take place in two- person sloop rigged dinghy’s, which means two people and two sails are on the boat. “The host college provides the boats and then competitors change boats every race,” Wer- blow said. “So you have abso- lutely the same equipment as everyone else. All the sails were bought at the same time, all the boats were bought at the same time, etc.” “Teeming With Potential” Another key that has un- locked the door to success for the Seahawks lies in coaching. Wer- blow has had an exceptional ca- reer as a skipper himself. Before coming to St. Mary’s in 1988 and leading the team into the na- tional spotlight, he was captain of the sailing team at Connecti- cut College. He was a member of the U.S. Sailing Team from 1989-92, and he coached the U.S. Youth Worlds Team five times. In 1991, that team won two gold and two silver medals, which was the best ever at these world championships. “My childhood sailing part- ner was the captain of the Naval Academy team and he knew I wanted to coach in college,” Werblow said. “He told me that I should come [to St. Mary’s]. This was the place for me. It was teeming with potential. That was his tagline.” Werblow is not alone. An- other member of the coaching staff is Bill Ward, who coached at Georgetown for two years be- fore moving to St. Mary’s in Au- gust. Ward will be representing Team USA at the Pan Am Games this summer as a member of the coaching staff. “Bill’s just been really out- standing with helping the team with the mental preparation and the technical side of what they need to do to get around the race course a little bit faster than the next guy,” Werblow said. “One Big Family” The school’s national pow- erhouse status has not deterred any students from walking-on to the team. “It’s really neat because a bunch are recruited or hear about the program by looking at results or ranking, but there are a lot of people on the team that had never sailed before, but just love to be on the water, and they make it with no prior sail- ing experience,” Patterson said. “We’ve even had a few go on to be All-American.” The hours of hard work, combined with tradition and great coaching, makes St. Mary’s one of the best teams in the nation on a consistent basis. Over 100 Se- ahawk sailors have become All- Americans and three have sailed in the Olympics, one of them earning a silver medal. With the team’s recent achievements, the list continues to grow. “We’re just one big family,” Patterson added. “Everyone’s real close, whether it’s school, sailing, or whatever.” So as waters become colder and winter’s bitterest months ap- proach, sailing will drift from the minds of most. At St. Mary’s College, however, it will be on the minds of many. The sailing team will work hard physically and mentally during these months in anticipa- tion of warmer weather. “In the meantime,” Werblow said. “What we try to do is have fun getting better.” Sports and Community Inter est Section B By Andrew Knowlton Staff Writer Great Mills girls basketball coach Brian Weisner has stressed to his team the importance of communication all year long. In a recent loss to Lackey, Weisner blamed his team’s lack of com- munication as a major problem. That game was a step back- ward for the Hornets, who had come off a win in the Tip-Off Tournament two days before. But in a home match up against McDonough, the Hornets took two steps forward by not only winning the game 58-37, but by proving to their coach – and to each other – that they can effec- tively communicate on the floor. The Hornets took the lead early and were up 19-13 in the first quarter. In the second quarter, Great Mills shook Mc- Donough off their heels with strong rebounding, inside play, foul shooting, and of course, communication. They were aggressive both offensively and defensively, and turned the Rams mistakes into opportunities on every trip down the floor. In the last play of the half, Hornet guard Megan Ma- theny pulled down a rebound, sprinted up the court and dished the ball off to Shawnese Taylor, who was cutting in the lane. Taylor caught the ball, double- pumped in the air and laid the ball in, giving her team a 34-22 lead into halftime. Plays like this are not un- common for the Hornets, who have both speed and size. “We have kids who can score,” Weisner said. “One night it’s going to be one kid and an- other night it’s going to be an- other kid.” On this night, it was Shama- ra Adams, who had 15 points. “Everybody always tells me ‘shoot, shoot, shoot,’ so today I just let it rip, I just let it go,” Ad- ams said. Not far behind Adams were Taylor’s 14 points, and Matheny’s 13. With strong shooting and in- tense defense, the Hornets were able to build their lead to 25 in the third quarter. McDonough’s one and only basket of the quar- ter came with 1:54 remaining. Great Mills’ bench took over the floor in the fourth quar - ter and saw strong play from guard Leigha Tudder. Early in the fourth, Tudder grabbed an offensive board and put back the shot while getting fouled. Her free throw made it a three-point play. On the next offensive pos- session, Taylor ran the length of the court and scored on a layup. “They couldn’t handle us on offense,” Taylor said. Defensively, the Hornets threw a full-court press at the Rams in the second half that led to several turnovers and points. When the team plays well de- fensively, they are handsomely rewarded. “When they play hard and play the type of defense they’re capable of playing, they earn practices off,” Weisner said. So far, the team has earned one day off from practice. The win over McDonough earned them another rest day before re- suming competition. Great Mills improves to 3-2 with the victory and look to build on the win. “Some of us set a goal not to go past three losses, so we can’t go one more loss,” Adams said. “We