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Foundation accepting applications for scholarshipThe Community Foundation of Carroll County is accepting applications for the Danele Shipley Scholarship Fund.The scholarship is awarded to deserving students for up to four years of post-high school education if requirements are met.The fund was established in 1996 by Daniel and Eleanor Shipley in memory of their daughter, Danele. Six students are receiving grants from the fund.Applications and selection criteria are available in the five public high school guidance offices and Carroll Christian Academy.

PoliceWestminster: A resident of Leigh Masters Court told police Friday that someone took Halloween decorations from his front porch. Loss was estimated at $200.Westminster: A Western Maryland College student told police Wednesday that someone keyed her vehicle while it was parked in a college parking lot. Damage was estimated at $250.Westminster: An employee of Carroll Community College told police Thursday that her purse was stolen from the college annex. Loss was estimated at $100.Westminster: A resident of Washington Lane told police Friday his vehicle was damaged while it was parked at 140 Village Shopping Center.

Carroll Community College observed World AIDS Day yesterday listening to a woman who is battling the disease and a son inspired by his mother's struggle.Fifty students and teachers listened to Alice Brown recount her story of despair and hope. The 41-year-old diminutive woman stood before them offering a firm message on AIDS prevention and telling of her determination to live."Any chance to share my story is a privilege," said Brown, a registered nurse, who was diagnosed with acquired immune deficiency syndrome five years ago. "I consider myself a survivor.

FireWestminster: Firefighters responded at 8: 44 a.m. Tuesday to a cleanup detail at Route 140 and Englar Road. Units were out 19 minutes.PoliceWestminster: A Lutherville resident told police Monday that property was stolen from her jacket while she was at Western Maryland College. The loss was estimated at $140.

The declining percentage of male students in higher education -- a trend uncovered by a self-described "little numbers cruncher from Iowa" -- is the topic of a daylong symposium at Goucher College tomorrow."

Once people learn that Mona Estime-Amira is a native of Haiti, she often can't even put on hand lotion without being asked whether she's practicing voodoo."

WESTERN Maryland College's new Science Center offers spectacular views from its glass-wall rear hallways, the inspiring vista of the Catoctin Mountains.But the educational outlook for the private Westminster college is even more impressive after last month's dedication of the four-story, 50,000-square-foot academic building. The $13.4-million center houses 21st-century laboratories and space for student research at an institution long recognized for its undergraduate scientific instruction.

FireWestminster: Firefighters responded at 7: 44 p.m. Thursday to a fire alarm in the 600 block of Gist Road. Units were out 10 minutes.PoliceWestminster: Westminster Fire Department reported Wednesday that someone damaged freshly poured concrete at the side of the new fire station on John Street. Damage was estimated at $100.Westminster: A student at Western Maryland College told police that property was stolen from her dorm room. The loss was estimated at $3,000.Pub Date: 10/12/98

FireWestminster: Firefighters responded at 8: 44 p.m. Thursday to an unknown type fire on Route 27 near Old Manchester Road. Units were out 23 minutes.PoliceWestminster: A resident of Johahn Drive reported Thursday that someone smashed the driver's side window of his car while it was parked at Western Maryland College. Damage was estimated at $150.Pub Date: 6/08/98

A former freshman at Western Maryland College said he'll look elsewhere for an education because a Carroll County judge has refused to allow him to attend classes while fighting a two-semester expulsion for sexual harassment.Hayden A. Myers, 19, admitted in January that it was he who photocopied and posted a phone-sex ad last November from a pornographic magazine, with his dormitory adviser's name scrawled at the top.At the time, he said, he thought it was funny.Myers had sought a temporary injunction in a lawsuit challenging the college's disciplinary action, saying that would prevent his missing more than a few days of school while the case wound through court.

The former two-year women's Catholic school in Baltimore County had come a long way, transforming itself into a multiple-campus university with professional graduate programs and a draw beyond Maryland. But administrators worried that its name - Villa Julie College - didn't match. Years of market research commissioned by the school found that the name Villa Julie stubbornly sounded to prospective students and employers like a single-sex, religiously-affiliated place - even though the now-secular college went co-educational in the 1970s and has expanded beyond its main Stevenson campus to a large parcel in nearby Owings Mills.

