Holabird

It's 9: 30 p.m. and Sharon Lewetzki is ready to take on the night.Coffee cup in one hand, cigarettes and cell phone in the other, she tucks a two-way radio under her arm and kisses her husband, Al, goodbye. Then she climbs into her maroon Aerostar, pausing by the van's door to affix an oversized magnetic sign reading "Norwood-Holabird Citizens on Patrol."It's time to drive and scrutinize."Is that our Peeping Tom? Yes!" she says exultantly, peering through the windshield at a lone man walking aimlessly along a dark street.

In a move likely to solidify its place as one of the city's fastest-growing biotechnology companies, Guilford Pharmaceuticals Inc. plans to develop a $19 million research facility in the Holabird Industrial Park beginning in April.The plans for the new three-story building come as the Baltimore-based bio-pharmaceuticals company projects doubling its number of employees by 2004, based on current growth levels, product development and anticipated research needs.Guilford employs 191 in the 88,000-square-foot headquarters/research laboratory it leases at 6611 Tributary St. Since 1993, Guilford has invested $20 million to upgrade the Riparius Development Corp.

Marking the 20th anniversary of Holabird Industrial Park, city officials announced yesterday that an East Baltimore aerospace parts manufacturer will build a 60,000-square-foot facility at the entrance to the park.The firm, Adcor Industries, plans to purchase 5.5 acres from the city and construct a facility to house its sister company, Zycor Technologies, which is located in Lansdowne in Baltimore County.The company's plans were revealed yesterday by Mayor Kurt L. Schmoke during a re-dedication ceremony for the one-time Army post that the city took over from the federal government in 1977 and converted to an industrial park.

The Panamanian government is looking to sell 900,000 acres of prime real estate to companies interested in developing trade, business and land along the 50-mile canal that allows 4 percent of the world's trade to easily travel from the Atlantic to the Pacific.Navarro said there are port areas, tourism areas and areasfor the future that have not been developed."We're hoping for no less than 50 jobs created per acre in industrial parks," Navarro said. "We have a very high and unacceptable unemployment rate of over 10 percent.

Catherine Constance Cherry Karson, owner of the popular Karson's Inn on Holabird Avenue, died Tuesday of kidney failure at Good Samaritan Hospital. The Homeland resident was 71."She was in the eating and drinking business most of her adult life and loved to sit in her restaurant and pass the time of day with her customers and friends," said her son, George Robert Karson III of Joppatowne. "She devoted most of her spare time to the restaurant."Born in Edgemere, Mrs. Karson graduated from Sparrows Point High School, then was a secretary at Glenn L. Martin Co. in Middle River from 1942 to 1944, the year she married George Robert Karson.

Msgr. Nicholas Dohony, 85, St. Paul's pastorMsgr. Nicholas W. Dohony, who was pastor of St. Paul's Catholic Church in Ellicott City for 23 years, died of lung cancer yesterday at St. Agnes Hospital. He was 85.Family members yesterday described him as a private person whose life was his parish. "The church was his first love," said Catherine Dohony of Baltimore, the only one of four siblings who survives.Monsignor Dohony, born in Riderwood in Baltimore County, was ordained in 1937. He served at St. Patrick's Church in Baltimore until 1956, when he became pastor of St. Joseph's Church in Halfway.

Margaret C. Wicks is the principal of a Baltimore elementary school that the state of Maryland says is a failure.According to results of the Maryland School Performance Assessment Program test, not a single student in last year's third grade at Holabird Elementary met minimum statewide standards in science or reading. In the fifth grade, no one achieved a satisfactory score in reading, social studies, writing or science.Every single one of those students was passed on to the next grade.And that was enough to prompt the state to list Holabird Elementary among 35 schools that it says must be improved or removed from the city's control.

Because of erroneous information from police, an article in The Sun yesterday incorrectly reported that a drug raid took place at an auto repair shop at Malvern and Holabird avenues in Southeast Baltimore. In fact, the raid occurred at Anvil Auto, in the 6300 block of Holabird Ave.The Sun regrets the errors.A city firefighter was one of three men arrested yesterday after police seized $250,000 in cocaine as part of an investigation into a ring that shipped drugs into Baltimore from New York City.

There will be lots of shoes, although not nearly as many jobs, once Fila USA opens its $5 million distribution center next spring at Baltimore's Holabird Industrial Park.Officials on hand for a groundbreaking ceremony yesterday said the new distribution center will include approximately 160,000 square feet of space and employ about 30 people.Based in Biella, Italy, Fila chose the Baltimore location after deciding to relocate its distribution center in Carlstadt, N.J. Officials said Baltimore was chosen because it is near the company's U.S. headquarters in Hunt Valley, where 25 people are employed.

Brand Energy and Infrastructure Services, which provides pipeline infrastructure and building materials for the construction industry, is moving an operations center that will employ about 100 workers from Beltsville to a redeveloped warehouse in Southeast Baltimore. Construction is to start at the Holabird Industrial Park on Monday to redevelop the 15-acre site of the former Lesaffre Yeast Corp. manufacturing plant, which closed in late 2005. Principals of Baltimore brokerage firm Corridor Reznick LLC acquired the property for $2 million in December 2006 and have been doing environmental cleanup and marketing, Michael B. Glick, chairman of Corridor Reznick LLC, said yesterday.