want to win, we want to take SMAC.” “We’re moving in a positive direction,” Weisner said. “This was a really good step forward for us.” Girls Take Two Steps Forward Photo by Andrew Knowlton Photo by Adam Werblow Skipper Adrienne Patterson sails with crewmember Abby Rowlands in a November practice. Sailing Success Continued from page A-1 By Andrew Knowlton Staff Writer The Chopticon Braves grad- uated a state champ wrestler in Lucas Black this year. The loss of such a strong teammate could have destroyed the Braves, but with every trip to the mat, they are proving that they learned from the best. “Lucas Black, Eli Black, Mike Cannon, all the great wres- tlers that have come out of Chop- ticon, I pretty much look up to them as my role models,” junior wrestler Chas Guy said. “I try to do everything they did.” Guy is 8-0 after a win on his home mat against Great Mills Dec. 22. The Braves took Braves Win Despite Loss See Braves page B-2 Photo by Andrew Knowlton Hornets and Braves Split Swim Meet By Andrew Knowlton Staff Writer The first race of the night – the 200-medley relay – said it all for the Great Mills boys swim team. The Hornets, facing coun- ty rival Chopticon, led that race from John Kitner’s leadoff leg to Jacob Manich’s anchor. From there, the Hornet boys claimed every race, except for the 400-freestyle relay, en route to a 142-84 win over the Braves at the Great Mills Pool Dec. 20. The Great Mills boys had strong performances across the board. Kitner cruised to wins in the 200 IM (2:20.10), the 100- backstroke (1:04.17) and an- chored a winning 200-freestyle relay. “I felt the best in my 100 backstroke today,” Kitner said. “Even though it was back-to- back events [the 200-freestyle relay and the 100-backstroke,] I still felt pretty good. I was a little bit more tired than I usually am but I still felt pretty good.” Andrew Kelly was also a double winner individually, tak- ing the 200-freestyle (2:10.85) and the 100-backstroke (1:11.12). Manich had double wins as well. He beat out teammate Andy Bogdan in the 50-freestyle (27.09) and won the 100-free- style (1:02.40) over Chopticon’s Brandon Miller. “The times were solid,” Great Mills head coach Brent Gordon said. “We had a lot of best times from our new swimmers.” While the Hornets won big on the boys’ side, the Chopticon girls got the best of the Lady Hornets, winning by a score of 142-120. Senior Caitlin Phalen led the way for the Braves with two individual wins and strong per- formances on the 200-medley relay and the 400-freestyle relay teams, both in which she placed first. “I thought we swam really, really well,” Phalen said. “We’ve been training really hard this week. Last week we had a full week of everyday practice, so I was very impressed with how we swam. We’ve improved so much since the beginning of the year.” Phalen’s performance in See Swim Meet page B-2 Great Mills guard Tyneisha Baker swarms a McDonough player who has fallen to the ground. The Hornets held McDonough to two points in the third quarter on their way to their first home win. Caitlin Phalen swims to victory in the 200 IM. Phalen beat Great Mills’ Rachel Bailer by 3.69 seconds in that event.
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Thursday December 28, 2006 The County Times Section B - �
Newport Beach, Calif.. “The ac-tual win on the water and getting respect from our competition is the main thing. But still it’s pret-ty cool to see our name at the top of the list.”
A Little Bit of History
St. Mary’s has a long his-tory of success in sailing. The women’s team won the national championships in 1995 and has had more top three finishes than any other women’s team in the country. The coed and women’s teams have combined for 10 national collegiate titles. The most recent victory came in 2004 when the coed team won
the Team Race title in Cascade Locks, Oregon.
Sailing has been a varsity sport at St. Mary’s College since the 70’s, and like every other var-sity sport, it is a time consuming commitment.
During fall and spring sea-sons, the team is out on the water Tuesday through Friday for sev-eral hours at a time. They often train at Point Lookout in the open water of the Chesapeake Bay.
Weekends are spent travel-ing to competitions as far north as New Hampshire and as far south as Florida. In January, the coed team will fly across the country to compete in the Rose
Bowl Regatta at the University of Southern California.
“It’s like a full time job,” sophomore Jennifer Chamber-lin said. “But we really like our job.”
The hard work has paid off for the Seahawks. In September, Sailing World Magazine ranked them eighth in the country.
“We graduated two seniors, we’re starting a freshman,” Wer-blow said. “It was a little bit of a slow road, and it took us a semes-ter to become competitive with the elite teams in the country.”
St. Mary’s faces schools such as Yale, Harvard, Stanford and Navy on a weekly basis, but
racing at such a competitive level is a positive for the Seahawks.
“The college teams we com-pete against are honest to good-ness real competition and on any given weekend they might beat us,” Werblow said. “But what we try to do is put ourselves in a position where week in and week out we can be one of those teams that competes at a consistently high level.”
Aside from hard work and weekly regattas against some of the nations best teams, the Se-ahawks have other reasons for being so successful. The team has great school support and excellent equipment on which
to train. Currently, they have 18 Vanguard Flying Juniors and six 420s. After the fleet has been used by the varsity program for six years, it gets turned over to the recreational and instruction-al programs to benefit the whole campus community. “We are very fortunate to have faculty and staff that value our water-front,” said Werblow.
