The Baltimore Sun from Baltimore, Maryland • Page 23
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Officer in serious condition after 2 police cruisers collide Former trash collector to head Bureau of Solid Waste MARYLAND Friday, August 25, 2000 THE SUN 00 Section INSIDE Bowie man given life sentence in triple slaying Willis Mark Haynes was sentenced to life without parole yesterday for the fatal shooting of three District of Columbia women in the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center in January 1996. According to testimony, Haynes and another man had offered the women a ride home from a party. In Baltimore City Its due voyage home. over, Liberty shipis Experiment with late closing hours in jeopardy. In the Region Park outing puts Harford teachers at ease.
High court allows harassment lawsuit to proceed. Children's advocate Shirlene E. Bembry dies at 48. Obituaries 6B Weather 16B SunSpot The Sun on the Internet: http://www.sunspot.net DAN RODRICKS This Just In Sad words from mother speak to city violence APRIL, Warren McLean shot his girlfriend in the upper arm and told police it was an accident. Only the girlfriend could say whether that was so, but she was not present the other day when McLean went in his wheelchair into the Baltimore District Court building on Wabash Avenue to face a reckless-endangerment charge.
The other woman in his life, his mother, joined him in court, and she ended up saying some of the saddest words we've ever heard. This story, of course, unfolds only from after police arrived at a West Baltimore rowhouse at 1:06 p.m. Thursday, April 27. What exactly happened between McLean and his girlfriend before police got there -in response to a call about a shooting -is not in the record. But what they saw that afternoon was this: McLean, sitting on his bed, holding a semiautomatic, pearl-handled handgun.
His girlfriend, a young woman named Perry, had a "through-and-through" bullet wound in her arm, close to the shoulder, and she was lucky to have survived the shot in 300-homicides-a-year Baltimore. A shell casing was on the floor by McLean's paralyzed feet. Police officers found another handgun, a silver-plated revolver, outside the Rodricks, Rerun ordered in BTU election Members should vote again for unit officers, national union rules Appeal being considered By ERIKA NIEDOWSKI SUN STAFF The American Federation of Teachers has ordered the Baltimore Teachers Union to throw out results of its May election for teacher chapter president and hold new balloting, exacerbating tensions within the fractured group. After investigating a challenge to the two-vote victory of Sharon Blake over Marietta A. English, the AFT concluded that local union members should be given a "fresh opportunity to express their preferences in a rerun that is free from material irregularities." Other officers in the teacher chapter several of whose contests were decided by fewer than 20 votes also would have to run again in the new election.
The AFT's investigation committee, which issued a report on the election Tuesday, determined there some union members prevented from voting because they were not provided "clear" information about polling sites, while others were mistakenly allowed to vote. Several ballots were left uncounted, and accurate membership lists were not distributed to every polling location, the report indicated. Union, DOUG KAPUSTIN: SUN STAFF PHOTOS Workers: Carrying an assortment of boxes and bags, Western Maryland College upperclassmen Kelly Norris (left), Stephanie Knight and Jamin Bartolo help freshmen move into their dorms. Moving in 2 with style College: Area campuses help new students move in as a customer service and to keep things running smoothly. By MARIA BLACKBURN SUNSTAFF "If I had to do this just with my daughter, it would have taken us three XEROX XEROX of sneakers, a squirt gun and a full-sized ironing board belonging to his son, Eric, and hauled everything up: 32 steps to Eric's new home, Room 412.
In less than five minutes, Eric's belongings were all piled in the hallway outside his one-car-garagesize room, waiting for the 18-year-old to return with the key. Owens didn't need to lift a thing to help his son, a freshman, move in. He just sat in the driver's seat and marveled at the scene. "I'm very impressed," said Owens, a carpenter who lives in Scaggsville. "I thought I'd be humping it up four flights of stairs, then unpack it all, then have to run off to the parents' meeting.
This is so smooth." Freshman move-in day at college can be a difficult one. For many families, it is the first time a child leaves home. The day unfolds in a whirlwind of moving in, followed by a host of introductions to new people and often culminating in a tearful goodbye. Western Maryland College wants to make what can be an emotional time a little easier for families. That's why it helps with move-in, explained Barbara Horneff, an associate dean at the college.
"Families are paying a lot to come to a private liberal arts college," she said. "This is one of the services we have to provide." Western Maryland College has been organizing freshman move-in since Horneff arrived in 1995. She has the process planned to the smallest detail, aided with walkie talkies, help from the ROTC students, coordinated T- shirts and lemonade breaks. "I'm neurotic," she admitted. Towson University, the Johns Hopkins University and Goucher College offer similar support to their new students on moving day, too.
