July 25, 2008
Catonsville
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Gamer making a career of it
Here's what college student Paul Oliver can't do so well: Count backward or recite the alphabet in reverse, and he's not so good at getting the linear progression of things. He couldn't put a comic strip in order if its panels were mixed up, for example.
Laura Vozzella: No interest in Granddad's job
Hundreds of Maryland politicos gather on a parking lot every July to eat crabs, talk politics, sweat, sweat some more, and honor a long-gone governor.
Art teased from the river
Where the water quickens just before the bridge, a man is stacking stones.
Laura Vozzella: BELIEVE whatever you like
Story going around Maryland political circles:
Work in Progress
Putting passion into an opera about Persephone
Catonsville resident Rosanna Tufts had the most proper, most elite of musical educations, but deep in her soul, she yearned for more earthy entertainments.
Air conditioning is hot topic
The classrooms at Hebbville Elementary School on Baltimore County's west side got so hot this year that 8-year-old Cameron Harris' mother sometimes took him out of school early on especially muggy afternoons.
Family ties
Shiva kept refusing his wife, Parvati's, pleas to give her a child, so she went by herself into the forest. She mixed together sandalwood paste and bath oil and flakes from her own body, and fashioned them into a baby, a son, and she made him just the way she wanted him to be.
Dream Home
Artwork in progress
In 2001, Mike and Mary Landavere were renting an apartment in an old Victorian home in Catonsville when, after five years, they decided to search for a home of their own.
Life's a scream for local writers
Growing up three blocks apart, Richard Chizmar and Johnathon Schaech spent their teenage days hanging out at a supposed haunted house in Harford County, trying to frighten each other and their friends with scary stories.
Radiology-centers chain is in default, FDA says
A regional chain of radiology centers and its owner are in default on $1.1 million in fines for performing mammograms after one of its facilities lost its certification to perform the procedure because of equipment problems, according to documents released this week by the Food and Drug Administration.
Labor of Lust
When Doug and Annie Brown were forced to leave the Baltimore area they had grown to love to look for work, the couple ended up downhearted in Denver - so much so that they were willing to do anything to put Charm City spark back in their lives.
Music, parade, fireworks July 4
Children's games, live music, a parade and fireworks will be the order of the day at the Catonsville Celebrations Committee's July 4 festivities.
Teacher, mentor drowns at UMBC
Deon Oneil Henry Jr. had the summer off as a health education teacher, so he decided to take a job working with 38 low-income high school students in an Upward Bound program.
UMBC bribery conviction
A former general manager of Siemens Building Technology's Baltimore office was convicted of conspiracy to bribe a University of Maryland Baltimore County official, state Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler's office announced yesterday.
Former contractor receives suspended term for scheme
A former concrete contractor from Cockeysville has been sentenced to five years in jail, all suspended, for a kickback scheme involving University of Maryland, Baltimore County construction projects, the attorney general's office said yesterday.
Md. colleges raising more despite slump
Maryland colleges and universities are raising more money than ever despite a faltering economy, though some campuses are worried about declining alumni giving and say that the economic slump, if it persists, could hit the education sector in coming years.
Winner hopes to launch film career
Louise Schlegel has her eyes on Hollywood. Winning the Miss America pageant is a more recent dream.
Three are indicted in drug conspiracy
A federal grand jury indicted a Catonsville man and two others yesterday, charging them with conspiracy and intent to distribute more than 2 million doses of weight-loss drugs.
Sixth man convicted in corruption probe
Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler says a Lutherville man is the sixth person convicted in a corruption investigation at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
UMBC receives grant of $987,000
The National Science Foundation has awarded a $987,000 grant to the University of Maryland, Baltimore County's Bridge to the Doctorate Program, which assists minority students working toward doctoral degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
Holton to speak for Children's Home
Baltimore City Council member Helen L. Holton will be the keynote speaker for the annual meeting of the Children's Home in Catonsville from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday at the Rolling Road Golf Club, 814 Hilltop Road.
Mike Preston: Zimmerman sticking it out at UMBC
The first time I met Don Zimmerman was in 1987 when he was the coach at Johns Hopkins. He was as intense then as he is now. He would leave a trail after the game from pacing the sideline. He would run a fast break with his team going down the field.
