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By Jonathan Pitts | March 6, 2009
Joanne S. Parrott, the first woman president of the Harford County Council and a Maryland state delegate from 1998 to 2006, was found dead at her Fallston home Wednesday. She was 68, and the cause of death was unknown, according to a statement yesterday from the county executive's office. County Executive David R. Craig ordered Harford County flags flown at half-staff in her honor. She was "a hard-working legislator who understood the needs of the many rural constituents in her district," said state Sen. Barry Glassman.
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By Jonathan Pitts | August 19, 2008
Since the Boy Scouts of America were founded in 1910, they've been known for a two-word motto - Be Prepared. And while Bill Ehmann, owner of two dozen merit badges, has been a Scout for most of his life, nothing could prepare him for what happened Saturday. In a ceremony at the Star-Spangled Banner Flag House, Ehmann's mother pinned a silver medal on his chest, making him, at 50, the oldest new Eagle Scout anyone in the Baltimore Area Council could remember. "I'm overwhelmed," he said, fighting back tears as his parents, Jean and Walter Ehmann, both in their 70s, looked on along with his wife, Paula, and their three grown daughters.
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By Kelly Brewington | July 30, 2008
Elijah E. Cummings' South Baltimore Cub Scout pack was so poor that members shopped for uniforms at secondhand stores, made their own patches and shared a single manual. And when their den mother needed rope for an activity, she cut pieces of clothesline for the boys to share. Today, youths growing up in similarly rough city neighborhoods think joining the Scouts is too expensive and, even worse, uncool, said Cummings, now a Baltimore-area congressman. A new partnership between the Maryland NAACP and the Baltimore-area council of the Boy Scouts of America hopes to change that perception, encouraging youngsters from some of the city's toughest areas to excel in the Scouts.
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By Jay A. Fernandez | February 17, 2008
I recently received in the mail an urgent request to support the cause of something called the Scouting Legal Defense Fund. "Hey, I'm an Eagle Scout," I thought cheerfully. "How can I help?" According to the accompanying letter, my financial assistance was "desperately needed" to prevent the American Civil Liberties Union from using the courts to force the Boy Scouts of America to accept gay scoutmasters. This potential catastrophe, the letter said, "will destroy the Boy Scouts' mission to instill wholesome values and provide solid role models to young men to help them become responsible, well-rounded citizens."
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By Julie Scharper and Justin Fenton | February 10, 2008
As mourners shuffled into pews, images flashed on a screen above the altar: The couple dancing on their wedding day, the husband's strong arms wrapped around his wife. Their three sons posing in Christmas sweaters, all chubby cheeks and big smiles. The boys in recent years, shaggy-haired and gangly, clowning on a snow-covered mountain. Throughout the church, parents clutched their adolescent children, looked at the photos of a family who appeared very much like them, and wept. Nearly 1,300 people gathered in a Baltimore County church yesterday to remember the Browning family - parents John, 45, and Tamara, 44, and their sons Greg, 14, and Ben, 11, who were fatally shot in their Cockeysville home last weekend.
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By Tyeesha Dixon | February 3, 2008
The Cub Scouts of Pack 1111 beamed as they talked about their favorite part of the annual Klondike Derby. "The fires," many of them shouted yesterday as they sipped the homemade tea they had just finished making. The name of their pack is, after all, the Fire Eagles. Almost 2,000 Howard County Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts and their supporters filled Patapsco State Park in Ellicott City for the Klondike Derby, a one-day event sponsored by the National Pike District of the Boy Scouts of America.
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January 30, 2008
Program today on `Senior Week' HC DrugFree will present "Senior Week in Ocean City," a program for parents and 12th-graders, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. today at Howard High School in Ellicott City and from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. tomorrow at River Hill High School in Clarksville. The program addresses parents' fears and the risks teens face during the traditional Maryland "Senior Week in Ocean City." Parents can learn about Ocean City initiatives that have been put in place to ensure a safe and enjoyable Senior Week.
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By Frederick N. Rasmussen | January 18, 2008
Dean Earl Yolton, a plumbing estimator who coached Little League teams and was active in the Boy Scouts, died of a heart attack Saturday at Union Hospital in Elkton. The North East resident was 50. Mr. Yolton was born in West Chester, Pa., and raised in Concord Township, Pa. After graduating from Garnet Valley High School in Concord Township in 1975, he worked as a welder for 16 years. He later went to work as a plumbing estimator for a Wilmington, Del., plumbing company, and for the past five years, was an estimator for J.F. Fischer Inc., a Baltimore mechanical contracting firm.
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By Cassandra A. Fortin | August 5, 2007
The 150 Boy Scouts gathered with their troops in front of the mess hall at the Broad Creek Scout Reservation in Whiteford. The youngsters listened to a brief speech, followed by the sounding of a kudu horn and a recitation of their Scout Oath. "A lot of these boys might not understand what we did out here today," said Reed Blom, who has been the director of the Scout reservation for the past 20 years. "But when they're older, they'll remember that they participated, and then they'll understand the significance of the event."
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By Cassandra A. Fortin | August 5, 2007
The 150 Boy Scouts gathered with their troops in front of the mess hall at the Broad Creek Scout Reservation in Whiteford. The youngsters listened to a brief speech, followed by the sounding of a kudu horn and a recitation of their Scout Oath. "A lot of these boys might not understand what we did out here today," said Reed Blom, who has been the director of the Scout reservation for the past 20 years. "But when they're older, they'll remember that they participated, and then they'll understand the significance of the event."