Atwood

Atwood "Woody" Collins III has meetings to get to, lots of meetings. The mayor's tax reform task force. The city's economic development board. The Greater Baltimore Committee. The Babe Ruth museum. A member of a dozen local boards and committees, the banker is omnipresent in Baltimore's civic life. Yet he's been in town only five years - transferred here when M&T Bank Corp. took over Allfirst Financial Inc. Tomorrow, Collins is slated to move up the civic hierarchy to board chairman of the Greater Baltimore Committee, a key business leadership group that with few exceptions in its 52-year history has been led by people with deep ties to the region.

WASHINGTON -- In the hardest line taken yet by government and international relief agencies to the outpouring from the public in a crisis, officials are accepting only monetary donations for Kosovar assistance after a series of troubled relief efforts that left workers overwhelmed with inappropriate contributions."

Ann Corio, the queen of burlesque who kept the tradition alive into the age of X-rated movies, died March 1 in Englewood, N.J. She was believed to be in her 80s. One of the last to practice the art of striptease as a put-on, Ms. Corio said her shows emphasized comedy and didn't contain full nudity.Stefan Hatos, 78, a longtime radio and television writer and producer and co-creator of the game show "Let's Make a Deal," died March 2 in Los Angeles.J. Leland "Lee" Atwood, 94, a key figure in the aerospace industry for more than 50 years while president and chief executive officer of Rockwell International Corp.

BOSTON -- Stephen Fagan's attorney and two daughters will meet Monday with Middlesex District Attorney Thomas Reilly to discuss a deal in which Fagan would plead guilty to parental kidnapping charges but escape jail time.The proposal, which sources said is likely to be accepted, would mark an abrupt turnaround from the public stance of prosecutors who had pledged to bring the case to trial.But faced with the daughters' unwavering support for Fagan -- who took the children from their mother 19 years ago and raised them under new identities in Florida -- prosecutors felt that they would have a difficult time persuading a judge or jury that Fagan deserved to be jailed, sources said.

A TRIP through center city toward South Baltimore one recent evening was an eye-opener for Mary Jo Atwood. At the intersection of St. Paul and Franklin streets, Atwood counted no fewer than 20 cars running the red light at 5: 45 p.m. -- and they were not in a funeral procession."

ATLANTA -- Atlanta businessman Cal Atwood, who spends his days in pristine offices, remembers the filthy horrors of the Battle of Iwo Jima as if it happened yesterday.This weekend's big Atlanta reunion of Iwo Jima veterans officially began last night. The guest of honor, former Navy corpsman George Wahlen of Roy, Utah, arrived today to participate in the gathering of 1,400 vets and their families at the Atlanta Airport Marriott.It was Mr. Atwood's idea to make Mr. Wahlen, 70, the guest of honor, because the Atlantan saw what Mr. Wahlen did to earn the the nation's highest award.

WASHINGTON -- The head of the U.S. foreign aid agency warned the Republican-controlled Congress yesterday that ill-considered cuts in his programs would aggravate food shortages, disease, illiteracy and environmental damage around the world and increase post-Cold War disorder."

"Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil" captures the essence of what makes truth stranger than fiction, and it is magical.John Berendt's true story about the people of Savannah, Ga., is a pleasure to read from beginning to end. It is alternately &L laugh-out-loud funny, astonishing, dark and eerily poetic.The graceful Southern city gently seethes in Mr. Berendt's book, court of ruthless snobbery and charming guile, seedy and posh all at once. We see Savannah and its cast of characters through his discerning eye for detail and his uncanny instinct for the nuggets that add up to a great story.

ANNAPOLIS -- He competes in a sport, long-distance running, that is recognized for its loneliness, and there is irony in that choice. For no one was ever more alone in this world than Bruce Frame.He was abandoned at birth and found outside a hospital, his umbilical cord still in place. For all anyone knows, his birthday might be the Fourth of July and, indeed, he fits the All-American image as a sophomore at the Naval Academy who was raised deep in the heart of Texas.But Bruce Frame knows his roots and counts his blessings.

WESTMINSTER - A Westminster-based Army Reserve unit has been called to serve at least six months of active duty in Texas as a result of the American military operations in the Middle East.Fifteen members of the 195th Army Reserve stationed at the Carroll County Army Reserve Center were notified last Wednesday that they were being activated and were flown to Fort Hood, Texas, Friday morning.The unit's chief warrant officer, Kirk W. Atwood, said the reservists, all specialized mechanics, were mobilized to another unit to help replace a heavy equipment maintenance division participating in the Desert Shield mobilization in Saudi Arabia.

