Capital (Annapolis) back issues from August 2005:
Girl Scout Gold for Blair Hering
Aug 01, 2005; ... A recent graduate of Broadneck High School, Blair Hering, 17, nowcan add a Girl Scout Gold Award to go along with her diploma for hergrowing list of accomplishments. The Gold Award is the highest level of achievement in GirlScouting. Only about three percent of senior Scouts - ...
An Eagle for Michael Kuhlman
Aug 01, 2005; ... Thanks to the area's newest Eagle Scout Michael Kuhlman, thecommunity of Hillsmere Shores is now among the growing list ofneighborhoods sporting an oyster garden. Mr. Kuhlman, 16, a junior at Annapolis High School, has beensteadily working on this project for the past year as part ...
Prevention practices may hold hope for ailing estuary
Aug 01, 2005; ... Wildflowers grow where Evan Belaga's 200-foot driveway once woundaround an asphalt tennis court. Large goldfish swim in a 30-foot pond on a third of that court. Atree grows in a raised stone planter in the middle of the remaininghard surface, where fading service lines are still ...
Readers' views
Aug 01, 2005 ... Abortion Two hundred years ago, slavery was a socially acceptable practice.Although there were undoubtedly many who opposed it on moral grounds,slave owners had a legal right to own slaves as property. There is an analogous situation today in the status of the fetus,which is ...
Cityscape: Project revives piece of land
Aug 01, 2005; ... I have often complained in this column about environmental projectmoney being frittered away on studies and administrative fluff ratherthan action. In other words, the taxes collected from us to curb pollution seemto be spent on everything but actually curbing pollution. I ...
Around Broadneck: Reception wasn't chilly for Broadneck grad
Aug 01, 2005; ... If they had that category, Broadneck High's class of 2002 wouldhave voted Meghan Dronberger of Arnold "Most Likely to Have a Year-Round Tan." But this summer Meghan, a recreation and leisure management majorat York College of Pennsylvania, landed a cool 13-week internshipthat ...
'Bragging Rights'
Aug 01, 2005; ... Meghan Gentile didn't want another hum-drum summer vacation fromschool. Instead of loafing by the pool or permanently hanging out on thecouch, the 18-year-old from Severna Park decided to organize askateboard competition. "I figured I'd put my summer to good use," the ...
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Aug 01, 2005 ... Nature hour Pre-schoolers age 3 to 5 can learn about dragonflies anddamselflies during "Pre-School Nature Hour" Aug. 27, which includes adiscussion, hike and take home craft. The program is offered on the third Wednesday of each month from11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Lake ...
Popular eatery back in business
Aug 01, 2005; ... When Lee Stubberfield heard that a fire had forced the closure ofGarry's Grill last month, he had one thought: "Where am I going toeat?" In the past month he said he's called the popular QuarterfieldRoad eatery every day, trying to find out when it would reopen. Heand fellow ...
Singing about the stars
Aug 01, 2005; ... Their work is truly out of this world, both musically andphysically. They are The Chromatics, a unique a capella group whose membershappen to be some of the greatest scientific and tech minds around.Karen and Alan Smale of Crofton are just two of this six-member vocalensemble who ...
AACC looks to add degree in terrorism
Aug 01, 2005; ... Terrorism is not only shaping private conversation and publicpolicy, it's also changing the curriculum at Anne Arundel CommunityCollege. Starting in January, the college plans to offer the state's firstcommunity college degree in homeland security. The program is aresponse to a ...
Our Say: Another retailing monolith fallsOur Say: Local bus routes spared _ for now
Aug 01, 2005; ... THEY'RE MAKING way for another one in the retailers' graveyard.Next to the headstone reading "Woodward & Lothrop, 1887-1996" and themassive granite mausoleum that says "Montgomery Ward, 1872-2000,"they're carving another monument: "Hecht's, 1857-2005." Federated Department Stores ...
Noted local doctor dies at age 69
Aug 01, 2005; ... Dr. Rodney L. Brimhall, who helped hundreds of patients get ontheir feet after heart attacks and cardiovascular surgery, diedSaturday in Annapolis following a brief illness. He was 69. Dr. Brimhall, who was semi-retired at the time of his death, isbest remembered as the founder of ...
