Capital (Annapolis) back issues from March 2006:
Letters to the editor
Mar 01, 2006 ... Port operations Regarding the editorial headlined "Middle Eastern firm shouldn'tbe handed US port operations" (The Capital, Feb. 22): A company named Dubai Ports World purchased a British-ownedcompany that has been running commercial operations at the Port ofBaltimore, as ...
Second helping: Chesapeake chefsgear up for gumbo
Mar 01, 2006; ... Gumbo is a dish rarely eaten in solitude. It's often thecenterpiece of a party or a least a food that's associated with fun,frivolity, and friendship. So it is that the annual Chesapeake Chef's Gumbo competition is agood excuse to spend an afternoon to celebrate the moment ...
CALENDAR
Mar 01, 2006 ... TOMORROW'S EVENTS ANONYMOUS HIV TESTING, 11 am-1 p.m., Anne Arundel CountyDepartment of Health, Student Union Room 120, Anne Arundel CommunityCollege, 101 College Parkway. 410-777-2480. ART WALK HISTORIC STEVENSVILLE, 4-8 p.m., galleries, studios,downtown ...
Big increase in drug court money proposed
Mar 01, 2006; ... Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. has proposed boosting spending on drugtreatment courts more than tenfold. In his budget, the governor asks for an increase from just under$800,000 to $8.1 million. The state's 27 drug courts aren't actually separate courts, but aclosely supervised ...
Second helping: The many styles of macaroni and cheese
Mar 01, 2006 ... Macaroni and Cheese From the Friends of the Banneker-Douglass Museum Cookbook 1 pound macaroni 1 large onion, chopped or sliced 3 tablespoons flour 11/2 cups milk 1 pound cheese Grated cheese Bread crumbs and paprika Cook ...
Graduating mids get service assignments, look to graduation
Mar 01, 2006; ... Naval Academy seniors now have a better idea of what awaits themafter commissioning in May. Ocean-bound midshipmen learned Thursday night which ship they'llbe serving on. Surface warfare officers report to their assignedships upon graduation, whereas junior officers in other ...
Wine, etc: Wines worthy of VIPs
Mar 01, 2006; ... More and more product placements in movies, videos and televisionshows are playing an important role in marketing consumer products.We recently received a notice that Clos du Val Wines was going tosupply the gift bags to VIPs at the People's Choice Awards. Curious,we got a look at what ...
Our view: Red-light camerasgreat for revenue,if not safety
Mar 01, 2006 ... Most are delighted to see new technologies put to use protectingthe public or making the job of the police easier. For instance, we expect general support for coming legislation byCounty Councilman Ron Dillon Jr. to allow county police to carryTasers or similar hand-held ...
LOCAL DIGEST
Mar 01, 2006 ... Crash survivor begins recovery PASADENA - The Chesapeake High School student injured in a carcrash last week that killed her boyfriend and a third teen is homerecovering. Beth Boudra, 17, of Pasadena was taken to the Shock-Trauma Centerat University Hospital after the car she ...
Community conversations: Community center offers something for all ages
Mar 01, 2006; ... The Community Center is a multigenerational recreational facility.I have been asked, "What does multigenerational mean?" Let me give you two examples. On Tuesday from 9 to 10 a.m., Karen Schindler from Aetna willpresent a free informational seminar on the new Medicare Part ...
Macaroni and cheese, please!
Mar 01, 2006; ... Whether it's called "soul food" or "comfort food," the blendingtogether of cooked macaroni and its favorite companion, cheese,continues to be an American dish of choice. Barbara Butler of Annapolis said that macaroni and cheese isALWAYS on the menu for her big family dinners as ...
Review: ASO brings Mozart to the (young) masses
Mar 01, 2006; ... The problem of making classical music attractive and accessible toyounger audiences is a perennial one. To the delight of their youngaudience, the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra and The Children's Groupproduction of Classical Kids Live! presented a lively andentertaining solution to this ...
Drunken driver's fate closely watched
Mar 01, 2006; ... Well over 100 people are expected to attend tomorrow's sentencingof a drunken driver who killed two Arnold teenagers, and county courtofficials are preparing to broadcast the hearing over closed-circuittelevision to accommodate the overflow crowd. Linda Lee Nichols, 47, pleaded ...
