Capital (Annapolis) back issues from May 2007:
Most expensive properties
May 01, 2007 ... This house at 803 Coach Way in Annapolis is among the mostexpensive properties to be included Thursday in The Capital's "Forthe Record" section. The 7,000-square-foot waterfront contemporary Colonial-style homesold for $3.8 million. It last sold in 1997 for $1.8 ...
Letters to the Editor
May 01, 2007 ... Campus shooting In the preliminary reports concerning the killer in the VirginiaTech tragedy, one essential point has been neglected: The care andtreatment of the mentally ill is a broken system. The student killer gave daily warnings to classmates and facultyof his spiraling ...
Working Smart: Don't argue; negotiate
May 01, 2007; ... Whenever I try to ask co-workers for some extra support to meet mygoals, I get arguments, which sometimes turn unpleasant. Do you knowof any simple tactics I could use to get what I need? I don't like toargue, but I need their support. - Lois M. You're right to avoid arguments - no ...
Bright idea moves to Main St.
May 01, 2007; ... Sue Adams' business, Candles Off Main, has lived up to its titlesince its launch in 2005. But this off-the-beaten path store will be a bit more visible whenit moves to a 1,700-square-foot spot at 162 Main St., next to theAqua Terra of Annapolis restaurant, by July. "We ...
Price tag reaches $175 for '$100 laptop' project
May 01, 2007 ... CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) - The founder of the ambitious "$100 laptop"project, which plans to give inexpensive computers to schoolchildrenin developing countries, revealed last week that the machine costs$175 for now, and it will be able to run Windows in addition to itshomegrown open-source ...
Broadneck team honors VT victims
May 01, 2007; ... Broadneck High School math instructor Clayton Culp does doubleduty as the high school's head coach for Junior Varsity baseball. As the news of the 32 senseless killings at Virginia Tech sunk in,Mr. Culp sought a way to honor the teachers and students who perishedon the Blacksburg ...
CALENDAR
May 01, 2007 ... TOMORROW'S EVENTS PROVIDENCE CENTER, INC., greenhouses, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., ProvidenceCenter Greenhouses, 370 Shore Acres Road, Arnold. 410-766-2212. PUBLIC MEETING, Board of Environmental Sanitarians, 10 a.m., WyeIsland Natural Resources Management Area, 632 Wye Island ...
Free HDTV perks up demand for old-fashioned rabbit ears
May 01, 2007 ... CLEVELAND (AP) - Buying an antenna for a high-definitiontelevision seems as out of place as using a rotary phone to make acall. But some consumers are spending thousands of dollars on LCD orplasma TVs and hooking them up to $50 antennas that don't look muchdifferent from what ...
Americans over 55 filing bankruptcy at fastest rate
May 01, 2007 ... NEW YORK (AP) - Americans over the age of 55 are filing forbankruptcy at a faster rate than the general population as growingmortgage debt and higher health-care costs make them more vulnerable,a new study shows. The trend of rising bankruptcies among older Americans is likelyto ...
Police Beat
May 01, 2007 ... ANNAPOLIS AREA Attacked at work A 24-year-old woman was seriously burned by a co-worker Wednesdaywhile working at Westfield Annapolis mall, county police said. But Basilia De Olmos, of Edgewater, didn't seek medical treatmentfor the first-degree burns for more than six ...
Financial tips for new graduates
May 01, 2007; ... Graduation season is almost here, and with it a flood of soon-to-be-former students facing financial decisions that can affect alifetime. From managing student loans to dealing with a mailbox crammed withcredit-card applications, there are pitfalls at every turn. Yet thereare a ...
KIPP makes bid for space
May 01, 2007; ... In another attempt to keep its expansion plans afloat, a countycharter school has offered $100,000 for space in Annapolis Middlenext year. The one-year deal would let the growing Knowledge Is Power ProgramHarbor Academy use a handful of classrooms and add seventh-graders toits ...
Say hello to $3 gas
May 01, 2007; ... Matthew Sim had a few pithy - but unprintable - thoughts aboutpaying $3.05 for a gallon of regular unleaded gas in Eastportyesterday. Topping off his Chevrolet Tahoe at the Shell station on SixthStreet, Mr. Sim didn't even look at the price until he had alreadystarted ...
