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Josh Harris delivers a donation of cookies for the Westminster Police Department to Chief Jeff SpauldingWednesday morning. The delivery was part of a Cookies for Cops campaign to thank officers for their service.

BY ALISHA GEORGETIMES STAFF WRITER

More than 100 restaurants are in danger obeing closed down Monday for not having filedfood service renewal forms.

As of 3 p.m. Wednesday, about 130 county

restaurants had not filed renewal paperworkwith the Carroll County Health Department,Acting Director of Environmental Health An-drea Hanleysaid. Thedepartment will be closedtoday and Friday and will re-open Monday.

About 40 restaurants were closed down lastyear for not f iling the paperwork by Jan. 1, Han-ley said, but most filled out the forms andopened again by the end of that same day.

Scott Beck, owner of E.W. Becks Restaurantand Pub in Sykesville, said his restaurant wasclosed down for a couple hours last year for for-getting to apply for the license renewal for thenew year.

I did it the first day [this year], he said.Though he said he understands the necessity

for the new procedure, a couple of notices viamail, e-mail or by phone may be helpful to re-mind restaurant owners of the upcoming re-

newal deadline during the busy holiday season.The new method is effective in getting the im-mediate attention for restaurant owners, Becksaid.

It got myattention, andIllprobably never doit again, he said.

Food license renewal fees vary from $60 to$150, depending on the establishments menuand food preparation methods, Hanley said.

Hanley said she put notice of the new proce-dure in application packets that were sent outto restaurants last year.

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A sweet thanksBY RYAN MARSHALL

TIMES STAFF WRITER

Outside the Westminster PoliceDepart-ent, Elaine Bostic piled several platesof

cookies into a cardboard box and pre-ared to take them inside.The delivery was one of several Bostic

made to police departments around thecounty Wednesday, assisted by her fatherand nephew, as part of a campaign tothank officers for their roles in fightingdrunken driving.

They brought the cookies back to theoffice of Police Chief Jeff Spaulding, whothanked the group for the holiday treats.

Spaulding said he was sure his officerswould appreciate the cookies, althoughhe joked they would have to do morephysical training to work off the extracalories.

The Cookies for Cops campaign is or-ganized by Mothers Against Drunk Driv-ing.

There is no M.A.D.D. chapter active inCarroll County, although the groups ob-jective of eliminating drunken driving isshared in Carroll by Catherines Cause.Catherines Cause was formed by PhilandCindy Mullikin in memory of their daugh-ter Catherine, who was killed by adrunken driver in 1998.

The impacts of drunken driving arepersonal for Bostic.

Her brother was injured in a 2007 crashwith a woman Bostic said was drivingdrunk. The womans legal case is stillbeing resolved.

Bostic said shed contributed toM.A.D.D. for several years, but got moreinvolved after her brothers crash.

When something like that happens, ithelps you to have other people, she said.

Bostic said this was herfirst year as partof the Cookies For Cops program, but shewas already planning on how to get even

Funeralprotest case

decisionexpectedSunday

Honorable mentions:Notable deaths and notable

crimes

Monday

No. 10: New schoolssuperintendent, McDaniel

president

No. 9: Westminster raisesproperty tax

Tuesday

No. 8: Three IMA workerssurvive earthquake in Haiti

No. 7: Sykesville-Freedomdistrict fire company fire

Wednesday

No. 6: Oakmont Greeneminent domain trial

No. 5: Signs of economicgrowth

TodayNo. 4: Snyder v. Phelps fu-

neral protest appealNo. 3: Five-member board

of commissioners beginswork

Friday

No. 2:

Saturday

No. 1:

This week, the Times is counting down the list of the Top10 local news stories of the year.

Top Stories of 2010 Boardmemberssettle into roles

BY CHRISTIAN ALEXANDERSENTIMES STAFF WRITER

Looking for new ways to solve the countys solidwaste problems and choosing to drastically expand

the size of the county sheriffs office are just a coupleof the steps already taken by the new Carroll CountyBoard of Commissioners.

The new, five-member board campaigned on anumber of ideas, including fiscal responsibility, asmaller constitutional government, term limits fotheir positions and protection of individual propertyrights. Since it took office Dec. 6, the board has cho-sen not to fill two county government positions andasked the state legislative delegation to sponsor leg-islation placing term limits on the countys commis-sioner positions.

BY RYAN MARSHALLTIMES STAFF WRITER

Sometime in 2011, the Supreme Court of the UnitedStates will issue a decision in a case that began in Car-

oll County but went on to garner national attention.

The court heard arguments Oct. 6 in the case ofSnyder v. Phelps, which is based around the protestsf a Kansas fundamentalist group at the funeral of a

estminster Marine killed in Iraq in 2006.The justices are expected to rule on whether the ac-

ions of membersof the Topeka, Kan.-based Westboroaptist Church at the funeral are protected under theirst Amendment.The court doesnt provide any estimates on time-

ines for releasing decisions, but lawyers are hopefulne could come in April or May, said Craig Trebilcock,n attorney for Albert Snyder, the father of Marine

Group delivers cookies to cops for their work combating drunken driving

BY MEGAN MCKEEVERTIMES STAFF WRITER

Students on holiday vacationerent taking a break from

learning Wednesday atashawha Environmental

Centers annual nature camp.The 46 fourth- and fifth-

raderswere inthe midst ofan

ducational game, playing thearts of herbivores, omnivores,arnivores, hunters and

weather and disease, portray-ing the circle of life.

This is a nice little time toget them thinking and movingagain, said Dawn Harry, acamp leader.

Wednesdays activity was thelast of the 48-hour camp,whichruns each year over hol-

iday break and teaches stu-dents about survival skills andindigenous plants and animals.

The camp started at noon onMonday and students stayedovernight Monday and Tues-day before a noon dismissalWednesday.

The winter nature camp,which has been running formore than 15 years, is a fee-based program, like its summer

camps, and parents are askedto contact Hashawha Environ-mental Center to sign up.

Over the last few days stu-dents took hikes, made birdfeeders, built debris sheltersand got a visit from local birdsof prey, camp instructor TomVail said.

The night hiking was myfavorite part, said 9-year-oldDiana Spurgeon. The coun-selors took flashlights. Wecalled for owls and they re-sponded.

Diana, a fourth-grader at

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