Janet Owens

On Friday November 25, 2005 MICHAEL P., beloved husband of Jennifer A. Harrington, devoted father of Charles Daniel Jr., Michael Daniel Sr., and Crystal Copas, brother of Chester and James Harrington, Mary Holland and Janet Owens. Also survived by 1 grandson Michael Daniel Jr. Friends may call on Monday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. at the Stallings Funeral Home P.A., 3111 Mountain Rd., Pasadena. where funeral services will be held on Tuesday 11:30 A.M. Interment Maryland Veterans Cemetery, Crownsville.

Today's highlights 10 a.m.Senate meets, Senate chamber. 10 a.m.House of Delegates meets, House chamber. 1 p.m.House Environmental Matters Committee, briefing on local government issues, with Harford County Executive James M. Harkins, Anne Arundel County Executive Janet S. Owens and others, Room 140, Lowe House Office Building.

Francis Scott Key High School recently presented its graduating seniors with awards and scholarships at the senior awards assembly and graduation ceremonies.The recipients were:* Class of 1995 Valedictorian Award: Valarie Michelle Kniss and Jennifer Rebecca Thompson.* Carroll County Arts Council Scholarships: Visual Art, Janet Owens; Writing, Courtney Risch.* Carroll County Commissioners Student Leadership Scholarship: Daryl Long.* Carroll County Municipal League Scholarship: Don Harver.* Lantz Hyde Memorial Scholarship: Hollie Edwards.

THE RESPONSE of Anne Arundel County officials and others to the vandalism of a Lothian church was the correct one: outrage - and the offer of help. Racial epithets were scrawled on a wall, furnishings, a computer and other office equipment were destroyed, and a pantry the church maintains for the needy was raided in the attack last week on the non-denominational Rapture Church. Its senior pastor, the Rev. Craig Coates, estimated the cost of repairing the damage at $20,000. In a show of support, Arundel County Executive Janet Owens plans to attend services Sunday in a tent that will be used until repairs are made.

On June 30, 2007, LILLIAN DORIS (nee Kern) beloved wife of the late Henry J. Rackl Sr., devoted mother of Dorothy Kasmer, Henry Rackl Jr, and Cheryl Whittaker, also survived by five grandchildren, Janet Owens, Donna Hasler, James Lindamore, Michelle Rackl and Margaret C. Rackl and three great grandchildren, Greta Hasler, Oliver Hasler and Veronika Owens. The family will receive friends at the Lassahn Funeral Home Inc., 7401 Belair Road, on Wednesday 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. and Thursday 9:30 to 10:30 A.M. A Funeral Service will be held at Perry Hall Presbyterian Church, 8848 Belair Road, on Thursday at 11:30 A.M. Interment Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery.

Anne Arundel County Executive Janet S. Owens made two Cabinet-level appointments yesterday, a criminal justice coordinator and a central services officer. H. Curt Toler, a former Federal Bureau of Prisons administrator and Anne Arundel Health Department program director, will oversee drug treatment programs as criminal justice coordinator. Spurgeon R. Eismeier, who manages the county's real estate office, will leave that job to oversee the Central Services Division, which runs county garages, manages its vehicle fleet and oversees purchasing.

The Ann Arrundell County Historical Society's annual dinner is scheduled for March 24 at Snyder's Willow Grove Restaurant in Linthicum. County Executive Janet S. Owens will be the guest speaker. The dinner is open to society members and friends. The social hour begins at 6 p.m.; dinner is at 7 p.m. Entree choices are filet mignon or crab cakes. The dinner costs $30 per person; seating is open. Reservations will be accepted through Friday. Information: 410-859-0711.

LAST WEEK'S ISSUE -- The Pentagons military base realignment will swell Maryland's population by about 28,000 households over the next decade, a Towson University report predicts, in what some economists suggest will be the biggest defense-related buildup in the Baltimore-Washington region since World War II. Analysts estimate that Anne Arundel County will net 12,639 jobs and 5,798 households, along with nearly $90 million in yearly tax revenue, because...

County Executive Janet S. Owens has pledged to carry through on county promises to alleviate congestion on Mountain Road by supporting reversible lanes on the packed Pasadena roadway.Work is scheduled to begin this spring on transforming the left-turn lane into a drive-through lane that will accommodate heavy westbound traffic in the morning and heavy eastbound traffic in the evening.The county and the state are sharing the $500,000 cost.Residents who tried for 20 years to get something done about the road have been worried that plans agreed to in September would unravel when former County Executive John G. Gary left office.

Exhausted by lengthy debate during its Monday night hearing, the Anne Arundel County Council voted to postpone voting on a plan that would direct changes to the county's water and sewer system during the next two decades.The highly technical plan could have major implications on where houses, shopping malls and businesses are built between now and 2020.Most council members initially said they were opposed to the administration's plan, but heavy lobbying by County Executive Janet S. Owens has won the measure some support.