PERFECT PROSPECT
May 01, 2007; ... Severn's Beck no longer off radar of scouts Of all the kids who grow up playing baseball, only a select feware fortunate to make it to the big leagues. Severn School's SanderBeck is hoping to eventually be one of those lucky ones. He may have flown under the radar locally the ...
LOCAL DIGEST
May 01, 2007 ... New pumper truck coming to fire station EASTPORT - The Eastport Volunteer Fire Company has signed acontract with Pierce Manufacturing of Appleton, Wis., for a new fireengine for the Eastport fire station. The new 1,000-gallon-per-minute pumper will incorporate the ...
Eastport: Woman chosen as one of the '50 and fabulous'
May 01, 2007; ... Eastport resident Rosemary Katchmar did not expect turning 50would be a big event. "I would've breezed through my 50th birthday but the people aroundme were being so negative about it," she said. "I heard everythingfrom warnings about not giving out my age to men I date, to all ...
ARUNDEL DIGEST
May 01, 2007 ... Police still looking into auto accident ARNOLD - A 21-year-old Curtis Bay man was seriously injuredyesterday morning in Arnold when he rear-ended a county police carand spun into a dump truck, police said. Jory Lee Beatty, of 8200 West End Drive, was taken by helicopterto the ...
Athletes of week
May 01, 2007 ... BOYS Matthew Centrowitz, Broadneck track Centrowitz, a senior, ran the mile in 4 minutes, 8.38 seconds atthe Penn Relays which broke a 35-year-old meet record. The Universityof Oregon signee split 59.02 seconds over the final lap to set hispersonal outdoor best in front of ...
Around Crofton: Crofton hosts girls' lacrosse homecoming
May 01, 2007; ... In just five years, the Crofton girls' lacrosse program has grownfrom 84 players on four teams to 205 players on 13 teams and it isthe fourth largest girls' lacrosse program in the county. Commissioners Moira Leavitt and Bob Patterson and chairperson,Karen Davis, all of Crofton, ...
Saying thanks
May 01, 2007; ... For 18 days in the summer of 2005, Justin Breitenbach was in acoma. For 54 days, the 17-year-old lived at the Maryland Shock TraumaCenter in Baltimore undergoing a half-dozen surgeries and procedureson his head, chest and legs. But now - almost two years after a car crash in ...
Boys Lacrosse: Waugh comeback lifts Severna Park
May 01, 2007 ... Senior attackman Randy Waugh returned to the field for the firsttime since suffering a life-threatening preseason injury and scoredfour goals to lead third-ranked Severna Park to a 14-7 victory overSouthern. Waugh, cleared by doctors to practice a week ago, looked sharp inscoring ...
Girls Lacrosse: Mitchell powers Broadneck win
May 01, 2007 ... Scores four for Bruins Junior midfielder Lindsay Mitchell scored four goals to leadBroadneck to an 8-6, come-from-behind victory over host Annapolis. Junior midfielder Karri-Ellen Johnson scored three goals anddished off three assists for the Bruins, who outscored the ...
Prep Softball: Spalding's Weigman strikes out 15
May 01, 2007 ... Senior pitcher Stephanie Weigman struck out 15 and allowed justone unearned run as Spalding knocked off visiting Mercy, 5-1. Senior outfielder Sloane Van Meter went 3-for-3 with a triple andan RBI for the Cavaliers, who improved to 9-2 in IAAM A conferenceplay. Junior third baseman ...
Review: Housing Authority 'troubled'
May 01, 2007; ... The Annapolis Housing Authority continues to have problems withits record-keeping and safety hazards in its dwellings, according tothe latest evaluation by the federal government. But the authority's executive director said the review by theDepartment of Housing and Urban ...
DC youth jail to be rebuilt in Laurel
May 01, 2007; ... Despite the efforts of federal and local lawmakers, the Districtof Columbia's Oak Hill Detention Center in Laurel won't close anytimesoon. Instead, a new facility will be rebuilt just a few hundred yardsaway from its current location, pending the county's plans to use apart of ...
OBITUARIES
May 01, 2007 ... Bernard Banks Bernard "Bernie" Banks, 67, of Maui, Hawai, died April 22 of aheart attack in Maui. A longtime resident of Bowie, Mr. Banks was born in Philadelphia,Pa., where he graduated from Temple University as an electronicsengineer. He worked for IBM and Lockheed Martin ...
