Burt

On June 1, 2005, BERNARD BURT; beloved husband of the late Fannie Burt (nee Sinderbrand); devoted companion of the late Irene Klein; beloved father of Dr. Robert Burt of Baltimore, MD and the late Michael Burt; devoted father-in-law of Marta Braverman and Kathleen Burt; devoted brother of the late Joseph Burt, Eva Zwerling and Morris Burt; loving grandfather of Dina and Stuart Backer, Marci and Paul Burt and Jacob Burt; loving great-grandfather of Eric...

Marianna Inga Burt, an attorney who represented children, died of cardiovascular disease March 12 at Union Memorial Hospital. She was 80 and lived in the Tuscany-Canterbury section of North Baltimore. Born Marianna Koenig in Hoganas, Sweden, she was the daughter of a chemist, Walter Koenig, and his wife, Elisabeth. She and her family moved to Germany in 1944 and lived in Stendal. She graduated from high school in what became East Germany during the Soviet occupation. Her family eventually left East Germany and relocated to West Germany.

Elvis Costello wants you to listen carefully to the beginning of his new album, a collaboration with songwriter Burt Bacharach called "Painted From Memory."It starts with a song called "In the Darkest Place," a song about the despair that can wash over a man abandoned and denied by his lover. But it isn't the melody or lyric Costello wants us to hear - at least, not just yet.Where he wants our focus is on the introduction. "Listen to how appealing, how intriguing the opening notes of the record are," he says.

Editor's note: This is Bill Burt's second column in the Baltimore Sun. He is executive sports editor of The Eagle-Tribune. He has covered the Patriots and the NFL for 21 years. He has covered six Super Bowls, including the Ravens' win over the Giants in Tampa Bay in 2001. You can email Bill Burt at bburt@eagletribune.com .   Here we go again. The only thing missing this morning is Bill Murray's character, weatherman Phil Connors, in “Ground Hog Day,” slamming the clock-radio realizing he is reliving Feb. 2 all over again.

The physicians who treated a Westminster woman did not trigger the emergence of the woman's seven personalities, the doctors' lawyer told a Carroll County judge yesterday.Defense attorney Susan Boyce, trying to persuade Circuit Judge Francis M. Arnold to dismiss the $1.5 million medical malpractice claim against Westminster Drs. Donald D. Coker and John E. Steers, said her clients did not cause Linda Burt's emotional and psychological problems.The lawyer said Ms. Burt, who rested her case yesterday, failed to prove that the way the doctors handled her May 1989 mastectomy was negligent or harmful.

A Carroll jury has rejected the claims of a Westminster woman who said two local surgeons caused her to develop multiple personalities after they performed a mastectomy on her in 1989.After deliberating for less than two hours late Monday, the panel of five women and one man found in favor of Dr. Donald D. Coker and Dr. John E. Steers, who had been sued for $1.5 million by Linda Burt, 47, of Westminster."This suit was devastating to them," Susan Boyce, the doctors' lawyer, said yesterday.

A woman testified yesterday that the conduct of a surgeon caused her to develop multiple personalities and other problems, including flashbacks and nightmares relating to sexual abuse as a child.Linda Burt, 47, of Westminster is suing Drs. Donald D. Coker and John E. Steers on several counts, including malpractice, not obtaining her informed consent for treatment, and battery by Dr. Coker.The case is being heard before Carroll Circuit Judge Francis M. Arnold.Much of the suit focuses on Dr. Coker's conduct, but she claims that Dr. Steers should not have left her in Dr. Coker's care, and that Dr. Steers didn't respond adequately when she told him about her problems with Dr. Coker.

A Westminster woman who claims her seven personalities were unleashed after a 1989 mastectomy is seeking $1.5 million from the Carroll County surgeons who performed the procedure.Linda Burt, 47, asserts in a trial that began yesterday before a Carroll jury that Drs. Donald D. Coker and John E. Steers "breached applicable standards of care" in treating a post-operation infection that left Ms. Burt with "such extensive scarring that it will not be possible for her to undergo a satisfactory reconstruction of the breast."

In the tiny Midwestern town where my wife grew up, when folks needed something fixed they went to see the men at the lumberyard. The lumberyard guys knew how to set things right.I used to laugh at such a provincial view of problem-solving. Now I live in Baltimore, a place that, when the whole schmear including the Washington area and suburbs are counted, ranks as the fourth largest urban area in America.However, the longer I live in this big city clime, the more I find myself behaving like I live in a small town.

With New Orleans under water and its convention center serving as a refugee camp, it's clear that the hundreds of organizations that planned fall conventions in the city will be making other arrangements. As convention planners scramble to find new meeting locations, Baltimore and cities across the country are hoping to take New Orleans' place, capturing business worth untold millions of dollars. "This is a tragic situation, and I don't want to sound like a non-caring, aggressive salesperson," said Ronnie Burt, Baltimore Area Convention & Visitors Association's vice president of convention sales.