Betty Lee Seiland, a retired social worker active in her college's alumni association, died of cancer Feb. 12 at her Sykesville home. She was 79. Born Betty Lee Robbins in Baltimore and raised on Linnard Street, she was a 1946 Western High School graduate and earned a degree at Western Maryland College, now McDaniel College. She later headed its Baltimore alumni association chapter and was a visitor of the school's alumni association board. She was the 1971 recipient of the Western Maryland College Alumni Meritorious Service Award.

Florence Ellen Earp, a retired piano teacher, died of complications from Alzheimer's disease July 12 at Ridge Overlook Assisted Living in Westminster. She was 94. Born Florence Ellen Rowe in Mechanicsburg, Pa., she earned a degree in music education and English at Westchester College. In 1938, she married Dr. James Pearsall Earp, a sociology professor at Western Maryland College, now McDaniel College. He died in 1984. Mrs. Earp taught music for 15 years at Westminster Junior High School and gave piano lessons at home.

Philip B. Schaeffer, former vice president for business affairs and treasurer of what is now McDaniel College, died of emphysema Wednesday at Hanover Hospital in Hanover, Pa. The former longtime Westminster resident was 82. Mr. Schaeffer was born on the Westminster campus of what was then Western Maryland College, where his father, Carl L. Schaeffer, had been chief business officer for 40 years. After graduating from Westminster High School in 1942, he entered Western Maryland College, but interrupted his college career when he enlisted in the Army a year later.

Dr. Jones was born and raised in South Bend, Ind., and earned his bachelor's degree in chemistry from Manchester College in North Manchester, Ind., in 1957. He earned both his master's and Ph.D. in analytical chemistry in 1963 from Purdue University. He joined the faculty of what was then Western Maryland College in 1963, and was chairman of its chemistry department from 1976 to 1982. In 1967, he founded and served as first president of the Middle Atlantic Association of Liberal Arts Chemistry Teachers and also held various offices with the National Science Foundation.

Robert Hill Hartman, an ordained Methodist minister and former chairman of the department of philosophy and religious studies at Western Maryland College, now McDaniel College, died Sunday of pneumonia at Carroll Hospital Center. The Westminster resident was 76. Dr. Hartman was born in Berwick, Pa., the son and grandson of Methodist ministers. He grew up in Pennsylvania and Ohio. In 1953, he earned a bachelor's degree from Oberlin College, and in 1956, a bachelor's degree in theology from Boston University School of Theology.

Fern Rudolph Hitchcock Jr. a longtime athletic coach, trainer and faculty member at what is now McDaniel College who was known for his motivational stories, called "Fernisms," died Thursday of complications from Parkinson's and heart disease at a hospital in Hanover, Pa. He was 82. Mr. Hitchcock was born in York, Pa., and raised in Taneytown. He earned a bachelor's degree in 1947 from what was then Western Maryland College, where he played third base and outfield for several championship baseball teams.

Joan Develin Coley In the news She announced last week that McDaniel College in Westminster plans to use a $150,000 grant to establish a Center for the Study of Aging that school officials say will help develop geriatric expertise for Carroll and neighboring counties, where the elderly population is projected to see huge increases by 2020. Occupation President of McDaniel College since 2000. She served as interim president for about a year before that. In 2002, she oversaw the renaming of the institution from Western Maryland College.

Private funeral services will be held tomorrow for Elizabeth J. Marshall, a gardener and landscape architect who was an honorary trustee of McDaniel College. Mrs. Marshall, who was 93, died of dementia Dec. 20 at Copper Ridge in Sykesville. Born Elizabeth Johnson in Philadelphia, she was a graduate of the Pennsylvania School of Horticulture and the Cambridge School of Architecture. She was the wife of former Western Maryland College, now McDaniel College, English professor Thomas E. Marshall.

1951: `Sleepy' Westminster takes offense, wakes up The city of Westminster is incensed with the Ladies Home Journal label of "sleepy" in November 1951. The magazine published an article about a Westminster couple in which it described the couple's hometown as "a sleepy little town of about 6,000." The use of "sleepy" prompted a Westminster Times front-page editorial, which protested against the use of the word, saying it interferes with the town's plans for economic growth. The editorial offered Westminster's incorporation, four-engine Fire Department and the fact that it is home to Western Maryland College and Westminster Theological Seminary as proof of its non-sleepiness.