Ambrose

This week's cold snap reminded me that it is time to try to make the house into an insulated bunker, sealing leaks, stopping drafts. There seem to be about 1,000 fronts on this battle. Tactics range from putting another layer of insulation in the attic, to inserting foam-insulating plates on the electrical outlets of outside walls, to putting sweeps on the bottoms of outside doors. They are all pretty boring. The only weatherization procedure that sounds like fun to me is detecting drafts by carrying a lighted incense stick around the house, watching to see where the smoke disappears.

Maryland Natural Resources Police are investigating a boating accident that claimed the life of a 19-year-old Rising Sun man Sunday evening. Robert Lee Ambrose and two other adults were riding in a 14- foot jon boat, an open, flat-bottomed craft with a 20-horsepower outboard engine, near Garrett Island in the Susquehanna River. None of the three was wearing a life jacket when they were thrown from the boat shortly after 7 p.m., police said. With its motor still running, the unmanned boat circled the area.

Minutes before the start of their trial yesterday, five defendants pleaded guilty in the fatal shooting of a Pigtown barmaid, promising an end to a case that sparked an unusual 13-month ordeal for her family and exposed racial divisions in the Southwest Baltimore neighborhood.The five, ranging in age from 15 to 26 at the time of the shooting, were friends and runaways who had plotted the robbery of Rainbow's Pigtown Bar just before midnight Feb. 11, 1998. Barmaid Theresa E. Ambrose, a 35-year-old mother of two known for giving Christmas presents to the Washington Boulevard homeless, was the only staffer on duty in her father's tavern.

Pauline McIvor Foster, 74,telephone supervisorPauline McIvor Foster, a retired telephone company supervisor, died Sunday of a heart attack at home in Concord, Va. She was 74 and also lived on Ellamont Street in Northwest Baltimore.Born in Concord, Va., she graduated from Campbell County Training School in Rustburg, Va., in 1942 and moved to Turners Station in eastern Baltimore County, where she worked in a physician's office.She then joined the old Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. of Maryland and worked as an operator and later supervisor in Baltimore for 30 years.

Disabled and elderly citizens could take buses to hospitals and clinics in Baltimore City and Baltimore County, under spending increases for the Howard Area Transit System proposed by County Executive James N. Robey.The proposal for HATS-Ride, which would cost approximately $85,000, was described last night at a meeting of the Public Transportation Board in Ellicott City.Robey has requested $3.8 million for transit programs for fiscal year 2000 -- a 34 percent increase over the $2.5 million allocated for this fiscal year, which ends June 30. The budget was sent to the County Council last week.

At a Howard County Public Transportation Board hearing last night, county transit officials outlined their request for an increase in funding for next year.Carl Balser, the county's transportation planning chief, said officials are optimistic about receiving the nearly $3 million in operating funds for the fiscal year that begins July 1.Last year, the county appropriated about $2.2 million for the transit system."I think we're going to get funding in all of the categories," Balser said. "Whether we're going to get as much as we asked for is another question."

Most sports heroes are cheered for their physical prowess. Here's one worth cheering simply for her ability to walk.A woman who once was a model athlete, and now can't carry a cup of coffee without fear of spilling it.A woman who said she was shunned by her mother, and never much knew her father.A woman who lost almost everything, and will never be whole again.Melissa Ambrose, 31, was a three-sport athlete entering her junior year at South Hagerstown High when her world collapsed in July 1985.

It's deja vu all over again at Corridor Transportation Corp.Ray Ambrose, transit administrator for 10 years until he left in May to work for Yellow Transportation, will be back at his old job starting Nov. 15, said Walter Townshend, president and chief executive officer of the Baltimore-Washington Chamber of Commerce, who has been filling in.The chamber oversees the corporation, a private nonprofit operation that provides bus services in portions of Howard,...

Diane Ambrose remembers the first thing her neighbors told her when she moved to Southwest Baltimore four years ago."If you hear gunshots, hit the floor," Ambrose said.Ambrose remembered the warning last week when 13-year-old Shenea Counts was shot to death in drug war cross-fire on Bentalou Street around the corner.The killing followed that of a Park Heights pastor, the Rev. Junior Lee Gamble, 73, in a $15 robbery a week earlier. No arrest has been made in either case.The summer mayhem -- down somewhat from last year -- happens in the throes of the city's most competitive mayor's race in 28 years.

Theresa E. Ambrose's parents wept, but her daughter refused to listen when the five people who killed the Pigtown barmaid told family members yesterday in Baltimore Circuit Court that they were sorry."

