Published January 5, 2005 by Owings Mills Times in Community
Happy New Year, neighbors. I am delighted and honored to be your new Randallstown columnist.
I have a passion for writing about the people, places and events that touch our lives. As a Randallstown resident, I am especially pleased to share news about...
Published January 5, 2005 by Owings Mills Times in Community
> Air Force Airman Antonio M. Harrell has graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio.
During the six weeks of training, the airman studied the Air Force mission, organization and military customs and courtesies; ...
Published January 5, 2005 by Owings Mills Times in Community
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Published January 5, 2005 by Owings Mills Times in News
There are no artificial ingredients in The Yum Yum Sisters cooking, but there are a lot of shortcuts.
The Yum Yums are a culinary duo. Ilene Spector of Upperco and Sandra Spanos of Reisterstown are two 60-year-old grandmothers who seemingly have twice...
Published January 5, 2005 by Owings Mills Times in News
2 frozen spinach souffles, thawed (preferably Stouffer's 12 oz. variety)
1 package of frozen chopped onions, thawed
3 tablespoons of butter
1 2.5 oz. package of pine nuts
2 to 3 cans Hungry Jack biscuits (each can makes 30-38 t...
Published January 6, 2005 by Baltimore Messenger in Education
After spending some time at the Odyssey School for dyslexic children, Lindsay Dryden Jr. did not hesitate to make the decision to support its mission.
"I saw the progress these kids made with this special attention," he said. "I just admire what they'...
Published January 6, 2005 by Baltimore Messenger in Education
Two private girls' schools in Roland Park have received large financial grants and gifts that will help them fund endowments and construction projects.
The Bryn Mawr School got a $500,000 foundation grant, part of which will help fund a new, larger mi...
Published January 6, 2005 by Baltimore Messenger in Community
It's 2005. Who's up for starting the new year by trying new things? No, I don't mean making resolutions that only serve to make people feel guilty when you break them. I'm suggesting being a bit more adventurous this year. Eating at a restaurant that serv...
Published January 6, 2005 by Baltimore Messenger in Community
On an evening late last month, during the busy holiday season, a large crowd attended the first of two open board meetings of the Mt.Washington Improvement Association, held in a meeting room on the Johns Hopkins University's Smith Avenue campus. The lone...
Published January 6, 2005 by Baltimore Messenger in Community
> Baltimore Clayworks, 5707 Smith Ave., presents "The Animal Instinct," an exhibition featuring works by 20 artists who employ animal imagery in both sculpture and functional pieces, running Jan. 8-Feb. 12. Opening reception 6-8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 8. ...
Published January 6, 2005 by Baltimore Messenger in Community
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> Cinemagic Productions is looking for pictures of Baltimore City from 190...
Published January 6, 2005 by Baltimore Messenger in Community
Guilford's holiday lights, especially dazzling this year, are ablaze with stunning displays.�Some residences have uplights accentuating architectural details. Handsome doorways and windows are spotlighted, and railings are accented.�As I write this co...
Published January 6, 2005 by Baltimore Messenger in News
Commuters expecting to catch express shuttle buses from the Falls Road light-rail station to the State Center in Baltimore had an unpleasant surprise Jan. 3.
The No. 27 express shuttle buses were canceled for the day due to a shortage of drivers, but ...
Published January 6, 2005 by Baltimore Messenger in News
For Nancy Cushman, owner of Meadow Mill Athletic Club in Hampden, every January means more people hitting the treadmills, lifting weights, taking yoga classes and eating low-fat foods.
And every spring like clockwork, Cushman sees many of those same p...
Published January 6, 2005 by Baltimore Messenger in News
Matthew Micciche, head of school for academics at the Wilmington Friends School in Delaware, has been named head of Friends School in Baltimore.
Micciche, 33, starts July 1, succeeding Lila Lohr, 59, who is retiring.
Lohr has been head of scho...
Published January 6, 2005 by Baltimore Messenger in News
Canterbury Road
3900 block, at 3:25 a.m. Dec. 28. Thirty DVDs and two electric guitars were stolen from the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity house.
Cedarcroft Road
400 block, between 9 p.m. Dec. 26 and 2:38 p.m. Dec. 29. A home was burglarized...
Published January 6, 2005 by Baltimore Messenger in News
WASHINGTON
The number and scope of mass layoffs in Maryland has started to dwindle, a trend that is likely to continue even with the expected loss of 1,100 jobs in 2005 at the General Motors plant in Baltimore.
Economists and state officials s...
Published January 6, 2005 by Baltimore Messenger in Sports
Notices
Recreation
> The Baltimore Blizzard women's ice hockey organization is looking for a coach with hockey knowledge and coaching experience for a paid position. Call 410-472-4528.
Teams
> The Baltimore Bays 94 Power ...
Published January 6, 2005 by Baltimore Messenger in Sports
Boys Basketball
Gilman at Archbishop Curley, Friday, Jan. 7 at 8 p.m.
Coach Tony Jordan's team appears to be class of the league again.
Park at Mount Carmel, Tuesday, Jan. 11 at 6 p.m.
Bruins off to sizzling 10-0 start.
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Published January 6, 2005 by Baltimore Messenger in Sports
One Saturday morning in late November, Ron Belinko stood on the cold, shady sidelines at M&T Bank Stadium cheering on the Hereford High football team in the Class 2A state title game.
Last month, he attended a boys basketball game between Randalls...
Published January 6, 2005 by Baltimore Messenger in Business
Beware of unscrupulous people who try to take advantage of those of us willing to help victims of the tsunami disaster.
Within days of 9/11, con artists were cropping up all over. In Chicago, a group identifying itself as representing a local VFW was ...
Published January 6, 2005 by Baltimore Messenger in Business
Towson resident Robert A. "Tony" Dalrymple has spent most of his professional life watching ocean waves.
And, though the professor and research scientist at Johns Hopkins University's Whiting School of Engineering has spent more time studying rip tide...
Published January 6, 2005 by Baltimore Messenger in Opinion
Health-care professionals deserve to get tax credits
It is time to pass Del. Sheila Ellis Hixson's bill to offer limited tax credits to health-care professionals who volunteer their time and skills for the low- income and uninsured.
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Published January 6, 2005 by Baltimore Messenger in Opinion
"When you got the votes," says an Annapolis maxim, "call the roll." Of course, the reverse is true, too. If you don't have the votes, you don't call the roll. More emphatically, you don't call a special legislative session, as Gov. Robert Ehrlich did in a...
Published January 6, 2005 by The Jeffersonian in Business
Not long ago, a preteen was taken to the Franklin Square Hospital Center Emergency Room after she intentionally ate rat poison. That same week, a 4-year-old boy was brought to the hospital after his older sister tried to smother him.
The would-be suic...