Capital (Annapolis) back issues from April 2008:
Working Best: How to resign - with class
Apr 01, 2008; ... It's time for me to resign. I've accepted a new position and wantto be up front about my reasons, but want to leave on a pleasant,professional note. How should I handle this? - Richard G. Resign in the same way you'd want someone who is working for youto resign - with politeness, ...
Letters to the Editor
Apr 01, 2008 ... Porch columns Bryan Miller and his supporters, including the MarylandHistorical Trust, have done some interesting spin concerning hisinstallation of fiberglass porch columns instead of the woodencolumns approved by the Historic Preservation Commission. Fiberglass columns ...
Annapolis: Record album debut staged as a fundraiser for May 23 'Youth Summit'
Apr 01, 2008; ... Two men serenaded the audience gathered at Pesce Grande ItalianGrille & Bistro. Delray M. Richardson rapped about Hurricane Katrina, politics andfickle women. "I love doing this! Turn it up! Turn it up!" he urgedthe man operating the sound system. Tony Spencer responded with ...
MILITARY NEWS
Apr 01, 2008 ... Marine Lt. Col. John E. Merna, a career infantry officer, hasbeen selected to attend the Army War College in Carlisle, Pa. He is currently deployed with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unitin the Persian Gulf where he serves as a battalion commander. Uponcompletion of his seventh ...
Prep Girls Lacrosse: Konrad's five scores propel Spalding to win
Apr 01, 2008 ... Senior Christy Konrad's five goals paced Archbishop Spalding'sgirls lacrosse team in a come-from-behind 11-9 victory over visitingMaryvale Prep in an IAAM A Conference game. The Cavaliers won their seventh game in eight outings to startthe season. Junior Stefanie Paskal added ...
Prep softball: Nescio's no-hitter powers Spalding
Apr 01, 2008 ... Cavaliers deal Mercy first setback Junior Elaine Nescio tossed a five-inning no-hitter as theArchbishop Spalding girls lacrosse team handed visiting Mercy itsfirst loss, 14-0, in a slaughter-rule shortened contest. Meghan Van Meter provided more than enough offensive power with ...
Baseball: Hodges hurls Eagles to fifth straight win
Apr 01, 2008 ... Eight-inning pitching outing lifts Northeast John Hodges went the extra distance to help Northeast HighSchool's unbeaten baseball team post its fifth straight victory, a 4-3 win over Broadneck yesterday. Eagles senior pitcher John Hodges went a full eight innings forthe extra ...
Review: 'Kiss Me, Kate' succeeds
Apr 01, 2008; ... You have to hand it to Colonial Players - not only are theyputting on an enjoyable Cole Porter musical, but they continue toattract talented performers who seem to delight in helping theaudience members enjoy themselves. You'd never know that Colonial Players had to overcome ...
POLICE BEAT
Apr 01, 2008 ... Annapolis area Gun, drugs found An unidentified man nearly collided with a police car yesterdaybefore he abandoned his own car that contained a handgun andmarijuana, city police said. Shortly after 1 a.m., an officer was on patrol on Forest Drivenear Spa Road when a ...
CALENDAR
Apr 01, 2008 ... TOMORROW'S EVENTS RECRUITMENT BREAKFAST, by Leadership Anne Arundel, 7:30-9 a.m.,Anne Arundel Community College, Cade Center for Fine Arts, Room 219,101 College Parkway, Arnold. 410-571-9798. PROVIDENCE CENTER, INC., greenhouses, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.,Providence Center ...
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Apr 01, 2008 ... BOYS Jason Patten, senior, Archbishop Spalding, baseball Patten threw a one-hit shutout in an 11-0 win against Old Mill onSaturday a day after hitting a home run against Cardinal Gibbons. Patten, who will play baseball next season with RadfordUniversity, hit a solo home ...
Our view: Editor's notebook
Apr 01, 2008 ... TOUCHY-FEELY SECURITY? - In this area we're the first to beexposed to the latest notions in airport security, as theTransportation Security Administration usually tries them out at BWIThurgood Marshall Airport. The very latest ideas, to be tested atBWI starting in May, involve New Age ...
Oil prices drop with other commodities
Apr 01, 2008 ... NEW YORK (AP) - Crude oil prices accelerated their declineyesterday, tumbling more than $4 a barrel amid a broad-basedcommodities selloff. Light, sweet crude for May delivery dropped $4.04 to settle at$101.58 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, adding to adecline of ...