Graduation speakers set for academy, St. John's
May 01, 2007; ... The speakers for graduation at the Naval Academy and St. John'sCollege were announced yesterday. Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates will speak at the NavalAcademy's graduation and commissioning ceremony on May 25, academyofficials said. And noted bioethicist Leon Kass is ...
Prep Top 5
May 01, 2007 ... BASEBALL 1. Arundel (12-4) 2. Spalding (19-6) 3. North County (11-4) 4. Glen Burnie (8-5) 5. St. Mary's (10-3) SOFTBALL 1. Spalding (13-3) 2. Chesapeake (14-2) 3. Northeast (12-4) 4. North County (11-5) 5 ....
Prep Leaders
May 01, 2007 ... bASEBALL BATTING AB H AVG. T. Hibbs (AR) 49 32 .653 S. Pleffner (AR) 44 22 .500 T. Van Horn (AN) 28 14 .500 A. Poretz (SM) 57 28 .491 D. Wilcox (SM) 44 21 .477 T. Mendoza (AR) 31 14 .452 C. Crawford (AR) 31 14 .452 J ....
State holds line on property tax rate
May 01, 2007; ... Maryland will keep its property tax rate steady this year evenwhile on shaky financial footing. The state Board of Public Works - composed of Gov. MartinO'Malley, Comptroller Peter Franchot and Treasurer Nancy Kopp - votedyesterday to keep the rate level at 11.2 cents per $100 of ...
Tennis Results
May 01, 2007 ... SEVERNA PARK 8, SOUTHERN 1 Boys Singles K. Zingler (SP) d. H. Houck, 6-0, 6-1 A. Littlejohn (SP) d. A. Dippel, 6-0, 6-1 Girls Singles N. Aylor (SO) d. H. Fasick 6-4, 6-2 C. Ingram (SP) d. O. Glaser, 6-0, 6-1 Boys Doubles B ....
Prep Baseball: Third baseman sets pace for N. County
May 01, 2007; ... Knowing the superstitious proclivities of many baseball players,people at North County High School may have a sense of dej<0x00E0> vuin watching third baseman Matt Pace go through his daily routine forthe rest of the season. There isn't much that any ballplayer wouldn't do to ...
Simpson a show-stopper for Broadneck
May 01, 2007; ... Goalkeeper Pat Simpson and the Broadneck defense spoiled seniornight for the Annapolis boys lacrosse team. Simpson stopped 15 shots while his long sticks played lockdowndefense as fourth-ranked Broadneck controlled play from start tofinish in beating Annapolis, 9-2. Senior ...
Orioles feel Tigers' wrath
May 01, 2007 ... Angry Sheffield homers DETROIT (AP) - Gary Sheffield didn't get upset when Daniel Cabrerahit him with a pitch. When Cabrera started yelling at Detroit Tigersmanager Jim Leyland, though, Sheffield got angry. Sheffield homered off Cabrera moments after the pair had to bepulled ...
Cavaliers sweep away Wizards
May 01, 2007; ... WASHINGTON - Down by three points with 5 minutes left in Game 4,the Cleveland Cavaliers needed someone to put the Washington Wizardsaway. Time to turn to LeBron James, right? Not exactly. Actually, Larry Hughes and Zadrunas Ilgauskas combined forCleveland's next 18 points, ...
Severn frees itself from St. Mary's
May 01, 2007; ... Free-position score lifts Admirals past rival in final minute During practice this week, the Severn School girls lacrosse teamfocused on free-position shots because it knew that every scoringchance would count against archrival St. Mary's. Junior attacker Becca ...
Change no longer dirty word at Kentucky Derby
May 01, 2007 ... Trainers warm to switch to artificial surfaces LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Change doesn't come easily at the home ofthe Kentucky Derby, a place that likes to think time has stood stillon the first Saturday in May for the last 132 years. The hats at Churchill Downs on Derby Day ...
New 'call before you dig' number
May 01, 2007 ... WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) - A new phone number will make it easier to"call before you dig" in your yard and avoid hitting electric, gas orcable lines. Starting today, homeowners and professionals can dial 811 toarrange for utility companies to mark locations of underground ...
Nats' Patterson snaps out of skid
May 01, 2007 ... Tops Padres ace for first win SAN DIEGO (AP) - John Patterson was ready for his matchup withPadres ace Jake Peavy. Patterson allowed one run in six innings to outpitch Peavy and gethis first win in more than a year, leading the Washington Nationalsto a 3-2 win over San Diego ...
