Mount Airy

Mary Ann Sanders, 44, an employee of Moore's Business Forms in Thurmont, Frederick County, died Wednesday at Gettysburg (Pa.) Hospital. Anative of Gettysburg, she was the daughter of the late Paul and Cecile Reese Sanders. A member of St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church here, she is survived by her grandmother, Sarah Sanders of Frederick; three brothers, Charles F. Sanders of Taneytown, James E. Sanders of Iowa City, Iowa, and Gary J. Sanders of here; a number of nieces and nephews; and a dear friend, John W. Adams of here.

Mount Airy residents reaffirmed one sitting Town Council member to new term, added one previous member to return to the group, and also added a new face to the council in the town's May 7 election. Mount Airy residents reaffirmed one sitting Town Council member to new term, added one previous member to return to the group, and also added a new face to the council in the town's May 7 election. In the process, voters filled a seat vacated by a member who declined to run, and ousted a 24-year veteran of the council.

FIRE* Conestoga Heights: Mount Airy and Lisbon of Howard County responded for a chimney fire on Conestoga Court in Mount Airy at 7:51 p.m. Monday. They were out for 30 minutes.

100 Years Ago A fine Ford in E.C. "Quite a number of young people of our neighborhood attended the play in the Masonic Hall, Mt. Airy, on last Friday night. Mrs. Annie Wheeler of Washington spent the week end with relatives in the neighborhood. Mr. Charles DeLashmutt attended the automobile show in Baltimore on Tuesday and purchased for himself a fine Ford Automobile. 75 Years Ago Adrift In the Times there was a story about a recent snow storm: "Lack of Snow Plows and Highway Equipment Bring Criticism of Officials.

Mount Airy will be 100 years old in 1994, so resident Bob Johnson has decided to make a birthday video for the town.But Mr. Johnson -- a veteran video maker who has produced numerous programs for Carroll's public access Channel 19 -- needs the help of the Mount Airy community to complete his project.He's looking for old pictures and movies that depict Mount Airy life over the past century that he can transfer to video for his production.These may include pictures or movies of town "happenings" such as parades or festivals, town buildings and surrounding areas, barn burnings or natural disasters, and old family reunion pictures.

Walt Dennison, Mount Airy's first recipient of the town's business recycler of the month award, admits it: Recycling is hard work."I estimate I spend two hours a week on recycling," said Mr. Dennison, who owns Dennison's Trackside Hobbies on Main Street."

Mount Airy municipal election will be held tomorrow. an editorial last Friday had the wrong date.* The Sun regrets the error.The town government of Mount Airy has to deal with a number of forces beyond its control. Tucked into Carroll County's southwest corner, in a pocket of rapid growth, the town must contend with the consequences of land use and development decisions made not just by county government in Carroll, but by Frederick, Howard and Montgomery as well. The boundaries of the four counties meet just outside the town.

Community colleges are increasingly important as a source of higher education, both for college credits and for non-credit courses that have always been the backbone of community support for these institutions in Maryland.Affordable tuition and convenient local location are two major factors that have promoted their growth. There was no concern about duplication between these two-year colleges; each county focused on its own educational needs.One notable example of inter-college cooperation, however, was the joint program of Carroll Community College and Frederick Community College in operating a satellite campus at Mount Airy.

The town of Mount Airy doesn't spring to mind as a hotbed of innovation, but there are indications the small municipality may be leading the way when it comes to regional cooperation.Recently, the town was able to convince the Carroll County Commissioners to kick in $8,000 to help finance the construction of a swimming pool on the Frederick County side of town. And now, municipal officials are taking up the charge from the commissioners of the two counties and will study the possibility of creating a regional high school.

The Mount Airy Inn sounds like it should be a lodge nestled in a pine-tree-covered swath of land, tucked away from the hustle and bustle. A place to get a home-cooked meal and maybe a few really good beers to shake off the chill of a cold winter's day. While it's not an actual working inn, the restaurant does deliver on the food and beer — in a comfortable albeit plain setting. Opened in August 2010 by restaurateur Frank Illiano, the Mount Airy Inn was converted from a residential home built in the 1890s.

The Maryland Hay Bank, an operation of the Mount Airy-based Gentle Giants Draft Horse Rescue, was among 15 organizations awarded a piece of $21,000 in grants this week from the Maryland Horse Industry Board. The Maryland Hay Bank assists private horse owners who are experiencing a financial hardship or a personal crisis with free hay for their horses for 30 days, up to a maximum of 100 total bales. The Maryland Hay Bank is donation driven, and hay is provided at no cost to recipients.

Marissa Dorsey , of Mount Airy, has been named to the dean's list for the spring 2011 semester at Thomas Jefferson University, in Philadelphia. She is studying occupational therapy. Georges Rizk , of Sykesville, participated in the Summer Scholars Program in Biology and Biomedical Research at Washington University in St. Louis. Rizk, who was one of 24 Summer Scholars this year, will be a freshman at the university this fall. The seven-week Summer Scholars program offers students the opportunity to get a head start on scientific research and their college careers.

Howard Community College is part of a three-college consortium that will launch a Mount Airy-based health care training center to propel students into those high-demand careers, HCC officials said. On Monday, HCC joined Carroll and Frederick community colleges and state elected officials for the groundbreaking of the Mount Airy College Center for Health Care Education. The facility, which is slated to open in the fall of 2012, will provide health care-related programs to students from the three community colleges at a site that school officials say is easily accessible.

WESTMINSTER - State and local officials from Carroll, Frederick and Howard community colleges are scheduled to attend a ground breaking ceremony on Monday, July 25, for the new Mount Airy College Center for Health Care Education. The center is located at 1712 Back Acre Circle in Mount Airy. The three colleges are building on an existing academic agreement to provide additional student access to workforce education programs. The center, which is expected to open in the fall 2012, will provide health-care related programs.

The Carroll County Sheriff's Office said Monday that a Sykesville man — who had been wanted for allegedly abducting his girlfriend's son before releasing him unharmed — had turned himself in. Michael Andrew Terrell, 31, of Sykesville surrendered Sunday afternoon to sheriff's deputies, who served him with charges for second-degree assault, child abduction and disturbing the peace. Terrell's arrest ended a weeklong investigation into his whereabouts following an altercation between Terrell and his live-in girlfriend.

Maryland State Police on Wednesday issued a Silver Alert in hopes of finding Richard Eugene Skaggs, 77, who was last seen on June 21 in the 4300 block of Ridge Road in Mount Airy. Police said Skaggs was last seen at 9:15 a.m. driving a 2001 tan Toyota Corolla bearing Maryland registration HWD 984. Police did not state the nature of their concern regarding Skaggs' absence. He is a white male, 5'10", and weighs approximately 190 pounds. He has gray hair and blue eyes. Anyone with information concerning Skaggs or his whereabouts is asked to contact Trooper First Class Corey Green of the Maryland State Police, Westminster Barrack Criminal Investigation Section, at 410-386-3053.

You'll find Drovers Grill & Wine Co. along a quiet and hilly stretch of western Howard County highway in Mount Airy. Iif you wanted to take a nice walk after dinner, you could stroll over to Carroll and Frederick counties and make it back in time for an after-dinner drink. Sweet at its core, maybe a little odd, Drovers Grill, which opened last November, is an unpretentious yet fairly ambitious family-run restaurant. On a recent night, Kevan Vanek, the ebullient paterfamilias, was in the kitchen, working alongside one of his seven children.