Restaurant Review
Catonsville Gourmet: Busy, and rightly so
Every once in a while, a new restaurant hits the jackpot. It's the right kind of food in the right kind of location with the right kind of atmosphere. There is hardly any competition. And people are knocking down the doors to get in. No matter how much research you do as a prospective restaurant owner, it must come as a surprise when your place is an overnight success.
Erickson Foundation opening retreat in Maine
Catonsville-based Erickson Foundation is opening a vacation retreat in Maine that will focus on helping recent and soon-to-be retirees map out the next phase of their lives.
Dream Home
In a Victorian way
From the ornately decorated entrance hall of her Catonsville home, Andy Braid offers a somewhat unusual welcome to first-time visitors: "If you don't like Victorian, you're in the wrong house."
Why UMBC should welcome ROTC
As an alumnus of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, I hope that UMBC will accept an ROTC department on its campus.
ROTC wrong choice for UMBC students
The forums held last week at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County to discuss a proposal to introduce a department of military science on campus were not announced until last Thursday and were scheduled for the last day of classes of the semester and the first day of exams ("Proposed ROTC unit at UMBC protested," May 9).
Most likely to inspire
It's clear the future holds great opportunities. It also holds great pitfalls. The trick will be to avoid the pitfalls, seize the opportunities, and get home by six o'clock. -- Woody Allen
Kevin Cowherd: A college student evermore
On the face of it, Melvin Epstein sounds like your basic world-class slacker.
3 colleges schedule graduations
Three county colleges and universities have scheduled commencement ceremonies this week.
Watchdog
Cable power box hanging by a thread
THE PROBLEM // A utility pole damaged in a car accident remained in place with a cable power box dangling from it for more than a year, even though a utility company had installed a new pole nearby.
ROTC at UMBC
In a few days, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, President Freeman A. Hrabowski III will decide whether a permanent ROTC site should be established at the Catonsville campus. It's a question that has drawn protests, largely from gay rights activists, but one that he should be free to resolve, without outside interference.
1968, 2008: 'Wars don't die'
Forty years ago today, nine Catholic men and women - three of them priests - walked into a military draft office in Catonsville and seized the records of hundreds of young men likely to be summoned to fight in Vietnam.
UMBC community offers views on ROTC proposal
The faculty senate at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County voted this week in favor of establishing a permanent ROTC site on the Catonsville campus, but dozens of members of the campus community protested the proposal yesterday, objecting to the "militarization" of the campus and the Army's treatment of openly homosexual soldiers.
Third win over Catonsville puts Dulaney in state semis
It's no easy task beating a team as good as the No. 14 Catonsville boys lacrosse team. Beating the Comets twice in one season is an even taller order, and beating them three times is really asking a lot.
UMBC coach extends stay
UMBC's best NCAA Division I basketball season earned coach Randy Monroe a six-year contract extension through the 2013-14 season, the school announced yesterday.
Gregory Kane: These students deserve notice
Those students at Doris M. Johnson High School are at it again, and this time they've ventured where few in their generation have ever ventured before.
Louis J. Cantori
Dr. Louis J. Cantori, a Middle Eastern scholar, author and former professor of political science who taught at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County for more than three decades, died of heart failure Monday at his Hunting Ridge home. He was 73.
Widow's friends plead for help
Carlos Santay was smiling while paying a gas station attendant as he prepared to return home to drive his wife to the hospital to give birth to their first child.
CCBC-Catonsville 13, Harford Community College 6
Catonsville overpowers Harford behind Baublitz
The CCBC- Catonsville women's lacrosse team is right where Jessica Baublitz thought it would be: National Junior College Athletic Association national champion.
Proposed ROTC unit at UMBC protested
Faculty and other members of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County community have started circulating an online petition to protest a proposed ROTC unit at the Catonsville campus, which could open this fall.
Jamie C. Heard
Jamie Clayton Heard, a Meyerhoff Scholar at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, seemed poised for a promising career as research biologist.
Jay Hancock: Boomers planting a debt bomb
The biggest U.S. financial crisis isn't the housing crunch. It's the government debt bomb being planted by baby boomers to explode in the faces of their children and grandchildren
Catonsville alum Davis provides strong relief for 24th-ranked Virginia
Virginia sophomore reliever Neal Davis (Catonsville) is off to an impressive start this season through his first 11 appearances over 23 innings.