FDA OKs skin patchto treat depression
Mar 01, 2006 ... WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) - Federal regulators approved the firstantidepressant skin patch yesterday, providing a different way toadminister a drug already used by Parkinson's disease patients. The Food and Drug Administration approved the selegilinetransdermal patch, agency ...
OBITUARIES
Mar 01, 2006 ... June Agee Carolyn June Agee, 79, of Dunkirk and previously of Annapolis,died Feb. 26 at the Spa Creek Center-Genesis ElderCare fromcomplications of Alzheimer's disease after a nine-year illness. Mrs. Agee was born June 12, 1926, in Franklin County, Va., andattended Jefferson ...
County: New law won't hurt golf plan
Mar 01, 2006; ... A multimillionaire's plan to build a private golf course inHarwood will not be affected by new legislation banning private clubson scenic and historic south county roads, county officials said thisweek. But the attorney for a Christian school whose plans would beblocked by the ...
With mom facing charges, teen says police intimidating him
Mar 01, 2006; ... The 17-year-old son of a woman charged in connection with herboyfriend's stabbing death has been on his own since her arrestFriday and says county police have been intimidating him. "I have no clue what is going on," said Matthew Haarhoff, whocalled The Capital yesterday after five ...
Man on trial in Jessup slaying
Mar 01, 2006; ... On this much, there's no disagreement: Marcus Christian andMichael Conway got into a fight one Friday night at Nani's Place, abar in Severn. Back at Mr. Christian's trailer in Jessup, the argument continuedand Mr. Christian told Mr. Conway - who had no permanent home andoften ...
Seniors propel Old Mill to 4A East regional rout
Mar 01, 2006 ... Big performances from seniors Derrick Harris, Andrew Engel andRodney Stokes helped Old Mill's boys basketball team dominateLeonardtown, 83-47, in the Class 4A East quarterfinals last night. Harris had a double-double with 16 points and 11 rebounds, whileStokes matched the feat with ...
ARUNDEL DIGEST
Mar 01, 2006 ... BankAnnapolis joins Market House lineup ANNAPOLIS - Several weeks after renovations began on the MarketHouse, BankAnnapolis announced that it will open a new branch at thehistoric downtown landmark. The branch, which will be similar in size to a grocery store bankbranch, is ...
NATIONAL DIGEST
Mar 01, 2006 ... Cancer drug OK'd to treat arthritis WASHINGTON, D.C. - The nation's best-selling cancer drug has wonfederal approval as a treatment for rheumatoid arthritis patients forwhom other, older drugs don't work, Genentech Inc. and Biogen IdecInc. said today. The Food and Drug ...
Senior guard triggers North County's late surge
Mar 01, 2006; ... Miguel Jones, an athletic senior guard for the North County boysbasketball team, has thrived off his athleticism all season as theKnights ran through the county, finishing as runners-up to Old Mill. That athleticism is exactly what Glen Burnie, playing an active 2-3 zone and ...
Lackluster Annapolis advances
Mar 01, 2006; ... Annapolis' boys basketball team isn't going to go far in thepostseason if it plays like it did last night. The Panthers slept-walked through the better part of threequarters, allowing underdog Northeast to hang around in a low-scoring affair. Senior swingman Daishawn Anderson ...
Baseball: Hidalgo seeking past pop
Mar 01, 2006 ... FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - Richard Hidalgo arrived at theOrioles' spring training facility thinking about how his fortune hadchanged. In 2000, Hidalgo seemed destined for stardom after batting .314with 44 homers and 122 RBIs in his first full season with the ...
Spring opener a mixed bag for Nats
Mar 01, 2006 ... VIERA, Fla. (AP) - Will it be Jose Vidro or Alfonso Sorianostarting at second base when the Washington Nationals open theirexhibition season today? The answer: neither. Manager Frank Robinson's lineup for the game against the KiaTigers from South Korea will be a mixture of ...
Sports comment: Classic case of getting over-excited about baseball
Mar 01, 2006; ... Hey, hey baseball fans. Are you excited yet? Are you wringing yourhands? Are you moving to the edge of your seat? If you love baseball, you had better be all of those things. Youranxiety has to be peaking. You have to stop clenching your teeth. Youneed to take a deep breath and ...