But having good equipment is only an advantage in practice. In college sailing, you are ex-pected to be able to hop in any kind of boat and sail it faster than your competitor, Werblow said. Competitions take place in two-person sloop rigged dinghy’s, which means two people and two sails are on the boat.
“The host college provides the boats and then competitors change boats every race,” Wer-blow said. “So you have abso-lutely the same equipment as everyone else. All the sails were bought at the same time, all the boats were bought at the same time, etc.”
“Teeming With Potential”
Another key that has un-locked the door to success for the Seahawks lies in coaching. Wer-blow has had an exceptional ca-reer as a skipper himself. Before coming to St. Mary’s in 1988 and leading the team into the na-tional spotlight, he was captain of the sailing team at Connecti-cut College. He was a member of the U.S. Sailing Team from 1989-92, and he coached the U.S. Youth Worlds Team five times. In 1991, that team won two gold and two silver medals, which was the best ever at these world championships.
“My childhood sailing part-ner was the captain of the Naval Academy team and he knew I wanted to coach in college,” Werblow said. “He told me that I should come [to St. Mary’s]. This was the place for me. It was teeming with potential. That was his tagline.”
Werblow is not alone. An-other member of the coaching
staff is Bill Ward, who coached at Georgetown for two years be-fore moving to St. Mary’s in Au-gust. Ward will be representing Team USA at the Pan Am Games this summer as a member of the coaching staff.
“Bill’s just been really out-standing with helping the team with the mental preparation and the technical side of what they need to do to get around the race course a little bit faster than the next guy,” Werblow said.
“One Big Family”
The school’s national pow-erhouse status has not deterred any students from walking-on to the team.
“It’s really neat because a bunch are recruited or hear about the program by looking at results or ranking, but there are a lot of people on the team that had never sailed before, but just love to be on the water, and they make it with no prior sail-ing experience,” Patterson said. “We’ve even had a few go on to be All-American.”
The hours of hard work, combined with tradition and great coaching, makes St. Mary’s one of the best teams in the nation on a consistent basis. Over 100 Se-ahawk sailors have become All-Americans and three have sailed in the Olympics, one of them earning a silver medal. With the team’s recent achievements, the list continues to grow.
“We’re just one big family,” Patterson added. “Everyone’s real close, whether it’s school, sailing, or whatever.”
So as waters become colder and winter’s bitterest months ap-proach, sailing will drift from the minds of most. At St. Mary’s College, however, it will be on the minds of many.
The sailing team will work hard physically and mentally during these months in anticipa-tion of warmer weather.
“In the meantime,” Werblow said. “What we try to do is have fun getting better.”
Sports and Community Interest Sect
ion B
By Andrew KnowltonStaff Writer
Great Mills girls basketball coach Brian Weisner has stressed to his team the importance of communication all year long. In a recent loss to Lackey, Weisner blamed his team’s lack of com-munication as a major problem.
That game was a step back-ward for the Hornets, who had come off a win in the Tip-Off Tournament two days before. But in a home match up against McDonough, the Hornets took two steps forward by not only winning the game 58-37, but by proving to their coach – and to each other – that they can effec-tively communicate on the floor.
The Hornets took the lead early and were up 19-13 in the first quarter. In the second quarter, Great Mills shook Mc-Donough off their heels with strong rebounding, inside play, foul shooting, and of course, communication.
They were aggressive both offensively and defensively, and turned the Rams mistakes into opportunities on every trip down the floor. In the last play of the half, Hornet guard Megan Ma-theny pulled down a rebound, sprinted up the court and dished the ball off to Shawnese Taylor, who was cutting in the lane. Taylor caught the ball, double-pumped in the air and laid the ball in, giving her team a 34-22
lead into halftime.Plays like this are not un-
common for the Hornets, who have both speed and size.
“We have kids who can score,” Weisner said. “One night it’s going to be one kid and an-other night it’s going to be an-other kid.”
On this night, it was Shama-ra Adams, who had 15 points.
“Everybody always tells me ‘shoot, shoot, shoot,’ so today I just let it rip, I just let it go,” Ad-ams said.
Not far behind Adams were Taylor’s 14 points, and Matheny’s 13.
With strong shooting and in-tense defense, the Hornets were able to build their lead to 25 in the third quarter. McDonough’s one and only basket of the quar-ter came with 1:54 remaining.
Great Mills’ bench took over the floor in the fourth quar-ter and saw strong play from guard Leigha Tudder. Early in the fourth, Tudder grabbed an offensive board and put back the shot while getting fouled. Her free throw made it a three-point play. On the next offensive pos-session, Taylor ran the length of the court and scored on a layup.
“They couldn’t handle us on offense,” Taylor said.
Defensively, the Hornets threw a full-court press at the Rams in the second half that led to several turnovers and points. When the team plays well de-
fensively, they are handsomely rewarded.
