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Howard County school board members got their first look last night at a redistricting plan that, if approved, would move almost 800 pupils to new schools next fall.Associate Superintendent Maurice Kalin outlined the proposal, which would affect 358 elementary school pupils and send 428 middle school pupils to the new Lime Kiln Middle School in August.There was little discussion of the plan among board members at last night's meeting that was attended by dozens of parents, who examined the document and heard Kalin's recommendations.

Howard County Health Department regularly inspects food establishments. Violation of any of eight "critical items" -- those most likely to contribute to food-borne illness -- requires immediate correction or closure of the facility.Of 59 facilities inspected from June 1 to June 14, 10 were cited for such violations but corrected immediately. The numbers after the restaurant names and addresses correspond to descriptions below:Bella Mia Pizza, 4900 Waterloo Road (3, 5)Bertucci's, 9081 Snowden River Parkway (5, 6)

As expected, members of the Howard County school board decided last night not to redistrict children who will attend northeastern elementary schools for next fall.The board also modified a proposal that will send some Clarksville Middle School students to the new Lime Kiln Middle School in Columbia.Lime Kiln Middle will open in August with a smaller number of students in order to accommodate future growth in the area around Fulton and Scaggsville.Board members reasoned that moving pupils in the northeast -- a rapidly growing area that has seen frequent redistricting -- isn't necessary for next year because school populations are not increasing as quickly as had been expected.

Social calendarSept. 10: Women in Film and Video membership meeting. UPN24 (Channel 24), 4820 Seton Drive. 6 p.m. Members free, guests $10. Guest speakers Mary Hardcastle and Shelly Morhaim, who recently completed their first independent film, "Mixed Blessings." Call 410-685-FILM.Sept. 11: Mayor Kurt L. Schmoke and the Baltimore Community Relations Commission's 10th Annual Breakfast Meeting features Lani Guinier, one of the nation's most outspoken legal scholars on civil rights. 8 a.m., Omni Inner Harbor Hotel, 101 W. Fayette St. $20. Call 410-396-3141.

Driving round and round is giving Mary Talbot a headache.This month, Talbot and Robert Isom have left the Columbia office of the cleaning service where they work and driven north on Waterloo Road, where they have encountered the source of Talbot's pain -- a traffic circle at the Route 100 interchange in Ellicott City.The recently completed roundabout is one of a growing number of the traffic-calming devices in the state. Although a number of motorists have complained -- some say the roundabouts are dangerous -- state and local officials say the problem is driver inexperience.

Police Blotter is a sampling of crimes in Howard County.Elkridge: 6700 block of Old Waterloo Road: Someone broke into a house Wednesday through a bedroom window, and stole a videocassette recorder, cash and compact discs.Kings Contrivance: 6900 block of Silent Dell Lane: Someone broke into a house Wednesday and stole televisions, computers, a printer and other items.Scaggsville: 8400 block of Tipton Drive: Someone broke into an shed Tuesday or Wednesday, but took nothing.Pub Date: 2/28/97

Police logElkridge: 7700 block of Waterloo Road: A 1996 Ford Escort, Maryland license plate DDL-224, was stolen Monday.Dorsey: U.S. 1 and Port Capital Drive: Someone broke into a construction trailer through a rear window Wednesday orThursday. A computer and printer were taken.

Police Blotter is a sampling of crimes in Howard County.Ellicott City: 4900 block of Waterloo Road: An office was broken into Tuesday. A strongbox and jewelry were stolen.Harper's Choice: 5900 block of Grand Banks Road: Someone broke into and ransacked a house Tuesday. Two televisions, two videocassette recorders, jewelry and toys were stolen.West Friendship: 12200 block of Carroll Mill Road: Someone stole a sword from a garage Tuesday.Pub Date: 7/10/97

A Columbia woman was attacked late Monday night by a man who broke into her apartment and tried to rape her, Howard County police said yesterday.Sgt. Glenn Hansen, a police spokesman, said the woman was assaulted as she walked into her bedroom about 11: 50 p.m. in her apartment in the Poplar Glen complex in West Columbia's Town Center village.The man apparently climbed into the woman's first-floor apartment through the bedroom window, Hansen said.Police said the man threw the woman to the floor, then told her to go into another room before running out of the apartment.

Eric Sheppard is trying to save from development the last parcels of Elkridge land owned by African-American families whose once-considerable holdings can be traced to the late 19th century.An Elkridge resident and a businessman in Baltimore County, Sheppard is fighting a battle on two fronts -- against elderly landowners burdened with property taxes who want to sell and developers eager to add to the area's boom in warehouses and housing developments.Sheppard formed the Economic Unity Service Inc. to foster black economic development.

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.