Most Expensive Properties
Apr 01, 2008 ... This house at 1201 Penderbrooke Court in Crownsville is among themost expensive properties to be included Thursday in The Capital's"For the Record" section. The 4,000-square-foot, Colonial style home on 4 acres sold for$950,000. It last sold for $475,000 in 1999. Others ...
BRAC funding goes to Meade roads, AACC
Apr 01, 2008; ... Traffic lights will be improved near Fort George G. Meade, andnew equipment purchased for Anne Arundel Community College'sradiology program, thanks to $5.7 million in federal funding. The funds, unveiled yesterday by Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger, willhelp the 2nd Congressional District ...
Agreement could close door on energy settlement
Apr 01, 2008; ... As a condition of ending dueling lawsuits and putting money backinto customers' pockets, the potential settlement between the stateand Constellation Energy includes an agreement for the state to stopexamining the arrangement that led to the tremendous spike in thecosts of Baltimore Gas ...
PREP SCHEDULE
Apr 01, 2008 ... TODAY BASEBALL Spalding at John Carroll, 4 p.m. Key at Beth Tfiloh, 4 p.m. Indian Creek at Saints Peter & Paul, 4 p.m. SOFTBALL Pallotti at Archbishop Spalding, 4 p.m. Notre Dame Prep at AACS, 4 p.m. McDonogh at St. Mary's, 4 ...
OBITUARIES
Apr 01, 2008 ... Christopher Colby Christopher G. Colby, 58, of Cape St. Claire, died of cancerMarch 27 at Anne Arundel Medical Center. Mr. Colby was born Sept. 14, 1949, in Minneapolis, Minn., toNaida Colby of Minnesota. He came to Annapolis in 1976, where he became a chef at ...
Sports comment: O-VERMATCHED FROM STARTOpening setback sign of struggles to come for Birds
Apr 01, 2008; ... BALTIMORE - The Baltimore Orioles will probably play a lot ofgames like this over the course of the 2008 season. There were some exciting moments, a few promising signs, butultimately the rebuilding Orioles were overmatched and out-classed. Starting pitcher Jeremy Guthrie lost ...
Prep notebook: Balance buoys Cavs on baseball diamond
Apr 01, 2008 ... Even offensive effort key to 12-2 start More than anything this season, Archbishop Spalding is succeedingon balance. That's how the Cavaliers (12-2) eased past Old Mill and Boys'Latin last weekend. Between solid pitching and timely hitting,Archbishop Spalding didn't have much ...
After decade of losing, O's try little patience
Apr 01, 2008 ... BALTIMORE <0x00AD>- Historically, Baltimore baseball fans havebeen a knowledgeable bunch. Loyal, diehard Orioles followers knowwhen the organization is truly committed to winning or whenmanagement is simply making a half-hearted attempt at beingcompetitive. For the past decade, ...
Softball: Bruins make most of burst
Apr 01, 2008; ... Corie Seitler had a different view of Heather Brown yesterday,and she made the most of it. Seitler broke the game open with a fifth-inning single, andBroadneck took advantage of seven errors to beat Northeast, 9-3. "I didn't expect to score nine runs," said Seitler, who ...
State seafood festival canceled
Apr 01, 2008; ... The state seafood festival that has served as a major fundraiserin Anne Arundel County for more than four decades has been canceledfor this year amid concerns of a weaker economy. Officials with the Annapolis and Anne Arundel County Chamber ofCommerce, which controls the Maryland ...
Braves sign Spiezio
Apr 01, 2008 ... ATLANTA (AP) - Scott Spiezio will try to return to the majorswith a team that rarely takes a chance on troubled players. Spiezio agreed yesterday to a minor league contract with theAtlanta Braves, who'll give the infielder an opportunity to showhe's cleaned up his life after an ...
Stanford swaggers by Terps
Apr 01, 2008 ... SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer pulledCandice Wiggins aside to make sure her star wasn't feeling uneasy ornervous. "She says, 'I'm not nervous,"' VanDerveer said. "And I said,'well Candice, we want to play more. We don't want this to be ourlast ...
