Capital (Annapolis) back issues from May 2009:
Sources say: Man makes a whale of a find
May 01, 2009 ... EDITOR'S NOTE: Sources Say is a behind-the-scenes look at localnewsmakers and events. If you have information to share, call 410-280-5912 or e-mail capstaff@capitalgazette.com. We first met Marshall Drecchio last fall, when he and his teenageson, Jason, were surprised to find a ...
Letters to the Editor
May 01, 2009 ... Traffic woes Traffic congestion and aggressive driving continue to increase onRoute 50 between the Bay Bridge and I-97 - especially on eastboundRoute 50. Adding to this increase is the challenge posed by one ofthe most complex and worst designed intersections in our state -Route ...
Corrections
May 01, 2009 ... Due to incorrect information provided to The Capital, two peoplewere erroneously listed on a page of Scholarships for Scholarsawards recipients in Monday's paper. Lauren H. Smith and JaninaAldona Vaitkus were finalists, but did not receive scholarships. A story about the Rising Sun ...
Recreation results: Ducharmes team up to lead Mayo softball to victory
May 01, 2009 ... Kaileigh Ducharme pitched two scoreless innings as the MayoMustangs (2-0) defeated the Southern Bulldogs (1-1), 21-7 in girlsU14 action. Mayo was led by Christi Ducharme, who went 4-for-5 withtwo doubles and Abby Cannon, who scored four runs. Eva Sweeney,Laura Davis, Christin Boston, ...
Around Crownsville: South Shores Elementary earns green school award
May 01, 2009; ... Kindergartners passed out peace lilies for classes to adopt;second-graders raised bay grasses; and third-graders recycled CapriSun pouches. After two years of environmental programs, curriculum, planningand applications, students and staff at South Shore ElementarySchool learned ...
Ft. Meade soldier charged with human trafficking
May 01, 2009; ... A Fort George G. Meade soldier lured a 16-year-old girl from Ohioto Millersville and forced her into prostitution, county policesaid. Spc. Craig Allen Corey, 22, of both Millersville and Fort Meade,was charged Monday with two counts of human trafficking, one countof operating a ...
Teen of the week: Junior drums up support for area Key Clubs
May 01, 2009; ... Though she is an accomplished clarinetist, Kaitlyn Hernandez isnot one to toot her own horn. The 16-year-old is a junior in the IB Programme at Meade HighSchool and lives on base at Fort George G. Meade. An only child andan Army brat who is proud of her Mexican, Spanish and Puerto ...
Serving notice
May 01, 2009; ... Derek Oskutis and his teammates on the Naval Academy triathlonteam are a long way from reaching the sport's peak physical years. But try telling that to other collegiate triathletes - many ofthem older - who can only marvel at Navy's team of elite performers. "Traditionally, ...
Back in hunt: Panthers streak to stellar season
May 01, 2009; ... Thirty-eight days. For more than six weeks, only one team could keep up withAnnapolis. And even that team, C. Milton Wright, couldn't escapewith a win. "I knew we hadn't lost for a while," said Ali Brandenburg, one of18 lacrosse players trying to end the Panthers' decade-long ...
Around Annapolis: New tables are heart of Annapolis Neck Fire Station
May 01, 2009; ... It's often said that the kitchen and more specifically, thekitchen table, is the heart of the home. Apparently, that's also thecase at the local fire station. "It's really the gathering point, the focal point of thestation," said Capt. Paul Doherty Jr., station captain of the ...
LOCAL DIGEST
May 01, 2009 ... Green Day to be at Russett center The Russett Community Association will host its first Green Daytomorrow. There will be demonstrations on how solar panels, recycling, hotwater panels and rain gardens can protect the environment and savemoney. Also, green technology ...
McConkey must pay $10,800 in damages
May 01, 2009; ... A county jury yesterday ruled Del. Tony McConkey in 2006intentionally violated a state law designed to protect homeowners inforeclosure. The jury, however, ordered the Severna Park Republican to pay hisvictim only about $11,000 in damages - far less than the $1.5million Teresa ...
Editorial: Swine flu outbreak needs a calm, measured response
May 01, 2009 ... One of a public official's hardest tasks is responding to anunfolding health problem - such as the outbreak of swine flu thathas spread, in just days, from Mexico to Severna Park, among manyother spots in this country. Officials want to take appropriate action, give people the ...