On August 19, 2007, RUTH MABEL McCREA (nee Parr). Beloved wife of the late William J. McCrea; devoted mother of Linda L. Rayne, Barbara M. Vinson, and the late Ellen V. Karfgin; mother-in-law of David Karfgin; grandmother of Kimberly Campbell. Memorial services will be held at St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church, 6400 Waterloo Road (route 108), Columbia, MD, on Friday, August 24 at 11 A.M. Interment private. Those desiring may make memorial contributions to Stella Maris Hospice, 2300 Dulaney Valley Road, Timonium, MD 21093 or to the American Cancer Society, 8219 Town Center, P.O. Box 43025, Baltimore, MD 21236.

In the news Parade magazine and the anti-hunger organization Share Our Strength are organizing the third annual Great American Bake Sale to help feed the hungry. The campaign, which continues through Jan. 29, encourages Americans to hold bake sales in their communities and donate the proceeds to Share Our Strength. Money raised will go to charitable groups helping to fight childhood hunger. For more information or to register a bake sale, go to greatamericanbakesale.org. Kitchen Tip If you have an oven that vents the excess heat out the top of the stove through a back burner, then you can place your dinner plates on that unlit burner to warm them.

Kitchen Tip When freezing fruit, vegetables and meat, be sure to use freezer bags, which are moisture- and vapor-proof; sandwich bags are not. - - Knight Ridder/ Tribune Know a helpful shortcut in the kitchen or a tip for getting your dishes to turn out just right? Please send your tips to Liz Atwood, Food Editor, The Sun, 501 N. Calvert St., Baltimore 21278 or e-mail to food@baltsun.com. SITE DU JOUR KIPLOG.COM/FOOD/FOODLINKS.HTM If you want to share your passion for food or just find out what others had for dinner last night, check out this large compilation of food blogs.

BETTY (MARY E. KOLVBACH) ALLEN, age 86, of Ellicott City passed away February 9, 2005, at Somerford Place, Alzheimer's Assisted Living Facility in Columbia. Surviving are her beloved husband of 68 years, Harry L. Allen; her mother, Mary A. De Vilbiss, age 105, of Augsburg Nursing Home; two loving daughters, Betsy Allen, DE, Sue Thompson and husband Jim, Cumberland and a son Hank, CA; two grandsons, George V. Kelly and wife Sherri, Cumberland and Timothy L. Kelly, Cumberland; one great-grandson, Tyler M. George, Cumberland.

On June 29, 2004, GEORGE T. CURTIS, 87, of Hanover, and formerly of Howard County, MD. He was the husband of Catherine R. (Strong) Curtis. A memorial service will be held at 11 A.M, Saturday, August 7 at Trinity Episcopal Church, 7474 Washington Boulevard, Elkridge, MD, with Rev. John Steiner IV, officiating. Interment will be in Trinity Episcopal Cemetery at Peiffer's Corner, Waterloo Road, Ellicott City, MD.

Developers planning subdivisions in eastern Howard County or projects that require conditional-use permission must meet with neighbors before submitting plans to the county. The next meetings are: Wednesday at 6 p.m. at Reese & Carney LLP, 10715 Charter Drive, Suite 200, Columbia, for a conditional-use proposal for the Church of Latter-day Saints, 6020 Ten Oaks Road, Clarksville. Thursday at 6 p.m. at the Savage Volunteer Fire House, 8925 Lincoln St., Savage, for a proposal to build eight homes on 1.93 acres of the Scovitch property on Washington Avenue in North Laurel.

Howard County has a new restaurant to crow about. The Rooster Cafe opened Sept. 9 in the Lark Brown Shopping Center, off Old Waterloo Road in Elkridge. Chef and owner Mark Schek says the menu features organic ingredients that can make the difference between average and excellent cuisine. "The quality of organic foods is better," said Schek, a member of the Chef's Collaborative, a Boston-based organization that promotes sustainable agriculture. "There are no chemicals, and you know it's fresh because with organic foods the produce must move quickly.

The crime report is a sampling of crimes in Howard County compiled from police. Anyone with information is asked to call police at 410-313-3700. East Columbia Flowerstock Row: 8800 block, Long Reach. A man was walking home March 5 when another man demanded his wallet and then assaulted him. The attacker fled on foot. Oakland Mills: 7000 block, Oakland Mills Road: A man armed with a handgun robbed a Pizza Boli's of an undisclosed amount of cash Friday and fled on foot. Green Mountain Circle: 10700 block, Wilde Lake.

The crime report is a sampling of crimes in Howard County compiled from police. Anyone with information is asked to call police at 410-313-3700. East Columbia Stonebrook Lane: 8800 block, Kings Contrivance. Someone entered a home through a bedroom window Feb. 5 and stole a videocassette recorder, television and digital video disc player. Guilford Road: 9100 block, Kings Contrivance. Someone stole two laptop computers from the office of Bacardi U.S.A. Inc. on Feb. 3 or 4. West Columbia Harpers Farm Road: 5700 block, Harper's Choice.