ARUNDEL DIGEST
Aug 01, 2005 ... Delegate's daughter killed in crash GLEN BURNIE - The daughter of a state delegate from Linthicum waskilled Saturday afternoon in a motorcycle accident while riding withher husband on her birthday. Dina S. Furrow, 38, of Pasadena, daughter of Del. Ted Sophocleus,was killed ...
Family, friends honor Marine heading back to war in Iraq
Aug 01, 2005; ... Jan Michael Jones is 20 years old, 5-foot-9 and 150 pounds andlooks like somebody's little brother. He has a subtle smile, talkslittle, and seems to pay attention to everything going on around him. Yesterday, he was at a summer cook-out at the Broadneck ElksLodge. Uncles, aunts and ...
COUNTY DIGEST
Aug 01, 2005 ... Maryland Hall's fall catalog out now ANNAPOLIS - If an online catalog doesn't hold the same excitementas a printed one, hop on over to your local library for a free copyof the Maryland Hall Fall Catalog. The attractive, 39-page booklet lists "something for ...
POLICE BEAT
Aug 01, 2005 ... ANNAPOLIS AREA Rape reported An Annapolis woman was sent to Anne Arundel Medical Center aftershe was raped at her boyfriend's home Friday, city police said. The 41-year-old woman told police she was raped at around 3:30a.m. She told police that she had been trying to ...
BWI seeks more overseas traffic
Aug 01, 2005; ... Despite a 13 percent decline in international passengers over thelast year, administrators are doing all they can to increaseinternational air traffic at BWI Airport, according to a consultanthired by the state. With Washington Dulles International's proximity to ...
Sports Line
Aug 02, 2005 ... Agassi's out, Roddick ready For Andy Roddick, the various stops on the summer hard-courtcircuit are the means to an end, a chance to do what's needed to getready for the U.S. Open. What Andre Agassi's 35-year-old back needs right now is some rest,so he's skipping this ...
Pointing forward: New course ready to get in the game
Aug 02, 2005; ... Finally. Finally, Compass Pointe is complete. The East Course, the finalnine holes of the 36-hole facility, opened for play July 1. Finally, area golfers have another option for public golf in thecounty. Finally, references to Compass Pointe can be found in the ...
Correction
Aug 02, 2005 ... The location for Market Day was incorrectly printed in a photoadvance in the July 31 edition of The Capital. The third annualMarket Day will take place from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday at theAnnapolis Maritime Museum's newly rebuilt ...
Baseball Today
Aug 02, 2005 ... PHENOM: Pittsburgh left-hander Zach Duke became the first Piratesstarter in 35 years to begin his career with a 4-0 record by beatingAtlanta yesterday, 4-1. Duke matched Jim Nelson who opened the 1970season 4-0. The rookie already has attained the distinction ofleading all major league ...
Should homeowners pay the cleanup cost?
Aug 02, 2005; ... The bottom line to fixing the county's damaged shorelines andwaterways is green - and it doesn't grow on trees. With a growing backlog of $400 million in restoration work needed,county officials and environmental interests are quietly talkingabout charging property owners an annual ...
Readers' views
Aug 02, 2005 ... Good reporting I commend your newspaper on the outstanding work you have done inexposing animal cruelty, sharing the joy of animal companionship andour need to be responsible for the defenseless. It is appalling that, in our culture, there is still barbarictreatment of some ...
Translator firm eyes new fronts
Aug 02, 2005; ... An Annapolis partnership is looking to translate the success ofits military translator to the civilian market. Voxtec International is working to make a sleeker, less expensiveversion of its Phraselator handheld translator for law enforcementagencies, construction firms and other ...
CLUB NOTES
Aug 02, 2005 ... EDITOR'S NOTE: Articles for Club Notes must be submitted inwriting to Community News Department, The Capital, P.O. Box 911,Annapolis, MD 21404, or by e-mail without attachments to VeronicaGambel at vgambel@capitalgazette.com at least two weeks beforepublication date. Items should include ...
Annapolis: Oyster Harbor wrestles with 2 issues
Aug 02, 2005; ... Good fences may indeed make good neighbors, as Robert Frost oncewrote, but the 78 Oyster Harbor residents at a homeowners associationmeeting last week would strongly beg to differ. In an angry and contentious two hours marked by shouting,gesturing and interruption, residents ...
