Maryland Gazette back issues from February 2008:
Tennis: County leagues starting to gather participants
Feb 02, 2008; ... John Wehner is looking for a few good men and women. Actually, as many as he can find, for a brand new 5.0 Adult MixedTennis League that will start on Feb. 15 and run through April.Matches will be on Fridays at Severn Valley. In the 5.0 mixed format, each doubles team needs two ...
New ankle operation allows patients to get back on feet
Feb 02, 2008; ... Lavanyia Glover could barely walk when she first visited AnneArundel Medical Center in 2006. The then-32-year-old from Bowie suffered from rheumatoidarthritis for years. And the disease eventually destroyed thecartilage in her right ankle, resulting in bone rubbing ...
Our say: Editor's notebook
Feb 02, 2008 ... HOSPICE - The reopening of Hospice of the Chesapeake's home inLinthicum is an important development for north county residents. When the house closed 18 months ago, locals who needed residenthospice care had to consider a trip south of Annapolis to use thenonprofit group's other ...
The Graveyard Shift
Feb 02, 2008; ... If it's 3 a.m., it's time for lunch. That is, if you're Becky Truver and you're used to working thegraveyard shift in the emergency room at Baltimore WashingtonMedical Center. So used to it that, after three years, even on herdays off she often awakens in the middle of the night ...
County can weather 4 lawsuits
Feb 02, 2008; ... Two men and three women want millions of dollars from the county,its police and fire departments and three employees. In fourlawsuits filed earlier this month - involving two separate cases -they claim the county failed in its hiring and supervision of itsemployees and volunteers, and ...
Covering the Bases: SHIP gives out only guidance, not funds
Feb 02, 2008; ... I called the Senior Health Insurance Program in another county toget help for my elderly aunt and uncle who live on the EasternShore. I was told that SHIP doesn't provide financial assistance,but can help me find programs that might help them with theirexpenses for drugs and medical ...
Music Box: Treat yourself to orchestra tonight
Feb 02, 2008; ... Director David Evans leads the 30-member Baltimore MandolinOrchestra in performance at Maryland Hall for the Creative Artstonight (7:30 p.m.). The BMO - my first Pick of the Week - is one of more than 25active mandolin ensembles in the United States today. The groupcontinues to ...
Away we go: Events celebrate Black History Month
Feb 02, 2008; ... This year's celebrations honoring Black History Month promise tobe better than ever! Locales and attractions throughout the areawill be presenting dynamic activities, interesting exhibitions andunique programs. Mark your calendars and plan on enjoying thesehappenings. ALEXANDRIA, ...
Gazette Readers Write
Feb 02, 2008 ... Charter school Everyone is supposedly attacking Chesapeake Science Point CharterSchool so it will fail. I was thrilled to receive the flier andcouldn't believe a school had "upcoming science and technologyinnovations." It seemed like a wonderful place for our daughter, we ...
Working Best: Job hunting? Tune up your skills
Feb 02, 2008; ... I've had 14 interviews for jobs (out of 30 applications) andstill haven't landed a position. I think I've been doing all theright things: preparing for questions; dressing properly; presentingmyself professionally; practicing with a friend. I'm stumped. Whatam I doing wrong? - Tom ...
Graffiti may lead to driver's license suspension for teens
Feb 02, 2008; ... Teenagers who create graffiti may have to face more than fines,community service or a short stay in jail - a north countylegislator wants them to lose their driver's licenses as well. Del. Nic Kipke, R-Pasadena, has introduced a bill that wouldallow courts to order the Motor ...
Political notes: League of Women Voters puts voters' guide, candidates online
Feb 02, 2008 ... EDITOR'S NOTE: Political Notes is a periodic compilation ofpolitical news items. The League of Women Voters of Maryland has prepared a voters'guide for the Feb. 12 primary election and has posted it online. Compiled by the state and county chapters of the league, theguide can ...
County library fines to go up for first time in 15 years
Feb 02, 2008; ... The county library system plans to raise overdue book fines forthe first time in 15 years. The estimated $200,000 generated by adding a nickel to existingdaily fines and raising other fees would cover salary increases forapproximately 200 underpaid library employees, officials ...