“When they play hard and play the type of defense they’re capable of playing, they earn practices off,” Weisner said.
So far, the team has earned one day off from practice. The win over McDonough earned them another rest day before re-suming competition.
Great Mills improves to 3-2
with the victory and look to build on the win.
“Some of us set a goal not to go past three losses, so we can’t go one more loss,” Adams said. “We want to win, we want to take SMAC.”
“We’re moving in a positive direction,” Weisner said. “This was a really good step forward for us.”
Girls Take Two Steps Forward
Photo by Andrew Knowlton
Photo by Adam WerblowSkipper Adrienne Patterson sails with crewmember Abby Rowlands in a November practice.
Sailing SuccessContinued from page A-1
By Andrew KnowltonStaff Writer
The Chopticon Braves grad-uated a state champ wrestler in Lucas Black this year. The loss of such a strong teammate could have destroyed the Braves, but with every trip to the mat, they
are proving that they learned from the best.
“Lucas Black, Eli Black, Mike Cannon, all the great wres-tlers that have come out of Chop-ticon, I pretty much look up to them as my role models,” junior
wrestler Chas Guy said. “I try to do everything they did.”
Guy is 8-0 after a win on his home mat against Great Mills Dec. 22. The Braves took
Braves Win Despite Loss
See Braves page B-2Photo by Andrew Knowlton
Hornets and Braves Split Swim MeetBy Andrew KnowltonStaff Writer
The first race of the night – the 200-medley relay – said it all for the Great Mills boys swim team. The Hornets, facing coun-ty rival Chopticon, led that race from John Kitner’s leadoff leg to Jacob Manich’s anchor.
From there, the Hornet boys claimed every race, except for the 400-freestyle relay, en route to a 142-84 win over the Braves at the Great Mills Pool Dec. 20.
The Great Mills boys had strong performances across the board. Kitner cruised to wins in the 200 IM (2:20.10), the 100-backstroke (1:04.17) and an-chored a winning 200-freestyle relay.
“I felt the best in my 100 backstroke today,” Kitner said. “Even though it was back-to-back events [the 200-freestyle relay and the 100-backstroke,] I still felt pretty good. I was a little bit more tired than I usually am but I still felt pretty good.”
Andrew Kelly was also a double winner individually, tak-ing the 200-freestyle (2:10.85)
and the 100-backstroke (1:11.12). Manich had double wins as well. He beat out teammate Andy Bogdan in the 50-freestyle (27.09) and won the 100-free-style (1:02.40) over Chopticon’s Brandon Miller.
“The times were solid,” Great Mills head coach Brent Gordon said. “We had a lot of best times from our new swimmers.”
While the Hornets won big on the boys’ side, the Chopticon girls got the best of the Lady Hornets, winning by a score of 142-120.
Senior Caitlin Phalen led the way for the Braves with two individual wins and strong per-formances on the 200-medley relay and the 400-freestyle relay teams, both in which she placed first.
“I thought we swam really, really well,” Phalen said. “We’ve been training really hard this week. Last week we had a full week of everyday practice, so I was very impressed with how we swam. We’ve improved so much since the beginning of the year.”
Phalen’s performance in
See Swim Meet page B-2
Great Mills guard Tyneisha Baker swarms a McDonough player who has fallen to the ground. The Hornets held McDonough to two points in the third quarter on their way to their first home win.
Caitlin Phalen swims to victory in the 200 IM. Phalen beat Great Mills’ Rachel Bailer by 3.69 seconds in that event.
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downtheHornets42-31,despitehaving most of their wrestlersbumpedupaweightclass.
“I’m just glad we cameawaywiththe‘W,’”ChopticonheadcoachDaneKramersaid.“I thought it would be easier,butwehadonewrestler[ShawnAsher-189] who was sick, sothatbumpedusupa little.Wehad five people wrestle up a weightclass.”
Guy won 21 matches be-fore losing one last season.Withmoreexperienceunderhisbelt,andtheguidanceofsomeof Chopticon’s best, his plansfor this season are even moreambitious.
“Iplanongoingundefeat-ed all year,” he said. “I don’tplanonlettinganyonetakemedown.”
Untiltheirnextmatch,GuyandtheBraveswillemulatethetraining they did with BlackandCannonandcontinuetousewhattheylearnedfromsomeofChopticon’sbest.
The Hornets will look tocomeoutof their losingslumpwhen they return to actionagainstLackeyJan.9athome.
BravesContinued from page B-�
the100-backstrokewasperhapsthe“mostexcitingrace”of thenight, Chopticon head coachRobbieDavissaid.
“It was really close,” Da-vissaidbeforetheresultscamein. “Thatwasoneof the raceswhere they were both almosttouchingatthesametime,soIdon’tknowifshewon.Itlookedlikeshewon.”
Phalen, who said she hadbeensufferingslightkneepains,didwin–by.02seconds.
“I was racing my bestfriend [Jackie Kitner] in thebackstrokeandbeatherby .02
seconds,soitfeltreallygood,”Phalensaid.
