Kory Britton: Howard County Baseball Player of the Year
Atholton junior shortstop Kory Britton is the
Casey Schmidt: Howard County Softball Player of the Year
Glenelg’s Casey Schmidt is one of those powerhouses at the plate and on the pitching rubber. To clench the 2010 county championship she
10am Update: How To Trim A Lamb
Learning how to groom a lamb is part of the curriculum of the 2005 Baltimore County 4-H Lamb Grant Project. Lisa Wheeler, project leader from Whitehall, right, supervises Juliana Buckman while she trims a lamb’s hoof Wednesday June 22, 2005 at Green’s Lamb farm in Whitehall. The 10am Update is a (somewhat) regular blog feature [...]
Robby Creese Boys Indoor Track Player of the Year
As a sophomore Robby Creese began his long distance career with indoor track. One year later, the Glenelg junior would easily win the 2A State 800, 1,600 and 3,200 races, mirroring his performance at regionals. An avid soccer player, Creese finds more reward from running because “you can see the progression so much better {in [...]
10am Update: Little Frog in Some Science Fog
Mixing liquid nitrogen with boiling soapy water creates an intense, but harmless explosion. A scenic foggy calm ensues, which George Boyer, age 7, is seen playing in. The liquid nitrogen demonstration was part of Johns Hopkins University’s 2nd annual Physics Fair Saturday April 30, 2005, hosted at the Bloomberg Center for Physics and Astronomy. This [...]
For AARP Bulletin: NJ Taxes and the case of Corinne Bell
Below are photos I recently made for an AARP Bulletin story about how New Jersey’s high property taxes effect seniors on fixed incomes. Corinne Bell, partially obscured by artificial flowers on her kitchen table, has lived in the home she and her husband built for 52 years. The widow now lives with three cats, Tiny, Cece, [...]
10am Update: The saddest day.
With tears in his eyes, Matt Porter sits in a squad car under arrest as the suspect in an accidental shooting incident Tuesday September 2, 2003. Porter’s close friend, Rob Brickle, 21, below, a local late night DJ, was taken to the Medical Center of Central Georgia where he later died from his wounds. Porter [...]
10am Update: My First Baltimore Snow!!!
Andrew Nuckolls, age 14, from Towson, catches air from a snow ramp on the side of the Greenwood Board of Education hill during and after snowfall Saturday January 22, 2005. Coming from Georgia, we usually only got icy rain. So, I was super-stoked when the snow was fluffy. The worst part about shooting in the [...]
10am Update: Shoot whatever you want, just not their faces.
A new playground for the abused and neglected children of The Ravens Courage House had an opening ceremony Friday January 20, 2005. For the children’s safety none of them are to be identified in the photo. So, what do you do when you can’t show faces? — thank your lucky stars for the sun location, [...]
10am Update: Cute ol’ Man
An ensemble of french horns and bassoons will be competing with jet engines at BWI and last minute shoppers at the Westminster Mall in the coming weeks. Phil Hooks, instructor for the french horns, peers over sheet music and excitedly conducts his pupils at Westminster Baptist Church Sunday December 12, 2004. I love this image. [...]
10am Update: Inclusion. …sorta.
CAPTION: Tri-legged “capture the pumpkin” teammates Nick Schoch, middle , 13, and Ben Stevick, 15, right, mingle with other classmate who wound up in “jail.” Ben, who has Downs Syndrome is able to play PE games and attend class with his peers because he has been included into normal 8th grade classroom settings at St. [...]
10am Update: Fashion Battle
Reigning Fashion Battle Champs, Laurel High School, hand over the crown during the 2nd annual contest held at the University of Maryland College Park’s Tawes Theatre Saturday January 15, 2005. These photos are from way back when… 2005. This was one of my first assignments as a STAFFER for The Patuxent Publishing Co. As always, [...]
10am Update: A mother’s comfort.
Keirsten (she didn’t want to give me her last name) comforts her son Isaiah Moon after he “ran over” another concert goer’s foot with his toy truck — the incident startled the two year-old. Both of them, along with Keirsten’s husband/Isaiah Moon’s father, are “touring” or following Widespread Panic.
10am Update: Calvin Gholston, Jr
Nineteen year old Calvin Gholston Jr, just received his 25th and last leg lengthening surgery at Sinai Hospital Monday February 20th, 2006. The four-year anniversary of his life-changing surgery is coming up on the 20th. So, lets all collectively wish him well! Here is a link to the Catonsville Times article. We also did a [...]
Cliff McCormick
Officially, Cliff McCormick won his match by forfeit. New Town was unable to match him with a 103 weight varsity wrestler. The Towson High School senior with cerebral palsy, maneuvers about The General’s bench section during the Generals’ match against New Town Thursday, January 21, 2010. His spirits are a little low. He had three [...]
How many of you read the newspaper?
…to which the response was one person who rose their hand halfway, slowly waving it in a way suggesting they kinda sorta read the paper. Then former Maryland Governer Robert Ehrlich’s communications consultant Greg Massoni asked who gets their new news online. Maybe a third of the mostly freshmen populace rose their hands. Who watches [...]
10am Update: Green Cleaners
Shawn Goldfaden, from Sparks, right, owns Sparks Cleaners, a Green Earth Cleaning Affiliate, where the dry cleaning chemicals are better for the environment. Josh McMillan, center, from Hereford, has worked the garment press at the cleaners for approximately 2 weeks. As always, the 10am Update is a regular update of some of my best archived [...]
10am Update: Paine Street Fire.
A small child watches fire fighters extinguish a house fire on Paine Street Monday, October 26, 2009. This is part of my regularly updated blog post from the archives.
In Training.
Boxing trainer of 8 years Flex Stephens, left, demonstrates to Jamual Devero, 13, right, the motions of an uppercut during mirror exercises at the Middle Georgia Boxing Club Tuesday night November 25, 2003.
Lil’ Graduates
C.J. Mosley, 6, takes a sniff of his graduation balloons during a Forbush Therapeutic Preschool graduation ceremony Friday, August 14, 2009 where only he and his classmate Nikiea Moore, 5, featured below, are the only
New Blood For Bailey
Twelve-month-old Bailey Lightner has Diamond-Blackfan anemia, a very rare disorder which keeps her red blood cell count low. Her parents Betty and Ben Lightner helped organize a blood drive at Grace Fellowship Church, where they attend, Wednesday, July 15, 2009.
Simkins Dam
Federal Stimulus money will be used to remove the Simkins Dam, photographed Thursday, July 2, 2009, and the Union Dam from the Patapsco River.