African-American teacher leads busy life at 81
Feb 02, 2008; ... Electa Whitney Holland's voice sounds young and exuberant, like ateenage girl. When she laughs - which she does often - it's amusical chuckle. Yet, the former principal at Ferndale Elementary School is now81. And her life is as active as her youthful character. Mrs ....
New piano hits a high note
Feb 02, 2008; ... Music students at Chesapeake High School have been using the samepiano for about three decades, a wooden upright Yamaha sagging inthe middle of the keys. After years of pounding on it every day, some of they keys wereworn out. One of the pedals was broken, and it never quite kept ...
30 percent of kids have untreated dental disease
Feb 02, 2008; ... More than 30 percent of Maryland children suffered from anuntreated dental disease, according to a new study from the stateDepartment of Health and Mental Hygiene. The results were part of the department's "Survey of the OralHealth of Maryland Children" in the 2005-06 school year ....
Jogging: When it comes to cold weather, runners not afraid to take plunge
Feb 02, 2008; ... It was nice to see the thousands of people braving 38 degreewater temperatures in last weekend's Polar Bear Plunge. But they've go nothing on our local runners. Most bundle up when running in cold weather, but then there's thefellow they call "speedo man." He does early morning ...
Arundel Digest
Feb 02, 2008 ... Fall from behind car injures skateboarder PASADENA - A teenager was critically injured Wednesday in askateboarding accident, county Fire Department officials said. The 13-year-old from the Mountain Estates neighborhood was ridingin the 300 block of Stone Hollow Court about 5 ...
Your say
Feb 02, 2008 ... Will you vote in the Feb. 12 primary? Do you think there is abetter way to select candidates for president and other offices? --- Yes, I will vote in the primary, as will my darling wife, for weas Marylanders must keep our country out of the hands of thosepoliticians who would give ...
Finding the right cabinets
Feb 02, 2008; ... Ellen Thomas of Fresno, Calif., searched high and low for newkitchen cabinets to replace her whitewashed oak ones. "My husband said, 'I don't care what you get, as long as itdoesn't fall apart,"' says Mrs. Thomas, a stay-at-home mother. Asfor her, "I wanted the cabinets to look ...
Guest column: Barring gay marriage continues to be right
Feb 02, 2008; ... Why do I keep fighting year after year to keep marriage between aman and a woman? At times I wonder myself, but I always come back tothe fact that this nation was built upon the laws of nature andnature's God according to the Declaration of Independence, and forthat reason I must ...
Locals shine in wild night at the ballroom
Feb 02, 2008; ... Thursday night's latest installment of Ballroom Boxing atMichael's 8th Avenue in Glen Burnie was everything a boxing fancould ask for. The evening's pro-am bouts featured local winners, aspectacular knockout, a bizarre double-disqualification and adisputed barn-burner of a ...
BUSINESS BRIEFS
Feb 02, 2008 ... Bank of Glen Burnie declares annual profit GLEN BURNIE - The Bank of Glen Burnie finished a tough year inbanking with a small increase in profits, the company announced thisweek. The bank's parent company, Glen Burnie Bancorp, recorded almost$2.78 million in net income for ...
Schools hopeful for more money after beg-a-thon
Feb 02, 2008; ... County school officials made their annual plea to the state onWednesday, asking for more money to build schools and arguing thatcurrent buildings are crumbling. They weren't alone. Other school jurisdictions made similar pleasduring the annual "Beg-a-thon," at the Board of Public ...
S. River rolling with confidence
Feb 02, 2008; ... Seahawks post 26th dual meet wrestling triumph with rout ofArundel A surging South River squad picked up its second county road winin as many nights at Arundel Wednesday night by rolling over therebuilding Wildcats, 51-12. The second-ranked Seahawks (26-1) leaped over ...
Outdoors: Angler lands record bass
Feb 02, 2008; ... With one just one fish, you might say 26-year-old Justin Riley ofWoodbine broke five Maryland bass records. His 11-pound, 2.88-ouncefish taken from the Potomac last Saturday is the biggest largemouthtaken since records were first kept in the late 1950's. It alsoranks tops in both the ...
Sports Briefs
Feb 02, 2008 ... FOOTBALL APACHES COACHES: The Andover Apaches Youth football organization(Linthicum, Md.) is seeking head coaches and assistant coaches forthe 2008 season. Please call Bill Matheny at 410-636-1665 or send ane-mail with your qualifications to mgizrock@aol.com. OMYA: Old Mill ...
