Colorado Springs

Doris Henderson Fields, a devout churchgoer, volunteer and homemaker, died of congestive heart failure Wednesday in her apartment at Heartlands Senior Living Village in Ellicott City. She was 94. Born Doris Sophie Henderson in Colorado Springs, Colo., she graduated as valedictorian from Colorado Springs High School in 1931. She went on to the University of Colorado, where she was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. She graduated cum laude in 1935 with a bachelor's degree in chemistry. She met her husband, Charles V. Fields, in a hiking club, said her son, John R. Fields of Princeton Junction, N.J. The couple married in 1936 and settled in Pittsburgh.

T. Rowe Price Group Inc., Baltimore County's largest private employer, has received approval for a major expansion of its office park in Owings Mills. The company, which has scheduled a "major announcement" for tomorrow at its Owings Mills facility, has filed plans to build two five-story office buildings on the 416-acre campus. The project would also add two parking garages with more than 1,300 spaces, according to drawings filed with county planners.

Moves Baseball MLB -- Suspended Yankees P Roger Clemens five games and fined him for intentionally throwing at Blue Jays' Alex Rios on Tuesday. Suspended Yankees manager Joe Torre one game and fined him. Fined Yankees 3B Alex Rodriguez and coaches Larry Bowa and Tony Pena, and Blue Jays P Josh Towers, OF Matt Stairs and coach Brian Butterfield for their roles in Tuesday's incidents. BLUE JAYS -- Agreed to terms with SS Kyle Gilligan. CARDINALS -- Purchased contract of OF Rick Ankiel from Triple-A Memphis.

Those darned patriarchal Christians are at it again. With "purity balls" back in the news - dress-up affairs during which fathers and daughters profess their allegiance to sexual purity - evangelicals once again have become America's favorite whipping boys. Are these guys weird, or what? Well, yes, a little. But then again, not really. Purity balls are an inevitable offspring of a permissive culture that at times seems more predatory than liberating. The dads and daughters who "date," dance and exchange purity oaths are merely a reactionary response.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Two key interests consumed Marianne Elser Crowder as a girl: dancing and Girl Scouts. Dancing became her passion and her career. Scouting taught her lifelong skills and created lasting friendships. Crowder, 100, the nation's oldest living Girl Scout, was the guest of honor recently at the Girl Scouts-Wagon Wheel Council's annual Women of Distinction luncheon. The Colorado Springs, Colo., native joined the Council's Troop 4 in 1918. That was just one year after the council, one of the oldest west of the Mississippi River, began.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Make no mistake, Kimmie Meissner would rather be skating an exhibition tonight than sitting in some fancy restaurant or indulging in a rare chocolate treat. Being on the ice means she finished in the top four this afternoon at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships. Being elsewhere means she did not. Four Continents Championships Today, Colorado Springs, Colo. TV: ESPN, Feb. 18, 8 p.m.-11:30 p.m.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- The thin air and sparse crowd seemed to take the wind out of Kimmie Meissner's sails during her short program last night at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships. The reigning world and national champion found herself in sixth place after an underwhelming performance that began with a fall on the front end of a triple-triple jump combination and wobbled into her least favorite spin -- the layback. Four Continents Championships Through tomorrow, Colorado Springs, Colo.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- The primary objective for the top U.S. skaters at Four Continents Figure Skating Championships is to get through two injury-free performances. There is nothing at stake here and little to gain except for more competitive ice time before the World Championships in Tokyo next month. That was brought home yesterday during the pairs long program, when Canadian champion Jessica Dube was struck under the left eye by the blade of her partner Bryce Davison during side-by-side flying camel spins.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- It stands to reason that Kimmie Meissner's unconventional rise to the top of women's figure skating might include some unplanned stops. After winning the U.S. title two weeks ago, the Bel Air teen said she didn't know if she would perform at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, a competition that has attracted few of the top American women skaters since its start in 1999. Four Continents Championships Through Saturday, Colorado Springs, Colo. TV: ESPN, Feb. 18, 8 p.m.-11:30 p.m.