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- EDUCATION Calendar
- Published March 14, 2001 by The Columbia Flier in Community
- >Afternoon preschool. "Social Sandbox," offered by Howard County Recreation and Parks for ages 2 1/2 to 4. April 17-May 24, 12:45-2:45 p.m., River Hill High School, 12101 Route 108, Clarksville. $72. 410-313-7275 to register. Home-schooling meeting...
- LET'S GET Together
- Published March 14, 2001 by The Columbia Flier in Community
- The following groups meet regularly. >Columbia Amateur Radio Association. Fourth Tuesday, 7:30 p.m., Gateway Center, Columbia Gateway Drive, Columbia. Bob Scarburgh, 410-465-2421. >Conversations with God book discussion. Topics in CWG Bo...
- NEIGHBORS in the news
- Published March 14, 2001 by The Columbia Flier in Community
- These Columbia residents have made the dean's list at their colleges and universities for the fall 2000 semester: Jaime Gongora and Jenny Stapleton at Indiana University; Jennie Samuel at Drew University; Farhana Baig, Alison Dorosz, Nicole Kesecker, ...
- Transactions
- Published March 14, 2001 by The Columbia Flier in Community
- Contracts Magellan Behavorial Health of Columbia has been selected by MMM Healthcare of Puerto Rico to manage mental health and substance abuse benefits for its members. The three-year contract is slated to take effect the third quarter of this year....
- Volunteers instill thrill of reading at Dasher Green
- Published March 14, 2001 by The Columbia Flier in Community
- Dasher Green Elementary School's classrooms fall quiet at 2:45 p.m., but in the library three days a week, things keep buzzing. There, 25 first- and second-grade students who have stayed after school have their noses in books, carefully sounding out v...
- Wilson's 'King' needs royal trimming; Rep Stage opens a peculiar `Pageant'
- Published March 14, 2001 by The Columbia Flier in Community
- August Wilson reigned as the greatest English-language playwright of the 1990s, but his first show of the new decade, "King Hedley II," isn't yet ready for prime time. Though it's supposedly heading to Broadway this spring, "King Hedley II" needs a lo...
- College to open vo-tech classes to high-schoolers
- Published March 14, 2001 by The Columbia Flier in Community
- For years parents have complained that the county school system doesn't offer vocational training. That will change next fall, though, under a new plan allowing for some Wilde Lake High School students to take Howard Community College classes in fields su...
- Dreyer was a lifelong tinkerer
- Published March 14, 2001 by The Columbia Flier in Community
- Edward Thomas Dreyer liked to stay busy and was always tinkering with something, his wife, Eleanor, said. Mr. Dreyer, a resident of Columbia, died March 4 at the age of 89. He had a lot of "toys," his wife said, including a ham radio, on which...
- Ennis:; Keeping those sweet notes real
- Published March 14, 2001 by The Columbia Flier in Community
- Singers Billie Holiday and Ethel Ennis were both born and raised in Baltimore, though Holiday had long since moved on when Ennis released her first album in 1956. When Lady Day heard the record, she called an old friend back home to demand, "Who's thi...
- Crime log
- Published March 14, 2001 by The Columbia Flier in News
- The following was compiled from police reports. East Columbia Guilford Road, 9400 block. On March 5 between 1:30 and 6 p.m., someone attempted to enter two residences by removing window screens. Early April Way, 8900 block. Between Mar...
- Police beat
- Published March 14, 2001 by The Columbia Flier in News
- Village center robbed twice in two days Police are investigating the armed robbery of a supermarket and a bank in the Kings Contrivance Village Center last week. The robberies are not believed to be related because witness have provided...
- Schools star in budget hearing
- Published March 14, 2001 by The Columbia Flier in News
- The needs of the county school system _ from nearly $42 million for a 12th high school to $373,000 to improve the pay and benefits of paid helpers for special-education students _ dominated a 2 1/2 hour budget hearing hosted by County Executive Jim Robey ...
