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Following Dad in Alps; A Memorable PlaceBy Marylane Yingling Soeffing, Special to the SunThe train climbs steadily through the long, steep tunnel. Windows frame images of dark rock. Cold, damp air penetrates the car. The tunnel, constructed from 1896 to 1912, bores through the Eiger and Monch mountains in Switzerland's Bernese Alps. The terminus is Europe's highest railway station, Jungfraujoch, 11,333 feet above sea level.Seventy-one years ago, my dad, as a young man, rode through this tunnel to the "top of Europe."

The Westminster field hockey team looked at offense as a strength heading into this season. With just three goals in their first four games, however, the Owls had to be questioning their ability to score entering last night's Central Maryland Conference game against Thomas Johnson.Against the overmatched Patriots, it didn't take long for the Carroll County power to finally find all the answers.Forward Laura Yingling scored twice and added two assists, as the Owls broke loose for five goals in the second half on the way to a 6-0 romp over the visiting Frederick County team.

The roads around the village of Lineboro are very dark, lighted only by distant houses on a hill or set back in the woods.At this time of year, however, the darkness is pierced by screams of agony and terror amid the noise of tractor engines as Lineboro Volunteer Fire Department creates its annual Bedlam in the Boro haunted hayride."

Harney Volunteer Fire Company installed new officers at its annual banquet.They are Donald Yingling Sr., fire chief; James Waybright, president; John Harner, vice president; Richard Yingling, secretary; Leonard Bowers, treasurer; Adam Brown, assistant treasurer; Robert Baughman, recording secretary; George Clingan, chaplain.The county fire convention delegates are Richard Yingling and Elwood Strickhouser. Trustee is Lee Bowers.The fire company received a $5,000 donation from the Ladies Auxiliary toward a new fire engine.

The Harney Volunteer Fire Company recently installed new officers and presented awards for 1996 at its annual banquet.Recognition went to Elwood and Lee Strickhouser, Wesley and Thelma Mummert and Norma Chipley for their help with fund-raisers.Leonard Bowers and Jim Waybright were recognized for their behind-the-scenes and administrative work.The year's top 10 responders were: Donald Yingling Sr., Craig Yingling, Donald Yingling Jr., Robert Baughman, Lee Bowers, Richard Strickhouser, Matt Nye, Steve Strickhouser, Kevin Koons and David Yingling.

FireManchester: Firefighters from Pleasant Hill, Pa., assisted Manchester at 7: 18 p.m. Wednesday, responding to a woods fire on Route 30 near Harvey Yingling Road. Units were out 30 minutes.Pub Date: 6/27/97

EIGHTY JUNIORS and seniors were inducted into Atholton High School's chapter of the National Honor Society at a ceremony Monday at the school.Senior Mackenzie Cross, society president, welcomed the students.Principal Roger Plunkett and the society's adviser, Gloriann Mehlman, also spoke.Senior Christina Yoo, the treasurer, played the piano.Four seniors spoke about the qualities that honor society members model: Maggie Sheer, scholarship; Desi Kaplan, service; Ying Cao, leadership; and Aaliyah Rizvi, character.

The Elkridge Evening Quilters are trying to piece together the answer to a mystery of sorts -- the identity of the woman they call "An Anonymous Quilter," who began working a quilt but died before it was finished.The 2-year-old quilting circle wants to let the woman's family know that her project was completed and that it was raffled to raise money for the family of a young leukemia victim."We feel like we know something about her just from the fabrics and the partially completed plans she had included," with the fabric, says Connie Yingling, a 35-year-old Elkridge resident and member of the quilting group.

Eric Yingling turned his head and looked the other way."That's the ugliest shot I've ever seen," said the Howard junior after taking a wrist shot from just inside the blue line.Atholton's Duncan Brooks, who seconds earlier had finished serving a two-minute roughing penalty, wasn't impressed, either."It looked like it wasn't going into the net," Brooks said. "I wasn't worried about it."Then the whistle blew.Yingling turned again and, suddenly, was being congratulated by teammates. That's when he knew: The ugly shot went in.Yingling's second goal of the game, with 2:08 left to play, culminated a three-goal rally by Howard that lifted the Lions past Atholton, 4-3, Friday afternoon at The Gardens Ice House in Laurel.

With a flourish of poster board, Westminster city officials unveiled a consultant's sketch for the old Farmers Supply Co. property -- intended to inspire a flood of development proposals for the key downtown site."

Ethel M. Yingling, a longtime volunteer whose efforts led to the building of the Carroll Hospital Center and Carroll Lutheran Village, died in her sleep Monday at the Mays Chapel Ridge assisted-living facility in Timonium. She was 96. Ethel M. Abbott was born and raised on her family's farm in Finksburg. She attended Carroll County public schools. She was married in 1933 to David G. Yingling Sr., who was a co-owner of Yingling Bros., a Union Bridge meat-packing firm and purveyor. He died in 1987.

