Published June 9, 2005 by Owings Mills Times in Sports
Summer Baseball League
Because the Baltimore Orioles' improbable first- place run is stealing the show this spring at the Major League level, diehard baseball fans might be looking for another option locally for their baseball fix.
The six-tea...
Published June 10, 2005 by North County News in Community
Tiralla - DePaul
Francis and Priscilla Tiralla Jr., formerly of Phoenix and now residing in Franklin, Vt., are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter Emily Austin Tiralla to Michael Dominic DePaul III of Essex Junction, Vt.
The b...
Published June 10, 2005 by North County News in Community
Early in the morning of June 4, about 100 North County kids ignored the Internet, turned off their TVs and vetoed their video games.
They headed to the ponds in front of Friendly Farm Restaurant where their morning was all about squirming worms, shiny...
Published June 10, 2005 by North County News in Community
Carissa Elizabeth Powers
Robert and Shellie Powers of Parkton, along with their children Casandra and Cameron, announce the birth of Carissa Elizabeth Powers. Carissa was born May 5 and weighed 6 pounds. 15 ounces.
Erinn Olivia Laser
A...
Published June 10, 2005 by North County News in Community
Send your calendar event notices to Judi Laser, c/o North County News, 409 Washington Ave., Towson, Md. 21204; fax items to 410-337-2490; or e-mail them to jlaser@patuxent.com. Items run periodically on a space-available basis.
Arts
> The D...
Published June 10, 2005 by North County News in Community
Charles Rueben Heath Sr., 82, a longtime resident of the Freeland area, died May 14.
He was born July 4, 1923 in Glade Springs, Va., the son of Edward and Mandy Heath.
Mr. Heath was married to Bessie Mae Weidner for 58 years. She died in 1998....
Published June 10, 2005 by North County News in Education
Student honors
> Alex Proakis of Jacksonville Elementary School was a fourth-grade second-place finisher in the Baltimore County Public Schools 2005 science, technology, engineering and math fair. Alex's project on soil erosion placed first among t...
Published June 10, 2005 by North County News in Business
When Parkton resident Gil Bliss hand crafts his reproduction Windsor chairs, he leaves nothing to chance.
Not even the wood he uses, since he needs it to be raw and uncured.
Bliss hand cuts and splits the oak logs from which the spindles and b...
Published June 10, 2005 by North County News in Business
Engineering
> Michael C. Hild has joined Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson in Sparks as a vice president. Most recently Director of Engineering for the Maryland Port Administration, Hild will manage JMTs mid-Atlantic area projects.
Nonprofit...
Published June 10, 2005 by North County News in News
For more information on disaster and emergency preparedness, check the following Web sites:
> American Red Cross, www.redcross.org or www.redcross-cmd.org
Linnea Anderson, a Red Cross spokeswoman, also recommends taking courses in first aid...
Published June 10, 2005 by North County News in News
Watershed celebration is a learning experience
The Prettyboy Watershed Alliance is holding its second annual Prettyboy Watershed Celebration from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., June 11 at Genesee Valley Outdoor Learning Center in Parkton.
Activities are d...
Published June 10, 2005 by North County News in News
Crime log is compiled from police reports from the Cockeysville precinct. Our policy is to include descriptions when there is enough information to assist police in making an arrest.
Monkton
Old York Road, 15500 block, 1:55 a.m. June 1. Someon...
Published June 10, 2005 by North County News in News
Two petitions now being circulated seek vastly different solutions - one lethal, one nonlethal - to the problem of too many deer in northern Baltimore County.
Last month, County Councilman T. Bryan McIntire asked community groups in his largely rural ...
Published June 10, 2005 by North County News in News
Laws authorizing the transfer of eight county liquor licenses and changing how the members of the state elections board are appointed are just two of the 26 new laws that took effect on June 1.
All of the legislation has been passed by the General Ass...
Published June 10, 2005 by North County News in News
It took a tropical storm to make Richard Ward think about being prepared for an emergency.
Ward, a 69-year-old Massachusetts native now living in Bowleys Quarters, never thought about the subject.
"No one thinks it can happen to them," Ward sa...
Published June 10, 2005 by North County News in News
For 68-year-old Lou "Chuck" Fischer, participating in the three-day Cycle Across Maryland bicycle ride later this month should be like a quick trip around the block.
In March, the Balwin resident completed a 42-day cross-country bike ride that took hi...
Published June 10, 2005 by North County News in News
The following hearings and meetings concern cases in the Baltimore County land use planning process in the third councilmanic district. They are open to the public.
Department of Permits and Development Management
Timothy M. Kotroco, director ...
Published June 10, 2005 by North County News in Opinion
Editorial
Do you support a managed hunt to control Baltimore County's deer population?
Or do you believe the deer population can be controlled through other means?
Take your pick, there are petitions afoot supporting both points of vie...
Published June 10, 2005 by North County News in Opinion
Turnout of progressives proves there is a presence
Bryan P. Sears' interesting response to our 'Out of the Woodwork' festival ("Liberals come out of 'woodwork' for picnic," North County News, May 27) deserves comment.
He seems to have taken gr...
Published June 10, 2005 by North County News in Sports
High School Football
Andy DePaola, Steve Steinbacher and Alex Butt would love to suit up one more time for Hereford's powerhouse football team.
Obviously, that can't happen since all three graduated last month.
But playing in the Good ...
Published June 10, 2005 by North County News in Sports
Summer Baseball League
Because the Baltimore Orioles' improbable first-place run is stealing the show this spring at the major league level, diehard baseball fans might be looking for another option locally for their baseball fix.
The six-team...
Published June 10, 2005 by North County News in Sports
Camps
> Hereford Rec is offering soccer, basketball, softball, volleyball, football and more summer sports camps. Visit www.herefordrec.org or call 410-887-1938.
> Anne McCloskey's sports camp for girls is accepting applications for fiel...
Published June 10, 2005 by The Jeffersonian in Business
Baltimore County is calling for bids on the following contracts. Proposals will be publicly opened in the Purchasing Bureau, Room 148, 400 Washington Ave., Towson.
Bid results can be found on the bulletin boards in the bureau or by calling 410-887-388...
Published June 10, 2005 by The Jeffersonian in Business
Plant closures such as the one at the General Motors van assembly plant on Broening Highway in May are an economic reality in the United States.
Workers who have spent their adult lives working at one location now have to find work elsewhere. One plan...
Published June 10, 2005 by The Jeffersonian in Business
Unlike most Reserve Officer Training Corps candidates, who jump right into ROTC training during their freshman year of college, 21-year-old Charlie Gruver of Overlea came a little late to the game.
Gruver was nearly in his junior year at Towson Univer...