Baltimore Polytechnic Institute

J. Donald Paulus: The obituary for J. Donald Paulus in yesterday's editions incorrectly identified his high school. He was a 1944 graduate of Baltimore Polytechnic Institute.The Sun regrets the error.

Two of Maryland's greatest self-made men of recent years - Under Armour founder Kevin Plank and Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti - have taken the routine renewal of their companies' marketing agreement and are extending it to a combined philanthropic effort focused on Baltimore City schools and children. Both men see a healthy Baltimore as essential to the well-being of the state (and, not incidentally, their own success), and they say they want to do whatever they can to improve it. Their idea to combine "a little money, a little exposure and a little arm-twisting" to find ways of inspiring city youth and convincing others to join in their efforts has real potential.

An index item in Saturday's editions overstated the scope of a disciplinary action against members of the senior class at Baltimore Polytechnic Institute. The item should have said that some members of the class faced suspension rather than that the class as a whole faced suspension.The Sun regrets the errors.

Police arrested a 10 t h grader at Baltimore Polytechnic Institute for allegedly possessing a handgun, the city public school system announced Monday. The boy, whose name was not released, was taken to the Baltimore City Juvenile Justice Center. He faces "maximum consequences," including expulsion, according to a statement from the school system's public information office. Poly police and administrators tracked the student down after receiving a "tip from Baltimore police," the statement said.

On Saturday, April 29, 2006, of Edgewater, formerly of Chesapeake Beach. The son of the late William E. and Mary E. Cummings, Mr. Cummings was born in Baltimore on August 1, 1943 where he graduated from Baltimore Polytechnic Institute. Mr. Cummings served in the Coast Guard during the Vietnam War. He was the owner of Cruise Holidays of Annapolis and retired in 2001 from Northrop Grumman, where he was an engineer. Surviving are his wife, Dolores, his son, Eric O. Cummings of Lexington, SC, his daughter, Jaime L. Cummings, his sister, Patricia Bart, both of Baltimore and two granddaughters.

Baltimore city recycling bins Tomorrow, residents can buy one of two types of containers at four locations, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Twenty-five-gallon bins will be sold for $6, half the regular price. Eighteen-gallon bins will be sold for $5, the regular price. The locations are: Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, 1400 W. Cold Spring Lane Montebello Elementary School, 2040 E. 32nd St. Patterson High School, 100 Kane St. Edmondson-Westside Skill Center, 501 Athol Ave. On Sunday, discounted bins will be available at Northwestern High School, 6900 Park Heights Ave.

Retired Army Lt. Col. Paul E. Waters, who taught at Baltimore Polytechnic Institute for 11 years, died Friday of emphysema at Baltimore County General Hospital. He was 72 and lived on Stevenswood Road in Randallstown.A mass of Christian burial for Colonel Waters was being offered today at Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Church, Liberty Heights Avenue and Edgewood Road.His wife, the former Doris Blay, died in 1982.He is survived by two sons, Army Maj. Robert M. Waters, who is stationed in Germany, and Anthony D. Waters of Miami; a daughter, Patricia W. Kidwell of Ellicott City; three sisters, H. Louise Gambrill of Baltimore, Lois E. White of Pikesville and M. Doris Waters of Randallstown; a brother, Raymond Lawrence Waters Jr. of Baltimore; and four grandchildren.

Frank George Hejduk, 77, founder and president of Beltway Electric Inc., died Thursday at his Fullerton home of cardiac arrest.A mass of Christian burial was being offered today at St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, 8420 Belair Road, Fullerton.After graduating from Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, Mr. Hejduk went to work for the Glenn L. Martin Co., where he gained extensive experience in dealing with electricity. He worked for the company 20 years.He also was active in the Cardinal Gibbons Council of the Knights of Columbus.

Christmas trees will be picked up with the trash and recycled in Baltimore on the second collection day of each week.Residents also may wait to put out their trees until their designated Clean Sweep Day, when city crews collect bulk trash from neighborhoods, until Feb. 6.Christmas trees also may be taken to the parking lots at Baltimore Polytechnic Institute and Memorial Stadium today and tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.Residents who bring their trees to...

Salvatore A. "Tony" Rao, a Baltimore native who traveled widely abroad as a civil engineer with the U.S. Army, died Feb. 23 of a heart attack at Winchester Memorial Hospital in Winchester, Va., where he had lived for 17 years.A memorial Mass for Mr. Rao, 53, will be offered at 1 p.m. Saturday at St. Leo's Roman Catholic Church, 227 S. Exeter St.He was a graduate of Baltimore Polytechnic Institute and, in 1960, of the University of Maryland. Five years later, he married Mary Lynn Keiper of Baltimore.

