Published March 17, 2004 by Catonsville Times in Community
In a dimly lit room made to resemble a torch-lit, medieval castle, a score of 9-year-olds are putting on lighted vests that resemble something from "Star Trek."
With some help from the adults, they fasten the side buckles and adjust the shoulder strap...
Published March 17, 2004 by Catonsville Times in Community
(Note: Schedules are for varsity games only and are subject to change. Please call Catonsville High (410-887-0808) for verification.)
Baseball
(All games at 3:45 p.m. unless otherwise noted)
March 22 @ Pikesville
March 24 @ Che...
Published March 17, 2004 by Catonsville Times in Community
If memory serves, there have been a few recent movies about characters suffering from memory-related problems: "Memento," "50 First Dates" and "The Butterfly Effect" immediately come to mind.
Is this a new genre in the making? Let's hope not, based on...
Published March 17, 2004 by Catonsville Times in Community
One hundred years ago, The Argus of March 19, 1904, described the reappearance of a local business man.
>Mr. J. Wesley Wade, of Lansdowne, who mysteriously disappeared in the early part of January, returned home Sunday afternoon. Mr. Wade has been ...
Published March 17, 2004 by Baltimore Messenger in News
With speeches, slogans, signs and ballots, Baltimore's Green Party held its first nominating convention March 14 in the auditorium of the Govans branch library and chose eight City Council candidates.
"This is the first time there is real opposition t...
Published March 17, 2004 by Baltimore Messenger in Sports
Girls Lacrosse
Hereford at Bryn Mawr, Monday, March 23 at 3:45 p.m.
Three-time defending Class 2A-1A state champion Bulls open against private school power.
Roland Park at Mercy, Tuesday, March 23 at 4 p.m.
Reds open the season...
Published March 17, 2004 by Baltimore Messenger in Sports
Girls playing hockey who are wary of getting checked halfway into the cheap seats by a boy can rest easy.
That's because the Baltimore Youth Hockey club formed its first girls-only teams in the area this season in the 14-and-under and 19-and-under div...
Published March 17, 2004 by Baltimore Messenger in Sports
Loyola lets Hicks go
Loyola College announced that it will not renew the contract of men's basketball Coach Scott Hicks for next season. Hicks, the 19th head coach in Loyola basketball history, led the Greyhound the past four seasons.
"Scott H...
Published March 17, 2004 by Baltimore Messenger in Sports
Recreation
>The Mountain Club of Maryland hosts the following for all ages. Visit www.mcomd.org.
*Snickers Gap North 18-mile hike is Saturday, March 20. Call 410-285-0363.
*Black Marsh 5-mile hike is Sunday, March 21. Call 410-744-6...
Published March 17, 2004 by Baltimore Messenger in Sports
Men's College Lacrosse
Syracuse at Johns Hopkins, Saturday, March 20 at 1 p.m.
Blue Jays' perch at top of the polls secure with win over Orangemen, who would ascend into Hopkins' slot if victorious.
Notre Dame at Loyola, Saturday, Marc...
Published March 17, 2004 by Baltimore Messenger in Opinion
When the Democratic leadership tried to trim the budgetary powers of Maryland's Republican governor last week, all it got for its trouble was a bloody nose.
Gov. Bob Ehrlich pulled all the stops to repel the assault, after initially appearing to succu...
Published March 17, 2004 by Baltimore Messenger in Community
The guests began arriving at Sujata Massey's house in Roland Park at 8 p.m. on a Wednesday. Soon, they were standing in her kitchen, or sitting at the dining room table, deep in conversation: an actor, a kindergarten teacher, a professor, a social worker,...
Published March 17, 2004 by Baltimore Messenger in Community
The Jewish Museum of Maryland is offering two programs in conjunction with the exhibition, "Lives Lost, Lives Found."
* On April 18, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., the muesum will present a Yom Hashoah program: "Secret Lives: Hidden Children and their Rescue...
Published March 17, 2004 by Baltimore Messenger in Community
Congratulations to Johnna Tolliver and Phil Kulinski of Hollen Road on the birth of their daughter, Ava Alina Kulinski, who was born Leap Day at Greater Baltimore Medical Center. She weighed 7 pounds, 3 ounces, and was 20 inches long. Good thing Cedarcrof...
Published March 17, 2004 by Baltimore Messenger in Community
Spring, of course, is just around the corner. You know the easiest way to tell in Hampden that the weather is taking a turn for the better? No, it's not the sudden appearance of more packs of kids walking pit bulls on chains that barely restrain the dogs ...
Published March 17, 2004 by Baltimore Messenger in Community
Ralph Brunn, whose father concocted Old Bay seasoning, didn't think there was much other than sentimental value to the family's old metal spice grinder.
"Only the body was left," said Brunn, who recalls his father, Gustav, hauling it from Germany to B...
Published March 17, 2004 by Baltimore Messenger in Community
>Julia Bachman of St. James, N.Y., earned the NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship Award.
She is the third student-athlete at the College of Notre Dame of Maryland in four years to earn the honor.
Bachman was a three-time All-Atlantic Women's Coll...
Published March 17, 2004 by Baltimore Messenger in Community
Baltimore School for the Arts, 712 Cathedral St., presents Afeni Shakur, mother of Tupac Shakur, Friday, March 19, 5 p.m. Call 410-347-3043.
Junior League of Baltimore will hold its annual Better Dressed Sale Extravaganza Saturday, March 20, 10 a.m.-5...
Published March 17, 2004 by Baltimore Messenger in Community
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Benefits
>Leukemia & Lymphoma Society will hold a Cup Regatta Hal...
Published March 17, 2004 by Baltimore Messenger in News
The Greenspring quarry project near Mt. Washington has piqued the curiosity of Flora Aisenberg of Pikesville.
"I want to hear about those houses," she said. "I might want to buy one."
Although it will be a few years before the project is compl...
Published March 17, 2004 by Baltimore Messenger in News
Janice Vong stood behind the counter of the new Truffles & Tea store in the Village of Cross Keys shopping center, listening to the dull roar of construction in the courtyard.
Her husband, Jonathan, opened the cozy Falls Road shop in January with ...
Published March 17, 2004 by Baltimore Messenger in News
Ten Key Values of the Green Party, as ratified at a June 2000 party convention:
1. Grassroots democracy
2. Social justice and equal opportunity
3. Ecological wisdom
4. Non-violence
5. Decentralization of wealth and powe...
Published March 17, 2004 by Baltimore Messenger in Education
At first glance, the steel gray Volkswagen drives like a normal car.
But somewhere between the second and third lap around a parking lot at the University of Maryland's Baltimore County campus in Catonsville, the car goes into "drunk" mode at the flip...
Published March 17, 2004 by Baltimore Messenger in Education
It's Saturday night. What's a bored teenager to do?
Party and drink.
That's what a panel of private school students in north Baltimore told an audience of 250 parents and educators last week at the third annual Teen Scene forum.
The Pa...
Published March 17, 2004 by Baltimore Messenger in Education
Percentage of students reporting substance use by grade level
6th grade 12th grade
Cigarettes
4.6% ever used 40.2% ever used
2.3% used in last 12 months 26.8% used in last 12 months
Beer, Wine, Wine Coolers
10.2...