Despite a few setbacks,Davis was excited about per-formancesonboththeboysandgirlssides.
“A lot of them are sick.They gave blood yesterday.Therewasablooddriveat thehighschool,andthere’sabandconcerttonightsoalotofthemhadtoleaveearly,”Davissaid.“But I was really impressedwith the way they always puttheirheart in the swimwheth-er they’re the first swimmer, second swimmer, or the third
swimmer. I always get theirbestperformance, so Iwas re-allyhappy.”
ThewinfortheChopticongirls was their first of the sea-son,whiletheboysdropto0-3.
After ending last seasonwinlessand13th inSMAC, theGreatMillsboys’teamisapro-gramontherise.ThewinoverChopticon isalready theirsec-ondoftheseason.
“It’sgoodforourprogrambecause it’s the first time we’ve actually won something,” Kit-nersaid.
SwimMeetContinued from page B-�
ByAndrewKnowltonStaffWriter
The Leonardtown Raidersgirls’ basketball team earnedtheir first win of the season Dec. 20 when they beat Northern37-30.
Northernheldtheleadearly,
but the Raiders picked up theirplay and fought back to take anarrow 16-14 lead at the half.Theyheldontoa small lead forthe remainder of the game andclosed off Northern (1-4, 0-1SMAC).
“The girls played with alittle more patience but a lot
more intensity,” LeonardtownheadcoachGlennLarnerdsaid.“That’s what helped them themosttonight.”
Center Dana O’Neil wasLeonardtown’s leading scorerwith 11 points, while ForwardCaseyWalkeradded10.
RaidersWinFirstGame
Photo by Andrew Knowlton
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Chopticon’s Derek Bell tries to pin his Great Mills’ opponent in the Braves’ 42-31 victory. Despite the loss of State Champion Lucas Black, the Braves wrestling team has made a strong showing this year.
Thursday December 28, 2006 The County Times Section B - �
By Andrew KnowltonStaff Writer
Earlier in December, I was attending a Ryken boys’ basketball game, when I saw something that I decided was column-worthy. It wasn’t a re-verse dunk by John Flowers or a clutch three-pointer by Julius Brown. Instead, it was some-thing the fans did that I will write about. When Ryken’s squad was introduced, the fans made noise for their favorite players. But when their oppo-
nent’s (Meade) lineup was read, Knight fans pulled out their copies of the County Times and began reading, pretending to be completely absorbed.
This was not only a great way to disrespect the opposing team, but it was also a wonder-ful way of recycling the precious pages of this newspaper. So this got me thinking, what else can we do to usefully recycle this paper? What are some other friendly ways sports fans can use this paper to do their part in saving our planet -- that is, after they have read my column three times, of course, and as-suming that they have decided not to frame it.
Here is a list of some ideas for fans and athletes. Follow these instructions, or come up with your own. Either way, the paper IS FREE, so grab a bunch and pass them out. The possi-bilities are endless…
• Crumple the pages up and stick them in a fence to spell out a player or team’s name.
• If it is raining, make a paper hat. Ryken basketball fans may just need this for home basketball games (there was a leak in the ceiling on Friday that canceled their game against Paul VI).
• Or, further to the above idea, put it on your seat to dry it off.
• Use it as a fan to cool your-self down when the game gets too intense.
• Make a papier-mache pi-ñata that looks like the mascot of the opposing team and have your crazi-est fan pound on it before the game.
• Cover your eyes with it if your team is getting crushed.
• Strengthen your fingers
and hands. Baseball players and rock climbers do this. Take one sheet in the palm of your hand and crumple it as much as you can.
• Use it for cheap insula-tion. If you get too cold at a game, bundle the pages
up and stuff them in your shirt. Cyclists sometimes do this to stay warm in the mountains.
• When your team wins, celebrate by decorating the gym with newspaper confetti.
• Doodle on my picture (give me a mustache, a black eye, or horns) if the game gets boring.
• Make a megaphone and heckle the bad guys.You can also use newspa-
per to: wrap up your Christmas tree ornaments, line your ham-ster cage, dry out wet shoes, wrap fish, start a bonfire, absorb bad odor, make mulch, or make emergency-use toilet paper.
These are just some of my ideas. Now it’s time to test your creativity. What can you come up with? If I see any creative uses at a game, I will take a pic-ture and feature it in a future is-sue. Let the games begin.
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Undecorated trees may be placed in designated areas starting Dec. 26 and ending Jan. 31. The discarded trees will be ground into mulch.
Following the 2005 holiday season, the County collected nearly 20 tons of Christmas Trees. The mulch from these trees is used by the Department of Recreation and Parks and the Department of Public Works and Transportation in main-taining County property. In ad-dition, the mulch is free to the
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PoliceBriefs
K-9FindsSpeeder’sDrugsSgt.ForceobservedaFord
Taurus traveling northboundonRoute5 southofRoute6 inMechanicsville while patrol-ling at 1:40 pm, in her markedMSP K9 unit. The driver wasnotrestrainedbytheseatbelt.Aroutine traffic stop was initiated and contactwasmadewith thedriver, Nicole Renee Mcswain,18, of Mechanicsville. On theinitialcontactaplasticbagwasobserved in the center consolearea.