OBITUARIES
May 01, 2009 ... Eugene Camponeschi Eugene T. Camponeschi Sr., 78, of Ocean City, died April 29. He was born Oct. 20, 1930, in Baltimore. Survivors include his wife, Dolores K. Camponeschi (nee Brown);three sons, Eugene T. Camponeschi Jr. of Severna Park, Ryan M.Camponeschi and Mark J ....
Prep roundup: Kirk powers Spalding by Seton Keough, 16-8
May 01, 2009 ... Danielle Kirk scored four goals, and Courtney Hoyes and JessicaMucci notched hat tricks to help Archbishop Spalding's girlslacrosse team dispatched Seton Keough, 16-8. Archbishop Spalding (9-8) 8 8 - 16 Seton Keough 4 4 - 8 GOALS: AS - Kirk 4, Mucci 3, Hoyes 3, ...
PREP TENNIS RESULTS
May 01, 2009 ... G. BURNIE 8, N. COUNTY 1 Boys Singles B. Yoon (GB) d. L. Sterret, 6-0, 6-2 N. Savich (GB) d. P. Choi, 6-0, 6-1 Girls Singles L. Umberger (GB) d. M. Benton, 6-4, 7-6 J. Morgan (GB) d. J. Kostkowski, 7-6, 6-3 Boys Doubles T. Kincer/I ....
Job fair attracts more than 1,000 hopefuls
May 01, 2009; ... Getting from one end of the Anne Arundel Community College gym tothe other meant running a shoulder-to-shoulder obstacle courseyesterday. About 1,500 job seekers surfed the crowds of other unemployed andunderemployed residents at a job fair in Arnold, bumping into boothsand ...
college roundup
May 01, 2009 ... JOHNS HOPKINS WOMEN'S LACROSSE: Eleventh-ranked Vanderbilt (10-5) used a four-goal run midway through the second half to turn a two-goal lead into a six as the it defeated the Blue Jays (5-12), 14-8,in the first round of the ALC Tournament. Brett Bathras (Severn)scored in the second half ...
National attention on local family
May 01, 2009; ... The federal agent's cough and fever began while he was in Mexicoearlier this month as part of a team that escorted the presidentaround the country. After Special Agent Marc Griswold returned home to Severna Park,his illness spread to his wife, his 7-year-old son and even his ...
Gophers start strong, take care of Old Mill
May 01, 2009; ... The need to rebound from a tough loss was the main focus of theGlen Burnie softball team yesterday and it did so in a resoundingway. One day removed from suffering a four-hit, 1-0 shutout againstNortheast's UMBC-bound Heather Brown, the Gophers struck early andoften to defeat Old ...
Severna Park in the spotlight
May 01, 2009; ... A spotlight fell on Folger McKinsey Elementary School yesterday. The school usually sits quietly, tucked away between leafyneighborhoods in Severna Park. But it suddenly became the center ofa national story with national security implications when news brokethat one of its students ...
Knights snap out of skid
May 01, 2009; ... North County ends three-game slump Jake Thiess called his shot, and with it he provided a much-needed silver lining to the North County baseball team's brutalweek. Thiess, who told assistant coach Tweet Barton earlier in the daythat'd he would hit the first pitch he ...
ARUNDEL DIGEST
May 01, 2009 ... Farmers market set to open at mall Parole - The farmers market at Westfield Annapolis mall opens forthe season Sunday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The market, which is set up next to the Sears automotivebuilding, will run every Sunday through Oct. 25. The produce-only market, ...
Nationals collapse against Cards
May 01, 2009; ... WASHINGTON - The top half of the ninth inning in last night'sCardinals-Nationals game was so comically inept - Murphy's Law cometo life in baseball form - that it threatened to overshadow the hometeam's primary failing: too many walks. The Nationals committed any number of sins ...
Volunteers needed
May 01, 2009 ... VOLUNTEERS NEEDED Ecology Center The Chesapeake Ecology Centerprovides environmental education and works on habitat restorationand protection projects; volunteer education and planting days andtours run from mid-April through November, and provide technicalassistance to a variety of ...