Brand Energy and Infrastructure Services, which provides pipeline infrastructure and building materials for the construction industry, is moving an operations center that will employ about 100 workers from Beltsville to a redeveloped warehouse in Southeast Baltimore. Construction is to start at the Holabird Industrial Park on Monday to redevelop the 15-acre site of the former Lesaffre Yeast Corp. manufacturing plant, which closed in late 2005. Principals of Baltimore brokerage firm Corridor Reznick LLC acquired the property for $2 million in December 2006 and have been doing environmental cleanup and marketing, Michael B. Glick, chairman of Corridor Reznick LLC, said yesterday.

Maryland : Smoking Agency proposes ban regulations The state Department of Health and Mental Hygiene proposed regulations yesterday that would apply the state's ban on smoking in bars and restaurants to certain outdoor areas. Bar owners have been working to construct outdoor areas to accommodate smoking patrons in advance of the statewide ban, which goes into effect Feb. 1. But the health department proposes banning smoking in any areas with walls and a ceiling - even temporary structures such as tents.

The removal of pedestrian bridges at the General Motors plant will necessitate the closure of a portion of Broening Highway from 7 a.m. until 10 p.m. today, according to city transportation officials. The affected area runs from Keith Avenue to Holabird Avenue. Northbound Broening traffic will be directed north on Clinton Street, east on Boston Street, south on Ponca, and then back to Broening. Southbound Broening traffic will be sent west on Holabird, north on Ponca, west on Boston Street, south on Clinton Street, east on Keith Avenue, and then back to Broening.

On January 27, 2006, JACK A. PERRY, beloved husband of Jean B. Perry (nee Bennett) devoted father of Jay T., and Jon K. Perry, loving grandfather of Jayson P. Perry. A Funeral service will be held at the family owned Duda-Ruck Funeral Home of Dundalk Inc., 7922 Wise Avenue, on Thursday at 1 P.M. Interment Oak Lawn Cemetery. Friends may call on Wednesday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 P.M. If desired contributions may be made to Ateaze Senior Center, 7401 Holabird Avenue, Dundalk, MD 21222.

In Baltimore City Victim identified in fatal shooting; arrest announced Police announced yesterday an arrest in a fatal shooting this week in East Baltimore, and they identified 20-year-old Daniel Bowser as the victim. James Dick, 28, of the 400 block of Gusryan St. was arrested in Middle River shortly after the shooting, said Agent Donny Moses, a police spokesman. Dick is being held on first-degree murder charges at the Central Booking and Intake Center, he said. Shortly before 10 p.m. Monday, Bowser was shot near his home in the 300 block of S. Lehigh St. and died a short time later at Johns Hopkins Hospital.

A passenger was killed and the driver seriously injured when a car slammed into a utility pole after striking another vehicle last night in Southeast Baltimore, city police said. The accident occurred about 9 p.m. in front of the Fort Holabird Industrial Center when a Honda sedan, westbound in the 6400 block of Holabird Ave. at an apparently high rate of speed, glanced off an eastbound Ford Mustang whose driver was turning left onto Kane Street, said Southeastern District Lt. James Sharpe.

On October 25, 2003, GERALD W., beloved husband of Kathleen; devoted son of Gertrude and the late Claude L.;loving father of Brenda Ely, Julie Nicely, Susan Ferrell and Colleen Carrick; grandfather of seven. Also survived by his brother Charles Nicely. Family will receive friends on October 29, 2003 from 2 P.M. to 5 P.M. at Jimmy's Seafood Restaurant on Holabird Ave. In lieu of flowers, memorials in his name to the charity of your choice would be appreciated.

In a move that will give it access to $40 million of its own money, Baltimore's Guilford Pharmaceuticals Inc. said yesterday that it has refinanced a restrictive lease on its research-and-development facility in Holabird Industrial Park. Guilford - which has been on a roller-coaster of good and bad news in recent years - said the $18.8 million loan agreement with Wachovia Bank will help it in two ways. First, the agreement essentially provides a $40 million boost in working capital by removing lease covenants that had restricted its maneuverability, said Andrew R. Jordan, Guilford's executive vice president and chief financial officer.

An all-day wiffleball tournament - Wiffle Up! Baltimore 2002 - is scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 17, at Holabird Park, 6401 Beckley St. in Dundalk. Teams of two to five players of all ages are welcome; entry fees range from $60 to $100. Deadline for entry is Aug. 15. Cash prizes and T-shirts will be awarded, and a portion of the proceeds will benefit the Baltimore Recreation and Parks Department. Wiffle Up! teams play under different rules than teams in the United States Perforated Plastic Baseball Association.

At a recent meeting of about 200 manufacturers at the World Trade Center in Baltimore, this question was posed: How many people have heard of Unilever? Not a single hand went up. The company might not be a household word, but its products are in households across the country, and the $49 billion conglomerate operates a 500-person plant in Baltimore. The 50-acre plant is the sole source of the following products sold in the United States: liquid Wisk, all and Surf laundry detergents, and liquid Final Touch and Snuggle fabric softeners.