Barber

The 2001 major league season begins today with the Baltimore Orioles at a crossroads, shifting away from a dependence on veterans and free agents and toward a more youthful cast featuring homegrown talent. But this isn't the first time in the club's long history that it has undertaken such a change. In 1960, with a group of rookie pitchers nicknamed the "Kiddie Corps" and an assortment of other new faces, the Orioles managed to challenge the New York Yankees for the American League pennant for the first time.

This past season, Hood labored its way through a 3-14 season, which included a winless 0-8 record in the Middle Atlantic Conference and the jettisoning of head coach Jeremy Mattoon. But assistant coach Brad Barber predicated that the team would reverse course next spring. “Next year, I think it's going to be a totally different story,” he said. “If we have this conversation next year, I think you'll have a totally different view of Hood College lacrosse. I'm fairly confident.

Willie Alexander Harry, a well-known Baltimore barber whose York Road shop catered to figures from the world of sports and entertainment, died July 5 of complications from leukemia at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. The longtime Northeast Baltimore resident was 81. The son of a railroader and a seamstress, Mr. Harry was born in Lynchburg, S.C. When he was young, his family moved to a home on Portland Street in Pigtown. Mr. Harry was a 1949 graduate of Carver Vocational-Technical High School, where he studied shoe repair.

A shave and a haircut of yesteryear cost the proverbial two bits, 25 cents. A shave alone at The Old Bank Barbers, a soon-to-open barber shop on The Avenue in Hampden, will cost $25. It won't be any old shave, though. Owner Daniel Wells promises an old-fashioned, full-face, straight-edge shave, complete with hot lather, in a leather chair with a headrest that leans back. "It's an old-school barber shop with the tile floors," said Wells, who hopes to open this month at 1100 W. 36th St., the former site of Sixteen Tons, a men's clothing store.

On July 28, 2004, ROBERT BARBER, beloved husband of the late Marion Barber (nee Schenk) and the late Dora Zaba; devoted father of Dr. Wayne Barber, of Owings Mills, MD; loving father-in-law of Karen Barber; beloved brother of the late Irma Knable; loving grandfather of Amanda and Gregory Barber. Services at SOL LEVINSON AND BROS. INC., 8900 Reisterstown Road, at Mount Wilson Lane, on Thursday, July 29, at 4 p.m. Interment Hebrew Young Men's Cemetery, 5800 Windsor Mill Road. Please omit flowers.

On June 12, 2005, Yolanda (Di Pasquale) beloved wife of the late Louis J. Barber, devoted mother of Louis R. Barber and his wife Lisa, and Anthony J. Barber and his wife Dorinda, loving grandmother of Erika Dedrich, Louis A., Anthony A. and Breona D. Barber, dear sister of Ellen Mc Kenna, Palma Binau, Anthony and Santo Di Pasquale. Friends may call at the Miller-Dippel Funeral Home Inc., 6415 Belair Rd., on Monday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P. M where Catholic Prayers will be said on Tuesday at 11 A.M. Interment Gardens of Faith Cemetery.

On June 9, 2004 MINNIE, she is survived by a host of relatives and friends. Friends may call at the FAMILY OWNED MARCH FUNERAL HOME WEST, INC., 4300 Wabash Avenue, on Monday after 8:30 A.M. Ms. Barber will lie in state, on Tuesday at 9:00 A.M., at the Manna Bible Baptist Church, 3043 W. Belvedere Ave., where the family will receive friends at 11 A.M., funeral service at 11:30 A.M.

Baltimore Sun blogger and theScore TV on-air personality Arda Ocal caught up with Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake recently. In the interview, Beefcake talks about watching Hulk Hogan play baseball as a kid, who came up with "The Barber" character and how he overcame the toughest moments of his life in the early 90s, when a parasailing accident almost claimed his life, both his parents passed away and he went through a divorce.

An Ellicott City barber has been charged by Howard County police with sexually abusing a 13-year-old male client. Jung Gon Kim, 54, is charged with sexual abuse of a minor, second- and third-degree sex offense, sodomy and second-degree assault. Kim, who lives in Boyds in Montgomery County, worked at Scissors Sound Hair Salon, 3419 Plum Tree Drive. He was arrested Oct. 31, and is being held at the county detention center on $500,000 bond, according to police. The victim reported the abuse last month, police said in a news release.