Aldermen looking for spare $1M in budget
May 01, 2009; ... Annapolis aldermen are preparing to spend all day tomorrowfiguring out how to fit a potential $1.1 million into a budget withonly a sliver of wiggle room for adjustments. "The magnitude of what we have to do is huge," said Alderman andmayoral candidate David Cordle, R-Ward 5. "This ...
ANNOUNCEMENTS
May 01, 2009 ... Meet & celebrate The National Washington Rochambeau RevolutionaryRoute Association is holding a meeting and celebration of theWashington Rochambeau Revolutionary Route beginning at 8 a.m.tomorrow at The Maryland Inn, Treaty of Paris Restaurant, Duke ofGloucester Room, 16 Church Circle ....
County budget spending shrinks
May 01, 2009; ... County Executive John R. Leopold this morning unveiled a shrunkencounty budget proposal that includes no increases in income taxes,reduces the property tax rate and rolls back county spending by$48.4 million. The pared-back $1.17 billion spending plan includes payconcessions from ...
EVENT STILL ON
May 01, 2009 ... Folger McKinsey Elementary School's 5K Run and 1 Mile Fun Run/Walk is still scheduled for this weekend. Despite this week's fearsabout a student's suspected swine flu case, the school will continuewith a its planned fundraiser on Sunday, officials said. This is the school's second ...
Home of the week: Living true to Bay Ridge history
May 02, 2009; ... The Annapolis community of Bay Ridge, having been at one time acommunity of summer cottages, remains today a mix of old and small,big and new. While most of the smaller cottages of yesteryear are long gone,fortunately, for history's sake, there are the holdouts. Such is the ...
Honor roll: ANNAPOLIS HIGH SCHOOL
May 02, 2009 ... The following students were named to the principal's honor rollfor the third marking period: NINTH GRADE: Leigh Auth, Michael Birckelbaw, Victoria Bowcutt,Alexandra Calambokidis, Yan Ming Chen, Maureen Cook, Begum Ferdaus,Kaitlyn Govatos, Joanna Guth, Melody Hession, Katrina ...
POLICE BEAT
May 02, 2009 ... annapolis area Information wanted City police are asking for the public's help in identifying a mansuspected of committing identity theft. Police said the man used the victim's personal information March27 to deposit checks worth about $14,000 at Bank of America ....
RELIGION NEWS
May 02, 2009 ... Today Movie night Anne Arundel Single Again Catholics will hold a movie night from7 to 9 p.m. in room 201 on the second floor of Our Lady of theFields Church Hall, 1070 Cecil Ave. S. in Millersville. Thoseattending should bring a movie and snack to share. For ...
ANNOUNCEMENTS
May 02, 2009 ... Derby race party A party to watch the Kentucky Derby will be held today atMaryland Therapeutic Riding, 1141 Sunrise Beach Road in Crownsville.Derby watchers can enjoy the race on large flat-screen televisionsat the facility's indoor arena. Barn doors open at 4 p.m. followedby a ...
Guest column: Governor fails 3 times to protect Severn
May 02, 2009; ... With the last change at the helm of Maryland state governmentcame words to hearten those of us who treasure the environment ofthe Severn River watershed and the Chesapeake Bay. Public pronouncements, goals, even some legislation, all set theright tone for the repair and protection ...
Letters to the Editor
May 02, 2009 ... South River Greenway On April 18, I had the good fortune to join members of theenvironmental and recreational communities in a nature walk througha portion of the awe-inspiring South River Greenway. It wasencouraging to have city, county, state and federal governmentsexpressing ...
Editor's notebook
May 02, 2009 ... BAY GRASS - Two encouraging stories in a row about the ChesapeakeBay - when was the last time this happened? At a minimum, it's apick-me-up for those who have had about all they can stand of dismalreport cards on the health of the bay and its tributaries. Scientists announced this ...
FedEx driver fined in fatal crash
May 02, 2009; ... A Baltimore man was ordered Thursday to pay $831 in fines andcourt costs for his part in a crash last spring that killed apregnant woman. A judge convicted Lamoyan W. Lee, a 35-year-old truck driver forFedEx, of negligent driving and failing to control his tractor-trailer to ...
RECREATION ROUNDUP
May 02, 2009 ... LITTLE ORIOLES: The Little Orioles U16 baseball team will behosting a 4th of July tournament at the Farring Baybrook Fields. Formore information, contact Tim O'Malley at 410-218-0642. 3-ON-3 BASKETBALL: The second annual Fire Power 3-on-3 Tournamentwill be held at the Annapolis ...
