Rossville

On Thursday June 16, 2005, ROBERT JOHN MCCALLIN, of Berkeley Springs, WV, husband of Betty Ann Mc Callin, father of Sherri Fales, Theresann Morosko, Trina Strathy, Anthony Dobbs, Richard Dobbs, brother of Theresa Califano, Lawrence Mc Callin, Michael Califano, Richard Califano, grandfather of five, great-grandfather of one. Also survived by many nieces and nephews. Services will be held at 7:00 P.M. on Tuesday June 21, 2005 at the Baltimore White Marsh Seventh Day Adventist Church, 7427 Rossville Blvd.

A large pond with an elegant fountain will mark the entry to Cedar Lane Farms, Maryland Landmark Homes' single-family home development under way in Rossville. The eventual 107 homes will all be two-story Colonials, with 2 1/2 bathrooms, four bedrooms (with the option to add more), and brick facades. Most lots back up to open space. The homes come with many standard features, including natural gas heating, family rooms, upgraded kitchens with a work island, hardwood foyers, full basements and powder rooms.

On September 29, 2008, ROBERT G. WEST, beloved husband of 49 years to Joann West; devoted father to Stephen West and his wife Diana, Lisa Shafer and her husband Ray; beloved grandfather of six grandsons Rob, Dan, Brad, Nick, Micah and Jonathan; minister of the Gospel, missionary, former Baltimore Co. and private school administrator, Korean War Army veteran. Family and friends will honor his life on Thursday October 2, 2008 at Central Christian Assembly of God, 7411 Rossville Boulevard.

Beverly A. Hahn, a homemaker and former longtime Upperco resident, died of cancer Aug. 8 at Manor Care Health Services in Rossville. She was 77. She was born and raised Beverly Ann Thompson in Ellsworth, Wis. In 1949, she moved to Baltimore and went to work at the Bendix-Frieze instrument plant in Towson, where she produced Norton bombsights. A year later, Mrs. Hahn left to raise her family. For the past 12 years, Mrs. Hahn had lived at Kirkwood House, a seniors complex on Loch Raven Boulevard.

ROSSVILLE, Ill. -- Things were already going downhill in this small farming community when the witches arrived. Area factories had shut down. So had the local high school. A suspicious fire had destroyed much of the downtown. The use of methamphetamine was destroying families. So when a group of Wiccans from out of town moved into a storefront this summer and put up a sign advertising "Witch School," it was only a matter of time before alarm bells sounded and tempers started to boil in this village of 1,200 about 125 miles south of Chicago near the Indiana border.

You're cruising south on U.S. 29 just outside of Columbia in Howard County. Traffic is moderately heavy. Suddenly a state police cruiser with its red and blue lights flashing appears in the rearview mirror.And it's coming fast.Like the rest of traffic, you slow and pull over to let the officer pass. You then breathe a sigh of relief in knowing he's not coming after you."What ticked me off is that about a mile up the road I see he's turned around and just sitting on the side of the road doing nothing.

Longtime actress Anita Gillette lives in a New York City apartment and vows to stay there "until they price me out of this place." She also works quite a bit in Los Angeles -- you can catch her in The War at Home and CSI. Born Anita Luebben in Baltimore and raised in Baltimore County's Rossville -- where her brother Sonny lives in the family home -- she first caught the attention of local theatergoers at the Spotlighters and at the old Alamedian Light...

It'll be "Comedy Tonight" when Cockpit in Court wraps up its mainstage season with tonight's opening of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. The first Broadway show for which Stephen Sondheim wrote both music and lyrics, the 1962 musical is a farce based on the Roman comedies of Plautus, reworked by librettists Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart. Director Susan Lev has updated the show to modern-day Washington, with a White House set designed by Terri Raulie. As Pseudolus -- re-envisioned as a wage slave desperate to work his way out of the system -- David Shapiro heads a cast that also includes Scott Frutchy, Joan Merritt and Al Woltz.

Police Blotter is a sampling of crimes in Baltimore city and county.Baltimore CitySouthern DistrictDestruction of property: Someone smashed the window of a 1999 Pontiac Grand Am on Sunday night while it was parked in the 2600 block of Rittenhouse Drive.Larceny from auto: Someone smashed the passenger-side window of a parked car about 1 p.m. Sunday in the 1600 block of Bayard St. Twenty white T-shirts, valued at $200, were reported missing from the car.Burglary: Someone entered a home in the 2500 block of Ridgley St. between 7 p.m. Saturday and noon Sunday and removed a 20-inch Sony television, valued at $300.

In Anne Arundel Police officer injured in early-morning accident SEVERNA PARK -- An early-morning accident yesterday left a 33-year-old Anne Arundel County officer with a broken leg and ankle, and an 18-year-old Millersville resident with multiple alcohol-related charges, according to county police. Officer Jack Morgan Jr. was in his marked 2000 Ford Crown Victoria on Ritchie Highway transporting a man he had just arrested when a 2000 Plymouth Neon made a left turn in front of the police car. The Neon's driver, Brittney Lynn Meyer, 18, apparently did not yield for the police car, said Lt. Joseph Jordan, the department's spokesman.