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FireMount Airy: Firefighters from Mount Airy, Union Bridge and New Windsor responded at 10: 11 a.m. Tuesday to a silo fire in the 8300 block of Woodville Road. Units were out 4 1/2 hours.

A Pennsylvania man survived a 35-foot plunge inside a silo near Westminster yesterday, and was extricated nearly four hours later by firefighters who had to hoist him up and out by rope and basket.Richard Lapp, 19, was repairing a cable at the top of the 70-foot silo at a 180-acre farm on Stone Road when he slipped and fell into hay and grass silage used to feed dairy cows, authorities said.Lapp, who lives in Gap near Lancaster, Pa., was in serious but stable condition yesterday at the Maryland Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore, a hospital spokeswoman said.

FiresHampstead: Firefighters responded at 10: 12 a.m. Monday to a tree fire on South Main Street. Units were out 26 minutes.Hampstead: Firefighters responded at 12: 13 a.m. Monday to an automobile fire in the 20000 block of Grave Run Road. Units were out one hour.Manchester: Firefighters from Manchester and Pleasant Hill responded at 3: 55 p.m. Sunday to a woods fire in the 2300 block of Convey Road. Units were out 49 minutes.Manchester: Firefighters from Manchester, Hampstead and Westminster responded at 6: 24 p.m. Saturday to a silo fire in the 1700 block of Manchester Road.

A Pennsylvania man survived a 35-foot plunge inside a silo near Westminster yesterday and was extricated nearly four hours later by firefighters who had to hoist him up and out by rope and basket.Richard Lapp, 19, was repairing a cable at the top of the 70-foot silo at a 180-acre farm on Stone Road when he slipped and fell into hay and grass silage used to feed dairy cows, authorities said.Lapp, who lives in Gap near Lancaster, Pa., was in serious but stable condition yesterday at the Maryland Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore, a hospital spokeswoman said.

FireTaneytown: Firefighters from Pleasant Valley, Harney, Westminster and the Carroll County Advanced Tactical Rescue Team assisted Taneytown at 2: 32 p.m. Tuesday, responding to a silo fire in the 3400 block of Old Taneytown Road. Units were out three hours and six minutes.Pub Date: 7/23/98

A Pennsylvania man survived a 35-foot plunge inside a silo near Westminster yesterday and was extricated nearly four hours later by firefighters who had to hoist him up and out by rope and basket.Richard Lapp, 19, was repairing a cable at the top of the 70-foot silo at a 180-acre farm on Stone Road when he slipped and fell into hay and grass silage used to feed dairy cows, authorities said.Lapp, who lives in Gap, near Lancaster, Pa., was in serious but stable condition yesterday at the Maryland Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore, a hospital spokeswoman said.

A Pennsylvania man survived a 35-foot plunge inside a silo near Westminster yesterday, and was extricated nearly four hours later by firefighters who had to hoist him up and out by rope and basket.Richard Lapp, 19, was repairing a cable at the top of the 70-foot silo at a 180-acre farm on Stone Road when he slipped and fell into hay and grass silage used to feed dairy cows, authorities said.Lapp, who lives in Gap, near Lancaster, Pa., was in serious but stable condition yesterday at Maryland Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore, a hospital spokeswoman said.

Questions about parkland and building space went unasked as residents stood on the edge of a metal staircase that dropped 30 feet to a place that was once one of the most secret in the country.A dozen central Anne Arundel County residents yesterday toured the old Nike missile silo on Bay Head Road that once housed nuclear warheads in their neighborhood.The residents were trying to figure out what they should do with the buildings and 24 acres on the soon-to-be closed site, which the Navy has promised to donate to the county next year for community activities.

QUINCY, Wash. -- Some farmers blamed the weather for their lousy wheat crops, stunted corn and sick cows. Some blamed themselves.But only after Patty Martin, the mayor of this small, dusty town 100 miles east of Seattle, led them in weeks of investigation did they identify a possible new culprit: fertilizer.They don't have proof that the stuff they put on their land to feed it actually was killing it. But they discovered something they found shocking and that they think other American farmers and consumers ought to know:Manufacturing industries are disposing of hazardous wastes by turning them into fertilizer to spread around farms.

FIRE* Westminster: Westminster, New Windsor, Harney, Winfield and Union Bridge were dispatched to a silo fire in the 1400 block of Old New Windsor Road at 9:17 a.m. yesterday. Units were out 3 1/2 hours.Westminster responded to a brush fire on Ridge Road at 9:14 a.m. yesterday. Units were out 24 minutes.Westminster responded to a mulch pile on fire on Royer Road at 5:21 p.m. Wednesday. Units were out 21 minutes.

