Kristin Harvey, new Elkridge columnist

By admin
Posted: July 8, 2009

Kristin Lehr Harvey has taken over for Susan Lavin as the new Elkridge neighborhood columnist.

Kristin grew up in and has lived in the Elkridge community all of her life. In 1984, she was voted Little Miss Elkridge and from then on, she knew it was a place she wanted to be.

For the past five years, Kristin has worked for the Howard County Police Department as a 911 operator, serving the citizens and the community with emergency and non-emergency calls. She is also an active member with the Elkridge Volunteer Fire Department and the Ladies Auxiliary, where she enjoys fundraising events and supporting them with the things that they need.

Kristin also balances a home life in the Harwood Park community, as well, with her husband and two daughters.

If you have items of community note, photographs you’d like to see in the paper or want to get the word out on an upcoming event or happening, e-mail Kristin at mrk928@verizon.net or call her at 443-277-0373.

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Max Balter Reclaims the Tennis Championship!

By Susan Lavin
Posted: June 12, 2009

Each year, all the middle schools in Howard County compete in the Lacy Memorial Tennis Tournament.  This year it was held at River Hill High School in the middle of May.  Elkridge Landing Middle School was well represented by seventh-graders Ajay Chatim, Jay Pancholi and Max Balter.

Ajay and Jay competed for the first time as a doubles team and faced tough competition in their first match.

Max participated in the singles competition again this year to try to repeat his singles championship from last year.  Max was down 1-3, 15-40 in the finals when all games were called for a rain delay.  The next day Max came back in great form to win the seventh-grade singles and reclaim his championship!  Hooray for Max!

Congratulations to Max, Ajay and Jay for proudly representing ELMS in this annual county tennis tournament.

Tom Saunders, principal of the school congratulated the boys on their participation in the competition and presented Max with his championship trophy during the morning Newsbreak.

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Elkridge Hurricanes Win “Walk the Plank” Tournament!

By Susan Lavin
Posted: June 4, 2009

The Elkridge Hurricane 10U baseball team won the “Walk the Plank” tournament during the Memorial Day weekend in Olney.  The Hurricanes won five games in a row, giving up only 13 runs during the tournament.  In the final game, the ‘Canes defeated the host Olney Buccaneers by a final score of 9 - 0.

Thanks to coaches Chris Jakubek, John Jung and Ray Huddleston for their dedication to the team!

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Deep Run Students with an Imaginary $100,000!

By Susan Lavin
Posted: June 4, 2009

Students from Deep Run Elementary School earned a second place finish in the spring session of Maryland/DC Stock Market Game™ competition, organized by the Maryland Council on Economic Education.

Congratulations to team members, Chi Chi Adigwe and Leon Nguyen, who started with an imaginary $100,000 and over a ten-week period invested in corporations on the New York, American and NASDAQ markets in an attempt to increase the size of their portfolio.  These students were honored at an awards program held May 27 at Towson University.

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Spelling Success Without Spell Check!

By Susan Lavin
Posted: June 1, 2009

St. Augustine School, in Elkridge, is very pleased to announce the success of the school’s 2009 Spelling Bee.

Congratulations to Laura Arvin, the overall winner from grades 4-6!  She will go on to compete in the Archdiocesan competition.

The other winners include: Taylor Swenski , first runner-up, James Peyla, grade 7-8 overall winner, Davida Amponsah, first runner-up, Isabelle Gabin grade 4, Emily Thompson grade 5 and Samantha Brunner grade 8.
In this day and age, with high technological gadgets everywhere, it’s a challenge for children to focus on spelling skills when the rest of the world is clicking on spell check.

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