On Memorial Day, May 31, 2007, J oseph Aloysius Barber Donations in his honor may be made to: Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society, 8901 Wisconsin Avenue, P.O. Box 556, Bethesda, MD 20889.

About a year ago, Stephanie Barber looked up Bob Seger's 1976 classic "Night Moves" on YouTube, trying to figure out the lyrics. "I started reading the comments, and I just spent hours reading, and I cried, and I was like, 'Oh my god, this is so moving, this forum," Barber said. Barber, a Baltimore artist and writer, turned those unedited YouTube comments into a book called "Night Moves. " It's her way of exploring human nature, especially through relatively new public forums like YouTube.

Super Bowl Sunday arrives, and Nate Smith has an important message for his girlfriend, Darlene Griffin. It goes like this: "Don't be wearin' my slippers. " That's a warning Nate uttered the other day, after cutting my hair in the West Baltimore shop where he styles and teaches the tonsorial arts. He seemed to be asking me to convey the message for him, though I'm sure he's delivered it directly by now: "Don't be wearin' my slippers, Darlene. " Those are Nate's 'Niners slippers, see, a gift from a customer.

 A Texas born barber has one of the more original tributes to Ray Lewis: He shaved an incredible portrait of the legendary Raven right into one of his client's coifs. The hair portrait is unmistakably Lewis. The war paint. The steely gaze. What looks like a 52 right down the side. "I did this cut to honor the great linebacker of the Ravens," Joe Barber said on YouTube when he posted a picture of the cut. "May be the greatest or close to it.... hope you enjoy. " This barber, whose real name is Joe Barajas, is not just a guy who cuts hair.

Willie Alexander Harry, a well-known Baltimore barber whose York Road shop catered to figures from the world of sports and entertainment, died July 5 of complications from leukemia at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. The longtime Northeast Baltimore resident was 81. The son of a railroader and a seamstress, Mr. Harry was born in Lynchburg, S.C. When he was young, his family moved to a home on Portland Street in Pigtown. Mr. Harry was a 1949 graduate of Carver Vocational-Technical High School, where he studied shoe repair.

Ilean H. Jennings, a cosmetologist who had been supervisor of barbers and beauticians at the old Crownsville State Hospital, died July 4 from complications of Alzheimer's disease at her Severna Park home. She was 84. The daughter of a businessman and a homemaker, Ilean Elizabeth Hall was born and raised in Magothy. She attended Wiley Bates High School and later earned her General Educational Development diploma. After graduating in 1954 from Apex Beauty School in Baltimore, Mrs. Jennings established Ilean's Beauty Salon in her Severna Park home.

Maryland Transportation Authority Police arrested a 61-year-old Brandywine man Friday as he got off of a plane from the Bahamas at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport. James Ivory Barber was arrested on an outstanding warrant in Baltimore, said Sgt. Kirk Perez, spokesman for the transportation police. Perez said the police were notified by U.S. Customs and Border Protection that Barber was on the plane. The plane landed around 6:30 p.m., Perez said.

On October 23, 2006, MILDRED V. (nee Hayes); beloved wife of the late Orval K. Barber, Sr.; dear mother of James, Robert, Orville, Jr., Charles and David Barber, Judy Hayes, Margaret Beatty, Mary Alice Webster, Kyran Ross, Rita Horant, Rose and Dorothy Barber and the late Richard Barber and Elaine Lincoln. Also survived be generations of grandchildren. Friends may call at the Gonce Funeral Service, P.A., 4001 Ritchie Highway on Wednesday and Thursday from 3-5 and 7-9 P.M. Services on Friday at 1 P.M. Interment in Glen Haven Memorial Park.

Baltimore Sun blogger and theScore TV on-air personality Arda Ocal caught up with Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake recently. In the interview, Beefcake talks about watching Hulk Hogan play baseball as a kid, who came up with "The Barber" character and how he overcame the toughest moments of his life in the early 90s, when a parasailing accident almost claimed his life, both his parents passed away and he went through a divorce.

Thomas Joseph Lopresti, a longtime Towson barber and volunteer at Our Daily Bread, died April 12 of leukemia at Mercy Medical Center. The Timonium resident was 72. He was raised in East Baltimore, the son of Italian immigrants Carmello and Innocenta Lopresti. He attended Baltimore City College, and took a few courses in barbering but basically learned the trade from his father, who owned a shop in Greektown. Except for a stint in the Coast Guard, he worked as a barber nearly all of his life.