Trailer Park

Anne Arundel County Circuit Judge Eugene M. Lerner will decide over the next several days whether the Maryland Aviation Administration has the right to temporarily take control of a Hanover mobile home park to move its residents.Lerner, who had listened to two days of testimony, told lawyers for the state and Symcha and Joan Shpak, owners of the park, yesterday that he would send them written opinions. The park sits on 17 of 72 acres off Ridge Road owned by the Shpaks.The Maryland Aviation Administration added Ridgewood Mobile Home Park to Baltimore-Washington International Airport's noise zone in 1993, making residents eligible for government assistance in relocating.

Two men remained hospitalized with gunshot wounds yesterday, but authorities have not determined whether anyone will be charged in the double shooting early Monday in a Finksburg trailer park.State police said Donald Talbert Sr., 36, of the 3200 block of Murray Road called 911 about 1: 20 a.m. to say he had just shot two of three friends who tried to break into his home.Troopers arriving at the Reservoir Airport Trailer Park found a wounded man standing in the road and another lying on the ground near Talbert's trailer.

In Howard County -- one of the wealthiest jurisdictions in the nation, boasting some of the more colossal mansions in Maryland -- owners and managers of trailer parks say they feel right at home.Unruffled by the intimidating spread of upscale subdivisions and a new law that -- in theory, at least -- could eliminate mobile home parks in this affluent county, park owners and managers say their communities are here to stay."It's the only affordable housing there is around," said Shirley Pfister, who with her husband, Paul, owns Pfister Mobile Home Park off U.S. 1 in North Laurel.

Traffic along U.S. 1 in Jessup was stalled for two hours yesterday morning when a tractor-trailer slammed into a car during the rush hour, Howard County police said.About 5: 50 a.m., a man driving a 1986 Plymouth Horizon, identified as James Cox, 22, of the 900 block of Park Avenue of Laurel, pulled out of the Maple Village Trailer Park near Mission Road to head south on U.S. 1, police said.Police said Cox was trying to cross the northbound lanes on U.S. 1 when his car was struck by a 1993 Ford tractor-trailer driven by Charles Born, 43, of the 6600 block of Gena Place in Elkridge.

Rebecca Hulit's menagerie mostly charmed children in her Howard County trailer park community -- until Kiss-Kiss, a diaper-wearing duck, joined the crew.Adopted six months ago when it was only a duckling, Kiss-Kiss prefers to stay indoors with Hulit. It sleeps and showers with her. It even throws little tantrums if not properly tucked in at night.During waking hours, Kiss-Kiss -- its bottom wrapped in diapers made of plastic, batting and cotton rags -- prances around the trailer in one of eight outfits that Hulit has made, including two velour ones for dressing up and six not-so-dressy housecoats.

MARYDEL -- Eufemia Fuentes scooped up a handful of cornmeal mix, deftly rolled it into a ball, gently pressed it with three knuckles of her right hand, slipped it between wax paper in a steel press and flattened it. Another tortilla was ready for the griddle.The Walker trailer park off Route 311, where Fuentes and scores of other Guatemalan immigrants live in this Caroline County town near the Delaware border, has acquired a distinctive flavor. Tejano music blares from car stereos, children peer from the windows of rundown trailers, and immigrants trudge home from jobs in poultry-processing plants.

A Westminster man who was arrested in Finksburg after a property owner was run down with a car was being held late yesterday in lieu of $50,000 bond at the Carroll County Detention Center, court records show.Terry Eugene Burket, 30, of the 400 block of Malcolm Drive faces charges of assault with intent to murder, battery, resisting arrest, two counts of malicious destruction, driving while intoxicated, taking the vehicle of another without consent and reckless driving, state police said.In charging documents, Tfc. James Dewees of the Maryland State Police said he was rushing to a Finksburg trailer park in response to a report of a disorderly man when he learned the man had left the trailer park in a green Cavalier about 6: 30 p.m. Wednesday.

The Maryland Aviation Administration filed suit Wednesday in Anne Arundel County Circuit Court against the owners of a Hanover mobile-home park as part of its program to move residents away from the roar of jets.The MAA wants to close the mobile-home park and move about 150 residents from the noise zone, land around the Baltimore-Washington International Airport deemed too noisy for homes. The park sits on 17 of 72 acres off Ridge Road owned by Symcha and Joan Shpak.The suit was filed after the Shpaks turned down the MAA's offer to buy a perpetual easement that would prevent future residential use, but allow warehouse and other light industrial uses for which the land is zoned.

Trip back to the '50s, when sci-fi movies contemplated all the horrible things that could result from nuclear fallout (mostly involving things that grow really big), on Sci-Fi tonight.Fourth of July fireworks (1 p.m.-2 p.m., WMAR, Channel 2) -- If you missed all the hoopla Thursday, shame! Lucky for you, Channel 2 is giving us another chance with this film of the big Macy's Independence Day celebration in New York. You also get to watch (or endure) Chubby Checker and the cast of "Grease.""The First Eden" (7 p.m.-8 p.m., MPT, Channels 22 and 67)

Lon tries to kiss Carrie, but he gets blown off. Lon starts to feel trapped in his relationship with his actress friend Joanne, but that doesn't stop him from letting her spend the night. Michelle drinks too much and flirts her way out of trouble with the cops.Your typical soap opera? Nope. This is "The Spot," where a Santa Monica bunch of the young (twentysomethings) and restless (everyone's sleeping around) muses about, like, their love lives and, like, other important issues by way of journal entries, complete with snapshots and sound bites, updated seven days a week.