Woman admits taking $3.4M from SP company
May 02, 2009; ... The owner of a Severna Park title company admitted yesterday infederal court she stole more than $3.4 million in mortgagesettlements. Deborah A. Williams, 56, of Day Title Inc., pleaded guilty tomail fraud in connection with the theft scheme, which spanned threeyears and involved ...
Corrections
May 02, 2009 ... A story that ran on Thursday's Arundel Report page about cityelections should have said that the mayor's bill to move voting toSaturday was not seconded and died on the floor. Also, a Watchdog column about park-and-ride lots on Monday'sArundel Report page incorrectly reported the ...
Lacrosse: Stratton, Kyriacou spark Annapolis
May 02, 2009 ... Brett Stratton and Marcus Kyriacou scored four goals each andDylan Zingler had three goals and four assists to lead Annapolis toan 18-10 victory over Southern in boys lacrosse. Daniel Kowalyshyn and Andrew Proulx each contributed a hat trickand an assist and Wick Dawson tallied a ...
Tennis roundup
May 02, 2009 ... OLD MILL 8, NORTHEAST 1 Boys Singles H. Rao (OM) d. R. Lynch, 6-0, 6-0 A. Aggabao (OM) d. T. Briemann, 6-1, 6-1 Girls Singles A. Goodnight (OM) d. D. Hines, 6-1, 6-2 J. Bauchard (OM) d. S. Stiegman, 6-1, 6-0 Boys Doubles B. Knight/C ....
Baseball, softball: Broadneck, Hall close out Annapolis
May 02, 2009 ... Broadneck reliever Thomas Hall shut the door in the bottom of theseventh, inducing a game-ending flyout with runners on first andsecond to halt an Annapolis threat and preserve a 7-6 victory forthe Bruins. Michael Dinan was 2-for-4 with a double and two RBIs for theBruins. Ryan ...
On the level: Understanding radon mitigation systems and how they work
May 02, 2009; ... My daughter and son-in-law have put a contract on a home up inLancaster County, Pa. From the inspection they got a report that theradon level in the finished basement was on average 21.5pCi/L(picoCurries per liter of air). They are moving to the area fromMassachusetts and need a house ....
Millions in county cuts subtle, but effects real
May 02, 2009; ... The cuts in the scaled-back county budget released yesterdaytouched every department, and within hours the impact to countyresidents began to unfold. Cuts to the library system will be "painful," officials said.Construction plans for a half dozen elementary schools have ...
OBITUARY
May 02, 2009 ... Carol Forthofer Carol Kendall Forthofer, 90, of Annapolis, died of natural causesApril 30. She was born Oct. 30, 1918, in Indianapolis, Ind. She graduatedfrom Butler University. She enjoyed boating and traveling down theIntercostal waterways with her late husband, Robert J ....
'The hardest time of the year'
May 02, 2009; ... The sky was still dark at 6 a.m. Thursday when Annapolis HighSchool's Advanced Placement physics class began to arrive. In a basement classroom they grabbed coffee and doughnuts beforeflopping down at the black laboratory tables with test packets onoptics, a final unit they'll ...
S. Park finishes strong
May 02, 2009; ... Falcons roll past S. River for victory A seven-goal run over a 10-minute span of the first halfyesterday against South River was all the Severna Park girlslacrosse team needed to prove it was back. Coming into their final regular-season game on the heels of ...
School closes as flu precaution
May 02, 2009; ... Citing an "abundance of caution," Gov. Martin O'Malley yesterdayclosed all four schools in the state with ties to probable cases ofswine flu, including Folger McKinsey Elementary School in SevernaPark. At this point, the earliest Folger McKinsey will reopen isThursday, though ...
McCarthy in with big boys
May 02, 2009 ... Derby owner/trainer, 75, a retired principal, teacher LOUISVILLE, Ky. - "Is that the one-horse guy?" a visitor asked ashe walked past Tom McCarthy's rented stall on the backstretch atChurchill Downs. Indeed, it was. The 75-year-old owner-trainer signed a few autographs ...
