Pizza Hut

One recent crisp day, Sally Bright and I spent a morning together on the grounds of Historic Ellicott City's Patapsco Female Institute. Sally, my neighbor from years back, now heads the Friends of the Patapsco Female Institute, which promotes the development of the institute as a historic landmark.Howard County government is stabilizing the ruins, which will allow the institute to be used once again. Amid the construction vehicles and hard hats, Sally shared with me her visions for the institute.

Editor: On Feb. 24, nearly 400 participants gathered in the Bel Air High School cafeteria to support the Class of 2012 with one of the "Chemical Free Event Committee" fundraisers. Thanks to much support, the "Basket Bingo" event was a huge success. Many in our school and community deserve our recognition and gratitude. What follows is a list of businesses who provided support; they either provided products at a discount rate, provided free products or made a donation: 4 Paws Dog Spa, Avon rep. Pamela Heinle, BAHS National Honor Society, Barnes & Noble, Bel Air Athletic Club, Bittner Custom Painting, Brother's Pizza, Chick-Fil-A, Computer Market Place, Computer Renaissance, Dillweed's Deli, Express Tag & Title, Fire & Ice, Flavor Cupcakery, Flowers by Lucy, Forest Hill Lanes, Game Net, Great Clips, Hollywood Tans, Hunt Valley Motor Coach, Lids, Looney's Pub, Mars, McGhee Sports, McDonald's @ Red Pump, Minuteman Press, Nail Design, Parents Who Host Loss the Most Committee, Pelican Cove Restaurant, Pizza Hut, Safeway, Seasons Pizza, ShopRite, Slavie Federal, Smoothie King, Split Endz, Subway, TCBY, TGI Friday's, That Sport's Store, Weis and Winters Run Golf Course.

The Pizza Hut Express on Route 22 east of Bel Air town was robbed early Saturday morning by a man wearing a black mask. Police are still looking for the robber. Maryland State Police troopers, assisted by the Bel Air Police Department and Harford County Sheriff's Office, responded to the carry-out establishment in the 1200 block of East Churchville Road after employees reported a lone assailant accosted them shortly after 12:37 a.m. Employees told police investigators the masked robber entered the establishment, brandished a knife and demanded cash from the eatery and personal items from the employees.

The Pizza Hut Express on Route 22 east of Bel Air town was robbed early Saturday morning by a man wearing a black mask. Police are still looking for the robber. Maryland State Police troopers, assisted by the Bel Air Police Department and Harford County Sheriff's Office, responded to the carry-out establishment in the 1200 block of East Churchville Road after employees reported a lone assailant accosted them shortly after 12:37 a.m. Employees told police investigators the masked robber entered the establishment, brandished a knife and demanded cash from the eatery and personal items from the employees.

Police in Baltimore County are looking for a 32-year-old woman who they say took part in the armed robbery of a Pizza Hut restaurant in Pikesville. Chasity Dawn Morales, who has no known address, has been charged with a felony robbery count in connection with the September holdup of the fast-food outlet at 1002 Reisterstown Road. A man who police said was with her is already under arrest. Cpl. Michael Hill, a spokesman for the Baltimore County Police Department, said Morales is a "violent offender" and described her as white, 5 feet, 8 inches tall and about 145 pounds, with blue eyes and brown hair.

Davos, Switzerland -- THE FORMER Soviet Union is collapsing economically, and all the United States can manage is a small airlift of emergency food and medicine. This is an astonishing default of diplomacy and imagination, as well as a short-sighted view of America's own self-interest.At the World Economic Forum here, the presidents of seven former Soviet republics held a joint discussion before an audience of the world's top business leaders. What they had to say revealed a dangerous policy vacuum.

A Glen Burnie man suspected in a recent string of armed robberies atPizza Hut restaurants was arrested Saturday by county police, court records said.Robert William Mayfield, 21, admitted to detectives that he was responsible for a Feb. 20, 1990 robbery of a North LaurelPizza Hut, as well as three others in Anne Arundel and Prince George's counties, the court records said.Howard County police recently received information from Anne Arundel police detectives, who said Mayfield apparently was planning to commit another robbery at the North Laurel Pizza Hut.Two police investigators who were assigned to watch Mayfield on Saturday saw him drive with a friend to the restaurant, in the 9100 block of Maier Road.

The manager of a Pizza Hut restaurant in Ellicott City was robbed while he was closing the business early Sunday morning, Howard County police said.Steven Carson, 31, of Ellicott City was not injured during the robbery in the 3700 block of St. Johns Lane, police said.The robbery occurred at 2: 19 a.m. Sunday, when Carson was locking the front door of the restaurant and heard someone yell, "Give us the money." When he turned around, he saw a male in a ski mask pointing a gun at him, police said.

