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Sunday, March 25, 2007

20070321 This week in the Westminster Eagle

This week in the Westminster Eagle

Posted March 25th, 2007

Local News


Alleged thief nets early retirement
Police say no one really took notice of the woman who walked with a cane when she visited Carroll Lutheran Village in January.

But no one really forgot her, either.

It wasn't until a rash of robberies were reported that people really remembered seeing her.

"When we started interviewing and tal...
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Panel to review Westminster economic goals
Concerned about the state of economic development of Westminster, the Greater Westminster Development Corporation is reaching out to the city, county, McDaniel College and businesses around Westminster to form a new review committee.

Scheduled to begin meeting next week, the GWDC "Blue Ribbon Comm...
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Recreation


For Flynn's sake, seniors take one final shot


Annual exhibition game benefits Flynn family

High school basketball

The final score didn't matter. The chance to play one more basketball game, especially for a good cause, was all the reason seniors from each Carroll County high school needed to get together at Century High School last Thursday...
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Wolf at the Door


No matter the source, hot air keeps this ol' world spinning


Nothing in life is static, there is always change. Sometimes change is obvious, other times so finite it can't be detected.

The hullabaloo about "global warming" falls in both categories.

Subtle because it has been happening for centuries undetected; and promoted now because many liberals have a...
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Doug... A Little Deeper


'Remember the Maps!' ... or maybe, 'Keep 5 Alive!'
Some students of history may recall that the great rallying cry for the Spanish-American War in the late 1890s was "Remember the Maine!"

For those of us who weren't around back then, here's a brief history lesson: The USS Maine was an American battleship in 1898. President William McKinley sent th...
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Kevin E. Dayhoff


History of education, minus beheadings, in our state
In researching the history of education in Carroll County, an historian finds many references to the "first school" or the "first" beginnings of a system of education.

Perhaps the "first" reference to schools in Maryland occurred Thursday April 13, 1671, when the "Upper House" of the Maryland Gene...
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Community Calendar


Community Calendar


ARTS

> Artwork by members of the Maryland Printmakers are featured in a non-juried show on display through March 23 in the Great Hall at Carroll Community College, 1601 Washington Road, Westminster. The Great Hall is open Monday through Thursday, 7:30 a.m. to 11 p.m.; Fridays, 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p...
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Community Rallies behind Bowling Brook
On March 2, Bowling Brook Preparatory Academy in Keymar announced that after 50 years in operation, it would close on March 9.

The closing comes in the wake of the death of one of the students on January 23.

Since the closing was announced, many Carroll Countians have rallied in sup...
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A sordid saga of communists, reservoirs, congressman, and pumpkins
Contrary to what is being circulated; the Union Mills reservoir project in Carroll County will add another layer of protection to the site of the “pumpkin papers,” and this national treasure is not threatened.

Recently the old Whittaker Chambers “pumpkin patch&...
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People Forms


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News Briefs
Land preservation on the agenda for FPACC

The Finksburg Planning and Citizens' Council will host a general meeting this Thursday, March 22, at 7 p.m. at Sandymount United Methodist Church.

The focus of the meeting is land preservation, and speakers will include Nick Williams of the Maryland Envi...
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Girl Scouts' drive supports troops
Two Westminster West Middle School eighth-graders are bringing relief efforts for the War in Iraq closer to home by collecting items for wounded soldiers who have returned to the states.

The collection is part of a Girl Scout Silver Award project for Ashlyn Cox and Sarah Patterson. Both say they i...
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Education Notes
North Carroll raises $9,000 in Math-a-Thon

North Carroll Middle School recently completed its annual St. Jude's Math-a-Thon -- an event in which students collect sponsorships for completing a Math-a-Thon Funbook.

This year, the school Mathematics Department, including the fifth-grade teams which...
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Country roads bring local singer Bryna back to familiar territory


Tragedy brought country music into Maryland singer Laura Bryna's life. Bryna, who is the opening act for Emmylou Harris at Meyerhoff Symphony Hall Saturday, March 24, discovered country music as a kid when her brother suffered a brain aneurism that left him in a six-month coma.

During the daily dr...
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