WhenSgt.Force contactedMcswainasecondtimeandtheplasticbagwasnotobserved.AK-9scanwasconductedandK-9 Maddie alerted on the centerconsole area. TFC Linger con-ducted a probable cause searchand located a plastic bag con-tainingmarijuanaintheareathatK-9 Maddie alerted. Mcswainwas arrested for possession ofmarijuana. Two additional bagsofmarijuana and aCDS smok-ing device were located on herperson. She was transported totheSt.Mary’sCountyDetentionCenterpendingabondreview.
BurglarStealsNothingTFC Koch responded to
the44000blockofSt.AndrewsChurchRd.inCaliforniaforare-portedburglaryat3:18pm.Con-tact was made with the victim,58, who advised the residencewas burglarized. Investigationrevealedanunknownsuspect(s)entered the residence througha reardoorbybreakingout theglass. The victim advised therewas no sign of anything takenfromtheresidence.Theinvesti-gationcontinues.
TwoJuvenilesArrested forPossession
TFC Linger was patrollingRoute5 inMechanicsvilleDec.15 when he observed a HondaAccord traveling southboundRoute5,northofGoldenBeach
Rd.at3:33p.m.Lingerinitiatedaroutine traffic stop for an equip-ment violation. Contact wasmade with the driver, a blackmalejuvenile,17,ofCobbIslandandthepassenger,awhitefemalejuvenile,17,ofCobbIsland.
TFCLingerobservedmari-juanainthedriver’sdoorpocket.Afterfurtherinvestigation,bothsubjectswerearrestedforposses-sionofmarijuanaandCDSpara-phernalia.Theywere transport-ed to theLeonardtownBarrackforprocessingandlaterreleasedtoarelativeofthemalejuvenile.Investigation continues pendingactionbyjuvenileauthorities.
Distributing Alcohol toMinors
Tpr. Adams responded tothe 45000 block Shields CourtinCaliforniaDec.18,at1:18am,for a report of underage drink-ing.Contactwasmadewiththecomplainant, a female, 36, ofCalifornia,whoadvisedher16-year-old daughter just returnedhome from a party intoxicated.Further investigation revealedthe suspect, Stefan JamesDulemba,24,ofCalifornia,sup-pliedthealcoholtothejuvenile.Both individuals were cited onCivilCitations.
ThiefSteals$10,CigarettesTpr. Adams responded to
the Friendly Tavern in GreatMillsforthereportofaburglaryat4:19am.Uponarrival,contactwas made with the complain-ant, a male, 55, of Great Mills.He advised the front door wasbrokenandentrywasmadeintotheestablishment.Theunknownsuspect(s) took ten dollars inchangeand5packsofMarlborocigarettes. The suspect(s) leftthroughthereardoor.Investiga-tioncontinues.
Woman Arrested for Do-mesticAssault
Tpr.Adamsrespondedtothe
21000blockofRosebayStreetinLeonardtownat10:46p.m.forareporteddomesticassault.Inves-tigationrevealedthatthesuspect,Tracy Ann Richardson, 41, ofLeonardtown assaulted the vic-tim,amale,43,ofLeonardtown.Richardsonwasarrestedfor2nddegreeassaultandtransportedtotheSt.Mary’sCountyDetentionCenter in Leonardtown pend-ingabondreview.Investigationcontinues.
SpeederCaughtwithCrackTFC Linger was patrolling
Route 235 south of Route 246in the Lexington Park Dec. 21at 1:38 a.m. when he observeda Nissan passenger car exceed-ing the posted speed limit. Aroutine traffic stop was initiated for the speeding violation. Fur-ther investigation revealed thepassenger,WilliamKeithPenn,38, of Lexington Park, was inpossessionofcrackcocaineandtwo smoking devices contain-ingburntcocaine residue.Pennwas arrested for possession ofcocaine and CDS parapherna-lia.Hewas later transported totheSt.Mary’sCountyDetentionCenterpendingabondreview.
Weekly DUI Status Sheetfor December 1� - Decem-ber21,2006
Loretta Jean Hetmanski, 46, ofLeonardtown on 12/14/06 byTpr.K.ShugartPeggyAnnCrim,56,ofLexing-tonParkon12/15/06byTpr.W.CrookFemale Juvenile, 17, ofLexing-tonParkon12/17/06byTFCM.GrimesRichard Lee Bakewell, 48, ofAvenueon12/17/06byOFCD.RileyMichael John Weigand, 31 ofDrayden on 12/19/2006 by TprK.Shughart
Detectives from the St.Mary’sBureauofInvestigationsarrested Justin Xavier Varlack,23, of Leonardtown, for FirstDegreeAssaultDec.20.
Police report the assault
stemmed from a shooting inci-dentonJoanDriveinCaliforniathatoccurredNov.4,where thesuspect fired rounds from a hand-gun at an occupied residence.The incident resulted in several
searchandseizurewarrantsbe-ing issuedandpolice recoveredstolen firearms. Varlack was held pendingabondhearingwiththeDistrictCourtCommissioner.
