Mielke

On May 1, 2005, DANIEL J., beloved husband of Victoria T. Mielke (nee Blum), devoted father of Dolores K. Codd, Regina B. Iman, Agnes S. Szczepaniak, Daniel W. Mielke and Susan M. Ciotola. Also survived by 12 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Visitation Tuesday, 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. at the Cvach/Rosedale Funeral Home, 1211 Chesaco Ave. Mass of Christian Burial Wednesday, 10 A.M. St. Anthony's Church. Interment Gardens of Faith Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the Alzheimer's Association.

Once parents have finished vetting toys for the holiday season, they should take at least one more precaution to safeguard their children from exposure to lead: Remove their shoes. The lead in toys amounts to a mere speck compared with the tons of dust spoiling the environment because of lead-based paints and leaded gasoline of generations past. Merely leaving your shoes at the door can notably reduce the risk of exposure, because tracking in the substance remains a surprisingly common route of contamination even today.

On March 27, 2007 VICTORIA T. MIELKE (nee Blum) devoted wife of the late Daniel J. Mielke, devoted mother of Dolores K. Codd and her husband James, Regina B. Iman and her late husband Harry, Agnes S. Szczepaniak and her husband Val, Daniel W. Mielke and Susan M. Ciotola and her husband Gary, dear sister of Mary Blum, Katherine Blum, Bernadine Schlicht, George Blum, Charles Blum and the late Benedict, Joseph, Margaret, Francis and (baby) Rita Blum. Loving grandmother of 12 and great-grandmother of 10. Also survived by loving nieces and nephews.

You felt awkward walking to last year's Halloween party in your bunny outfit? Thought driving in your mummy costume was tricky? Try running nearly four miles dressed as a sumo wrestler. Dan Parry can tell you - from personal experience during yesterday's XTERRA Gwynns Falls Trail Run - it isn't easy. Parry, a 46-year-old computer specialist, couldn't put down his arms because of the inflatable layer of skin. And after finishing the 6K, Parry said, "It was pretty hot, too." But he and others - including a Batman and Catwoman, a Green Giant and a skeleton - said the Halloween apparel added an element of silliness to the race, a fundraiser for the Gwynns Falls Trail Council.

Someone Linda Mielke didn't know stopped her on the sidelines of her son's basketball game to discuss her New Year's resolution. Others nabbed her in library aisles. Against sanctimonious pledges to save the world, lose 30 pounds and give up smoking, her resolution was, at least, refreshing, one friend told her. But since Mielke's resolution was published in the Carroll County Times on New Year's Day, the 52-year-old director of the Carroll County library has been fending off friendly, if incredulous, stares.

Linda J. Mielke, director of the Carroll County Public Library for 11 years, has accepted a job leading a Midwestern library system that has four times as many branches and serves more than 800,000 residents. Mielke, 57, announced her resignation, effective in mid-August, at a board meeting last night. In September, she will become chief executive officer of the Indianapolis-Marion County libraries in Indiana, a system with a central library, 22 branches and three bookmobiles. "Without a doubt, I have regrets about leaving Carroll County," Mielke said.

On November 14, 2003, ROBERT D. LIPPY; beloved husband of Melba Mielke Lippy (nee Leonard) and the late Mlldred E. Lippy; devoted father of Don Lippy and his wife Judy, Michael Lippy and his wife Ann, James Lippy and his wife Linda; loving step-father of Earl Mielke and his wife Mildred, Jean McDermott, David Mielke and his wife Adrienne. Also survived by 16 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends at the family owned Ruck Towson Funeral Home Inc., 1050 York Road (beltway exit 26A)

A motorcyclist was thrown from his vehicle when he struck a deer that ran into his path Thursday night on Marriottsville Road, Howard County rescue officials said.Douglass Mielke, 32, of Sykesville was flown by state police MedEvac helicopter to Maryland Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore, where he was being treated for head injuries. A hospital spokeswoman said he was in good condition yesterday.Rescue officials found Mr. Mielke disoriented in the roadway minutes after the 7:20 p.m. accident near Driver Road in Marriottsville.

On March 31, 2006, ROBERTA RAY HARDEN of Reisterstown, beloved wife of the late Arthur Cooper, devoted aunt of Ann Hart; also survived by numerous nieces, nephews and by the Cooper family. She was predeceased by her daughter, Barbara Harden and by her sisters Anna Mielke Hemier and Irma Mielke Tinkler. Funeral Services will be held on Saturday at 2 P.M. from Wards Chapel United Methodist Church, 11023 Liberty Rd., Randallstown. Interment private. Friends may call at the church on Saturday from 1 P.M. until the time of Services.

There wasn't much in the world that didn't interest Harley Moore's 18-month-old boxer: hopping frogs in the tall grass, neighborhood cats, the three little girls up the street who loved to play with him. And he loved riding shotgun whenever Mr. Moore went to the store.Throughout the neighborhood, the little fawn-colored boxer was known as Buster, a friendly, high-spirited pup.Buster did have a flaw -- he wasn't housebroken. It was a flaw that cost Buster his life in July and brought a 60-day jail sentence yesterday for Mr. Moore's brother-in-law, William Mielke, who shot the dog three times in a drunken rage.