WOUNDED WARRIORS
May 02, 2009 ... Injured veterans will bike around Annapolis today as part of theWounded Warrior Project's Soldier Ride. Two Naval Academy graduates,Lt. Andrew Kinard of the U.S. Marine Corps and Lt. Cmdr. StevenPeace of the U.S. Navy, will participate in the ride. Many of the bikers have lost an ...
St. Mary's jumps out early, hangs on
May 02, 2009; ... If Thursday's 10-9 loss to Bryn Mawr served as a wake up call,consider the Saints wide awake following last night's 13-9 victoryover Severn. St. Mary's jumped out to a 6-0 lead less than 10 minutes in andheld off a furious second-half Severn rally. Melissa Perkins led St.Mary's ...
College round-up
May 02, 2009 ... NAVY TRACK: Junior Mark Van Orden successfully defended hishammer throw title and freshman Chris Ricks earned second-team all-league laurels inthe javelin, highlighting a solid first-day effort from Navy'sthrowers yesterday at the 2009 Patriot League outdoor ...
My Time: Broadneck Bay Hoopsters tops in 8U league
May 03, 2009 ... The Broadneck Bay Hoopsters won the 8U Boys Basketball AnneArundel Parks and Recreation Oklahoma League. They faced the SevernaPark Hornets in the championship game, both teams coming to thefinal game with a 9-1 record. Coaches were Larry Datko and ...
SENIOR ANNOUNCEMENTS
May 03, 2009 ... O'Malley programs The O'Malley Senior Center, 1275 Odenton Road in Odenton, willhold the following events this week: A painting workshop will be held from 9 a.m. to noon tomorrow atthe annex. The cost is $35. The instructor will provide brushes, orstudents can bring their ...
Crownsville mom pens work of historical fiction
May 03, 2009; ... Erika Robuck has a tired and true method of writing. The 31-year-old Crownsville mother of three squeezes in some timeat her laptop computer during her children's naps or after they'vegone to bed. "I don't need a lot of sleep, and I have a supportive husband andfamily," said ...
ARUNDEL DIGEST
May 03, 2009 ... Man to be tried again in 9/11 fraud Severna Park - Federal prosecutors are going to try again toconvict a former Navy officer and his wife of defrauding a fund forthe victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The prosecutors had spent a month trying to convict retired ...
DISA ramps up recruitment in county
May 03, 2009; ... A key government agency moving its headquarters from NorthernVirginia to Anne Arundel County is stepping up recruitment effortsto attract and retain qualified employees in the midst of arecession. As the Defense Information Systems Agency relocates employees toFort George G ....
Annapolis benefits from being a 'staycation' destination
May 03, 2009; ... While tourism is one of Anne Arundel's most important economicengines, it has struggled along with most other businesses duringthe recession. But with Annapolis being a major destination courtesy of itshistory and waterfront location, several businesses catering to thearea's ...
Pathogens and people: The travel bug can be infectious
May 03, 2009; ... Summer is approaching and that means it's time to start planningvacations to the far side of the Chesapeake Bay, and the far side ofthe world. Travel is a seasonal migration worth $1.6 trillion to theU.S. travel and tourism industry. Worldwide, some 2 million peoplecross international ...
Officials hope to lure tourists from nearby
May 03, 2009; ... Visitors bureau takes 'close to home' approach with newinitiatives Every summer, Annapolis swells with tourists who visit the NavalAcademy, stroll downtown, munch on crab cakes and sail theChesapeake Bay. Local tourism officials said they expect to see the same numberof ...
Soft skills at work: Going above and beyond can turn a job into a career
May 03, 2009; ... If you check most employee manuals, you probably won't find alist of soft skills employers expect their workers to demonstrate.But if there were such a section, "Exceed expectations" would likelybe at the top. What does that really mean? At the Hilton Baltimore at BWI ...
Seahawks punch ticket
May 02, 2009; ... S. River wins, claims spot in District V title game If there was any doubt that postseason begins next week, theSouth River and Severna Park boys' lacrosse teams announced theirpresence with authority. Drew Lee had two goals and an assist while Taylor Giordano andAlex Carros ...
AACC advances in Region XX
May 02, 2009 ... The Anne Arundel Community College men's lacrosse team got sevengoals and three assists from Zach Cummings (Old Mill) to defeat CCBC-Catonsville, 17-10, and advance to the championship game of theRegion XX tournament. AACC will play at ...