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The North Laurel day care provider charged in the November death of a 15-month-old child has been accused in a lawsuit of injuring another infant two years ago, causing spinal damage and broken bones.Jeffrey Loh alleges in the suit that he picked up his 9-month-old daughter Caitlin from the home day care center run by Kathleen A. Butcher in December 1997 and noticed she "was pale and listless." The girl did not improve during the next day, so her parents took her to a hospital, where doctors found broken bones in "her left hand, a damaged spine, nerve damage in both hands," the lawsuit says.

A Howard County grand jury indicted yesterday a licensed family day care provider and a former Elkridge resident on murder charges in separate cases -- one of which is almost two decades old.Kathleen A. Butcher, 36, of North Laurel was indicted on charges of second-degree murder, manslaughter, child abuse, first-degree assault and second-degree assault in the death of a 15-month-old toddler in her care.Grand jurors also indicted Vernon Lee Clark, 43, a former Elkridge resident, in the killing of Rebecca H. "Dolly" Davis, 70, who was found stabbed and sexually assaulted in the woods behind her Lawyers Hill Road home in Elkridge in 1980.

A North Laurel day care provider was charged yesterday with second-degree murder in the death of a 15-month-old Columbia baby who police said had been shaken and had extensive injuries.Alexa Shearer died at Children's National Medical Center in Washington on Nov. 16, two days after paramedics were called to the home of her sitter, Kathleen Ann Butcher, 36.Butcher, who is licensed by the state as a family day care provider and had no official history of problems, was charged yesterday after an autopsy revealed the baby had injuries that resulted from being shaken and trauma to the head "resulting from a nonaccidental impact injury," said Howard County Police spokesman Sgt. John Superson.

The North Laurel day care provider charged in the November death of a 15-month-old child has been accused in a lawsuit of injuring another infant two years ago, causing spinal damage and broken bones.Jeffrey Loh alleges in the suit that he picked up his 9-month-old daughter Caitlin from the home day care center run by Kathleen A. Butcher in December 1997 and noticed she "was pale and listless."The girl did not improve during the next day, so her parents took her to a hospital, where doctors found broken bones in "her left hand, a damaged spine, nerve damage in both hands," the lawsuit says.

About two dozen parents, many of whom entrusted their children to a North Laurel woman who has been charged in the death of a Columbia baby, showed up at Howard County District Court yesterday to support her and her family."

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Editor's note: When a stranger comes to Kosnov and accuses Mendel the butcher of stealing his money, the whole town joins in to show the police who is really guilty.For many weeks, the sign sat in the window. Then one day, late in the afternoon, a gentleman came into town and stopped in front of the butcher shop window. He was wearing a wide-brimmed black felt hat trimmed with fur and a fine cloth coat. Mendel went to the door."Mr. Butcher," said the stranger, tipping his hat, "you are looking at a very lucky man. After traveling so far, I was worried indeed that upon arriving I would find your shop already rented."

All-Metro striker Nicole Brooks scored four goals to lead No. 1-ranked Catholic past No. 4 Mercy, 5-2, yesterday in a Catholic League A Division showdown at Goucher College in Towson.Brooks headed in the first goal and then turned the ball out of a crowd to slide it into the corner for a 2-0 Cubs lead. Later, she scored on a carom off the post.The senior's best effort came in the 77th minute when she took the ball off Mercy stopper Jesse Eckerl's feet about 20 yards straight out, carried it halfway in and tapped it home.

Corrine ButcherCathioliicsoccerButcher recorded three straight shutouts as the top-ranked Cubs defeated No. 4 St. Mary's (2-0), No. 9 Chesapeake-AA (5-0) and No. 6 Fallston (3-0). The senior made a combined 12 saves over the three games and has six shutouts in 10 games.Jaimee ReynoldsTowsonvolleyballReynolds, a senior, was a combined 36-for-39 serving (.923), with nine aces and 29 kills as the Generals defeated Overlea and lost to both No. 7 Lansdowne and No. 15 Mercy.Greg VincentDulaneycross countryVincent placed first in the Large Schools Division at the Bull Run Invitational at Hereford with a time of 16 minutes, 21 seconds.

Leakin Park beauty ignored by reporterThe Leakin Park that your reporter Peter Hermann described July 2 was unrecognizable to me. The park that I look at from my window is the place where I enjoy long walks, observe owls, hawks and fox, play tennis and jog, take my family for picnics and outings.When I think of the park, I think of my next door neighbor, Zachary Patalics. He is an 18-year-old who will study biology next year in college with the hopes of launching a career in environmental work.

I'd like to validate my position against the Employee Free Choice Act. Unfortunately, I've read its text on the Library of Congress Web site six times today, making this a rather unproductive, six-nap afternoon. Opponents say this bill puts a crimp in the "secret" aspect of secret ballots by requiring employees to sign a card in front of a union organizer. Proponents argue that employees have the right to call for a secret ballot election after union interest is demonstrated. Both sides are convincing, but my gut is telling me to go with my experience, based on a Sopranos episode I lived as a college student working part-time at a grocery store in New Jersey in 1980.