Sadly on November 4, 2009 JOHN GLACKEN. Devoted husband of Ellen; cherished father of Michelle, Melissa and Sherry; dear "Poppy" of seven grandchildren; loving brother of Jimmy Katzenberger and Janet Sieck. Also survived by many loving family members and friends. Friends may call at the family-owned AMBROSE FUNERAL HOME OF LANSDOWNE, 2719 Hammonds Ferry Road Monday 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. where a funeral service will be held Tuesday 11 A.M. Interment private. Donations may be directed to the family to help offset funeral costs.

Sadly on October 23, 2009, JOHN H. BROWN, JR. Loving son of Ola Mae Brown, loving husband of the late Ora May Brown. Father of Millie Sparra, Johnathan Brown, Tammy Scragg, Rebecca Brown, and April Brown. Grandfather to four grandchildren. Also survived by loving brothers, sisters, nieces, and nephews. Friends may call at the family-owned AMBROSE FUNERAL HOME OF LANSDOWNE, 2719 Hammonds Ferry Rd., Tuesday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9pm, where a funeral service will be held at 8pm. Interment private.

On October 20, 2009, BENJAMIN E. WORTMAN, JR.; beloved husband of Roberta C. Wortman; loving father of Angela Tucker, Benjamin, David, Jeff and Lizzy Wortman; dear brother of Doris Wortman and Lisa Barnabae. Also survived by many grandchildren, nieces, nephews, family members and friends. Relatives and friends may call at the family owned AMBROSE FUNERAL HOME OF LANSDOWNE, 2719 Hammonds Ferry Road, Lansdowne, MD, 21227, on Friday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M., where funeral service will be held on Saturday beginning at 9 A.M. Interment Cedar Hill Cemetery.

On October 20, 2009, BENJAMIN E. WORTMAN, JR.; beloved husband of Roberta C. Wortman; loving father of Angela Tucker, Benjamin, David, Jeff and Lizzy Wortman; dear brother of Doris Wortman and Lisa Barnabae. Also survived by many grandchildren, nieces, nephews, family members and friends. Relatives and friends may call at the family owned AMBROSE FUNERAL HOME OF LANSDOWNE, 2719 Hammonds Ferry Road, Lansdowne, MD, 21227, on Friday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M., where funeral service will be held on Saturday beginning at 9 A.M. Interment Cedar Hill Cemetery.

Towson University's new football coach speaks in slogans and evokes big-picture concepts. Ask Rob Ambrose why he thinks he can win at a school that lost 17 games the past two seasons and he replies: "My wife [Melissa] pointed out to me once that happiness in life is managed expectations. We're building something." Ask what the Tigers can expect when they report for training camp Aug. 9, and he says, after a pause: "A wise man said hard work and discipline is the exercise that makes punishment unnecessary."

Calvin Ambrose Jr. and the late Theresa Ambrose are pleased to announce the marriage of their daughter, Crystal Ambrose to Jeffrey Cohen, son of Neal and Sandi Cohen. The wedding was held on May 23, 2009 at the MGM Grand Las Vegas, Nevada. Rabbi officiated. The bride was escorted to the chuppah by her brother, Calvin Ambrose 3rd. A candle was lit in memory of the bride's mother, Theresa Ambrose. After a honeymoon in Hawaii, the couple will reside in Reisterstown, MD.

On April 24, 2009, Henry W. Dorn, age 84, of Wilmington, DE, formerly of Baltimore, MD. Husband of the late Mildred N. (Bartoch) Dorn. Father of Paula Ambrose (Jay), Phyllis Wilson (John), William Dorn, and Robert Dorn (Debbie), all of Wilmington, DE. Brother of Gloria Sipes of Maryland. Grandfather of four. Services are private. Contributions to Compassionate Care Hospice, 5610 Kirkwood Highway, Wilmington, DE 19808. To sign guest register, visit spicermullikin.com (302/328-2213).

Sadly on March 17, 2009 Helen D. Zimmerman Family members and friends may call at the family owned AMBROSE FUNERAL HOME, INC., 1328 Sulphur Spring Road, Arbutus on Sunday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. where a service will be held on Monday at 10 A.M. Interment to follow at Loudon Park Cemetery. www.ambrosefuneralhomes.com

The quarterback took the snap, rolled to his right and set to pass. From nowhere, a 300-pound lineman barreled into Rob Ambrose, shattering his hip and ending his playing days at Towson State. As it turned out, the lineman might have done Ambrose a favor that day at practice in 1992. Finished as a player, Ambrose turned to coaching, launching a career that has now brought him back to Towson University as head football coach. "Your alma mater is like your mother. When momma calls, you come home," Ambrose said yesterday at a news conference introducing him as the fourth head coach in Towson's 40-year football history.

Suddenly on October 10, 2008, Lehman Ross. Private services by AMBROSE FUNERAL HOME, INC. www.ambrosefuneralhomes.com