Triplet brothers are having a blast at a water park late one afternoon and, despite pruned fingers, they don't want to leave. But it's getting late, and Dad says they must go in 15 minutes. Pick one of the superslides for one last ride of the day, dad instructs them. Of the three big slides, Adam's favorite is the red one, followed by the green and yellow slides. Burt's fave is green, with yellow second and red last. And Chip loves yellow, followed by red and green. The boys can't separate because Dad's safety rule is they keep together everywhere in the park.

Maya Rudolph's subtle, lyrical portrait of a patient wife and expectant mother enlivens and elevates Away We Go, an erratic couple-on-a-quest film. It stars Rudolph and John Krasinski of The Office as the very pregnant Verona and the bright, oblivious Burt, a stable yet eccentric pair seeking the right place to deliver and raise their first baby. Rudolph's performance registers as a gift partly because it's so unexpected. As Verona, Rudolph emits a vital awareness even when she's desperate or withdrawn.

With New Orleans under water and its convention center serving as a refugee camp, it's clear that the hundreds of organizations that planned fall conventions in the city will be making other arrangements. As convention planners scramble to find new meeting locations, Baltimore and cities across the country are hoping to take New Orleans' place, capturing business worth untold millions of dollars. "This is a tragic situation, and I don't want to sound like a non-caring, aggressive salesperson," said Ronnie Burt, Baltimore Area Convention & Visitors Association's vice president of convention sales.

On June 1, 2005, BERNARD BURT; beloved husband of the late Fannie Burt (nee Sinderbrand); devoted companion of the late Irene Klein; beloved father of Dr. Robert Burt of Baltimore, MD and the late Michael Burt; devoted father-in-law of Marta Braverman and Kathleen Burt; devoted brother of the late Joseph Burt, Eva Zwerling and Morris Burt; loving grandfather of Dina and Stuart Backer, Marci and Paul Burt and Jacob Burt; loving great-grandfather of Eric...

On April 7, 2003 JOHN CHARLES ERMER; beloved husband of Thelma M. (nee Burt) Ermer; loving brother of Wilbert J. Ermer and his wife Catherine and dear uncle of Robert and Elaine Ermer, Mark and Jeanne Ermer, Connie and Tom Trudgeon, Joseph and Janet Burt, and other nieces and nephews. A funeral service will be held at the family owned Evans Chapel of Memories - Parkville on Thursday 11 AM. Interment Oak Lawn Cemetery. Visiting Wednesday 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 PM. Memorial contributions may be made in John's name to the United Evangelical Church, 3200 Dillon Street, Baltimore, MD 21224 or to the Stella Maris Hospice Care, 2300 Dulaney Valley Road, Timonium, MD 21093.

When the clock ticked down to zero last night, and the buzzer finally went off, all five players on Glenelg's girls basketball team slapped the floor in unison. Make no mistake, the gesture was important, if only because of its symbolism. It served as No. 6 Glenelg's exclamation point at the end of a hard-fought 66-60 home victory over No. 5 River Hill, marking the first time a Howard County team had defeated the Hawks in 39 regular-season games. "It feels so good right now," said Glenelg junior Jessica Burt.

On April 7, 2003 JOHN CHARLES ERMER; beloved husband of Thelma M. (nee Burt) Ermer; loving brother of Wilbert J. Ermer and his wife Catherine and dear uncle of Robert and Elaine Ermer, Mark and Jeanne Ermer, Connie and Tom Trudgeon, Joseph and Janet Burt, and other nieces and nephews. A funeral service will be held at the family owned Evans Chapel of Memories - Parkville on Thursday 11 AM. Interment Oak Lawn Cemetery. Visiting Wednesday 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 PM. Memorial contributions may be made in John's name to the United Evangelical Church, 3200 Dillon Street, Baltimore, MD 21224 or to the Stella Maris Hospice Care, 2300 Dulaney Valley Road, Timonium, MD 21093.

When the clock ticked down to zero last night, and the buzzer finally went off, all five players on Glenelg's girls basketball team slapped the floor in unison. Make no mistake, the gesture was important, if only because of its symbolism. It served as No. 6 Glenelg's exclamation point at the end of a hard-fought 66-60 home victory over No. 5 River Hill, marking the first time a Howard County team had defeated the Hawks in 39 regular-season games. "It feels so good right now," said Glenelg junior Jessica Burt.

"Burt Lancaster: An American," by Kate Buford. Alfred A. Knopf. 430 pages. $27.50. Burt Lancaster was a Hollywood movie star who sought independent and challenging projects before it became fashionable for actors to "stretch." No other star would, at the peak of his popularity, have chosen to portray a vicious and cynical New York City newspaper columnist in "The Sweet Smell of Success" (a box-office failure that is now considered one of the great movies of the 1950s). What distinguishes Lancaster's career, as Kate Buford proves in her authoritative and unflinching biography, is that he did not seek recognition and fame.