Owen Brown

The Owen Brown Community Association is offering a community servicescholarship of $500.Applicants must be residents of the village of Owen Brown (elected or appointed board/council representatives andtheir families, and staff members and their families are not eligible); are required to write an essay answering, "What do you plan to doupon finishing your post-secondary education, and what school do youplan to attend?"; are required to submit evidence of academic achievement; and must submit a listing of all community service (at least 50 hours of community service must have been performed)

• $467,000 for work on three sections of dock at Lake Kittamaqundi • $330,000 for completing a loop around Lake Kittamaqundi • $235,000 for replacing six tennis courts in Owen Brown • $350,000 for replacing tennis clubhouse in Owen Brown • $310,000 for adding a new spa and other amenities to Stevens Forest Pool • $550,000 for major renovations to Homespun Pond in Owen Brown Source: Columbia Association ...

A couple leaving the Owen Brown Village Center early Wednesday were robbed at gunpoint, Howard County police said yesterday.Two men wearing dark clothes and knit caps approached the man and woman about 12: 20 a.m. Wednesday, put a gun to the woman's head and took $75 from her purse, police said.The robbers fled when other people walked onto the parking lot, police said.Anyone with information is asked to call Howard County police at 410-313-2220.Pub Date: 11/13/98

I hit the pathways this morning for the first time since the big blow this weekend. I saw two or three Columbia Association workers out there, and evidence that they'd already been hard at work, in the form of a couple of big trees cut into little pieces after they'd been knocked across the paths by the gusts at Irene's hem. But there's still plenty left for the workmen to do. I had to navigate my bicycle around about half a dozen fallen trees,...

When the Owen Brown Community Association kicks off its 1994 Lake Elkhorn Festival, the 2,000 to 3,000 people expected to attend Saturday will be opening the annual celebration with a giant birthday cake."

Howard County police are searching for two men who robbed a Bank of America branch in Owen Brown yesterday morning. The men entered the bank, in the 7100 block of Cradlerock Way in Owen Brown Village Center, about 10 a.m. Both had their faces covered. One stood inside the doorway while the other displayed a handgun and took an undisclosed amount of cash. The pair did not harm any of the employees. Anyone with information is asked to call 410-313-3200. Metro Crime Stoppers is offering a reward of up to $2,000 for information leading to the arrest and indictment of the pair.

An armed man in a ski mask threatened a Columbia convenience store clerk and a customer and then fled with cash from the register Wednesday night, Howard County police said. No one was injured.Police said the man robbed the High's store in the 6800 block of Cradlerock Way in Columbia's Owen Brown Village at about 8:50 p.m.Anyone with information can call Howard County police at 313-2220 or the Metro Crime Stoppers hot line at 276-8888.POLICE LOG* Owen Brown: 7000 block of Cradlerock Way: A blue 1986 Mazda with Maryland tags ACZ 840 was stolen Monday, police said.

A 27-year-old Columbia woman jogging around Lake Elkhorn in Owen Brown village Thursday evening was sexually assaulted by an unknown man, police said.About 5 p.m., a man described as being in his late teens,5 feet 6 inches tall, wearing baggy blue jeans approached the woman, FTC exposed himself and then grabbed the woman, police said.The woman escaped, ran to a local business and called authorities.Anyone with information is asked to call 410-313-3700.Pub date 10/11/98

The Owen Brown Merchants Association will sponsor a Halloween costume contest and parade at 5 p.m. Thursday in the Owen Brown Village Center.Registration begins at 5 p.m.; the costume parade begins at 6 p.m.First-, second- and third-place awards will be given in four age groups: under 2; 3-4; 5-8; and 9-12. Participants will receive a free trick-or-treat bag.A prize also will be given for the best adult costume.The event will also feature Mr. B; Dolly the Dancing Elephant; and Barney Moose.

Howard County police charged a 31-year-old Columbia man with robbery yesterday after an incident at the First National Bank in the 6300 block of Dobbin Road in Owen Brown village of East Columbia.Robert Louis LaGrone Jr. of the 6700 block of Quiet Hours in Owen Brown was being held yesterday at police headquarters in Ellicott City.About 9: 35 a.m., a man entered the bank and gave a teller a note demanding money and implying he had a gun, police said. The teller gave him an undisclosed amount of money and he fled in a dark gray Isuzu Rodeo.

