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Our say: Well-run prisoner labor programs are a good ideaA little perspective
Aug 30, 2008 ... State prisons are not a social service agency for inmates. Theirmain job is to enhance public safety by exerting tight control overpeople who have demonstrated that they are a danger to the law-abiding. But it is also true that very few inmates will be in prisonpermanently. Most ...
High School Football Outlooks
Aug 30, 2008 ... ARUNDEL WILDCATS COACHING: Reigning Capital-Gazette NewspapersCoach of the Year Chuck Markiewicz returns for his eighth season asArundels head coach, and he brings back all of his coordinators andassistants. Markiewicz, who also coaches the offensive line, will bejoined by offensive ...
Spice, food spur success
Aug 30, 2008; JULIE H. MANN For the Maryland Gazette ... Keen palates, business acumen are essential ingredients in bothTodd Courtney's spice business and Victoria Stagmer's food shop. Both have put years of hard work into their Severna Parkbusinesses. Mr. Courtney, 42, launched his spice business with $2,000 and apassion for food ...
The coolest summer job
Aug 30, 2008; THERESA WINSLOWStaff Writer ... Talk about skating your way through summer. Severn skater Christina Flood and her friends spent the hottestmonths of the year keeping cool on the ice inside an Ocean Cityhotel. For three months this summer, she was been part of a free,choreographed exhibition of precision ...
Wedding announcements
Aug 30, 2008 ... Burroughs, Volem Brianna Elissa Volem, the daughter of Diana and Doug Nelson ofChester and Tony Volem of Glen Burnie, and Andrew NathanielBurroughs, the son of John and Barbara Burroughs of Annapolis, weremarried on June 28, 2008. The Rev. Kevin Couser performed the ceremony ...
High School Football Outlooks Continued
Aug 30, 2008 ... GLEN BURNIE GOPHERS COACHING: After winning three games his firstyear, head coach Len Thomas is looking to erase the memories of lastyears winless season. Doug Schreiber, Ryan Woods and Vershawn Terrywill help run the offense, while Kevin Powell and former St. Maryshead coach Mike Codd ...
Guest column: Legislator: Give small business a break
Aug 30, 2008; JAMES KING for The Maryland Gazette ... Just over two years ago, angered and frustrated by the attitudeand actions of the Maryland General Assembly toward small business,I declared my candidacy for state delegate. Seventy-four percent of Maryland residents were employed by smallbusiness but only 5 percent of state ...
DIRTY WATERS
Aug 30, 2008; SEAN PATRICK NORRIS Staff Writer ... EDITOR'S NOTE: The Maryland Gazette has spent months probing thereasons behind decades of chronic pollution in Furnace, Marley andRock creeks. In a two-part story, we explore the culprits and thepossibility of a cure. --- George Gaither and his brother, Dennis, learned to ...
Community digest
Aug 30, 2008 ... School lunch menus The following Anne Arundel County elementary school lunch menusare for Sept. 1-5: MONDAY: School closed for Labor Day. TUESDAY: Hot dog or chili dog or Italian cold cut sub. WEDNESDAY: Crispy chicken on roll or steak and cheese ...
Wildcats not looking back
Aug 30, 2008; AVI CREDITOR Staff Writer ... 4A state finalists ready to move on from tough title loss It took some time for Chuck Markiewicz to get over what hadtranspired. After a 16-point fourth quarter advantage over Quince Orchardevaporated, buoyed by a controversial personal foul penalty with alittle more than ...
The music box: My Morning Jacket, Jimmy Buffet light up a slow week
Aug 30, 2008; MICHAEL BUCKLEY for The Maryland Gazette ... In a traditionally slow week for music there are a few brightlights. My Morning Jacket plays DAR Constitution Hall on Wednesdaynight and Jimmy Buffet, if you can get tickets. Mr. Buffett sets up Camp Margaritaville at Nissan Paviliontonight and again on Monday night (8 p.m. each ...
Political Notes: State board of elections: Slots language to move forward
Aug 30, 2008 ... EDITOR'S NOTE: Political Notes is a weekly look and governmentand political news. The proposed language for November's slot machine referendum willmove forward - unless the secretary of state decides to change it,or a lawsuit filed in Anne Arundel County Circuit Court ...
Gazette readers write
Aug 30, 2008 ... Sewage spills I attended the County Council meeting on Aug. 4, with all of thered shirts. I spoke before the council and questioned why nothingwas being done about the raw sewage that is constantly being spilledinto our waterways by Anne Arundel County Sewage pumping ...
Parity could produce a myriad of champions
Aug 30, 2008; AVI CREDITORStaff Writer ... If parity makes a sport more enjoyable for the spectator, thenthis year of county public high school football should keep the fanson the edge of their seats. With a few returning juggernauts, new additions to one of lastyear's cellar-dwellers and some unforgiving schedules, the ...
Away we go: Top treks for Labor Day weekend, September
Aug 30, 2008; MARGARET HORTON EDSALL for The Maryland Gazette ... Through tomorrow - 28th annual Baltimore Summer Antiques Show atthe Convention Center on Pratt Street. 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. today and11 a.m. to 6 p.m. tomorrow. This event - the nation's largest summer indoor antiques show -will feature more than 550 international exhibitors ....
'General Foolishness' next up at arts center
Aug 30, 2008; RICK HUTZELL Editor ... Twenty-three years ago, Paul Hadfield figured the name "GeneralFoolishness" was a funny little play on words. It allowed the young teacher to combine a reference to clowningaround with the notion of someone in a position of authority acting,well, foolishly. "I really think ...
Glen Burnie West: Glen Burnie dance program new season
Aug 30, 2008; KATHLEEN SHATT for The Maryland Gazette ... For the 53rd year, the Glen Burnie Recreation Association willoffer a variety of dance classes. New student registration will takeplace from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the dance studio at 326 Greenway. The association is a charitable organization with a tradition ofoffering low cost ...
Brooklyn Park: Get to and from the Big Apple for $47
Aug 30, 2008 ... Anybody can get to and from New York City for $47 thanks to theBrooklyn Park High School Alumni Association. And, they can feelgood about it, as part of that fare will go to a worthy cause. The association will host a New York City on-your-own bus tripOct. 4. The bus will leave ...
The Hit List
Aug 30, 2008 ... Renaissance redux Henry VIII and the rest of the 16th- century gang have returnedto Crownsville for the 32nd annual Maryland Renaissance Festivalthrough Oct. 19. On Labor Day, all seniors age 62 and over will beadmitted free. Hours are 10 a.m.-7 p.m. each day at the ...
Linthicum: Church plans third rebuilding trip to aid Katrina victims
Aug 30, 2008; DAVID CRAIG Assistant editor ... Linthicum Heights United Methodist Church is again organizing agroup of volunteers to travel to Mississippi this fall to helprebuild homes lost in Hurricane Katrina, which made landfall on theGulf Coast three years ago yesterday. A team representing about seven or eight churches in ...