Outstanding

Kay Tippett, instrumental music teacher at West Middle, will be recognized at today's Board of Education meeting for receiving the Outstanding Music Teacher of the Year Award for the Western Region.The award is given by the Maryland Music Educator's Association to a teacher who demonstrates a continuing effort to support and improve musiceducation. It was presented to Tippett at the association's 50th anniversary banquet March 2 in Ocean City.Other teacher recognitions include three county educators who made presentations at the Maryland Council for Social Studies.

Handing out individual awards can be a delicate affair as there is usually some gray area for interpretation and analysis. But it would seem that few would be able to question the individual honors announced by the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association on Friday morning. For the second time in his career, Rob Pannell of Cornell was named the winner of the Lt. Raymond J. Enners Award, which is given to the Outstanding Player of the Year. The fifth-year senior attackman has 95 points -- which is 10 shy of the school's single-season record -- and 337 career points -- which is six short of former Duke attackman Matt Danowski's NCAA mark.

Larry M. Sturdivan, of Churchville, recently received one of the 10 Outstanding U.S. Material Command Personnel of the Year Awards.Sturdivan was recognized for "his outstanding contributions to the Army Material Command as Work Area Coordinator for Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Survivability Technology and as Team Leader for Statistical Consulting and Research.The award also cites his invaluable expertise in mathematical and statistical modeling, which includes analyses, statistical designs and experimental strategies.

Albert J. A. "Jay" Young, and Orsia F. Young, have received the Association of Fundraising Professionals of Maryland - Harford County Chapter's second "Outstanding Volunteer Fundraiser" award, presented at seventh annual Harford County Celebration of Philanthropy, held April 11, at the Maryland Golf & Country Clubs in Bel Air. The event was established to bestow recognition upon members of the community "whose exceptional generosity demonstrates outstanding...

The Crofton Civic Association named Arlo "Pete" Pedersen, a Crofton resident for nearly 30 years, its Citizen of the Year for 1997.Pedersen, a former board member of the association and former president of the Crofton Association of Retired Persons, was among eight honored Friday as outstanding citizens at the annual Crofton Awards Banquet at the Crofton Country Club.Among other things, Pedersen makes sure that American flags are placed along Crofton Parkway on patriotic holidays.Sheila Schneider, executive director of the Greater Crofton Chamber of Commerce, was named Outstanding Business Leader of the Year by the chamber.

Last May, Mike Pringle was expendable. This November, he's invaluable.Last spring, he was a Sacramento Gold Miner. This winter, he could be the Canadian Football League's Most Outstanding Player.It's been the trip of a lifetime for Baltimore's record-setting running back. Pringle's incredible journey reached another milestone yesterday with his selection as the Eastern Division's Most Outstanding Player.He already has shattered the league's 19-year-old rushing record, and annexed the record for yards from scrimmage, too.Now comes the acid test.

Gary Capuano was named the state's outstanding trainer for 1997 at the Maryland Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association annual awards ceremony and Christmas party at Laurel Park yesterday.Capuano, 33, broke into national prominence with Captain Bodgit, who barely missed winning the Kentucky Derby and Preakness in two memorable battles with Silver Charm and Free House.Capuano's brother, Dale, won the same award in 1988.The outstanding-owner honor went to Mr. and Mrs. Edward Houghton of Buckingham Farm, whose horse, Palliser Bay, was the high-scoring Maryland entry in the MATCH series.

In honor of National Philanthropy Day yesterday, the Maryland Chapter of the National Society of Fund Raising Executives recognized a Baltimore philanthropist, a foundation and students at four schools for their charitable work.Suzanne F. Cohen, a member of numerous local nonprofit boards, was named philanthropist of the year for her support of institutions like Goucher College and her work creating the Safe and Sound campaign, a program to improve life and reduce violence for Baltimore children with after-school programs and other initiatives.

While the debates continue about academic requirements for high school and college athletes, the 24 student-athletes we feature today have no problem meeting the regulations.The ninth annual Anne Arundel County Sun All-County Academic Athletic Team consists of 12 boys and 12 girls who go beyond the requirements and shine as model student-athletes.We narrowed down almost 100 applications to come up with the top 24 in the county, and these are truly outstanding young people.Wewere looking for well-rounded student-athletes who compile a high grade-point average while playing more than one varsity sport, get involved in school and community, prepare a neat resume as if applying for a job, have recommendation letters that reveal character and attitude, write a good essay and show some creativity.

