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THE OKk SUN Section www.baltimoresun.comharford HARFORTP Sunday, July 24, 2005 i ANNUAL FARM FAIR BRINGS ANTIQUE TRACTOR PULLS LL. Officials to re-examine county land policies Residents' input sought during rezoning hearings By Ted Shelsby SUN STAFF is in his district in the northern part of the county. About a third or more of the rezoning requests are in his district, said Miller. Newly appointed County Executive David R. Craig said he and planning and zoning staff would review the zoning change application over the next three months.

"Then all of the recommendation will go to the County Council in a single bill on Nov. 1," he said. changes. Last week the county scheduled four public meetings to gather public input on the proposed changes. The first will be held Aug.

31 at Aberdeen High School. "Pay attention," Councilman Robert G. Cassilly advised residents as government officials move to re-examine the county's land-use and growth policies for the next decade. "Without a doubt this is one of the most important things we do. "It has the potential for changing the face of the county in the future for better or for worse." Cassilly said that zoning is the major way that the county seeks to control growth, "and growth is the No.

1 issue in this county. It affects our schools, our tax rate and the quality of our daily life." Councilman Lance C. Miller said uncontrolled growth also threatens the county's agricultural heritage, the bulk of which Addressing a concern of some residents, Craig said he has no plan to expand the county's current development envelope. Craig, who has announced his intention to run for the county executive job in next year's election, issued an executive order Thursday prohibiting his campaign committee from accepting contributions until the rezoning process in completed early next year. County code requires rezoning at See Rezoning, 8g Harford's first comprehensive rezoning since 1997 a process that could change the face as well as the character of the county is moving forward.

County officials will begin posting signs this week on the 327 properties seeking zoning C. T. ASSAF SUN STAFF Frank Shepherd's display of stamps and space-related items at the Joppa library branch doesn't scratch the surface of the horde of material he's accumulated over the years. This month, Gov. Robert L.

Ehrlich Jr. appointed Sheryl L. Davis-Kohl, 43, as a delegate for District 34A. New delegate aims to push for efficiency in government Small-business owner to finish Boutin's term By Josh Mitchell SUN STAFF Small-business owner Sheryl L. Davis-Kohl said the state bureaucracy often takes 30 days to get back to her on whether a new hire owes child support.

That's evidence, she says, that the state could be run more efficiently. And as a newly appointed state delegate representing parts of Harford and Cecil counties, she said she will push for government efficiency. "By reducing regulations and taxes, small companies will be able to employ people," said Davis-Kohl, who owns an employment agency in Aberdeen. "Through employment, people can contribute to society. They have income to spend, and the economy grows." Davis-Kohl, 43, was named this month by Gov.

Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. to complete the term of Charles R. Boutin, who was appointed by the governor to the state Public Service Commission. Her term will run through 2006.

As the representative of District 34 she will represent communities along U.S. 40: Edgewood, Aberdeen, Joppa-towne and Havre de Grace in Harford County, and Port Deposit in Cecil County. Davis-Kohl, who ran unsuccessfully for the House of Delegates in 1998 and 2002, has held one previous elective office, as a member of the Republican Central Committee of Harford County from 1994 to 1998. The Republican committees of Harford and Cecil counties nominated See Delegate, 7g ELIZABETH ALB SUN STAFF PHOTOS Joppa resident Frank Shepherd has a collection of tens of thousands of stamps from countries all over the world. He got his first stamp at age 12.

An amazing collection of collections By Josh Mitchell SUN STAFF bins full of stamps dating to the late 1800s. Each box is labeled by country of origin: Poland, West Germany, East Germany, Japan, Trinidad. He has tens of thousands of stamps, many from countries that no longer exist. Now he's putting them on display at the Harford County Public Library in Joppa. To commemorate the scheduled launch of the space shuttle Tuesday, he is exhibiting his NASA memorabilia, including stamps and autographed pictures of astronauts.

"The nice thing about collecting stamps is you meet a lot of people in other countries," said Shepherd, a retired security guard for Aberdeen Proving Ground. "I've traded with doctors, conductors on a railroad, a See Stamps, 10g Frank Shepherd is the master collector. Even as a World War II soldier supervising Nazi prisoners of war in Belgium, the collecting bug bit him hard. That's when he started accumulating paintings created by German fighters imprisoned in a barbed-wire compound. Shepherd traded his Army rations for portraits, landscapes and still lifes made by hungry German soldiers conscripted to fight for Adolf Hitler.

But the prisoner art is nothing compared to Shepherd's stamp collection. Stacked to the ceiling in his Joppa home are shoeboxes and plastic Frank Shepherd also has a collection of art that was created by German POWs. Camp Ability, the only program of its kind in Harford County, offers educational summer fun. Bay camp is tailor-made for disabled youth By Cassandra A. Fortin SPECIAL TO THE SUN ing the school year as opposed to getting the summer off," said Paul Yanney, chief of parks and recreation.

But, he added, "This camp is not intended as an educational environment. It's meant to be fun." The camp was founded in the mid-1970s by Rod Ewing, then-principal of John Archer School, which at the time was the coun ty's only public special-education school. Although the county had a number of camps at that time, parents at John Archer were interested in a camp that could offer a specially tailored program. Since its inception, the camp has filled. Because of high demand and repeat campers there's a wait- See Camp, 3g pants in the Harford County Parks and Recreation summer camp for people with disabilities have plenty of other opportunities for outdoor activities and fun.

"The most important aspect of this camp is that the children are in a situation where they're constantly learning and reinforcing what they learned dur The campers at Camp Ability who use wheelchairs, walk with braces or crutches and cope with maladies that limit their activities won't rough it in the woods, climb mountains or go canoeing. But the more than 100 partici KENNETH K. LAM SUN STAFF Caitlyn Denton (left) of Bel Air and Anna Martin of Havre de Grace play with a parachute at Camp Ability. THIS MONTH IN COUNTY HISTORY the history states. "From this point on, the Aberdeen Proving Ground was the common identifier for both the Edgewood area and the Aberdeen area." Aberdeen Proving Ground formed July 1, 1971, could be seen as the official birthday of Aberdeen Proving Ground the date on which the Edgewood Arsenal, the Army's former Chemical Center and the current chemical research and engineering center were merged into what's now known as APG, according to the U.S.

Army Installation Management Agency's history of APG. "Although the mission functions remained separate entities, the real estate and base operations functions were joined together and were operated as one post,".