Duckpins for SUDC, Police Captain Swap and School Board Budget Hearings

This week we had a good variety of stories featured on Glen Burnie Patch including coverage of the , a feature on a Sudden Unexplained Death in Childhood (SUDC) fundraiser and a switch in commands at the and Southern police districts.

Members of the PTA spoke at a Board of Education budget hearing Jan. 13, explaining why instead of being separated into two buildings by grade levels. A Jan. 11 meeting was scheduled to be held at was canceled due to inclement weather that also let county students out two hours early.

Patch contributor Collin Wojciechowski wrote of his , urging interested high school juniors to attend an so they can learn more about becoming the board's next student member.

Baltimore parents Julie and Pete Dowley held a fundraiser at Glen Burnie Bowl in who died suddenly in August 2009 from what is called Sudden Unexplained Death in Childhood (SUDC). They said they hope to raise awareness of the lesser-known diagnosis that is similar to sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) but for children over the age of 1.

On Friday we brought you a story about the . Capt. William “Bill” Krampf took over Capt. Joseph Jordan’s command at the Northern District with Jordan taking over for Krampf in the Southern District.

Councilman Daryl Jones (D-1st District) of Severn held a meet-and-greet at in Marley Station Mall. He spoke with constituents, learned about the boxing gym and with a young Glen Burnie boxer, Will Unkle.

In sports, the in our , their first loss of the season. We also brought you a feature on , a standout wrestler at .

We continue to ask that you urge your coaches to submit scores for our . We hope to make this a one-stop location to get scores for all of and North County sports teams, but we can't do it without your help. If you see that we're missing scores, shoot us an e-mail or ask your coach to e-mail us with the information.

Our weekly columns featured a fitting piece from in and Gloria Dietz visiting to in . And I visited for this week’s and enjoyed having . Keep sending your suggestions of places a new .

Please continue to keep us posted with your story ideas and tips. Have a great week!