Brinkley

State Sen. David R. Brinkley on Wednesday became the latest candidate to formally enter the race for Maryland's 6 th Congressional District, arguing in a speech in Frederick that it is time for incumbent Rep. Roscoe G. Bartlett - a fellow Republican - to “pass the congressional baton.” Brinkley, a 52-year-old financial planner, made his announcement in front of Frederick's City Hall, flanked by several state and local elected officials....

You should probably sit down before you read this. Syria has put its name up for membership on the United Nations Human Rights Council, and it will most likely win a seat. Yes, Syria, the state that has slaughtered close to 15,000 of its own people over the last 16 months, including hundreds of women and children. It's on track to take a seat on the United Nations body whose mission is to uphold human rights around the world. The United States happened to find Syria's name on a roster of candidates.

MARY FRANCES (Bond) BRINKLEY, 67, passed away on Friday April 18, 2003 at her home. She did mission work in Baltimore, MD for 13 years. Services will be held on Tuesday, April 22, at 12:00 P.M., in Rest Haven Funeral Chapel, 1601 Pennsylvania Ave., Hagerstown. Friends are invited to call on Monday evening from 6 to 9 P.M.

State Sen. David Brinkley, who is running for the Republican nomination in Maryland's 6th Congressional District, is airing the first television ad of his campaign Friday. The 30-second spot takes aim at incumbent Rep. Roscoe G. Bartlett without mentioning him by name. "Our fiscal crisis was caused by incumbents -- our incumbent, too. Enough is enough. " Brinkley, of New Market, is running against seven other Republicans, including Bartlett, in the April 3 primary. The campaign said the ad will continue through the election.

On November 18, 2004, BETTY JANE MILLER-BRINKLEY (nee Mc Quay); beloved wife of Robert L. Brinkley; mother of the late Sylvia E. Ward and James L. Miller, Sr.; dear sister of Doris Stinebaugh, Rita Buffington, and Judy Mc Quay. Also survived by five grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at the family owned Duda-Ruck Funeral Home of Dundalk, Inc., 7922 Wise Avenue, on Monday at 1 p.m. Interment Oak Lawn Cemetery. Friends may call Saturday and Sunday, 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m.

It's funny how a lot of anniversary shows just happen to pop up in November, February or May -- key ratings periods when audiences are being measured to set future advertising rates.There is, though, a true TV anniversary this weekend, and it's one that is worth a moment or two of reflection.On Nov. 15, 1981, ABC News introduced a new Sunday morning public affairs program, "This Week With David Brinkley." It was different -- dramatically different -- from NBC's "Meet the Press" and the other more ponderous Sunday-morning interview shows.

State Senate Minority Leader David R. Brinkley and House Minority Leader Anthony J. O'Donnell are co-chairmen of Fred Thompson's presidential campaign in Maryland, according to a statement released yesterday by the campaign. Their endorsements of the former Law and Order star, also a one-time Tennessee senator, represent a break with former Republican Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., who has endorsed former New York Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani's bid. Ehrlich, still the state's leading Republican figure, is raising money for Giuliani in Maryland and traveled to New Hampshire to stump for him. Thompson "is the mainstream conservative in this race, and I think he has a very solid record that has not evolved over time but is very consistent," O'Donnell said.

Mayor Kurt L. Schmoke will discuss the breakdown of the American family and the fast-rising rate of out-of-wedlock births tomorrow on the ABC show "This Week With David Brinkley."Mr. Schmoke was invited to discuss the increase in the illegitimacy rate, now 68 percent for blacks and 22 percent for whites. The program will be broadcast in Baltimore at 10:30 a.m. on WJZ-TV (Channel 13.)Other guests include Surgeon General M. Joycelyn Elders, who visited Baltimore's Laurence Paquin School for teen-age mothers last week; and Charles Murray, a fellow at the conservative American Enterprise Institute.