At first glance, the western Howard County intersection of Route 32 and River Road looks much like any other along the busy corridor heading toward the nearby Carroll County line. Cars and trucks zoom in both directions, most not heeding the 50-mph speed limit, many not adhering to signs advising headlights for better visibility and nearly every one of them ignoring cars trying to inch into traffic. To those who live in the Howard Lodge neighborhood tucked inside that intersection, the confluence of high-speed driving and a quick turn into traffic was, quite literally and tragically, an accident waiting to happen.

A Sykesville woman has died of injuries suffered in a two-vehicle accident last week that killed her 13-year-old son and injured her 5-year-old daughter. Kyong Hae Kim, 51, of the 12200 block of Howard Lodge Road died Monday night at Maryland Shock Trauma Center, where she had been taken in critical condition last Wednesday after the accident near her family's home. Kim, whose friends called her Jennifer, was taking her son, Vincent, and her daughter, Jacqueline, to a riding lesson at a nearby stable when she pulled out of the neighborhood at River Road and was trying to head south on Route 32. A flat-bed tow truck driven by a Westminster man was northbound on Route 32 when it collided with Kim's Mazda van. Vincent was pronounced dead at Howard County Hospital later that day. Jacqueline was taken to Children's Hospital in Washington and was released a couple of days later.

It didn't take long for Vincent Woodward to make his presence felt at Mount View Middle School in Marriottsville. Within months after his arrival as a sixth-grader, Vincent was elected school president. Nor did it matter to the rest of the students that Vincent, who would have entered eighth grade in the fall, had a form of dwarfism. Many who had grown up with him had long been won over by his indomitable spirit and magnetic personality. If they thought of him being different, it was because he was more mature, more grounded and generally more fun to be around than most of his peers.

Sixth-ranked Liberty came within inches several times of taking the lead in last night's Class 2A state championship game against James M. Bennett, but two shots against the crossbar and a few deflections kept the game tied at UMBC. After 100 scoreless minutes, Bennett took advantage of those miscues and won the penalty kick shootout, 5-3, to capture its first state championship. It was the last game for Liberty coach Ed DeVincent, who will focus entirely on being the school's athletic director, but he was more concerned about the fortitude of his players than his legacy on the sidelines.

On May 30, 2008, NORMA KATHLEEN GENTILE (nee Yingling), of Edgewood, MD. Beloved wife of Bernard Gentile. Devoted mother of JoAnn Gentile. Loving sister of William Earl Yingling, Jr. and Shirley King. Also survived by two grandchildren, Danielle and Kyle Ford; and nieces and nephews. Services will be held at the family owned McComas Funeral Home, P.A., Abingdon, MD on Tuesday June 3, 2008 at 10:00 AM. Interment will be in Sacred Heart of Jesus Cemetery, Dundalk, MD. Friends may call at the funeral home in Abingdon on Monday from 2-4 & 7-9 PM. Memory tributes may be sent to the family at: mccomasfuneralhome.

On May 30, 2008 NORMA KATHLEEN GENTILE (nee Yingling) of Edgewood, MD. Beloved wife of Bernard Gentile; devoted mother of Jo Ann Gentile; loving sister of William Earl Yingling, Jr. and Shirley King. Also survived by two grandchildren Danielle Ford and Kyle Ford and numerous nieces and nephews. Services will be held at the family owned McComas Funeral Home, P.A., Abingdon, MD on Tuesday, June 3, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. Interment will be in Sacred Heart of Jesus Cemetery, Baltimore, MD. Friends may call at the funeral home in Abingdon on Monday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Memory tributes may be sent to the family at mccomasfuneralhome.

Folks in Salisbury figure their town is more than just a rest stop for beach-goers. They've got a baseball team to prove it. The kids from West Salisbury have reached the 2007 Little League World Series, which begins today in Williamsport, Pa. One of 16 teams in the international tournament, West Salisbury - the Mid-Atlantic champion - plays Chandler, Ariz., the West winner, in a first-round game at 3 p.m. tomorrow. The game will be televised on Channel 2 (ABC). It's the first trip to Williamsport for West Salisbury (16-4)

As reported April 26, 1967, in The Evening Sun: Howard county will dedicate its new $160,000 public library May 5, ending 21 years of wandering library sites. The structure, built on Route 144 two miles west of Ellicott City, is Howard's first stand-alone library. John Yingling, chairman of the building committee, will formally present the library to Mrs. Neville Arrington, chairman of the Library Board. The library will open for business May 7. Close to $75,000 was raised in public subscription, a response that Mr. Yingling said permitted "a complete package" of landscaping, library equipment and roads.

On March 11, 2007 HELEN MARIE; beloved wife of the late Carroll John Yingling; devoted mother of Carol Albayati, Robert Yingling and friend Patricia O'Melia, Larry, Sr., Dennis and Theresa Yingling and friend Christopher McDermott; loving grandmother of Samia and husband Niko, Nadia, Ramsey, Denise, Larry, Jr., Michelle and husband Brian, Anthony and friend Bethany; dear great-grandmother of Nikolas. Relatives and friends may gather at Charles S. Zeiler & Son Inc., 6224 Eastern Avenue on Saturday and Sunday 3-5 and 7-9 p.m. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at Sacred Heart of Jesus Church on Monday 12 noon.