The Baltimore Sun from Baltimore, Maryland • 181

ft ii 1 is it ittiitHt; JIM' dam. Mil 1 .4..,........... A i I I -v Taking care off small business Anne Arundel County officials, who routinely process low-interest, government-backed loans for millions of dollars to finance major projects, could provide nothing for small entrepreneurs who needed less than $300,000. But a proposed program, based on the number of new jobs a project creates, would provide small business loans up to $60,000. Page 2 tiumbed by the numbers State and local legislators and school officials gathered to hear a report that cost the county $7,000 about the future of local school finances.

Educators may not have learned much they didn't know before, but the picture painted by demographics didn't put them anymore at ease. Page 3 Christmas 'G3: Doughs and dears i Debbie Hornyak of Sev-erna Park jokes that when she goes, her secret goes with her but not before a quarter-million people see her doughboy Santas on a Smithsonian Institution Christmas tree this season. And if you want to learn about the children of the electronic '80s, Burton Hood's red-velvet covered lap is a good place to start. Page 2 i Wf i i DEBBIE HORNYAK Sport: THE AHUNutL SUN KAHL M. FEHHON Cradling tiny teddies, Norman Lee also hopes to raise the infant West Annapolis business district into a mature marketplace.

Mr. Lee, owner of Teddys 'N Treasures, heads a revived business group that represents several blocks of specialty shops off the beaten path in Annapolis, away from the well-trafficked City Dock and State House. See story, page 4. Babes in Toyland is gonmsg to the Semiate But Phil Jimeno didn't need his red suit to snag District 31's open seat By Christopher Kaltenbach Don't look a gift horse in the mouth, goes the proverb. But the thinker of that thought probably never made Pat O'Mal-ley's Christmas gift list for area sports personalities.

Page 16 An attractive team at Old Mill The defending Anne Arundel County champion in indoor track, Old Mill High School, has its sights on loftier goals. Page 16 I'Jeek in review Including reports from The Sun and The Evening Sun Maid charged In May murder Aloyse Cameron, an 82-year-old widow, was beaten with a large rock in her Shady Side home May 5 and left to die on her bed. She couldn't phone for help; her phone was disconnected. Investigators were at a loss, particularly after a county inmate who confessed to the murder turned out to be lying. Last week, detectives charged Anne Catherine Quetel, Mrs.

Cameron's 53-year-old maid, with first-degree murder. The motive: The widow discovered a $4,000 discrepancy in her bank statement and that some of her checks had been stolen and cashed, police said. Matlack Inc. fined for toxics Matiack Inc. Wednesday was fined $125,000 the second highest ever imposed for a criminal violation of Maryland's toxic waste laws for storing hazardous wastes without a permit discharging ally) alcohol in its waste water treatment plant and failing to determine whether wastes generated by its Belle Grove Road terminal in Brooklyn Park were hazardous.

The violations occured from late 1983 to mid-1985. Matiack pleaded guilty to the charges, while the defense attorney called the national bulk hauler "environmentally aware." In fact, the "Young Turk" tag given Brooklyn Park's Mr. Jimeno that year has stuck. During his time in Maryland's House of Delegates, Mr. Jimeno introduced a bill that gave county teachers the right to an impartial arbiter to decide work-related grievances.

He also headed a legislative subcommittee that looked into the county's school board nominating process last year, and pushed successfully for legislation to guarantee geographic representation on the board. The 38-year-old Mr. Jimeno was selected by a unanimous 12-0 vote, turning back challenges by W. Ray Huff, a Glen Burnle insurance agent who lost to Mr. Connell in 1982, and policeman William Steele, who has been active in Anne Arundel County's drug and alcohol abuse prevention program.

After Gov. Harry Hughes approved his selection, he was sworn in Friday morning during ceremonies in Annapolis. "I think we made an excellent choice," said William Turc. the central committee chairman. "I've talked to a lot of people in the different Democratic groups, in community associations, and the consensus was that it should be Phil Jimeno.

He must have a lot of support from a lot of people, because I've gotten a lot of phone calls." For his part. Mr. Jimeno said he looks forward to his new position not only because of the increased prestige that comes with a Senate seat, but also because he'll have the opportunity to reunify a District 31 legislative team that, since the 1982 elections, has been rocked by the The Arundel Sun Phil Jimeno pointed with mock outrage one day last week at the newspaper on his desk, open to a picture depicting a well-padded version of himself complete with a bushy white beard and brilliant red suit playing Santa Claus to a group of area youngsters. Santa was supposed to be Mr. Jimeno's "ace in the hole-Tuesday evening when the Anne Arundel County Democratic Central Committee met to choose a successor to State Sen.

Jerome F. Connell. D-Glen Burnle. forced to resign his Senate seat earlier this month when he was sentenced on a conviction for federal tax evasion. In his bid for Connell's post, Mr.

Jimeno figured even the most hard-hearted committee member couldn't vote against Santa Claus. Unfortunately for the delegate's plan, the newspaper emblazoned with his Kris Kringle impersonation didn't hit the streets until the morning after the committee meeting. "I was so desperate, I was even resorting to Santa Claus," Mr. Jimeno said. As it turned out.

Mr. Jimeno didn't need Santa or anyone else to help him win the seat. His performance during seven years as a state delegate representing the largely blue-collar District 31 in the General Assembly appeared more than ample. When first elected In 1978, Mr. Jimeno was one of three candidates who.

to the surprise of many in area politics, defeated Incumbent delegates John J. Fallon. William J. Helms and Harold Bachman. Please see JIMENO, Page 14 -t.