Dame Of Maryland

Consultant picked to study school construction funds The Harford County Board of Estimates approved a contract last week for a consultant to study potential revenue sources for school construction. The $8,500 award was given to Tischler & Associates Inc. of Bethesda. The vote followed discussions among County Executive James M. Harkins, County Council members and members of the Harford County delegation to the General Assembly about financing school construction. The consultant will issue a study, "Capital Facilities Revenue Reconnaissance," analyzing alternatives for increasing funding for school construction in the capital budget.

Baltimore Mayor Martin O'Malley delivered a stern warning yesterday at the College of Notre Dame of Maryland's commencement: Beware the "box people." These are the people, he said, who form a "thin little crust of society" that stifles enthusiasm and creativity. They lurk in city agencies and newspaper editorial boards, prepared to give "four automatic answers" when confronted with innovative ideas. O'Malley told the college's 553 graduates that they're likely to hear these responses as they enter the workplace or continue their careers: "That won't work in Baltimore.

ELIZABETH K. HAMILTON (BETTY) wife of Frederick J. Hamilton (Ted) died February 18, 2007 in Danbury, CT with her family by her side. Betty was born in Baltimore, MD on July 2, 1929 as the youngest of five children born to James and Adelle Kennedy. In addition to her husband, Betty is survived by six children and their families: Bob and Susan Hamilton of Orinda, CA, Joe and Loryn Hamilton of Rutland, VT, Mary Ann and her husband Jeffrey Haines of Bethesda, MD, Meg and Jim Barlow of Fairfield, Beth and Rick Davis of Newtown, CT, Patty and Mark Robinson of Roseville, CA; 16 grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.

OWINGS MILLS -- Central Maryland Red Cross is helping to find temporary homes for several families displaced in a Mondayevening fire at Sandalwood Apartment Complex, as well as food, clothing and replacement furniture.Yesterday, four families sought assistance from a service center set up by the Red Cross near the fire scene. Three families, whose apartments were severely damaged, were moved to vacant apartments in the complex shortly after the fire, said Red Cross spokeswoman Ruth L. Young.

International music Music of Spain and South America makes its way to the College of Notre Dame of Maryland on Saturday. The concert will feature guitarist Ronald Pearl and soprano Carolyn Black-Sotir. The concert is at 7 p.m. Saturday in Marikle Chapel of the Annunciation, College of Notre Dame of Maryland, 4701 N. Charles St. Call 410-532-5386 or go to ndm.edu.

Sister Marie Xavier Looymans, who instructed prospective elementary school teachers for more than three decades at the College of Notre Dame of Maryland, died of pneumonia Monday -- her 91st birthday -- at St. Joseph Medical Center. Born Frances Ann Looymans in Baltimore, she grew up on 22nd Street and attended St. Ann's parochial school, where she was taught by the School Sisters of Notre Dame, the order she later entered. After her 1932 graduation from the Institute of Notre Dame, she earned a teaching certificate from what is now Towson University.

Susannah D. B. C. Federico, an artist, a poet and a scion of the Cockey family that settled Cockeysville, died Tuesday of complications of leukemia at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. She was 66.The former Susannah Delilah Brown Cockey was married in 1956 to Anthony S. Federico Sr., an attorney, and lived in Homeland.She was a longtime volunteer at Union Memorial Hospital, St. Joseph Medical Center and Hospice, and the old Veterans Hospital on Loch Raven Boulevard, where she taught art to the patients.

For Sister Mary Theresine Staab, S.S.N.D., nothing was more satisfying than sharing her love of music with students and senior citizens.Sister Theresine, who headed the music department of the College of Notre Dame of Maryland for 43 years, died of a heart attack Aug. 27 at Maria Health Center of Villa Assumpta, her order's motherhouse. She was 91.Born Marie Theresa Staab, she was the daughter of immigrants from Germany and Austria. She was raised in East Baltimore, attending St. James the Less Roman Catholic School, and began her music studies at the old motherhouse of the School Sisters of Notre Dame on Aisquith Street.

A. Samuel Penn, the head of a special Governor's Insurance Commission to investigate insurance issues, will become the number-two person at the state's insurance division, according to William A. Fogle Jr., Secretary of the Department of Licensing and Regulation."

Income at this central Maryland utility jumped 154 percent in the fourth quarter because of colder weather at the end of the year and a cost-cutting program that reduced expenses by $14 million, according to Bethlehem spokesman Arthur J. Slusark.The previous fourth quarter was also hurt by a $9 million charge stemming from the revaluation of real estate holdings in the company's non-regulated division.The company also announced that former Rep. Beverly B. Byron was elected to its board of directors, effective Feb. 1. She replaces Sister Kathleen Feeley, former president of the College of Notre Dame of Maryland.