Using a rope harness, Baltimore County fire and rescue crews staged a dramatic and technically difficult extraction of an injured worker from the bottom of a 120-foot coal silo Friday night and sent him on his way to the Maryland Shock Trauma Center. Lt. Lynn Mullahey said managers at the Constellation Energy plant off Carroll Island Road in eastern Baltimore County called 911 at 6:13 p.m. to report that a contractor had fallen from the top of the silo. Mullahey said an advanced technical rescue team and crews from all over the county responded to the call, dealing with a cold, steady rain.

Baltimore County firefighters and emergency responders extricated a man Friday night who had fallen about 120 feet into a coal silo at a Constellation Energy power plant in Bowleys Quarters, a Fire Department spokeswoman said. The confined-space rescue began at 6:13 p.m. at the facility, in the 1000 block of Carroll Island Road, according to the spokeswoman, Lt. Lynn Mullahey. Specialized units were able to remove the man, who had been contracted to perform work in the silo, by 9:01 p.m., she said.

"Cribs," an MTV program that provides a peek inside celebrity homes, came to Locust Point not long ago so Mario could lead them through a fancy Silo Point condo. The one-named R&B singer showed off a sweeping (if industrial) waterfront view. A closet full of Italian jackets. A sleek kitchen stocked with, you guessed it, frozen dinners and ice cream. "Gotta have the Edy's," he said. Mario even gave a tour of the bathroom, pointing out how the mirror has a television built right inside.

Claire Cote was a standout at a party at Silo Point's Style Sky Lounge. The 22-year-old Charles Village resident, who works for Clementine (the party's caterer), starts her job this fall as an after-school dance teacher in Mount Washington. Her fashion philosophy reflects her contemporary dancer's free spirit. "I don't have many fashion rules. Don't overdress or over-accessorize. Do wear whatever you want. I agree there are certain things that are more fashionable than others. But, if you really like something, you should wear it. And wear it with pride."

Think sophisticated supper clubs are a thing of the past? Not for one evening last week, when the Baltimore Choral Arts Society presented "A Ruby Cabaret." Several hundred guests in "nightclub chic" mingled in the Grand Lodge, all abuzz about the evening's entertainment, singer Hilary Kole. "[She's] a fantastic cabaret artist from New York, who's been rippin' things up at Birdland and the Algonquin and the Rainbow Room and Lincoln Center. It's her first appearance in Baltimore. People are going to go nuts for her," said BCAS music director Tom Hall.

The National Association of Home Builders recently named Silo Point, the grain elevator in Locust Point being renovated into condos, a community of the year among its Nationals awards, recognizing work in residential real estate sales, marketing and design. Silo Point's awards include gold-level honors for best urban sales center, best brochure for a community over $1 million and attached community of the year; and silver for graphic continuity, advertising campaign and Web site for an urban community.

Our Daily Bread Employment Center, known for its efforts in helping Baltimore's poor change their lives, went through a change itself last weekend. The main eating hall had been cleared of its usual long tables; instead it had high bar tables decorated with gigantic fake flowers and colored lights dancing off the walls. A Carmen Miranda look-alike welcomed guests to "Buenas Noches Buenos Aires," an Argentinian-themed fundraiser. "Kevin chose [the theme] because he thought we'd all be tired of the winter time," said Carolyn O'Keefe, referring to her husband, with whom she was chairing the event.

Would you believe this is the mother of a 3-month-old? And we thought Kerry Simpson was simply one of the most chic attendees at Silo Point's grand opening party. Family is first for this 33-year-old Columbia stay-at-home mom of new baby Jack and 21/2-year-old Luke. But she obviously knows how to maintain her style, too. This was going to be a night to shine for her husband, Silo Point sales manager Scott Simpson. So Simpson went on the hunt for the perfect outfit, and found almost all of it at one of her favorite stores, the discounter Loehmann's.

With his unconventional condo project in a former Locust Point grain elevator nearly done, developer Patrick Turner unveiled pricing yesterday for the 228 upscale units and said he expects as many as 60 buyers to close in the next month. As the housing market tanked, the head of Turner Development Group developed a strategy to forgo pre-sales and wait to set prices until he finished converting the former Archer Daniels Midland Co. plant into housing. Turner said yesterday that a select group of "friends and family" has been allowed to reserve units at Silo Point and he believes 50 to 60 of them will sign contracts in the next month.

For most of the 45 years that Colleen Rosenbach has lived in Locust Point, her neighbor was a hulking grain elevator that coated her cars and windows with brown dust. Now, that silo is being turned into upscale condominiums. "I don't like either one," said Rosenbach, 70. "But at least you knew what to expect with the grain elevator." In a place where houses are passed down through generations and neighbors like to sit on their steps and chat on lazy afternoons, development has been met cautiously.