Take a 'Timeout' to ring in the new year (Baltimore Examiner) Much like Pamela Anderson running the 100-meter hurdles, the 2008 year in sports was filled with ups and downs. Baltimoreans reached the highest of emotional highs watching Michael Phelps' record-breaking Olympic performance and the Ravens' push into the playoffs.
Magnolia Area Crime Blotter (The Potpourri) Patrol unit bashed: On Dec. 14 the owner/manager of Magnolia Pharmacy in the 18200 block of FM 1488 at the Landmark Building flagged two Magnolia Police Department officers down to inform them that the MPD patrol unit parked in the parking lot had been vandalized; a window was knocked out. The manager stated he was at the location the night before at 7 p.m. and did not notice anything. The unit ...
Ruth Voorheis celebrates her 100th birthday (Reporter-Times) Ruth (Fleener) Walls Voorheis was born on Jan. 2, 1909, in Brown County, the daughter of the late Fleming Elvin Verlandingham Fleener or ?Vannie? and Rebecca Savanna (McClary) Fleener or ?Fannie.?