Bascom

The voice of the Rev. Marion Curtis Bascom, the Baltimore civil rights leader, confidante of Martin Luther King Jr. and anti-war foe, who stepped down in 1995 after leading Douglas Memorial Community Church for 45 years, has lost none of its powerful resonance or purposefulness. Bascom, who will turn 82 in March, shows no signs of slowing down as he continues embracing new projects while caring for his ailing wife of 28 years. "I'm on the board of the Reginald F. Lewis Museum, where I like promoting the story of how black and white Americans are inextricably tied together," Bascom said in an interview the other day from his Park Avenue home.

The Rev. Marion C. Bascom, a leading Baltimore civil rights activist remembered for his lifetime quest for social justice, died of a heart attack Thursday at the University of Maryland Medical Center. He was 87 and lived in Reservoir Hill. "A giant has fallen," said former Mayor Kurt L. Schmoke, a close friend and a member of Douglas Memorial Community Church, where Mr. Bascom was pastor for 46 years. "He affected thousands of lives in our community and was a positive life force.

On December 2, 2006, in Pensacola, FL , MARION C. BASCOM JR., beloved son of the Rev. Marion C. Bascom Sr. and Mrs. Lutherine M. Coehlo; also survived by siblings, Bernadette, Michelle, Peter John and Singleton, and other caring relatives and friends. The family will receive friends in the PARLOR of the DOUGLAS MEMORIAL COMMUNITY CHURCH, 1325 Madison Avenue, on Wednesday from 8:30 until 9:00 A.M. when a Memorial Service will begin. Inurnment at Arbutus Memorial Park. If desired, in lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Camp Farthest Out or Morgan Christian Center.

A lifelong dream wasn't fulfilled when Jonathan Schoop and Tim Bascom stepped out onto the infield grass at Camden Yards and were greeted by a thundering ovation from the Orioles faithful. However, being named Baltimore's 2011 organizational players of the year will be a fond memory for the two prospects to carry on their journey toward the major leagues. Schoop, an infielder, and Bascom, a right-handed starter, were honored before Monday's game against the Boston Red Sox. Schoop won the Brooks Robinson Minor League Player of the Year Award and Bascom was the Jim Palmer Minor League Pitcher of the Year.

Frederick Keys right-hander Tim Bascom, 23, is already something of a baseball miracle. He pitched his junior season at Central Florida with a torn anterior cruciate ligament and went 5-6 with a 2.48 ERA in 80 innings while striking out 90 and walking 25. "It was pretty shocking," said Bascom, who was a preseason third-team All-America choice that year by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association and Collegiate Baseball News. "It was a misdiagnosis. They told me it was just a knee contusion, a little bruise on the knee.

The Rev. Marion C. Bascom is careful to use the term disturbances to describe the events of April 1968. "When they talk of riots, they don't mean riots. They mean despair," says Bascom, 83, his brown eyes warm behind thick glasses as he sits in his Reservoir Hill home. On the coffee table, preserved in a clear plastic block, is the badge he wore as the first black member of Baltimore's Board of Fire Commissioners. As a fire commissioner, he drove freely past roadblocks during the days of chaos, observing the men, women and children who thronged the streets, their faces marked by fear and sorrow.

Pitcher Timothy Bascom, the Orioles' fourth-round selection in this month's amateur draft, will make his professional debut, starting tonight for low Single-A Delmarva. The Shorebirds travel to Lakewood, N.J., for a 7:05 game. Bascom joined Delmarva on Wednesday after signing with the Orioles, who made him their second overall pick. They forfeited their selections in the second and third rounds after signing free-agent relievers Danys Baez and Chad Bradford. The San Diego Padres drafted Bascom last year out of Central Florida, but voided the contract after discovering that he had a torn anterior cruciate ligament.

It's easy to see why so many people in the Orioles' organization, especially director of scouting Joe Jordan, were so excited about landing pitcher Timothy Bascom in the fourth round of last month's amateur draft. Bascom held Hickory to one run over seven inning yesterday in Single-A Delmarva's 4-3, 11-inning loss. He allowed four hits and struck out three. In five starts, Bascom has surrendered only six earned runs and 19 hits in 30 1/3 innings. The Orioles didn't have selections in the second or third rounds, so Bascom represented their second pick in the draft.

Greater Baltimore came to know the Rev. Marion C. Bascom Sr. in July 1963, when he led an interracial group in two demonstrations over a period of four days that resulted in black people being admitted for the first time to Gwynn Oak Amusement Park in Woodlawn. It was a turning point in the local battle for civil rights that resulted in other barriers to equality falling.In stepping down this past Sunday after 45 years as pastor of Douglas Memorial Community Church, Mr. Bascom was lauded for his work in provoking the community to take an interest in its poor and racial minorities.

