Published July 21, 2005 by Catonsville Times in Community
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Published July 21, 2005 by Catonsville Times in Community
Phillips-Dodd
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Phillips of Catonsville announce the engagement of their daughter, Shannon Dana Phillips, to Steven Bishop Dodd, son of Mr. and Mrs. Allen Dodd of Myrtle Beach, S.C.
The couple teaches elementary school in So...
Published July 21, 2005 by Catonsville Times in News
After a quiet, two-week visit to his Catonsville home, Chris Roussey has returned to Iraq, where mortar attacks have become so routine that he says he doesn't fear them anymore.
"You used to hide or something, go behind something," said the 20-year-ol...
Published July 21, 2005 by Catonsville Times in News
Sleepless night leads to some casual thoughts
My bedside clock glowed 2:20 a.m., and I couldn't sleep. With deadline nearing, I got up to proofread this column before e-mailing it off to Robin Oegerle, my compliance chief at Ferris, Baker Watts, then ...
Published July 21, 2005 by Catonsville Times in News
Curran proposes bills to prevent identity theft
State Attorney General J. Joseph Curran announced that he will ask the General Assembly to support two bills aimed at protecting residents from identity theft.
One bill would require businesses t...
Published July 21, 2005 by Catonsville Times in News
Police investigating shooting at gas station
Baltimore County police are investigating a shooting July 16 in Catonsville that injured a gas station customer.
The victim had pulled his vehicle into a Shell station in the 5900 block of Baltimore...
Published July 21, 2005 by Catonsville Times in News
Although the construction work looks as though an interstate is coming down the narrow street of Fairfield Drive a few blocks from Hillcrest Elementary School, it is actually part of the Catonsville Storm Water management project.
The 8-foot tall conc...
Published July 21, 2005 by Catonsville Times in News
The following is a synopsis of local planning cases as they make their way through the Baltimore County planning process. These cases involve projects in the First District.
Department of Permits and Development Management
Timothy Kotroco, dir...
Published July 21, 2005 by Catonsville Times in News
Crime Log is compiled from police reports. It is the policy of the Catonsville Times to include a description of suspects only if it is complete enough to aid in identification.
Catonsville
Frederick Road, 900 block, Shell gas station, 9:25 p....
Published July 21, 2005 by Catonsville Times in News
For 7-year-old Tharen Rice of Ellicott City, July 15 was a first.
It was, he said at 8:39 p.m., "My first time to stay up till midnight."
That's the dedication of a true Harry Potter fan.
Area muggles (Harry Potter-ese for humans) left...
Published July 21, 2005 by Catonsville Times in Sports
Five Oaks nips St. Andrews in thriller, 243-242.
6 & under girls: Amy Egan, 1st free. Mary Rose Zoeckler, 2nd free.
6 & under boys: Malik Mohanlal-Vargas, 1st free, 2nd back. Pramuk Mohanlal-Vargas, 1st back, 3rd free.
8 & ...
Published July 21, 2005 by Catonsville Times in Sports
The Catonsville Cubs U15 travel baseball team, led by manager Steve Marsh and coach Mark McMannis, took second place in the Mid Maryland Travel Association tournament on July 9-10 in Sykesville.
After getting off to a rough start this season, the team...
Published July 21, 2005 by Catonsville Times in Sports
Boxing
Mike Ricasa is sharing a bite to eat with his daughters Marissa, 7, Miranda, 4, his nephew and niece at the Arundel Mills mall food court on a Friday night and he is explaining how he got the nickname, "Little Rock."
"It was probably a ...
Published July 21, 2005 by Catonsville Times in Sports
The name of Ray Chism was omitted from the results from the Arbutus Firecracker 10K race. Chism completed the 6.2 mile course in 57:02 and placed 101st overall.
...
Published July 21, 2005 by Catonsville Times in Sports
> The Catonsville Cubs 12U baseball travel Team will be holding tryouts for the fall 2006 season. Tryouts will be July 27 at 6 p.m., July 30 at 4 p.m. and August 6 at 11 a.m. at Hillcrest Elementary. The Cubs play in the MMTA League. For information, c...
Published July 21, 2005 by Catonsville Times in Opinion
Editorial
* Did you know that a student who misses 10 percent of classes in a course automatically fails for that grading period?
* Did you know that a student who is caught in possession of a paintball gun is expelled?
* Or, that stud...
Published July 21, 2005 by Catonsville Times in Opinion
Is it too late to talk about respect, the kind that Rodney Dangerfield said he never got? Like a summer cold, there's a lot of disrespect going around these days.
For example, there's the lack of respect by the baseball establishment for its fans who ...
Published July 21, 2005 by Catonsville Times in Opinion
Parade goers shouldn't take a back seat to empty chairs
I would just like to say a few things about our community's Independence Day celebrations.
After a long, hot, walk to the parade, my children and I arrived at our destination, only to hav...
Published July 21, 2005 by Baltimore Messenger in Community
For Dr. Jerome Slavitt, a Father's Day trip to a home improvement store to buy a bench grinder was an act of medical research. Really.
The chief of podiatry at Northwest Hospital Center in Randalls-town needed the power tool to shape models of his nex...
Published July 21, 2005 by Baltimore Messenger in Community
Success never tasted so sweet for artists David Page and Stewart Watson, who created a 6-foot-high sculpture out of candy for the 24th annual Artscape, Baltimore's celebration of the arts July 22-24.
Made of nearly 600 pounds of hard candy (sugar, cor...
Published July 21, 2005 by Baltimore Messenger in Community
The Baltimore City Department of Transportation is encouraging people who go to Artscape 2005 to use light rail and other public transit.
The Mount Royal light-rail stop is located in the heart of the festival area, and the Maryland Transit Administra...
Published July 21, 2005 by Baltimore Messenger in Community
As promised, a listing of MWIA board members
The following are the names of the intrepid, energetic, community-minded men and women who have all agreed to serve on the board of the Mt. Washington Improvement Association for the coming year. First, the...
Published July 21, 2005 by Baltimore Messenger in Community
Charles A. Mullan
Charles A. Mullan died July 3 in Lady Lake, Fla. Mr. Mullan had been a prominent Baltimore contractor and developer. He was 89.
Mr. Mullan and his late brother, Thomas F. Mullan Jr., developed and built 2 Charles Center in th...
Published July 21, 2005 by Baltimore Messenger in Community
> Washington University in St. Louis has named Jospeh Mold-Zern of Stoneleigh to the dean's list. The son of Ruthann Zern and David Mold, he is a graduate of Boys Latin School.
> Trinity College, Conn., announces the graduation of Watson McLeish...
Published July 21, 2005 by Baltimore Messenger in Community
Party good way to spend July 4, don't you think?
Guilford in July is a visual feast, as homes are surrounded by beautifully tended beds of multi-hued blossoms amid manicured emerald lawns. Summer gardens are abloom with lush roses, purple and lavender...