Cheri

On July 14, 2007, PAUL ALEXANDER, SR.; devoted and loving husband of Cheri Alexander. He is also survived by a daughter, five sons, and a host of other relatives, friends, and church family. Visitation at THE DERRICK C. JONES FUNERAL HOME, P.A. 4611 Park Heights Avenue, on Monday, July 23, 2 until 7 P.M. Elder Alexander will lie-in-state on Tuesday, July 24 at 5 P.M. at Carter Memorial C.O.G.I.C., 745 W. Fayette Street. Family will receive friends at 6, with funeral service to follow at 6:30 P.M. Interment in King Memorial Park Cemetery, on Wednesday, July 25 at 11 A.M.

On May 30, 2007, BERNADETTE S. HARRER (nee Schneider), of Baltimore; beloved wife of the late Henry Harrer; loving mother of Daniel A. Harrer and his wife Karen B., and Kenneth H. Harrer, Sr., and his wife Cheri , dear grandmother of Kenneth H. Harrer, Jr., and Kyle Harrer; sister of William H. Schneider and the late Beth Thompson. Family and friends will honor Bernadette's life at the family owned Evans Funeral Chapel and Cremation Services - Parkville, 8800 Harford Road, on Sunday 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. A Funeral Liturgy will be held Monday, 9:30 A.M. at St. Joseph Catholic Church - Fullerton.

On February 23, 2006, CHARLES J. GIANFORTE, 3rd, of Severn, beloved husband of N. Sharon "Cheri" GIANFORTE (nee Smallwood); devoted father of Michelle N., Leah R., Rachel M., and Charles J. Gianforte 4th; loving son of Audrey Gianforte and the late Charles Gianforte, Jr.; dear brother of Sharleen Blake, Christine Rau, Theresa and Michael Gianforte. Friends may call at the family owned Kirkley-Ruddick Funeral Home P.A., 421 Crain Hwy., S.E., Glen Burnie, on Sunday and Monday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. Services will be held 11:00 A.M. on Tuesday at Grace of God Fellowship Worship Center.

"Myth of the Welfare Queen," by David Zucchino, Scribner, 368 pages. $25.The story of women on welfare is not narrative friendly. To borrow a famous phrase, life on public assistance is not one thing after another, it's the same damn thing over and over again. Sometimes, just getting through the day can be a triumph, especially late in the month.Yet despite the built-in limitation, this book is a page-turner, a tour de force in reporting on the real women (and men) who rely on the patchwork of federal programs - Aid to Families with Dependent Children, Medicaid, Supplemental Security Income, USDA food stamps - that most of us know as simply as welfare.

On April 1, 2006, EDWARD SEBASTIAN, beloved husband of Sarah K. Feeney, devoted father of Edward A. Feeney and wife Carol; Timothy M. Feeney and wife Donna; David D. Feeney and wife Cheri; Brendan P. Feeney and wife Linda and Coleen M. Feeney, dear son of Bernadine B. Feeney and the late Sebastian Feeney, loving grandfather of 15. Family and friends may call at THE JOHNSON FUNERAL HOME, P.A., 8521 Loch Raven Blvd., (Beltway exit 29-B) on Monday from 2 to 4 and 6 to 9 P.M. All are invited to attend Services on Tuesday in the Cub Hill Bible Presbyterian Church, 2927 Cub Hill Road, at 10 A.M. Interment Parkwood Cemetery.

The women professional bowlers were in town. And no one who watched them at Greenway Bowl Odenton will forget them very quickly.They were courteous, they were affable and they were just a pleasure to be around. They were also awesome on the lanes.They included bowlers such as Debbie Kuhn of Harford County and Carol Tarcey of Jessup, Roxie Nicholson of Arlington, Va., and Ronnie DeShields of Owings Mills.Some names that serious bowlers will recognize immediately:* Carolyn Dorin, known as Spike, the recent winner of the LPBT National Doubles title; Collegiate All-American for three years running.

Steve Kallens doesn't know Cheri Luzer, but he knows her story. He has read the newspaper articles describing how she was attacked and stabbed nearly to death at her Owings Mills apartment last month. "It happened so close to home," said Kallens, 42, who owns an Italian ice shop near the Morningside Heights apartments where Luzer lived. "It just hit me." Kallens was so upset that he sought out the victim's mother in Pittsburgh and offered to help raise money for Luzer, who has yet to return to work as a special education teacher at Dundalk Middle School.

Opening Wednesday Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs: (20th Century Fox) The prehistoric gang has 3-D adventures with a new species: dinosaurs. Public Enemies: (Universal Pictures) Outlaw John Dillinger faces off with the top agent of the brand-new FBI. With Johnny Depp and Christian Bale. Cheri : (Miramax) A man retreats into fantasy after he's forced to end an affair with an older woman. With Michelle Pfeiffer. Opening next Friday O'Horten: (Sony Pictures Classics) An engineer is forced to retire and give up his scheduled, structured life.