Gateway Routine: Allison Stackhouse waits outside her brother Jason's dorm room, while he searches for his room key. Freshmen moved into WMC dorms yesterday. "Thank God they're here," said Sonya Thomas of Richmond, Va. as she waited in line outside Whiteford Hall in a black Dodge Avenger filled to the roof with a 13-inch TV, computer and clothes belonging to her daughter, Shanta Phillips. "If I had to do this just with my daughter, it would have taken us three Thomas said.
Later, up in her room, Shanta Phillips defended her packing effort, which included a trunk filled with Q- Tips, Crest and other toiletries. "Ev- College, History hike Workers with the Howard County Department of Recreation and Parks walk on the historic Bollman Truss Bridge in Savage. The 1869 bridge is the last ofits kind in the nation, earning it recognition as a National Historic Landmark. (Article, Page 2B) PERRY THORSHIK: SUN STAFF River plans move ahead Private developers to be sought for Middle River marina Attraction 'can only help' Ruppersberger says project will boost east-side economy By JOE NAWROZKI SUN STAFF Baltimore County officials plan to announce today that they are seeking private de- Joe Owens' Chevrolet 4-by-4 pickup truck hadn't been parked in front of Western Maryland College's Rouzer Hall for more than a few seconds yesterday morning when the swarm descended. Students about a dozen of them grabbed the puter, duffel bags, milk crates Algae discovered In upper bay areas where rarely seen Health officials advise avoiding blooms, but no problems reported By HEATHER DEWAR SUN STAFF Blue-green algae that look like a dense splattering of green freckles are blooming throughout the upper Chesapeake Bay in places where the blooms have rarely been seen, state environmental and health officials say.
The algae, identified in a state lab as the species Microcystis aeruginosa, have not harmed wildlife or caused human health problems. But some strains of microcystis can cause skin problems and flulike symptoms in people, and can sicken or kill livestock and pets that drink it. So the state Department of Health and Mental Hygiene is advising people to avoid the stuff. "If they see an active, very thick bloom on the water, a lot of scum, they should avoid going swimming in that area," said Amy Chapin, an environmental epidemiologist at the state health department. "That's just a common sense precaution." Over the past few weeks, velopers for a modern marina facility on Middle River, complete with shops and an upscale restaurant a key step in creating a major waterfront attraction on the county's east side.
In a morning news conference at Hawthorne Park, County Executive C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger is expected to say that the county has distributed to 15 engineering and consulting firms in Maryland a formal request for proposals, an official document detailing the services and conditions needed to refurbish three outdated boatkeeping facilities on 20 acres at the headwaters of the river. The three marinas are Buedel's, Riley's and Cutter, all off the 1900 block of Old Eastern Ave. The refurbished riverfront is a crucial piece of the county's plan to revitalize the troubled areas of the east side.
"This will further give a community in distress a new chance," Ruppersberger said yesterday. "Something like this encourages private investment and when new homeowners look for a place to live, they look at Essex and Middle River and see a stronger place. "You'll Marina, state agencies have gotten reports of blue green algae blooms in tidal rivers and near shore areas "everywhere from the Elk River all the way down to the Bay Bridge," said Mike Naylor, a state Department of Natural Resources biologist. Tests have confirmed microcystis in the Elk, Bohemia, Northeast, Patapsco and Sassafras rivers, in two Kent County creeks and, to a lesser degree, in the Potomac. Rep.
Algae, Frederick's Muslims make plea for mosque 'Fair treatment' sought; others worry about growth issue By JOANNA DAEMMRICH SUN STAFF FREDERICK -In this city known for its church spires, Muslim families pleaded I late last night for permission to build their own house of worship. More than 200 Muslims turned out to appeal to the Frederick County Commission for approval of a water and sewer hookup they need to open Frederick County's first mosque. Approving the Islamic Society of Frederick's request "would indicate fair treatment of all religious groups," said Khalil Elshazly, the society's president. "Shouldn't we have the right to build a mosque? That would be fair treatment," said 12-year-old Preston Lemay. Dozens of people were still waiting to be heard at midnight, and the commissioners were not expected to make a decision until everyone had been heard from.
The mosque proposal and the opposition that has arisen -has sparked a sharp debate over diversity and development in this fast-growing stretch of Western Maryland. Frederick's Muslim community, like the county as a whole, has grown considerably in recent years. The faithful stand shoulder to shoulder in a small house for Friday prayers. The nearest mosque is in Hagerstown, a half-hour away, and many families drive to worship -in Silver Spring and Baltimore. When they saw 100 acres of farmland for sale a few miles south of the city, local Muslim lead- Mosque, 68).
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