Parkton

Jean H. Reisenweber, a former secretary who was an active member of the Dulaney Valley Woman's Club, died Sunday from complications of dementia at Lorien Mays Chapel Health Center in Timonium. The longtime resident of Towson's Campus Hills neighborhood was 86. The daughter of an engineer and a volunteer, the former Dorothy Jean Hobson was born in Baltimore and raised in Roland Park. After graduating from Western High School, she went to work as a secretary for the Maryland Casualty Co. She was married in 1948 to Daniel F. Reisenweber, a chemical engineer, who died in 2005.

Ian Hannafin has been fighting to find a cure for cancer since neuroblastoma stole his best friend, Joseph Messina, more than half a decade ago. It was then that Hannafin decided to create his own fundraising event, which has raised more than $15,000, and he has been in charge of running it ever since. Hannafin, now a rising senior at Loyola High, is only 17. He started the Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Parkton Kids Ride in 2008, when he was just 13. The event is one of 35 PMC Kids Rides, held mainly in New England.

She fenced. She swam. She took a horse she'd only just met over a 15-fence obstacle course. And then she shot and ran. But after a full Sunday competing in the modern pentathlon at the Summer Games here, Suzanne Stettinius of Parkton finished 28th out of 36 riders. The gold medalist was Laura Asadauskaite of Lithuania, who finished with 5,408 points, a modern pentathlon Olympic record. Silver went to Great Britain's Samantha Murray, whose performance set the temporary stands at Greenwich Park rocking with enthusiastic fans, and bronze was won by Brazil's Yane Marques.

A motorcylist was killed in a crash near the York Road exit on I-83 in Parkton late Saturday afternoon after attempting to pass two cars by driving between them, according to the Maryland State Police. Troopers investigating the incident about 4:00 p.m. determined that the driver, 19-year-old Kareem Morsi of Woodbine, had been heading north on a white 2008 Suzuki GSX-R600 motorcycle when he tried to pass the two vehicles. Just north of Exit 33, the motorcycle struck the rear of one of the vehicles, police said, spun out of control, crossed the right shoulder and struck a guardrail.

With only a couple more weeks to go before the schools open, could those four Baltimore recreation centers stay open until then ("A Baltimore recreation center faces its final days this month," Aug. 2)? They may be aging but they are convenient and a place to get out of these very hot summer days! Anne Hackney, Parkton

Bankruptcy is for those who are legally insolvent, unable to pay their debts. So how is it that RG Steel is planning to pay multi-million dollar bonuses to 10 executives ("RG Steel executive bonuses approved by federal judge," July 19)? Since they were running the company, one would assume they created this financial disaster and therefore should be that last in line to receive any payments. Anne Hackney, Parkton

A 17-year-old Freeland boy told police the day after a July 9 party in Parkton that another teen had assaulted him with a knife, a police report states. A 17-year-old Parkton teen was charged as an adult with first- and second-degree assault and using a dangerous weapon with intent to injure. He has since been released on $50,000 bail. According to a police report, the two 17-year-olds were at a party in a house in the 1700 block of Parsonage Road at about 10:30 p.m. when the Parkton teen allegedly held a large survival-type knife to the Freeland teen's throat and threatened to cut him. Police said a possible motive for the attack was the Parkton teen's' belief that his ex-girlfriend and the Freeland teen had a relationship.

Megan Uebersax , of Sparks, graduated from Berry College, Rome, Ga. with a Bachelor of Science in Marketing and Spanish. Lauren M. Thomas , of White Hall, graduated from Millersville University of Pennsylvania on May 12 with a Bachelor of Arts in International Studies. Isabelle Guestier Goelet , of Sparks, graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Museology and the History of Art with a secondary emphasis in Education from Juniata College, Huntingdon, Pa., on May 12. Kaitlyn Love , of Sparks Glencoe, graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pa. Anna Schmitt , of Parkton, a senior professional writing major, has been named to the Senior Honor Society at York College of Pennsylvania, York, Pa. Camille Campanella , of Glen Arm, received the Department Award in Economics at St. Mary's College of Maryland,St.

Curves of Parkton will celebrate NationalWomen's HealthWeek by offering free 30-day memberships to non-members who visit the club during the week of May 13 to 19. The Parkton Curves will also hold a weeklong Open House to encourage women to check out the club, pick up free health information and get a free fitness assessment. Visitors may also sign up to attend a program on National Curves Day, May 17. It features messages from health experts and activities designed to raise awareness of small, practical steps women can take to get healthy.

Parkton American Legion Post 256 received 129 essays from students at Prettyboy, Fifth District and Our Lady of Grace schools for its annual Americanism essay contest. This year's title was "How Can I Show My Patriotism in My Community" Jonathan Marker, a fifth-grader at Fifth District and Joshua Beach, in eighth grade at Our Lady of Grace, were honored at a banquet on May 3 in Baltimore for their third-place finishes in their grade levels in competition against 18 legion posts in the northern central district.