BEIJING -- China's first Pizza Hut restaurant opened yesterday with so much diplomatic fanfare about stability, friendship and progress that one would think a nuclear test ban treaty was being signed.Firecrackers exploded, champagne corks popped, balloons drifted skyward above the bright red roof of the $1 million, 180-seat restaurant on Dongzhimenwai Street. Its name has been rather loosely rendered into Chinese as "Bi Sheng Ke," which might mean something like "Compelling Victory for Guests."

A man described as 5 feet tall with a 3-inch Afro robbed the Pizza Hut on Waterloo Road in Ellicott City late Wednesday, Howard County police said. The man - black, 18 to 25 years old, wearing a black shirt and gray shorts - showed a dark-colored handgun and ordered two employees to lie on the floor, police said. No one was injured, police said. He raided the register and fled on foot with an undetermined amount of cash, police said. Police are asking anyone with information about the robbery to call 410-313-3200.

The New York rappers Das Racist made a career out of a one-note joke. A couple of years ago, they became Internet demi-celebrities for a song that consists of a variations of a simple verse on loop: "I'm at the Pizza Hut (what?)/I'm at the Taco Bell (what?)/I'm at the combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell. " It was a perfect Internet meme, easy to describe in 140 characters, practically made to go viral on YouTube. And it did. Dan Deacon talked about it on an online music magazine, and soon after, the multiracial duo of Victor Vazquez and Himanshu Suri — along with hype man Ashok Kondabolu — were being interviewed in The New York Times and discussed in the New Yorker.

Baltimore County police are investigating the shooting of two teens at an Owings Mills elementary school on Friday night Police were called to a Pizza Hut at 10 West Chestnut Hill Lane near Reisterstown Road just before 10 p.m. One of the victims had apparently made his way to the restaurant from the grounds of Timber Grove Elementary School at 701 Academy Ave. A 17- and 18-year-old, both male, were wounded in the shooting. The 17-year-old victim was shot in the leg and forearm; the other teen was shot in the back, police said.

Baltimore County Police are investigating the shooting of two teens found wounded at Reisterstown Pizza Hut on Friday night. Police were called to the restaurant at 10 West Chestnut Hill Lane near Reisterstown Road just before 10 p.m., where they found a wounded 17- and 18-year-old. The 17-year-old victim was shot in the leg and forearm, the other teen was shot in the back, police said. Both teens were taken to the Maryland Shock Trauma Center, but their condition was unknown Friday night, police said.

Police in Baltimore County are looking for a 32-year-old woman who they say took part in the September armed robbery of a Pizza Hut restaurant in Pikesville. Chasity Dawn Morales, who has no known address, has been charged with a felony robbery count in connection with the holdup of the fast-food outlet at 1002 Reisterstown Road. A man who police said was with her is already under arrest. Cpl. Michael Hill, a police spokesman, said Morales is a "violent offender" and described her as white, 5 feet, 8 inches tall and about 145 pounds, with blue eyes and brown hair.

He wears Reebok athletic shoes, eats at Pizza Hut and drives a Chevy from JBA Chevrolet. As his prospects as a commercial pitchman take off along with his career on the football field, Joe Flacco can increasingly be heard in the media urging consumers to follow his lead. For now, endorsement deals by the Ravens quarterback are mostly regional, such as the agreement to push Pizza Hut of Maryland, where workers serve "Joe Flacco's favorite pizza," and advertisements for Glen Burnie-based JBA that show "2 Good Joes," the other being the local dealership's longtime owner.

Annapolis city attorney recertified to practice Annapolis' acting city attorney has been recertified to practice law in the state, after what he described as an oversight left him uncertified for the past two years. Stephen Kling, who began serving as the acting city attorney in October, was recertified Monday, according to Angelita Plemmer, a spokeswoman for the Maryland Judiciary. Kling did not respond to a call requesting comment. Kling's appointment came after Gov. Martin O'Malley appointed former City Attorney Shaem C. Spencer to a judgeship in District Court.

For 50 years, Don Sekira has watched Howard County morph from a sleepy farming community into one of the nation's most affluent areas. The manager at Kendall Hardware store in Clarksville has seen plenty, but violent crime has been almost nonexistent. That's why Sekira was alarmed to learn that masked gunmen robbed the Pizza Hut restaurant next to the hardware store Sunday night - the second armed robbery of a business in the area in 10 days. "It's uncommon for Clarksville," Sekira said yesterday just before going on his lunch break at the store in the 12200 block of Clarksville Pike.