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On January 1, 2006, ELOISE B. KOCHER; beloved wife of the late Clyde H. Kocher; loving mother of Carol Kocher Knapp and her husband Bob, Ted Kocher and his wife Michele; loving grandmother of Robert Knapp III, Charlie B., Timothy K., Lynn Kocher-Metler, Kimberly Kocher-Williams and Natalie Eldridge-Reece; loving great-grandmother of ten; devoted sister of Wilma Lee Balogh and the late Evelyn Pritchard, J. Edgar Smith and Helen Koufman. Relatives and friends are invited to call at the Schimunek Funeral Home, Inc, 9705 Belair Road (Perry Hall)

This week, Watchdog brings you an update on a still-unresolved problem. Update:: Watchdog reported in July about the fountain in the middle of Druid Lake, which at the time had not been working for at least a month. The fountain had been featured in Watchdog in 2007, when a lightning strike blew out its electrical system. That came after a $700,000 renovation in 2004. And then this year, as the fountain turns 50, Reservoir Hill resident Michael Baseman once again noted the absence of the streaming water, which he particularly enjoyed at dusk or before sunrise, when illuminated by colored light.

A picnic in the park. Let's choose sides. That's what playing soccer has been like at Lycoming College in Williamsport, Pa., for sophomore forward Jeff Kocher (C.M. Wright) so far this season. Kocher and the Warriors hit Brooklyn, N.Y., last week, playing Polytechnic University and Webb Institute in the Polytechnic Invitational. Kocher had six goals and three assists in two games, and his team amassed 21 goals and yielded just one goal. Lycoming pounded Polytechnic, 9-1, in the championship game, after Kocher lit up Webb for five goals and one assist in a 12-0 rout.

A water main break reopened Wednesday at Falls Road and Northern Parkway in Baltimore, and repair work is likely to affect traffic in the area through the end of the week, according to public works officials. The break was initially found Tuesday on southbound Falls Road about 200 feet north of its intersection with Northern Parkway, according to city Department of Public Works spokesman Kurt Kocher. A clamp on the leak failed Wednesday morning, Kocher said. A portion of Falls Road south of Northern Parkway was being used as a staging area for construction equipment, causing southbound Falls Road traffic to be detoured onto westbound Northern Parkway, Kocher said.

A Baltimore County Circuit judge cleared Ravens linebacker Brad Jackson yesterday of an assault charge filed by the mother of his two children. Judge Robert E. Cahill Sr. ruled there was insufficient evidence to prove that Jackson assaulted Gretchen Kocher during an exchange of their children outside her Owings Mills apartment on New Year's Eve. Kocher had sought an order requiring Jackson to attend counseling and surrender a handgun. She said she was afraid of Jackson and alleged that on the day of the incident, he became angry at comments she made, slapped her as she sat in her car and opened her car door so that his wife could jump in and attack her. At a hearing yesterday, Kocher's attorney, J. Allan Cohen, submitted photos taken after the incident that showed scratches on Kocher's hands and face.

On Wednesday, April 28, 2004, DAVID JAFFEE; beloved husband of the late Evelyn Jaffee (nee Misler); devoted father of Ira Jaffee of Wake Forest, NC, Mark Jaffee of Ocean, NJ and Donna Kocher of Wilkes Barre, PA; dear father in-law of Eva Jaffee, Joyce Jaffee and Danny Kocher; loving grandfather of Joshua, Sarah and Hannah Jaffee, Julia and Monica Jaffee and Joshua Kocher; loving companion of Roslyn Ghitter. Funeral services and interment will be held at the Beth Israel Cemetery, Woodbridge, NJ on Friday, April 30 at 1 PM. Please omit flowers.

Began her journey to heaven on June 22, 2003, NATALIE MARIA, beloved daughter of Julio and Ann L. (nee Kocher), Saldana-Chavez, granddaughter of Julio Saldanan, Estela Chavez, Sacramento Ezparza, Jill Kocher and the late Ed Kocher, loving sister of Jennifer and Zachary Milstreed, Isabella and Mia Saldana-Chavez. Also survived by many aunts, uncles, and cousins. Memorial Mass will be celebrated at 10 A.M, Monday, June 30, 2003, at St. John Catholic Church, 43 Monroe Street, Westminster. Contributions may be made to Child Life Department, Blalock, 174, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, 600 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD, 21287-4174.

The water conservation order in Baltimore County was to be lifted at dawn today after repairs were completed last night to a pumping station and broken water main, a Baltimore Department of Public Works spokesman said. "We're going to replenish the Towson Reservoir [overnight] so voluntary conservation efforts can be lifted in the morning," spokesman Kurt Kocher said. "We deeply appreciate the conservation efforts made by the citizens of Baltimore County and the cooperation we received from county government," Kocher said.

Officials warned of the possibility of major traffic tie-ups in Randallstown this morning along the busy Liberty Road corridor after a 20-inch water main burst yesterday afternoon and left the road closed. The main ruptured in the 9300 block of Liberty Road sometime after 5 p.m., causing 23 businesses and homes to lose water service, said Kurt L. Kocher, a spokesman for the Baltimore Department of Public Works, which maintains the water service for much of Baltimore County. Kocher did not know when water service would be restored.