Threesuspectswerearrest-edandchargedwithArmedRob-beryDec. 21 by the St.Mary’sSheriff’sDepartment.
The suspects have beenidentified as Jeremy Joseph Gil-man,20,ofMechanicsville,a17-year-old male from Mechanics-ville and a 15-year-old juvenilefemale from Callaway. The 17-year-oldmalewastransportedtothedetentioncenterandchargedasanadult.
The two victims, residentsofNorthCarolina,were report-edlyvisitingSt.Mary’sCountyfor theholidays,andwhen theyarrivedataresidenceinMechan-icsvilletheywereconfrontedbythe suspects, one ofwhomwasarmedwithagun.Personalprop-ertyandanundisclosedamountofU.S.currencywasstolen.
The victims fled the area in a vehicle and contactedauthorities.
Detectives from the St.Mary’sCountyBureauofCrimi-nal Investigations confirmed the victimswererobbedandexecut-edasearchandseizurewarrantat the suspect’s residence withtheassistanceoftheEmergencyServices Team. Evidence re-lated to the armed robberywaslocatedinaddition to thethreesuspects.
PoliceArrestManforAssault
ThreeArrestedforArmedRobbery
St. Mary’s County RoadPatrol Deputies responded toCopsey’s Seafood Market inMechanicsville for a reportedArmedRobberyatapproximate-ly1p.m.,Dec.21.
It was determined that thesuspect, a black male wearingdarkclothing,enteredthemarketwith a handgun and demandedmoney. The suspect then fled on footwithanundisclosedamount
ofU.S.currency.Detectives from the St.
Mary’s Bureau of Criminal In-vestigations are continuing toinvestigatetheincident.
Thesix-monthinvestigationled to two search and seizurewarrants,which theBCI, along
withassistancefromSt.Mary’sCounty Emergency ServicesteamandtheSt.Mary’sCountySheriff’s Department K-9 unit,carriedoutat3p.m.
During the search, 32.2grams of Marijuana; 4 gramsof crack cocaine and1.4gramsof powder cocaine were found.
$2,504inU.S.currencywasalsofound.
Noarrestweremadeatthescene. A review with the St.Mary’sCountyStatesAttorney’sOffice will be conducted and chargesarepending.
Six-MonthSurveillanceLeadstoBigBust
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20. Cheese dish22. Citizens of Seoul24. Old Italian monetary units25. Not high26. __ Boothe Luce, American author29. Present in great quantity34. Plumber’s snake35. Ancient Greek coin36. Fish eggs37. Bedazzled
41. Denotes three42. Untouchable Eliot43. Glorify44. Sound powers of the mind47. Bitsy48. Scoundrel49. This circular object50. Disney town54. __ Hess, oil company58. Military disguise59. Clematis _____ of Woking
61. Expresses pleasure62. One of the Great Lakes63. One who tightens a corset64. A light two-wheel carriage65. Simpson prosecutor C. ____en66. Icelandic poems67. Finless fish
CLUES DOWN 1. Military leader (abbr.) 2. Mammal genus 3. Natural home of an animal 4. More isolated 5. Trenchant wit or sarcasm 6. Fill with high spirits 7. Permissive 8. Murderous frenzy 9. State capital10. Insightful and wise11. Continent12. Heir (alt. spelling)13. Cereal grain21. Makes a whirring sound23. Director Howard26. Molds27. River Otter genus28. Once more29. Gulf
30. Cat calls31. Caucasian of Nordic descent32. Christmas carols33. Cranky35. Small integers38. Not suitable for food39. Della __, singer40. To feel loathing for45. Resounded46. No (Scottish)47. Hourglasses49. Trailing Indigo bush50. Got an A51. Ancient Japanese religious center52. Title of Kuwait’s head of state53. Made of fermented honey and water55. Swiss river56. “James and the Giant Peach” author
Look Here Next Week for this Puzzle’s Solution
Emily FinchStaff Writing
Annmarie Garden, located on the shore of St. John’s Creek in Calvert County, has served the Southern Maryland commu-nity since 1992. Francis and Ann Marie Koenig bought the farm-land in 1960 and in 1992, Francis donated it to the Smithsonian In-stitution to remain in perpetuity as Annmarie Garden, named for his wife.
Francis Koenig wanted something unique in the area that was able to provide history, self-reflection and preservation all in one. Director of the gar-den, Stacey Hann-Ruff agrees, and thinks “spots like Annmarie Gardens are important as far as preservation goes.”
Just off Dowell Road in Solomons, Annmarie Garden is a 30-acre public sculpture park. It offers a wide variety of gal-lery shows, art programs, and other special events throughout the year. Also at Annmarie Gar-den, visitors can enjoy a serene walk down a wooded path, dis-covering unique artwork tucked within the trees every step of the way. There is also picnic space available, as well as a paved path for bike riding.
