Boy Scout Troop

RUNNING HAD never appealed to Harry Fogle, director of special education for elementary schools in Carroll County. When he was in high school, Fogle groaned the most when the coach bellowed, "Take another lap around the track, boys." Fogle has never been a morning person either. "Eleven o'clock is morning to me," he said. But for the past three weeks, Fogle has risen before the sun every Saturday and most other mornings to do the previously unthinkable: run. Fogle is a member of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Team in Training.

THIS HAS been a productive and fulfilling summer for the young men in Boy Scout Troop 550, according to Assistant Scoutmaster John McCarty. While camping at the Hawk Mountain Scout Reservation in Pennsylvania, many Scouts earned badges and some advanced in rank. All of the Scouts and adult leaders experienced the beauty and challenges of the outdoors during a weeklong trip. McCarty said that he and Assistant District Commissioner George Kline, who accompanied the troop, also had a surprise reunion.

John G. Peters, a pioneering television engineer whose career dated to the early days of WBAL-TV and who helped integrate a West Baltimore Boy Scout troop, died of Alzheimer's disease Tuesday at FutureCare Cherrywood in Reisterstown. He was 78. He had lived for many years in Yale Heights. He was born and raised in Brooklyn, N.Y., the son of immigrants from Germany. After graduating from high school in 1941, he enlisted in the Coast Guard, where he became a ship's radio operator, code machine operator and assistant gunner.

RYAN CONLON of Boy Scout Troop 447, who has earned the rank of Eagle Scout by completing a project to help students at St. Philip Neri School, will be honored at an Eagle Scout Award Dinner on Saturday at St. Philip Neri hall. Scouts who aspire to the rank of Eagle Scout are required to demonstrate their leadership and organizational skills while conducting a project of their choice in the community. Ryan noticed that when students from St. Philip Neri School are dismissed and wait for their parents to pick them up ,they stood on grass along a curb.

Eagle Scout spruces up outdoor classroom AS A PUPIL at Arundel Middle School, Brian Bartimo preferred the school's outdoor classroom, where classes could learn in an open area, to a normal room in a school building. But over the years, vandals had defaced the area with graffiti and debris, so that it was no longer a welcoming site for classes. Now, thanks to Bartimo and Gambrills Boy Scout Troop 119, the area has been spruced up - and Bartimo has become an Eagle Scout. Bartimo takes satisfaction in knowing he has helped his community.

One woman changed her socks every five miles. Several played word games to stay sharp. Others prayed to God - and Dr. Scholl. And some just leaned on each other and dragged themselves to the finish line - 40 miles from where they started. In yesterday's 40th annual 40-mile hike for Boy Scout Troop 35, it didn't matter what you did to get from York, Pa., to the Church of the Redeemer on North Charles Street, so long as you stayed on your feet. About 100 people - boys, girls, parents and former Scouts - started in the darkness at 6 a.m., wearing orange safety vests as they walked down the North Central Railroad Trail to Baltimore.

Cedarhurst Unitarian Universalists Congregation continues its monthly coffeehouses with a concert featuring Doug Alan Wilcox at 8 p.m. Saturday. Admission is $5. Nonalcoholic drinks and desserts will be available. The church is at 2912 Clubhouse Road, Finksburg, and is accessible to the disabled. Information: 410-861-8820. Sun columnist Reimer to speak at women's club The Women's Club of Westminster will hold a lecture featuring Susan Reimer, author and columnist for The Sun, at 7 p.m. April 10 at Ascension Episcopal Church.

Thomas T. Jeffries Jr., a retired Bethlehem Steel executive who led a Linthicum Boy Scout troop for nearly two decades, died of renal failure Thursday at Charlestown Retirement Community in Catonsville. He was 89. A 51-year resident of Linthicum, Mr. Jeffries moved to Charlestown in 1992. He joined Bethlehem Steel in 1941 and held various management posts during his 36-year career, retiring as assistant to the general manager. Despite the demands of his job, Mr. Jeffries was involved with many activities in his community and at Linthicum Heights United Methodist Church, where he served on the board of trustees.

Carrolltown Center has announced its holiday event schedule. In addition to the activities listed, the mall in Eldersburg is a drop-off location for the following: Boy Scout Troop 110 Angel Tree, through Dec. 22. Pick an ornament off the tree and purchase it for someone in need. Boy Scout Troop 883 New Toy and Clothing Collection for Carroll County Social Services. Girl Scout Troop 1537 Hat and Glove Tree, through Dec. 15. Hats, gloves and mittens will be donated to The Shepherd's Staff in Westminster.

A former assistant Scoutmaster was sentenced yesterday to 18 months under house arrest for molesting a member of the Boy Scout troop he helped run in Linthicum. Matthew B. Showalter, 25, of Glen Burnie said nothing in the brief proceeding before Anne Arundel County Circuit Judge Ronald A. Silkworth. Showalter's lawyer, Mark A. Lechowicz, asked for probation and no prison time, saying that Showalter's abuse of the Scout stemmed from a childhood trauma in Showalter's life. A relative of the boy described the child as a "hero for protecting other kids in the neighborhood" by having the courage to report Showalter.