Spear

Barbara Nicklas stepped out onto the balcony of the Spear Center and looked out over Lake Kittamaqundi. "This has got to be one of the best views in Howard County," she said, looking out over the trees and breathing in the summer air. Many longtime Howard countians have fond memories of stepping onto that balcony, drinks or appetizers in hand, during the countless weddings and other celebrations that took place in the Spear Center, a ballroom on the...

Junior midfielder Joe Thompson had four goals and an assist and junior attackman Justin Mullen had two goals and one assist as sixth-ranked St. Mary's upset No. 2 Gilman, 9-8, in Baltimore yesterday.Senior goalkeeper Chris Garrity had a career-high 20 saves for the Saints (2-0, 1-0 league) in the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference game.The win was the 211th for St. Mary's coach Jim Moorhead, who is in his 20th season. It shocked the defending league champs."They're a great team, but our defense -- Matt Pessagno, Kevin Stodd and Mack MacAdams, they all played outstanding," said Garrity, who is bound for Penn State on a lacrosse scholarship.

Editor's note: On Christmas Eve, a young boy enters an ice-webbed forest, where he encounters an old blind man who is hunting the wondrous and elusive white stag.One cold Christmas Eve, when families huddled close to fires, a boy named Finder set out alone in a snowstorm. The king's war had ended the summer before, but Finder's father had never returned. Now his younger brothers and sisters were hungry. Not a scrap of food was left in the house.So Finder put on the cloak his father had once worn.

Sophie M. Spear, 101, history and civics teacherSophie M. Spear, a former educator who was active in Jewish affairs, died June 23 in her sleep at the Brightwood Retirement Community in Lutherville. She was 101.Mrs. Spear, who formerly resided at Park Towers East in Pikesville, was a longtime member of the Baltimore Hebrew Congregation, where she had been president of the Sisterhood from 1949 to 1952. She had also been president of District 8 of the Federated Sisterhoods, a former board member of the National Federation of Temple Sisterhoods and was active in the National Council of Jewish Women.

Though its popularity as a site for wedding receptions and banquets remains unmatched in Columbia, the Spear Center will no longer be available to the public after 1998.Rouse Co. officials say they are going to use the 500-seat space overlooking Lake Kittamaqundi in the Rouse building in the center of Columbia for corporate functions."The intent when we built the room in 1974 was to meet the need for a large room for big events," said Rouse Vice President Alton J. Scavo. "Now, other [facilities]

Stadium architect to speak at BMAJoseph Spear, one of the lead architects for the $200 million football stadium proposed for Camden Yards in Baltimore, will discuss his firm's work in sports design during a lecture at the Baltimore Museum of Art March 13 at 6:30 p.m.The talk will be Mr. Spear's first public appearance since the Maryland Stadium Authority negotiated an agreement to build a 70,000-seat stadium for the football team moving from Cleveland.Mr....

Orioles owner Peter Angelos, who talked of expanding Camden Yards by as many as 10,000 seats earlier this year, now says he doubts many more than a few hundred seats could be added without detracting from the ballpark's old-fashioned charm."

Orioles owner Peter Angelos, who talked of expanding Camden Yards by as many as 10,000 seats earlier this year, now says he doubts many more than a few hundred seats could be added without detracting from the ballpark's old-fashioned charm."

NEW YORK -- Mattel Inc. made a $79 million bid for the British toy maker J. W. Spear & Sons PLC yesterday, topping a six-day-old offer from its rival, Hasbro Inc., in a battle for the international rights to Scrabble.The bidding pits America's two toy giants against each other for a family-owned company that had $58 million in sales last year from products that include Escape the Blob, Atmosfear, and Doh-nutters. But the squabble is really over Scrabble; Spear owns the rights to it outside North America, and the game accounts for a third of its revenue.

The Columbia Council will set aside $1,000 in the Columbia Association's 1994-1995 budget to provide grants to high school students who need money for community service projects in Columbia."

George Spear Salabes, an architect, died Dec. 1 of complications from surgery at Sinai Hospital. The Pikesville resident was 68. Born in Baltimore and raised near Druid Hill Park and in Mount Washington, he attended the Park School and was a 1958 City College graduate. He earned an architectural degree from Cornell University and served in the Army. Mr. Salabes was a co-founder of Nelson-Salabes Architects in Towson. Among his projects were Heather Ridge, the Owings Mills Jewish Community Center, midrise apartments at the Village of Cross Keys, the RCMD Building in Towson and the Cove apartments in Columbia.