NL Roundup: Cards mourn, fall to Brewers
May 01, 2007; ... Jeff Suppan made it look routine, even though it was anything butsimple. Suppan pitched his 16th career complete game last night to leadMilwaukee to a 7-1 win over St. Louis in the Cardinals' first gamesince reliever Josh Hancock died in a car accident. Suppan (4-2), ...
First map to name America given to the United States
May 01, 2007 ... WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel yesterdayofficially handed over to the United States the 500-year-old map thatwas the first to tell the world of a new land it called America. Library of Congress historians say the world map, completed byGerman-born cleric ...
More bad news: Air dirtier than bay
May 01, 2007; ... Anne Arundel County's report card for air quality was issued thismorning and the grades are not good: F's all around. The county earned F's for ozone and particle pollution on thelatest "State of the Air" report from the American Lung Association. And though it might seem ...
Prep Schedule
May 01, 2007 ... TODAY BOYS LACROSSE Indian Creek at Rockbridge Academy, 3:30 p.m. AACS at Glenelg Country, 4 p.m. St. John's Prep at Key, 4:15 p.m. DeMatha at St. Mary's, 5 p.m. Annapolis at North County, 5 p.m. Broadneck at Old Mill, 5 p.m. Severna ...
No tax hikes in budget
May 01, 2007; ... The county's $1.2 billion spending plan for next year includes nonew income or property taxes, but gives schools less than half of theincrease educators requested. County Executive John R. Leopold unveiled his first budget thismorning, along with plans to fund everything from ...
War price tag to top $500B
May 01, 2007; ... WASHINGTON - The bitter fight over the latest Iraq spending billhas all but obscured a sobering fact: The war will soon cost morethan $500 billion. That's about 10 times more than the Bush administrationanticipated before the war started four years ago, ...
GUNMEN AMBUSH TRAVELES ON iRAQI HIGHWAY; 14 DIE Iraq legislation rare rebuke of war while troops in field
May 01, 2007 ... WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) - Anti-war legislation on the way toPresident Bush for his promised veto represents a rare rebuke byCongress of a large and ongoing ground conflict, even eclipsingchallenges made during the Vietnam War. While a bill ordering troops home from an ongoing ...
'D.C. Madam' threatens to call clients to testify
May 01, 2007; ... WASHINGTON - "Miz Julia" sent tremors through the nation's capitalyesterday simply by threatening to call her "clients" to testify ather trial. Talk about real power. But Miz Julia, otherwise known as Deborah Jeane Palfrey, isneither a politician nor a high government official ...
Navy probes videotaping of mids
May 01, 2007; ... An investigation is under way into numerous incidents of secretvideotaping of unsuspecting civilians and Naval Academy midshipmen inthe bedroom of an Annapolis home. A spokesman for the Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery confirmedyesterday that the Naval Criminal Investigative ...
NHL Playoffs: Thornton sparks Sharks
May 01, 2007 ... SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - The Sharks shuffled their lines and uppedtheir intensity midway through the game, yet they owed their Game 3comeback against the Detroit Red Wings to one constant factor in thispostseason. No matter the opponent or the situation, Joe Thornton has erasedhis ...
Search called off for missing boater
May 01, 2007 ... HOLTWOOD, Pa. (AP) - The search for a 16-year-old girl who wasaboard a small motorboat that tumbled over a hydroelectric dam on theSusquehanna River has been called off after two days of rescueefforts failed to locate her, authorities said. Nicole Jane Barlow, of Quarryville, is ...
Police: Mother of four slain children probably alive
May 01, 2007 ... HAGERSTOWN (AP) - The missing mother of four children who wereslain by their father in March is probably alive, the leadinvestigator said yesterday. Frederick Police Lt. Thomas Chase said there have been numerousreported but unconfirmed sightings of Deysi Benitez in the ...
REGIONAL DIGEST
May 01, 2007 ... New nuke plant in Lusby possible BALTIMORE - A site next to Constellation Energy's Calvert Cliffsnuclear power plant in Lusby has been selected as the location for apossible new nuclear plant, UniStar Nuclear announced yesterday. UniStar picked the site for its first combined ...