Bumpy ride nears endfor Maryland's seniors
Mar 01, 2006 ... By JOHN McNAMARA Staff Writer COLLEGE PARK - Over the past four years, Maryland seniorbasketball players Travis Garrison and Nik Caner-Medley haveexperienced just about everything imaginable. They've won big games,earned a conference championship and played on NCAA Tournament ...
NFL talksbreak off
Mar 01, 2006 ... NEW YORK (AP) - NFL labor talks broke off three days before thestart of free agency, leaving teams and players in a quandary aboutnegotiating new contracts. Gene Upshaw, executive director of the NFL Players Association,spent the last three days meeting in New York and Washington ...
Touch of Jones lifts Meade
Mar 01, 2006; ... No better time than the playoffs to start padding you Player ofthe Year resume. Senior Johann Jones had a game-high 23 points, 23 rebounds andfive assists to lead the Meade High School boys basketball team to alopsided 76-38 victory over visiting Chesapeake in the quaterfinalsof ...
Shady side: Condition of Shady Side ballfields irks parents
Mar 01, 2006 ... By E.B. FURGURSON III Staff Writer At Shady Side Park, parents think their kids have a home-fielddisadvantage. Though youth soccer teams were scheduled to start spring practiceat the park today, a small ditch left over from county parks work isrunning through the ...
BONDING EXPERIENCE
Mar 01, 2006; ... Barry Bonds wore a strapless dress and a blonde wig, trying tolook like Paula Abdul in front of a small gathering of fans andteammates, as the San Francisco Giants staged their version of"American Idol." Bonds entertained and delighted everyone watching the mock contestat Giants ...
General Assembly: Democrats try to force Ehrlichto pay for immigrant health care
Mar 01, 2006 ... ASSOCIATED PRESS Some Democrats in the General Assembly want to force Gov. RobertL. Ehrlich Jr. to restore health care for immigrant women andchildren. At issue is $7 million the Republican governor cut from his budgetlast year, money that would've gone to cover Medicaid for ...
House approves cointo commemorate Braille
Mar 01, 2006 ... WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) - Louis Braille, the inventor of the mostwidely used reading and writing method for the blind, would befeatured on a commemorative U.S. silver dollar under a bill approvedby the House yesterday. Under the bill, the U.S. Mint would issue 400,000 silver ...
A feel for the fire
Mar 01, 2006; ... Being a politician, Alderman Sam Shropshire, D-Ward 7, is wellacquainted with "being on the hot seat," "feeling the heat," and"jumping from the frying pan into the fire." On Tuesday night however, those hoary old cliches becamefrighteningly literal. Flanked by fellow aldermen ...
Schoolslacking incomplexreading
Mar 01, 2006 ... WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) - The ability to handle complex reading isthe major factor separating high school students who are ready forcollege reading from those who are not, according to a new report. The study by ACT, a nonprofit company that tests students, foundthat most states ...
State senator saves choking opponent
Mar 01, 2006; ... Sen. John A. Giannetti Jr. walked into his favorite Italianrestaurant in downtown Annapolis Monday night thinking he'd just pickup some carry-out penne and meatballs. He ended up saving the life of the political rival he may face inthe November election by forcing a chunk of ...
Army's McGuire namedtop Patriot League feshman
Mar 01, 2006; ... Army women's basketball coach Maggie Dixon didn't recruit AlexMcGuire. However, you can bet the first-year coach was darn glad toinherit the versatile freshman guard. After replacing Sherri Abbey-Nowatzki in October, Dixon arrived atWest Point and received a scouting report on her ...
Justicesmay givevictory toplaymate
Mar 01, 2006 ... WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) - Playboy Playmate Anna Nicole Smith's datewith the Supreme Court had all the trappings of a soap opera: tears,a family feud and lots of money. And justices hinted the 11-year fight was far from over. The court will decide in a few months whether to renew ...
Higgins at homeas Canadiens win
Mar 01, 2006 ... UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) - Long Island native Christopher Higginsscored two goals to help the Montreal Canadiens beat the New YorkIslanders 5-3 on last night in the first game for both teams sincethe Olympic break. Higgins, from Smithtown, made it 3-0 with 42 seconds left in ...