This beautiful park consists of many pieces of artwork dedi-cated by artists residing right here in Southern Maryland. The bathrooms, for example, were artistically tiled by Annmarie Garden staff, volunteers, and even a few local donors. Other permanent pieces of artwork came from all over the world. The heart of Annmarie Garden is a piece called The Council Ring, which came from an art-ist in Vermont. A piece called Circular Reflection was created in 1972 by an Isreali and donated later to Annmarie in 1980.
Although still young com-pared to many of Southern Maryland’s landmarks, Annma-rie Garden holds a great amount of community involvement and history.
“Art is an avenue to his-tory,” said Hann-Ruff. “And we try to find creative ways to bring the county together on that as-
pect. The garden is really about community.”
Throughout the wooded path, there are thirteen conve-nient benches for a quick rest and reflection. In 1995, Mag-gie Smith, an artist from Bain-bridge Island, Wash., and more than 100 fourth and fifth grad-ers from Calvert County created these benches. On each bench are ceramic tiles created by the students. These tiles represent
many of the plants native to Southern Maryland, such as To-bacco, Dogwood, Paw Paw, Sas-safras, and White Oak.
Another connection to the area is part of the path as well. The Surveyor’s Map, dedicated in 1997, is a floating walkway that takes visitors more than 300 linear feet off the ground. The
trail begins at ground level and leads visitors to an area with in-scriptions from quotes from na-tives about the people and land in Calvert County.
This area, just below canopy level, then turns into a curved section of pathway scattered with trees that poke through the surface.
This part of the walkway represents the roads, crossroads and benchmarks that constitute
some of the memories and his-tory of Calvert County. Some of the quotes have started to rub away, and many visitors com-plain they cannot read them very well, but that was the artists’ in-tent, says Hann-Ruff.
“She interviewed people in the county about their lives and engraved their quotes with the
intention that they would one day fade,” she said. “Like all memories will eventually fade.” A walk on this path is supposed to trigger images of history, memories and legends, depend-ing on specific associations to the county.
The first permanent instal-lation to Annmarie Garden is a Tribute to the Oyster Tonger. This is the focal piece for visi-tors once they have entered the
garden. “Francis Koenig had a tre-
mendous amount of respect for people that made their liv-ing from the water and land in the county. He said they keep the history of the county alive,” Hann-Ruff said. “And that is way he basically demanded this piece to be our first permanent
installation.”This piece symbolizes
the elements of a water-man’s existence; featuring a small boat, open water, and the waterman with his tools. This sculpture celebrates the pride, integrity and mere character of the waterman local to the county.
Annmarie Garden sponsors several annual events throughout the year. Garden in Lights is cur-rently underway at Annma-rie Garden. This spectacu-lar outdoor light show runs nightly 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. now through January 1. More than a month of preparations goes in to transforming the garden into a drive-through display where visitors get to see one-of-a-kind light sculptures and decorations for the holiday season.
Mind, Body and Spirit Day in mid-May is a free event in celebration of
healthy living. This event, co-sponsored by Calvert Memorial Hos-
pital Healthy Alternatives and the College of Southern Maryland, offers visitors the opportunity to participate in free therapies and activities while enjoying the serenity of the gardens wooded path and artwork. A variety of organizations, food vendors, and other artisans contribute their services as well. More informa-tion on this event is published in April.
In late June The Tobacco Trail Antique and Classic Car Meet also takes place at Annma-rie Garden. It is a main event of the National Capital Region (NCR) of the Antique Automo-bile Club of America. This event brings a new life to these classic works of art that once ruled the roads of Southern Maryland. Awards and trophies are given out each year at this event to the owners of several vehicles.
September is the time for Artsfest at Annmarie Garden. This is recognized as one of the top outdoor art festivals in the re-gion. Artsfest is a juried art show that brings together some of the most accomplished artists in the entire country for a weekend of music, art, nature and food.
Tales for a Haunted Trail happens at Annmarie Garden in late October to celebrate Hallow-een. This event is a spook-free day of trick-or-treating for the whole family. Local organiza-tions and businesses hand out candy and prizes as visitors walk along the not-so-haunted path-way. Artistic activities are also provided at this event.
From the first glance at the entrance gates visitors can see the grand artistry within An-nmarie Garden. Whether tak-ing a walk through the wooded path, having a picnic with fam-ily or friends, discovering more history within the county or just spending some time alone with art and nature, Annmarie Gar-den is worth a visit.
“It’s a place to enjoy being outside, where a child can ride their bike away from cars. And historically,” says Hann-Ruff, “Annmarie Garden is a wonder-ful compliment to the rest of the area.”
Annmarie Garden is open year-round from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. It is handicap accessible and pets are permitted except at special events. All ages are wel-come and entrance is free to all parts of the park on normal op-erating days. For more informa-tion visit www.annmariegraden.org or call 410-326-4640.
Exploring Nature And Art Together In Historic Southern Maryland
Photo by Emily Finch
The entrance gates at Annemarie Garden were shipped from Florida in over 650 pieces.
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