Group hopes to raise private dollars for restoration
Aug 02, 2005; ... Besides the county's public effort, a second, private one hasemerged to help fund restoration projects throughout the 64,000-square-mile Chesapeake watershed. The fledgling Friends of the Chesapeake hopes to set up a networkof businesses and private donors to raise money for ...
Wanted: Rope cutting varmint
Aug 02, 2005; ... In the Old West, it wasn't wise to mess around with another man'shorse, and in Anne Arundel County, it's equally dishonorable to messaround with someone's boat. Angie Wilson of the Westlee community in Shady Side has offered a$2,500 reward to catch the varmints who severed the ...
Around Crofton: Minister follows in friend's footsteps
Aug 02, 2005; ... When Stephen Rettenmayer received a phone call from the Baltimore-Washington Conference of the United Methodist Church last February,he wasn't surprised or unhappy to be asked to move. Placed in London three years earlier, the Rev. Rettenmayer and hiswife, Linda, also a Methodist ...
Annapolis, KI, vye for TV wedding
Aug 01, 2005; ... Annapolis and Stevensville were announced this morning asfinalists to host the NBC "Today" show's "hometown wedding" feature. "Today" has been throwing weddings for lucky couples for the pastsix years, with viewers getting in on the fun by choosing things likelocation, the wedding ...
Common Cents: More notes on makeovers for the budget-conscious
Aug 02, 2005; ... I was never much of a TV watcher, but I've developed a newaddiction: HGTV. Perhaps it's because after 18 years of marriage and four kids, wefinally have the budget and time to spend on fixing up the house. If you're a fan of all those decorating shows on cable TV, perhapsyou ...
OBITUARIES
Aug 01, 2005 ... Lillian Burgess A Christian wake will be held from 10 to 10:30 a.m. tomorrow andwill be followed by funeral services at 11 a.m. at Mount Olive A.M.E.Church, 2 Hicks Ave., for Lillian Gertrude Chambers "Momma Lill"Burgess, 96, of Annapolis. Mrs. Burgess died July 28 at ...
Teens learn cargo trade at BWI
Aug 02, 2005; ... David Bathras used to spend his days wiping cars at a Millersvillecar wash, biding his time with an aimless job that probably wouldn'tlead to much. Today the future is brighter for the 18-year-old Old Mill HighSchool graduate, thanks to a pilot program that has introduced ...
BUSINESS DIGEST
Aug 02, 2005 ... Office vacancies fall in first half After a strong finish in 2004, the first six months of 2005 forthe industrial market in Anne Arundel County have been steady, anindication that businesses are continuing to choose the county overother areas. "It hasn't been racing, but it's ...
Most Expensive Properties
Aug 02, 2005 ... This house at 164 W. Lake Drive in Bay Ridge is among the mostexpensive properties to be included in The Capital's "For the Record"section. The contemporary-style waterfront home sold for $ 1.91 million.Others included: Edgewater - 50 Colony Crossing, ...
Our Say: Runoff poses major problem for county, region
Aug 02, 2005; ... INNUMERABLE STATE and local problems - from oxygen-deprived "deadzones" in the bay to silted streams to neighborhoods marred bygullies - flow from just one source: runoff. A three-part series that concludes today sets out the size andnature of the problem, some of the possible ...
Say it ain't so, Raffy
Aug 02, 2005; ... Rafael Palmeiro has been the toast of the town, the toast ofbaseball for three weeks. On July 15, he joined Hank Aaron, WillieMays and former teammate Eddie Murray as the only men in baseballhistory to have more than 3,000 hits and over 500 home runs. Now it's his reputation that ...
OBITUARIES
Aug 02, 2005 ... Dina Furrow Funeral services for Dina Sophocleus Furrow, 38, of Pasadena, willbe held at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Annunciation Greek OrthodoxCathedral, 24 W. Preston St., Baltimore. Mrs. Furrow died suddenly July 30 as a result of injuries shesuffered in a motorcycle accident ...
