Burtonsville

Police have identified the body of a man found Saturday in Rocky Gorge Reservoir as 40-year-old Burtonsville resident Loc Ngoc Tran. They have ruled out homicide.Tran was reported missing by his family a week ago.Pub Date: 10/21/98

A state that turns away qualified legal residents of the nation who wish to attend its universities at a premium price, in favor of those who are here illegally, will be soon be as bankrupt fiscally as it is morally. Lawrence Silberman, Burtonsville

Police have identified the body of a man found Saturday in the Rocky Gorge Reservoir as 40-year-old Burtonsville resident Loc Ngoc Tran. They have ruled out homicide."

Army National Guard Pvt. Delvin Hicks graduated from basic combat training at Fort Sill, in Lawton, Okla. He is the son of Mattie Hicks, of Burtonsville, and Michael Hicks, of Ellicott City.

A Montgomery County couple -- both doctors -- were found shot to death in their Burtonsville home yesterday, and county police have charged the man's son in the killings. The bodies of Norman N. K. Katz, 50, and his wife, Michelle R. Filling-Katz, 36, were found by relatives who drove to the home concerned about the couple.Javant Naravan Katz, 20, was arrested shortly after the bodies were found when he drove his father's white BMW right into a crowd of onlookers, televisions cameras and police camped out at the couple's home.

Driving through the Burtonsville-Fairland area along U.S. 29 at the southern end of the Baltimore-Washington corridor, it's hard to believe this bustling section of Montgomery County has been under some form of growth moratorium for nearly a decade.New housing subdivisions sweep along the eastern side of Columbia Pike, and several spiffy new shopping centers have popped up in the last few years to accommodate the new residents.The figures from the Montgomery County Park and Planning Office demonstrate the rapid growth in this area, which is roughly bounded by Howard County to the north, the Capitol Beltway to the south, Northwest Branch to the west and Prince George's County to the east.

BURTONSVILLE -- Some swear by the perfectly fluffy cheesecake. Some say the draw is the bourbon chicken and the fried chicken wings. For others, it's the soft pretzels studded with chunks of salt, the creamy ice cream, the warm-from-the-oven dinner rolls, the honey-glazed doughnuts, the fresh vegetables or the case of glistening meats - massive stuffed pork chops, rings of turkey sausage, thick slices of smoked bacon. The hours are limited, the lines are sometimes long. The market, a collection of 14 shops run mostly by Amish vendors from Pennsylvania, does not have wide aisles or shopping carts or a thousand brands yelling out in neon colors.

Audrey Genevieve Wilson Finnance Services will be at the Union Memorial Cemetery, Burtonsville, MD, February 27, 2009, 1 P.M.

Army National Guard Pvt. Delvin Hicks graduated from basic combat training at Fort Sill, in Lawton, Okla. He is the son of Mattie Hicks, of Burtonsville, and Michael Hicks, of Ellicott City.

A 34-year-old Silver Spring man was kidnapped at gunpoint after he picked up a hitchhiker yesterday and was nearly forced to participate in a bank robbery in Burtonsville before he escaped, Montgomery County police said.The driver, not identified by police, agreed to give the hitchhiker a ride at 3:20 p.m. in a shopping center parking lot on Old Columbia Pike near Briggs Chaney Road. As they were heading north on U.S. 29, the hitchhiker pulled a gun on the driver, took his money and ordered him to drive to a Citizen's National Bank in Burtonsville at U.S. 29 and Route 198, police said.

I was disappointed by The Sun's recent editorial ("Maryland's ATM?", Dec. 15) criticizing Montgomery County's interest in being treated equitably by state government. I agree that the wealthy should pay their fair share in taxes, regardless of whether they live in Potomac or Pikesville. But The Sun and others around the state need to recognize the Montgomery County of fact, and not myth. The reality is that, despite your misconception, the borders of our county extend far beyond the town of Potomac.

