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A performance of stringsThe Azimuth String Quartet performs a piece by Joseph Haydn at the Scott Center at Carroll Community CollegeWednesday. The quartet is an ensemble-in-residence at Carroll Community College and performs regularly in the area.

he performers shown are: Adam Gonzalez, on the cello, James Tung, on the violin, Nicholas Currie, on the violin andlice Tung, on the viola.

Sykesville

Laptops stolen fromUnion Bridge lab

BY CARRIE ANN KNAUER

TIMES STAFF WRITER

Police are investigating areak-in at the Union Bridgeommunity Center last week

hat led to the theft of two lap-ops used in the towns public

computer lab.

Major Phil Kasten, of the Car-

roll County Sheriffs Office, saidsomeone broke in to the com-puter lab overnight between Oct.20 and 21 by breaking the glassout of one of the windows. Theperson or persons then brokeinto a cabinet that stored fourlaptops purchased through the

Carroll County Public Librarywith donations by Bridges: TheUnion Bridge Youth Committee.

The stolen equipment is valued

at more than $2,000, Kasten said.Sheriffs Office deputies and acrime scene technician respondedto a call about the thefts late in theafternoon Oct. 21, and are nowfollowing up on leads from detailsat the crime scene and otherinformation they have received.

Anyone else who has informa-tion about the break-in and theftis encouraged to call the SheriffsOffice at 410-386-2900 or the

anonymous tip line at 888-399-8477, Kasten said. Jaclyn Mathias, the executive

director of Bridges, said the dis-covery of the theft has had atremendous impact on her group.

Were all pretty much devas-tated that we lost that much

money, Mathias said of the valueof the laptops. Were kind ostruggling now to make endsmeet.

While four laptops had beenstored together in the cabinetthat was broken into, only twowere taken, she said, as well asthe power cords for all foucomputers.

Park to get

playgroundequipment

BY CHRISTIAN ALEXANDERSENTIMES STAFF WRITER

The bright red playground equipment

at Jones Park in Sykesville is scheduledto be demolished Friday to make way foa new, safer play area.

West Recreation, a playground manu-facturer based on the Eastern Shore, isexpected to demolish the nearly 20-year-old equipment and begin installingthe new playground at the park, saidTown Manager Matt Candland.

The park, known locally as Red Park,will now have a rubberized surface andnew playground equipment.

Aside from the new and improvedplayground, plans also call for a newfence, pathway and landscaping im-provements and a sign.

The town received a $100,000 grantfrom the state Community Park and

Playground Program to make the reno-vations.

While the park can be used by anyone,Candland said the majority of the peo-ple who use the playground live in thesurrounding neighborhood.

Residents catchglimpses of bald eagles

BY CHRISTIAN ALEXANDERSENTIMES STAFF WRITER

Justin Nevius was surprisedith what he spotted in his yard

hile looking through a kitchenindow in his Taneytown home

bout a week ago.Nevius saw a bald eagle,

known worldwide as Americassymbol of freedom, gnawing on

dead groundhog that he shotarlier. The eagle remained inis backyard, Nevius said, forbout 30 minutes.But before it took off Neviusasable totake a few picturesof

he bird.I was shocked, he said. I

didnt know there are eagles inthe area.

Glenn Therres, an eagle biol-ogist with the Maryland Depart-ment of Natural Resour-ces, said eagle sightings are notunusual in Carroll County, butare definitely not common. Baldeagles are typically foundaround large bodies of water,which serve as good foodsources, Therres said.

Liberty Reservoir, in Finks-burg, and Piney Run Reservoir,in Sykesville, area couple placeswhere eagles are typically spot-ted in Carroll, Therres said.

BY RYAN MARSHALLTIMES STAFF WRITER

A Carroll County organiza-tion that assists victims of sex-ual assault is taking new stepsto try to increase the numberof people available to help.

Rape Crisis Intervention

Service of Carroll County islooking for volunteers to helpstaff the organizations 24-hourhot line, as well as accompanyvictims during hospital visits.

The organization likes tohave 16 to 20 volunteers, butcurrently has 10 to 12, said CEO

Janice A. Kispert. If therearent enough volunteers,those spots must be filled bystaff.

Kispert said the service hasinstituted some new strategiesto encourage more volunteers.Theyve lowered the minimum

age from 21 to 20, condensedthe amount of training from 20hours to a one-day eight hourcourse with supplementaltraining throughout the yearand lowered the fee from $75to $25, which covers only thecost of a background check,she said.

Police investigating leads in case

Renovations to be paid for

by $100,000 state grant

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A bald eagle is shown in Taneytown. While eagles are typ-ically found around large bodies of water, many have beenspotted across Carroll County.

Service changes application requirements to get more help

Number in Maryland continues to grow

Rape crisis center seeks new volunteers