In normal times, self-interest keeps society working and increases the wealth of nations. Corporations earn profits but also supply needed products. Consumers furnish their nests but also create jobs. "It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest," wrote Scottish philosopher Adam Smith, who figured this out two centuries ago. These are not normal times. As shoppers threaten to go on strike, as bankers shrink from lending, as investors flee the markets, behavior that makes sense for one family or one company is proving poisonous for us all. This includes you, employers.

On November 15, 2007, SANDRA K. BUTCHER (nee Springer) beloved wife of Kenneth W. Butcher, devoted daughter of Glenn and JoAnn Springer and the late Gail Wolsch Springer, dear sister of Stephen Springer, Kimberly Lewis and her husband Kenneth and Tim Sauter and loving mother of Jason Butcher; cherished granddaughter of Mildred Day. Relatives and friends may call at the family owned AMBROSE FUNERAL HOME INC., 1328 Sulphur Spring Road, Arbutus on Monday from...

Jim Butcher was servicing an F-4 jet when a colonel approached him in the hangar. "I thought I'd done something wrong," Butcher said of the visit by Col. Raymond Henri in 1967. "But Colonel Henri had found out that I had art training, and he asked me if I was interested in being an artist for the military." Butcher accepted the colonel's offer and joined the Marine Corps Combat Art program, which began during World War I with battlefield sketches. The combat art program was the first of a progression of artistic endeavors for Butcher, 62, including commercial art, montages, portraits, maritime and landscape art. Spanning more than four decades, Butcher's career illustrates the twists, turns and setbacks an artist can encounter.

On December 27, 2006, ROBERT C. BUTCHER; beloved husband of Mildred L. Butcher (nee Kelch); loving father of Sandra L. Mooney, Deborah G. Butcher, Kenneth W. Butcher and Brian L. Butcher; cherished grandfather of Jason Butcher, Joshua Butcher and Margeaux Bull; dear brother of Bonnie Meadowcroft. Relatives and friends may call at the family owned AMBROSE FUNERAL HOME, INC., 1328 Sulphur Spring Road, Arbutus, on Thursday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M., where a service will be held on Friday at the funeral hour of 11:30 A.M. Interment to follow at Loudon Park Cemetery.

A group working to establish a performing arts center in Harford County took another step toward its goal by opening an office from which to run the effort. The office, which opened last week, is located in Hays-Heighe House, a historic home on the campus of Harford Community College. The group - a board of directors called the Center for the Visual and Performing Arts Inc. - is proposing a $40 million to $60 million facility that would include performing arts space, classrooms, restaurants and arts-related shops.

On June 20, 2006, BARBARA T. (nee Butcher), loving mother of Christina Gooddard-Westfall, grandmother of William Goddard and dear sister of Delores Foreman, the late George Butcher and Patricia Myers. The family will receive friends at the Haight Funeral Home & Chapel (6416 Sykesville Rd) Sykesville from 2 to 4 P.M. Saturday. A service will follow at 4 P.M. at the funeral home. Those desiring may make memorial donations in her memory to the Howard County General Hospital, Psychiatric Nursing Dept.

Theft: A Love Story Peter Carey Alfred A. Knopf / 269 pages / $24 Brilliant Peter Carey, two-time Man Booker Prize winner (for True History of the Kelly Gang and Oscar and Lucinda), has written another marvelous novel. Theft: A Love Story is a hilarious romp through the corrupt world of art dealers ("the most larcenous people on earth") and art authenticators. This plotless picaresque navigates the duplicities of collectors, critics, lawyers and hangers-on. Facilitating the thievery, the endless reduction of art to commerce, are the extended family members of great artists like Jacques Leibovitz.

Joseph Julius "Peppi" Simmeth, a retired Bel Air butcher who as a German World War II prisoner spent six years in Soviet captivity, died of cancer Saturday at his Bel Air home. He was 83. Born in Passau, Germany, he enlisted in the German army at 17 and fought on the Eastern Front. In a 2003 talk at John Carroll School in Bel Air, Mr. Simmeth recounted his wartime experiences, including the winter siege at Stalingrad, where the German army was defeated. Days before Stalingrad fell, he was sent to fight at Kursk, a battle that involved nearly 400 tanks.

A 19-year-old Baltimore man has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and use of a handgun for his role in the death of 30-year-old Sheronda Butcher, according to the Baltimore City state's attorney's office. Roderick Dwayne Johnson of the 400 block of S. Augusta Ave. was sentenced to 40 years in prison, with all but 20 years suspended, prosecutors said. The first five years of the sentence are to be served without the possibility of parole. Prosecutors said that on Oct. 9, 2004, Johnson shot Butcher in a dispute over money, as she attempted to close a window in her home in the 800 block of N. Fulton Ave.