Thursday, April 19, 2012
Whether it's Bandstand or the "Corny Collins Show," dance shows marked an era of change. Where were you when poodle skirts gave way to bell bottom jeans?
Hearing of the death of Dick Clark probably brought up different memories for different people, depending on their generation. Clark may have been best known as the host of New Years Eve festivities from Times Square but for Baby Boomers, Clark's name was synonymous with rock 'n roll music and the iconic television show American Bandstand. Clark was instrumental in the careers of hundreds of musicians, singers, rock groups and celebrities, and his death sparked an outpouring of sentiment from the Hollywood community. Bandstand also had personal meaning for the generations who watched as America's musical backdrop turned from the Big Band era to a rich mix of genres -- from blues and soul to gospel and Motown, with Clark's cleancut image …
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Students speak of life lessons from late scholars program director, colleagues speak of a loving friend.
Hundreds of students, alumni, faculty and staff filled UMBC's University Center ballroom for a noon memorial service to celebrate the life of LaMont Toliver, the director of the Meyerhoff Scholars Program and assistant dean of undergraduate studies who died suddenly while at work on Feb. 28. After the UMBC Gospel Choir and Jubilee Singers performed "Lift Every Voice and Sing" and "Total Praise," speakers in turn shared their impressions of Toliver during an hour-long ceremony punctuated with tears and laughter. "Did you know LaMont? If you said yes, you have at least one story or humorous tale to tell," said Earnestine Baker, executive director of the Meyerhoff Scholars Program, who hired Toliver 23 years ago. "I have many, and will …
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Memorial service Wednesday for assistant dean who died Feb. 28.
Ever since LaMont Toliver passed away unexpectedly on Feb. 28, the outpouring of emotion and remembrance in the UMBC community has been continuous. Toliver, the assistant dean for undergraduate education and director of the Meyerhoff Scholars Program became a mentor and friend to many during his 22 years at UMBC, according to a tribute page set up for people to express their thoughts about him and his legacy. Among the comments: I love Mr. Toliver because he was 'that guy' for the students. He had a way of reaching the students on such a personal level...I remember him asking us what integrity meant. Being individuals who always wanted to be the best, we tried to use all of these complex and flowery definitions. But Mr Toliver broke it …
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Noon service in University Center ballroom for LaMont Toliver, assistant dean at UMBC who died Feb. 28.
The UMBC community is holding a memorial service for LaMont Toliver, the school's director of the Meyerhoff Scholars Program and assistant dean for undergraduate education, who died suddenly on Feb. 28. The service will be held on Wednesday, Mar. 7 at noon in the ballroom of the University Center, and is expected to last about an hour. A viewing will be held with the Toliver family on Wednesday from 5-7 p.m. at March Funeral Home - West at 4300 Wabash Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21215. The funeral home will also be open for viewing hours from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. A "Family Hour" and viewing will be held on Thursday, Mar. 8, from 10-11 a.m. at The People's Community Baptist Church at 31 Norwood Road, Silver Spring, 20905. A service will be held …
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Friends and colleagues attended a public memorial for Ron Smith, the longtime WBAL radio talk show host who died in December.
WBAL Radio has video and audio from the service. Before he died, Ron Smith told friends not to pity him, mourn him or cry for him while he was alive or after he was gone. There was plenty of mourning, and a little crying, but also laughter and joy at a public memorial service for Smith, the popular former WBAL radio talk show host, in Kraushaar Auditorium on the campus of Goucher College in Towson on Tuesday. Onstage, several yards from the Ravens purple-draped lectern, were a folded American flag and a WBAL microphone, upon which shone a lone spotlight. Smith died Dec. 19 at age 70, following a brief but public battle with pancreatic cancer. Hundreds of friends, colleagues and dignitaries turned out for the ceremony, including U.S. …
Cherry Marshall was the pastor of Hope Presbyterian Church in Arbutus
Cherry Marshall, a Catonsville resident and retired pastor of Hope Presbyterian Church in Arbutus, has died. Marshall died days after she retired from being pastor of the church, where a party was held after her last service Jan. 8, according to the Catonsville Times. An obituary is available on Catonsville Patch. A memorial service will be held at Hope Presbyterian Church on Saturday, Jan. 21 at 11 a.m. In lieu of flowers, your greatest gift would be to remember Cherry with a memorial donation to her beloved Hope Church (4748 Shelbourne Road, Baltimore, MD 21227). Services are being handled by Russell Craig Witzke – Funerals and Cremations, P.A..
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Lifelong Catonsville resident passed away Dec. 30.
Former State Senator and lifelong Catonsville resident Nancy Murphy passed away on Dec. 30, according to obituaries posted online. A graduate of Catonsville High School and what was then Catonsville Community College, Murphy served in the Maryland House of Delegates from 1983 to 1989 and in the Maryland Senate from 1989 to 1994. She was a longtime member of Catonsville United Methodist Church and is remembered around town for working concessions at little league games as well as dropping off cookies and desserts to the Wilkens Police Station. Funeral arrangements are being handled by Sterling Ashton Schwab Witzke Funeral Home Visitation hours will be from Tuesday from 3-5 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. and on Wednesday from 3-5 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. A …
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Smith, who spent 26 years on WBAL's airwaves, died after battle with pancreatic cancer.
Longtime WBAL Radio host Ron Smith has died following a brief, public battle with pancreatic cancer, the station announced Monday evening. Smith died in hospice care at his Shrewsbury, PA home surrounded by his wife and family, according to the station. He was 70. Smith's family will hold a private funeral, with a public memorial service to be announced. The Baltimore Sun has published an obituary of Smith, who spent 26 years at WBAL Radio and several years as an anchor on WBAL-TV. From 2008 until this October, he also wrote a column in the Sun. Smith was born Dec. 2, 1941 in Troy, NY. His experience included time in the Marine Corps and early broadcasting jobs in Haverhill, MA and Albany, NY. In October, Smith announced on his morning …
Monday, December 12, 2011
Lansdowne junior Bridget Herold, 16, struck by car and killed Dec. 8.
Bridget Catherine Herold, 16, a junior at Lansdowne High School, was struck by a vehicle and killed near her Baltimore Highlands home on the afternoon of Dec. 8. She was a typical teenage girl who wrote poetry and short stories, preoccupied with shopping and make-up, said her mother, Patty. "She was a good girl," Patty Herold said. "She loved people and was always respectful. She really just loved life. She had a twinkle in her eye and the best laugh." According to police, at around 4:45 p.m. on Thursday afternoon, Herold was crossing from the west side of Annapolis Road at the corner of Ohio Avenue, and was struck by a southbound 2011 RAV-4 driven by Elvira Santiaga Urias, 19, of the 100-block of Cherry Lane in Glen Burnie. The right …
Thursday, August 25, 2011
A Memphis-to-Arbutus adventure serial.
Over the summer, before fall classes began, one of the emergency health services faculty members at UMBC asked me to participate in a study he was conducting for his Ph.D. Jeffrey Mitchell was a pioneer in the study of a form of post-traumatic stress called critical incident stress. Nearing completion of his doctorate in psychology at the time, Mitchell was gathering data on the prevalence and other characteristics of critical incident stress among EMTs and paramedics. Mitchell is co-founder and president emeritus of the Ellicott City-based International Critical Incident Stress Foundation, which today helps first responders in crisis all around the world. But none of this existed back then; critical incident stress was not yet widely …
James Marvell
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