Gail Pickering of Baltimore put some gasoline aside last winter when her snow plow broke down. Months later she tried giving it away but found out it was too old to use. Pickering finally parted with the petrol on Saturday, dropping it off at the city Department of Public Works household hazardous waste drop-0ff at Baltimore Polytechnic Institute. The event began around 8:30 and by about three hours later more than 220 cars had lined up to drop off such items as household cleaners, automobile oils and wood treatments.

WILLIAM IVAN (BILL) SHORTER passed away, peacefully, without pain and with a smile on his face, January 20, 2009 at the Genesis Loch Raven Center in Baltimore. Bill was born in Baltimore, MD to William Eugene and Bernice Iva Hawkins. Bill was a proud graduate of the Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania (where he received his Bachelors in Mathematics) and Cornell University in New York (where he received his Masters in Applied Mathematics). Bill married Minnie C. Waters in Rockville, MD. He was a devoted husband.

CHARLES W. PATTERSON, JR., a retired Steelworker and longtime Dundalk resident, died on August 22, 2008, he was 73. Mr. Patterson grew up in Baltimore and graduated from Baltimore Polytechnic Institute and The University of Baltimore. He served honorably in the United States Air Force. Mr. Patterson was the furnace operator of the basic oxygen furnace at Bethlehem Steel Inc., at Sparrows Point, when he retired. He had 50 years of distinguished service. Mr. Patterson is survived by his wife Patricia, his children Charles W. Patterson and his wife Julie, Patricia Jones and her husband Robert and Linda Patterson-Pupo and her husband Michael.

Baltimore city recycling bins Tomorrow, residents can buy one of two types of containers at four locations, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Twenty-five-gallon bins will be sold for $6, half the regular price. Eighteen-gallon bins will be sold for $5, the regular price. The locations are: Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, 1400 W. Cold Spring Lane Montebello Elementary School, 2040 E. 32nd St. Patterson High School, 100 Kane St. Edmondson-Westside Skill Center, 501 Athol Ave. On Sunday, discounted bins will be available at Northwestern High School, 6900 Park Heights Ave.

On December 3, 2006, NANCY ELLEN FORGIONE of Baltimore, MD, beloved wife of A. Michael Hill and devoted mother of Albert M., and Owen F. Hill, dear daughter of Philomena Cedrone Forgione and the late Alfred Forgione, loving sister of Donald P. Forgione and his wife Denise of Baltimore, MD., Julie A. Forgione and her husband, John McCormack of New York, NY and James T. Forgione and his partner Daniel J. Bender of San Francisco, CA. Friends may call at...

HOLIDAY EVENT THANKSGIVING PARADE Usher in the holidays with the Best Buy Thanksgiving Parade downtown Saturday. This year's 55th annual parade includes marching bands from Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, Randallstown High School and Dulaney High School, as well as the Baltimore Westsiders, Charm City Challengers and USA Cheerleaders. Other participants include Miss Maryland 2006, Mrs. Maryland International, the Baltimore City Mounted Police and performers from the Night of 100 Elvises.

Donald R. Sharretts, retired chairman of the board of a food brokerage company, died of respiratory disease Sept. 13 at Montgomery General Hospital in Olney. He was 83.A memorial service for Mr. Sharretts will be at noon Saturday in the chapel at Leisure World, the Silver Spring retirement community where he lived.In 1988, he became chairman emeritus of the board of Sharretts and Bush Inc., which he helped to start in 1972 in the Baltimore area.Earlier, he worked for other food brokerage firms.

Police arrested a 10 t h grader at Baltimore Polytechnic Institute for allegedly possessing a handgun, the city public school system announced Monday. The boy, whose name was not released, was taken to the Baltimore City Juvenile Justice Center. He faces "maximum consequences," including expulsion, according to a statement from the school system's public information office. Poly police and administrators tracked the student down after receiving a "tip from Baltimore police," the statement said.

On Saturday, April 29, 2006, of Edgewater, formerly of Chesapeake Beach. The son of the late William E. and Mary E. Cummings, Mr. Cummings was born in Baltimore on August 1, 1943 where he graduated from Baltimore Polytechnic Institute. Mr. Cummings served in the Coast Guard during the Vietnam War. He was the owner of Cruise Holidays of Annapolis and retired in 2001 from Northrop Grumman, where he was an engineer. Surviving are his wife, Dolores, his son, Eric O. Cummings of Lexington, SC, his daughter, Jaime L. Cummings, his sister, Patricia Bart, both of Baltimore and two granddaughters.

Western High School students and parents are rightly upset by the Baltimore school system's decision to reduce admission requirements for half of the school's incoming class. It's a puzzling move that sends a mixed message about the value of learning and seems to contradict the system's efforts to raise, rather than lower, standards. In existence since 1844, Western is the oldest all-girls public high school in the country and one of Baltimore's top high schools, with a college acceptance rate of 100 percent.