Kidnapping leads vanish
Nearly a week after six masked gunmen forced their way into a Catonsville home and three days after the teenage brothers they kidnapped were dropped off at Baltimore County police headquarters, authorities say they are no closer to answering the most basic questions about the incident - including whether the alleged crimes they are investigating actually occurred.
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Missing teens are found, with few answers
The intense search for two brothers who police said were abducted earlier this week as part of a home invasion ended yesterday, when a relative brought the teens to Baltimore County police headquarters in Towson.
Body not that of Catonsville kidnap victim, police say
The body of a teenage male found yesterday morning near train tracks alongside Carroll Park is not that of one of the two brothers kidnapped Tuesday from their Catonsville home, a city police spokesman said.
Search still on for two teens
Police continued to search yesterday for two teenage brothers who were snatched from their Catonsville house after a home invasion that sources familiar with the investigation said was related to Baltimore's drug trade.
Listeners protest WYPR's firing of talk show host
Day 1 of life on air without Marc Steiner at WYPR saw picketing by a group of loyal listeners outside the station's Charles Street studios and strong criticism from members of the station's own community advisory board.
Shamika Williams, Catonsville, basketball
The versatile junior led the Comets to the biggest upset of the season, scoring 15 points, grabbing 11 rebounds and getting six assists in a 61-51 win over then-No. 3 Western at the Basketball Academy. Last week, the powerful 5-foot-8 forward-guard totaled 44 points, 23 rebounds and 14 assists in three games, including a 62-35 win over Hereford and a 61-51 loss to No. 4 City. She averages 16 points, nine rebounds and five assists for the No. 6 Comets (9-2). Williams sat out the last Amateur Athletic Union basketball season to allow a broken thumb and sore knees to heal, but she will rejoin the Baltimore Cougars for the upcoming season.
Kellie Christian, Catonsville, track
In her first season of indoor track, the junior All-Metro sprinter finished second in the 200 meters at the 14th Hispanic Games in New York last weekend. Running on a banked track for the first time, Christian finished in 24.90 seconds, which ranks as the third-fastest time in the country this season. Christian, who played basketball last winter, won the 400-meter state Class 3A outdoor title and swept the 100, 200 and 400 meters at the Baltimore County championships last spring. She finished ninth last summer in the 400 at the USA Junior Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Indianapolis. She has a 3.5 grade point average.
Glimpsed
Jackie Emrich
Remember when college grads had to wear white shoes and pantyhose under their gowns?
P.J. Wakefield, team captain of the Baltimore Blast
Entering his sixth season as a member of the Baltimore Blast, which opened its 2007-2008 season Friday, P.J. Wakefield has already won three Major Indoor Soccer League Championships with his teammates. A graduate of Calvert Hall and University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Wakefield joined the Blast for the 2002-03 season and was named MISL Rookie of the Year.
Sun Poll
Decision time nears for city's undecided
For John Rhodes, it's the difficulty of distinguishing one from the other. To the Northeast Baltimore resident, all the mayoral and City Council president candidates' messages seem to blur together.
Dixon keeps strong lead
Despite modest gains by her chief opponent, Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon maintains a dominating lead ahead of this month's Democratic primary, a new poll for The Sun shows.
SAT scores in math fall in Md.
The average math SAT score of Maryland high school seniors dropped significantly last academic year for the second year in a row - and is now 13 points below students nationally, the College Board said yesterday.
Energy forum keys on supply
Gov. Martin O'Malley said yesterday that eliminating the link between power companies' profits and the amount of energy they distribute - a plan recently approved for Pepco, the Washington-area utility - could be one of the most effective strategies for reducing electricity bills across Maryland.
Mayor's decision to oust may pay off politically
While the political consequences of firing a police commissioner two months before an election remain unclear, several experts predicted yesterday that the potentially risky decision may ultimately pay off for Mayor Sheila Dixon's campaign.
Sun Poll: City Council President
A tight contest for front-runner
Incumbent Stephanie C. Rawlings-Blake and Michael Sarbanes, a longtime civic activist, are in a dead heat in this year's Democratic primary campaign for City Council president, with the bulk of voters undecided, according to the results of a poll conducted for The Sun.
Wounded Va. Tech student improving
The family of Justin Klein, a 2004 Catonsville High School graduate injured in Monday's shootings at Virginia Tech, said he is expected to be released from the hospital "shortly," according to a statement released yesterday.
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