Loch Raven Reservoir

Send sports notices a minimum of two weeks before the requested publication date to Patuxent Publishing/TT Sports Notices, Third floor, 501 N. Calvert St., Baltimore, MD 21278; e-mail cclary@tribune.com . Include date, time, location, contact information and subsection. Competitive Soccer tryouts for girls 16U, boys 14U and 16U Baltimore JCC delegation teams, March 3, 10, 17, in Owings Mills. 410-559-3546 or pikesoccer@aol.com . Loch Raven High seeks assistant varsity softball, junior varsity softball and varsity tennis coaches.

Send sports notices a minimum of two weeks before the requested publication date to Patuxent Publishing/MS Sports Notices, Third floor, 501 N. Calvert St., Baltimore, MD 21278; e-mail tworgo@tribune.com . Include date, time, location, contact information and subsection. Pipeline Soccer Club offers a fall recreational program for boys and girls ages 5-8.http://pipelinesoccerclub.com. Waverly Bulldogs Youth Football Team holds registration, May 4, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Giant super market in Waverly, 601 East 33rd S. Bulldogs teams play in Pop Warner League: Teams are: 5-7 240-281-1427 or wavdogs@aol.com . Cockeysville rec offers cricket for kids ages six to 17. Registration is April 20, Padonia Elementary School, 10 a.m.-noon.

Two brothers who are suspects in a 1995 double homicide at Loch Raven Reservoir were sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court in Baltimore for their roles in robbing three area banks.Judge Frederic N. Smalkin sentenced Anthony Zenone, 31, to 34 years in prison for robbing First Virginia Bank in Towson on April 26, 1996, Mercantile-Safe Deposit and Trust Co. in White Marsh on April 12, 1996, and First National Bank in Arnold on Sept. 2, 1993. Zenone pleaded guilty to the Arnold robbery in December.

As a young boy growing up in Baltimore County, Walter Engle remembers climbing the ruined tower of a medieval-style castle on the banks of Loch Raven Reservoir.His mother may have believed her 6-year-old had a slightly overactive imagination. But in 1928, when he made the hike with a Boy Scout troop, pieces of a reproduction castle called Glen Ellen were still standing in the woods beside the reservoir.jTC "I tell you, when you go to see a castle and you're 6 years old, your eyes are wide open.

Visionary engineers, tough local development regulations -- and a stroke of luck -- might have spared Loch Raven Reservoir from filling in with sediment these last 75 years, extending the life of the water supply and saving taxpayers from costly dredging.Officials with the Maryland Geological Survey, working with federal and local agencies on the most comprehensive study of area reservoirs, found the capacity of Loch Raven has not significantly diminished since 1923 -- contrary to the fears of environmentalists.