Chevy Chase

CAROLYN AMONITTI STUBBS was born in Philadelphia, PA, the daughter of the late George J. and Thomaseenia H. Amonitti, on March 23, 1929. Carolyn departed this lie early in the morning on Good Friday, April 6, 2007. Carolyn was christened and confirmed at the Church of the Annunciation in Philadelphia and graduated from Philadelphia High School for Girls. She attended Howard University, and Morgan State College, where she earned her Bachelor of Arts degree and Master of Arts degree, both in English.

CHEVY CHASE -- As Maryland Nighthawks owner Tom Doyle spoke glowingly of the player he hopes can create buzz for his minor league team and the struggling American Basketball Association, the object of his admiration stood close by, looking down at the assembled media - from way up high. At 7 feet 9, Sun Ming Ming had no choice in that matter. The Nighthawks have declared Sun, 23, a native of Bayan, China, the tallest player in professional basketball history. And they plan to unveil their latest project and largest threat Saturday night against the Strong Island Sound at their Montgomery College home court in Rockville.

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Lindsay Davenport, ranked No. 2 in the world, and No. 15 Anna Kournikova are all set for the Chevy Chase Bank Tennis Challenge on Nov. 23 at the Baltimore Arena.And Brady Anderson is definitely in the Orioles Challenge Match.But who will compete against Anderson's perfect record? Since playing his first mixed doubles match in Pam Shriver's charity event in 1995, Anderson is undefeated.Who will be his challenger?"Anybody he wants," Shriver said.Yesterday, at Chevy Chase Bank downtown, Anderson acted as on-site master of ceremonies as the announcement of Davenport's and Kournikova's participation was made official.

HAYMARKET, Va. -- Dave King of Sterling, Va., continued a summer-long stretch of outstanding play when he posted a 1-over-par 73 at Evergreen Country Club, and collected the qualifying medal in sectional competition for the U.S. Senior Amateur championship yesterday.King, 58, the reigning Maryland State and Northern Virginia Senior titlist, led a field of 43 starters with 35-3873 against a par of 36-3672 for the 6,645-yard course some 20 miles south of Leesburg.With four places available for the championship, to be played Oct. 2-7 in Portland, Ore., Jamie Gough of Fairfax, Va., and James Kite of Wolftown, Va., earned two of them with 74s.George Sampson of Bowie got the other when he birdied the first extra hole (No. 10)

WASHINGTON -- The government must pay $16 million for the film that captured President John F. Kennedy's assassination, an arbitration panel has ruled, making the 26 seconds of 8 mm film the most expensive historical artifact in U.S. history.Concluding a dispute that brought comparisons to the $30.8 million paid for a Leonardo da Vinci manuscript and the $3 million spent on Mark McGwire's 70th home run ball, a divided panel gave the heirs of Abraham Zapruder, who died in 1970, a sum that's much less than they sought but far more than the government wanted to pay.The dispute involved the stunning color footage Zapruder filmed near the grassy knoll in Dealey Plaza in Dallas as Kennedy was shot on Nov. 22, 1963.

Kathy Johnson began spending weekends in bucolic southern Anne Arundel County in 1986 to get away from her hectic life as a buyer for a Washington floral company.As time passed, her weekend visits to a tiny Churchton house near the water grew longer and longer, and she began plotting a permanent move from Chevy Chase. In 1990, she quit her job, bought the Churchton house and set up a home-based massage-therapy business."The stress was just getting to me," said Johnson, 51. "In Chevy Chase, you have a lot of attorneys, a lot of people working long hours, coming home at 11 o'clock and working weekends, so they have no time or energy to make friends with their neighbors.

Dr. Bert M. Glaser, the well-known retina surgeon, said yesterday that he has reached a settlement with Pioneer EyeCare, a company he founded but left in June in an acrimonious split with the company's management.The settlement allows Glaser to resume his practice in Towson, and he said he is doing that this week, with a new emphasis on treating macular degeneration.A judge ruled in August that the terms of Glaser's contract with Pioneer prevented him from practicing within 15 miles of his former Pioneer offices after he left.

Baltimore tennis star Pam Shriver served up a smash at the Player Welcome Reception for the Chevy Chase Bank Tennis Challenge. The party wasn't just a chance for fans to meet sports celebrities. For some celebs, it was a chance to meet each other. (Shriver was overheard introducing the Orioles' Brady Anderson to the Ravens' Stoney Case. Call it sports-hunk history!)Also in the cocktail-party crowd of more than 300 people: Gail Heagerty, event coordinator; Laddie Levy and Brian Mooney, event committee members; Clinton Kelly, president of the Baltimore Tennis Patrons; Doug Strouse, Tennis Patrons board member; Garland "Bo" Moore, director of Chevy Chase Bank; Lori McNeil and Johan Kriek, professional tennis players; Steve Krulevitz, president of Steve Krulevitz Tennis Camps; and Willie Hirshfeld, Greenspring Racquet Club owner.

CHEVY CHASE -- In the midst of a week of heavy fund raising, Vice President Al Gore collected more than $200,000 toward his 2000 presidential bid last night with a $1,000-a-head reception at the home of two Maryland Democratic donors.More than 200 people, including politicians and party activists, were served white wine and wild mushroom tartlets at the home of Michael and Susan Gelman.In a 15-minute speech, Gore hailed the performance of the economy under the Clinton administration and called for more spending on public education and health care.