The city Department of Public Works warned residents of Northeast Baltimore and neighboring Baltimore County yesterday of people posing as water inspectors, trying to get into their homes.Two incidents occurred last week in Gardenville in the city in which a man -- described as being in his 30s, 5 feet, 8 inches tall, medium build, brown hair, dressed in work clothes and carrying a clipboard -- knocked on doors, offering to test residents' water, said Kurt Kocher, a public works spokesman.

Water has been restored to businesses and residences affected by a major water main break Sunday that caused extensive flooding in the Mount Vernon neighborhood, a Baltimore public works spokesman said. Residences, restaurants and offices that had lost water or had low pressure were set to be back at full strength by last night, spokesman Kurt Kocher said. Kocher recommended that people remove the aerators from their taps and turn on the water to flush out sediment that might have accumulated, although the water is safe to drink.

THE PROBLEM: The sole hydrant on a street has been out of service for more than six months. THE BACKSTORY : Roy L. Shover Sr. wrote an e-mail to "Watchdog" to prevent, as he put it, "a very possible tragic event." His mother lives on Unetta Street off Wilkens Avenue in Southwest Baltimore. Shover says that the hydrant on her block has had an "out of service" sign on it for at least half a year and that it's the only hydrant on that street. He found other hydrants in the neighborhood "quite a distance from her home."

The problem: A Tuscany-Canterbury sewer project has stretched more than two months past its originally posted completion date. The backstory: Carol Gamble lives in The Colonnade on University Parkway at Canterbury Road, one street east of Linkwood Road. Linkwood has been closed since April, when a construction project began. Originally a "Road Closed" sign there indicated that the project would be completed by July 14. However, as that date approached, the specific date disappeared from the sign, and work has continued until the present, more than two months since that original completion date.

Highway shut briefly as car burns; none hurt 1 The westbound lanes of a section of Route 32 in Howard County were closed briefly yesterday after a car caught fire, according to fire officials. The fire happened about 2:40 p.m. on Route 108 in Clarksville, said Howard County Fire and Rescue spokesman William Mould. The westbound lanes of Route 32 were shut down for about 30 minutes. No one was injured in the incident, Mould said. Tyeesha Dixon Opening delayed for Balto. Co. charter school 2 Baltimore County's first public charter school won't open today as originally planned, as organizers await a final inspection from the fire marshal for an occupancy permit, according to school officials.

THE PROBLEM Temporary above-ground pipes bringing water to Federal Hill homes during a water-main rehabilitation project are damaged by parking cars, leaving residents without water. THE BACKSTORY Sarah De Santis considers herself a typical Baltimore city resident, the kind that enjoys showering, making dinner, doing laundry, watering her plants and washing her hands. It has been harder to enjoy those simple pleasures in recent months as a water main rehabilitation project commenced in her Federal Hill neighborhood.

Water was restored last night to 30 homes and an elementary school in Rosedale in Eastern Baltimore County, after a water main break Monday afternoon in the 5200 block of Hazelwood Ave., a spokesman for the city's Department of Public Works said. While the break has been repaired and the water is flowing, traffic will continue to be detoured until the damaged roadway, near Daybreak Terrace, is replaced, said Kurt Kocher, the spokesman. Kocher said a break in a 12-inch water main caused water to gush onto the streets and resulted in a drop in water pressure in the homes and nearby McCormick Elementary School.

On February 11, 2006, HENRY V., SR. "Buddy"; beloved husband of Dorothy G. Lindeman (nee Morris); devoted father of Henry V. Lindeman, Jr. and wife Thea, and Cindy Lee; loving grandfather of Clarissa Kocher and Jesse Garon Kocher; step-grandfather of Anthony Misher and Jeffrey Wiser; dear brother of Patricia Gosnell. Also survived by nieces and nephews. Family and friends may call at THE JOHNSON FUNERAL HOME P.A., 8521 Loch Raven Blvd. (beltway exit 29B) on Tuesday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M., where all are invited to attend Graveside Services on Wednesday at 1 P.M. at Parkwood Cemetery.

A water main break during the weekend forced the closing of the intersection of Cedarcroft Road and Northwood Drive in Northeast Baltimore until the end of the week, a spokesman for the city Department of Public Works said.Kurt Kocher, the spokesman, said that the underground break was quickly repaired but it caused part of the intersection to collapse.Kocher said detour signs have been placed at the intersection to direct vehicles to other routes.Also yesterday, work began on a $1.4 million project to improve Homeland Avenue between Charles Street and York Road in North Baltimore, Kocher said.

Work crews from Baltimore City and Baltimore County labored last night in eastern Baltimore County to repair breaks in a 12-inch water main and a sewer line several feet under it. Heavy traffic was detoured from the site, at Hazelwood Avenue and Daybreak Terrace, as water gushed from the break. Kurt L. Kocher, a spokesman for the city's Department of Public Works, said the water main would be repaired first and that water could be restored by this morning. "We're hoping for that before the sewage line is repaired," he said.

With the city's three reservoirs largely replenished by recent rain and snow, Baltimore water officials have shut down the flow of supplementary water from the Susequehanna River. The reservoir system was at almost 82 percent of capacity yeterday, up from a low of about 64 percent when the pumps on the Susquehanna near Deer Creek were first switched on in December. "We don't want to say the drought is totally over. But the situation we're facing now is vastly improved over what we were facing in December," said Kurt L. Kocher, spokesman for the city's Department of Public Works.