Value of radium reduction plan in doubt
Aug 02, 2005; ... Two years after the state approved a program to help residentsreduce radium levels in their drinking water, not a single person hasapplied. "To date no check has been cut," said Del. John R. Leopold, R-Pasadena, the sponsor of the bill making credits available forhouseholds ...
More blacks seek office
Aug 02, 2005; ... Nine candidates waited until the final hours to file for the cityelection yesterday, including the largest number of African Americansto seek office in Annapolis' nearly 300-year history. If city election officials certify all 23 prospective candidatesat their meeting tomorrow, ...
EPA: 28 states must curb pollution
Aug 02, 2005; ... Federal environmental officials said yesterday that if Marylandand 27 other states don't come up with plans to reduce power plantpollution, they'll do it for them. The Environmental Protection Agency ordered states in the East,South, Midwest and the District of Columbia to write ...
BUSINESS NOTES
Aug 02, 2005 ... Annapolis Bancorp, parent company of BankAnnapolis, yesterdayreported a 47 percent increase in second-quarter earnings as itsassets topped $300 million for the first time. The company attributed the $672,000, or 17-cents-per-shareearnings, to a booming real estate market. A year ...
Assault hotline
Aug 02, 2005 ... The YWCA of Annapolis and Anne Arundel County has several programsto help victims and survivors of sexual assault, rape and incest. The assault hotline is 410-222-7273. The Y provides a trainedtherapist in a confidential location for counseling appointments forsurvivors of sexual ...
Talk of the Town: The best laid plans against terrorism
Aug 02, 2005; ... Annapolis resident Thomas Strother wrote a book a couple of yearsago that is getting some good play these days. Mr. Strother's book,"Beyond Duct Tape, How to Respond to Terrorist Attacks," prepsteachers and community leaders to be prepared for a worst-casescenario in the event of a ...
State Legion Tournament: Chaney thwarts Pasadena again
Aug 02, 2005; ... SALISBURY - After watching his squad drop a 4-0 decision to ChaneyEnterprises yesterday morning, Pasadena Post 277 manager VicOstrowski found himself at a loss for words. Ostrowski's dilemma is this: Why can't his Saints seem to musterany offense against the Chaney Enterprise ...
This is the second in an occasional articles leading up to the Annapolis 10-Mile Run on Aug. 28.
Aug 01, 2005; ... Training for a long distance run like the Annapolis 10-Mile Runcan prove to be a challenge for any runner. The person must find the time to run during the week to preparefor the race, while trying to also balance work, family, and sociallives. For runners and friends Susan ...
Baysox fall
Aug 01, 2005 ... HARRISBURG, Pa. - The Bowie Baysox were held to just four hits ina 10-0 loss to the Harrisburg Senators at Commerce Bank Parkyesterday. Half of Harrisburg's scoring came in the fifth inning. TheSenators had a five-run inning in each of the three games in theseries. Cristian ...
Lopez unable to deliver
Aug 01, 2005; ... BALTIMORE - Going into last night's game, manager Lee Mazzillibelieved Rodrigo Lopez was just the man to give the BaltimoreOrioles' worn-out bullpen a rest. After all, Lopez had worked six innings or more in 15 of his 22starts, had completed eight innings in five of those ...
Billick aiming high
Aug 01, 2005; ... WESTMINSTER - The annual rite of passage took place yesterday asmembers, potential members and hopeful members of the BaltimoreRavens team that Coach Brian Billick said may be the best he's everhad, arrived at the Best Western motel here. SUV after SUV negotiated the parking lots ...
Effort by Hernandez adds up for Nationals
Aug 01, 2005 ... MIAMI (AP) - Livan Hernandez barely trotted out of the batters'box after grounding out to short in the second inning. He ambledslowly up the baseline after hitting a run-scoring single threeinnings later. Clearly, he was saving his strength for his duties on the mound. The ...
Ponson, Cabrera cleared
Aug 01, 2005; ... BALTIMORE - Daniel Cabrera and Sidney Ponson both receivedpositive health reports yesterday, and that prompted manager LeeMazzilli to immediately alter the Orioles' starting rotation. Pitching coach Ray Miller observed Ponson's bullpen workoutyesterday and declared the right-hander ...