Wednesday Roundup: Severn girls lock up top B Conference playoff seed
Feb 02, 2008 ... Sophomore Leah Cranmer's 11 points led all scorers as Severn'sgirls basketball team clinched the top seed in the MIAA B Conferenceplayoffs with a convincing 47-26 victory over John Carroll. Allowing only six points over the first two quarters, Severnpoured in 25 to go into halftime ...
PREP SCHEDULE
Feb 02, 2008 ... TODAY WRESTLING AACS at Delco Tournament, 10 a.m. Meade, North County at Chesapeake, 4 p.m. SWIMMING Old Mill vs Arundel vs Chesapeake vs Northeast at Arundel OlympicSwim Centerm 6 p.m. TOMORROW BOYS BASKETBALL Spalding at St ....
West County: St. Bernadette's hosts winter dance tonight
Feb 02, 2008; ... St. Bernadette Catholic Church will host the popular parishwinter dance from 6:30 to 11 p.m. today at the church, 801 StevensonRoad in Severn. The catering provided by Jerry D's will include hot and coldbuffet, beer, wine and soda. Disc jockey Nick Burke of SoundDecision will ...
Smoking lamp is off
Feb 02, 2008; ... Smoking in Maryland bars and restaurants is now officiallybanned. The Clean Indoor Act went into effect yesterday with littlefanfare. But the cloud of smoke hanging inside local bars will clear aslocal health departments work to enforce the law. The county Health ...
Northrop adds hundreds of tech jobs in Linthicum
Feb 02, 2008; ... Northrop Grumman, the county's largest private employer, isadding 500 jobs - most of them in Linthicum - on the heels ofcreating a new division. A majority of the engineering, electrical design and othertechnical jobs will be at Electronic Systems Sector facilities nearBWI ...
Obituaries
Feb 02, 2008 ... Dorothy Ammons Dorothy L. Ammons, 86, a 60-year resident of Brooklyn Park and ahomemaker, died suddenly of pneumonia on Jan. 29 at Harbor Hospital. Mrs. Ammons was born April 27, 1921, in Crisfield to the lateCharles and Laura Mae Sterling. She lived in Crisfield before ...
BGE, state to consumers: Pay now, save later
Feb 02, 2008; ... Lowering your electrical bill is going to cost you. Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. customers will pay more than $230each over the next decade for energy efficiency. That has the state's top power regulator calling for a "veryaggressive and effective education campaign" to help ...
Police Beat
Feb 02, 2008 ... Severn Three arrested Three Pennsylvania men were charged with theft early Wednesdayafter county police said they caught them stripping a stolen car ofits parts on Arlington Court at Ringe Drive. Officers were called to the location in Severn at about 2:35 a.m.to ...
Phoenix bound
Feb 02, 2008; ... Jennifer White loves the New York Giants, while her 9-year-oldson, Jeremy, is a die-hard New England Patriots fan. When the two football teams face off tomorrow for Super BowlXLII, the Pasadena residents will be cheering them on from two seats38 rows back from the field at ...
Police seek clues in robbery spree
Feb 02, 2008; ... County police are looking for links between six street robberiesin Glen Burnie over the last two weeks in which groups of brash andsometimes armed young men have targeted lone victims. The victims include delivery drivers, store cashiers andpedestrians, and many of the descriptions ...
BASKETBALL BOND
Feb 02, 2008; ... County coaches share more than job title Two area kids play high school basketball on different teams,then become great friends as they play for the same college team andthen move on to coach basketball in the same athletic league. Sound too much like a Hollywood ...
Glen Burnie, Broadneck no match for No. 1 Old Mill
Feb 02, 2008; ... After toppling South River, Northeast and Severna Park earlier inthe county dual meet schedule, the top-ranked Old Mill High Schoolwrestling team turned its sights onto a pair of scrappy opponentslast night at home. Though Broadneck was tough through the middle weight ...
Clutch Beck, Panthers nip Severna ParkJunior's FT the difference in low-scoring affair
Feb 02, 2008; ... Annapolis Coach John Brady was unable to see last night's affairbetween his Panthers and visiting Severna Park due to a flu bug thathas gone through some of his team. He missed a fairly ugly contestthat had a pretty end result for his Panthers. Sophomore guard Chris Brice scored 11 ...