- Disciplinary probe focuses on four police officers
- Published March 14, 2001 by The Columbia Flier in News
- Four Howard County police officers may face disciplinary action following an internal investigation into their conduct when they responded to the scene of a fatal shooting earlier this year in Columbia. A lieutenant and two sergeants, whom police have...
- Florida man could get death penalty in spring-break killings
- Published March 14, 2001 by The Columbia Flier in News
- DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) _ One of three brothers was convicted March 10 of killing two Columbia spring breakers during a melee at a beachside motel, while the other two brothers were found guilty of lesser charges. The jury deliberated 22 hours over t...
- Day-care provider faces 40-year termin toddler's death
- Published March 14, 2001 by The Columbia Flier in News
- A North Laurel day-care provider could face as much as 40 years in prison after being convicted last week of manslaughter, child-abuse and assault. After 15 hours of deliberations over two days, a Howard County jury March 8 convicted Kathleen Butcher,...
- Scorpions' run falls one game short
- Published March 14, 2001 by The Columbia Flier in Sports
- There were no inspirational speeches by Oakland Mills coach Dave Appleby before the state playoffs. Silence was his strategy. "We're a young team, so I said nothing to them about the background or the pressure," said Appleby, who was making hi...
- Scorps' Rembert earns full ride to Marshall
- Published March 14, 2001 by The Columbia Flier in Sports
- After a mediocre junior season last year, Oakland Mills quarterback J.T. Rembert wasn't sure any college recruiters would be knocking on his door. But as a senior he starred on offense and defense for the county champions and earned Player of the Year...
- Scott's season proves he's no lightweight
- Published March 14, 2001 by The Columbia Flier in Sports
- Oakland Mills heavyweight Robert Scott says he didn't prepare well for this season. Last year he won a state title after putting in a summer's worth of work, but this summer he worked at a local movie theater and barely wrestled at all. He say...
- Letters: Your voice counts
- Published March 14, 2001 by The Columbia Flier in Opinion
- We applaud Maggie Brown's CA appointment The officers and members of the Howard County Branch of the NAACP have sent a letter of congratulations to Mrs. Maggie Brown, who was recently appointed to the presidency of the Columbia Association. We ...
- Corrections?
- Published March 14, 2001 by The Columbia Flier in Opinion
- Corrections and clarifications of material printed in the Columbia Flier appear in this location. If you notice something that needs correction, please contact editor Maria Archangelo at 410-730-3990, Ext. 1238; fax: 410-997-4564. ...
- After a hard but fulfilling century, Grandfather's life is a page-turner
- Published March 14, 2001 by The Columbia Flier in Opinion
- Was it last November that Grandfather Charles called and asked me if I would write his obituary for him? Yes, I do believe it was. I said sure, but I still haven't gotten around to it. Not that I haven't seen him since. In fact, he, his wife, Ernestin...
- Board should keep tight rein on transfers
- Published March 14, 2001 by The Columbia Flier in Opinion
- The emotion building around the proposed repeal of open enrollment borders on a tempest in a teapot. That doesn't mean, however, that the policy, if allowed to continue, shouldn't be tightened and tweaked. School officials are considering endi...
- What's a speed bump when lives are at stake?
- Published March 14, 2001 by The Columbia Flier in Opinion
- We can't say for sure that "traffic-calming" devices would have prevented an auto accident that injured six teens and horrified the Allview Estates neighborhood March 9. But we doubt the county would willingly put up the money to build them unless off...
- obituaries
- Published March 15, 2001 by Howard County Times in Community
- Mildred E. Everhart Mildred E. Everhart, 81, a homemaker, died Feb. 21 at her home in Woodbine after a long illness. Born in Daisy on Dec. 27, 1919, she was a daughter of the late Frederick Stiers and Sarah E.P. Duvall. She was ...
- Lost and found
- Published March 15, 2001 by Howard County Times in News
- When giving directions to his home in Cedar Villa Heights in Jessup, Joe Sanchez sometimes encounters disbelief. From Route 175, travel south on Route 1 past the Red Roof Inn and Frank's Diner, he might say. Then turn right at the abandoned house on L...
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