Yingling

Sarah Guynn (Midfielder, Francis Scott Key) Her aggressive play produced two goals and six assists last season. Melanie Slessinger (Forward, North Carroll) The junior returns as the county's leading scorer, having compiled eight goals and 12 assists last year. Laura Yingling (Forward, Westminster) The senior led the Owls in goals with seven last season.

Fire destroyed a vacant stone farmhouse near Hampstead last night, said Capt. Richard Yingling of the Hampstead volunteer fire company.Nobody was injured in the one-alarm blaze at 3617 Saint Paul Road, Captain Yingling said.He said the fire was considered suspicious.A state fire marshal went to the scene to investigate the fire but could not be reached for comment on its cause last night.The fire was reported by a neighbor about 5:30 p.m., said Viola Brooks, who co-owned the two-story house with her son George.

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.

Michael Galassi named bank vice presidentFrank W. Neubauer, president and chief executive officer of Taneytown Bank and Trust Co., has announced the promotion of Michael H. Galassi to vice president.Mr. Galassi will continue to manage Taneytown Bank and Trust Co.'s Credit Department. He has been with the bank since July 1994.A 1960 graduate of Gettysburg College, Mr. Galassi has spent more than 30 years involved in different phases of credit management. At Chemical Bank, he was a vice president supervising more than 20 bank officers.

On April 30, 2005, GERALDINE LOUISE (nee Yingling) BERWAGER; beloved wife of the late Richard E. Berwager and the late Leroy C. Richards; mother of Brenda R. Wulforst and husband Pete, Beverly J. Klinedinst and husband Bruce and Michael A. Richards and wife Peggy; grandmother of E. Wayne Kopp; great-grandmother of Misti R. Kopp; sister of the late Pauline Hess, Beatrice Hull, Earl and Robert Yingling. Funeral Services at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Church Street, Manchester, MD, Friday 11 A.M. Interment in New Lutheran Cemetery.

On October 7, 2003, LEVINE M., beloved son of the late Claude and Odie Yingling Buckingham, brother of Jean Thelma DiCarlo and Dorothy Marie Bley and numerous nieces and nephews. Graveside services will be held at Meadow Branch Cemetery on Saturday, October 25, at 2:00 PM. Pritts Funeral Home and Chapel, 412 Washington Road, Westminster are in charge of arrangements.

On February 23, 2003 KATHERINE LARUE KNAPP (nee Yingling) devoted wife of the late George C. Knapp, Sr.; loving mother of Kenneth Knapp, Sr., Duane Knapp, Gene Knapp, Sr., Patricia Schock, the late George Knapp, Jr., Russell Knapp, Donald Knapp and Doris Gray O'Braden. Also blessed with many grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. A memorial service for the family will be announced at a later date.

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.

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.