Bruins lead the pack heading to county meet
Feb 02, 2008; ... It should come as no coincidence that yesterday's swim meet atthe Arundel Olympic Swim Center ended as tight as it did. With Broadneck, South River, Severna Park and Annapolis widelyregarded as the top four public school teams in the county, theschedule makers must have had that in ...
Friday Boys Roundup: Bank open for Fleet, Knights
Feb 02, 2008 ... Senior's heave takes down No. 1 Old Mill Senior Demetrio Fleet banked a game-winning 3-pointer off theglass for his Knights as time wound-down to defeat top-ranked OldMill, 63-60. Fleet finished with 17 points, and teammate David Fordled North County with 23 points along with 18 ...
Friday Girls Basketball: Meade makes championship push
Feb 02, 2008 ... Meade pulled away from Glen Burnie in the fourth quarter, and theMustangs defeated the Gophers, 69-52. Sophomore Nicole Dixon led abalanced attack with 16 points and eight rebounds while AlissaChambliss contributed 10 points. The Mustangs also got eight pointsfrom junior Rayshell Parker, ...
Brooklyn Park
Feb 02, 2008; ... Tax assistance available at library starting Monday Trained volunteers from the Volunteer Income Tax Assistanceprogram will be available by appointment to assist area residentswith filing simple income tax returns at the Brooklyn Park libraryfrom Feb. 4 through April 4 ....
Glen Burnie East: Free tax advice available
Feb 02, 2008; ... Residents who are over age 60 or who have low incomes canschedule appointments to receive free help with preparing theirfederal and state income tax returns. The appointments must be reserved in advance and are offeredbetween 9 a.m. and noon on Fridays through April 11 at the ...
RECREATION ROUNDUP
Feb 02, 2008 ... GGB TERPS SCORE BIG WINS: The GGB Terps 12U team won a pair ofgames in each of its leagues to go to 8-0 on the season. In theCounty League, Ronnie Jones and Earl Potts netted eight points eachin a 29-22 victory over the Cape Cougars. Antoine Lemons added four points and six boards ...
Olde Mill-Millersville: Church to host annual pancake supper
Feb 02, 2008; ... Baldwin Memorial United Methodist Church will host its annualpancake supper from 4:30 to 7 p.m. Tuesday. In addition to the all-you-can-eat pancakes, there will besausage, scrambled eggs, fried apples, coffee, tea, orange juice andlemonade. The cost is $5 for adults, $4 for ...
Pasadena: Church to offer one daytime session of St. Monica Ministry
Feb 02, 2008; ... St. Jane Frances de Chantal Church, 8499 Virginia Ave., willoffer one daytime session of St. Monica Ministry from 10 to 11:30a.m. on Feb. 11 in an effort to reach those who would like toparticipate but are unable to do so in the evening. St. Monica Ministry will assist those who ...
Linthicum: Scoutmaster gets top honors from council
Feb 02, 2008; ... For 10 years, Henry J. "Butch" LaWall, a retired captain with theBWI Thurgood Marshall Airport Fire Department, has served asscoutmaster for Boy Scout Troop 550 out of Linthicum ElementarySchool. On Jan. 24, the Linthicum resident received the top honor,the Silver Beaver Award, from the ...
Super Bets
Feb 02, 2008; ... Tomorrow at 6:18 p.m., the kickoff of Super Bowl XLII will takeplace on a field in Phoenix, Ariz. Two teams, the N.Y. Giants andthe New England Patriots, will play a game that surely will go downin the annals of football history. The Giants have battled to get to this point from a ...
Glen Burnie West: Art bras raise awareness of breast cancer
Feb 02, 2008; ... Art bras will be on display through Feb. 15 at the Pascal SeniorCenter in support of breast cancer awareness. The exhibit is open tothe public from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday at thecenter, 125 Dorsey Road. The exhibit is co-sponsored by the county Health Department ...
Value City to close Glen Burnie store
Feb 02, 2008; ... Value City Department Store in Glen Burnie will close by the endof March, to be replaced by a Burlington Coat Factory store,officials said Thursday. Columbus, Ohio-based Retail Ventures Inc., which owns Value City,announced last week it has sold 81 percent of the company to ...