Donald Russel Atwood, a retired hospital purchasing agent and former merchant marine officer, died of multiple organ failure Wednesday at the Blakehurst retirement community in Towson. He was 98. Mr. Atwood was born in Baltimore and raised near Druid Hill Park. He was a City College graduate. "During the Depression, he held many jobs, including being a Pinkerton detective," said his son, Theodore D. "Ted" Atwood of Roland Park, energy adviser to the Baltimore Department of Public Works.

Taking a motif and running with it, Elizabeth and Charles Atwood custom-built a house that could sit in the French countryside with wood shutters, timbers and flower baskets against the hand-troweled stucco-look exterior, and an interior to match. In planning the space, they wanted the flow of the rooms to be suitable for large-scale entertaining, family gatherings and children's parties. "It is a timeless generational house. It's French Provincial, with high-set door handles, the same theme throughout," Elizabeth Atwood said.

Proud of your petunias? Love your lavender? Tomorrow is the last day to submit your entries to The Sun's garden contest. Please send three glossy photos or jpegs, along with a brief description of your garden, to liz.atwood@baltsun.com or Liz Atwood, Lifestyles Editor, The Sun, 501 N. Calvert St., Baltimore 21278. With the help of local gardening experts, we'll select the best to be featured in the Modern Life section in early July. Amateur gardeners only, please.

Atwood "Woody" Collins III has meetings to get to, lots of meetings. The mayor's tax reform task force. The city's economic development board. The Greater Baltimore Committee. The Babe Ruth museum. A member of a dozen local boards and committees, the banker is omnipresent in Baltimore's civic life. Yet he's been in town only five years - transferred here when M&T Bank Corp. took over Allfirst Financial Inc. Tomorrow, Collins is slated to move up the civic hierarchy to board chairman of the Greater Baltimore Committee, a key business leadership group that with few exceptions in its 52-year history has been led by people with deep ties to the region.

We're looking for the best-looking private gardens in Baltimore and its surrounding counties. The gardens can be as large as a country meadow or as small as an apartment balcony. Sun, shade or water gardens - we'd like to find the best of all. Please send three glossy photos or jpegs, along with a brief description of the garden to liz.atwood@baltsun.com or Liz Atwood, Lifestyles Editor, The Sun, 501 N. Calvert St., Baltimore, MD, 21278. With the help of local gardening experts, we'll select the best to be featured in the Modern Life section in early July.

Holiday outings -- Waiting for Santa to appear at the end of the Christmas parade, shopping for the perfect Christmas tree or gathering the family together for the lighting of the menorah. We want to hear about the traditions you and your family keep on the weekends leading to the winter holidays. If you have a favorite place or activity, let us know. Write to Liz Atwood, features department, The Sun, 501 N. Calvert St. 21278 or send e-mail to sun.features@baltsun.com by Dec. 1. Please put "Holiday Plans" in the subject line.

Waiting for Santa to appear at the end of the Christmas parade. Shopping for the perfect Christmas tree or gathering the family together for the lighting of the menorah. We want to hear about the traditions you and your family keep on the weekends leading to the winter holidays. If you have a favorite place to go or activity to do, let us know. Write to Liz Atwood, features department, The Sun, 501 N. Calvert St. 21278 or e-mail sun.features@baltsun.com.

She's not mayor yet, but Sheila Dixon hosted her first formal post-election announcement in the City Hall conference room reserved for Baltimore's chief executive. It was a symbolic, but telling, way to show she's comfortable in that space. And all the right people were in the room. Her transition team represents a cross-section of Baltimore: black and white, figures from previous administrations and the present one, the business sector and the community, who have invested their brains and talent in improving the quality of life in the city.

Waiting for Santa to appear at the end of the Christmas parade. Shopping for the perfect Christmas tree or gathering the family together for the lighting of the menorah. We want to hear about the traditions you and your family keep on the weekends leading to the winter holidays. If you have a favorite place to go or activity to do, let us know. Write to Liz Atwood, features department, The Sun, 501 N. Calvert St. 21278 or e-mail sun.features@baltsun.com.

On May 5, 2006, CHESTER CASE BALDWIN, of Mercy Ridge, Timonium, MD; beloved husband of Maria A. Baldwin (nee Gutberlet); devoted father of Christopher Perry Baldwin, of Henderson, NV, Julia Anne Lozovoy, of Novato, CA, Jane Doxsee Ball, of Phoenix, AZ; dear step-father of Rachel Atwood Huber, of Milford, MI, Mea Atwood Holloway, of Baltimore, MD, Suzannah Atwood Chapple, of Penn Valley, CA and the late Ronald Louis Atwood. Also survived by 12 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.