On September 26, 2007, Jessalyn G. Meier, a resident of Charlestown Retirement Community and Catonsville, MD, beloved wife of the late Morton L. Meier; mother of Lawrence D. Meier and his wife Vera of Richmond, VA, Cynthia A. Meier of Virginia Beach, VA and Nancy J. Meier of Catonsville, MD; grandmother of Kirsten A. Meier and Daniel N. Meier of Richmond, VA; sister of Joseph A. Garvey and his wife Ginny of Allentown, PA and sister-in-law of Henry W....

On March 27, 2007 VICTORIA T. MIELKE (nee Blum) devoted wife of the late Daniel J. Mielke, devoted mother of Dolores K. Codd and her husband James, Regina B. Iman and her late husband Harry, Agnes S. Szczepaniak and her husband Val, Daniel W. Mielke and Susan M. Ciotola and her husband Gary, dear sister of Mary Blum, Katherine Blum, Bernadine Schlicht, George Blum, Charles Blum and the late Benedict, Joseph, Margaret, Francis and (baby) Rita Blum. Loving grandmother of 12 and great-grandmother of 10. Also survived by loving nieces and nephews.

On March 31, 2006, ROBERTA RAY HARDEN of Reisterstown, beloved wife of the late Arthur Cooper, devoted aunt of Ann Hart; also survived by numerous nieces, nephews and by the Cooper family. She was predeceased by her daughter, Barbara Harden and by her sisters Anna Mielke Hemier and Irma Mielke Tinkler. Funeral Services will be held on Saturday at 2 P.M. from Wards Chapel United Methodist Church, 11023 Liberty Rd., Randallstown. Interment private. Friends may call at the church on Saturday from 1 P.M. until the time of Services.

On May 1, 2005, DANIEL J., beloved husband of Victoria T. Mielke (nee Blum), devoted father of Dolores K. Codd, Regina B. Iman, Agnes S. Szczepaniak, Daniel W. Mielke and Susan M. Ciotola. Also survived by 12 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Visitation Tuesday, 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. at the Cvach/Rosedale Funeral Home, 1211 Chesaco Ave. Mass of Christian Burial Wednesday, 10 A.M. St. Anthony's Church. Interment Gardens of Faith Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the Alzheimer's Association.

Linda J. Mielke, director of the Carroll County Public Library for 11 years, has accepted a job leading a Midwestern library system that has four times as many branches and serves more than 800,000 residents. Mielke, 57, announced her resignation, effective in mid-August, at a board meeting last night. In September, she will become chief executive officer of the Indianapolis-Marion County libraries in Indiana, a system with a central library, 22 branches and three bookmobiles. "Without a doubt, I have regrets about leaving Carroll County," Mielke said.

When an inventory at Carroll County's busiest library last year showed more than $23,000 in missing items, the director of the five-branch system ordered theft-deterrent equipment. In the past six months, the equipment has worked so well at the Westminster branch that she would like to install similar devices throughout the system. "We had 1,500 items gone missing, and that was just at Westminster," said Linda Mielke, the county's library director. "I knew we had a serious problem." The stolen items included books, CDs, DVDs, videotapes and other materials, she said.

Linda Mielke is smart -- she'll be studying at Harvard University next week -- but she's not exactly with it.The Carroll County Public Library director spends her time reading business magazines and books on economics. She's never seen "The Simpsons" television show.But she promised that she will watch the show, so she can throw in a few jokes from the animated sitcom at staff meetings. The show is popular among staff members and she doesn't want to be left out.Ms. Mielke also doesn't want to be left out of the information explosion that is changing the way people use libraries.

The Carroll County Public Library will receive more state money to buy books and materials, but not until July 1995, the library director said yesterday.The General Assembly approved a measure to increase by $1 per resident the amount that the state gives Maryland counties to spend on libraries, Carroll Director Linda Mielke said.The new figure, $8.25 per resident, means that Carroll will receive an additional $55,000 to $60,000 for fiscal 1996, she estimated.The library's board of trustees must vote on how the money will be spent, but it's likely to go toward books and materials, Ms. Mielke said.

When an inventory at Carroll County's busiest library last year showed more than $23,000 in missing items, the director of the five-branch system ordered theft-deterrent equipment. In the past six months, the equipment has worked so well at the Westminster branch that she would like to install similar devices throughout the system. "We had 1,500 items gone missing, and that was just at Westminster," said Linda Mielke, the county's library director. "I knew we had a serious problem." The stolen items included books, CDs, DVDs, videotapes and other materials, she said.

The Carroll County Public Library's bookmobile has been out of service since mid-December and is being repaired again, and the library director would like to see money in the county budget to buy a new one in the next few years. Otherwise, said Linda Mielke, the director, ""I'm going to get beat out by a snowplow." "I'm trying to find a way to get a new" bookmobile, said Mielke, who pitched the idea to the county commissioners in the fall but said she didn't get a definite response. "We've put a lot of money into it in the past few years in maintenance and repairs.