College Roundup
May 01, 2007 ... HOPKINS' WOMEN'S LACROSSE: Freshman Sam Schrum (St. Mary's) scoreda season-high four goals as 13th-ranked Johns Hopkins University (10-6) won for the fourth time in the last five games with a 15-9 non-conference victory over Towson (6-9). Senior Mary Key (St. Mary's), who leads the ...
Letters to the Editor
May 02, 2007 ... Simple words Regarding the Eric Smith Cityscape column headlined "Simple wordscan be more effective" (The Capital, April 16): Mr. Smith thinks words like "biodiversity" and terms like"wetlands restoration" and "fossil fuels dependence" are difficult.They are not. He ...
Wine, etc.: Wrong Annapolis, but right wines
May 02, 2007; ... If you have breezed through Bay Ridge Wine & Spirits recently, youmay have been stunned to find a wine made by the Annapolis Winery.Before you think vines have sprung up somewhere in the city, relax.It's located in Annapolis, California. Located in northern Sonoma County, just 2.4 ...
NAMES IN THE NEWS
May 02, 2007 ... Angela Marie Cunningham, 23, of Edgewater, was awarded the GoodCitizen of the Charleston County Community Award on March 27 inCharleston, S.C. She coordinated a homicide victims' support groupand the members' annual vigil. She worked with the Victim Advocatesof Charleston, the Sheriff's ...
CALENDAR
May 02, 2007 ... TOMORROW'S EVENTS PROVIDENCE CENTER, INC., greenhouses, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., ProvidenceCenter Greenhouses, 370 Shore Acres Road, Arnold. 410-766-2212. RENOVATION STATION, recycled building materials, home furnishingsto benefit Arundel Habitat, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., 8101 Fort Smallwood ...
Spice up Cinco de Mayo with these recipes
May 02, 2007 ... Mexican Beef Tortillas From Favorite Family Meals Cookbook 1 teaspoon honey 1 tablespoon lime juice Grated zest of half a lime 1 tablespoon soy sauce 1 large shallot, finely chopped 1 clove garlic, crushed 2 tablespoons olive ...
Dog's World: Sam the cat is looking for a home
May 02, 2007; ... Here is another column about cats. Hope you dog lovers don't mind,but I am sure that most of you like cats, too! I just received the newsletter from Rude Ranch Animal Rescue, Inc.in Harwood, and was quite taken by a picture of a cat named Sam (SamI am). A cute white cat, who says: ...
BTC's 'Table Manners' falls flat
May 02, 2007; ... William the Conqueror succeeded in his Norman Conquest. The BayTheatre Company was far less triumphant. This past weekend's production of "Table Manners," the first of atrilogy of plays known as "The Norman Conquests," suffered from amalady I'll call scriptus tepidus. Alan ...
there's nothing better than a margarita to celebrate Cinco de Mayo
May 02, 2007; ... Since Americans are always up for celebrating a holiday and sinceearly May is a time for the first outdoors party of the season, thisweekend brings two excuses for food festivities. With a perfect calendar arrangement, Cinco de Mayo (Fifth of May)falls on a Saturday, which makes a ...
Treats for the dog days
May 02, 2007 ... A reader called me recently to ask about recipes for dog biscuits.What a great idea, I said, especially with the ongoing concern aboutcontaminates showing up in pet food. I remembered seeing Amy Longcor at the Anne Arundel CountyFarmers' Market in Annapolis selling her dog treats ...
Eastport: Students participate in program at museum
May 02, 2007; ... The morning was still curled around vestiges of a chilly nightwhen Bates Middle School 8th grade students, 175 of them, saunteredoff the yellow school buses at the Annapolis Maritime Museum inEastport. A couple dozen adult volunteers eagerly awaited; they wanted toshare their ...
Shred-a-rama to protect against identity theft
May 02, 2007; ... Consumer experts say one of the best ways to avoid identity theftis to carefully dispose of sensitive documents like old tax records,bank and credit card statements and pay stubs. The best way to do it is to shred them. Home-office supply stores sell shredders. But if you, like ...
ARUNDEL DIGEST
May 02, 2007 ... Teen BB gun attacker arrested ANNAPOLIS - A 13-year-old boy suspected in a rash of BB gunattacks in the Clay Street area last month was arrested Monday afterhe ran away from his mother and threatened to hurt himself. City police were called to the 100 block of College Creek ...