Aspen

Sometimes you wind up in a Dunkin' Donuts at the Baltimore Travel Plaza calling your credit-card company because it won't cover the price of a round-trip bus ticket to New York and you think to yourself: "It's come to this." And you look at the sky and make gestures seen in Yiddish theater and you say: "What, what, already?"Because the round trip is maybe $48.50 and you know there's plenty of room on the credit-card limit but the woman at the bus terminal takes your credit card and passes it through the machine and makes a face like she just smelled a bad herring.

There are Charles Street in Baltimore and York Road in Towson, and then there's Coon Club Road in Aspen Run.Coon Club Road serves as the main thoroughfare for this very quiet neighborhood that's perched on hills on both sides of the road. It's also a reminder of when Carroll County was all farmland and woods.Its namesake, the Coon Club, is still there and still very active."We still do a little hunting on the 60 acres we have, but mainly we shoot clay birds for sport," said Glenn Caples, owner of Caples Concrete Construction and a 30-year member.

ASPEN, Colo. -- The cards seem real enough. At least Ted Carpenter can take them out of his pocket, hold them in his hands and say he's got something to show for three nights' work at the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival. They're not tarot cards, but they might as well be for the mysterious power they suggest. As if the Hanged Man or the Emperor himself walked up to Carpenter and said: great show, nice work, let's talk.Instead, these talismans come from an agent in Beverly Hills and a manager of casting for Disney Studios, among others.

If you're looking for the most affluent communities to reside in, don't spend your time hunting around the mid-Atlantic states. Go to Aspen, Colo., Hilton Head, S.C., or even La Jolla, Calif.All of the aforementioned cities were ranked by the Robb Report -- a consumer magazine that features luxury lifestyles -- as among the 10 most affluent cities in America.Aspen was No. 1, followed by Palm Beach, Fla.; Greenwich, Conn.; Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich.; Kapalua, Hawaii; Boca Raton, Fla.; Hilton Head; Gold Coast (Chicago)

Unfair attack on Aspen Wellness 7 Day DietOn Sept. 2, 1997, The Sun published an article under the byline of Phil Jackman. The article was carried on Sept. 24, 1997, by the San Jose Mercury News. The article, entitled "Muscling through the hype," was a skeptical (and in our view, disparaging) look at the efficacy of today's infomercials.The Aspen Wellness Group's 7 Day Diet program and its infomercial were targeted in the article in a fashion that we at The Aspen Wellness Group took umbrage to, and The Sun has volunteered to provide us space to address some of the unfortunate remarks made by Jackman in the article.

County police raided a home in Shady Side Friday night and reported arresting three people and seizing a small amount of crack cocaine and drug equipment.Police said the raid at 9: 20 p.m. ended a monthlong investigation into drug activities at the home in the 4900 block of Aspen St.Arrested and charged with possession of drugs and drug paraphernalia were Michael Everett Jones, 52, and Annette Jones, 38, both of the Aspen Street address, and Carl R. Thompson, 41, of Churchton, police said.

Up and down the Rocky Mountains they go, riding the bus to the various outposts of the Western Slope League. Four of the trips take 3 1/2 hours; another takes six. For Leonard "Boogie" Weinglass, assistant coach for the Aspen (Colo.) High School boys varsity basketball team, there's plenty of time to think.A little more than three years ago, he was a prospective owner for a Baltimore NFL expansion franchise, traveling to meetings, mingling with owners, the "Diner" guy selling himself and his city, trying to bring pro football back to his hometown.

Two days after she graduated from the University of Maryland at College Park with a bachelor's in public relations in December 1991, Jennifer Gardner left her parents' home in Severna Park and moved to Aspen, Colo."

POLICE* Westminster: A South Bishop Street resident reported someone stole a blue, 21-inch Huffy mountain bike from the 200 block of E. Main St. Friday. He estimated the loss at $50.A resident of North Colonial Avenue told police someone broke into his vehicle and stole items valued at $50 Thursday.* Aspen Run: A resident of Eikon Lane reported someone broke into his house Sunday and stole a camcorder and a VCR valued at $1,200.FIRE* Westminster: Westminster, Reese, Pleasant Valley and Manchester were dispatched for a water heater fire in the first block of Chase Street at 9:16 a.m. Tuesday.

Boxing at the Ritz. Black ties and tails. Tickets priced at $1,500 and $1,000. And a World Boxing Organization lightweight crown at stake.That is the glitz awaiting Baltimore boxer Chuck Sturm at the Ritz-Carlton in Aspen, Colo., Dec. 28, when he will challenge the winner of September's WBO mandatory title match between champion Giovanni Parisi of Italy and challenger Tonito Rivera of Puerto Rico.Sturm, 28, has spent most of his nine-year professional ring career fighting on small club shows at Teamsters Hall and in the Glen Burnie area.