Rain offers reprieve for Rockies
Apr 01, 2008 ... ST. LOUIS (AP) - Jeff Francis and the National League championColorado Rockies get a do-over. The left-hander, who tied the franchise record with 17 wins lastyear, walked three St. Louis Cardinals, each on four pitches, in afour-run first inning and gave up a home run to Albert ...
NFL: Pats' spying violations still an issue for NFL
Apr 01, 2008; ... PALM BEACH, Fla. - The ghost of "Spygate" is still haunting theNational Football League. The high-profile legal imbroglio involvingthe New England Patriots' illegal videotaping of opponents' signalsremains a major issue at the league owners' meetings. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell ...
Nationals power by Phillies
Apr 01, 2008 ... Johnson's RBI double sparks rally in ninth PHILADELPHIA (AP) - These aren't the light-hitting WashingtonNationals anymore. Nick Johnson's tiebreaking RBI double off Tom Gordon highlighteda five-run ninth inning and the Nationals beat the PhiladelphiaPhillies 11-6 ...
NL roundup: Santana dazzles in debut for Mets; Dodgers blank Giants
Apr 01, 2008; ... Johan Santana wasted no time putting the National League onnotice with a dominating opening day start for the New York Mets. Joe Torre appears to have the Los Angeles Dodgers ready to make arun in the NL West this season. Santana struck out eight and gave up three hits in seven ...
Ovechkin, Caps eager for shot
Apr 01, 2008; ... A big week for 'Big Guy' ARLINGTON, Va. - The NHL's leading scorer is chomping at the bitto get into the playoffs for the first time. Most everyone agrees itwould be good for the league as a whole if he got there. The next few days will determine if he makes it. Alex ...
Severn Bank Building loses first tenant
Apr 01, 2008; ... Cafe Matisse, the first outside business to open in WestgateCircle's Severn Bank Building closed its doors last week, a littlemore than a year after its opening. Owners Matisse Gilson and Heather Philips, her sister, shutteredthe doors of their coffee shop and wine bar ...
LSU makes 5th straight Final Four
Apr 01, 2008 ... NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Sylvia Fowles will finish her LSU career 4-for-4 at reaching Final Fours. The Lady Tigers still must win two more games to capture theirschool's first national championship, which could happen if their 6-foot-6 center keeps playing like she did last night against ...
Weary Wizards check out early against Jazz
Apr 01, 2008 ... SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - C.J. Miles was the only Utah starter stillplaying at the end of a blowout against the Washington Wizards. With the game Miles was having, coach Jerry Sloan would have hada hard time getting him out of there, anyway. Miles scored a career high 29 points, ...
More turf fields doled out
Apr 01, 2008; ... Broadneck High School's new artificial turf has allowed studentsto be on the field around the clock. That was impossible with the Lawrence E. Knight Stadium's former,delicate grass fields, said Ken Kazmarek, the school's athleticdirector. Since the new turf was placed in 2006, ...
ARUNDEL DIGEST
Apr 01, 2008 ... Man robbed at gunpoint in break-in Maryland City - Five men - some armed with guns - forced theirway into a Maryland City home early yesterday morning, robbed an 81-year-old man inside, and stole his car, county police said. But detectives aren't releasing many details about ...
AL roundup: Mariners win behind Bedard
Apr 01, 2008 ... SEATTLE (AP) - Erik Bedard had a wild beginning with the SeattleMariners. The new ace fanned Ian Kinsler on three pitches to open hiscareer with the Mariners, the last a wicked curve. Then he gave up ahomer to Michael Young and struggled to throw strikes. But Adrian Beltre ...
Supreme Court to review sonar use
Apr 01, 2008 ... WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) - The Justice Department yesterday askedthe Supreme Court to review a federal appeals court decisionlimiting the Navy's use of sonar off the Southern California coastbecause of potential harm to dolphins and whales. The Justice Department petition argues that ...
Drury's goal lifts Rangers
Apr 01, 2008 ... NEW YORK (AP) - Chris Drury scored a power-play goal 1:46 intoovertime, giving the New York Rangers a 2-1 victory over Pittsburghlast night that kept the Penguins from clinching their firstdivision title in 10 years. The Rangers were given the advantage in the opening minute of ...
Report: Low graduation rates in many city school districts
Apr 01, 2008 ... WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) - Seventeen of the nation's 50 largestcities had high school graduation rates lower than 50 percent, withthe lowest graduation rates reported in Detroit, Indianapolis andCleveland, according to a report released today. The report, issued by America's Promise ...
