Barber

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

On Saturday February 22, 2003 BARBARA J. (nee Hall) BARBER, beloved wife of the late Jack E. Barber, devoted mother of Melanie A. Coven, Harriet A. Antiporowich and Jack E. Barber; grandmother of Abraham B. Coven and Sarah R. Coven, great-grandmother of Hanne N. Reazin-Coven. Friends may call at the family owned Peaceful Alternatives Funeral and Cremation Center, 2325 York Rd., Timonium on Tuesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 P.M. where a Funeral Service will be held on Wednesday February 26 at 11 A.M. Interment Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens.

The man who was shot and killed Friday night in West Baltimore has been identified as a 32-year-old who police say was targeted by two masked gunmen who opened fire in a barber shop in the Franklin Square community. The victim's name was not released pending notification of his relatives. Another man, age 37, also was shot in the incident. He suffered a graze wound to the head, according to police. Police said the double-shooting occurred about 7 p.m. in the 1600 block of West Baltimore St., a street with a mixture of residential rowhouses and commercial businesses.

The barber spent at least 20 minutes grooming his client's hair and beard. With his clippers, brush, razor and shaving cream, he skillfully tended to every detail, frequently asking the man in the chair his preferences. When the appointment was done, the men exchanged thanks and a handshake. Robert W. Cradle, the 43-year-old founder of the nonprofit Rob's Barbershop Community Foundation, does not charge for his services to the homeless and needy. His satisfaction stems from "how happy people are when they like the way they look," he said.

City police released surveillance camera stills that they believe show two suspects involved in the Dec. 14 robbery-shooting of a Northeast Baltimore barber shop employee.  The victim, who was listed in critical condition, is expected to survive, but lost his eye in surgery and also suffered an injury to one of his hands. The shooting occurred in the 2200 block of Harford Road, at the Up Close barber shop. "We're looking for anyone that might have been in the area," Guglielmi said.

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.

Paul G. Hartman, a retired Baltimore maritime executive and thoroughbred horseman, died Oct. 13 of heart failure at his Hydes Farm. He was 81. The son of a barber and a homemaker, Mr. Hartman was born in Baltimore and raised above his father's shop in the 700 block of S. Broadway. A master barber at 16, he attended Patterson High School, and worked with his father until being drafted into the Navy in 1951, where he served aboard the cruiser USS Albany as a barber. After being discharged in 1955, he briefly returned to barbering until establishing a maritime fumigating company in the early 1960s.

Not worth the trouble Kevin Van Valkenburg Baltimore Sun According to his agent, Tiki Barber supposedly is "flabbergasted" that no NFL team was interested in giving him a shot to make their team this preseason, even though he's 36 and has been out of the NFL for four years. The fact Barber didn't see this coming in further proof that, despite his intelligence, he's one of the most tone-deaf athletes the NFL has seen. No team is going to give Barber a shot, even after the season begins and injuries mount, because he's not worth the trouble.

In addition to training about 5,000 men and women to become barbers and stylists over the last half century, Simon "Cy" Avara saved the careers of countless older colleagues who believed they were doomed by the Beatles. Mr. Avara opened his first hair academy in West Baltimore, where he grew up, in October 1960. In those days, male hair was short - low-maintenance, "Mad Men" hair - and American barbers, armed with clippers, kept it that way: crew cuts, buzz cuts and wiffles. Aside from minor mood swings here and there, American male hairstyles had not changed in a generation or two. But then the Beatles arrived, in 1963-64, and suddenly long hair was the rage.