Carroll Hospital Center

WESTMINSTER - The Carroll Hospital Center Auxiliary and Carroll Hospice will host the annual "A Season to Remember" week-long celebration of the holidays from Monday, Nov. 28 to Monday, Dec. 5 at the hospital, 200 Memorial Ave., Westminster. The event serves to raise money for the hospice, and asks residents to honor and memorialize loved ones through donations and the purchase of holiday ornaments. The event kicks of on Monday, Nov. 28, at 7 p.m. with the lighting of the annual The lighting of the Tree of Lights.

More than 20 million Americans are living with diabetes, and another 40 million are in the early stages of the disease. Managing diabetes can be a challenge all year long, but the holidays can pose special problems. All those extra treats, meals and drinks can add up to extra pounds and higher glucose levels. But a little planning, and will power, can keep diabetes in check, according to Susan Steinweg, a registered nurse and a certified diabetes educator. She's also the coordinator of Carroll Hospital Center's Diabetes Center.

Carroll Hospital Center soon will begin a $28 million expansion and renovation project after the March 15 approval of a certificate of need by the Maryland Health Care Commission. This expansion includes a two-level addition to the southeastern part of the hospital campus to increase the number of licensed operating rooms from five to eight. The hospital also will add 24 private medical/surgical beds in south wing of the fifth floor of the bed tower, which was built in 2003. The project will total 53,680 square feet, including 22,325 square feet of existing space that will be renovated.

WESTMINSTER - The Carroll Hospital Center Auxiliary and Carroll Hospice will host the annual "A Season to Remember" week-long celebration of the holidays from Monday, Nov. 28 to Monday, Dec. 5 at the hospital, 200 Memorial Ave., Westminster. The event serves to raise money for the hospice, and asks residents to honor and memorialize loved ones through donations and the purchase of holiday ornaments. The event kicks of on Monday, Nov. 28, at 7 p.m. with the lighting of the annual The lighting of the Tree of Lights.

Carroll Hospital Center received numerous donations of toys, books and other items for children who are patients or who were treated in the emergency department over the holidays. Kohl's department store donated toys and other items for toddlers to teen-agers, including board games, a Sony PlayStation, Barbie dolls, Teddy bears and miniature cars and trucks. Marcia Parker-Thompson, assistant manager at Kohl's, and Terry Miller, administrative assistant, presented the toys. The Target store in Westminster donated toys to the hospital's emergency department for the third consecutive year.

A 19-year-old was killed after his 1997 Saturn collided with a garbage truck early Tuesday morning, closing a section of Maryland Route 27 in Westminster for four hours, state police said. Nicholas Louis Vidi of the 4700 block of Woodbine Road in Sykesville was driving north on Route 27, south of Kate Wagner Road, in Carroll County when his car veered into the southbound lane, hitting the truck driven by Jeannette Zelaya of the 200 block of Hobbitts Lane in Westminster, state police said.

Ethel M. Yingling, a longtime volunteer whose efforts led to the building of the Carroll Hospital Center and Carroll Lutheran Village, died in her sleep Monday at the Mays Chapel Ridge assisted-living facility in Timonium. She was 96. Ethel M. Abbott was born and raised on her family's farm in Finksburg. She attended Carroll County public schools. She was married in 1933 to David G. Yingling Sr., who was a co-owner of Yingling Bros., a Union Bridge meat-packing firm and purveyor. He died in 1987.

Vivian Haughee draped the bright green prayer shawl over her shoulders and wrapped it around her body. Then she clutched her arms together over the shawl in a warm embrace. Whatever healing powers the knitted garment possessed, they weren't about to escape. "My heart is so full, I feel like crying, not tears of sorrow but tears of joy," said Haughee, 64, after receiving the prayer shawl in her room at Carroll Hospital Center, where she was being treated for fibromyalgia. She was among the first recipients of the hospital's prayer shawl ministry, which was launched by its spiritual care and volunteer services departments in February to offer holistic care.

Hospital foundation gets $330,000 gift The Carroll Hospital Center Foundation recently received $330,000 from the estate of Paul and Rosella Wine. Paul Wine, a longtime Carroll Hospital Center volunteer, established a charitable trust before his death in the early 1990s. Upon Rosella's death in March, the remainder of the trust was left to Carroll Hospital Center Foundation. Smothers is named official at hospital Dr. Kevin Smothers has been appointed to the newly created position of senior vice president of medical affairs at Carroll Hospital Center.