General Growth Properties Inc. will host a "Vision in Focus" series this week as a continuation of the "Many Voices, One Vision" draft master plan. Elements of the draft plan, including sustainability, environmentalism, transit and traffic, and culture will be presented by the project consultants. Those dates are: Tuesday: Sustainability/environment -- 7 p.m., Spear Center, 10275 Little Patuxent Parkway. Wednesday: Transit/traffic -- 7 p.m., Spear Center, 10275 Little Patuxent Parkway.

General Growth Properties Inc. will host a "Vision in Focus" series as a continuation of the "Many Voices, One Vision" draft master plan. Elements of the draft plan, including sustainability/environment, transit/traffic and culture will be presented by the consultants engaged in the project. Those dates are: Tuesday: Sustainability/environment - 7 p.m., the Spear Center, 10275 Little Patuxent Parkway. May 7: Transit/traffic - 7 p.m., the Spear Center, 10275 Little Patuxent Parkway. May 8: Culture - 7 p.m., the Spear Center, 10275 Little Patuxent Parkway.

General Growth Properties Inc. will present a draft master plan tomorrow night for the revitalization of Town Center that integrates concepts generated during the Howard County charrette in 2005 and the meetings with the community since then. The meeting will be at 7 p.m. at Spear Center, 10275 Little Patuxent Parkway. GGP will host a "Vision in Focus" series as a continuation of the "Many Voices, One Vision" draft master plan. Specific elements of the draft plan, including sustainability/environment, transit/traffic and culture, will be presented by the project consultants.

General Growth Properties Inc. will present Monday night a draft master plan for the revitalization of Town Center that integrates concepts generated during the Howard County charrette in 2005 and the meetings with the community since then. The meeting will be at 7 p.m. at Spear Center, 10275 Little Patuxent Parkway. For anyone without alternative means of transportation, arrangements may be made by calling GGP at 410-992-6500 by 5 p.m. today. In addition, for information about public transportation, contact Howard Transit Customer Service at 800-270- 9553 or www.howardtransit.

General Growth Properties Inc. will present a draft master plan for the revitalization of Town Center on Monday evening that integrates concepts generated during the Howard County charrette in 2005 and the meetings with the community since then. The meeting will be at 7 p.m. at Spear Center, 10275 Little Patuxent Parkway. The plan will be further refined with discussions in each of the villages. For anyone without alternative means of transportation, arrangements may be made by calling GGP at 410-992-6500 by 5 p.m. Friday.

General Growth Properties Inc. will present on April 28 a draft master plan for the revitalization of Town Center that integrates concepts generated during the Howard County charrette in 2005 and the meetings with the community since then. The plan will be further refined with additional discussions held in each of the villages. The following meeting dates are scheduled. Visit www.columbiatowncenter.info for updates. The April 28th meeting will be at 7 p.m. at The Spear Center, 10275 Little Patuxent Parkway.

The Columbia Association Board of Directors and General Growth Properties Inc. will meet April 3 on a variety of issues, including how the two organizations can best partner on the redevelopment of Columbia Town Center. The 7:30 p.m. meeting is open to the public and will be held in the Spear Center at GGP headquarters, 10275 Little Patuxent Parkway in Columbia. The discussion is expected to include GGP plans for the Columbia lakefront and Symphony Woods. GGP is scheduled to release its draft master plan of Town Center on April 28. Also on the agenda is a presentation by a GGP consultant on its regional storm water management plan.

Left, Mark Weesner of Ridgely strives to spear a ring during a jousting tournament at St. Margaret's Episcopal Church near Annapolis. The event last weekend provided enthusiasts of the state sport an opportunity to gather with likeminded competitors from Maryland and beyond. In the modern version of the sport, jousters ride down an 80-yard track with three arches, each with a ring suspended from it. The object is to spear the rings with a lance in nine seconds.

Barbara Nicklas stepped out onto the balcony of the Spear Center and looked out over Lake Kittamaqundi. "This has got to be one of the best views in Howard County," she said, looking out over the trees and breathing in the summer air. Many longtime Howard countians have fond memories of stepping onto that balcony, drinks or appetizers in hand, during the countless weddings and other celebrations that took place in the Spear Center, a ballroom on the...