Mireille Grangenois has been named vice president of SunSpot, the Baltimore Sun Co.'s Internet site. Grangenois, 45, is now general manager of SunSpot, where she oversees a staff of 32. The promotion takes effect tomorrow. Grangenois' duties will change little under the new title. She will oversee the development and execution of all aspects of the Web site and report to Michael E. Waller, publisher and chief executive of the Baltimore Sun Co. Waller said the promotion reflects Grangenois' "outstanding performance" at SunSpot as well as the increasing significance of online journalism.

Nearly 250 of the patients who accused cardiologist Dr. Mark Midei of performing unnecessary stent procedures at St. Joseph Medical Center settled their lawsuits against him Thursday, a major step forward in one of the largest medical malpractice cases in state history. The agreement was announced in Baltimore County Circuit Court, where lawyers for Midei, the Towson hospital, its former owner and 21 of the patients have been making arguments for several weeks in the cardiologist's first civil trial.

David Jahnke is the winner of the Maryland Daughters of American Revolution Outstanding Teacher of American History for 2013. He was nominated by the Governor William Paca DAR Chapter of Harford County. On March 23 at Hunt Valley Inn, Jahnke was presented with a $750 check for his outstanding achievements. He will compete in the national DAR contest in June. Jahnke is teaching U.S. History at Harford Technical High School. He began his teaching career in February 2001 by teaching U.S. Government, U.S. History and finally Advanced Placement U.S. History.

Ryan Twentey, an advance placement photography teacher at Parkville High School and a resident of Bel Air, won $10,000 this week as one of two national honorees of the ASCD 2013 Outstanding Young Educator Award. The award was announced Sunday at the association's 68th annual Conference in Chicago. Twentey said he was "humbled to be recognized for what I enjoy most about teaching: empowering my students with skills to succeed," Twentey said. School officials said that during his 12 years at Parkville High, Twentey has worked on systemwide curriculum projects and served as chairman of Parkville's Career and Technology Education program School officials said Twentey is known for working to help students define, and develop, skills they need for their chosen fields.

Law enforcement officials are watching a test program in Anne Arundel County that entices people with open criminal warrants to turn themselves in — so they can get their state tax refunds. Thus far, the results of dangling a refund as bait have stunned the sheriff who pitched the one-year pilot project. "If I had gotten 10, that would be good, too. But 134? That's huge," said Sheriff Ron Bateman. "It's baseball season, and this is a grand slam. " Under the measure adopted last year, and which went into practical effect with the current tax season, the comptroller's office blocks Maryland tax refunds of residents of Anne Arundel County, and others, who have unserved warrants in Anne Arundel.

I wasn't there for the 7 a.m. start, but I've seen almost all of the NFL Network's Super Bowl Sunday pre-game coverage. And as of 1 p.m. (EST), I am here to tell you it is outstanding. Warren Sapp, elected into the Hall of Fame Saturday, brought even more energy and joy than usual to the telecast. He was inspired. Michael Irvin was stoked to Super Bowl level, and Steve Mariucci was better than he has ever been. Deion Sanders: superb. Melissa Stark: through the roof in poise, knowledge and the 10,000 skills a show host needs to make a TV conversation seem like the easiest and most natural thing in the world.

Vernon E. Seibert, a former athletic director and coach at Glenelg High School who had been an outstanding football player during the 1940s at College Park, died Saturday of cancer at Union Hospital in Elkton. The longtime Columbia resident was 88. "You could write a book about Vernon Seibert. What a character. The stories about him are legend," said Dennis P. Cole, who had been head football coach at Glenelg in the 1980s and retired five years ago. "He was always held in high-esteem but was not the kind of buddy-buddy type of football coach when it came to the kids," he said.

David E. Kelley came into last night's 51st annual Emmy Awards with a record number of nominations for his shows and went home with the awards for the best drama and comedy on television.The producer's courtroom drama "The Practice" won as Outstanding Drama Series, while his offbeat legal series, "Ally McBeal," won as Outstanding Comedy."I think you can see from the look on our faces we're a little surprised, but we'll take it," Kelley said in receiving the awards, which came one after another at the very end of the telecast.

The smile on John Carroll coach Keith Watson's face was apparent. He had plenty of reason for wearing it, too. Watson's third-ranked Patriots used a dominant effort in the middle weights and five pins to defeat host Archbishop Spalding in the finals and win the Spalding Cavalier Duals. The Patriots went 5-0 in the tournament to take the crown. South River finished third in the tournament, defeating Loudon County High School from Northern Virginia, 52-9, in the third-place match.