Gift-wrapped bombs force evacuation ASPEN, Colo. : A onetime resident of this city who had been bitter over its transformation into a playground for the rich left four gift-wrapped bombs downtown in a bank-robbery attempt, turning New Year's Eve celebrations into a mass evacuation, police said yesterday. The bombs were made of gasoline and cell phone parts and came with notes warning of "mass death." The 72-year-old man suspected of placing them in two banks and an alleyway on Wednesday shot himself a short time later, police said.

Leonard "Boogie" Weinglass, 65, is ready to serve Bill and Hillary Clinton the next time they want a meal at the Aspen, Colo., diner he owns. The former Merry-Go-Round retail empire honcho -- who was a character in the 1982 Barry Levinson film Diner -- presides over a stylish food and retail business known as Boogie's Diner. It's a must stop for Aspen's numerous celebrity visitors -- and the Clintons have been there several times. His staff serves about 1,000 patrons daily at the 1950s-style restaurant renowned for hot turkey sandwiches and milkshakes at his up-market shoe and denim departments.

Saul Herbert Barnett, 72, a Baltimore-born entertainment lawyer and film and theater producer, died of cancer Thursday in Aspen, Colo. Mr. Barnett was a 1947 graduate of City College, and earned his undergraduate and law degrees at New York's Columbia University in the 1950s. He practiced entertainment law in New York City and Beverly Hills, Calif., and dabbled in movies and plays, producing Give 'Em Hell Harry, a theater production starring James Whitmore, and the 1979 Richard Pryor in Concert film.

W. R. Grace & Co., VerticalNet Inc. and Aspen Technology Inc. announced a business-to-business venture yesterday that will allow industrial customers such as oil refineries and plastics companies to purchase chemical catalysts online. e-Catalysts Inc., which the companies introduced yesterday at a National Petrochemical & Refiners Association conference in San Francisco, is the latest in a retinue of B2B exchanges that traditional companies are launching to stimulate sales online. The Internet offers marketplaces for commodities such as steel, plastics and biomedical supplies.

Sometimes you wind up in a Dunkin' Donuts at the Baltimore Travel Plaza calling your credit-card company because it won't cover the price of a round-trip bus ticket to New York and you think to yourself: "It's come to this." And you look at the sky and make gestures seen in Yiddish theater and you say: "What, what, already?"Because the round trip is maybe $48.50 and you know there's plenty of room on the credit-card limit but the woman at the bus terminal takes your credit card and passes it through the machine and makes a face like she just smelled a bad herring.

There are Charles Street in Baltimore and York Road in Towson, and then there's Coon Club Road in Aspen Run.Coon Club Road serves as the main thoroughfare for this very quiet neighborhood that's perched on hills on both sides of the road. It's also a reminder of when Carroll County was all farmland and woods.Its namesake, the Coon Club, is still there and still very active."We still do a little hunting on the 60 acres we have, but mainly we shoot clay birds for sport," said Glenn Caples, owner of Caples Concrete Construction and a 30-year member.

If you're looking for the most affluent communities to reside in, don't spend your time hunting around the mid-Atlantic states. Go to Aspen, Colo., Hilton Head, S.C., or even La Jolla, Calif.All of the aforementioned cities were ranked by the Robb Report -- a consumer magazine that features luxury lifestyles -- as among the 10 most affluent cities in America.Aspen was No. 1, followed by Palm Beach, Fla.; Greenwich, Conn.; Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich.; Kapalua, Hawaii; Boca Raton, Fla.; Hilton Head; Gold Coast (Chicago)

ASPEN, Colo. -- The cards seem real enough. At least Ted Carpenter can take them out of his pocket, hold them in his hands and say he's got something to show for three nights' work at the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival. They're not tarot cards, but they might as well be for the mysterious power they suggest. As if the Hanged Man or the Emperor himself walked up to Carpenter and said: great show, nice work, let's talk.Instead, these talismans come from an agent in Beverly Hills and a manager of casting for Disney Studios, among others.

Unfair attack on Aspen Wellness 7 Day DietOn Sept. 2, 1997, The Sun published an article under the byline of Phil Jackman. The article was carried on Sept. 24, 1997, by the San Jose Mercury News. The article, entitled "Muscling through the hype," was a skeptical (and in our view, disparaging) look at the efficacy of today's infomercials.The Aspen Wellness Group's 7 Day Diet program and its infomercial were targeted in the article in a fashion that we at The Aspen Wellness Group took umbrage to, and The Sun has volunteered to provide us space to address some of the unfortunate remarks made by Jackman in the article.

County police raided a home in Shady Side Friday night and reported arresting three people and seizing a small amount of crack cocaine and drug equipment.Police said the raid at 9: 20 p.m. ended a monthlong investigation into drug activities at the home in the 4900 block of Aspen St.Arrested and charged with possession of drugs and drug paraphernalia were Michael Everett Jones, 52, and Annette Jones, 38, both of the Aspen Street address, and Carl R. Thompson, 41, of Churchton, police said.