James W. Brinkley, president and chief operating officer of Legg Mason Wood Walker Inc., was elected chairman of the Securities Industry Association yesterday at the trade group's annual convention in Boca Raton, Fla.Brinkley succeeds Roy J. Zuckerberger, advisory director of New York-based Goldman Sachs & Co.In an address to the Washington-based trade group's members, Brinkley said the industry must focus on several issues, including promoting public trust...

Three months ago, everyone assumed Republican Rep. Roscoe G. Bartlett would retire. Now, with just days to go before Tuesday's primary, the 85-year-old former scientist is poised to capture the GOP nomination in Maryland's 6th District for the 11th time. The race for the seat, which covers Western Maryland and parts of Montgomery and Frederick counties, is among the most closely watched in the country this year. The Buckeystown Republican is running against seven other GOP candidates, including two state lawmakers — Sen. David R. Brinkley and Del. Kathy Afzali — and several businessmen.

Charles H. Smelser, a revered former state senator who represented Carroll, Frederick and part of Howard counties, and had fought in World War II, died of cancer Thursday at his Union Bridge home. He was 88. A newspaper article once called him "the embodiment of the citizen-legislator - a farmer for nine months, a legislator for three." When Mr. Smelser, a Democrat, announced in 1994 that he would retire from the state Senate, a Sun editorial said, "For a state bureaucrat who failed to justify a budget request at a hearing, Sen. Charles H. 'Buck' Smelser could be the 'meanest man on the face of the earth,' as one reporter once jokingly referred to him. But for a constituent seeking help on a personal problem or a legislative matter, Mr. Smelser couldn't be more attentive or courtly - or caring."

Maryland state Sen. David R. Brinkley, the minority leader, said yesterday that he would not seek a leadership post in the Republican Party caucus next year, partly because he said he needs to focus on his home life and business. Brinkley, a financial adviser from Frederick County who has been in the General Assembly since 1995, was involved in a domestic dispute with his wife to which sheriff's deputies responded in May. No charges were filed in the incident. The Senate Republican caucus is planning a meeting for September during which it will chose leaders.

Frederick County sheriff's deputies responded to the Mount Airy home of Senate Minority Leader David R. Brinkley last week to investigate a reported domestic dispute involving his wife, according to the police report released yesterday. Brinkley, 48, accused his wife of slapping him in the neck and trying to grab his hands, and then using his hands to hit herself in the face, according to Deputy Orion G. Rustin, who responded to the home in the 12000 block of Barnett Drive about 8:20 p.m. May 30. Brinkley's wife, Sallie Brinkley, accused the two-term senator of hitting her in the face, grabbing her around the neck and biting her on the arm before she ran outside and locked herself in her vehicle, where she stayed until deputies arrived, according to the report.

On May 25, 2008. Loving husband of Mrs. Lillie Brinkley. On Thursday, friends may call at Vaughn C. Greene Funeral Services (EAST), 4905 York Road, where the family will receive friends from 4-8 P.M. On Friday, services will be held at Fountain Baptist Church, 1215 E. Monument Street, where the family will receive friends from 10-10:30 A.M, with services to follow. Inquiries to 410-433-7500.

LANDOVER -- Meade used plenty of depth and many points in many places to win an outdoor track state championship last spring. That formula worked nicely again last night as the No. 2 Mustangs captured the Class 3A boys indoor track and field state title at the Prince George's Sports & Learning Complex. The Mustangs relied heavily on being able to score throughout the meet to win the Class 4A outdoor title in May. They did the same thing last night, piling up 70 points to easily beat out Westlake (51)

Despite passage last year of legislation authorizing a constitutional amendment on slot machines, expanded gambling might again be on the agenda in Annapolis this year. Sen. David R. Brinkley of Frederick County, the minority leader, said he plans to file a bill authorizing slots without the need for a public vote on a constitutional amendment. The details would be a hybrid of what the Senate passed in 2005 and what lawmakers approved in November's special session, Brinkley said. The move is necessary, he said, as a contingency in case the Court of Appeals throws out the bills passed in November.