Waugh Chapel

The CEO of Anne Arundel Health System will retire at the end of the month after nearly four decades at the medical institution, its board of trustees announced Wednesday. Martin L. "Chip" Doordan has been with the system since 1972 when he started as an administrative resident. Victoria W. Bayless, the health system's current president, will replace Doordan effective July 1. During Doordan's tenure, the health system more than doubled in size and built satellite locations in Bowie, Kent Island and Waugh Chapel.

The developers of the Village at Waugh Chapel in Crofton compare the proposed shopping and residential complex to everything from the Champs Elysees in Paris to Main Street, America -- anything but a traditional shopping center.And the latter is exactly what area residents and county planners do not want to see built on the 71 acres at Route 3 and Waugh Chapel Road.Developer Robert DeStefano has submitted the conceptual design plan to the county, six months after the County Council approved landmark legislation to allow the suburban community center.

Insurance group receives award for quality Jack Martin Insurance Group of Annapolis has received the Erie Insurance Group's F.W. Hirt Quality Agency Award. The award, named for Erie's retired president, is presented to highly successful agencies in recognition of profitability, high production and quality service. Agency owners John W. Martin III and Brian S. Bays also won the Founder's Award for profitability, and district awards for top production in life and property-casualty insurance.

Anne Arundel County officials unveiled a land-use blueprint Friday that would spur growth in areas that already have or are due for sewer service and aims to re-create villages by encouraging mixed land uses.The plan continues a two-decade long trend toward shrinking the area of the county that can expect sewers to be built to whisk away waste -- crucial for high-density development.Making it clear that the county lacks the money to build extensive roads and water and sewer lines, County Executive John G. Gary said that under the plan, 90 percent of development would be channeled into the 40 percent of the county where the infrastructure exists.

Greed wins, citizens lose in zoning changeThe headline should read, "Strip Shopping Center Coming to a Neighborhood Corner Near You." That was exactly what I thought while driving home from the Anne Arundel County Council hearing on Bill 36-96 on May 2.The Suburban Community Center legislation as amended is not required to do what the citizens of Crofton and Waugh Chapel wanted. There is no required special housing for seniors, no required community center to house child care and no legal standing for the touted Planning Advisory Committee to require it. This bill is just what the general developers wanted -- general commercial development at half the price.

The Kiwanis Club of Odenton installed its officers for the 1991-1992year Monday at the Golden Flame Restaurant. The new officers are Vicente Ortiz, president; Walter E. Fletcher Jr., vice president; EdwardL. Sievers Jr., treasurer, and Robert Boydstun, secretary. The new board of directors is Christian Boetker, Michael J. Buinickas, John A.Collard, George W. R. Davis, Matthew Dyjack, Joseph P. McCartan and William A. Pumphrey.*The Chapelgate Community Association will be host for a Bike Safety Program starting at 10 a.m. Saturday at Waugh Chapel Swim Club.

In the Region EntreMed selects 2 thalidomide drugs for human testing EntreMed Inc. said it has decided on two more drugs for human testing and has an agreement for manufacturing one of them. Both ENMD 0095 and ENMD 0097 can be taken orally. They are derivatives of the drug thalidomide, which EntreMed Inc. licensed to Celgene Corp. to use against diseases characterized by abnormal blood-vessel growth. Thalidomide is a government-approved leprosy treatment, but doctors increasingly are using it to fight cancer.

A problem with bus schedules has forced West Meade Elementary Schoolto modify its hours. The new hours will be 8:15 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Children are to arrive between 7:55 and 8 a.m.For more information,call the school at 674-2241.*The Chapelgate Community Association will have a community cleanup Saturday.Trash bins will be delivered Friday and will be picked up Sunday. Toxins and oils are not permitted to be dumped.The community association is looking for volunteers to help clean the path children use to Waugh Chapel School.

Anne Arundel planners have rejected the proposed design of the Village at Waugh Chapel as just another strip shopping center instead of the innovative mix of community space, stores and residences it was expected to be.Steven R. Cover, director of the county Office of Planning and Code Enforcement, returned developer Robert DeStefano's conceptual design for a commercial center and senior housing complex on 71 acres at Route 3 and Waugh Chapel Road in...

Sunday, July 3 First Sunday Arts Festival Event begins at noon in the first block of West and Calvert streets, and features crafts vendors, artists, live music, street performers and sidewalk dining. Free. Information: 410-741-3267 or firstsundayarts.com. Monday, July 4 Concert The United States Naval Academy Band performs an all-American program of patriotic music and concert band favorites at 8 p.m. at Annapolis City Dock's Susan B. Campbell Park, 1 Dock St. Concert is free and open to the public with no tickets required.