'Dead Body' expires amid lifeless story, cast
Feb 02, 2008; ... There's life after death for Eva Longoria Parker in "Over HerDead Body," her first big-screen movie as the top-billed star. Theremay not be much life after "Desperate Housewives" for her, though,if all she does is slight variations of the prissy, fidgety, high-and-mighty narcissist she ...
Who's really in charge of charter schools?
Feb 06, 2008; ... The two men didn't know each other, but sitting together at aschool cafeteria table, they suddenly seemed like old friends. "They're here to tell us who's in charge," Gregory Purnell saidas he leaned toward Mike Terebuch, who nodded with a wry smile. The men, both fathers of ...
Two tax breaks help homeowners struggling with mortgage payments
Feb 06, 2008 ... WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) - In a year of bad mortgage news, there's abright spot or two for homeowners: Foreclosure comes with a taxbreak, and 2007 mortgage insurance payments may be tax-deductible. Congress acted on both provisions late last year, extending themortgage insurance ...
Immigration driving congressional race
Feb 06, 2008; ... Eastern Shore Sen. E.J. Pipkin foresees a "disturbing scenario ofvans full of people who are here illegally coming to get a license"if Maryland and the county don't do more to seal the borders. "Right now Maryland is a sanctuary state and that's wrong," hesaid. Mr. Pipkin and ...
Police solve 5 cold cases with DNA database
Feb 06, 2008; ... The case went unsolved for 17 years. The rapist's trail long since cold, police held out little hopeof ever learning who abducted and attacked a 26-year-old womanoutside a Linthicum club. Then science intervened and a forensic chemist with the county'scrime lab was able to ...
Vote of confidence
Feb 06, 2008; ... In the "U" shaped desk arrangement of her AP government classNatalie Franke sits quietly, just another student in a yellow "V"neck sweater vest. The color denotes senior status at Archbishop Spalding HighSchool in Severn. Her teacher and classmates vigorously discusscampaign ...
Gazette Readers Write
Feb 06, 2008 ... Rough basketball I am amazed at what I see in high school basketball games thesedays. It is more physical than pro and college games. I have seen enough games (pro and college) in person and on TV toknow. These games have become so rough it's a wonder that morefights don't ...
At 90, substitute teacher heads for bingo, relaxation
Feb 06, 2008; ... It was the year that Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka wasdecided, Edward R. Murrow went after U.S. Sen. Joe McCarthy andMarilyn Monroe married Joe DiMaggio. It was 1954, the same year Elizabeth Hurd began substituteteaching in elementary schools. She started her career ...
Our say: Graffiti problem calls for deterrence, not glorification
Feb 06, 2008 ... Anyone who went from perusing the February issue of Smithsonianmagazine to looking at our sister paper The Capital's front pageyesterday may have experienced cultural whiplash. The front-page story was about the effort by a local legislator,Del. Nic Kipke of Pasadena, to toughen ...
Northeast's Sarah Jester honored for teaching work
Feb 06, 2008; ... From the time she was in elementary school, Sarah Jester knew shewanted to be a teacher. It's something that runs in her family. Her mom, Debbie Jester, is in her 36th year teaching at countyelementary schools. Her grandmother, Sara Titus, taught in countyschools for 39 ...
Wine, etc.: Choose a perfect wine for Valentine's Day
Feb 06, 2008; ... There are so many versions of how Valentine's Day got started, sowe won't even try to track its history. Whether Valentine is apatron saint or a stockholder at Hallmark doesn't make muchdifference to the guy who better have a plan on Feb. 14. If you are like most male cads, picking ...
Health Talk: Learn, lower and listen
Feb 06, 2008; ... February is American Heart Month, and the "Go Red for Women"campaign is designed to raise awareness of cardiovascular disease(heart attack and stroke) in women. The cause of cardiovascular disease is atherosclerosis, theprocess of cholesterol deposition, inflammation, and narrowing ...
Seasonal comfort Braises and stews make for warm stomachs and souls
Feb 06, 2008; ... The cold winter months bring a subconscious yearning for warmdishes that comfort the deepest parts of our stomachs and souls. Casseroles, soups, stews and braises spread soft heat andpleasant aromas through the kitchen, inviting loved ones to come in,pull up a chair, pour some wine ...