Caps down struggling Leafs
Mar 01, 2006 ... TORONTO (AP) - Darcy Tucker was not happy that the WashingtonCapitals were laughing at his Toronto Maple Leafs. Matt Pettinger scored twice and the Capitals ended a four-gamelosing streak by beating the struggling Maple Leafs 5-3 last night. Rookie sensation Alex Ovechkin, ...
Contract awarded for Naval Academy field house
Mar 01, 2006; ... The Navy has awarded a $45.5 million contract for construction ofthe Wesley Brown Field House at the Naval Academy, the Pentagonannounced last night. Groundbreaking for the new facility, to be named in honor of theacademy's first African-American graduate, is scheduled for 9 ...
Beat-up Bulls hang on to win
Mar 01, 2006 ... CHICAGO (AP) - Malik Allen went to the hospital. Chris Duhon'snight ended when he took a shot to the face. And after all that pain, Chicago Bulls forward Tyson Chandlerstill called it "a good game overall." The Bulls put those scary moments aside and hung on for a ...
Teen staysin jail inbank heist
Mar 01, 2006 ... UPPER MARLBORO (AP) - A Prince George's County judge foundprobable cause yesterday to hold a teenager in the kidnapping of ayounger boy who was forced to rob a bank. Jeremiah Brown Hall, 17, of Landover, is also charged with falseimprisonment and first- and second-degree assault ....
Honor roll: MAGOTHY RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL
Mar 01, 2006 ... The following students were named to the principal's honor rollfor the second marking period at Magothy River Middle School: SIXTH GRADE: Devin Bloh, David Cattano, Kayla Cook, Evan Cooper,Alyssa Crew, Samantha Dean, Carley Dizon, Tyler Drake, KimberlyDruhan, Samantha Eckley, ...
Men's top 25: Victory puts LSU on brink of ending SEC title drought
Mar 01, 2006 ... COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - LSU has a chance to make history thisweekend by winning the Southeastern Conference title outright for thefirst time in 20 years. They might not have to wait that long - if Tennessee loses. The No. 21 Tigers (21-7, 13-2) clinched at least a share of ...
Consumerspulled outtheir walletsin January
Mar 01, 2006 ... WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) - Consumers, lured out to the stores by thewarmest January in more than a century, spent at a rapid clip thatoutpaced their incomes. That meant their savings rate started the year where it finished2005, a year which saw a negative savings rate for the first ...
Senate panels OK stem cell research bill
Mar 01, 2006; ... A stem cell research bill was approved by two Senate committeesyesterday, but not until they had voted to eliminate a requirementthat future state budgets include money for research projects inMaryland. The approval in the Senate came one day before the House ofDelegates was ...
REGIONAL DIGEST
Mar 01, 2006 ... Ehrlich makes pitch for prison funds Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., beginning a campaign to thwartlegislative attempts to cut his budget, urged lawmakers yesterday toreject $35 million in spending reductions proposed for adult andjuvenile prisons by General Assembly budget ...
Honor roll: SOUTHERN MIDDLE SCHOOL
Mar 02, 2006 ... The following students were named to the principal's honor rollfor the second marking period at Southern Middle School: SIXTH GRADE: Megan Curl, Alyssa Day, Ian Frazer, Gregory Furr,Sean Galloway, Kayla Geist, Julie Haas, Kimberly Hagopian, JamesHiatt, Alyssa Mattero, Kathleen ...
Obituaries
Mar 02, 2006 ... Dorothy Johnson Dorothy Lee Johnson, 69, of Chesapeake Beach, died Feb. 20 inChesapeake Beach after a lengthy illness. Known as "Flossie," Ms. Johnson was born in Owensville andgraduated in 1956 from the former Wiley H. Bates High School. Sheretired from the county Board of ...
Places of worship in South County
Mar 02, 2006 ... A.M.E. EBENEZER - Main Street, Galesville. The Rev. Gary Curtis,minister. Services: 11 a.m. Sunday. Sunday school: 9 a.m., adults;9:30 a.m., children. 410-867-4910. APOSTOLIC FAITH COMMUNITY CHURCH - 1306 Marlboro Road, Lothian. Bishop JamesC. Wallace, pastor ....
Coughing sickens 6 students
Mar 02, 2006 ... Six students at Southern Middle School in Lothian came down with amysterious "dry, hacking cough" last week, county fire officialssaid. One child went home at lunch on Feb. 21 and the other five - oneboy and four girls - were taken to Anne Arundel Medical Center inParole just ...