Taylor stepping lightly
Aug 01, 2005; ... ASHBURN, Va. - Smiling and unusually congenial, safety Sean Taylorreported to Washington Redskins training camp yesterday, ending anoffseason in which he snubbed his coaches and got arrested inFlorida. "I'm happy to be back," Taylor said as he walked to his car aftertaking a ...
Pasadena posts legion win
Aug 01, 2005; ... SALISBURY - With his team clinging to a two-run lead in the bottomof the ninth inning, Pasadena Post 277 manager Vic Ostrowski summonedChris Majerowicz from center field. He then handed Majerowicz theball and with it, the fate of his team's season. Instead of feeling the pangs of ...
City files bid for horse park; competes with area counties
Aug 02, 2005; ... Annapolis is one of six communities competing for a huge horsepark on more than 1,000 acres, featuring a 5,000-seat amphitheater,covered arena and museum. The city, which announced its plans earlier this year, submittedthe bid to the Maryland Stadium Authority by yesterday's ...
2 fireboats break down while battling yacht blaze
Aug 02, 2005; ... A blackened hull is all that remains of a 57-foot yacht after twofireboats broke down while battling the boat blaze Monday. "It was just a freak occurrence," said Engineer C.J. Conner of theNorth Beach Volunteer Fire Department, who was manning Calvert CountyFire Boat 1 when its ...
POLICE BEAT
Aug 02, 2005 ... ANNAPOLIS AREA House fire Fire seriously damaged a Heritage Harbour home Monday night,county fire officials said. Reported at 9:21 p.m., more than 40 firefighters responded to thetwo-alarm blaze at 201 Autumn Leaf Place. Firefighter Ariel Jackson said heavy fire ...
Markakis powers Baysox
Aug 02, 2005 ... BOWIE - Given the way he played in his first Double-A game, theBowie Baysox may wish that Nick Markakis had been promoted to Bowie afew months ago. The 23-year-old outfielder, transferred from Class A Frederickearlier in the day, hit a three-run homer as part of a ...
Cayard will be Disney skipper
Aug 02, 2005; ... One of the worst-kept secrets in sailing will be acknowledgedtoday when Paul Cayard is announced as skipper of Black Pearl, theVolvo Ocean Race entry being sponsored by the Walt Disney Co. Most industry insiders believe Cayard agreed in principle to leadthe Disney syndicate several ...
Council changes its B&B rules in south county
Aug 02, 2005; ... The County Council last night tweaked a proposal to pave the wayfor bed-and-breakfast inns to open in south county, making it easierfor the owners of small properties to host paying visitors. Councilman Ed Reilly, R-Crofton, offered the amendment to hisbill, changing the minimum ...
Sports Comment: Is baseball's drug policy backwards?
Aug 02, 2005; ... BALTIMORE - There's something wrong with the steroid policies inprofessional sports. The rules are aimed at catching the cheaters whoingest or inject one or more of the substances deemed illegal, whichare considered performance-enhancing drugs. Like so many before him, Baltimore ...
White Sox complete sweep as Birds drop 6th straight
Aug 02, 2005; ... BALTIMORE - There was a baseball game at Oriole Park yesterday,but few people paid attention. Probably less than half of the announced crowd of 47,823 wasactually in attendance. Most of those there were talking more aboutRafael Palmeiro's 10-day suspension for violating baseball's ...
Children's Chorus schedule of shows
Aug 03, 2005 ... The All Children's Chorus of Annapolis rehearses from 5 to 7 p.m.every Wednesday, Labor Day through May, at the Unitarian UniversalistChurch of Annapolis, 333 Dubois Road. Rehearsals include exercises in sight singing, individualizedvocal training and performance preparation. A ...
Ask a Vet: Dry nose not a problem
Aug 03, 2005 ... I have a question about my 13-year-old Labrador retriever. Sheseems to suddenly have an extremely dry nose. I know that doesn'tsound so bad, but it's so dry the corner edges are separatingthemselves and have actually detached, and it looks as if it ispainful for her. Is there anything ...
Readers' views
Aug 03, 2005 ... Raps Astle I couldn't agree more with the many writers who expressed theirdisgust with state Sen. John Astle, D-Annapolis, for posing for aphoto in front of wildlife that he slaughtered. It was sickening. Thenext time, he should go hunting with a camera. GILLIAN ...