Published October 30, 2008 by The View from Ellicott City in Education
TEEN SCENE
Halloween! Goblins, ghosts, witches and lots and lots of candy! Just the mention of Halloween sends kids into a frenzy of excitement. Dressing up, getting candy, spending time with friends -- what's not to love? Well, when you're in hi...
Published October 30, 2008 by The View from Ellicott City in Community
Volunteers clean up debris from Patapsco
An estimated 3,160 pounds of trash were removed from sections of the Patapsco River in Ellicott City and Catonsville after a stream cleanup earlier this month.
Members of Friends of Patapsco Valley...
Published October 30, 2008 by The View from Ellicott City in Opinion
A news brief in the Oct. 24 issue "Still time for people to vote by absentee ballot" gave an incorrect address for the county elections office. The correct address is 8900 Columbia 100 Parkway, in Columbia....
Published October 30, 2008 by The View from Ellicott City in Education
Emily Phillips had an atypical introduction to college life -- her first days at school were spent painting walls and handing out prophylactics.
The Ellicott City resident, who graduated from Mt. Hebron High School this year, spent three days volu...
Published October 30, 2008 by The View from Ellicott City in Opinion
County needs to help save historic sites
Recent demolition of two pre-Civil War homes in Lisbon was a crime against history ("From days of yore to eye sore," Oct. 10). DPZ says efforts were made to convince owner/developer Gary Meyers of...
Published October 30, 2008 by The View from Ellicott City, The View from Western Howard County in News
This year, kids can go reverse trick-or-treating, after their shift as costumed sugar hunters ends. For each pound of collected confections a child turns in to Dr. Walter Mazzella, a family dentist focusing on cosmetic dentistry, he or she receives $1. Ea...
Published October 30, 2008 by The View from Ellicott City in Community
SENIOR CIRCLES
Our Bridge Group at the Ellicott City Senior Center got good news today. One of our members, Bob Sheldon, probably the most avid, had surgery and was not doing too well, but things have turned around and he appears to be on the ro...
Published October 30, 2008 by The View from Ellicott City in Community
MOSTLY MAIN STREET
Happy Halloween! We don't have any little kids in our house anymore, but I remember the Northfield Elementary School years -- our two kids went there a combined 12 years -- no break and no overlap. That was 12 years worth of p...
Published October 30, 2008 by The View from Ellicott City in Community
75 Years Ago - Masquerade
Come one, come all to Haker's barn! That was the gist of a large ad in that week's Ellicott City Times for a Halloween Dance at Montgomery Road, near Miller's Corner. The live music was by "the Northerners." T...
Published October 30, 2008 by The View from Ellicott City in Education
News and Notes
Community Coat Drive> PTA Council of Howard County-sponsored coat drive through Nov. 10. New or gently used coats (cleaned, functioning zippers) of all sizes for children and adults, as well as caps and gloves. Contact PTACHC at ...
Published October 30, 2008 by The View from Ellicott City, The View from Western Howard County in Community
I had the privilege a couple weeks ago of attending a breakfast gathering for someone about to embark on an exciting new path, so I did what I always do in situations like that -- I baked.
The thing I like most about being able to bake for event...
Published October 30, 2008 by Howard County Times in Community
Oakland Mills High School -- Class of 1983. Reunion set for Nov. 1. Call Theresa Kupiec, 410-730-6163, e-mail tlebert@myexcel.com or go to omhs1983.freeservers.com.
Glenelg High School -- Class of 1993. Reunion set for Nov. 15, 7-11 p.m. Nottingh...
Published October 30, 2008 by Howard County Times, The Columbia Flier in Sports
River Hill and Reservoir posted big shutout wins in their respective playoff games, but Oakland Mills and Glenelg got the honor of knocking off the top seed in their brackets.
Oakland Mills beat Gwynn Park, seeded first in the Class 2A South Region, 4-...
Published October 30, 2008 by Howard County Times, The Columbia Flier in Sports
Before this fall's playoff draw was even announced, River Hill and Mt. Hebron might as well have penciled one another into their side of the 2A South bracket -- the state's "random" draw seems to like the matchup.
For the third straight year...
Published October 30, 2008 by Howard County Times in Arts, Entertainment
Stanley in Sykesville
Singer-songwriter James Lee Stanley can be heard Thursday, Oct. 30 at 8 p.m., at Baldwin's Station & Pub in Sykesville (7618 Main St.). Stanley is a folk music mainstay whose 1998 effort,"Freelance Human Being,"...
Published October 30, 2008 by Howard County Times, The Columbia Flier in Sports
Submitting sports results
The deadline for submitting sports copy is noon on Mondays. We prefer e-mail (howardcountysports@ patuxent.com) or fax (410-997-4564). We do not accept results by phone. When two Howard County teams play, players from b...
Published October 30, 2008 by Howard County Times in Entertainment
Your odds against being dealt pocket aces are 220-1. Your odds against being dealt pocket jacks or better are 54-1. Chances are, you'll find yourself with a lot of drawing hands, meaning you'll face the tricky dilemma of creating a big pot in case you ...
Published October 30, 2008 by Howard County Times in Entertainment
A year ago I was excited about Tangier and wrote in my blog, "It's no longer the Tijuana of Africa." I didn't realize my comments would touch a nerve with people who like Tijuana.
So recently I went to Tijuana -- a Mexican town j...
Published October 30, 2008 by Howard County Times, The Columbia Flier in Sports
Glenelg senior Matt Philie was out of time.
His swing, his scoring average and his mindset were mired in a funk that had lasted for more than a month. He had spent the nearly two-week break since districts, where he shot an 80 to finish in ...
Published October 30, 2008 by Howard County Times in Entertainment, Dining
Back in the day -- a couple of decades ago -- Chinese restaurants in these here parts were few and far between. Remember Jade Palace in the mall? When the mall finally opened?
Further, what Chinese eateries there were served only Mandarin-...
Published October 30, 2008 by Howard County Times in Business
Health Facilities Association of Maryland recently elected Eric Shope senior vice president of business development, Stella Maris Inc., as the new chairperson of the association's board of directors.
In 2005, Shope assumed his current position a...
Published October 30, 2008 by Howard County Times, The Columbia Flier in Sports
(as of Oct. 29)
(county standings are final)
League Overall
School W L W L
Centennial 13 0 15 0
Wilde Lake 11 2 11 4
River Hill 11 2 12 2
Reservoir 9 4 9 5
Atholton 8 5 10 5
Mt. Hebron 8 5 8...
Published October 30, 2008 by Howard County Times in Arts, Entertainment
It's almost impossible to do a stage version of Bram Stoker's "Dracula" without indulging in campy excess, but the Vagabond Players' seasonally timed staging generally refrains from laughter-induc...
Published October 30, 2008 by Howard County Times, The Columbia Flier in Sports
We may be seeing our last winner-take-all county championship games. This is the third year most of our sports have used that method to determine the county champion. With the exception of cross country, football, golf, track and wrestling, which use a di...