The Columbia Neighborhood Swim League closed out its season with the annual All-City meet, held July 29-30 at the Phelps Luck pool. Nearly 1,100 swimmers participated, about 150 more than in previous summers. Three new meet records were set. Michael Lazris, of Wilde Lake, set a new 15-18 boys individual medley record of 53.13; Katie McDaniel, of Kings Contrivance, set a new 5-U girls backstroke record (27.11) and the Long Reach 15-18 mixed medley relay team of Stephanie Foster, Kendrick McDonald, Trey Perry and Victoria Radcliffe established a new mark in that event (1:50.59)

Long Reach, 365; Oakland Mills, 241 Medley Relays 15-18M: 1. LR (A. Douglas, K. McDonald, M. Jackson, S. Foster), 2:06.42. 9-10M: 1. LR (C. Gilmore, S. Davies, J. Watt, D. Kundrat), 1:20.92. 11-12M: 1. LR (O. Stang, X. Castle-Smith, J. Corley, C. Patton), 2:31.39. 13-14M: 1. LR (A. Gliese, C. La Gow, M. Watt, J. Soriano), 2:10.15. Individual Medley 15-18B: 1.A. Douglas, LR, 1:05.70; 2. D. Pierce, OM; 3. A. Saad, LR. 15-18G: 1. P. Brown, OM, 1:03.87; 2. V. Radcliffe, LR; 3. S. Foster, LR. 9-10B: 1. C. Gilmore, LR, 1:28.

Police Officer Sarah Miller has already filled her new headquarters in Columbia's Owen Brown Village Center with large wall maps, informational brochures and community fliers, dozens of coloring books and a bowl brimming with lollipops. After months on bicycle patrol, she knows her territory and now has a spot from which she can direct efforts to safeguard the village she serves. "I wanted as many maps as possible," she said. "Owen Brown can be a confusing area geographically.

Howard County's cold-weather shelters housed 20 children over the course of the winter — double the number of children who received the housing service in any of its eight years of existence. The program is run at 16 churches from late November to late March, and provides shelter, food, rides and laundry services for up to two dozen homeless people each night. The Grassroots Crisis Intervention center, which administers the eight-year-old service, released last season's data this week.

Philip Kirsch of Wilde Lake intends to run for a fifth one-year term on the Columbia Association Board of Directors in next month's elections, he said Monday, and Owen Brown's veteran board member Pearl Atkinson-Stewart says she expects to run for a new two-year term. Kirsch, who is board chairman this year, had flirted with the idea of running for Wilde Lake Village Board instead to deal with the redevelopment of the ailing village center, but decided not to. "There are good people running for village board, so I didn't think I had to," Kirsch said.

Coffee & Conversation The next meeting with the Howard County Board of Education, where residents can chat informally with board members, will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Bellows Spring Elementary School, 8125 Old Stockbridge Drive in Ellicott City. Call 410-313-6680 for more information. Donate blood A blood drive will be held from 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday at the Owen Brown Interfaith Center, 7246 Cradlerock Way in Columbia. Call 410-381-4546 for more information. Call for artists The Howard County Arts Council is accepting slides and CD submissions from visual artists for a 2011 group exhibit examining environment interference and related issues.

Maryland Homebrew, a Columbia-based, national distributorof ingredients and equipment for making beer, wine, mead and other libations at home, has leased 2,500 square feet at 6770 Oak Hall Lane in the Village of Owen Brown to expand its warehouse and retail operations, the company has announced.Maryland Homebrew plans to move from its offices at 9009 Mendenhall Court to the larger facility Oct. 31.The company has signed a three-year lease. Commercial real estate broker John Boote and agent Steve Krug of KLNB Inc. signed the deal.

The first major dredging of sediment since Lake Elkhorn was built in the mid-1970s has been delayed at least a month, Columbia Association officials say. The $5.2 million project to remove 60,000 cubic yards of silt from Columbia's largest lake was to have begun by late August, but CA contract administrator Diana Kelley said Tuesday night at the Owen Brown Community Center that none of the four bids submitted in July were acceptable and that a new round...

At a time when police departments across the country are trying to find ways to build public trust, Howard County is turning to the old practice of walking the beat by continuing to link individual officers with communities. A program that began a decade ago in areas designated as "hot spots" for trouble recently added what have been called community resource officers who are specifically assigned to the Wilde Lake and Owen Brown villages of Columbia. "Take a look at Wilde Lake, a lot of businesses are moving out. When there's a lack of commercial activity, then other types of activity starts creeping in," Police Chief William McMahon said.