WASHINGTON -- When the husband-and-wife team of Dr. James F. Bascom and Dr. Barbara Bascom arrived in Romania in the spring of last year, they found beautiful countryside and "a man-made disaster."The two Montgomery County physicians saw one of the more tragic effects of Nicolae Ceausescu's former regime in the filthy and neglected orphanages that peppered the picturesque landscape.Dr. James Bascom recalled seeing the tiny human forms -- deemed "unsalvageable" by the government -- left virtually unattended.

When Blast assistant coach David Bascome speaks, people tend to listen. Bascome has dedicated much of his time to helping and mentoring at-risk youths in the Baltimore area through his Hope 4 Life motivational speaking program, which is designed to help children avoid negative influences and find ways to make a positive difference in their communities. When he founded the program four years ago in his native Bermuda, Bascome sought to instill hope in kids who were struggling in school, being bullied or were victims of abuse.

Frederick Keys right-hander Tim Bascom, 23, is already something of a baseball miracle. He pitched his junior season at Central Florida with a torn anterior cruciate ligament and went 5-6 with a 2.48 ERA in 80 innings while striking out 90 and walking 25. "It was pretty shocking," said Bascom, who was a preseason third-team All-America choice that year by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association and Collegiate Baseball News. "It was a misdiagnosis. They told me it was just a knee contusion, a little bruise on the knee.

Orioles manager Dave Trembley was going to start backup catcher Guillermo Quiroz tonight with left-hander Adam Loewen on the mound, but those plans might have changed. Ramon Hernandez made a strong case for staying in the lineup after he singled twice and homered last night in the Orioles' 7-4 win over the Seattle Mariners. "I don't know if I'll be able to keep my promise and catch Quiroz," Trembley said, grinning, "so don't hold me to that." Otherwise, Trembley appears set to go ahead with a plan he revealed late in spring training.

A veteran of Baltimore's civil rights movement called yesterday for the city's churches and other institutions to come together to defeat poverty, homelessness and drugs, telling a conference at the University of Baltimore that the poor cannot do it on their own. Recalling how the faith community worked together during the 1968 riots to provide bread and milk in the stricken areas and to calm angry residents, the Rev. Marion C. Bascom said that that...

The Rev. Marion C. Bascom is careful to use the term disturbances to describe the events of April 1968. "When they talk of riots, they don't mean riots. They mean despair," says Bascom, 83, his brown eyes warm behind thick glasses as he sits in his Reservoir Hill home. On the coffee table, preserved in a clear plastic block, is the badge he wore as the first black member of Baltimore's Board of Fire Commissioners. As a fire commissioner, he drove freely past roadblocks during the days of chaos, observing the men, women and children who thronged the streets, their faces marked by fear and sorrow.

PHILADELPHIA -- After giving up a total of 22 points the past two games, the Blast got defensive last night against the Philadelphia KiXX, holding them to three goals. And the Blast wasn't bad on the offensive end, either. Wave@Blast Friday, 7:35 p.m., 680 AM Records: Wave 11-5; Blast 8-7

Near the end of services and his career at Douglas Memorial Community Church yesterday, the Rev. Marion C. Bascom Sr. retrieved his shepherd's crook from a corner of the sanctuary where he has preached for 45 years.He demonstrated how a shepherd uses a crook to prod stray sheep back into the fold and to grab sheep by its hook if they fall.The 70-year-old minister then brought his successor up to the pulpit and ceremoniously handed him the crook, telling him to watch over what was now his flock.

WASHINGTON -- One year after the scandal first came to the world's attention, daily life has improved for the hundreds of thousands of Romania's orphans placed in that nation's state-run institutions.But much more needs to be done, according to Drs. Barbara and John Bascom, the Baltimore couple who have been working with the abandoned children and the troubled institutions for the past several months."There is now food, there is now clothing, there are now toys," said Barbara Bascom, clinical director and manager of Romanian Orphans Social and Educational Services, at a news conference here today.

It's easy to see why so many people in the Orioles' organization, especially director of scouting Joe Jordan, were so excited about landing pitcher Timothy Bascom in the fourth round of last month's amateur draft. Bascom held Hickory to one run over seven inning yesterday in Single-A Delmarva's 4-3, 11-inning loss. He allowed four hits and struck out three. In five starts, Bascom has surrendered only six earned runs and 19 hits in 30 1/3 innings. The Orioles didn't have selections in the second or third rounds, so Bascom represented their second pick in the draft.

Pitcher Timothy Bascom, the Orioles' fourth-round selection in this month's amateur draft, will make his professional debut, starting tonight for low Single-A Delmarva. The Shorebirds travel to Lakewood, N.J., for a 7:05 game. Bascom joined Delmarva on Wednesday after signing with the Orioles, who made him their second overall pick. They forfeited their selections in the second and third rounds after signing free-agent relievers Danys Baez and Chad Bradford. The San Diego Padres drafted Bascom last year out of Central Florida, but voided the contract after discovering that he had a torn anterior cruciate ligament.