Justin Thomas of Goshen, Ky., overtook leader Denny McCarthy of Burtonsville with a birdie on the 17th hole, and after finishing regulation play all square, won the ensuing first extra hole with a par to gain the final of the U.S. Junior Amateur championship in Ada, Mich. McCarthy had advanced to the afternoon match when he birdied the first playoff hole to defeat Canadian Richard Jung in a morning quarterfinal. pairing. Thomas will face Jim Lio of Smithtown, N.Y., , a 3-and-2 winner over Robby Shelton of Winner, Ala., in a scheduled 36-hole final.

Mike Barillo has taught Denny McCarthy for as long as the 17-year-old from Burtonsville has played golf, watching McCarthy grow from a player who could beat kids his own age to one who could take on much older and more experienced competition. "Mentally, he's better than any kid I've ever seen," Barillo said Thursday from Argyle Country Club in Silver Spring, where he's the head pro and where McCarthy's family have been longtime members. "He's extremely competitive, but he's extremely calm, really disciplined, just a smart kid and a really smart golfer."

Audrey Genevieve Wilson Finnance Services will be at the Union Memorial Cemetery, Burtonsville, MD, February 27, 2009, 1 P.M.

MARLYN TAYLOR GARTRELL passed from this life on January 12, 2009 in St. Michaels, MD. She was born on October 18, 1931 in Olney, MD., raised in Laurel, MD and lived most of her adult life in Burtonsville, MD. For the last 16 years she lived in St. Michaels. Marlyn was predeceased by her parents Mary Alice and Milton Taylor, and her husband, Archibald Gartrell, Jr. She is survived by her daughter, Marcia Gartrell Houston and son-in-law Sam Houston of Phoenix, MD., son Steve Gartrell and daughter-in-law Elaine Bennett Gartrell of Houston, TX., brothers Eldon Taylor of Beltsville, MD. and Dennis Taylor of St. Louis, Mo., and granddaughters Emma Houston and Kate Gartrell.

BURTONSVILLE -- Some swear by the perfectly fluffy cheesecake. Some say the draw is the bourbon chicken and the fried chicken wings. For others, it's the soft pretzels studded with chunks of salt, the creamy ice cream, the warm-from-the-oven dinner rolls, the honey-glazed doughnuts, the fresh vegetables or the case of glistening meats - massive stuffed pork chops, rings of turkey sausage, thick slices of smoked bacon. The hours are limited, the lines are sometimes long. The market, a collection of 14 shops run mostly by Amish vendors from Pennsylvania, does not have wide aisles or shopping carts or a thousand brands yelling out in neon colors.

A state that turns away qualified legal residents of the nation who wish to attend its universities at a premium price, in favor of those who are here illegally, will be soon be as bankrupt fiscally as it is morally. Lawrence Silberman, Burtonsville

Twenty students and a bus driver were injured today when two school buses collided in front of the Benjamin Banneker Middle School in Burtonsville, but Montgomery County officials said the injuries did not appear to be serious.Fire officials said the accident occurred about 8:15 a.m. when two buses were delivering students to the school at 14800 Perry Wood Drive. They said six ambulances responded.

A two-seat helicopter crashed into Rocky Gorge Reservoir yesterday after its engine apparently sputtered and stalled, injuring the pilot and passenger. "You could hear it struggle, and it lost altitude," said Danny Stevenson, 17, of Silver Spring, who was fishing with a friend at the reservoir on the border of Howard and Montgomery counties, and alerted authorities on his cell phone about 4:15 p.m. "You just heard the engine stall. It got real quiet and then we heard it hit the water," he said.

Tommy Polley and Darnell Dockett came to Florida State from their homes in Maryland for the same reason: a chance to play for the national championship. For Polley, a fifth-year senior linebacker from Baltimore, the opportunity has been there in each of the past three seasons. For Dockett, a redshirt freshman defensive tackle from Burtonsville, the first of what he hopes to be numerous chances will come Wednesday night. Polley and Dockett played significant roles in helping the third-ranked Seminoles reach the FedEx Orange Bowl.