Whetstone

The federal government is attempting to oust the management agency of Bywater Mutual Homes Inc., saying it has neglected the Annapolis public housing community. Residents and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development officials have agreed to upgrade and repair the 35-year-old townhouse complex - on HUD's condition that the Whetstone Co. step aside as the manager. Whetstone, which is fighting the terms of the agreement, is scheduled to meet with the two sides Friday at HUD headquarters in Washington.

The Rev. Harold Whetstone, 79, pastor, missionaryThe Rev. Harold Vink Whetstone, a retired Lutheran pastor and missionary, died of a stroke Friday at Augsburg Lutheran Home in Lochearn. He was 79.In June, he stepped down as vice pastor of St. Paul's Lutheran Church on Hollins Ferry Road, a post he had held since 1975.He moved to Baltimore in 1960 as pastor of St. Andrew's Lutheran Church in Hillendale and served there 14 years.From 1974 to 1991, he was chaplain at John Deaton Medical Center in the Inner Harbor.

It is a truth universally acknowledged that important novels are not published in December. A corresponding cliche offers that nature abhors a vacuum. Fine writing surfaces, even in December."Like A Sister," by Janice Daugharty (HarperCollins, 192 pages, $23) is a heartrending story of 13-year-old Sissy, called Sister, who bears the responsibility for her unnamed baby sister and twin hellion brothers. The year is 1956. Everyone but neglected Sissy knows "you don't sit and pinch the ends of your hair in public, or pick your nose, or scratch the ring worm on your butt."

Mid-November is when my flesh-eating friends call me a spoiler.I insist on using accurate language to describe Thanksgiving: our only national holiday focused on a corpse, a turkey's. Even then, that's not really the full story. The Thanksgiving cadaver is a chemicalized, antibiotic-laced, bioengineered blob of high-fat, high-cholesterol flesh that is part of the food chain because the National Turkey Federation, among other vested interests, stakes large amounts of advertising and promotional money to dupe the public into equating their birds -- profitable "production units" -- as essential to Thursday's celebration of the fall harvest.

Police logHickory Ridge: 10900 block of Harmel Drive: Someone cut the wires and removed a cover to a breaker box on a house under construction Monday night. Nothing was taken.Wilde Lake: 5000 block of Whetstone Road: Someone stole a collector's stamps and jewelry from a home after forcing open a back door.Harper's Choice: 5400 block of Old Tucker Row: Someone stole cash from Kahler Hall between 12: 40 p.m. and 2 p.m. Tuesday. There were no signs of forced entry.Harper's Choice: 11500 block of Little Patuxent Parkway: Someone stole cash and toys between 7: 45 a.m. and 5: 10 p.m. Monday from a ground-floor apartment.

As the Columbia Association attempts to get the county's retroactive approval of changes made to the Fairway Hills Golf Course before its contentious opening last year, some nearby residents have found that their fears about flying balls and invasion of privacy have not been realized.The Howard County Planning Board is being asked to approve "red-line" changes CA made to the original plan for the course. The changes to tee heights, green locations and landscaping were made to the $5.2-million course during construction.

Sitting in the studio of WEAA radio, Diane McKinney-Whetstone probably doesn't realize what she's done.She's telling me about the book deal, the one with William Morrow and Co. that got her a healthy advance for her novel "Tumbling." She's telling me how the novel was her first stab at writing fiction, about the writing course she took at the University of Pennsylvania and the classmate who put her in touch with an agent, who contacted William Morrow's editors, who fell in love with the manuscript.

Running Brook residents, disturbed by what appears to be a sudden increase in the rat population along one street, agreed last night to join the Columbia Association in an effort to clean up the draining area that provides shelter for the rodents.Wilde Lake Village Board Chairman Howard Feldmesser told about 40 residents that the rat infestation behind Whetstone Road residences is a "community problem" partly created by homeowners who for years have dumped grass clippings and other yard waste into a drainage swale and surrounding area.

POLICE LOG* Wilde Lake: 5100 block of Downwest Ride: A would-be burglar broke a glass atrium door just after midnight Wednesday, but fled when the resident investigated. Police said the suspect wore a black blazer, black pants and a black knit cap.5100 block of Darting Bird Lane: Coins, electronic games and a Sony radio were stolen after a sliding glass door was smashed Wednesday, police said.5000 block of Whetstone Road: A burglar, who entered a home by breaking a glass door with a brick, searched through several rooms, but took nothing Wednesday.

POLICE* Harpers Choice: 11000 block of Swansfield Road: Someone broke out the back window of a 1992 Mitsubishi and stole a hubcap Tuesday.* Wilde Lake: 5000 block of Whetstone Road: Someone broke out the window of a 1985 Honda Civic and removed the stereo system, but left it on the front passenger seat between Monday and Tuesday. The front panel and wires were damaged.

