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The Sun in Carroll Wednesday, November 21, $001: Page 5b REGIONAL Regional Digest INT IT? 'J jj Ill) Sl ft a irr Mi. if i i it i ir-: rrv 'v r. T4 i Web site, www.hJweinbergfounda-tion.org or by calling the Owings Mills foundation at 410-654-8500. Applications must be received by 5 p.m.Dec.21. In Prince George's Backlog of warrants defies catch-up efforts UPPER MARLBORO A task force that arrested 322 felony suspects last month an average of 12 a day didn't significantly reduce Prince George's County's backlog of outstanding felony warrants, Sheriff Alonzo D.

Black said yesterday. "We tried to concentrate on our 300 most serious warrants, some of the most violent crimes occurring in our county," Black said. When Black took office in 1999, the county had 45,000 outstanding warrants. The county now has 38,000 to 40,000 outstanding. From staff and wire reports FIND IT.

C. www.sunspot.net HHS nil a Where supply meets demand. 410-539-7700 MAROI 01 06003 In Frederick County Fighter jets escort copter from Camp David airspace THURMONT A helicopter was escorted from restricted airspace surrounding the Camp David presidential retreat yesterday, a state police spokesman said. The incursion yesterday morning was the latest in a series into restricted airspace since the no-fly zone around the compound was expanded after the terrorist attacks Sept. 11.

The helicopter was escorted from the airspace by two military jets and was being tracked so the pilot could be questioned after landing, said Cpl. Rob Moroney, a state police spokesman. In Maryland Lobbyist leaves prison, goes to halfway house BALTIMORE Former Annapolis lobbyist Gerard E. Evans, convicted last year of fleecing his clients out of $400,000, was transferred Friday from federal prison to a halfway house. Evans spent less than a year of his 30-month sentence for mail fraud in federal prison.

He could be released from custody by May 13 if he completes a drug and alcohol abuse program. Evans was sentenced for scheming to gain lobbying fees by leading clients to believe legislation would be introduced subjecting them to expensive lawsuits. Leadership training offered nonprofit groups BALTIMORE -The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation has started a fellowship program to help train leaders of nonprofit organizations that serve the disadvantaged. Applications and information can be found at the foundation's KARL IIERTON PERRON SUN STAFF Preparing for move: Paola Donoso deft), office manager of Organization of HispanicLatin Americans of Anne Arundel County, talks with legal coordinator Mary Schumaker. Group serves Hispanics in Anne Arundel MUM) mm- omtiiMP 1 Opening of new office coincides with expanded goals and reorganization By Johnathon E.

Brioos SUN STAFF range from helping Hispanics with immigration paperwork and employment disputes to providing English classes, life-skills training and better access to social services. One thing that won't change is the organization's threefold brochure that reads, "OHLA Inc. honoring the promise." And in case anyone has forgotten that promise, there is a picture of the Statue of Liberty, her eyes focused, with the words: "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free." "We want to create a bridge between government agencies and Hispanic immigrants," said Ferrell, who was wearing a Statue of Liberty pin on his lapel during a recent tour of OHLA's new office. Hispanics make up 6.4 percent of the Annapolis population, up from 483 in 1990 to 2,301 last year. In Anne Arundel County, the Hispanic population increased by 89 percent during the past decade, from 6,815 to 12,902, the figures show.

ated 18 hours a week from a small trailer at the Allen Apartments in Parole. But at a ceremony today, the organization will unveil its new two-story office, along with new goals. "We've accomplished a lot of things, but there's a lot more that needs to be done," said OHLA president Rick Ferrell, 66, who is Cuban-American. "We didn't have the space before." With two floors of space, OHLA is seeking to regularly sponsor countywide Hispanic Town Meetings, expand its education programs, train more bilingual conflict-resolution counselors to mediate disputes arising from cultural differences and fill the holes in existing county services for Spanish-speakers. The new goals require a reorganization.

OHLA will now be structured into five departments: referral and assistance, education, legal, health and housing, clothing and food. The organization wants to better deliver its services, which At the Annapolis Intersection of West Street and Madison Place, the whir of drills, the pounding of jackhammers and the roar of bull- dozers alert passersby that West Street's renaissance is taking shape. In the middle of the cacophony, staffers with the Organization of HispanicLatin Americans of Anne Arundel County have been quietly building a foundation of their own one that they hope will cement their position as the premier provider of immigrant services for the county's burgeoning Hispanic population. For the past three years, the organization known as OHLA, which helps newly arrived Hispanics integrate into American life, had oper mi ii --ir- ii i n-rifff Now in our 32nd year! Whore supply meets demani 202 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, WESTMINSTER, MD. 410-857-5300 410-876-1227 www.

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