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JoEllen Sumego couldn't stop grinning after she scored the game-winning goal in double overtime to slip visiting No. 3 Fallston past No. 7 C. Milton Wright, 1-0, and into the Upper Chesapeake Bay Athletic Conference field hockey championship game later this week. In a clash of Harford County rivals, the junior scored on an assist from Kim McDaniel with 7:36 left in the second 10-minute, seven-on-seven overtime period. "It's really big," Sumego said. "It means a lot to the team that we scored on C. Milton Wright.

50 Years Ago* More than 5,000 German prisoners will be among 15,000 labors recruited to work this season on Maryland farms and in food processing plants and canneries. Paul E. Nystrom, state supervisor of the emergency farm labor program for the Extension Service, University of Maryland revealed. From 100 to 200 conscientious objectors in Soil Conservation Service camp in Carroll, Washington and Worcester counties also will be assigned to farmers for work in the fields. -- Democratic Advocate, May 18, 1945.

A Woodbine woman was severely injured yesterday when a pickup truck, driven by her son, backed over her at the county's Northern Landfill, state police said.Norma Lee Keen, 67, was in critical condition at Maryland Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore, a hospital spokeswoman said.Police said the woman was helping her son guide the vehicle backward toward trash containers when he lost sight of her.The accident occurred about 1 p.m.A state police MedEvac helicopter was in the Westminster area and quickly responded to the accident at the landfill, off Route 140 in Westminster, police said.

New positionsBiospherics names Church chief financial officerBiospherics Inc., the Beltsville-based technology and information company, named Jeffrey W. Church executive vice president and chief financial officer. A certified public accountant, the former senior vice president/CFO of Survival Technology Inc. is a graduate of the University of Maryland. He and his family reside in Glenelg.Sheraton Inner Harbor appoints Scott, MooneySheraton Inner Harbor Hotel appointed Stephanie Scott as accounts manager, group sales, and Jim Mooney as corporate accounts manager.

West Middle eighth-grader wins geography bee at schoolKris Thompson, an eighth-grader at West Middle School, is the winner of the 1992-1993 National Geographic Geography Bee at the school level. He will compete in subsequent rounds which, through a process of elimination, will lead to a national winner.Team-level winners in the contest at West Middle were:* Team 1: Jonathan Hurst, Jeff Mills, Paul Tyng.* Team 2: Adam Fisher, Kevin Greene, Chris Brothers.* Team 3: Brandon Martinez, Jason Santucci, Sam McGrane, Greg Stiles.

Winfield Community Volunteer Fire Department named Scott Seibert firefighter of the year and rookie of the year for 1998 at its annual installation and awards banquet.The top fire responders were Greg Dods, Ronnie Legore, Tim Legore, John Laster, Kevin Warner, Barry Schneider, Wayne Logue, Scott Brister, Scott Seibert and Mike Fogle.The top ambulance responders were Scott Seibert, Jamie Alder, Jim Clopein, Rodney Valentine, Greg Dods, David Bettinger, Chrissy Hopple, Mike Fogle, Ronnie Legore and Barry Schneider.

Oneida Sykes Blizzard, 80, died Monday at Carroll County General Hospital. She was the wife of the late Roscoe H. Blizzard. Survivors include sons Evan L. and Charles L., both of Westminster, and Morrell E.Sr. of Upperco; sisters Erma Harmon of Westminster and Vivian Stephan of Finksburg; brother Marvin Sykes of West Virginia; seven grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. The family requests memorials toPatapsco United Methodist Church.DATELINE: EldersburgMary Margaret Herbert, 75, a native of Baltimore, died Oct. 19 ather home.

An award has been established to honor businesses with strong working partnerships with Carroll County public schools to support, promote and improve education.Nominations for the Carroll County Business Partnership Award of Excellence and Commitment are made by educators.A reception honoring the outstanding businesses will be held from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday at Wilhelm Ltd. Caterers in Westminster. Tickets are $2 and are available at the Chamber office.The following businesses were nominated by educators:Nevin Haines, Modern Comfort Systems, Westminster; Roland Schaeffer, Black and Decker, Hampstead; Beverly Casey, Humane Society of Carroll County, Westminster; Cathi Zile, Subway Sandwiches, Hampstead; Lisa Smith, Westminster Trust, Westminster; Frank Kosmakos, Maria's Restaurant, Manchester; Mike Virts, Central Maryland Jousting Club, Knoxville.

Taneytown leaders hope that by designing their new police headquarters as an old railroad station, they will create a stylistic linchpin for their downtown revitalization efforts. But style and unexpected foundation work will apparently cost more than they bargained for, and they have suspended bidding on the project until they can raise more money from private donors or conceive cheaper specifications. Nine bids for the project came in between $957,000 and $1.3 million, said City Manager Patrick Nield.

25 years agoMr. and Mrs. Charles Lohoefer, Mt. Airy, were frightened Saturday night when a shot came through the window of the living room where Mrs. Lohoefer was watching television. A piece of the flying glass hit the arm of Mrs. Lohoefer. Shots were fired at other homes in the vicinity the same evening and $H recently several mail boxes have been knocked down. It issincerely hoped that the police will find out who is terrifying this neighborhood. -- Community Reporter, Nov. 27, 1970.50 years agoArthur M. Zile, manager of Borden's Ice Cream Co., of Westminster, and John G. Shipley, one of the route salesmen, attended a dinner at the Southern Hotel in Baltimore given by the Borden Co. of New York in honor of the men and women of the company who have been in the service of the company 25 or more years.