Hull Street Blues turns 25 this year, and for a generation of Baltimoreans, Kathryn and Daniel Macatee's cozy rowhouse restaurant was the first place they had ever sat down for dinner in Locust Point. Always, its admirers are quick to credit the Macatees with keeping Hull Street Blues both ship-shape and completely unpretentious, even as the menu has expanded and the neighborhood around it has grown. Now, the Macatees have opened a casual eating spot just across the street and down the block, naming it the Whetstone Grill after the neighborhood's original name, Whetstone Point, which you can see on old lithographs and engravings (and new townhouse developments)

The federal government is attempting to oust the management agency of Bywater Mutual Homes Inc., saying it has neglected the Annapolis public housing community. Residents and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development officials have agreed to upgrade and repair the 35-year-old townhouse complex - on HUD's condition that the Whetstone Co. step aside as the manager. Whetstone, which is fighting the terms of the agreement, is scheduled to meet with the two sides Friday at HUD headquarters in Washington.

On September 18, 2004, CLARENCE C., beloved father of three sons, Christopher C. and Clayton C., both of Baltimore and Swanson Campbell of SC, and two daughters, Olivia Whetstone of Baltimore and Mary Crockett of SC; also survived by four brothers, Stanley and James, both of SC, Robert of NY and John of NC, and two sisters, Kathy Rainer of SC and Gloria Mitchell-Patton of Baltimore. Friends may call at the Wylie Funeral Home, P.A., 638 N. Gilmor Street, on Thursday from 5 to 8 P.M. Family will receive friends on Friday, 10:30 A.M. Funeral at 11 A.M. at Good Tidings Baptist Church, 1401 Edison Hwy. Interment following; Inquiries atwww.

A Baltimore man was sentenced to life in prison yesterday for the murder of a teenage witness who was to testify in a Baltimore County murder trial. Tayvon Whetstone, 20, of the 1000 block of N. Fulton Ave. was also sentenced to 20 years in prison for using a handgun in the commission of a crime of violence and 30 years for kidnapping, according to the Baltimore state's attorney's office. In sentencing Whetstone, Judge Paul E. Alpert said he had committed a "cold, calculated murder." Alpert said the judicial system "cannot tolerate interference with witnesses or potential witnesses."

A 21-year-old man was convicted late yesterday afternoon in city Circuit Court of felony murder and other charges in the death of a 17-year-old witness in a Baltimore County case. Christopher Mann was also convicted of kidnapping and conspiracy to kidnap Rickey Prince, who witnessed a murder in the county. Mann's accomplice, Tayvon Whetstone, was convicted last week of first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit murder, kidnapping and other charges. Police said they believe Mann was the gunman and Whetstone drove the getaway car. On April 22 last year, Mann and Whetstone met Prince at a McDonald's restaurant in Baltimore County and forced him into their car, according to prosecutors.

A 20-year-old Baltimore man was convicted yesterday in city Circuit Court of killing a teenage witness who was to testify in a murder case in Baltimore County. Jurors deliberated for 4 1/2 hours before finding Tayvon Whetstone guilty of six counts, including first-degree murder, kidnapping and handgun charges. Prosecutors say Whetstone and an accomplice coaxed 17-year-old Rickey Wallace Prince into a car, drove him to a secluded area and shot him in the back of the head. Prince's body was found in a ravine behind a strip club in the Curtis Bay neighborhood April 23 of last year.

A 19-year-old Baltimore man killed a witness set to testify against him and dumped the body in a ditch behind a strip club, prosecutors said yesterday as his trial began. But the lawyer for Tayvon Whetstone said during opening statements that police arrested the wrong person and that Whetstone was tricked during an interview with detectives. Prosecutors allege that in April last year, Whetstone, of the 1000 block of N. Fulton Ave., and an accomplice coaxed 17-year-old Rickey Prince into a car, drove him to a secluded area and shot him in the back of the head.

On July 10, 2003, JANNIE M. WHETSTONE beloved wife of James A. Whetstone. On Sunday friends may call at the Vaughn C. Greene Funeral Service, 5151 Baltimore National Pike (Route 40) from 4 to 8 P.M. On Monday, Mrs. Whetstone will lie in state at the Charity Baptist Church, 3208 Frederick Avenue where the family will receive friends from 6:30 to 7 P. M with services to follow. Inquiries to 410-233-2400.

Surrounded by water on three sides, accessible from most of the city by a single road, Locust Point for years was a close-knit, working-class community where families toiled and lived in happy isolation from the rest of Baltimore. As the site of Fort McHenry, a disembarkation point for thousands of immigrants, the home of two marine terminals and several storied industrial plants, the community boasted a rich history but was often overlooked or ignored by those who lived outside its mostly narrow streets of brick-and-Formstone rowhomes.

An interview with Donna Lyman, a member of Whetstone Women's Book Group. Where does the title "Whetstone" come from? It's the name of our street. It's an old street in Columbia, and the neighborhood is old, and it has a mixture of new and old residents. ... For Christmas, the women get together and have a cookie exchange, and the book club grew out of a conversation at the cookie exchange. What book are members reading this month? This month, we're reading Agate Nesaule's book, A Woman in Amber.