Cartridge World of Westminster and the Westminster Union Bank have partnered for an ink cartridge recycling program to benefit Carroll Hospital Center. Cartridge World collection bins for empty printer ink cartridges will be located in all 16 Carroll locations of Westminster Union Bank for the community, as well as for businesses and organizations. Cartridge World will donate $1 to the Carroll Hospital Center Foundation for each empty ink cartridge collected for at least the next six months.

WESTMINSTER — Tickets are on sale for the 2011 Carroll Hospital Center Auxiliary's Annual Gala — formerly called the Silvery Moon Ball — to be held Saturday, Nov. 5, at Martin's Westminster, on Route 140 at Route 97. The theme is "Be Dazzled: Black Tie, Blue Jeans and Bling," and the evening includes dinner and dancing and a silent auction. Tickets are $175, and all proceeds benefit the Carroll Hospital Centers emergency services. For more information, or to purchase tickets, call 410-871-7280, or go to http://www.CHCGala.org.

Carroll Hospital Center Foundation recently presented scholarships to five local students to help assist them in pursuing their college education. Libman Nursing Scholarships were awarded to Brittany Harman, 25, of Woodbine; Denise Maurice, 46, of Westminster; and Ricky Teuscher, 26, of Manchester. Each received $2,000 for tuition, books and fees at Carroll Community College for their pursuit of a degree as a registered nurse. The scholarship was established in 2003 by Frank Herbert Libman.

A man stabbed his wife and himself while the woman's 13-year-old son sat nearby in a parked vehicle, Maryland State Police said in a statement Friday evening. Douglas Harvey, 50, died from self-inflicted stab wounds, police said. His wife, Lisa Harvey, 45, is in critical condition at Maryland Shock Trauma Center. Lisa, who had stopped living with Douglas about a month ago, arrived with her son to collect some belongings from the single-family home in the 1700 block of Strand Ave. in Westminster, police said.

A 19-year-old was killed after his 1997 Saturn collided with a garbage truck early Tuesday morning, closing a section of Maryland Route 27 in Westminster for four hours, state police said. Nicholas Louis Vidi of the 4700 block of Woodbine Road in Sykesville was driving north on Route 27, south of Kate Wagner Road, in Carroll County when his car veered into the southbound lane, hitting the truck driven by Jeannette Zelaya of the 200 block of Hobbitts Lane in Westminster, state police said.

Edward W. Lister Jr., a retired Legg Mason Wood Walker official who had been vice president of public finance and also served as a longtime volunteer, died Tuesday of congestive heart failure at Carroll Hospice's Dove House in Westminster. He was 69. The son of a Bethlehem Steel Corp. steelworker and a homemaker, he was born in Baltimore and raised near Patterson Park. He was a 1958 graduate of St. John Catholic School in Westminster and earned a bachelor's degree in economics in 1963 from Mount St. Mary's College in Emmitsburg.

A two-vehicle accident in Carroll County left 11 people injured Friday evening. The 5:42 p.m. crash involving a van and another vehicle occurred in the 2900 block of Hampstead-Mexico Road, Route 482. Two adults were transported to the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center and a child was flown to Johns Hopkins Hospital. Others were treated at the Carroll Hospital Center for injuries considered not life-threatening. - Jacques Kelly

Carroll Hospital Center, operating room expansion Location: Northwest side of Gist Road, south of Stoner Avenue, Westminster Owner: Carroll Hospital Center, Westminster Developer: Same Engineer: CLSI, Westminster Zoning: Residential Acreage: 16.4 acres Description: An 8,916-square-foot addition to the existing hospital for use as operating rooms. Loading docks and a helipad will be relocated to allow for the project. Access to the building will be from the hospital entrances along Center Street and Stoner Avenue.

Ethel M. Yingling, a longtime volunteer whose efforts led to the building of the Carroll Hospital Center and Carroll Lutheran Village, died in her sleep Monday at the Mays Chapel Ridge assisted-living facility in Timonium. She was 96. Ethel M. Abbott was born and raised on her family's farm in Finksburg. She attended Carroll County public schools. She was married in 1933 to David G. Yingling Sr., who was a co-owner of Yingling Bros., a Union Bridge meat-packing firm and purveyor. He died in 1987.

Vivian Haughee draped the bright green prayer shawl over her shoulders and wrapped it around her body. Then she clutched her arms together over the shawl in a warm embrace. Whatever healing powers the knitted garment possessed, they weren't about to escape. "My heart is so full, I feel like crying, not tears of sorrow but tears of joy," said Haughee, 64, after receiving the prayer shawl in her room at Carroll Hospital Center, where she was being treated for fibromyalgia. She was among the first recipients of the hospital's prayer shawl ministry, which was launched by its spiritual care and volunteer services departments in February to offer holistic care.