Esther Carpenter, longtime social worker, dies at 94
Apr 01, 2008 ... Esther H. Carpenter of Annapolis made social services her lifework. She worked for the Department of Social Services in Annapolisfrom 1946 to 1975, where she was the director for 20 years, thendevoted her retirement years to volunteer work with her church, theYWCA, and Planned Parenthood ...
Youth is served on All-America team
Apr 01, 2008; ... For first time, no seniors are selected North Carolina's Tyler Hansbrough and Kansas State's MichaelBeasley were unanimous selections to The Associated Press' All-America team yesterday. For the first time, no senior was chosen. Beasley and Kevin Love of UCLA made it two ...
BWI selected for new passenger-scanning system
Apr 01, 2008; ... Smile, airport passengers, you're on candid camera. The Transportation Security Administration has selected BWIThurgood Marshall Airport as one of the locations to test a newscreening technology that will allow checkpoint personnel tovirtually peek under passengers' ...
Five injured in six-vehicle crash
Apr 01, 2008; ... Five people were injured in a six-vehicle crash at an Arnoldintersection this morning, where residents and a county leader arepushing for a flashing light, or to close it off entirely for safetyissues. The crash took place just before 8 a.m. on Ritchie Highway atJoyce ...
COLLEGE SCHEDULE
Apr 01, 2008 ... TODAY Baseball AACC at Harford, 4 p.m. Women's lacrosse Canisius at Navy, 4 p.m. TOMORROW Baseball Towson at Navy, 3:30 p.m. THURSDAY Baseball AACC at Patrick Henry, Va. (DH), 2 p.m. Men's lacrosse AACC ...
REGIONAL DIGEST
Apr 01, 2008 ... Boy, 6, caught with two loaded guns RANDALLSTOWN - Baltimore County police say a 6-year-old boy hasbeen turned over to his parents after he was caught with two loadedhandguns at Randallstown Elementary School. According to police, the boy was detained after a 9 millimeterKahr ...
COLLEGE ROUNDUP
Apr 01, 2008 ... NAVY BASEBALL: The Naval Academy Athletic Association will hold a"Meet the Mids" event in between the Army-Navy baseball doubleheaderon April 12 at Terwilliger Brothers Field at Max Bishop Stadium,starting at noon. The Navy baseball team will be available for autographs inbetween ...
Orioles notebook: Orioles add insurance at unsettled position
Apr 01, 2008; ... BALTIMORE - One of the most glaring holes in the BaltimoreOrioles' Opening Day lineup is at shortstop. Perennial All-StarMiguel Tejada was traded to the Houston Astros during the off-season and neither Luis Hernandez nor Brandon Fahey has proven acapable replacement. Hernandez ...
City nonprofits fight for their share of nothing
Apr 01, 2008; ... Mayor Ellen O. Moyer cut all grant funding in the proposed 2009budget to allow for more money to fight crime, but nonprofit groupsstill are asking for nearly $650,000, hoping the money can beshuffled around somehow. Their funding requests account for only 0.5 percent of the ...
Navy's Sprink named to All-America squad
Apr 01, 2008 ... High-scoring senior an honorable mention pick Navy senior men's basketball player Greg Sprink capped off astellar career last night by being named to the Associated Press All-America honorable mention squad. Sprink is Navy's first All-American in basketball since David Robinson ...
O'Malley releases supplemental budget
Apr 01, 2008; ... Gov. Martin O'Malley submitted a $28.7 million supplementalbudget yesterday covering items for fiscal years 2008 and 2009. The supplemental budget includes an additional $7.6 million forthe Infants and Toddlers Program for students with disabilities.About $1 million is also ...
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Apr 01, 2008 ... Men's National Invitation Tournament Semifinals Tonight At Madison Square Garden New York Massachusetts (24-10) vs. Florida (24-11), 7 p.m. Mississippi (24-10) vs. Ohio State (22-13), 9 p.m. Championship Thursday TBD, 7 ...
Study finds transplants with older corneas as good as younger ones
Apr 01, 2008 ... WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) - Older corneas seem to transplant as wellas younger ones, says a major new study that promises to expand theage of cornea donation to 75. It may sound surprising. After all, when it comes to most typesof transplants, younger organs and tissue are more ...
