Weather 30/21 LIFE & TIMES

Mostly cloudy Ellicott City dance

with light snow company to perform
developing /A2 ‘Nutcracker’ /C1 /A3

www.carrollcountytimes.com 75¢
100TH ANNIVERSARY
1911-2011 Thursday, December 16, 2010

Acting
directors
start work
Two employees replace
terminated administrators
BY CHRISTIAN ALEXANDERSEN
TIMES STAFF WRITER
Two Carroll County employees have begun
serving as acting directors for the county’s de-
partments of Public Works and Planning follow-
ing the termination of several county employees
in early December.
The Carroll County Board of Commissioners
announced Wednesday that Tom Rio, the current
director of general services, was chosen as the
acting director of the Department of Public
Works. Rio will continue to serve as the director
of general services and will not receive a pay
raise.
Tom Devilbiss, who was serving as the county’s
deputy director of planning, was selected to be
the acting director of the Department of Planning.
DAVE MUNCH/STAFF PHOTO Devilbiss’ salary will be increased 5 percent to
Nick Reider, right, gives a trumpet lesson to sixth- grader Jack Schreck at the Friends School of Baltimore in $98,397 since he has taken the director position,
Baltimore Wednesday. Reider will travel to Qatar over the holidays to perform for U.S. troops stationed there. according to Cindy Parr, deputy chief of staff.
Parr will take over the responsibilities of former

For the troops

Public Information Administrator Vivian Laxton.
The board, Parr said, does not intend to hire an-
other public information administrator.
The board’s unanimous decision for the acting
directors was made in an open administrative
Please see Directors, A7

McDaniel music professor to spend holidays overseas in Qatar

BY MEGAN MCKEEVER
TIMES STAFF WRITER
an instructor of jazz trumpet at Mc-
Daniel College. “I think I have an idea
awesome to have an outlet that sup-
ports other people,” said Boyle, 31.
Carbon monoxide
of what it’s going to be like, but I don’t The performers are strictly volun-

Two days before Christmas, Mc-
Daniel professor Nick Reider will take
the longest flight of his life, traveling
from Washington, D.C., to Qatar.
really know.”
Reider will be traveling with vocalist
Jenny Boyle, of Baltimore, and her six-
piece band, including saxophone,
Poisoning
teers and receive accommodations and
a small stipend for their costs abroad.
“They could probably make more
[money] staying home and playing

Once there, Reider, 33, will spend the
following two weeks performing for
U.S. troops stationed at a base in Qatar,
just east of Saudi Arabia.
“Overall, I’m definitely excited with
drum, guitar, bass and keyboard play-
ers, as well as Reider on trumpet.
This will be Boyle’s ninth tour over-
seas since 2004.
from gas
their gigs over the holidays,” Boyle said.
“But they realize it’s important to sup-
port our troops.”
Reider said the decision to go overseas

preventable
“The music business is a pretty self-
a little bit of nervousness,” said Reider, ish business in general, so it’s really Please see Music, A9

Union Bridge BY CARRIE ANN KNAUER

TIMES STAFF WRITER

Rise in development fees possible
Consultant: Town’s review rates lowest in the county
BY CARRIE ANN KNAUER
TIMES STAFF WRITER
UNION BRIDGE — Up-
front fees for new develop-
ments in Union Bridge could
be increased if the Union
Bridge Town Council decides
to go forward with some
changes recommended by a
town consultant.
The Union Bridge Planning
Commission will be review-
ing some possible changes to
the town’s development re-
view fee structure tonight
after the Union Bridge Town
Council reviewed a report on
the issue at its Monday night
work session.
Ned Cueman, a town con-
sultant, said he did a study of
the development review fees
at other Carroll municipali-
ties and the county level at
the request of the town to see
if Union Bridge’s rates are
comparable.
At its current rates, Union
Bridge charges $100 per plan
plus $5 to $7 per lot for resi-
dential developments for
each stage of review, includ-
ing concept, preliminary and
final plans, as well as for
major revisions.
Those are the standard
fees, but the town has a pol-
icy of charging the actual
fees incurred for the project
throughout the review
process.
Union Bridge’s standard
rates are the lowest in the
county, Cueman said, using
an example with real figures
from the proposed The Vil-
lages at Union Bridge devel-
opment that is in the works
for the town.
Please see Fees, A9
After two men died this weekend in a Pikesville
home from carbon monoxide poisoning, officials
are reminding people to take steps to prevent sim-
ilar accidents this winter.
“We see this every year in Maryland,” said Clif-
ford Mitchell, assistant director of environmental
health and food protection at the Maryland De-
partment of Health and Mental Hygiene.
From 2001 to Oct. 26, 2010, there have been
86 deaths where the cause of death involved car-
bon monoxide and the manner was determined as
accidental, according to the Maryland Office of the
Chief Medical Examiner.
“It is not an uncommon occurrence, unfortu-
nately, but it is a preventable occurrence, and that’s
what we want to get across to people,” Mitchell
said. “In almost every case, they are totally pre-
ventable deaths and illnesses.”
Please see Poisoning, A7

TODAY IN THE TIMES Holiday Hope donations reach $46K

U.N. lifts STAFF REPORT Need, Carroll Hospice and Ac-
sanctions cess Carroll. Goal:

Council votes
A $1,500 donation from Au- Other donations received in-
drey Trumpower in memory of cluded $200 in memory of Jim
Harold Trumpower was among and Rita Lankford, $100 from
Holiday — $70,000
— $60,000

to release Iraq
from 19-year-
28 donations that have brought Kass Reiker in memory of Freda
the amount raised in this year’s Boden and Stanley Reiker Sr.,
Holiday Hope campaign to $100 from Sterling Carr and fam-
Hope — $50,000

— $40,000

old restrictions. $46,072. — $30,000

>>>>>>> A5
ily in memory of Clara Carr, $100
Holiday Hope is a program from Gary and Marion Kerns in
Amount — $20,000
in which the Carroll County memory of Doris Kerns, $50 in raised — $10,000
Times teams up with area memory of Julie Stambaugh, $50
‘High expectations’ agencies to help the less fortu- from Tom and Norma Taylor in so far: — $1,000
nate. This year’s goal is to raise memory of Michael Bloom,
Lions win in wrestling season $70,000 for Carroll County $46,072
debut against county rival. B1 Food Sunday, Neighbors in Please see Hope, A7

encore Get entertainment INSIDE © 2010, Carroll County Times

➧➧

news, movie reviews, Business C5- 6 Obituaries A4

Dow - 19.07 Classified D1- 4 Opinion A8
online Best Bets and arts
columns.
Comics
Nation/World
C7 Puzzles
A5- 6 Sports
D2
B1- 4
Nasdaq - 10.50
www.carrollcountytimes.com/entertainment See Page C5 Westminster, Maryland