FEATURES
By J. Clyde Wills and J. Clyde Wills,SPECIAL TO THE SUN | October 16, 2002
If Battlebots had a house band, it would look kind of like this. Supported by steel frames and maneuvered by a festival of wires, levers, electrodes, pulleys, servos and circuit boards are a violin, a series of guitars, a bass and a drum kit. Behind a computer console and running a series of programs stands Kurt Coble, creator and conductor of this motley crew of robotic musicians. "It is a retro-renaissance approach to music," he says. A musician by training, Coble turned scientist five years ago: combining his music passion with enthusiasm for mechanics, engineering, computers and sculpture.
NEWS
By Ed McDonough and Ed McDonough,Staff writer | October 13, 1991
It may be awhile before athletes at Carroll Community College can play against those at other schools, but at least they'll have the opportunity to compete against their classmates.The school is starting an intramural sports program, and Dolly Coble, a CCC health and life fitness instructor, said volleyball and flag football teams are forming for the fall semester. She hopes to have competition in other sports throughout the winter and spring seasons, she said.Neither the football nor volleyball programs have had any competitive play yet, but Coble said teams have started practicing.
NEWS
By Timothy B. Wheeler and Timothy B. Wheeler,Evening Sun Staff | January 22, 1991
As Maryland's secretary of agriculture, Wayne A. Cawley Jr. is responsible for getting the state's farmers to do their part to save Chesapeake Bay from pollution.But Wayne Cawley, farmer, has been taken to task for not following his own department's advice on reducing agricultural pollution of the bay from his own cornfields on the Eastern Shore.Caroline County's environmental health director, Lester W. Coble Jr., cited Cawley recently for not following "best management practices" on his farm on old Md. 404, just west of Denton.
NEWS
By TED SHELSBY | January 8, 2006
Over the years, the relationship between Maryland's agricultural community and the Chesapeake Bay Foundation has been chilly, to put it charitably. The two sides have been on opposite sides of the fence on an array of issues. And it is no exaggeration to say that the foundation and farm groups excoriated each other as recently as the late 1990s during the debate over whom to blame for the outbreaks of toxic Pfiesteria piscicida in waterways flowing into the bay. But more recently the relationship has been undergoing a thaw, and many in the farm community are attributing it to the efforts of Kim Coble, the foundation's Maryland executive director.
NEWS
By Rona Kobell and Rona Kobell,Sun reporter | September 20, 2006
The Chesapeake Bay Foundation says the next governor of Maryland needs to rein in growth, help farmers control pollution and better manage storm water runoff if the state is to have any hope of improving the bay's health. The Annapolis-based group unveiled its legislative blueprint yesterday, which it billed as free advice for any gubernatorial candidate running for office. And with Maryland slated to elect a new comptroller, attorney general and senator for the first time in decades, foundation officials see an opportunity to extract new commitments for environmental priorities.
SPORTS
By Peter Schmuck and Peter Schmuck,Sun Staff Correspondent | October 21, 1991
MINNEAPOLIS -- Depending on who's telling the story, either Kent Hrbek has been watching too much professional wrestling or Ron Gant is not telling the whole truth.Hrbek appeared to lift Gant off of first base in the third inning of last night's second game of the World Series, but umpire Drew Coble ruled that the Atlanta Braves outfielder fell off all by himself.The play turned out to be a pick-me-up for the Minnesota Twins, who escaped from a first-and-third jam and went on to score a dramatic 3-2 victory at the Metrodome.