Published June 20, 2002 by Howard County Times in Community
On the last day in May, Howard High celebrated graduation with a very special keynote speaker. Mary E. Burke, from the school's first graduating class (1954), told the graduates she remembered "watching a new brick-and-mortar building rise from the midst ...
Published June 20, 2002 by Howard County Times in Community
For more than two decades, Marianne Regina Cross opened the minds of Howard High students to the works of Tennyson, Fitzgerald, Shakespeare and other great writers.
The outspoken teacher taught her students to relate literature to their own lives, tho...
Published June 20, 2002 by Howard County Times in Community
Twenty-seven youth and adults from First Baptist Church of Savage headed south June 15 to perform mission work in five community churches in Mississippi. They are geared up and prepared to help with vacation Bible school, backyard Bible classes, and - I c...
Published June 20, 2002 by Howard County Times in Community
You're never too old to have fun. Witness the Golden Girls and Co. dance troupe. The troupe, made up of senior citizens from the Florence Bain Senior Center, appeared April 11 at the Elkridge Roadrunners Club.
The group performed tap routines, sang so...
Published June 20, 2002 by Howard County Times in Education
The county might need another elementary school by 2005 in the northeastern part of the county to relieve crowding there, a school system official told the County Council June 17.
The additional school could be necessary despite the fact that the coun...
Published June 20, 2002 by Howard County Times in Education
O'Rourke announces changes in personnel
Superintendent John O'Rourke announced several public school promotions, transfers and hires last week.
Cindy Hankin, assistant principal at Pointers Run Elementary School, was promoted to princip...
Published June 20, 2002 by Howard County Times in Education
Reservoir High School getting a traffic signal
School system officials learned last week that they will have to spend $10,000 to install a new traffic light in preparation of the opening of Reservoir High School this fall.
A light at th...
Published June 20, 2002 by Howard County Times in Education
In the 29 years he's been teaching high school science, Ed Rohde has seen a lot of smart kids. But 17-year-old Kavita Shukla is off the charts.
"One word: Awesome," Rohde said of the Centennial High grad who holds U.S. patents for two inventions, incl...
Published June 20, 2002 by Howard County Times in Education
Last in a series
The gifts Sandra James gave to Jason Cartwright were not elaborate _ a plant, a thank-you note, a kiss on the cheek.
But to Cartwright, an eighth-grade math and science teacher at Owen Brown Middle School, it was a gesture tha...
Published June 20, 2002 by Howard County Times in Education
After more than a decade of videotaping Howard County high school graduations, Anne Brooker-Grogan knows boys generally walk down the aisle three times as fast as girls, parents can be awfully obnoxious, and some school administrators rely on the same spe...
Published June 20, 2002 by Howard County Times in Business
Impact Marketing & Public Relations Inc., an Ellicott City-based marketing communications company, has been accepted as an "expert consultant" for Maryland's Strategic Assistance Consulting Fund. The SACF expert consultant group is made up of business...
Published June 20, 2002 by Howard County Times in News
Schools meetings case a 'zoo', says trial judge
A civil trial based on a lawsuit filed by an education activist who accuses the Howard County Board of Education of holding secret meetings for two years got under way this week and is not likely ...
Published June 20, 2002 by Howard County Times in News
The following was compiled from police reports.
Clarksville, Fulton
Lynx Lane, 5400 block. On June 12 at 1:14 a.m., someone stole a paint sprayer from a business.
Elkridge, Jessup
Washington Boulevard, 6300 block. On June 17 at...
Published June 20, 2002 by Howard County Times in News
Gunman robs Pizza Hut in Ellicott City
Two employees of an Ellicott City Pizza Hut were forced to lie on the floor at gunpoint as a man robbed the business of cash June 12, police said.
At 10:40 p.m., the man entered the business, locat...
Published June 20, 2002 by Howard County Times in News
The quiet, private setting of their new Columbia home on Flowertuft Court was one of the attributes that attracted Timothy and Deborah McQuitty to the house.
Its location _ set back from the road among trees _ might also have been a factor that twice ...
Published June 20, 2002 by Howard County Times in News
It's not an easy job to pull off the 25-minute explosion of fireworks over Columbia's Lake Kittamaqundi each Independence Day.
Just ask Columbia Kiwanis Club president Stacy Jost, who bore the brunt of complaints after rain delayed the start of last y...
Published June 20, 2002 by Howard County Times in News
A Columbia couple is suing the Columbia Association for $500,000 after their 10-year-old son fractured his arm while attending a "Parents Nite Out" event at the Supreme Sports Club in March.
Ann and Elliott Windsor claim their son Daniel was left unsu...
Published June 20, 2002 by Howard County Times in Sports
Submitting sports notices
The deadline for submitting sports notices is noon Monday. We prefer e-mail (HowardCountySports@patuxent.com; send as text in the body of the e-mail, not as a file attachment) or fax (410-997-4564). We do not accept notices b...
Published June 20, 2002 by Howard County Times in Sports
Team League Overall Highlights
Mt. Hebron 14-4 16-6 County champion
Atholton 13-5 20-5 Class 2A state champion
Centennial 11-7 15-8
Hammond 11-7 14-8
Glenelg 11-7 13-9
Long Reach 11-7 15-9 Most wins ever
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Published June 20, 2002 by Howard County Times in Sports
The following players were selected to the All-Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association B Conference team. Glenelg Country played in Division I; Chapelgate played in Division II.
Player School
Mike Cox Glenelg Country School
Steve...
Published June 20, 2002 by Howard County Times in Sports
Hitting
Name, school AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB SB Ave.
Scott Peddicord, LR 69 27 33 14 14* 2 0 16 1 .478
Steve Merson, A 80 24 37* 17 6 2 1 10 4 .463
Adam Heffron, Ha 82 31* 37* 31 11 2 5 NA NA .451
A.J. Tinnirella, C NA 2...
Published June 20, 2002 by Howard County Times in Sports
Co-Players of the Year
Matt Revelle Atholton Senior Pitcher
John Zabel Mt. Hebron Senior Pitcher
First team
Matt Holley Howard Senior Pitcher
Brad Loveless Centennial Senior Pitcher
Rob LaHayne Glenelg Senior Ca...
Published June 20, 2002 by Howard County Times in Sports
Submitting sports results
The deadline for submitting sports copy is noon Monday. We prefer e-mail (HowardCountySports@patuxent.com; send as text, not as a file attachment) or fax (410-997-4564). We do not accept results by phone. When two Howard Coun...
Published June 20, 2002 by Howard County Times in Sports
They came from as far away as North Carolina and Connecticut to wrestle at River Hill High School this past Saturday for the Middle Atlantic East Coast Club Freestyle Championships and the Maryland State Games wrestling competition. More than 200 young wr...
Published June 20, 2002 by Howard County Times in Sports
Kenny Beck began his college career as an invited walk-on at the University of Maryland in 1999. A backup catcher and the last player off the bench, he hit less than .200.
Fast forward to 2002: Beck was selected in the 48th round by the Montreal Expos...