Messenger

Mount Washington Elementary School hosted the annual Swing Into Spring fundraiser/party/auction to raise money for the school PTO. A wonderful event, held at the Mount Washington Conference Center, this year boasted one of the highest attendance records ever. I got to mingle and chat with tons of parents and friends of the school, including Felice Shore and Gregg Nass, Jason Loviglio and Anne Wolf, Marissa Feinsilver and Joe Urban, Madeleine Shea and Curt McKnight, Anath Ranon and Ellen Lichtman, Eddie Seidel and Shania Kroiz, Eric and Julie Salsbery, Joyce and Russell Holbrook, Cathy and Patrick McElroy, Nicole and Bill Selway, Jill Feinberg and David Fishkin, Phil Rhodes, Rebecca and Mike Bainum, Laura Laing and Gina Foringer, Cecilia Meisner, Terri Lough, Karen and Bob Brown, Kirsten and Larry Mackin, Lisa and Mark Kelemen, Charlie Nass and Jeannine August, Stuart Caplan and Rachael Levine.

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On Saturday, September 3, 2005, ESTHER R. MESSENGER (nee Ford), passed away at Gilchest Center for Hospice Care after a long battle with lung cancer. She is survived by her loving husband August Messenger Sr.. Devoted mother of Wayne Messenger Sr., Anna Messenger and the late August Messenger Jr. Cherished grandmother of Lisa and William Messenger. She is also survived by many other loving grandchildren, family and friends. Arrangements were private at the request of the family.

The Baltimore Messenger won 10 awards in the Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Press Asociation's 2012 editorial contest. Winners were announced April 20. Kathleen Reynolds won first place for Sports Page Design, for a preview of the boys lacrosse season. Editor Larry Perl won four first-place awards, for Feature Story (Non-Profile), about a family-run lemonade stand; Religion Reporting, for a story about a priest's ordination; Business Reporting, for a story about Mill No. 1, a planned multi-use development in Hampden; and Local Government Reporting, for a story about Oakenshawe's zoning battle against a nearby bar. Perl also won two second-place awards, for Weather/Natural Disasters Reporting, about the aftermath of Hurricane Irene; and Headline Writing, for a story about a lack of air-conditioning at the Belvedere Towers apartment building.

Services for Esther W. Messenger, a resident of Federalsburg for most of her 84 years, will be held at 1 p.m. today at the Framotom-Hawkins-Eskow Funeral Home there.Mrs. Messenger died Sunday after an apparent heart attack at her home in Federalsburg.The former Esther White, a graduate of the Federalsburg High School, moved to Lewes, Del., for a short time after her marriage to Henry Burdette Messenger Jr. He was a fuel oil dealer in Federalsburg before his death in 1965.A member of Christ United Methodist Church longer than anyone else currently in the congregation, she was a former member of the Nanticoke Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star, the auxiliary of Memorial Hospital in Easton, the Woman's Club of Federalsburg and parent-teacher groups.

As a 2-year-old, Cam's Card Shark lost more races than he won.But what a transformation the pacer made over the winter for his Canadian trainer, Bill Robinson.Since he started competing as a 3-year-old in March, the horse has won eight of 10 starts, earned more than $1 million and will be heavily favored tonight to win the $325,000 Messenger Stakes at Rosecroft Raceway in Fort Washington.The Messenger, which previously had been contested in September, is the first leg of pacing's triple crown.

For now, Howard County Board of Appeals member Donald B. Messenger is resisting the County Council's order that he resign from the board."I've requested a meeting for next week," Messenger, an attorney from North Laurel, said Friday. "They may succeed, but there's a day to sit back and a day to fight. It's distasteful to me."County Council Chairman C. Vernon Gray, an east Columbia Democrat, declined to say if a date had been scheduled or if he was interested in such a meeting."It's not something I want to talk about," Gray said.

After a monthlong controversy, Donald B. Messenger has resigned from the county Board of Appeals, effective June 1, unless a replacement can be chosen more quickly."

Truncated hexahedrons and octahedrons hang from the ceiling in Mary Jo Messenger's classroom at Centennial High School, but the real eye-catcher is the fractile stella octangula."

Hot as a pizza oven on one side and colder than an Antarctic winter on the other, the planet Mercury isn't a place most people would spend good money to visit. But scientists and engineers in Maryland and across the country are as happy as tourists queued for a flight to the tropics as they await the planned Aug. 2 launch of the first mission in 31 years to the sun's nearest neighbor. Called Messenger, the unmanned, desk-sized spacecraft was designed and built at the Johns Hopkins University's Applied Physics Laboratory near Laurel.

North Calvert Street 2700 block, between 6:52 and 11 a.m. April 3. Car boot stolen from 2002 Mercury with California tags 5VCG075. Falls Road 5900 block, between 8 p.m. April 4 and 3 p.m. April 5. White and black business sign for Acupuncture For All stolen from front of business while it was closed. 3000 block, between 3:30 p.m. April 4 and 5 a.m. April 5. Impact drill set, two chip hammers, 14-inch chop saw stolen from Barco Enterprise construction site office.

Bellemore Road 900 block at 1 p.m. Feb. 29. Jewelry, silverware stolen from residence by babysitter and pawned. East Belvedere Avenue 1100 block, between 3 48 and 5:20 p.m. Feb, 29. Cash stolen from residence. Method of entry unknown. West Belvedere Avenue 2400 block, between 6:40 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Feb. 28. Garmin GPS stolen from vehicle. 2400 block at 7:58 a.m. Feb. 29. Tom-Tom GPS stolen from vehicle. Incident recorded on video surveillance camera.

North Calvert Street 2700 block, between 2 and 5:30 p.m. Feb. 13. Garmin GPS stolen from vehicle. North Charles Street 3000 block, between 8:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Feb. 14. Handicap placard stolen from vehicle. Falls Road 3800 block, between 5:30 and 6:30 p.m. Feb. 16. Tan purse with cash, Maryland driver's license, Wells Fargo Bank check book stolen from vehicle. Gilman Terrace 3300 block at 7:50 p.m. Feb. 17. Someone tried to steal motor scooter.