Harford

The Susquehanna Region Private Industry Council will be able to hire 300 more youths in its Summer Youth Employment and Training Program (SYETP).SYETP consists of summer jobs and work experience for economically disadvantaged Harford and Cecil County youth between the ages of 14 and 21, who receive resource services in school or who meet Federal income eligibility requirements.The program will run approximately six weeks, from June 28 to Aug. 6, 1993. Participants will be employed by the SRPIC but will work at non-profit agency and organization sites in the two-county area.

Harford County was recently awarded nearly $867,000 in grant funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Continuum of Care, or CoC, Program to help homeless people find shelter and other services. The funding increased about 6 percent from the previous year and last year's funding and will account for the increased fair market rents, the county government said in a news release. "We are very pleased with HUD's decision to increase CoC funding in Harford County, allowing us to give more to the nonprofits who serve our most vulnerable citizens," stated Harford County Executive David Craig.

I agree with the editorial that states that banning the "Fifty Shades of Grey" trilogy would be laughable if it weren't so serious ("Banned in Bel Air," June 2). Actually, while reading about the decision, I did get a laugh. It reminded me of a potential Saturday Night Live skit. I can just picture the librarian clutching her breast - excuse me, I don't want to arouse prurient thoughts - clutching her hand to her bosom, and declaring, "Oh, my what a disgusting book, I must hurry and finish it so I can read the second one. " I don't know if the book is obscene, but banning it is. Mignon Rosenthal, Pikesville

Aberdeen A cashier at the Rite Aid in the 1000 block of Beards Hill Road reported $100 had been stolen Wednesday. The suspect was described as a black man with a medium build, wearing black pants, a blue button-down shirt, a large necklace and appeared to be 40 to 50 years old. A theft of a television was reported at the Target in the 1000 block of Middleton Road. The suspect was described as a balding white man of medium build, wearing a white shirt, light-colored shorts.

DRAWING BY WILLIAM F. TURNER

1830: Harford Furnace formed On Nov. 5, 1830, an indenture was drawn up between Samuel Irwin, John Kirk and John Withers, three entrepreneurs from Pennsylvania who sought "to carry on and work a furnace on James Run called the Harford Furnace." With $18,000, the partners purchased 1,947 acres on which to construct the furnace and outbuildings. In 1833, two of the partners sold their shares and the ironworks became known as Harford Furnace Co. At its peak in the late 1850s, Harford Furnace comprised 5,000 acres with 48 buildings, including a library, post office, general store, chemical building, warehouses, mills and residences.

A. Blaine Hawley, principal of Red Pump Elementary School in Bel Air, was recently elected to the board of directors of the National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP). Gail Connelly, NAESP's executive director, announced the election results from the association's headquarters in Alexandria, Va. Hawley begins her three-year term as director of Zone 3 on July 1. She will represent principals in the District of Columbia, Maryland, Ohio, Virginia and West Virginia.

Someone's been making off with the big industrial batteries that provide backup power at traffic signals in Baltimore, and now the thefts are being investigated by the city inspector general's office, which looks into allegations of waste, fraud and abuse in municipal government. A representative of the battery's manufacturer said the thieves, whoever they are, most likely would have tried to sell the 54-pound batteries as scrap for their lead content. Russell Conelley, an agent in the IG's office, confirmed in an interview with The Baltimore Sun that it is investigating battery thefts reported to have occurred along Harford Road in Northeast Baltimore and Wilkens Avenue in Southwest Baltimore.

The Harford County Department of Inspections, Licenses and Permits, or DILP, working in cooperation with the Department of Information Systems, has made technology enhancements that will now allow DILP to migrate from traditional file storage to electronic storage of construction documents. Because of limited file storage space, DILP's practice had been to discard a large percentage of submitted documents after 180 days from the issuance of the Certificate of Occupancy. The new electronic storage retrieval system will alleviate the need for maintain paper or "hard" copies of approved plans and will assist DILP inspectors in accessing documents while in the field on assignments.

Once again, the Harford County government, like many county and municipal governments around the state and nation, has perpetuated the practice of running a taxpayer-subsidized business banking system. Most recently, the Harford County Council approved a loan of up to $160,000 to HP White Laboratory in Street, an honorable business that has been in operation for more than 50 years. HP White plans to spend $4 million to expand its operation and add 50 new employees to its workforce of 34. This has the potential to add substantially to one of Harford County's most respected military contracting test operations.

The Maryland State Soil Conservation Committee is accepting nominations for appointment to the Harford Soil Conservation District Board of Supervisors. The appointment will be to fill the unexpired term of Michael S. Birch on Oct. 17, 2016. Nominations should be sent to: State Soil Conservation Committee, Department of Agriculture, 50 Harry S. Truman Parkway, Room 306, Annapolis, MD 21401. Any interested individual or organization may submit a recommendation. Nomination forms are available at the Harford County Extension Office, P.O. Box 663, 2335 Rock Spring Road, Forest Hill, MD 21050.

The Harford Land Trust honored former board member Mildred Krieder with its Conservation Award at its annual meeting held March 16 at the Bel Air Armory. The award cites Kreider's personal support of the land trust's founding, years of serving on the board of directors, generous financial support of projects and administrative costs and efforts to conserve in perpetuity the historical and natural resources of Little Jericho Farm that she and her late husband, Sidney Krieder, have owned since 1975.

On May 2, Harford Mutual Insurance renewed its commitment to ending cancer by donating $5,000 to the American Cancer Society's Relay For Life of Central Harford County. Harford Mutual Insurance is a long-time supporter of Harford County Relay For Life and in addition to being a corporate sponsor, several employees participate in the Relay as a team. This year's Central Harford Relay will be held on Saturday, June 1 at Bel Air High School. More information on the Relay and Harford Mutual's support is available at http://www.relayforlife.org/CentralHarfordMD.

Seventh-graders at Harford Friends School have a new opportunity to let their voices be heard as far away as Afghanistan. The only school in Maryland selected to participate in an interactive program entitled "Afghanistan Hearts and Minds," Harford Friends incorporated the program into the seventh-grade social studies curriculum, taught by teacher Lauren Redding. The "Afghanistan Hearts and Minds" adventure is a unique experience for students. Developed by Dina Fesler of the Children's Culture Connection, it takes participants inside Dina's life as a reporter who works to make a difference in an IDP (internally displaced persons)