Father charged in children's death
Apr 01, 2008 ... ROCKVILLE (AP) - A man with a history of mental problems wascharged with drowning his three children in a Baltimore hotel roomover the weekend and had threatened to kill them more than a yearago, his former wife said in court documents. Mark Castillo, 41, was charged yesterday with ...
Fire damages OC boardwalk businesses
Apr 01, 2008 ... OCEAN CITY (AP)- Ocean City officials say a nine-alarm fire hasextensively damaged two businesses along the boardwalk, the DoughRoller and Sunshine Beachwear. Police officers were called to the area around noon for areported assault in progress and saw smoke and flames coming ...
Freshman King leaving Duke
Apr 01, 2008 ... DURHAM, N.C. (AP) - Duke officials say freshman Taylor King hasdecided to leave the Blue Devils. The announcement came yesterday. King, a 6-foot-6 native of Huntington Beach, Calif., saw actionin all 34 games in 2007-08, averaging 5.9 points and 2.0 reboundsper game. He had ...
Turf costs raise questions for county project
Apr 01, 2008; ... With the county poised to install artificial turf at three highschool stadiums this spring, rising costs have thrown into questionwhether the county can or should continue the ambitious annual paceof field construction. Initial bids show putting turf at all county high schools ...
COLLEGE SCHEDULE
Apr 02, 2008 ... TODAY Baseball Montgomery-Rockville at AACC (DH), noon TOMORROW Baseball CCBC-Catonsville at AACC, 3 p.m. Delaware State at Navy, 3:30 p.m. FRIDAY Baseball AACC at Delaware Technical & Community College, 3 p.m. Women's ...
Prep roundup: S. River rolls to fifth straight win
Apr 02, 2008 ... Six-run second inning triggers rout of Glen Burnie South River's unbeaten baseball team won its fifth straight game,handing Glen Burnie a 15-8 setback yesterday. The Seahawks used a six-run second inning and a four-run fifth topower past the host Gophers. Senior outfielders ...
Dog's world: Doing all you can to keep pets alive
Apr 02, 2008; ... The Ten Commandments,which I had in my column last week, were notwritten by me, but by an unknown author and number 10 was a bitcontroversial. I received an e-mail from Wayne of Annapolis,disputing that one. He wrote: "I read your 10 commandments and I have to disagree with ...
Eagle Scout creates meditation trail
Apr 02, 2008; ... John Tyler Cohen, 16, son of John and Barbara Cohen ofDavidsonville, likened his Eagle Scout project to "an old-fashionedbarn raising." He got a big dose of leadership when he coordinated a diversegroup of 44 volunteer church members, friends, Scouts andneighboring community ...
Rec Results: Jensen leads the way as Team Maryland skates to berth in national tournament
Apr 02, 2008 ... Cory Jensen of Severna Park had three goals and two assists inthe deciding game to lead Team Maryland to the Southeastern DistrictU18 Championship played in Indian Trail, N.C. Team Maryland swept the best-of-three final from the FloridaEverblades,winning 10-2 and 6-1. Team ...
Wine, etc.: New favorites - recommendations from the cellar
Apr 02, 2008; ... We have lots of new wines to recommend after some hard work inthe cellar. No time to waste - here they are: Meridian Chardonnay Santa Barbara County 2006 ($11). We reallyliked this fruity, uncomplicated and refreshing chardonnay. Mediumbodied fruit with nice citrus elements, and ...
Letters to the Editor
Apr 02, 2008 ... Bridges Why is it that South Carolina, with less wealth than Maryland,has a 2.5-mile-long concrete suspension bridge - with four lanes oftraffic each way, plus walking path and bike lane - spanningCharleston Harbor? Meanwhile, we have these two dilapidated bridges that are in ...
FAMILY PLANMacPhail can't resist following father's footsteps with Orioles
Apr 02, 2008; ... FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.- Andy MacPhail won't deny it. The job thatlaunched his highly successful career in baseball - business managerof Bradenton Pirates in 1976 - was the result of nepotism. His grandfather, Larry MacPhail, won the NL pennant as owner ofthe Brooklyn Dodgers in 1941 ...
CALENDAR
Apr 02, 2008 ... TOMORROW'S EVENTS PROVIDENCE CENTER, INC., greenhouses, 9 a.m.-7 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 ...