On Thursday, December 18, 2008, ELLIOTT G. FALK. Beloved husband of Esther (Kristman) Falk. Loving father of David A. (Michele) Falk of East Brunswick, NJ and Joshua M. Falk of Pittsburgh. Brother of Birdie (Sylvan) Hack of Baltimore, MD, Hannah (Rolf) Burke of Chevy Chase, MD, Felix (Pearl) Falk of Jerusalem, Israel and the late Miriam Biderman. Contributions may be made to the charity of your choice.

Around Maryland, dealers who sell domestic automobiles are wondering what the future holds as they watch the big three automakers lobby Washington for financial aid to stave off bankruptcy. With auto sales at their weakest levels in decades, many dealers fear the U.S. auto industry will collapse without quick approval of $25 billion in federal loans. They say that could lead to widespread business failures and job losses in a sector that employs 26,000 people statewide. "I don't think anybody can tell dealers what would happen if the unsinkable went out" of business, said Sam Weaver, owner and vice president of Chevy Chase Chevrolet and Chevy Chase Acura in Bethesda.

When Enrique Carrillo and his wife moved to the area two years ago from Detroit, they had one non-negotiable requirement: Their new house had to have a backyard large enough to host the couple's Pachanga Cubana. And so yesterday, for the second year in a row, a bit of Cuba found its place deep in the Ellicott City woods. Politicians mixed with bankers and business executives to drink mojitos and discuss how they could be of better service to the region's growing Hispanic community. The word pachanga means "party" in Spanish, and the atmosphere was certainly festive, with guests gathered under tents on the Carrillos' verdant lawn and the smell of mint from the mojitos pervading the air. But for the Carrillos, there was another reason to invite people over on a Sunday afternoon for Cuban sandwiches and croquettes: the opportunity to make inroads in a community that is becoming economically powerful in the region.

CapitalSource Inc. Shares rose $1.44 to $11.92. The commercial lender, based in Chevy Chase, is buying the retail banking operations of Fremont General to shore up and diversify its portfolio as credit markets tighten.

Former officer pleads guilty to drunken driving on duty A former Howard County police officer pleaded guilty yesterday to driving drunk while on duty. Visiting Howard County District Court Judge John C. Coolahan sentenced Tyronne Cole Jr. to one year of unsupervised probation before judgment, according to court records. Coolahan also ordered Cole to pay $372 in court fees and a fine, and to complete the Partners in Recovery rehabilitation program. Shortly after Cole arrived for work at 11 p.m. March 3, the police cruiser he was driving struck several vehicles in the parking lot of the Southern District police station in North Laurel, according to court records.

Joan W. Hollander, a homemaker, volunteer and pianist, died of breast cancer April 9 at her Chevy Chase home. She was 80. Joan Wolman was born in Baltimore and raised in Windsor Hills. She was the niece of the late Abel Wolman, the world's foremost expert on sanitary drinking water. When she was 6 years old, she began studying piano at the Peabody Conservatory of Music. She was a 1944 graduate of Park School and earned a bachelor's degree in music at Vassar College in 1948. She taught piano at the Longy School of Music in Cambridge, Mass.

CAROLYN AMONITTI STUBBS was born in Philadelphia, PA, the daughter of the late George J. and Thomaseenia H. Amonitti, on March 23, 1929. Carolyn departed this lie early in the morning on Good Friday, April 6, 2007. Carolyn was christened and confirmed at the Church of the Annunciation in Philadelphia and graduated from Philadelphia High School for Girls. She attended Howard University, and Morgan State College, where she earned her Bachelor of Arts degree and Master of Arts degree, both in English.

Jeffrey F. Liss, a co-managing partner of a Washington law firm who had been the gubernatorial campaign treasurer for Kathleen Kennedy Townsend in 2002, died of complications from pancreatic cancer Saturday at Johns Hopkins Hospital. The Chevy Chase resident was 55. Born in Baltimore and raised in the Fallstaff neighborhood, he was a son of the late Judge Solomon Liss. A 1968 graduate of Northwestern High School, he earned his bachelor's, master's and law degrees at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor.

CHEVY CHASE -- As Maryland Nighthawks owner Tom Doyle spoke glowingly of the player he hopes can create buzz for his minor league team and the struggling American Basketball Association, the object of his admiration stood close by, looking down at the assembled media - from way up high. At 7 feet 9, Sun Ming Ming had no choice in that matter. The Nighthawks have declared Sun, 23, a native of Bayan, China, the tallest player in professional basketball history. And they plan to unveil their latest project and largest threat Saturday night against the Strong Island Sound at their Montgomery College home court in Rockville.

In Baltimore, William H. Hudnut III is known for one thing - he was the mayor of Indianapolis who took the Colts. But elsewhere, Hudnut is widely respected as a visionary thinker on urban issues. Indeed, though Maryland's retiring state comptroller would probably not like the comparison, it could be said the Hudnut is the William Donald Schaefer of Indianapolis. Schaefer, of course, was the Baltimore mayor who not only developed Harborplace and conducted the Inner Harbor Renaissance, but lost the Colts to Hudnut's Indianapolis.