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When the rector of a downtown congregation asked his flock to be generous, it took only two weeks to raise nearly $2.5 million for his 1854 church. Along with a new roof, heating plant and state-of-the-art plumbing, Emmanuel Episcopal Church got a splendid pipe organ. The Right Rev. Eugene Sutton, bishop of Maryland, will bless the church's new $850,000 Letourneau pipe organ at Sunday's 10:30 a.m. service. Built in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, the organ's myriad of flute, trumpet, viola and oboe pipes were lifted into a chamber overlooking the church's high altar in late winter.

Baltimore County: Bradshaw Edgewood man dies in 1-vehicle accident An Edgewood man was killed Sunday when the 1992 Toyota pickup truck he was driving veered off the road, struck two trees and flipped over in eastern Baltimore County, police said yesterday. Bradley Bandy, 28, was driving east on Bradshaw Road near Arbutus Avenue in Bradshaw about 6:15 p.m. when the truck went off the road, county police said. Bandy, of the 1500 block of Harford Square Drive, was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.

On Peter W. Culman's 10th birthday, his godmother took him to see his first Broadway show -- "Where's Charley?" -- the musical in which the late Ray Bolger sang "Once in Love with Amy" with the audience."

Easter will be a hectic day for us this year. We are expecting our 4-year-old granddaughter and 2-year-old grandson at our house. My husband and I will be in charge of the Easter egg hunt and will hide eggs all over the backyard. Then, once the little ones have uncovered the colorful treasures, we'll move inside for a holiday meal. Because there won't be much time for cooking, I have decided to make as many dishes as possible in advance. Right away I thought of serving the glorious French stew known as navarin printanier.

KudosRichardson, Myers & Donofrio, an advertising agency in Baltimore, won 16 awards -- including the Best of Show -- in the Philadelphia Bell Ringer Awards for business communication, sponsored by the Business/Professional Advertising Association. The winning ads were produced for the Air Products & Chemicals, Conrail, Lukens Steel, DuPont, Dauphin Deposit/Bank of Pennsylvania, Baltimore Gas & Electric Co. and ICI Agricultural Products.Baltimore Life Underwriters Association honored these sales agents: David L. Berman, First Financial Group; Howard D. Goldman III, Northwestern Mutual Life; Joe Karsner, John Hancock; and Donald Harrington, Mutual of New York.

ELDERSBURG A resident of Victor Drive reported at 5 p.m. Wednesday the theft of a credit card that was used to buy $13,581 worth of medical supplies. Sheriff's Deputy James Krawczyk is investigating. A resident of Stone Mill Court told Deputy Krawczyk on Tuesday that an account had been opened with a cellular telephone company using the resident's identity. About $800 in equipment and services had been billed to the victim using this unauthorized account. Charges were pending against a 41-year-old Sykesville resident March 12, according to the state police, after a woman reported a 5-year-old boy left alone in a vehicle that was parked next to hers at the Wal-Mart lot. The boy, who was playing with toys and talking to passers-by, told the police he often was left alone, according to the report.

Under pressure from Baltimore-area officials, the Carroll commissioners tabled requests last night to rezone for industrial use 424 mostly rural acres in the Liberty Reservoir watershed, the source of drinking water for 1.8 million Marylanders. The commissioners' decision to table the rezoning requests for 60 days occurred as the three-member board was preparing to hear public comments on a long-awaited master plan to guide development in the county. The board is expected to adopt the 117-page document next month.

Maryland and Baltimore County lured a General Motors Corp. transmission manufacturing plant to White Marsh by arranging a multimillion-dollar package of grants, loans, tax breaks, road improvements -- and even a discount on the company's power bill, officials said yesterday.Gov. Parris N. Glendening, Baltimore County Executive C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger and a contingent of state and county officials gathered in the dust of a depleted sand and gravel quarry yesterday to bask in news of the state's first new heavy manufacturing plant in nearly three decades.

They've traded craggy slopes for meadows full of tasty weeds, swapped the incessant whirring of machinery for the gentle clucking of chickens. But in the bargain, they've had to sacrifice the freedom of roaming 850 acres for the fenced-in life. Life has changed for Carroll County's feral goats since Humane Society workers began rounding them up from a quarry near Westminster in January. But the goats still act like goats. They eat whatever they please, butt heads and scurry when a stranger approaches.