Advisory Board

Family services advisory board elects Lori Fuchs Lori Fuchs of Columbia, a former vice president of Human Resources for BGE Home, has been elected chair of the Howard County Advisory Board to Family and Children's Services of Central Maryland. The nonprofit organization provides mental health services to children, adolescents, adults and families, as well as in-home services for the elderly and training for caregivers. Sanchez joins Synergy as boot camp instructor Antonio Sanchez has joined Synergy - The Future of Fitness for Women as a boot camp instructor.

ANNAPOLIS -- The Striped Bass Advisory Board gave its recommendations for a limited spring striped bass fishery to the Department of Natural Resources last night.Before the board voted on its recommendations, William P. Jensen, head of fisheries for the DNR's Tidewater Administration, laid out the preferred parameters of the spring fishery.The board's recommendations were variations on that theme.The DNR proposed a two-week trophy season to start May 13 with a size minimum of 36 inches and a limit of one fish per season per person.

Tomorrow Zoning hearing examiners -- Public hearing, 6:30 p.m., County Council chambers, 212 S. Bond St., Bel Air. 410-638-3349. Case 5429 (Florida Rock Industries and the Arundel Corp., Level and Lapidum Roads, Havre de Grace). co.ha.md.us/council/zoning.cfm. Tuesday People's Counsel Citizens Advisory Board -- 7:30 p.m., County Council chambers. 410- 638-3349. harfordcountymd.gov/ council/PCCAB-Agenda.cfm.

Nothing says springtime like fresh strawberrys. Add this recipe, from the California Strawberry Advisory Board, to your collection of seasonal favorites.Strawberry Yogurt Freeze2 containers 8-ounces each lowfat strawberry yogurt1 pint strawberries, stems removed1 teaspoon grated orange peel, optionalMix strawberry yogurt. Spoon into ice cube tray. Freeze until completely frozne, three to four hours. Remove cubes from tray and place in bowl of electric food processor. Process until finely chopped.

Bank manager named to advisory boardBen C. Rogers has been appointed by the governor's office to the Springfield State Hospital Citizens Advisory Board.Rogers, manager of Carroll County Bank and Trust Co.'s Eldersburg branch, will work with the staff and patients at Springfield on primary-care needs.The advisory board is made up of citizens and business leaders who develop community understanding of the needs of those with mental disorders.Rogers also is president of the South Carroll Business Association.

Gov. William Donald Schaefer has appointed seven county residents -- including three who were on the college's former advisory board -- to serve as the first board of trustees for Carroll Community College.The trustees will have their first meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the college, said Diana Scott, a CCC spokeswoman.The trustees were appointed to replace the advisory board in overseeing operations of the college as a result of the institution's new independence. Carroll Community College, which began as a branch of Catonsville Community College, became independent July 1 -- about a year after Shaila Aery, the state secretary of higher education, suggested a fast track toward the break.

A parent who protested the firings of two coaches on her daughter's cheerleading squad should not have been banned from the sport for contacting the press about the dispute, an advisory board has told the county executive.The ban on participation by the parent, Cyndy Minacapelli, should be rescinded, the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board recommended to County Executive Eileen M. Rehrmann last week.The board's recommendation came after a review of the Edgewood Recreation Council dispute that began last fall when Coach Cathy Potter and Assistant Coach Vickie Tolson were dismissed as leaders of a squad of 6- to 8-year-old cheerleaders.

A public hearing on a proposed 2,000-hog farm in Westminster is on hold while the advisory board that reviews such issues for Carroll County ponders its own fate.Members of the Environmental Affairs Advisory Board offered to resign in the wake of a decision by the county commissioners to eliminate the agency the panel was created to assist. As a result, several critical issues, including the proposed hog farm on Indian Valley Trail, will not be addressed until after the commissioners meet with the panel.

Chamber of Commerce announces new officersThe Baltimore-Washington Corridor Chamber of Commerce announces its new officers and board members for 1993.Deborah Whipple, president of Fleck Funeral Home Inc. will serve as chairman of the board with Timothy Abel, president and CEO of Security Vault Works Inc. as chairman elect. Vice chairs are Mishelle Moro of the Locksley Group and Raymond Lucas, branch manager for IBM Corp.. Jim Mooty, C.P.A., a partner in Pear, Fagan and Bormel, P.A., will serve as treasurer; Richard Haddad of Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission serves as the immediate-past chairman.

Barring any surprise developments, Maryland's 1991 fall rockfish season will go off as planned, according to the plans put together by the Striped Bass Advisory Board.In addition, the fall harvest allocation has been increased from 750,000 pounds to 1,071,740 pounds.The advisory board has done an excellent job putting together the1991 striped bass program. For the most part, it has become a unitedworking group that has tackled difficult problems and come up with appropriate solutions.I do not agree with all the solutions, but Iknow how and why they were reached and I cannot fault the final package.