Announcements
Mar 02, 2006 ... Preservation meet County Executive Janet S. Owens and the Department of Recreationand Parks will host a public meeting on agricultural and woodlandpreservation options at 7 tonight at the London Town Public HouseVisitors Center in Edgewater. The meeting will focus on three ...
Small Deale marina makes big deal of its service
Mar 02, 2006; ... Mark Anton travels from Leesburg, Va., to Rockhold Creek Marina touse his 40-foot Silverton Aft Cabin year-round. It's not a swanky restaurant, a pool or a wireless Internetconnection that attracts him - it's their absence that convinced himto keep his boat at the marina in ...
Sports: Southern girls win 1st playoff
Mar 02, 2006; ... For the better part of a half, Stephen Decatur High School gavehost Southern all it could handle Monday night in the girls'basketball playoff opener. Southern took several nice leads, but couldn't shake the visitorsfrom the Berlin area on the Eastern Shore. "We were playing ...
County: New law won't hurt golf plan
Mar 02, 2006; ... A multimillionaire's plan to build a private golf course inHarwood will not be affected by new legislation banning private clubson scenic and historic South County roads, county officials said thisweek. But the attorney for a Christian school whose plans would beoutlawed by the ...
Teacher nurtures young writers
Mar 02, 2006; ... Alligator pie, alligator pie, If I don't get some I think I'm going to die. Give away the green grass, give away the sky, But don't give away my alligator pie! For many children at Lothian Elementary School in the 1980s and'90s, this gem by Dennis Lee opened the ...
The Buzz: Deale merchant of the year honored
Mar 02, 2006; ... More than 25 years after moving to Deale, Carole Franklin knows alot about the community. She's run or co-owned an accountingbusiness, a liquor store, and now, a cafe and collectibles store anda fitness club in the village. "I hope to see more infrastructure, pavements, street ...
Condition of Shady Side ballfields irks parents
Mar 02, 2006; ... At Shady Side Park, parents think their kids have a home-fielddisadvantage. Though youth soccer teams were scheduled to start spring practiceat the park yesterday, a small ditch left over from county parks workis running through the multipurpose field. As of Tuesday, the ...
Political notes: Samorajczyk passes on county exec race
Mar 02, 2006 ... EDITOR'S NOTE: Political Notes is a periodic compilation ofpolitical news items. --- County Councilman Barbara D. Samorajczyk ended months ofspeculation yesterday by saying she won't run for county executive inthe fall and has no immediate plans for political office after ...
SCHOOL NOTES
Mar 02, 2006 ... Julia Kay Maruszewski, daughter of Richard and Mary KateMaruszewski of Arnold and a St. Mary's High School graduate,graduated in December from Pennsylvania State University with abachelor's of science degree in communication sciences and disorders. * * * Alexander James ...
Letters to the editor
Mar 02, 2006 ... Port security The president of the United States and his cronies have secretlynegotiated a deal to sell our American port operations, includingthose at Baltimore, to the Arabs. To the Arabs? I must be dreaming. But I'm not. President Bush says he will not back off his ...
For the record: GRADING PERMITS
Mar 02, 2006 ... 805 209th St., Pasadena, Blanchfield Landscape, residentialgrading and sediment control for house, $7,005. 438 Shady Lane, Pasadena, Elias Poe III, residential grading forhouse, and driveway, $4,266. 91 Bay Drive, Annapolis, John Messenger, residential grading todemolish and ...
3 from areafinalists forprogram
Mar 02, 2006 ... Three area residents have been named regional finalists in thecompetition for the White House Fellows Program, the nation's mostprestigious program for leadership and public service. Candidates include Army Lt. Cmdr. Miguel Damian Howe of Severn;Westley Watende Moore, investment ...
For the record: MARRIAGE LICENSES
Mar 02, 2006 ... Trig, Christopher, 22, Arnold, and Johnson, Megan, 20, Arnold. Wilke, Christopher, 40, Brooklyn Park, and Lee, Brenda, 41,Brooklyn Park. Howard, Ronald, 36, Pasadena, and Meyer, Rebecca, 27, Pasadena. Bruno, Richard, 25, Princeton, N.J., and Cross, Mary, 23,Princeton, ...